The U. S. Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) announces an open competition for organizations interested in submitting applications for programs to improve accountability through effective engagement between a country’s Parliament and domestic civil society organizations
(CSOs).
The target countries are Botswana, Lesotho and Malawi; other SADC member countries may be included for compelling reasons.
Programs can be regional or focused on one country.The overall goal of this program is to strengthen government accountability in a country or countries in SADC through improved parliament action via collaboration with civil society around a key issue of national importance.