About This Initiative
The Turkmenistan Project promotes civil society in Turkmenistan via grantmaking and programmatic activities in areas such as arts and culture, access to information, and public health.

Turkmenistan Project Grants
The Open Society Institute supports civil society development in Turkmenistan in part through a small grants program administered by the Central Eurasia Project's Turkmenistan Project.

Donors
Resource links to governmental and private funders (other than OSI) that support the development of open society in Turkmenistan.

Turkmenistan News Brief
June 19-25, 2009
Turkmenistan’s Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov made a low-key trip to Washington, DC this week, shrouded in secrecy. Apparently the Turkmen official met only with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, special U.S. envoy for Eurasian energy Ambassador Richard Morningstar, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Central Asia George Krol, and several other officials from the State Department.

Turkmenistan News Brief
June 12-19, 2009
Turkmenistan unveiled its much ballyhooed Avaza resort area this week, an over-the-top tourist zone fueled by tax breaks and foreign investors eager to catch President Berdymukhamedov’s eye by building luxury hotels in outlandish shapes to position themselves as players in the scramble for Turkmenistan’s vast hydrocarbon resources.

Afghanistan's Upcoming Presidential Election: Free and Fair?
New York City
June 29, 2009
At this panel cohosted by the Open Society Institute and Asia Society, Afghan and international experts discuss human rights, media, and political perspectives on the 2009 elections.

OSI Forum: Labor Migration in the Post-Soviet Space After the Economic Crisis
OSI-New York
April 22, 2009
 AUDIO
This panel discussion looked at the severe impact of the global economic crisis on the lives of labor migrants in Russia and Tajikistan.