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Grants>>Description of 2002 Grants: Eurasia
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Regional Programs: Go to 2002 Annual Report |
Armenia Association of Women with University Education $32,800 To support an education, research, and information-dissemination program. Educational activities will range from basic seminars for women on civil society and democracy to advanced training programs for women leaders. Research activities will form the basis for policy recommendations to the government, women’s organizations, and NGOs. The Association will distribute a wide range of information about women’s rights, human rights, and democracy to activists and the general public. Helsinki Association $40,980 To assist in drafting legislation concerning fundamental issues of human rights and civil liberties; monitor the court and prison systems; provide legal advice and representation in court for specific cases of human rights abuses; and provide information to the general public through a legislative database and newsletters. Republican Center for Democracy $38,200 To continue its program of defending the political, civil, economic, and social rights of Armenians. The program consists of public education; provision of legal assistance to needy citizens and NGOs; and participation in drafting legislation relevant to fundamental human rights and freedoms. Azerbaijan AYNA Media Group $22,350 To train journalists, editors, and other media professionals in professional standards of journalism, journalism ethics, human rights, and democratic principles. AYNA will set up a Media Development Center for use by local media, conduct training seminars, and hold a regional conference to address the specific problems of media operating in the southern region of Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan Foundation for the Development of Democracy $32,496 To conduct a public-education program for NGO activists and provide legal assistance to needy Azerbaijani citizens living in the ten most populous regions outside of the capital. Center for International Private Enterprise $70,193 To aid the Entrepreneurship Development Foundation (EDF) in organizing a series of roundtables for a coalition of business associations to formulate policy recommendations. EDF and the coalition will publish a monthly bulletin and hold press conferences to publicize their recommendations for reform. CIPE and EDF together will train business-association leaders in advocacy and management. The coalition will send four delegates to Turkey to visit business associations and other civil society groups to learn from their experiences. Center of Young Leaders $21,390 To conduct a year-long program to train young leaders and support the development of NGOs in northern and western Azerbaijan. The Center will provide basic training in civic activities and the role of NGOs in a democratic society to 100 activists and potential activists. Afterward, participants motivated to form their own NGOs will be offered a more advanced training course while they are building their organizations and becoming trainers themselves. Human Rights Center of Azerbaijan $17,500 To improve the facilities and services provided by its Human Rights Public Library to human rights activists, other NGOs, and the general public. The Human Rights Center will hire and train two librarians; add to and catalog the library’s collection; distribute human rights materials to other libraries in Azerbaijan; train librarians from other NGOs; and conduct an internship program for human rights researchers. Institute of Peace and Democracy $18,436 To conduct a civic education program for teachers throughout Azerbaijan. The Institute will disseminate basic information about the meaning of democracy and critical thinking and will introduce necessary reforms into civic education at the high school level through a series of intensive training seminars, roundtables, and distribution of modern teaching materials. Legal Education Society $31,590 To educate the Azerbaijani public about the European System of human rights, through training courses, roundtables, European Court of Human Rights mock trials, publication of several books on European human rights law and practice, and establishment of a Web site providing public access to legal information. The Society will also provide free legal advice and preparation of cases for submission to the European Court of Human Rights and will develop a body of recommended amendments to bring the laws of Azerbaijan into conformity with European standards of human rights. Model Constitutional Court $27,613 To raise the Azerbaijani public’s understanding of the rule of law and the benefits of a democratic system through a fourth annual series of public mock trials. Eleven mock trials will be held throughout Azerbaijan to explore how laws that provide for human rights and freedoms promote greater security, stability, and prosperity than those which support authoritarian or totalitarian systems of government. Social Union of Sumgait Youth $14,650 To establish and operate a multimedia support center to provide needed services, free of charge, to NGOs in the Sumgait region. The center will purchase and maintain three computers, several printers, two photocopy machines, and miscellaneous office equipment and will offer photocopying and printing services; training and usage of computers; and Internet and email connections to the region’s sixty registered NGOs. Southern Resource Center of Human Rights Organizations $28,074 To sponsor a three-part program aimed at improving the human rights situation in four regions of Azerbaijan. A series of three-day training seminars, attended by representatives of regional human rights NGOs, will be followed by more advanced seminars and consultations for NGOs ready to proceed with improving their programs. Finally, a two-day conference for regional human rights NGOs will be held. Belarus In 2002, NED and two of its “core institutes” (CIPE and NDI) provided assistance to organizations and projects working in Belarus in the following areas: A) Independent Media To strengthen pro-democratic sources of objective information, including national and regional newspapers, a youth magazine, Web sites, an Internet newspaper, NGO bulletins, and other independent publications that are attempting to break the information blockade maintained by the authoritarian government of Belarus. B) Human Rights To promote human rights in Belarus by supporting networks of human rights activists, defending activists and organizations persecuted