Grassroots Democracy: Schools as Centers of Civic Engagement in Local Communities
2000–2003 Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)
Organizer: Educational Society for Malopolska, Nowy Sacz (www.mto.org.pl); (www.schoolplusnet.org)
2004 Open Society Foundation Romania
Organizers: Together for Education, Deva and Educational Society for Malopolska, Nowy Sacz
Summary: To conclude the long-term work of improving methodologies of education outside capital cities in Southeast and Central Europe; specifically engaging parents, teachers, students and school authorities in assessing the impact of the School Plus Network of parent/teacher associations in Southeast Europe and the cross-regional initiatives developed by this network.

Media without Borders: Informal Press Clubs in Poland, Ukraine, and Belarus
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)
Organizer: European Forum of the Stefan Batory Foundation, Warsaw (www.batory.org.pl)
2000–2004
Summary: To support an informal platform for exchange among journalists of regional presses in Poland, Ukraine and Belarus, specifically to promote engagement in debate and dialogue as well as publication of reliable information and to promote trans-border cooperation among regional newspapers.

Ukraine and the Expanded EU: New Relationships among Neighbors
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland) and International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine)
Organizers: European Forum of the Stefan Batory Foundation, Warsaw (www.batory.org.pl) and International Renaissance Foundation Kyiv (www.irf.kiev.ua)
2000–2004
Summary: To conclude a long-term analysis of Ukraine’s relations with an expanded EU, focusing on (i) economic issues including, trade, foreign investment and financial sectors; Ukraine as a transit country from Russia and the Caucasus to the EU; construction of infrastructure connecting Ukraine with the EU; EU engagement in introducing Ukraine to the WTO; (ii) social movement, including freedom of travel, migration and cross-border cooperation; and, (iii) political issues, including the perception of Ukraine as the direct neighbor of the EU, the roles of neighboring countries in forming EU policy to Ukraine, the role of Ukraine in public safety policies of the EU, the EU policy to Russia and EU policy in the Black Sea region.

Best Practices in Social Support for Handicapped Children: Czech Republic and Ukraine
Open Society Fund–Prague (Czech Republic) and International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine)
Organizer: Foundation Help for Handicapped Children in Central and Eastern Europe Prague
2001–2004
Summary: To conclude a long-term initiative of exchanges among professionals working with children with multiple handicaps, specifically to share best practices and new methodologies of care.

Transcaucasus-Poland: Youth and Student Organizations in Democratization Processes
2002 Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland) and Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation–Azerbaijan
Organizers: Azerbaijan National Democracy Foundation, Baku (www.andf-az.org) and Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe, Warsaw
2004 Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland) and Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation–Armenia
Organizers: Millennium Association for Education and Research, Yerevan and Education for Democracy Foundation (FED), Warsaw
www.edudemo.org.pl)
2004 Stefan Batory Foundation and Open Society Georgia Foundation
Organizers: United Nations Association of Georgia , Tbilisi and Education for Democracy Foundation (FED), Warsaw (www.edudemo.org.pl) Summary: To support sustainable cooperation among young people in the south Caucasus and Central Europe , to analyze experiences in cross-border cooperation implemented in Poland and to compare experiences in building civil institutions and in promoting civic participation and engagement of young people.

Local Self-Government Experience in International Practice: Poland and Azerbaijan
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland) and Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation–Azerbaijan
Organizers: Partners Poland Foundation Warsaw and Support Center for Democratic Elections Baku
2002–2004
Summary: To support preparation of experts in Azerbaijan to train at the School of Local Government Education in Ukraine to incorporate good experiences and avoid bad experiences in local government management in Poland.

Local Self-Government in Small Towns in Yugoslavia and the Czech Republic
Open Society Fund–Prague (Czech Republic) and Fund for an Open Society–Serbia
Organizers: Union of Towns and Communities of the Czech Republic (www.smocr.cz) and Standing Conference of Towns and Municipalities of Yugoslavia (SKGOJ), Belgrade
2002–2004
Summary: To support civil servants in Serbia to study the public administration system in the Czech Republic, to examine the functioning of Czech municipalities and the role and activities of the Union of Towns and Communities of the Czech Republic and, to strengthen cooperation between Czech and Serbian municipalities and associations.

Prevention of Potential Environmental Disasters in the Territories of the East-West Energy Corridor
Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation–Azerbaijan
Organizer: Public Association for Sustainable Development Assistance Chevra, Baku in partnership Georgian Geophysical Society Tbilisi and Disaster Management Resource Center, Middle East Technical University Ankara
2002–2004
Summary: To conclude a long-term initiative of three NGOs in neighboring countries to utilize the independent expertise of the energy corridor territories in developing regional environmental disaster hazard and impact assessment systems.

Free Legal Services for Refugees and Victims of Human Rights Violations: Poland and Ukraine
International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine) and Stefan Batory Foundation
Organizer: South Ukrainian Center of Young Lawyers, Odessa in partnership with Jagiellonian University Human Rights Center (www.ujhrc.org)
2002–2004
Summary: To support a long-term initiative of collaboration in the development of free legal aid for refugees and victims of human rights abuses, and to prepare lawyers and volunteer law students to offer legal assistance in international human rights and refugee law.

European Studies Curriculum for Public Schools
International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine)
Organizer: Kyiv School Heads Association in partnership with NGO House of Europe Bratislava, National Center of Professional Development of Teachers Warsaw, Paideia Fund Sofia, Educational Programs of the International Renaissance Foundation, Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine,
Poland-America-Ukraine Cooperation Initiative (PAUCI) and European Commission's Delegation to Ukraine
2002–2004
Summary: To support the development of an integrated course on European studies for implementation in the public school system in Ukraine by looking at experiences in other countries and to equip the younger generation with knowledge and practical communication skills to defend one’s rights.

HIV/AIDS-Service NGOs: Harm Reduction in Epidemic of Drug Addiction and HIV/AIDS
International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine)
Organizer: Center of Mutual Help We Are With You, Kyiv
2002–2004
Summary: To support ongoing efforts among HIV/AIDS service organizations to prioritize collaborative engagement in overcoming the consequences of drug addiction and to promote up-to-date methodologies into this cross-border collaboration.

From Misunderstandings to Openness and Collaboration in Multicultural Societies: Experiences in Moldova , Estonia and Northern Ireland
Soros Foundation–Moldova
Organizer: Soros Foundation-Moldova in partnership with Foras na Gaeilge Agency Dublin and Tallinn Pedagogical University
2003–2004
Summary: To support a comparative study of divided societies with protracted conflicts and to contribute to public discussion and analysis in preparation of a referendum in Moldova on a new federative constitution.

Should We Be Afraid of Our Neighbors? The Majority and Minorities in History Textbooks
2003–2004
Open Society Foundation Romania
Organizer: Center Education 2000+, Bucharest (www.cedu.ro) in partnership with World Citizen Education Educational Consulting Budapest and Center for Educational Initiatives, Sofia
2004 Soros Foundation– Moldova
Organizers: ANTIM Association of Young Historians of Moldova and Center Education 2000+ Bucharest
Summary: To promote inter-ethnic dialogue between the majority and minorities in Romania, Hungary and Bulgaria by analyzing practical ways in which t eachers in each country look at controversial and sensitive issues of xenophobia, stereotypes and prejudices and to identify new ways to approach multi-perspectives in teaching history and trans-frontier relations.

Balkan Trans-Frontier Cooperation Forum
Fund for an Open Society–Serbia
Organizer: Timok Club, Knjazevac (www.balkancoalition.com) in partnership with the Center for Euroregional Democracy Timisoara, Information Business Center for Regional Development Belogradchik and the Macedonian Agency for Peace and Development Skopje
2003–2004
Summary: To support trans-frontier cooperation as a tool for regional development and integration in the western Balkans and to foster conditions of prosperity, security and peaceful co-existence among neighboring peoples and states.

Models of Day Care Rehabilitation for Drug Addicts: Lessons Learned in Poland and Ukraine
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland) and International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine)
Organizers: MONAR Association, Warsaw (www.monar.org) and the Institute for Drug Addictions and Drug Related Crime, Kyiv
2003–2004
Summary: To support the design and introduction of community-based drug addiction treatment programs; to analyze how problems of drug addiction in prisons are resolved; and to introduce prevention and therapeutic methods through training a core group of professional staff who are able to train other staff and volunteers in current methods and approaches of rehabilitation.

Interactive Human Rights: Poland , Ukraine and Belarus
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)
Organizer: Polish Association for Legal Education PSEP, Warsaw (www.psep.pl) in partnership with the Grodna Association of Young Intellectuals VIT and the All-Ukrainian Public Organization Democracy Development Center , Kyiv
2003–2004
Summary: To support the introduction in schools and pedagogical institutions in Ukraine and Belarus of new, interactive methodologies to teach young people human rights.

Modern Information Technology in Municipal Administration: Azerbaijan and Estonia
Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation–Azerbaijan and Open Estonia Foundation
Organizer: Organization of the of Specialists Educated Abroad Azerbaijan AKTAM (www.aktam.aznet.org) in partnership with Azerbaijan Friendship Society of Estonia, Tallinn
2003–2004
Summary: To promote the effectiveness of municipalities in Azerbaijan by using modern information technology based on experiences in Estonia and to develop methodologies of distribution of information to the population about the legislative, normative and administrative acts adopted by the central and regional administrative bodies.

Development of Youth in Small Local Communities in Belarus
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)
Organizer: St. Maximilian Kolbe House of Reconciliation and Meetings, Gdansk (www.dmk.pl) in partnership with the Lew Sapieha Foundation, Vitebsk
2003–2004
Summary: To engage teachers, youth organization leaders and local journalists in small towns of Belarus and to offer them experiences, knowledge and information about promoting, initiating, supporting and leading local youth initiatives and resolving community problems through youth initiatives.

Eastern Borders Openness Monitoring Project
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)
Organizers: International Cooperation Program (formerly European Forum) of the Stefan Batory Foundation, Warsaw and the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, Warsaw
2003–2004
Summary: To expand an initiative piloted in 2001 building on research into visa policies of “new” Eastern borders, to verify whether visa procedure is efficient and corresponds to official declarations of making visas easily accessible and to engage local organizations and think tanks in Belarus, Ukraine and Russia to monitor conditions of travel into European Union territory.

