About This Initiative
The Human Rights and Governance Grants Program provides support to nongovernmental organizations operating in the fields of human rights and governance in Europe and Central Asia.

Call for Proposals: Prison as a Last Resort—Advocacy Projects
December 9, 2009
The OSI Human Rights and Governance Grants Program seeks advocacy projects in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union aimed at changing penal policy and/or practice.

Government Accountability
The Human Rights and Governance Grants Program promotes public participation in, and oversight of, governmental activity at both the national and local levels, including in the delivery of services.

Human Rights
The Human Rights and Governance Grants Program supports more than 100 human rights–related organizations across Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union and Mongolia.

Penal Reform and the Rights of Detainees
The Human Rights and Governance Grants Program engages with organizations across Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union to ensure that reforms dealing with incarcerated populations are launched or reinvigorated.