by the regime, monitoring the country’s human rights situation, organizing human rights education programs, and disseminating information about human rights violations. C) NGO and Think Tank Development To develop and strengthen the “third sector” in Belarus, especially regional NGOs and think tanks, through support for training seminars, networking, equipment, training, and other operating expenses. D) Election Education and Mobilization Programs To promote a free, fair, and transparent process for Belarus’ 2003 local elections and 2004 parliamentary elections through programs that support democratic coalition building, inform candidates, educate citizens, and turn out voters. E) Political Party and Election Observation Training To train political party leaders and activists, educate citizens about the importance of political parties, and develop an indigenous election-monitoring capability in Belarus. Bulgaria, Azerbaijan, Georgia Center for International Private Enterprise $196,084 To transfer lessons learned and best practices from Southeastern Europe to the Caucasus via Southeastern European think tanks and business associations. This initiative will start with a working-group meeting and technology-transfer seminar, during which stakeholders will discuss how best to fight corruption on a broader front. Follow-up subgrants awarded to reform partners in Azerbaijan and Georgia will build on the momentum of the meeting and facilitate anticorruption education and advocacy in the Caucasus. Fergana Valley (Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan) Fund for Legal and Economic Reforms in Kyrgyzstan $14,990* To establish and maintain a human rights NGO network in the Fergana Valley. The project will include regional training seminars for human rights activists; a news bulletin; consulting and technical assistance for new and established human rights NGOs; and a Web-accessible database of human rights information. Information and Social Marketing Research Center $17,118* To produce a series of public-service announcements (PSAs) in cooperation with local NGOs from Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan, publicizing their activities and availability. The PSAs will be broadcast in each of the three countries on local independent television stations, as will a documentary film addressing themes of cross-border cooperation by the nongovernmental sector as a means of avoiding or resolving conflicts. Georgia Association Atinati $16,761 To create an NGO-incubator program that will provide information and consulting services and compile, print, and distribute a free comprehensive list of local NGOs. In addition, Association Atinati will conduct a public-awareness campaign on the existence and function of NGOs in the area, and will serve as a resource center for new and established NGOs. Association New Kutaisi $9,859 To implement a pilot project to encourage citizens in the Kutaisi region of Georgia to take advantage of their rights to access information about and participate in local budgeting. The project will include publication of information about the local budget and budgetary process; seminars for local political and NGO leaders to increase transparency of the process; installation of mechanisms to facilitate public input into the process; and recommendations for replicating the project in other regions of Georgia. Center for International Private Enterprise $75,449 To aid the Partnership for Social Initiative (PSI) in securing public input through open debates and advocacy on key issues, such as development of a mortgage market, property-rights law, and business regulation. Through analyses of judicial decisions, training of judges on property-rights case law, and raising of public understanding of legal remedies, PSI will address major reforms needed to reduce the informal economy and improve rule of law. “Core” Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Programs $11,934 To support a radio series aimed specifically at IDP women, bringing them useful information about employment opportunities as well as ideas to enable them to participate in civil society. The project will build on “Core” IDP Programs created for the general IDP population of western Georgia. Fund “Sukhumi” $19,723 To conduct a training program for approximately 360 women in the western region of Imereti, in order to acquaint them with the theoretical and practical knowledge to start and operate businesses; to form a voluntary “Association of Small Businesswomen” to exchange ideas and experiences; to work with the Georgian Parliament to improve the business environment; to publish an electronic and print bulletin; and to provide consulting services to other new businesses and women entrepreneurs. Horizonti, Foundation for the Third Sector $40,357 To implement a program aimed at encouraging open dialogue between government and society. Activities will include legal consultations, media monitoring, NGO development, and the production and broadcast of television programs and public-service announcements in the Telavi and Akhaltsikhe regions and in Tbilisi. Human Rights Information and Documentation Center $26,448 To conduct an innovative pilot program to tackle some of the root causes of violation of Georgian civil and human rights by the police. The project will include two series of trainings for teachers and students at the Police Academy of Georgia; the production of a made-for-television film, “The Police and Human Rights”; the production of two manuals and eighteen international documents on human rights for use in teaching; and a roundtable series, “Human Rights Problems and Prospects of Policing in Georgia.” Partnership for Social Initiatives (PSI) $29,977 To implement a project that will include a series of public debates on theories of liberal constitutionalism and the application of those theories to Georgian cultural norms, traditions, and history. PSI will also hold a workshop to draft recommendations for developing a social contract for Georgia. Union of Meskhetian Democrats $24,700 To set up and operate an Internet center that will provide registered NGOs, local journalists, and the general public in the isolated Samtske-Javakheti region of Georgia with basic communication links to the outside world. The center will be equipped with five computers, a printer, and miscellaneous office equipment. United Nations Association of Georgia $26,741 To create a Youth Democracy Club to promote democratic values and activism in the central Georgian region of Shida Kartli. The Club’s activities will consist of bimonthly discussions, regular