What Are My Rights? How Can I Use Them?
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)
Organizer: Education Society for Malopolska (MTO), Nowy Sacz (www.mto.org.pl) in partnership with Two Drinas Center, Kukes (www.dydrina.com); Emilian Stanev Foundation Sofia; C enter for Primary Education CPE Prizren; Step by Step, Chisinau; P arents, for Pupils Kolasin; Together for Education Deva; and, School Bell, Subotica
2003–2004
Summary: To pilot an initiative to engage middle and high school students, parents and teachers in an independent analysis of laws and regulations and their impact on citizens.

Civic Activity in Rural Communities
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)
Organizer: Foundation in Support of Local Democracy, Training Center in Olsztyn (www.frdl.org.pl) in partnership with the Youth for Freedom of Speech Center, Kaliningrad
2003–2004
Summary: To promote equal chances for young people in villages and small cities to cooperate and develop partnerships internationally.

Civil Society Initiation in Managing Migration Flow: Moldova and Czech Republic
Soros Foundation–Moldova and Open Society Fund–Prague (Czech Republic)
Organizers: State Department for Migration of Moldova, Women’s Association of Juridical Careers in Moldova and Multicultural Center in Prague
2003–2004
Summary: To facilitate an exchange of experience among representatives of state institutions and NGOs in Moldova and the Czech Republic concerning migration flow management; to support improvement of the management of migration management in Moldova by informing experts in Moldova about activities and interaction of state institutions and NGOs in the Czech Republic; and, to analyze experiences in the Czech Republic of foreign labor force settlement and measures for preventing illegal labor migration.

Student Councils/Schools of Democracy: Poland and Belarus
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)
Organizer: Pedro Arrupe Formation Center for Educational Leaders, Gdynia www.centrumarrupe.topnet. pl in partnership with the Francysk Skaryna Belarusian Language Society, Minsk (www.htbm.org.by)
2003–2004
Summary: To mobilize student representative bodies to engage teachers and secondary school students, headmasters of schools, local authorities and leaders of youth associations to build the fundamental components of a democracy and citizen participation in Belarus .

Dialogue for Social Development: Russia and Poland
Open Society Institute–Russia
Organizer: Chuvash Regional Center of Social and Economic Education Achievements of the Young in partnership with State Committee of the Chuvash Republic on Affairs of Youth Cheboksary, Association Jowisz, Walbrzych and Regional Center of Support of Non-Governmental Initiatives Walbrzych
2003–2004
Summary: To support the development of local models to overcome marginalization of young people in the Chuvash Republic by analyzing experiences in overcoming marginalization of youth in Poland and to engage positively young people in the Chuvash Republic and encourage ownership of their region’s social development.

Social Development and Development of Youth Leaders: Poland and Ukraine
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)
Organizer: School for Leaders Association, Warsaw (www.szkola-liderow.pl) in partnership with European Dialogue, Lviv (www.dialog.lviv.ua/ed/) , Krosno Full of Life Association (www.krosno.xq.pl/ktz), Krosno City Hall, Jaslo Poviat Council and Krosno Poviat Council
2003–2004
Summary: To support an exchange of knowledge and expertise in civic education programs for students in rural areas and small towns, to develop and promote youth projects which aim to make educational opportunities of children in rural areas equitable and to engage secondary school children in rural areas as a force for effective social development.

Youth Networking: Slovakia and Belarus
Open Society Fund–Bratislava (Slovakia)
Organizer: Pontis Foundation Bratislava
2003–2004
Summary: To support a long-term initiative for youth leaders and NGOs in Belarus to increase the network of democratic structures and active young people in Belarus before parliamentary elections in 2004.

Encouraging Social Engagement of Youth through Voluntary Service
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)
Organizer: Barka Foundation of Mutual Help, Regional Social and Educational Center, Chudobczyce (www.barka.org.pl) in partnership with the Foundation of Mutual Help Oselya, Lviv and the Lviv Center of Social Services for Youth
2003–2004
Summary: To support a pilot program designed to create a center of voluntary service for eastern Europe as a platform for cooperation among NGOs, local councils and institutions working to promote young people to be engaged in voluntary work.

Coalitions of Community Development NGOs
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland) and International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine)
Organizers: Regional Development Agency DONBASS, Donetsk (www.ard.dn.ua) Swietokrzyskie Center of the Foundation in Support of Local Democracy, Kielce (www.frdl.sky.pl) and Center of Social Innovations, Minsk
2003–2004
Summary: To support processes of making local communities in the Donbass Region sustainable through a Cooperation Program of NGOs based in Donbass Region and to promote ideas of European integration in the Donbass.

Attracting NGOs to Activate Youth in Elections
Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation–Azerbaijan
Organizer: Gazakh Resource Center for NGOs and Human Rights
2003–2004
Summary: To mobilize NGOs in the western regions of Azerbaijan to increase involvement in election processes by bringing other experiences to the regions of Azerbaijan and to promote widespread understanding of free, fair and democratic elections; in 2004, to support an exchange visit of young people from Azerbaijan to Lithuania to promote information sharing about practical examples of youth organizations activities and youth civic participation in Lithuania.

I Vote For: Advocacy in NGO Practice/White Book: Public Control of Government Spending
International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine), Soros Foundation–Hungary, Open Estonia Foundation
Organizers: International Taxpayers Committee for the Protection of Taxpayers Rights Kyiv, Hungarian Taxpayers Association (MAOSZ) Budapest and Estonian Taxpayers Association Tallinn
2003–2004
Summary: To support the development of a practical methodology of advocacy tools for NGOs and to improve the skills of leaders who will use this methodology; to develop capacity-making partnership of leaders of NGOs with representatives of local authority and members of Parliament; and, to assist leaders of NGOs to understand and use the potential of their organizations through collaboration with like-minded organizations.

Regional Security and Role of Youth in Peace Building

A Year After: Lessons Learned and Opportunities for the Future
Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation–Armenia
Organizer: Armenian Atlantic Association (AAA), Yerevan
2003–2004
Summary: To support young representatives of Atlantic Treaty Association NGOs and future policy-makers to engage in a dialogue about problems, priorities and opportunities of collaborative cross-border work and to advance the regional aims of the Youth Initiatives of Policy Research Institute in the South Caucasus by supporting a network of engaged young public policy researchers.

Transparent Financing of Electoral Campaigns
International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine)
Organizer: Secretariat of Freedom of Choice Coalition of Ukrainian NGOs, Kyiv (www.coalition.org.ua)
2003–2005
Summary: To support the long-term initiative, Three Steps towards Transparent Financing of Electoral Campaigns in Ukraine, to improve national electoral legislation and to support a favorable environment for transparency in electoral funds as well as mechanisms of civic monitoring of electoral campaign financing to optimize monitoring approaches.

Community Development Network Building
Soros Foundation–Hungary, Open Society Foundation Romania, International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine)
Organizers: Hungarian Association for Community Development, R egional Association for Community Development Romania, Romanian Association for Community Development and Regional Development Agency Donbass, Donetsk
2003–2005
Summary: To support an ongoing exchange of information and cooperation among community development organizations in Central Europe, to share experiences about the validity of community development in the region and to disseminate good practices and to enhance the professional skills of activists.

Together Against Poverty
Soros Foundation–Hungary
2003–2005
Organizer: Roma Leaders’ Professional Association, Bagamer in partnership with Mukacsivszke Miszke Kulturno-Proszvitnyicke Tavarisztvo Pomib NYEVIPE, Zakarpatszkaja oblast, Ukraine and Ruhama Foundation, Oradea
Summary: To support leaders of Roma communities to resolve community problems without being dependent on humanitarian assistance and to promote long-term collaboration in the protection of minority rights.

Advocacy on Adoption of the Draft Law against Domestic Violence
Mongolian Foundation for Open Society
Organizers: Mongolian Women Lawyers’ Association, Ulaanbaatar and Women’s Aid Organization, Malaysia
Summary: To contribute to a long-term exchange funded by the Asia Foundation, specifically to enable activists from Mongolia to travel to Malaysia to work with peers who were instrumental in the adoption, implementation and monitoring of the law against domestic violence in 1994.

Rural Tourism: Alternatives for Villages in Ukraine
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland) and International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine)
Organizer: Forum of European Education, Bieszczadzki Branch in cooperation with European House Lesko and in partnership with the Agency of Regional Growth Boryslaw
Summary: To support farmers as village leaders in piloting small initiatives as alternative sources of income in rural areas and in the long-term to promote changes in the mentality of people in villages to become pro-active in exploring potential resources for economic viability in the countryside by analyzing such experiences in Poland.

Percentage Philanthropy: Encouraging Charitable Giving to Civil Society Organizations
Soros Foundation–Hungary
Organizer: Nonprofit Information and Training Centre Foundation (NIOK), Budapest
Summary: To support analysis and dissemination of lessons learned and results achieved in processes of developing and implementing tax legislation favorable to local philanthropy and sources of funding for NGOs.

Building a Cooperation Platform for the Volunteer Centers in Poland and Russia
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)
Organizer: Volunteer Center Association, Warsaw (www.wolontariat.org.pl) in partnership with The Volunteer Agency, Nizhny Novgorod
Summary: To support the creation of local volunteers centers and the development of a Volunteer Center Network in the Nizhny Novgorod district through collaborative initiatives and experience sharing.

International School Republic/Schools and Local Communities Building Democracy: Poland and Ukraine
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)Organizer: Democratic Society EAST, Warsaw in partnership with the Rebirth of Crimea Foundation, Bakhchisaray
Summary: To support initiatives in schools and in local communities to strengthen democratic institutions and promote open society values and to encourage collaboration among ethnic groups in an environment of potential conflict.

Public Achievement: Globally Aware/Socially Responsible Citizens
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)
Organizer: Education Society for Malopolska (MTO) (www.mto.org.pl)
Summary: To support young people to make positive changes in their immediate environment, to promote positive engagement among youth by providing alternatives for constructive rather than destructive behaviors and to overcome stereotypes of apathy among young people.

Establishing Centers of Entrepreneurship for Youth
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland) and International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine)
Organizers: Youth Public Center Etalon Ivanofrankivsk Province and Country and Europe Association for the Revitalization of Rural Regions, Cracow
Summary: To support the creation of three centers for entrepreneurship among young people in three pilot regions of Ivano-Frankivsk Province , to train a staff of advisers and to prepare young people to conduct and manage a small business in a free market economy.

