DRL FY2021 Security Force Engagement in Africa

The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) announces an open source competition for organizations interested in submitting proposals for a research project that supports the following goal: Contribute to building a portfolio of evidence to further identify democracy and rights program strategies that are effective, in an effort to improve program relevance and impact. Projects should support the following objective: Provide evidence on how DRL can support citizens in engendering support from security forces – and what external factors make such support more or less likely – in repressive environments.