meetings, case-study training sessions, the opening and maintenance of a Library of Democracy, and free access to Internet and e-mail. Kazakhstan Ar Rykh Khak $45,740 To continue using lobbying to educate Kazakhstan’s citizens about the institutions and functions of democratic government, and to support the networking and training of local and regional NGOs. Activities will include a series of seminars; the drafting of a new law on the Constitutional Court; roundtables to discuss the draft law and other aspects of democratic government structure; publication of a monthly bulletin; public-opinion surveys; legal test cases or other measures to address continuing constitutional violations; and work towards a referendum on reinstating the Constitutional Court in Kazakhstan. Community Development Center “Accord” $20,213* To train approximately 80 university teachers and 100 university student-leaders in interactive teaching methods, active student government, and theory and practice of citizenship in a modern democracy. The Center will conduct a program of workshops, citizen forums, and “Open Space” discussions, with follow-up workshops for trainers. It will also prepare a manual of training materials for schools in other regions. Independent Information Agency “Politon” $24,760* To conduct a biweekly discussion club composed of participants from the independent press, democratic political opposition, and other democratically minded members of the public, to talk about questions germane to government, politics, economics, and civil society in Kazakhstan. The club will electronically publish reports on the information and analyses generated from its discussions, using its Web site and e-mail. Women’s Federation “Status” $10,588* To implement a project to increase the transparency and fairness of judicial and law-enforcement organs, with a focus on cases of domestic violence. Project activities will include monitoring and compilation of a database concerning disposition of domestic-violence cases; conducting of roundtables and workshops to seek solutions to unfairness of judicial and law-enforcement organs; and dissemination of information about all stages of the project. Kyrgyzstan Jalal-Abad Regional Human Rights Organization “Spravedlivost” (Justice) $41,739* To develop a network of human rights organizations in southern Kyrgyzstan. Spravedlivost will serve as a resource center for its newly spun-off branches and other human rights NGOs in the region; protect human rights through the provision of pro bono legal services; facilitate information exchange; train members of the network; monitor the human rights situation in the region; and disseminate information throughout Kyrgyzstan and abroad. Five subgrants will be awarded to newly spun-off branch organizations. Kyrgyzstan Committee for Human Rights $35,964 To maintain its regional network of offices providing legal advice and human rights assistance, and to continue lobbying the government to comply with international human rights norms. The Committee will intensify the work of its Batya Center for the rehabilitation of torture victims; work to solidify international pressure on the government of Kyrgyzstan to improve compliance with human rights norms; conduct training of its own activists and activists from other NGOs; and support the formation of a network of human rights organizations and activists throughout Central Asia. Moya Stolitsa Newspaper $30,000 To continue to publish in spite of government opposition. Endowment support will be used to pay rent, printing costs, and a portion of journalists’ salaries. Moya Stolitsa is likely to be the only regularly published independent national newspaper in Kyrgyzstan in the foreseeable future. Shoola Kol $19,736* To implement a human rights project in the eastern region of Kyrgyzstan. The project will include training of police officers in human rights; training of middle school teachers in teaching human rights and children’s rights; legal assistance to indigent citizens; a newsletter; and roundtables to bring together local activists, lawyers, and government officials to work towards improving human rights in the area. Youth Human Rights Group $32,170* To continue its program of civic education and defense of young people’s rights in Kyrgyzstan. The program will include research, monitoring of detention facilities for youth, provision of pro bono legal consultations, classes for secondary school students, training for teachers, and seminars for students in regional colleges and universities. Russia (Chechnya) Groznenskii Rabochii Newspaper $56,700 To resume publication and distribution throughout Chechnya and the refugee camps in Ingushetia. The newspaper is published in Grozny and is committed to unbiased coverage of all sides of the Chechen conflict. It will be published as a four-page, weekly edition, written in both Russian and Chechen, and materials from the publication will also be posted to the newspaper’s Web site. LAM Center for Complex Research and Popularization of Chechen Culture $50,000* To promote democratic ideals and practices throughout the Chechen Republic and Chechen diaspora by organizing a program of roundtables and conferences for Chechen government officials and representatives of NGOs. In addition, the Center will continue to publish its bimonthly bulletin on Chechen politics and society, Vestnik LAM, and offer between three and five mini-grants to other developing Chechen NGOs. Society for Russian-Chechen Friendship $50,000* To support a network of correspondents that will work throughout Chechnya and relay information to the Society’s information centers in Nizhni Novgorod and Ingushetia. This information will be edited into press releases, redistributed to Russian and Western media outlets via the Internet, and published in a small human rights newspaper. Russia Agency for Social Information $48,230* To produce a daily news wire on developments in the NGO sector. The wire will be sent to media outlets, NGO subscribers, and state agencies and institutions. The Agency will also produce quarterly bulletins on various issues of interest to the NGO community, and monthly bulletins on the general development of the nonprofit, nongovernmental sector. Center for Development of Democracy and Human Rights $36,527 To produce a monthly bulletin containing assessments of draft laws as they pertain to human rights and the NGO sector, recommendations for an effective civic response to draft laws, and information on special topics and legislators’ voting. The Center will also organize press conferences to increase the availability of information about