E-Governance and E-Democracy: Experiences in Estonia and Mongolia
Open Estonia Foundation and Mongolian Foundation for Open Society
Organizers: E-Governance Academy Estonia (www.ega@ee) and Mongolian Foundation for Open Society
Summary: To promote awareness and understanding of information and technology policies and practice for representatives of civil society, media institutions and journalists, governmental organizations and the private sector in Mongolia by sharing experiences piloted in Estonia.

Regional Integrity Dialogue: Best Practices in Anti-Corruption Initiatives International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine)
Organizer: Anti-Corruption Committee/P rogram of Freedom of Choice Coalition of Ukrainian NGOs, Kyiv
Summary: To support the systematization of best practices and lessons learned in anti-corruption initiatives of NGOs and to promote public discussion of norms of national legislation which foster integrity and transparency.

Rural Communities and the Internet
Open Society Foundation Romania
Organizer: Civitas Foundation for Civil Society, Cluj-Napoca (www.civitas.ro)
Summary: To support relationships among rural development practitioners by introducing modern communication technologies in rural communities, to elevate the quality of services provided by rural development agencies to their target groups and to promote partnerships in developing policies and models of rural development.

Strategies and Techniques of Human Rights Training: Uzbekistan and Poland
Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation–Uzbekistan
Organizer: Center of Legal Training , Tashkent in partnership with the Helsinki Human Rights Foundation Warsaw, OSCE Office Tashkent, Freedom House Uzbekistan Human Rights Trainings and Support Program Tashkent and USAID Central Asia Regional Training Program START project Tashkent
Summary: To support partnerships and exchanges of experiences among NGOs in Uzbekistan and Poland , specifically, to analyze approaches and methodologies applied by NGOs in Poland in human rights protection.

Activating Young People: Rural and Regional Tourism in Poland and Belarus
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)
Organizers: St. Maximilian Kolbe House of Reconciliation, Gdansk and Lew Sapieha Foundation Vitebsk
Summary: To support young people (age 16–26) living in small towns or villages in northwest Belarus by providing an opportunity to develop rural tourism initiatives through youth clubs in the Pastavy Region based on experiences in Poland .

Developing Strong Leaders of Youth Organizations
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)
Organizer: European Way Association, Berdyansk (www.euroway.berdyansk.net) in partnership with the
Happy Childhood Fund, Lublin (www.fsd.lublin.pl)
Summary: To promote youth organizations to engage in resolving local community problems and in working with public bodies and to share experiences in successful advocacy campaigns conducted by youth organizations.

Volunteer Activities for Young People: Creation of a Center for Young People’s Initiatives
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland) and International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine)
Organizers: Ternopil Media Club and Society of Professional Support of Women and Youth, Elblag
Summary: To promote the development of volunteer activities for young people, to motivate unemployed young people to be active in their communities and to increase the influence of young people in community development.

Transformation of Radio Journalism: Kosova and Slovakia
Open Society Fund–Bratislava (Slovakia)
Organizer: People in Peril Association, Bratislava
Summary: To promote and stabilize mainstream and multi-ethnic radio outlets that play a key role in the development of democratic society in Kosovo, to contribute to policy dialogue and formulation on urgent and long-term concerns of multi-ethnic society and to assess needs of democratic journalism in Kosovo to influence policy dialogue and legislative thinking about enhancing democracy in media.

Agrarian Ecological Tourism: Experiences in Central Europe
International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine)
Organizer: Centre Trust (Dovira), Lviv region in partnership with Striy State Agrarian College
Summary: To promote partnership among NGOs, business, governmental institutions and local communities in developing rural tourism, specifically by offering this opportunity to analyze models of green tourism development and experiences of homestead owners in Central and Eastern Europe.

Trade Union Reform: Moving from Monopoly to Diversity and Cooperation
Open Society Fund–Lithuania
Organizer: Lithuanian Labor Federation (LDF), Vilnius (www.ldf.lt in partnership with the)All-Ukrainian Union of Workers Solidarity (VOST), Kyiv
Summary: To analyze trade union reform and alternative approaches and consequences of reform in Lithuania, to stimulate leaders’ thinking about the impact of reform to strengthen representation of employee’s rights and to promote workers’ engagement in social dialogue.

Democracy Education in a Changing Europe : New Challenges and Global Perspectives
Open Society Fund–Lithuania
Organizer: Lithuanian College of Democracy (LCD), Vilnius (www.democ.lt in partnership with)
Vilnius Pedagogical University , Department of Social Education (www.vpu.lt)
Summary: To support new tools for strengthening civic education, improving teaching training programs and cooperation among non-governmental and educational institutions and to expand previous collaboration among the Baltic countries to the Caucasus countries.

Let’s Build Europe Together: Youth of the Bug Euro-Region
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)
Organizer: Nowy Staw Foundation, Niemce (www.nowystaw.lublin.pl)in partnership with the Social Youth Organizations of Wolyn Center Our Matter, Luck
Summary: To support cooperation among local communities in the Bug Euro-Region, especially to motivate young people to be active in local community development, and to promote cooperation between NGOs and local governments in resolving problematic issues of community development.

Access to Justice: Civic Participation of Environmental NGOs
Soros Foundation–Hungary and Open Society Foundation for Albania
Organizer: Skuadra 2000/Team 2000, Tirana in partnership with the Regional Environmental Centre for Central and Eastern Europe (REC), Szentendre and Eco Counseling Network, Hungary
Summary: To strengthen the role of NGOs in Albania by enhancing their role as mediators on the right to participate in decision-making processes and access to justice by utilizing experiences of NGOs in Hungary in using public participation as a tool for guaranteeing public rights to access to justice.

Active Community Education: Sharing Experiences in Moldova , Ukraine and Azerbaijan
Soros Foundation–Moldova, International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine) and Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation–Azerbaijan
Organizers: Center for Information and Documentation in Child’s Rights from Moldova (CIDCR) Chisinau, Teachers for Democracy and Partnership Ukraine and Lankaran Educational Information Center Azerbaijan
Summary: To promote best practices in youth civic participation as an effective tool of active community education, to contribute to the development of an active citizenship by engaging and empowering youth people to play an active role in community development.

Building an Effective Higher Education System in Kosovo
Kosova Foundation for Open Society
Organizers: Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST) Pristina and Kosova Education Center (KEC), Pristina
Summary: To support long-term efforts to create conditions for building a modern higher education system in Kosovo, specifically to contribute to the development of a higher education strategy for 2005–2015 by promoting the participation of all relevant stakeholders.

Interethnic Dialogue for Peaceful Repatriation and Integration
Open Society Georgia Foundation
Organizer: International Youth Union of Deported Meskhetians, Meskheti, Tbilisi in partnership with Khsna Organization of Georgians and Descendents, Baku
Summary: To promote peaceful repatriation and integration of deported Meskhetians to Georgia, to encourage positive opinions in society and prepare the Georgian population for processes of repatriation of deportees and to support compliance of the obligations before the Council of Europe in adopting legislation on repatriation in Georgia.

Impact of EU Integration on the Gender Political Agenda: From Political to Policy Opportunities
Soros Foundation–Hungary
Organizer: Department of Political Science, Budapest University of Economic Sciences and Public Administration
Summary: To support the expansion of the initiative piloted by the Peace Institute Slovenia, specifically to a wider audience in Central Europe to analyze research on the gendered political roles and political and policy opportunity structures of women and to elaborate concrete tasks of how to reveal and overcome obstacles in political opportunities for women.

Rights of Citizens Affected by Multiple Sclerosis
Open Society Fund–Prague (Czech Republic)
Organizers: Czech Republic Multiple Sclerosis Society Unie Roska, European Multiple Sclerosis Platform (EMSP) and the Multiple Sclerosis International Federation (MSIF)
Summary: To support the development and effectiveness of MS societies and MS Patient Self-Help groups firmly anchored in a rights-based approach and to strengthen their capacity and commitment to build alliances and work collectively.

Polish Experiences in Strategic Planning: New Methodologies in Ukraine's Regions
International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine)
Organizer: Agency of Regional Development of Luhansk Oblast, Luhansk
Summary: To support an analysis of Polish experiences in local and regional strategic planning in exploring applicability of such experiences in determining methodologies of strategic planning in municipalities in eastern Ukraine.

Baltic Media for Democracy: Developing Cooperation in Critical Media Research
Open Society Fund–Lithuania
Organizer: Association for Baltic Media Research (BAMR) c/o Vytautas Magnus University, Department of Journalism of the Institute of Political Science and Diplomacy, Kaunas
Summary: To support an on-going initiative to identify resources and opportunities for continued cooperation among journalism trainers, researchers and practitioners in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, to create an open dialogue among stakeholders on vulnerable issues in the Baltic media; and to create a virtual platform through which social innovations and institutional experiences in the performance of media may be analyzed and exchanged.

Police in a Changing World: How Modern Training Promotes Professional Policing
Mongolian Foundation for Open Society
Organizer: Asia Forum for Human Rights and Development (Forum Asia) in collaboration with Royal Thai Police
Summary: To support the participation of trainers from Mongolia in a workshop to demonstrate results of a pilot initiative to develop police training modules, to support the introduction of these training modules in the curriculum of police training institutions in Thailand and to support a pool of professional police trainers who will be able to replicate this initiative in Southeast Asia.

Leadership Development of Blind and Visually Impaired Young Adults
Open Estonia Foundation
Organizer: Support Center for Tartu Emajoe School , Tartu in partnership with the
Lithuanian Association of the Blind and Visually Handicapped, Vilnius and Latvian Society of the
Blind Rehabilitation Center , Riga
Summary: To support empowerment of blind or visually impaired young people to take an active role in their communities and to support the Eastern European Network on Access Technology in promoting exchange of best practices and lessons learned of NGOs working with visually impaired young people.

Project Management in Central Asia: Experiences in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan
Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation–Tajikistan and Soros Foundation–Kyrgyzstan
Organizers: Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation–Tajikistan and Center for Public Policy– Kyrgyzstan
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences among non-governmental organizations managing international development projects, specifically to analyze the “service learning” methodology of project management and its implementation, and to promote collaborative initiatives in Central Asia.

