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Programs: Africa regional programs:guinea access to justice:on november 8th, the team officially launched the access to justice program in guinea in the presence of the guinean minister of justice (moj), the united states ambassador to guinea, our dc-based inl counterpart and our local partners cecide and coginta. To support the justice reform process led by the moj the access guinea program aims to bring justice closer to citizens with the establishment of five justice houses (jhs). Guinea citizen security program:the program is co-implemented by our two guinea-based civil society partners coginta and cecide who are also involved in the guinea access to justice project. Ms. Agathe lele, a veteran police commissioner, has been hired by partnersglobal as an international expert to be based within the ministry of security to advise the ministry on security sector reform priorities and assessments. Ms. Lele will work in close collaboration with the us embassy in guinea and will serve as a bridge between the ministry of security and the us embassy/inl staff on the ground. Both the access to justice and the security project are highly complementary and both teams will be working closely together to ensure coordination, and impact maximization.

middle east and north africa (mena) regional programs:stand - support for training, advocacy, and networking in democraciesdespite ongoing security challenges, the participating organizations emonstrated strong capacity to operate effectively and collaboratively, amplifying the overall reach and impact of their campaigns. One of the biggest successes was the attention and positive feedback the bedaya organization received for its "flashback" initiative to counter violent messages on social media and educate communities of the importance of solidarity and coexistence in yemen. By leveraging new media, the organization reached more than 1. 2 million people and spurred conversations on stability and new paths to peace within community settings. Another organization, youth creativity forum, successfully mobilized local communities to identify and address prominent good governance and social accountability issues. This included addressing the marginalization of the akhdam--a minority group of african origin in yemen that suffers from discrimination, social exclusion, and high poverty. Advancing transitional justice through human rights awareness and community reconciliation in yemen:at the end of april to begin implementing the accountability for peace (afp) project in yemen, partnersglobal has made significant progress in promoting accountability for human rights violations committed during the current conflict. Building on the success of the previous start project in yemen, which was also funded by drl, partnersglobal successfully organized a week-long workshop in june for partners yemen on human rights documentation tools, methodologies and best practices. New-rule technical expert scott carlson worked on this effort with partnersglobal. The workshop, held in kuala lumpur, equipped partners yemen with the knowledge and skills to offer peer-to-peer coaching and mentoring to yemeni civil society partners committed to advancing human rights in yemen, while also supporting the establishment of local reconciliation processes in their communities. Lead (local engagement advocacy and dialogue):the work that partnersglobal and partners yemen have undertaken over the past 5 years with the lead project built the capacity of yemeni civil society organizations and youth to more actively engage citizens in the country's transition. Building on the success of the project thus far, partnersglobal and partners yemen supported the champions of peace in successfully conducting 18 community reconciliation dialogues with more than 350 community leaders--43% of whom were women--including imams, professors, tribal sheikhs, police officers, activists, media works, and elders. Each reconciliation dialogue allowed the champions of peace to focus dialogue not only on challenges or priority issues, but also on sustainable, community-oriented solutions to those challenges. While many of the champions of peace were already well-known by community members for their existing volunteer work, many remarked that the training partners yemen provided and mentorships from the lead cfs helped them ensure the dialogues were solution-oriented and not just a platform for individuals to air their grievances. Accordingly, the champions of peace helped community leaders not only prioritize key issues causing conflict inside and between districts, but also helped them develop tangible solutions to ensure sustainable peace. Erry (enhanced rural resilience in yemen):an essential outcome of erry includes the mechanisms set up for improved local conflict resolution and problem-solving. In a true testament to the impact of the relationships and capacity developed through this program, the ims have begun to use these problem-solving mechanisms to address issues beyond the scope of the erry project. For example, in response to the cholera outbreak, these strategically placed ims used the community dialogue forums to hand out brochures and pamphlets on cholera prevention and treatment to dialogue participants. With input from partners yemen, the ims developed the pamphlet materials themselves, ensuring that the educational materials were appropriately tailored to the local context and honed to provide the most pertinent information for villagers. Directly reaching 225 dialogue participants and facilitators, the ims provided additional materials for distribution to villages in the greater kua'aydinah and abs sub-districts.

global and other programs:institutions and companies located in the united states often provide unrestricted and restricted funds to parntersglobal to provide technical services in return or to be used in capacity building of the company. In 2016, partnersglobal invested $117k in its own capacity building and developed a couple of programs. One with ford foundation for $74k to promote capacity building and technical assistance to civil society organizations in west africa to sustain and enhance their impact in the region. This program was successfully implemented and have the recognition of the foundation. The other program was financed by rotary to provide an assessment on the potential changes of their activities related to pace building.

latin america and caribbean (lac) regional programs