pending legislation and the public’s response. Center for International Private Enterprise $55,895 To create a Russian-language virtual business association (VBA) based on its existing English-language VBA. The VBA is an online resource of valuable information for improving nongovernmental associations. Center for International Private Enterprise $187,840 To conduct a project that will consist of a nationwide survey of business-support organizations in order to determine the level of advocacy activity in which they have been involved; a series of regional roundtables; and a communications component, through which CIPE will develop its Russian-language Web site and disseminate printed materials on democratic and economic-reform issues. The project will also serve to further build regional chambers of commerce. Center for Journalism in Extreme Situations $38,758* To support a program of organization, research, and information-distribution regarding violations of journalists’ rights throughout Russia and various “hot points” of the former USSR. The Center will distribute daily, weekly, and monthly bulletins on violations of journalists’ rights to professional journalists and human rights experts. The Center will also maintain and modernize its Web site and will organize the “Association of Journalists’ Organization in Defense of Freedom of Speech” to help journalists unite more effectively in defense of their rights. Center for Support of Democratic Youth Initiatives $30,000 To offer training in human rights education to teachers from Perm oblast. The Center will develop and test human rights curricula in local schools and publish teacher training guides and textbooks. Center for Support of Land Reform in Vladimir Oblast $38,000* To familiarize residents, especially those in rural areas, with issues and procedures related to land sales. The Center will distribute information about land reform through newspaper articles, pamphlets, radio transmissions, and public meetings. In addition, it will continue to house and operate a free legal clinic, to provide rural residents with materials and explanations relating to land privatization, sale, and transfer, and in some cases, to help residents with the preparation of relative contracts, affidavits, and other legal documents. Finally, Center staff will work with government agencies and legislators to develop new regulations relating to land reform. Chelyabinsk Oblast Public Fund “Helping Hand” $30,000 To continue its free legal-aid clinic for the indigent and to offer human rights training to employees of pretrial detention centers in order to improve the overall human rights situation in the oblast. Helping Hand will also continue its highly successful training program for NGO leaders and will operate an NGO resource center that will offer support materials and consulting services to local NGOs. Ecology and Human Rights Center $35,832 To publish a new journal, Ecology and Human Rights, which will examine the closely related issues of the environment, government, and human rights. The Center will make the journal available over the Internet and will distribute the printed version to areas of Russia where the Internet is least easy to access. Glasnost Defense Foundation $41,470 To publish six books on the freedom of the press. These publications will be used in training seminars provided by the Foundation and will be distributed free of charge to universities, legal professionals, representatives of executive and legislative agencies, and human rights organizations. Glasnost Public Foundation $50,000* To offer legal defense to organizations and individuals falsely accused of criminal activity because of their political beliefs or activities. In addition to helping individuals and organizations directly, this effort will help raise public knowledge of the widespread nature of such cases and will counteract attempts to portray individuals with non-mainstream beliefs as dangers to society. Globus-Media News Agency $54,600 To establish a Center for Citizen Legislative Action, which will provide independent, nonpartisan information on legislative affairs to regional newspapers. Each month, articles on important legislative developments will be produced for ten regional newspapers. These papers will augment the Center’s articles with locally written, relevant pieces before distributing all of the articles, along with op-ed pieces and letters from readers, in a regular monthly supplement. The Center will publish the collection of articles in a monthly newsletter for legislators, statesmen, Moscow media, think tanks, civic associations, and academic and educational institutions. GOLOS NGO Coalition $50,000* To work with affiliates in fifteen regions of Russia to gather and analyze roll-call votes from the regional legislature, monitor deputies’ public-reception offices and attendance at parliamentary committee meetings, poll deputies, and track the final outcome of legislation. The results of these analyses will be printed and then distributed free of charge to the voters of the fifteen regions. Human Rights Publishers $36,000* To publish three issues of Human Rights Defender, with a circulation of 3,000, distributed throughout the Russian Federation. The journal publishes analytical articles on human rights issues throughout the Federation. Independent Council for Legal Expertise 75,000* To support a program that provides human rights organizations and other influential groups and individuals with expert analyses of pending legislation; intervenes in particularly complex instances of human rights violations; and works to develop effective mechanisms of social influence to guarantee individual rights. Information Center of the Human Rights Movement $47,500 To continue its campaign of publicizing the goals and activities of the human rights movement through press releases, press conferences, and press monitoring. In addition, the Center will help overcome the shortage of information available to local human rights groups by publishing a specialized bulletin, the Chronicle of the Moscow Helsinki Group, which will discuss issues of interest to human rights activists. Information-Research Center “Panorama” $40,146 To develop a Web site and publish a collection of articles on the developing threat to Russian democracy. Panorama’s staff will contract with outside experts to write articles on key issues, such as state efforts to control civil society, growing restrictions on freedom of speech, and the role of democratic values. These articles will be posted on Panorama’s Web site and distributed in book form to leading Russian