Czech-Russian Partnership in Migration and Asylum Affairs
Open Society Fund–Prague (Czech Republic)
Organizers: Organization for Aid to Refugees (OPU), Prague and Czech Refugee Assisting Organization, Prague in partnership with Faith, Hope, Love Charitable Organization for Relief to Internally Displaced Persons and Refugees Pyatigorsk, Southern Research Center, Russia and NGO Memorial, Nazran
Summary: To promote effective cooperation among NGOs dealing with refugees and migrants in the Czech Republic and Russia, specifically to introduce organizations in Russia to European networks of refugee NGOs and the development of refugee and migration law and policy in the EU and Council of Europe and to familiarize organizations in the Czech Republic with the realities, problems and needs of Chechen refugees in Russia.

Labor Migration: Problems, Reality, Tendencies and Prognosis
Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation–Tajikistan
Organizer: League of Women Lawyers of Republic of Tajikistan , Dushanbe
Summary: To support efforts to elaborate a common strategy to address regional migration issues in Central Asia , to compare state policies on migration processes and analyze legislation for the protection of migrant’s rights and to engage civic society in processes of regulating migration processes and monitoring migration policies.

Ethics Committees: Public Control in Health Care Protection
International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine)
Organizers: Ukrainian Association on Bioethics Kyiv, Kyiv Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, Kyiv Ecological-Cultural Center, Ukrainian Center to Activate New Ideas Kyiv, Lithuanian Bioethics Committee (LBEC) Vilnius and Human Research Ethics Committee of the University of Tartu
Summary: To promote public awareness and engagement of governmental structures, mass media, NGOs and research institutions to the benefits of ethics committees in democratization processes and to strengthen collaboration and information sharing among ethics committee in Central Europe.

Efficient Community Partnership: Exchange of Best Practices in Ukraine and Macedonia
International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine) and Open Society Institute–Macedonia
Organizers: Center for Social Welfare Dobrochyn, Chernihiv and Center for Civic Initiative, Prilep (www.cgimk.org.mk)
Summary: To support an analysis of experiences in Ukraine in utilizing optimal models of social services implementation based on principals of international quality standards, specifically to explore the applicability of such to community development in Macedonia.

Monitoring Human Rights Observance in Penitentiary Systems
International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine)
Organizer: NGO Donetsky Memorial, Donetsk in partnership with the Helsinki Foundation of Human Rights
Summary: To follow up an initiative supported in the program in Yerevan in 2003, specifically to develop cooperation addressed to human rights observance in penitentiary systems, to elaborate common tools and methodologies of monitoring and to initiate a long-term comparative analysis of human rights monitoring in penitentiary systems in post-Soviet countries.

Democratization Processes in Foreign Policy Formation and Implementation
International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine)
Organizer: Center for Political and Information Technologies Democracy and Development, Kyiv
(www.cdd.kiev.ua) in partnership with European Dialogue Foundation, Bydgoszcz (www.fundacjadialog.pl)
Summary: To support an analysis of the draft law “On the fundamentals of the foreign policy of Ukraine” by non-governmental and monitoring organizations and to promote coordination of activities to strengthen the impact of non-governmental and monitoring organizations working for greater transparency in governmental decision-making.

International Human Rights Protection Mechanisms: From Awareness to Realization
Open Society Fund–Lithuania
Organizer: NGO Civil Defense Fund, Vilnius in partnership with the Human Rights Centre Viasna, Minsk (www.spring96.org)
Summary: To promote democratic values through sharing knowledge of international human rights standards and Lithuanian practices of transforming human rights law to be in harmony with the EU law; to improve legal qualifications of experts in Belarus by analyzing international human rights protection mechanisms and practices relevant to conditions in Belarus; and, to encourage civil society activities and progressive voices in Belarus by strengthening links with human rights and civil society organizations.

Corruption-Free Town Halls in the Visegrad Region
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)
Organizer: Stefan Batory Foundation Anti-Corruption Program in partnership with Transparency International/Czech Republic, Prague ; Transparency International Hungarian Chapter, Budapest ; Transparency International Slovakia and City Hall of Warsaw
Summary: To support an ongoing initiative to contribute to corruption-free town halls in the Visegrad region and to evaluate the implementation of declarations made during the first roundtable in Prague in 2003.

Central and Southeast Asian Forum against Domestic Violence
Mongolian Foundation for Open Society
Organizer: Consensus Center , Ulaanbaatar in collaboration with the Mongolian Women Lawyers’ Association and the National Center against Violence
Summary: To support this trans-national Forum to organize in Central and Southeast Asia with the long-term objective of creating and strengthening mechanisms to combat domestic and household violence based on collaborative strategies and sharing of experiences.

Gender and the (post) East-West Divide
Open Society Foundation Romania
Organizers: Civic Education Project, Bucharest (www.cepro.ro) and Babes-Bolyai University , Department of Systematic Philosophy, Cluj-Napoca
Summary: To support the establishment of a regional interdisciplinary network for cooperation among activists, teachers and researchers to promote women’s rights; to contribute to raising public awareness and educating public opinion about women’s rights; and, to articulate common initiatives across borders to strengthen the position of women in society.

Facing the European Elections 2004
Soros Foundation–Hungary
Organizer: Hungarian Europe Society, Budapest
Summary: To support the public dialogue on the future of the EU in accession countries and to sustain information flow for new EU citizens about the relevance of and background to upcoming European elections and EU governance.

Reality and Prognosis of Demographic Development of Eurasia
Soros Foundation–Kazakstan
Organizers: Kazakhstan Demographers Association Uralsk, Western-Kazakhstan Center of History and Archeology Uralsk, Western-Kazakhstan Public Fund of Science and Education Akzhol Uralsk,
Independent Research Migration Council of CIS and Baltic Countries Moscow, Center of Ethno-Political and Regional Researches Moscow, Charles University Czech Republic, Mission of the International Migration Organization in Kazakhstan Astana
Summary: To support a regional analysis of social and demographic development problems and modern tendencies of migration processes in Eurasia and to promote collaborative cross-border approaches to improve national demographic and migration policies.

Adult Education: Internationally Certified Competence in Occupational Sectors
Open Society Fund–Lithuania
Organizer: Lithuanian Association of Adult Education, Vilnius (www.laae-lssa.lt)in partnership with Competence Guild, Ltd, Vilnius and City &Guilds, London
Summary: To promote international accreditation in occupational sectors for educational institutions and NGO training institutions and cooperation among occupational sectors to overcome challenges of a rapidly changing labor market, to share experiences in strengthening partnerships among educational and training institutions, NGOs and business sectors in life-long learning initiatives and to facilitate the introduction of common European principles for validation of non-formal and informal learning into national educational strategies.

New Geopolitics of Central Eastern Europe: Between European Union and United States
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)
Organizer: International Cooperation Program (former European Forum), Stefan Batory Foundation in partnership with the European Studies Center at St Antony's College, University of Oxford; German Institute for International and Security Affairs, SWP, Berlin; and, German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Berlin
Summary: To support the formulation of policy recommendations about the role and place of Central and Eastern European countries in transatlantic relations, to promote opinions of Central and Eastern Europe experts in transatlantic debate and to stimulate, both in Poland and in the region, a substantial in-depth public debate on the role of the Central and Eastern Europe in relations both with the rest of Europe and with the United States.

Community Engagement to Overcome Environmental Degradation in Cities
International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine)
Organizer: NGO Chromatographic Society, Kyiv in partnership with Lviv Organization of Ukrainian Chromatographic Society, Charitable Foundation Planet of Peoples Lviv and Nicolas Copernicus University, Torun
Summary: To support efforts to prevent environmental degradation in western regions of Ukraine by analyzing other experiences involving public organizations, local administrations and specialists in overcoming problems of waste management and consequent health implications.

The European Movement in a Wider Europe: New EU Neighbors
Soros Foundation–Latvia
Organizer: The European Movement in Latvia(www.eiropaskustiba.lv)
Summary: To support a long-term initiative to gather key decision makers and civil society representatives from both sides of the EU's new border to analyze the impact of the EU New Neighborhood Policy with a focus on its action plans and increased participation of civil society in its implementation, to define the specific needs, interests and requirements of each participating country and civil society organization to develop thematic need-based guidelines and goals for future cooperation and to consolidate a vocal and high-profile group of civil society activists and decision makers in favor of closer cross border cooperation at the new EU border.

Stakeholder Involvement and Civil Society Participation in Educational Policy Development
Open Society Foundation Romania
Organizer: Center Educatia 2000+, Bucharest (www.cedu.ro)
Summary: To support an exchange visit for education specialists in Central Asia to analyze experiences of the South East Europe Education Cooperation Network (SEE ECN) and possible adaptation in the development of a Central Asian Education Cooperation Network and to discuss strategic development perspectives of SEE ECN as relevant to the long-term strategy of CA ECN.

Youth Vote: Experiences in Poland and Azerbaijan
Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation–Azerbaijan and Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)
Organizer: Education for Democracy Foundation, Warsaw (www.edudemo.org.pl) in partnership with the Gazakh Resource Center for NGOs and Human Rights
Summary: To support an exchange of representatives of youth organizations in Azerbaijan and Poland to promote youth participation in and citizen control of elections and to analyze how the electoral system in Poland changed to encourage greater transparency and citizen impact.

Free Expression: Globally and Locally
Organizers: International Freedom of Expression eXchange (IFEX) and Journalists’ Trade Union (JuHI), Azerbaijan
Summary: To support freedom of expression activists in Central and Eastern Europe/former Soviet Union to participate in an international forum to elaborate strategies to overcome obstacles to press freedom.

Local Self-Government in Small Towns in Ukraine and the Czech Republic
Open Society Fund–Prague (Czech Republic) and International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine)
Organizers: Union of Towns and Communities of the Czech Republic (www.smocr.cz) and the Association of Ukrainian Cities (AUC), Kyiv
Summary: To support civil servants in Ukraine to study the public administration system in the Czech Republic, the functioning of Czech municipalities and the role and activities of the Union of Towns and Communities of the Czech Republic and to strengthen cooperation between Czech and Ukrainian municipalities and associations.

Inter-Religious Dialogue for Reconciliation and Democracy in Southeastern Europe: Case of Moldova
Soros Foundation–Moldova
Organizer: Association for Ethnic and Regional Studies ASER Chisinau in partnership with ISCOMET International Scientific Conference Minorities for Europe of Tomorrow, Maribor and ECERS European Centre for Ethnic, Regional and Sociological Studies of the University of Maribor
Summary: To support an analysis on the basis of norms and values adopted by the Council of Europe regarding issues related to the role of religious communities in implementing the goals of the Maribor Initiative and to raise public awareness about ideas of reconciliation, respect of difference and cultures of dialogue to promote a multi-cultural and multi-religious society in Moldova.

