CAII was chosen as an exemplary company in the region. In particular, the article highlighted CAII s ability to excel internationally while remaining active in the local environment. Click here to read a reprint of the article.
Activity continues to launch and implement activities worldwide.
Chief of Party Edward Graybill and Eastern Province Coordinator Paul Freund left for Lusaka this month to set up offices and to launch the project scheduled for May 14. Southern Province Coordinator Madhuri Kilpatrick will be joining Ed and Paul in Zambia later this spring. Applications will only be accepted from local indigenous organizations which are legally registered as South African-owned and operated entities. In late April, the Citizen Participation and Governance Project in El Salvador began supporting a modernization and institutional re-engineering effort with the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, beginning with public presentations made to the press, diplomats, and political parties. Transparency and de-politization of the electoral process are key goals of this effort, which will run until the end of 2001.