political analysts, politicians, and officials. International Memorial Society $37,814 To maintain and expand the “Caucasus Switchboard,” a Web site devoted to the Caucasus. The site will include a news wire that will be updated several times daily, based on other news sources and the Society’s own network of correspondents throughout the Caucasus; a moderated e-mail listserv; a special section in which NGOs can present news about themselves and descriptions of their work; and a research and analytical section that will include a large database of articles and other resources. International Protection Center $30,000 To offer free legal representation to individuals who have exhausted all possibilities in the Russian legal system and wish to pursue their cases in the European Court of Human Rights. International Republican Institute $149,999 To conduct a follow-on training program for local self-government representatives, including municipal training programs, publication of materials, and a national conference at the program’s conclusion. International Republican Institute $150,000 To support the League of Women Voters of St. Petersburg in implementing plans for a press service that will disseminate news and information about the League through the mass media. In addition, the League’s St. Petersburg office will expand the Coordination and Information Center for the Interregional League of Women Voters to oversee continuing development of the League’s regional network as well as coordination of efforts between League affiliates. Interregional Foundation for Civil Society $60,758 To support a small-grants program for regional human rights organizations. These grants will offer grantees the opportunity to improve professionalism, gain project-development and management skills, and learn how to apply for and manage external funds. Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG) $44,790* To offer legal support to selected victims of “spy” cases and to distribute information about ongoing cases to human rights NGOs and the Russian and foreign media. MHG will provide legal counsel to defendants in five particularly high-profile cases and will monitor all ongoing cases. Collected data will appear in various MHG publications, namely its annual report and a bulletin that will also contain recommendations on public actions that human rights organizations can take to combat the problem themselves. Murmansk Association of Women Journalists $30,521* To conduct three informational campaigns to promote a greater role for the public, journalists, and NGOs in the budgetary process. The Association will also publish a brochure containing a model for other NGO activists to follow in promoting budgetary transparency elsewhere in the Russian Federation. Perm-36 Memorial Museum of the History of Political Repression and Totalitarianism $34,241 To develop two permanent exhibits in the Perm-36 exhibition center and two traveling exhibitions for display in other regions of the former Soviet Union and in the United States. Regional Strategy - Kaliningrad $27,921 To support a training program for young political activists in Kaliningrad oblast. Regional Strategy will offer training in practical aspects of NGO organization to about 200 young volunteers, open two new branches in the cities of Gvardeisk and Zelenogradsk, and offer seminars for regional officials and enterprises on questions of organizational and financial assistance to youth associations. Russian Association for Civic Education $36,000 To support the Sixth National Olympiad in Civic Education for the 2002 school year, with the aim of promoting a greater understanding of democratic principles and practices. Ryazan Regional Branch of the Memorial Society $35,000 To publish four issues of its journal, Karta, which offers articles on recent Soviet history, comparative politics, and present-day human rights issues. In addition to publishing Karta, the Society will continue its program of civic education programs for high school students. Saratov Legal Reform Project $30,000 To operate a free legal clinic staffed by professional lawyers and student interns from legal-training institutes in the Saratov region. Approximately thirty-five third- and fourth-year student interns will receive training, and all interns will work in the Project’s legal clinic, which serves up to 1,000 clients each year. St. Petersburg Humanity and Political Studies Center “Strategy” $44,995 To examine corruption in Arkhangelsk and Murmansk oblasts. The Center will carry out research, hold workshops and conferences for NGO leaders and local and regional self-government officials, and present a series of recommendations to the legislators of both regions. St. Petersburg Law School $45,000 To write and pilot-test a third volume of a “Living Law” textbook; develop a teacher-training manual; raise public awareness of Living Law by offering brief, free training sessions for legal professionals; and strengthen its network of regional Living Law centers by holding training workshops for its regional coordinators. Living Law is an introductory legal curriculum for students that emphasizes the application of legal principles to daily life. Tochka Opory (Fulcrum Foundation) $51,000 To award between nine and fifteen grants to regional NGOs for programs in key areas, such as human rights education, involvement of students in local decision-making processes, development of an anti-totalitarian worldview through study of the Soviet past, and reduction of interethnic tensions. Tochka Opory will also offer training to NGO leaders in such topics as accounting, project management, and fundraising. Tomsk Research Center for Human Rights $22,268* To implement a three-part program comprised of a human rights monitoring and research program, publication of an analytical bulletin on the state of human rights in Tomsk oblast in Siberia, and free legal aid to impoverished victims of human rights abuses. Endowment funding will be used in part to support travel by Center representatives to outlying regions of the oblast and will allow the Center to continue promoting pro-human rights policies at the local level. Yaroslavl Regional Public Organization Center for Social Partnership $49,995* To support citizen participation in the government of Yaroslavl oblast through a project that will consist of four main activities: organization of NGO coalitions in the nineteen administrative districts of the oblast; training for coalition members; work to develop closer contacts between NGOs and local self-government bodies; and publication of a newspaper, Okno v nko (Window on