Protection of Cultural and Natural Heritage
International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine)
Organizers: Lviv Tourist Board, Green Cross Society Lviv and Lviv Branch of National Environmental Center of Ukraine
Summary: To support an analysis of the implementation of the Convention on Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage as the basis on which to elaborate common actions and strategies trans-nationally.

Women’s Rights in the AIDS Epidemic
Soros Foundation–Kyrgyzstan
Organizer: Public Fund Keep Your Health Healthy, Bishkek in partnership with the NGO Center of Health to Women, Association of Crisis Centers of the Kyrgyz Republic, Republican Health Promotion Center, UNIFEM project (Women Fund of UNO Development) Creation of potentials for the decision of gender aspects of AIDS epidemic in Kyrgyzstan and UNFPA project (UNO Fund of Population) Development of reproductive public health services in northern regions of Kyrgyzstan
Summary: To support the implementation of the law on reproductive rights and gender equality in the Kyrgyz Republic by strengthening knowledge of the AIDS epidemic and infections transmitted to women and girls and to promote practical skills of educators working to advance and protect women’s reproductive rights and sexual health.

Learning from Peers: Successful Examples of Community Development
Open Society Fund–Bratislava (Slovakia) and Soros Foundation–Moldova
Organizer: CONTACT Center, Chisinau (www.contact.md) in partnership with the Ekopolis Foundation, Banska Bystrica (www.ekopolis.sk)
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences, best practices, lessons learned and models of community development in Slovakia specifically to strengthen local capacity, resources and expertise of NGOs in Moldova based on the experience of Slovak organizations, to collaborate in finding innovative solutions to community development challenges for Moldova based on experiences in Slovakia and to analyze principles of cooperation among sectors and mechanisms for promoting local economic development in Slovakia as valuable models for Moldova.

Preparation of Case Studies: Public Policy Curriculum Development
Open Society Fund–Bratislava (Slovakia)
Organizer: Open Society Fund–Bratislava (Slovakia) in partnership with the Slovak Governance Institute Bratislava, Faculty of Social and Economic Studies of Comenius University Bratislava, Graduate Center for Public Policy and Management Skopje and Center for Policy Studies Budapest
Summary: To support an exchange for the development and publication of public policy curriculum development case studies in Macedonia, Hungary and Slovakia to promote innovative methodologies in teaching public policy in Central and Eastern Europe.

South East European Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Media Initiative
Fund for an Open Society–Serbia
Organizer: New Age Rainbow Association Serbia & Montenegro, Novi Sad (www.gay.org.yu)
Summary: To support an evaluation of the current position of LGBT NGOs in the mainstream media and to identify obstacles in efforts to influence public opinion and policymakers regarding gender identity issues, to facilitate collaboration among NGOs by creating a regional media hub to connect an interactive cross-border peer-to-peer network and to launch a joint regional LGBT web portal based on a permanent flow of information and sharing of best practices in cooperation with media.

Building Democratic Governance through Transparency and Participation
Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation–Armenia
Organizer: Center for Regional Development/Transparency International Armenia (CRD/TI Armenia) (www.transparency.am) in partnership with Transparency International Secretariat Berlin (www.transparency.org)
Summary: To support an analysis of strengths and weaknesses of anti-corruption initiatives in the South Caucasus region and to identify what needs to be changed to make the fight against corruption more effective and visible and the anti-corruption activities of civil society more synergized and harmonized.

Open Source Software as a Tool for Civil Society and Public Governance
Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation–Armenia
Organizer: Union of IT Enterprises (UITE), Yerevan (www.opensourcearmenia.com) in partnership with the Enterprise Incubator Foundation (www.eif.am) and Armenian High-Tech Council of America (www.armentech.org)
Summary: To support collaboration to find innovative solutions, catalyze expertise, innovation and advocacy to demonstrate advantages of the Open Source governance model which has proved to be viable not only in the software industry, but also in the development of civil society and to demonstrate that the Open Source governance model is applicable to public governance.

Writing an Effective Policy Paper to Influence Decision-Making
Foundation Open Society Institute-Representative Office Montenegro
Organizers: Foundation Open Society Institute-Representative Office Montenegro, Fund for an Open Society-Serbia, Kosova Foundation for Open Society and Open Society Foundation Albania
Summary: To support capacity building for NGOs and think tanks to articulate recommendations to policy makers and to translate recommendations into effective policy papers as an efficient tool for sustainable social change.

Media Contribution to Civil Society Development: Experiences in Poland
Soros Foundation–Moldova
Organizers: CAPTES Center for Information, Education and Social Analysis, Moldova and Libertos Foundation for International Cooperation, Poland in partnership with ACCELS/IATP – Moldova, UNDP Informative Society Development Program, Independent Journalism Center of Moldova, Contact Center for NGOs Assistance in Moldova, European Movement of Moldova and Interaction Association, Transnistria
Summary: To contribute to a long-term initiative of experience and information exchange among NGOs and media representatives in Poland and Moldova, specifically to build partnerships and strengthen public relations through the use of modern information technologies, to inform NGO and media representatives in Moldova, including Transnistria and Gagauzia, with experiences of Polish partners in media campaigning, networking and using advanced technologies to circulate information within civil society and to analyze experiences in Poland on overcoming communication barriers within civil society, freedom of speech, overcoming lack of information in society and networking and partnerships among NGOs.

Women’s Participation and Representation in Political Life
Open Society Foundation for Albania
Organizer: Albanian Institute for Election System Development, Tirana (www.INSIZ.org.alb.com)in partnership with Citizens Association – MOST, Skopje (www.most.org.mk)
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences among countries developing democratic institutions, specifically experiences in promoting women’s participation and representation in political life and electoral processes and to analyze what works and what doesn’t about public initiatives designed to increase women’s participation in political life.

Rivers for Life – Water, Environment and Health in Central and Eastern Europe
Soros Foundation–Hungary
Organizer: Védegylet Protect the Future Society, Budapest
Summary: To support NGOs to elaborate a framework of cooperation and collaborative initiatives in sustainable water and river management and the prevention of water pollution, specifically to influence decision-makers to stop dam construction on the Drava River and to overcome negative environmental consequences of the Gabcikovo dam and to prevent an ecological catastrophe by taking steps against the mine opening at Rosia Montana.

Virginity Project: Best Practices for Promoting the Right of Choice for Young Roma Women
Open Society Institute–Macedonia
Organizer: Young Roma Women Leaders (YRWL) Macedonia
Co-organizer: Open Society Institute–Macedonia
Summary: To support the internationalization of an initiative piloted in Macedonia to raise awareness about basic human rights of women with special emphasis on sexual and reproductive rights and to expand the network of young educated Roma women leaders.

Organizations Working with Children at Risk: Kyrgyzstan and Czech Republic
Soros Foundation–Kyrgyzstan and Open Society Fund–Prague (Czech Republic)
Organizers: Children’s Center Moltur Koz, Bishkek (www.moltur-koz.kyrnet.kg) and Hyperaktivita Institute for Study and Therapy of Hyperactivity and Attention Disorders, Prague (www.hyperaktivita.cz)
Summary: To support the enhancement of social and psychological competency of specialists in Kyrgyzstan working with children with behavioral disorders, street children and their families, specifically by analyzing modern methods of similar organizations in the Czech Republic in the treatment and rehabilitation of children with behavioral disorders and who have suffered abuse.

Local Media: Partner or Judge of Local Authorities?
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland) and International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine)
Organizer: Partners Poland Foundation, Warsaw in partnership with the Center for Social Welfare Dobrochyn, Chernihiv
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences among media professionals specifically to compare experiences in relations with local authorities and to explore the adaptation of Polish experiences to everyday practice of media professionals in the Chernihiv region of Ukraine.

Austrian-Hungarian-Slovak InfoLink: Cross Border Tools for Protecting Common Resources
Soros Foundation–Hungary
Organizers: Reflex Environment Protection Society Gyor, Ipel Union Sahy, Grenzkommunal Forum Nickelsdorf and Danubian and Lower Vah Regional Association, Dunajska Streda
Summary: To support the expansion and enhancement of a GIS-based environmental information portal, specifically to promote the principles of the Hungarian-Slovakian Convention on Cooperation in Environmental Protection, the Hungarian National Environmental Program, the EU 6th Environmental Action Program and the Aarhus Convention on citizen access to information and to stimulate cross-border communication among the regional population, authorities, local government development associations and other stakeholders on environmental and regional development issues.

Labor Migration: New Patterns of Migration in Central and Eastern Europe
Open Society Foundation Romania
Organizer: Public Policy Center (CENPO), Cluj-Napoca
Summary: To support an analysis of the trans-national effects of labor patterns and migrations on
local communities in Central and Eastern Europe and recommendations to the policy process on
regulating labor movement and to consolidate approaches to trans-national policy research and
policy dialogue to overcome shared problems.

Defending the Rights of Abused Children
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)
Organizer: The Institute of Forensic Research, Cracow (www . ies.krakow.pl)() in partnership with Nobody’s Children Foundation, Warsaw (www.fdn.pl)
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences among specialists working with abused children to analyze new methodologies of diagnosing violence in the family and of strengthening the skills of educators and psychologists working in legal institutions to protect the rights of abused children.

Problems of Preliminary Detention: The Right to Liberty
Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation–Armenia
Organizer: Civil Society Institute, Yerevan (www.csi.am)
Summary: To contribute to a long-term initiative to ensure protection of liberty in compliance with the standards of requirements of Article 5 of the European Convention of Human Rights, specifically to bring together specialists and practitioners from different countries to present results of monitoring in Armenia and to analyze trends and changes in legislative practice.

Impact of Coordinated Actions in Book Policy Development in the South Caucasus and Central Asia
Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation–Armenia
Organizer: NGO National Publishers Association, Yerevan in partnership with NGO ArmAuthor, Yerevan
Summary: To contribute to a long-term initiative designed to make recommendations to overcome deficiencies in the book policy development and strategies in a market economy and to encourage the participation of NGOs in developing book industry development and policy models.

