2015-08-22: International Justice-sector Education and Training Program

Funding Opportunity Number: INLEA-INLCJ-15-006
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity: Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification)
Eligible Applicants Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education | Private institutions of higher education
Agency Name: DOS-INL
Closing Date: 2015-08-22
Award Ceiling: $700,000
Expected Number of Awards: 1
Description: The goal of the International Justice-sector Education and Training Program (IJET) is to provide an opportunity for foreign judges, prosecutors, criminal defense attorneys, and other justice sector officials to produce sustainable, long-term change within their institutions. IJET is a multi-phased approach for the education and training of specially selected justice sector personnel in a program that centers on potential thematic areas including: (1) Continuing legal/judicial education and training; (2) Leadership and Management; (3) Oversight; or (4) another area mutually agreed upon by INL and the implementer. The justice sector personnel will travel to the United States where they will receive the skills and mentorship to produce sustainable a sustainable reform project plan to be implemented in their home country.
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