NGOs). Youth Center for Human Rights and Legal Culture $40,000* To develop a training program for young people interested in working in the human rights field. Center staff will develop training materials, carry out a large-scale campaign to draw young people into the human rights movement, teach an introductory and advanced course in human rights activism, organize course-graduate internships with human rights organizations, and offer some graduates the opportunity to help develop the Center’s human rights education materials. Youth Human Rights Movement $30,000 To support a program designed to increase both the role of young people and the exchange of information in the Russian human rights movement. The Movement will maintain its electronic information exchanges, publish a monthly bulletin, and hold seminars and conferences for young human rights activists from throughout the Russian Federation. Za Prava Cheloveka $39,560 To support a program of informational activities and human rights assistance intended to coordinate the activities of human rights organizations throughout Russia. Za Prava Cheloveka will expand its program to three more regions, offering free legal assistance to victims of human rights violations, publicizing human rights violations through the mass media and on its own Web page, and providing analyses of patterns of human rights violations. Tajikistan Bureau of Human Rights and Rule of Law $18,538* To conduct a project to improve the human rights situation in Tajikistan. The project will include provision of legal assistance for needy citizens, monitoring of and reporting on human rights violations in the country; lobbying the government to enact legislation relevant to guarantees of fundamental human rights and freedoms; regular lectures on human rights issues in universities; and provision of a database of new laws, legislation, judicial rulings, and other relevant legal documents to the public. National Democratic Institute for International Affairs $239,803 To offer a twelve-month training program on the principles, functions, and structures of democratic organizations to political party and civic activists in Tajikistan. The program will include training in party-building, civic advocacy, and election monitoring. NDI also will work with university-based groups to enhance students’ understanding of democracy and encourage young people to become more engaged in politics. NGO “Modar” $13,093 To improve the status of women and encourage their full participation in the civil life of Tajikistan. Modar’s project will include publication of a book of training materials to be used for teaching women’s rights as a subset of human rights; courses to introduce trainers to the training materials; a series of fourteen seminars throughout Tajikistan for educators, civic activists, and government officials; and a semimonthly radio program to publicize the project and make the project information accessible to the general public. Ukraine American Center for International Labor Solidarity $399,967 To implement labor-education programs aimed at increasing the capacity and skills of regional and local union leaders to provide democratic leadership, to engage in effective advocacy on behalf of their members, to increase the participation of their members in union activities, and to build trade-union capacity to participate in the tripartite, social dialogue process. The project will also provide support for a media-outreach program and an experienced Ukrainian lawyer who will work on behalf of trade unions. Center for Economic and Political Research $50,000* To publish its monthly analytical bulletin, Natsionalna bezpeka i oborona (National Security and Defense). The Center will produce five issues of the bulletin—3,000 copies in Ukrainian and 800 copies in English—addressing a variety of topics in Ukrainian politics and society. Center for Independent Political Research $74,970* To analyze and suggest amendments to important legislation pending before Ukraine’s parliament; to publish research on issues pertinent to the development of democratic institutions in Ukraine, convening four focus groups of experts to analyze these issues; to produce several regular reports and analyses of the media and political situation in Ukraine; and to continue to act as an information resource for journalists, politicians, policymakers, and NGOs. Center of Information and Documentation for Crimean Tatars $34,000 To publish six issues of its journal, Crimean Studies; to coordinate an analytical group that will develop policy recommendations regarding the Crimean Tatars; to work with journalists to provide more balanced coverage of the Crimean Tatar question; and to produce a thrice-monthly digest analyzing coverage of Crimean Tatar issues in the Ukrainian press. Center for International Private Enterprise $136,842 To work with two Ukrainian subgrantees, the Ukrainian Center for Independent Political Research and the Central Election Committee, to develop a National Business Agenda in Ukraine. The project will be steered by a project advisory committee consisting of representatives of Ukrainian national and regional business associations, think tanks, and business communities. Democratic Initiatives Foundation $30,000* To support a program of roundtable discussions and information distribution. The Foundation will poll eighty of Ukraine’s leading journalists and political analysts on key issues, such as political reform, economic development, and the fight against corruption. Poll results will form the basis for monthly roundtables, and summaries of these roundtables will be disseminated along with the poll results as press releases, on the Foundation’s Web site, and to politicians, officials, and NGOs. Dniprovsky Center for Social Research $25,000 To support a program of activities designed to increase the flow of information between state institutions, NGOs, and citizens. The Center will organize a public-opinion poll to assess citizens’ knowledge of NGOs; organize roundtables and seminars to educate NGOs on government-monitoring and media usage; and carry out a number of informational activities targeting various sectors of the population. Donetsk Human Rights School $29,560 To support a program of teacher training and curriculum development for secondary-level teachers. Specifically, the School will organize a national conference and two civic education training seminars for civic education specialists; prepare a methodological guidebook on civic education for students at pedagogical institutes; and compile an elective course on civic education to be used, upon