Roles and Responsibilities of Newly Emerging Think Tanks and Education Policy Centers
Open Society Georgia Foundation
Organizer: International Institute for Education Policy, Planning and Management (EPPM), Tbilisi
Summary: To support exchange of experiences and expertise to affect policy changes in education systems in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union through coordinated efforts of think tanks and Education Policy Centers, to strengthen overall capacity for and quality of education planning and analysis and to promote information exchange and flow of information among Education Policy Centers.

Cross-Border Collaboration in Preventing Violent Conflicts
Open Society Foundation–Sofia (Bulgaria)
Organizer: United Nations Association of Bulgaria, Sofia in partnership with the Human Rights Center Viasna Minsk, Bulgarian School of Politics Sofia and Bucovina Partnership Agency Chernivtsi
Summary: To support a long-term initiative, The Role of Civil Society in Prevention of Armed Conflicts, specifically to convene civil society activists to develop a common platform for effective action in conflict prevention from the community to the global level, to produce regional agendas for conflict prevention and to improve interaction among civil society organizations, the UN, regional organizations and governments.

Youth Involvement in Community Building through Environmental Actions
Open Society Foundation Romania
Organizer: Fundatia Ecologica Floare de Colt, Bucharest in partnership with Ferienwerk Koln and the Ecological Movement of Moldova, Chisinau
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences in rural community development, specifically best practices and lessons learned in youth involvement in community development, and to raise attention of decision-makers at central and local levels about constructive engagement of civil society actors in resolving community development problems.

Legal Reform in Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova: Learning from Experiences in the Czech Republic
Open Society Fund–Prague (Czech Republic)
Organizer: People in Need Foundation, Human Rights Department (www.pinf.cz) in partnership with Viasna 96 Belarus, Ukrainian Independent Association of Judges and Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Moldova
Summary: To support an analysis of lessons learned by the legal profession in the Czech Republic in the transformation of the legal system, specifically to provide an opportunity for legal professionals in Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova to analyze these experiences in a comparative exchange of transformation in the legal systems in Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova.

Agrarian Development in Eastern Crimea: Creating Agro-Tourism Small Enterprises in Poland
International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine)
Organizers: Center of Public Initiatives Svitotch, Bakhchisaray and Gmina Council, Strzegowo
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences among agricultural specialists in Ukraine and Poland, specifically to analyze experiences of establishing and maintaining small enterprises of green tourism in Poland as an alternative approach to social development in poor agrarian communities in eastern Ukraine.

Effective Development Cooperation: NGOs, State and Private Sectors
Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation–Azerbaijan
Organizers: Uluchay Charitable Organization and ADS Shaki-Balaken district
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences about NGO, state and private sector cooperation in Public Boards to have an influence on public interest decision-making, specifically to increase opportunities for NGOs and Initiative Groups to act with state and public sectors to overcome social and economic problems.

Youth against Substance Abuse and Violence: Creating Safe Environment Together
Open Society Fund–Lithuania
Organizer: Educational Debate Centre (EDC), Druskininkai in partnership with the New Communication Club Belarus, Estonian Debating Society, Bulgarian National Debate Association, Debate Centre-Latvia, Junior Achievement Foundation Poland, Debate Program-Moldova, ARDOR-Romania and National Debate Centre-Kazakhstan
Summary: To contribute to a long-term initiative, Safe School, which aims to consolidate efforts of stakeholders in the local community--parents, students, teachers, psychologists, physicians, police workers – and national authorities to prevent substance abuse and criminality among teenagers, specifically to strengthen communication and critical thinking skills of young people to be able to participate in the life of their local communities and to present the activities and results of the Safe School initiative as a possible model for increasing youth participation in public life.

Best Practices in Interventions for Socially Excluded Children Living in Railway Stations
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)
Organizer: Wybrzezak Theater in Education Association, Gdansk (www.wybrzezak.org) in partnership with the Regional Youth Public Organization Person and Conflict, Cherkassy; Red House Center for Culture and Debate/Gulliver Clearing House Foundation, Sofia (www.redhouse-sofia.org) and (www.aschange.org); Truc Spherique, Zilina; and, Sigma Art Foundation, Bucharest
Summary: To support a pilot initiative aimed at children and teenagers who run away from home, beg or prostitute themselves, specifically to analyze positive experiences of social workers and artists in partnership to resolve problems of homelessness and risk behavior of socially excluded young people.

The Time Is Now: European Youth Network on Sexual and Reproductive Rights
Fund for an Open Society–Serbia
Organizers: Youth of JAZAS Belgrade, Yugoslav Youth Information Center YYIC Belgrade, Youth Against AIDS – MPS, Sarajevo (www.mps.ba) and H.E.R.A. Health Education and Research Association, Skopje (www.stopaids.org.mk)
Summary: To support empo werment of young people to create, implement and evaluate peer education programs and to participate in governmental structures that are developing national strategies regarding reproductive health and HIV/AIDS and to develop mutual projects and partnership among organizations working with sexual and reproductive health education for young people.

Innovations and Models of Social Development for People with Mental Disability
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland) and International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine)
Organizer: L’Arche Foundation, Sledziejowiece (www.larche.org.pl) in partnership with Dzherelo Children’s Rehabilitation Center, Lviv
Summary: To support local leaders and volunteers in Lviv in their work to establish models of non-governmental initiatives responding to the needs of people with mental disability, specifically to analyze know-how and skills of organizations in Poland with relevant experience and expertise.

Education for a Sustainable Future: Central and Eastern European Perspectives
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)
Organizer: Cultural and Ecological Association, Slubice (www.ziarno9.org.pl) in partnership with Spiritual Guidance Center for Youth, Klaipeda; People and Water, Kosice (www.peopleandwater.sk); VOKA Rural Organization for Community Activities, Banska Bystrica (www.voka.sk); WIZARD, Pilzen; Child and Environment, Ukraine; Independent Ecological Center, Budapest (www.foek.hu); Hungarian Society for Environmental Education, Budapest; and, Center for Rural Assistance, Timisoara (www.rural.-center.org)
Summary: To support community-based educational initiatives for sustainability, to identify best practices to be incorporated into on-going collaborative activities and to build a network and base of support for innovative approaches to youth and adult education and civic action.

Knowledge Networking for Specialists Working with People with Disability: Poland and Ukraine
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)
Organizer: Association for Support of Disabled People RES SACRA MISER, Goscieradow
(www.republika.pl/sacramiser) in partnership with County District in Krasnik (www.powiatkrasnicki.pl),
Foundation for Development of Hipotherapy of Disabled Children Cracow (www.republika.pl/funhip)
and County District in Luck
Summary: To support an exchange of best practices, skills and knowledge among practitioners working with people with disability, specifically to exchange new methodologies and innovations in professional and social integration of persons with disability and self-help actions for families.

Local Environmental Actions: Practice of Effective Partnership
International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine)
Organizer: Donetsk Youth Debate Center in partnership with the Institute of Social Information Gdynia, Milieukontakt Oost-Europa Local Office Tirana and Milieukontakt Oost-Europa Local Office Skopje
Summary: To support capacity building of stakeholders in environmental advocacy work, specifically to compare experiences in campaigns and public awareness activities in overcoming obstacles to trans-national environmental and community development work.

Development of Social Work Curriculum: Experiences in Lithuania and Azerbaijan
Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation–Azerbaijan and Open Society Fund–Lithuania
Organizer: Baku Education Information Center and Vytautas Magnus University Kaunas
Summary: To support the development and implementation of higher education resources for social workers in Azerbaijan specifically by providing an opportunity to compare experiences and work with colleagues in Lithuania.

Third Lesbian Week: Equality and Human Rights for All
Fund for an Open Society–Serbia
Organizer: Labris Lesbian Rights Group, Belgrade in partnership with Kontra Lesbian Group, Zagreb
Summary: To support regional networking of lesbian activist groups, specifically to promote public awareness of human rights and equality for all and to provide a communication platform for exchange of practical working methods and successful advocacy work among lesbian groups.

Consequences of Economic Transformation and European Integration
Soros Foundation–Hungary
Organizer: Department of Sociology and Social Policy, Budapest University of Economic Sciences and Public Administration
Summary: To support an analysis of research findings concerning the recruitment, structure and attitudes of Central and East European economic elites, to investigate alternative recruitment patterns, unified and fragmented elite configurations and attitudes with respect to the market transformation and the enlargement of the European Union and to analyze how far different constituencies of business, commercial and government elites share common sentiments about the consequences of transformation and European integration.

Transparent Elections and Successful Strategies for Civic Engagement
Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation–Azerbaijan
Organizers: Society for Democratic Reforms (SDR) Baku, FTUTG Solidaroba, Kutaisi, Committee on Protection of Human Rights Kazan and Committee of Voters of Ukraine (CVU) Kyiv (www.cvu.org.ua)
Summary: To support public participation and civic engagement in municipal elections, specifically to provide an opportunity for NGOs to compare experiences and share models of engagement.

Economic and Agricultural Reforms: Educating the Consumer
Soros Foundation–Hungary and Open Society Foundation Romania
Organizer: Sarkozy Peter Foundation Piliscsaba in partnership with the Organic Farming Association of Romania, Cluj
Summary: To support an analysis of economic and political changes affecting agricultural reform in Hungary and Romania, specifically to analyze changes in agricultural reform as determined by accession to the EU, to engage civil society organizations in informing the public about such changes and to educate the public about health concerns related to agricultural reform.

Forum of Young Leaders: Eastern Policy of the European Union
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)
Organizer: Association School of Leaders, Warsaw (www.szkola-liderow.pl)
Summary: To promote social engagement of young people, specifically to support an exchange of views on regional cooperation and Eastern policies of the EU and to analyze opportunities for collaborative initiatives across the new Eastern border of the EU.

Together Against AIDS
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)
Organizer: Association of Volunteers Supporting People Living with HIV/AIDS DA DU, Szczecin in partnership with We With You Ukraine, Lithuanian Positive Group, AGIHAS Latvia, Credum / EATG Czech Republic and ESPO SOCIETY Estonia
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences among people living with HIV/AIDS and to build capacity of institutions supporting people with HIV/AIDS, specifically to promote professional engagement with the press in encouraging professional journalistic coverage of HIV/AIDS.

