Focus AreasThe East East: Partnership Beyond Borders Program is implemented by the Soros foundations. Applications are received and reviewed by these foundations.
In 2004, the program supported 200 international exchanges in and among Central and Eastern European and Central Eurasian societies addressed to issues including, but not limited to:
- civic education, empowerment, and participation;
- development strategies in agricultural regions;
- implications of EU membership;
- the impact of environmental degradation on public health;
- protection of human rights of people living with HIV/AIDS;
- engaging young people in local community development;
- new patterns of labor migration;
- alternative models of adult education;
- access to information and freedom of expression;
- monitoring transparency of government expenditures.
In 2004 the program’s institutional partner in Slovenia, the Peace Institute, began a long-term initiative to empower minorities in the media in multicultural societies, continuing its ongoing work in migration, citizenship, and inclusion of marginalized sectors of society in Europe. In Turkey, the program is facilitated by the Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation–Turkey and supports initiatives to increase international collaboration for Turkish civil society actors.
In 2005 the East East: Partnership Beyond Borders Program launched a Subprogram for European Integration. This subprogram will prioritize cooperation among new EU member states, candidate and potential candidate countries, and the EU eastern neighbors. Specifically, the subprogram seeks to leverage and maximize EU accession experiences in Central Europe to future EU member countries and EU eastern neighbors. The subprogram will seek to discover and inspire the new vision and energy required to address civil society collaboration among new EU member states, future member states, and the EU eastern neighborhood. The subprogram is open to Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, and Ukraine.
Application Information
The East East: Partnership Beyond Borders Program does not accept applications centrally. For more information, please contact the appropriate East East Program coordinator.