approval by the Ukrainian Ministry of Education, in grades one through eleven of Ukrainian schools. Europe XXI Foundation $42,555* To survey prominent NGO leaders in order to assess the needs and strengths of the Ukrainian NGO sector, and using survey results as a springboard, to carry out a series of roundtables and working groups intended to design a common agenda for the NGOs. The Foundation will develop a Web-based information resource to make practical advice and solutions available to the widest possible range of NGOs. Foundation for Regional Initiatives $34,622* To support a program of human rights defense, public education, and conferences, intended to raise public knowledge of human rights defense as well as to strengthen the capacity of Ukrainian human rights organizations to defend human rights. International Republican Institute $220,000 To perform parliamentary election observation in Ukraine. In addition, IRI will perform a pre-election assessment of the campaign period, examining party and candidate access to media, implementation of new election law, campaign finance, and candidates’ ability to conduct open election campaigns. Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation $37,280 To build the Euro-Atlantic Network, a network of NGOs and think tanks that will moderate online discussions and provide information about democratic government in the West. In addition, the Institute will organize six Euro-Atlantic Club meetings in the regions of Ukraine, to raise public awareness of the advantages of integration into Western institutions and to reduce public nostalgia for the Soviet era. Internews Ukraine $51,184* To support its Telekritika Web site, which is devoted to in-depth analysis of the Ukrainian media. This site will examine key issues relating to the media, such as the media’s democratization, financial condition, and social influence, and its interaction with authorities and Ukrainian oligarchs. It will also address NGO activities relating to freedom of speech; the development of state-owned television and radio; and relative developments in Ukraine’s national parliament. Kharkiv Center for Women’s Studies $47,500 To continue its program of training and consultancy for NGO leaders and journalists on human rights issues; to raise awareness of women’s issues by distributing information to print media and producing television programs; and to continue its research and publication program on women’s issues. Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group $40,000 To produce and distribute several periodicals on various aspects of human rights in Ukraine; to carry out three training seminars for human rights teachers, NGO activists, and government officials; and to sponsor an essay contest for secondary school students with a focus on human rights topics. Lion Society $19,880 To support a program of training seminars designed to introduce representatives of NGOs and initiative groups to basic principles of NGO work and management, and to offer a series of training seminars for teachers on basic methods of civic education for a democratic society. Municipal Management Development Center $25,754 To support a program of public-information activities, public roundtables and hearings, and training programs for NGO leaders and government officials. The Center will assess the impact of its efforts through a series of public-opinion polls. National Democratic Institute for International Affairs $231,729 To provide the Committee of Voters of Ukraine assistance for monitoring and other activities that will promote more credibility in the March 2002 parliamentary and local elections. Funds will cover training and deployment of election monitors, training of election commissioners from democratic political parties, a public opinion poll, and a parallel vote tabulation. Open Society Foundation $31,460* To carry out monthly monitoring of the activity of all 225 parliamentary deputies from single-mandate districts, and of fourteen parliamentary blocks and factions. The Foundation will organize monthly press conferences throughout Ukraine to publicize the project, as well as roundtables for politicians, NGO activists, and journalists to discuss developments. It will also produce two books and a summary analysis of the project. Public Legal Aid Service (PLAS) $27,500 To provide technical consultations and twenty-four training sessions for NGOs in the region; to provide small NGOs with access to computer and office equipment; to provide a public-information program, specialized training for NGO leaders, and support for four PLAS branch offices in the region; and to continue operating its free legal-aid clinic. Regional Information Center for Women $23,786* To expand its existing Civic Education Network to three new cities in Kirovohrad oblast. The Center will provide a total of fourteen training events to help activists from all seven centers develop the skills necessary to provide support to local NGOs. The Center will also continue its publications and free legal-aid programs. Smoloskyp, Inc. $57,517 To hold a series of seminars and conferences for promising young Ukrainian writers, scholars, and politicians; to continue its publication program aimed at Ukrainian youth; and to support its museum of Ukrainian samizdat. Spilnyi Prostir $50,000* To distribute quarterly, four-page newspaper inserts dealing with national politics throughout Ukraine; to carry out roundtable discussions and focus groups to analyze the impact of its efforts; and to continue its media-monitoring project. Spilnyi Prostir will use the project results to develop a “Citizens Platform for the Future President,” which will be distributed to politicians as a guide to voters’ wishes. Ukrainian-American Bureau for the Protection of Human $39,879 To support a program aimed at providing leadership skills to NGOs. The Bureau will develop and publish a series of thirty brochures designed to provide practical leadership skills to the heads of NGOs, as well as offer leadership training to NGOs considered most likely to carry out advocacy and lobbying functions. Youth Alternative $75,596* To support its “Students for Parliament” program, which provides knowledgeable, diligent assistants to legislators for free. In addition to placing sixty-five interns in the Ukrainian parliament, Youth Alternative will place a total of ten interns in two regional legislatures. Uzbekistan Association Central Asia $46,530* To support the publication of the print and electronic versions of the Uzbek independent journal Harakat and its distribution in Uzbekistan as a way of breaking through the government monopoly on information. With Endowment support, circulation of paper copies will be increased to 2,500 copies, and the electronic version will reach five times as many readers. Association Central Asia $9,825* To publish and distribute a special expanded issue of the journal Harakat. The issue will contain materials from the 2002 session of the UN Committee Against Torture, including the Uzbek government’s report on torture; an alternative report prepared by a coalition of Uzbek human rights NGOs, the U.S.