The Truth about the Past/The Foundation for the Future
Developing a Model for Reconciliation among the Countries of the Dayton Triangle
Fund for an Open Society–Serbia
Organizer: Center for Regionalism, Novi Sad in partnership with the Forum of Citizens Tuzla and Citizen’s Forum for Human Rights Zagreb
Summary: To support a long-term initiative to develop models of reconciliation, specifically to contribute to public awareness and engagement concerning the work of documentation centers, an analysis of textbooks and a survey of attitudes about the War Crimes Tribunal in the Hague.

New Tactics in Human Rights
Organizers: Center for Victims of Torture (www.cvt.org) , Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly (www.hyd.org.tr) and Institute for Public Administration (www.todaie.gov.tr)
Summary: To support participants from Central and Eastern Europe/former Soviet Union to attend the International Symposium of the New Tactics in Human Rights Project, specifically to give these individuals an opportunity to learn how well-structured strategies and well-chosen tactics make human rights work more efficient and effective.

Equality Initiative: Overcoming Discrimination Against Women
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)
Organizer: Center for Social and Economic Development, Sedziszow Mlp. in partnership with Woman’s Perspectives, Lviv (www.women.lviv.ua)
Summary: To support exchange visits of leaders of women’s organizations in Ukraine and Poland, specifically to analyze changes in the image of Polish women and their roles in society in recent years, activities and strategies to promote equal rights and public awareness of discriminatory behavior.

Promoting a Network of Educational NGOs in Lithuania-Kaliningrad Region
Open Society Fund–Lithuania
Organizer: Foundation for Educational Change (FEC), Vilnius (www.skf.osf.lt) in partnership with the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuania, Vilnius (www.smm.lt); Center for Civic Initiatives, Vilnius (www.pic.lt); NGO Information and Support Center, Vilnius (www.nisc.lt); and, NGO Coalition New Connections, Kaunas (www.vpu.lt/sdc)
Summary: To support the creation of an effective network of educational NGOs for cooperation among regions, cities, local authorities and non-governmental organizations in Kaliningrad region and Lithuania to introduce changes in education reform, specifically to analyze education policies and experiences of NGOs and educational institutions in implementing educational innovations in Lithuania.

Partnership in Public Administration: Experiences for Civil Servants in Ukraine, Armenia and Georgia
Open Society Fund–Lithuania
Organizer: Lithuanian Institute of Public Administration (LIPA), Vilnius (www.livadis.lt) in partnership with the Institute of Continuous Training of Ukrainian Academy of Public Administration under the Office of the President of Ukraine, Academy of Public Administration, Kyiv; Public Administration Academy of the Republic of Armenia, Yerevan; and, Georgian Institute of Public Affairs, Tbilisi
Summary: To support trans-national cooperation in planning and managing transition processes, specifically to provide civil servants in Ukraine, Armenia and Georgia an opportunity to analyze experiences in public administration in Lithuania as well as to explore collaborative solutions to similar challenges experienced in public administration in these countries.

Policies for the Re-integration of Emigrants: Albania and Romania
Open Society Foundation for Albania
Organizer: Youth in Free Initiative, Kukes in partnership with Youngsters Without Borders, Romania
Summary: To support small community-based organizations in disadvantaged areas in Romania and Albania, specifically to encourage the development of a long-term vision of partnership among civil society and authorities in guaranteeing the rights of returning emigrants.

Challenges of Multiculturalism in Eastern and Central Europe
Open Society Foundation Romania
Organizers: SACRI Society for the Research of Religions and Ideologies, Cluj (www.sacri.ro) and the Faculty of Philosophy, Al. I. Cuza University, Iasi
Summary: To support an analysis of the current multicultural context in Central and Eastern Europe, to develop a network of researchers and practitioners of multiculturalism and to investigate positive and negative aspects of adapting patterns of development from western Europe.

Human Rights Education in Schools and Universities
Open Society Georgia Foundation
Organizer: Human Rights Education Center (HREC), Tbilisi
Summary: To support the professional development of NGOs working in human rights education by providing an opportunity for such NGOs to compare experiences and exchange information and sustain a communication platform to exchange ideas about new methodologies of human rights education in practice.

Organic Agriculture and EU Markets
Open Society Foundation Romania
Organizer: Organic Farmers Association – Bioterra Romania, Cluj-Napoca
Summary: To support local community development efforts to gather recommendations for decision-makers on the implementation of organic agriculture as practiced in Europe, specifically to analyze experiences in eco-systems protection and eliminating health hazards for humans.

Textbooks for an Open Society: Enhancing Skills and Sharing Experiences in Lithuania and Tajikistan
Open Society Fund–Lithuania and Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation–Tajikistan
Organizer: Textbook Centre of the Educational Development Centre , Vilnius (www.pedagogika.lt) in partnership with OSIAF-Tajikistan Secondary Education Program
Summary: To support an ongoing initiative on textbook reform in Tajikistan, specifically by offering scholars and publishers an opportunity to analyze experiences in textbook reform and principles of textbook development in Lithuania and to exchange information about modern methodologies of textbook publication and evaluation.

Overcoming Gender Stereotypes in Primary Education
Foundation Open Society Institute–Representative Office Montenegro
Organizer: Women’s Action (www.womenaction.net)
Summary: To support a long-term initiative of advocacy in educational reform, specifically to overcome gender stereotypes, by engaging all relevant stakeholders in primary education to work with decision-making bodies in implementing new methodologies of curriculum and textbook design to eliminate gender stereotypes.

Local Self-Government in Small Towns in Albania and the Czech Republic
Open Society Fund–Prague (Czech Republic) and Open Society Foundation for Albania
Organizer: Union of Towns and Communities of the Czech Republic, Prague in partnership with the Albanian Association of Municipalities (AAM), Tirana (www.aam-al.org)
Summary: To support civil servants in Albania to analyze the public administration system in the Czech Republic, to examine the functioning of Czech municipalities and the role and activities of the Union of Towns and Communities of the Czech Republic.

Policies and Strategies of Diversity Management in Central and Eastern Europe
Open Society Fund–Prague (Czech Republic)
Organizer: Multicultural Center Prague
Summary: To support an analysis of policies to manage social, linguistic and religious diversity, to formulate policy recommendations to overcome weaknesses in diversity management and to compare experiences in Central and Eastern Europe with existing EU diversity policies, procedures and advocacy efforts.

Building Cultural Tourism Partnerships in Mongolia, Central Asia and Southeast Asia
Mongolian Foundation for Open Society
Organizer: Arts Council of Mongolia (ACM), Ulaanbaatar (www.artscouncil.mn) in partnership with the Mongolian Tourism Board and Mongolian Tourism Association
Summary: To support the creation of local and regional partnerships and networking among cultural and tourism sectors in Mongolia, Central Asia and Southeast Asia, specifically, to promote cultural tourism to encourage culture as a viable economic asset, to protect cultural diversity and the encouragement of pluralism and dialogue between cultures and to stimulate state, public and private institutions to collaborate in promoting cultural tourism.

Cooperation for Rehabilitation: Civic Participation to Overcome Consequences of Chernobyl
Open Society Fund–Lithuania
Organizer: Institute of Democratic Politics, Vilnius (www.dpi.lt) in partnership with the
Belarus, Moldova & Ukraine Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Vilnius (www.urm.lt)
Summary: To support youth civic participation and responsibility in civic development in Belarus, specifically to offer an opportunity to youth in Belarus to see ways youth can work to improve their situation by sharing productive experiences of youth work in Lithuania, to empower youth in Belarus to act and to defend their rights within the society and to familiarize youth in Belarus with international human rights protection mechanisms, norms and legislation.

Mobilization and Empowerment of Roma Communities
Open Society Foundation–Sofia (Bulgaria)
Organizer: Integro Association, Sofia
Summary: To support grassroots Roma organizations to exchange experiences in development practice, specifically concerning housing/land ownership and economic disenfranchisement, and to promote collaborative actions in an international network of Roma organizations.

Post-Socialist Capitalism in Russia and Romania
Open Society Foundation Romania
Organizer: The Visual Anthropology Foundation, Sibiu
Summary: To support a comparative analyzes of the post-socialist development in Russia and Romania, specifically to analyze the impact and influence of the Russian path of transition in former communist countries and to analyze the impact of documentary films in changing stereotypes and mentalities in post-communist societies.

Schools of Hope: Local Initiative for Community Involvement in Education
Open Society Foundation for Albania
Organizer: Center for Democratic Education (CDE) Albania
Summary: To support ongoing efforts to promote policy changes in the education systems of countries in southeast Europe through sharing experiences to build relevant expertise and coordinated actions, to strengthen the capacity of the partners in this work as professional education change agents and to design e-resource materials and tools to promote continuous exchange among the partners.

Monitoring the Elections in Ukraine: Through the Eyes of the World Community
International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine)
Organizer: Ukrainian-Polish Forum, Kyiv in partnership with Association of Ukrainians in Poland, Polish-Ukrainian Forum, Ukrainian Congressional Committee of America, Ukrainian-Polish Journalists Club Without Prejudice Kyiv-Warsaw, Ukrainian Journalists Union, Ukrainian Voters Committee, Freedom of Choice Coalition, Mohylyanska Journalist School, Media-Reform Center, Democratic Initiatives Foundation, Institute of East-European Studies Warsaw, Fifth Channel, STB, 1+1 TV channels, Election campaign staffs of Ukrainian presidential candidates and National Television and Radio Broadcasting Council, Poland
Summary: To support journalists and monitors, particularly from the new EU members states, to observe the presidential elections in Ukraine, specifically to familiarize journalists and international observers with electoral legislation in Ukraine, ways to ensure openness and transparency of the Ukrainian authorities and electoral and political technologies used during the 2004 presidential election, to provide access to information on the course of the election process and on the presidential candidates' campaign funds, to compare and monitor presidential candidates' equal access to the mass media, to conduct comparative analyses of the theory and practice of the use of technologies in the presidential election processes both in Ukraine and in democratic countries of the world.

Reality and Perspectives of Youth Participation in Globalization
Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation–Azerbaijan
Organizers: YUVA Humanitarian Center, Baku and International Youth Association EstYES, Tallinn
Summary: To support an exchange of youth activists in the Baltic countries and South Caucasus countries to analyze the impact of globalization processes on youth policies, to brainstorm about new ideas for youth to use efficiently processes of globalization and to explore opportunities for positive impact in international exchange in the context of globalization.

