Open Societies

The broad theme of this programme are:

Freedom of expression and independent public interest media
Freedom of association and civic participation
Exposing corruption and undue influence by governments, business and private actors
Cohesive communities and creative expression

Courts hold Peru accountable for environmental and human rights harms in two historic rulings

ECCJ welcomes new EU legislation for a fairer corporate landscape

SRT grantee partners welcome the Supreme Court decision on the UK’s Rwanda scheme

See all current grantees in this Programme

32° East – Ugandan Arts Trust

Uganda

Lebanon

Kazakhstan

Mexico

Turkey

Czech Republic

Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC)

Switzerland

Arab Media Lab

Morocco

Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ)

Jordan

Ashkal Alwan

Lebanon

Association for Legal Intervention

Poland

Association for Legal Studies on Immigration (ASGI)

Italy

Association of Journalists of Macedonia (AJM)

North Macedonia

Associazione 21 Luglio

Italy

Asylum Protection Center

Serbia

Asylum Support Appeals Project

United Kingdom

Atelier des artistes en exil

France

Atlatszo

Hungary

Autonomous Women’s Center

Serbia

Bir Duino Human Rights Movement

Kyrgyzstan

Book Bunk

Kenya

Border Violence Monitoring Network

Europe

British Future

United Kingdom

Bulgarian Fund for Women

Bulgaria

Bureau of Investigative Journalism

United Kingdom

CORE Coalition

United Kingdom

Center for Cultural Decontamination CZKD

Serbia

Central European University

Austria

Citizen Lab

Canada

Civilisation Network

Hungary

Civitates

Europe

Crime and Corruption Reporting Network (KRIK)

Serbia

Direkt 36

Hungary

Engine room

United States

Equal Education

South Africa

Equal Education Law Centre

South Africa

Equal Rights Trust (ERT)

United Kingdom

Euro-Mediterranean Foundation of Support to Human Rights Defenders

Denmark

European Center for Not-for-Profit Law

Netherlands

European Coalition for Corporate Justice

Belgium

European Council on Refugees and Exiles

Belgium

European Network Against Racism

Belgium

European Network on Statelessness

United Kingdom

European Roma Grassroots Organisation Network (ERGO)

Belgium

Foundation for Freedom of the Press

Colombia

Foundation of Local Democracy

Bosnia And Herzegovina

Freedom of Expression Association (İFÖD)

Turkey

Gender and Women’s Studies – Sabanci University

Turkey

Giuvlipen

Romania

Greek Council for Refugees

Greece

GroundUp

South Africa

Groupe Antiraciste d’Accompagnement et de Defense des Etrangers et Migrants (GADEM)

Morocco

Gulf Centre for Human Rights

Lebanon

HOPE Not Hate

United Kingdom

Institute of Mass Information (IMI)

Ukraine

Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion

Netherlands

International Center for Not for Profit Law

United States

International Partnership for Human Rights

Belgium

International Service for Human Rights

Switzerland

Internews

United Kingdom

Investigative Reporting Lab

North Macedonia

Investigative Reporting Project Italy

Italy

Hungary

Kazakhstan

Tunisia

Zimbabwe

Marie Colvin Journalists’ Network

United Kingdom

Media Institute of Southern Africa Zimbabwe (MISA Zimbabwe)

Zimbabwe

Mediterranean Women’s Fund

France

Melissa Network

Greece

Mesoamerican Initiative for Women Human Rights Defenders

Canada

Metamorphosis Foundation

North Macedonia

Migration Policy Institute Europe

Belgium

MyVillages

Netherlands

National Coalition of Human Rights Defenders in Kenya

Kenya

Serbia

Malaysia

Hungary

Poland

Office for Postartistic Services

Poland

Open Secrets

South Africa

Organisation for Aid to Refugees

Czech Republic

Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project

Bosnia And Herzegovina

Panoptykon Foundation

Poland

Parceleras Afrocaribeñas

United States

People in Need

Czech Republic

Platform for Independent Journalism (P24)

Turkey

Polish Institute for Human Rights and Business

Poland

Publish What You Pay

United Kingdom

Qendra Multimedia

Kosovo

Refugee Rights Turkey

Turkey

René Cassin

United Kingdom

Réseau Amazigh pour la Citoyenneté (AZETTA)

Morocco

Safe Passage

United Kingdom

Samir Kassir Foundation

Lebanon

Shipyard

Poland

Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Network

South Africa

Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA) Network

Uganda

TV8 (Media Alternativa Association)

Moldova

Tbilisi Shelter City

Georgia

The Collaboration on International Information & Communications Technology Policy in East & Southern Africa (CIPESA)

Uganda

The Global Not for Profit Coalition on the Financial Action Taskforce (Human Security Collective)

Netherlands

The Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA)

Turkey

Tiiiit! Inc.

North Macedonia

Transparency International – Hungary

Hungary

Transparency International European Union Liaison Office

Belgium

Transparency International UK

United Kingdom

Trust for Indigenous Culture and Health

Kenya

UNCAC Coalition

Austria

Ukrainian Women’s Fund

Ukraine

Visual Culture Research Centre (VCRC)

Ukraine

Watchdog Polska

Poland

We Belong

United Kingdom

Women’s Resource Centre Armenia

Armenia

Women’s Fund Armenia

Armenia

Youth Information Service Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan

Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum

United Kingdom

Zoukak

Lebanon

Open Societies

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Staff in this programme

Teresa Drace-Francis

Senior Programme Officer for Arts

Teresa Drace-Francis

Senior Programme Officer for Arts

Maha Abushama

Programme Manager for Open Societies

Maha Abushama

Programme Manager for Open Societies

Janek Lasocki

Senior Programme Officer for Open Societies

Janek Lasocki

Senior Programme Officer for Open Societies

Bénédicte Goderiaux

Senior Programme Officer for Open Societies

Bénédicte Goderiaux

Senior Programme Officer for Open Societies

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