Monday, August 1, 2016

1995 NED Regional Grants in Asia

According to the NED Annual Report for 1995, the following are details of US Government funds, allocated by the US Congress and dispersed by the NED:

Center for International Private Enterprise $52,022
To enable the Asian Institute of Management to convene a regional conference in Manila for participants from the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Cambodia, designed to make government, business, and the media aware of the importance of a free flow of economic information and the value of an objective and independent media.

Free Trade Union Institute $799,966
To enable the Asian American Free Labor Institute to conduct a multi-faceted regional effort, including technical training for labor unions and other community organizations in Thailand, and programs to increase women's civil participation through sponsorship of services that promote greater community involvement; to help the exiled Burmese labor movement to intensify its democracy-education and organizing efforts inside Burma; to support union field offices in Thailand and India; to publish the English-language magazine Dawn, which covers democracy, labor and human rights, and politics in Burma; and to train democracy-education trainers.

Free Trade Union Institute $286,006
To enable the Asian American Free Labor Institute to build support for international child-labor standards, to promote implementation and enforcement of national legislation regulating or curtailing the use of child labor, and to facilitate research and promote public awareness of the issue in Asia.

Free Trade Union Institute $286,002
To enable the Asian American Free Labor Institute to promote the rule of law; to strengthen linkages between unions and other nongovernment organizations in Asia and the Near East; to provide direct assistance to dissidents and nascent worker and human rights organizations; to promote coalition building; and to gather and disseminate information throughout the region.

Free Trade Union Institute $80,294
To enable the Asian American Free Labor Institute to conduct its union-to-union program in which AFL-CIO affiliates directly assist their counterparts in Bangladesh, South Korea, and Malaysia.

National Democratic Institute for International Affairs $104,431
To operate a regional program, in cooperation with the Manila-based National Citizen's Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL); and to support Asian civic organizations that monitor elections and governmental performance. 

National Democratic Institute for International Affairs $105,824
To support the participation of members of parliament and party leaders from Bangladesh, Cambodia, and Pakistan in National Democratic Institute for International Affairs' programs in other regions of the world.

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