Building Partnerships and Public Participation to Monitor Biodiversity
Soros Foundation–Hungary
Organizer: Central and East European Working Group for the Enhancement of Biodiversity, Miskolc
Summary: To support non-governmental efforts to strengthen public participation in international policy-making processes and national implementation of international commitments in nature conservation and to strengthen monitoring capabilities of nature conservation NGOs in Central and Eastern Europe.

Partnerships for Library Consortia in Lithuania, Azerbaijan and Georgia
Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation–Azerbaijan and Open Society Fund–Lithuania
Organizer: Lithuanian Research Library Consortium, Vilnius (www.lmba.lt)
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences and analysis of the activities of the Lithuanian Library Consortium to strengthen the Azerbaijan Library Consortium and Georgian Library Consortium and promote efforts to engage all stakeholders in local communities to civic engagement.

Capacity Building for Think Tanks: Good Practice Exchange
Open Society Fund–Lithuania
Organizer: Lithuanian Free Market Institute, Vilnius (www.freema.org)
Summary: To support an exchange among think tanks in Central and Eastern Europe, specifically to strengthen capacities and professional skills of researchers, to introduce modern methods of analysis, project management and fundraising into the activities of think tanks, to explore practical experiences in communicating with society and governmental institutions, to improve advocacy skills and to examine possibilities of building coalitions and participating in EU programs.

Troubles with the Balkans
Open Society Fund–Bosnia & Herzegovina
Organizer: International Forum Bosnia, Center for Gender Studies, Sarajevo (http://www.ifbosna.org.ba)
Summary: To support an exchange designed to launch a long-term regional initiative, specifically to build a regional network of expertise and advocacy to overcome gender prejudice and promote women’s rights as fundamental to institutionalization of democratic practices and to link theories with activism in the discourse of balkanization and constructive forms of representation.

Beijing +10: NGO Assessment of Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action
International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine)
Organizer: Liberal Society Institute, Kyiv in partnership with the Network of East-West Women, Gdansk
Summary: To support civil society engagement in the long-term process of implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action (PFA) which guarantees women equal rights and opportunities in economic, social and political spheres, specifically, to provide a platform for civil society actors to monitor the progress and obstacles in implementation of action plans to ensure gender mainstreaming as a precondition of European integration and to prepare a report to investigate good practices in gender mainstreaming and to highlight urgent regional problems of women in the economy, women and poverty, trafficking of women, women and environment and women’s participation in decision-making processes.

Black Sea-Caspian Sea Democratic Control Consortium
International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine)
Organizer: Center for International Security and Strategic Studies (CISSS), Ukraine
Summary: To support the implementation of a long-term initiative, Black Sea-Caspian Sea Region: Security Challenges and Democratic Control, specifically to stimulate the regional countries’ cooperation in civil control and regional security, to promote further integration of Black Sea-Caspian Sea countries into European and Euro-Atlantic security and economic structures and to create a network of democratic control analytical centers in the Black Sea-Caspian region (BSCR).

Transforming Consumer Education
Open Society Fund–Bratislava (Slovakia)
Organizer: Association of Consumer Subjects in Slovakia, Stara Lubovna in partnership with the Association of Consumer Protection in Czech Republic Prague, Consumer’s Federation Warsaw, Estonian Consumers Union Tallinn, Latvian Consumer Protection Association Riga and Consumer Institute of Lithuania Vilnius
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences in consumer education, to analyze new methodologies and technologies in educational materials and to engage school teachers in formulating educational manuals for secondary schools.

Managing Local Problems in Multicultural Communities: Moldova and Estonia
Soros Foundation–Moldova and Open Estonia Foundation
Organizers: Narva University College and the Center for Protection of Human Rights in Transnistria, Bender
Summary: To support an outcome of the 2002 initiative Management of Integration in Multicultural Societies, specifically to facilitate an exchange of NGOs in Moldova and Transnistria to Estonia to analyze experience of NGOs in Estonia of building efficient partnerships to support changes at the community level in multicultural societies, to analyze outcomes of public reform in Estonia and deficiencies in the process of implementation and to examine communication channels at the local level among community members regardless of ethnic, confessional or political affiliation.

Libraries and the Globalization of Information
Open Society Fund–Sofia (Bulgaria)
Organizer: Department of Library and Information Sciences, Faculty of Philosophy, St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia in partnership with the Standing Conference of the Directors of the National Libraries of Southeast European Countries (http://www.seenl.com)
Summary: To support efforts to define new perspectives and tasks of libraries in accordance with recent trends and responsibilities in civil society, to make recommendations to promote better communication between government, local authorities and libraries and between libraries and citizens, to analyzes methods of providing access to information including official documents and regulations and efficient uses of this information by social activists and to promote improvement of education for library and information specialists in the context of the globalization of information.

Application of the European Convention on Human Rights: Ukraine and Poland
International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine)
Organizers: Legal Initiative Ukrainian Charitable Foundation, Kyiv and Center for Judicial Studies International Foundation, Kyiv in partnership with Court of Appeal of Cracow, District court of Cracow and the Human Rights Commission attached to the Supreme Council of Advocates of Poland, Warsaw
Summary: To support an analysis of the application of the recognized principles and norms of international law as determined by the European Convention on Human Rights in the justice systems of Ukraine and Poland, to promote the process of incorporation of the norms of international law and case law of the European Court of Human Rights in judicial practice in Ukraine by familiarizing Ukrainian judges with Polish experiences of overcoming prejudiced attitudes towards the application of the European Convention on Human Rights and to attract public attention to these issues and encourage examination of different opinions and approaches.

Asylum and Border Control: Cooperation between Romania and Serbia & Montenegro
Open Society Foundation Romania
Organizer: Romanian National Council for Refugees (CNRR), Bucharest
Summary: To support cooperation among non-governmental organizations working to adapt assistance programs to the necessities of asylum-seekers and refugees, to promote observance of Romanian legislation concerning asylum according to the European acquis and to raise the level of this work in Serbia & Montenegro to European standards.

Regional Universities: Cooperation, Resource and Information Sharing
Kosova Foundation for Open Society
Organizers: University of Pristina International Relations Office (IRO) and Kosova Education Center (KEC), Pristina
Summary: To support the pilot phase of a long-term initiative to provide an opportunity for directors of international relations offices and student administrations to share experiences in current practices of university admissions, to analyze problems with procedures of transfer, admission and recognition practices and to explore the relevance of collaborative policies for student mobility.

Models of Social Transformations in Poland: Experiences for Ukraine
International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine)
Organizer: Sociological Association of Ukraine, Kyiv in partnership with the Polish Sociological Association, Warsaw
Summary: To support an analysis of models of social transformation processes in Poland, specifically to analyze lessons learned to optimize transformation in Ukraine and to encourage public debate and discussion of obstacles to social development in Ukraine.

Overcoming Enemy Images through Lifelong Learning and Peace Education
Open Society Fund–Lithuania
Organizer: Lithuanian Educational Center Philosophy for Children, Vilnius in partnership with the Ministry of the Education and Science of Lithuania, Vilnius (www.smm.lt)
Summary: To support a long-term initiative to develop and introduce methodologies of peace education into lifelong learning curricula and teacher in-service training, specifically to improve educational programs for national, social and cultural minorities, convicts and groups at risk to give opportunities to acquire professional qualifications to promote integration into society and the labor market, and to exchange experiences in implementation of the UN Declaration and Program of Action on a Culture of Peace.

Multicultural Education and Experience: European Clubs
Open Society Fund–Bratislava (Slovakia)
Organizer: House of Europe – Center for European Clubs, Bratislava in partnership with the Faculty of Education Department of Ethic and Civic Education Comenius University, State Pedagogical Institute, Slovak Secretariat of Europe at School and Center for European Clubs, Bratislava
Summary: To support long-term work to promote the network of European Clubs in the neighbors of the expanded EU, specifically to provide information about EU integration processes and promote partnerships among young people on the borders of the new Europe and to share achievements and experiences of European Clubs in the new EU member states.

Community Foundations: Symposium on a Global Movement
Organizer: Worldwide Initiatives for Grantmaker Support for Community Foundations, European Foundation Center Brussels
Summary: To support Central European and Central Asian community foundation activists to participate in a global symposium to analyze the role of community foundations in sustaining the non-profit sector and encouraging local philanthropy, the role community foundations play in building community and promoting civil society and the influence they hold in their respective countries and regions, the effects of local traditions and culture on the structure of community foundations from country to country and region to region, the different ways the community foundation model is being interpreted and adapted globally, the role of supportive environments in advancing community foundation development, how community foundations participate in cross-border philanthropy and in the broader development of philanthropy and challenges for the community foundation model.

Youth in Actions for Human Rights: Poland and Kyrgyzstan
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)
Organizer: Service Civil International, Polish Branch, Poznan (www.jedenswiat.org.pl) in partnership with the League of Volunteers, Bishkek
Summary: To support participants from Kyrgyzstan in a larger initiative of youth civic participation, specifically to evaluate non-formal educational programs addressed to refugees, minorities and human rights and to exchange experiences and best practices in public awareness techniques by young people engaged in human rights work.

Building a Network of Human Rights Education in Southeast and Central Europe
Soros Foundation–Hungary
Organizer: Martin Luther King Organization , Budapest in partnership with the Csíki Foundation, Harghita, Romania and Open Prospects , Subotica
Summary: To support the expansion of the Human Rights Educational Network by providing an opportunity to engage new organizations in an analysis and evaluation of human rights education methodologies pioneered in this network.

The Role of Sociology in Democratic Development
Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation–Azerbaijan
Organizer: The Fund of Progress and Democracy, Baku in partnership with the Association of the Sociologists of Kazakhstan
Summary: To support a comparative analysis of sociological investigations of governmental authorities, NGOs and representatives of public and political organizations in democratic development processes and to formulate recommendations to overcome obstacles to democratic development in the Caucasus and Central Asia.

Management of Municipal Investments
Foundation Open Society Institute-Representative Office Montenegro
Organizer: NVO MONT EXPERT, Podgorica
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences among public administration, self-government bodies and NGOs to analyze best practices and lessons learned in the management of municipal infrastructure projects and to promote transparency in the allocation of municipal investment initiatives.

Education for Civil Society: Poland and Macedonia
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland) and Open Society Institute–Macedonia
Organizer: Society of Educators, Non-government Teachers Development Center EDUCATOR (TDC), Warsaw (www.sted.org.pl) in partnership with the Embassy of Macedonia in Warsaw and Ministry of Education, Macedonia
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