National Endowment for Democracy (NED) Grant to Life Foundation

International assistance

The role of international or external support for national processes of constitution building has an instrumental impact on the design of these processes and the institutional choices that ultimately are framed in constitutions.

Training programme

The new Constitution Builders CONNECT Resource – is an interactive training tool that reinforces sharing experiences as a means to building the capacity of practitioners to solve some of the dilemmas that they face in constitution building.

Handbook

The Handbook reviews and discusses some of the institutional and procedural design choices that practitioners have recently considered during contemporary constitution building.

Issue papers

Selected issues are considered at length based on emerging and ongoing dialogues among practitioners and specialists.

Multimedia

A collection of multimedia resources from and about constitution-building processes.

Web links

The web links provide a comprehensive list of relevant organizations and partners working in constitution building and related subjects.

Summary

Bolivia Gender NED 2007
  • Drafting stage
Bilateral Fundación Vida (Life Foundation)

Project Description

To promote the revision of national legislation to protect and defend human rights granted under the new constitution. Fundación Vida will work with young indigenous women from the remote north of Potosi to promote a greater understanding of their new rights and revise legislation to defend these rights. Fundación Vida will also facilitate meetings between local indigenous communities indigenous members of the Constituent Assembly and women's organizations.

Funding

USD 84,050 USD 84,050
USD 84,050 USD 84,050

Project Information

NED04265 NGOs
  • Civic education
  • Participation
  • Dialogue (ex CSO conferences)

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