Turkmenistan
Focus Areas
In a response to the worsening situation for civil society in Turkmenistan, the Open Society Foundations launched the Turkmenistan Project in November 2002. A branch of the Central Eurasia Project, the Turkmenistan Project builds on the work the Foundations have conducted since the 1990s to promote civil society in Turkmenistan, a closed and repressive country in Central Asia that was part of the former Soviet Union. That work has included grantmaking and programmatic activities in areas as far-ranging as arts and culture, access to information, and public health.
The Turkmenistan Project adds resources to ongoing work and a strategic purpose to the Open Society Foundations' traditional activities by working on the policy level—with intergovernmental organizations, NGOs, and donors—and galvanizing demand for reform by raising awareness of civil society concerns more broadly through information outreach.
The Turkmenistan Project focuses on three principal areas of activity:
- promoting grantmaking to civic actors in Turkmenistan and abroad and broadens opportunities for Turkmen citizens to study and integrate more fully into international development and civil society initiatives;
- providing fuller information about the situation inside the country through independent research and media outreach, including publication of the Turkmenistan News Brief, available via email in English and Russian (to subscribe, please email turkmenistan@sorosny.org);
- promoting government accountability and good governance through policy work, media outreach, and targeted advocacy.
Contact Information
Turkmenistan Project
Open Society Foundations
400 West 59th Street
New York, NY 10019 USA
Tel. 1-212-548-0627
Fax 1-212-548-4651
Email: turkmenistan@sorosny.org
When corresponding via email, please state the nature of the inquiry in the subject line. Messages will be answered within a day or two.
