Partners

The Pact Consortium gives USAID and other U.S. Government agencies access to a dynamic, flexible, and complementary team of partners, each with extensive global civil society experience. Each consortium member has been identified for its expertise in one or more of the core activities of the cooperative agreement. By capitalizing on each member’s technical strengths, the Pact consortium ensures high-quality rapid response to program needs.

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Center for Civic Education The Center for Civic Education (CCE) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan educational corporation dedicated to fostering the development of informed, responsible participation in civic life by citizens committed to democratic values and principles. Focus Area: School-based civic education, law-related education, international educational exchange programs.	Center for International Private Enterprise An independent, non-profit affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, CIPE promotes democratic and market-oriented economic reform. By working directly with the private sector in developing countries, CIPE helps to build the foundation for accountable, democratic institutions and economic growth. Focus Areas: Private sector participation in public policy advocacy, corporate governance, rule of law, freedom of economic information, anti-corruption, privatization.
Children’s Resources International Children's Resources International (CRI) is a non-profit educational and training organization dedicated to promoting democratic educational practices for children, their families, and their teachers around the world. CRI programs teach children to make choices, take responsibility for their actions, respect one another, express their ideas creatively, and develop critical thinking skills. Focus Area: School-based civic education.	International Center for Not-for-Profit Law By improving laws and regulatory systems that permit, encourage, and sustain voluntary, independent, not-for-profit organizations in countries around the world, ICNL strives to create an enabling legal environment in which civil society can develop freely and participate in public decisions. Focus Area: Legal frameworks to protect and promote civil society, civil society sustainability, governance and accountability.
International Republican Institute IRI supports the growth of political and economic freedom, good governance, and human rights by educating people, parties, and governments on the values and practice of democracy. IRI programs strengthen political parties and democratic institutions that advocate self-determination, individual rights, the rule of law, and free-market economic systems. Focus Areas: Increasing citizen participation in the policy process, strengthening democratic political culture and gender equity.	Internews Network, Inc Internews supports open media and access to information worldwide, by training journalists and media professionals, fostering independent media in emerging democracies, producing innovative television, radio and internet programming, promoting fair media laws and policies, and supporting the media as a mechanism for confliction reduction and resolution. Focus Area: Enhancing the free flow of information, independent media sustainability, legal frameworks to protect and promote independent media.
Institute for Development Research IDR has merged with World Education, also a partner. Focus Area: Increasing institutional and financial viability of civil society organizations.	National Democratic Institute NDI works to strengthen and expand democracy worldwide, providing practical assistance to civic and political leaders advancing democratic values, practices and institutions. NDI works with leaders in every region of the world to build political and civic organizations, safeguard elections, and promote citizen participation, openness and accountability in government. Focus Areas: Increasing citizen participation in the policy process, strengthening democratic political culture and gender equity, political party building, electoral reform, legislative strengthening.
Research Triangle Institute RTI’s work in the area of democratic governance aims to build more effective, accountable, and responsive institutions at the national and local levels of government by promoting effective decentralization, transparency, civil society development, improved local government administration, and participatory processes. RTI’s approach reflects a long-standing commitment to cutting-edge technical assistance. Focus Areas: Increased citizen participation in public policy advocacy, oversight of public institutions, decentralization, civil service reform, legislative strengthening, anti-corruption, electronic governance.	Solidarity Center The Solidarity Center (ACILS) is a non-profit organization that assists workers around the world who are struggling to build democratic and independent trade unions. It works with unions and community groups to achieve equitable, sustainable, democratic development and to improve living and working standards. Focus Areas: Increased citizen participation in public policy advocacy, oversight of public institutions, institutional and financial viability of civil society organizations, and anti-sweatshop activities.
Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees UNITE organizes the unorganized, fights for workers' jobs by defending contracts, mobilizes constituencies for a workers' agenda, and fights against sweatshops through international solidarity initiatives. UNITE has also pioneered groundbreaking labor-management partnerships, working with employers to find mutually beneficial solutions to workplace issues. Focus Area: Anti-sweatshop activities.	World Education World Education provides training and technical assistance in nonformal education across a wide array of sectors, equipping grassroots community leaders with the financial, practical, organizational, and strategic planning skills they need to manage their organizations effectively. Focus Areas: Institutional and financial viability of civil society organizations, strengthening democratic political culture and gender equity.