On 11/3/2012, the CEC published an announcement in local newspapers, calling upon CSOs to submit project proposals. CEC selected 15 projects out of the submitted 51 project proposals, based on pre-set criteria including project concept, its impact, expected results, scope, budget, and the institutions ability to implement joint projects.
Those projects were implemented in 3 phases:
>> Phase one projects
>> Phase two projects
>> Phase three projects