Strengthening the quality and geographic spread of trafficking prevention programs, and services to assist and reintegrate its victims.
New CAAHT Grant Awards - Final Phase
A total of USD 262,804 (19,710,272 Lek) has been awarded in grants to 8 local NGOs in Albania in the fifth and final phase of the USAID Albanian Initiative: Coordinated Action Against Human Trafficking (CAAHT) grants program. With these final awards, the CAAHT grant fund is fully obligated and no further grant awards will be available. This final phase of grants will continue CAAHT support for the four civil society anti-trafficking shelters, which are central to the National Referral Mechanism. In addition, counter-trafficking awareness raising and prevention services for vulnerable children and women will be enabled in the qarku of Shkodra, Dibra, Fier, and Berat. Between May 2008 and May 2009, these USAID funds will be supporting a variety of anti-trafficking initiatives in local communities of Albania.
Click here for more information about the 8 grant projects 
Other non-CAAHT Grant Opportunities
The Embassy of the Netherlands has issued a call for grants for projects to support and strengthen civil society, poverty alleviation, gender emancipation, good governance, and decentralization in Albania. Go to the small grants program page on the website of the Embassy of Netherlands in Albania for application instructions.
Current Grant Projects - April 2007 to August 2008
A total of USD 407,120 (36,640,857 Lek) has been awarded in grants to 13 local NGOs in Albania in the fourth phase of the CAAHT grants program. Between April 2007 and August 2008, these USAID funds will be supporting a wide variety of anti-trafficking initiatives in local communities of 11 of the 12 qarqe of Albania. Activities span awareness raising programs, prevention services for women and children vulnerable to trafficking, assistance, and reintegration services for children and women who are victims of the crime of trafficking, as well as training of trainers and other capacity building efforts to improve local efforts contributing to the national effort to fight trafficking in human beings.
Click here for more information about each of the grant projects or on the map to the right to see what types of projects are being implemented in specific qarqe.
Previous Grant Projects - February 2005 to July 2006
A total of US$ 2,097,624 (209,762,381 Lek) were awarded through 24 grants to 20 local NGOs and 2 country programs of international NGOs in Albania in the first three years of the CAAHT grants program. Click here for more information about each of the grant projects implemented during the first three fazes
History on Grants Application Procedures
To learn about the fifth and final phase of grants application procedure, please see the following:
UPDATED Grant Application "Frequently Asked Questions"
Click here for the most current "Frequently Asked Questions" sheet with further explanations about how to apply for CAAHT grants.
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