Civic Participation provides dozens of small grants annually to initiatives and indigenous organizations that are engaged in the following types of activities:

• Facilitating public-private dialogues that engage outside experts and ordinary citizens in the reform of key state sectors, from education to health care to civil service reform
  
  
• Strengthening civic initiatives that encourage transparency, citizen participation, and government accountability
  
  
• Developing policy institutes capable of providing governments with policy ideas and training a new generation of civil servants
  
  
• Supporting community dialogues and local citizen fora and civic associations
  
  
• Promoting the value of public service and citizen engagement
  
  
• Enhancing the role of civil society in conflict management

Note: BST does not fund in-country projects in Bulgaria and Romania.  The Balkan Trust for Democracy is fully engaged in Bulgaria and Romania.  GMF encourages Bulgarian and Romanian organizations interested in-country work to visit the Balkan Trust for Democracy's website for more information.