-based International League for Human Rights, and the Russian-based “Memorial” Human Rights Center; testimony transcripts; and the official conclusions and recommendations of the UN committee. The materials will be published while still timely, in an attempt to forestall additional incidents of torture in Uzbekistan. Center for International Private Enterprise $66,954 To work with the Tashkent Business Club to develop a coalition of private business associations, think tanks, and journalist organizations that will advocate for reform and implementation of a National Business Agenda in Uzbekistan. This coalition will be built and implementation of the agenda will be sought through a series of working group meetings, roundtables in Tashkent and the regions, a forum with media representatives, and other activities. Tashkent Public Education Center $33,584* To extend its curriculum development program to include civic education in Uzbekistan’s middle schools (fifth and sixth grades). The Center will create a new civics textbook for middle-school levels, prepare accompanying lesson plans and teaching guides, and teach a series of pilot courses using the new materials as a prerequisite to obtaining Ministry of Education approval for use of the text and materials throughout the middle schools of Uzbekistan. Central Asia/ Caucasus Regional Tsentral’naya Aziya I Kavkaz Journal $49,980* To pay a portion of the journal’s production costs and to maintain, improve, and update its research databases. The journal provides a forum for political leaders and civic activists to present independent and nongovernmental views on regional developments, particularly on nurturing democratic values in a manner consistent with local traditions. Central Asia Regional Center for International Private Enterprise $245,359 To support a project that will identify critical barriers to market reform and develop effective advocacy and communications materials and strategy recommendations to overcome those barriers. CIPE will also organize a regional conference for key business and policy leaders, to assist them in developing advocacy strategies and skills and to create a regional network of reform-oriented groups able to share expertise. International Memorial Society $30,450 To provide objective, detailed, and comprehensive information on the human rights situation in the countries of Central Asia. Information from each country will be collected and disseminated by means of press releases to international human rights organizations or in the form of bulletins and specialized publications. East Central Europe/Eurasia Regional East European Democratic Center - IDEE Association $40,000 To support a program of training seminars to introduce local representatives of rural NGOs in Ukraine to basic principles of NGO work and management. This program will train 200 young NGO leaders from the provinces, 100 of whom will be selected for more advanced training in a subsequent project. Foundation for Education for Democracy $40,000* To expand its program of promoting civic education at the grassroots level in Russia. The three-part program will include twenty-seven training workshops, internships, and exchanges for approximately 250 teachers, students, NGO representatives, and youth activists from the Rostov-on-Don and Kaliningrad regions. Foundation for Education for Democracy $120,000 To conduct training in civic education, leadership, NGO development, and train-the-trainer skills through at least twenty-two workshops to be held in Ukraine, Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Mongolia. The Foundation will also produce four “how-to” training brochures to reinforce the workshops, and continue to develop its regional Web page and newsletter. Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe/Warsaw $60,000 To conduct thirty training seminars in independent media, civic education, youth activism, and NGO development for 900 representatives of independent groups in Crimea, Ukraine. Support for democracy-building activities by Crimean NGOs will also be provided through a small-grants program; approximately fourteen small grants averaging $1,000 each will be made. IDEE Foundation $290,000 To continue its Centers for Pluralism (CfP) program. Funding will be used to support the operating costs of key NGOs in Eastern Europe and Eurasia; enhance the democracy-building activities of the CfP network through a small-grants competition for NGOs; publish the Centers for Pluralism Newsletter; maintain an information clearinghouse of prodemocracy NGOs in Eastern Europe and Eurasia; oversee a region-wide internship and exchange program; support the CfP’s Network of Independent Journalists; organize five international meetings of the CfP network; and enable IDEE to administer and coordinate the overall CfP program. Municipal Training Center (MTC) $40,000* To continue a cross-border training program designed to strengthen NGOs in Kaliningrad, Russia. Along with the Baltic International Development Agency, the MTC will establish an NGO Information and Support Center with a Web site, NGO database, and electronic library on the third sector; carry out an NGO management training program; and provide consultations to Kaliningrad’s nascent nongovernmental sector. Polish-Czech-Slovak Solidarity Foundation $50,150 To continue its desktop-publishing, training, and equipment support program for prodemocracy NGOs and independent newspapers in Eurasia. Funding will be used to train at least thirty activists and to equip at least fifteen organizations from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova. Polish-Czech-Slovak Solidarity Foundation $40,350* To continue its desktop-publishing, training, and equipment support program for representatives of prodemocracy NGOs and independent newspapers in Central Asia. The Foundation will train at least twenty activists and equip at least ten independent organizations from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. *Indicates funding source other than annual congressional appropriation |
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