European Studies Curriculum and Clubs for Public Schools
International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine)
Organizers: KyivSchool Heads Association and National In-Service TeacherTrainingCenter, Warsaw
2002-2005
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.

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.

CommunityDevelopmentNetworkBuilding
Soros Foundation–Hungary, Open Society Foundation Romania, International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine), Open Society Fund–Sofia (Bulgaria)
Organizers: Hungarian Association for Community Development, Regional 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
Organizer: Roma Leaders' Professional Association, Bagamer in partnership with Mukacsivszke Miszke Kulturno-Proszvitnyicke Tavarisztvo Pomib NYEVIPE, Zakarpatszkaja oblast, Ukraine and Ruhama Foundation, Oradea
2003-2005
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.

Displaced Cultural Assets: Property Rights and Political Problems: Poland and Ukraine
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)
Organizer: International Cooperation Program, Stefan Batory Foundation, Warsaw
2003-2006
Summary: To elaborate solutions to problems of displaced cultural assets, de-politicization and taking political advantage of these issues, to formulate a collaborative opinion based on diverse experiences in Central Europe and to analyze implications of cultural assets as a consequence of shifting borders, e.g., on Polish-Ukrainian relations.

Cooperation for Impact: Reform of the Public Health Sector
Fund for an Open Society–Serbia
Organizers: Institute of Social Medicine, Medical Faculty Belgrade; Department of public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Tirana; Institute of Public Health Bucharest
2004-2005
Summary: To pilot a long-term initiative to analyze existing public health sector reform initiatives in Romania, Albania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia and Macedonia, to promote partnership/collaborative work and communication networks to benefit organizations now working in this field in relative isolation and to have a greater impact on governmental decision-making through collaborative advocacy.

One World Tour: Using Video and DVD as Human Rights and AwarenessBuilding Tools
Open Society Fund–Prague (CzechRepublic)
Organizer: People in Need, Human Rights Department, Prague (www.pinf.cz)
2004-2005
Summary: To support the expansion of the networks and initiatives of People in Need to southeast and eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Caucasus, to promote the implementation of innovative strategies in human rights awareness building and educational programming.

Active Participation of Women in Municipal Elections: Experiences of Turkey 
Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation–Azerbaijan
Organizers: Azerbaijan National Group of International Society for Human Rights, Baku and Association for Researching and Examining Women's Social Life, Ankara
2004-2005
Summary: To support efforts to increase social activism of women and women's representation in executive and legislative bodies by comparing experiences in Turkey of women standing for municipal election.

Future Continuous: Regional Perspectives of Migration and European Integration
Soros Foundation–Hungary
Organizer: ErasmusCollege Association, Budapest
2004-2005
Summary: To support a pilot initiative to engage young social scientists in collaborative analysis of the implications of migration and inter-ethnic socialization, including anthropology of intercultural communication and transnational mobility, citizenship and civic loyalty in multiethnic political frameworks; historical consciousness; frameworks of regional economic and diplomatic cooperation; and, representation of cultural and political otherness in the media.

Modern Technologies and Methodologies in Police Training: CzechRepublic and Ukraine
Open Society Fund–Prague (Czech Republic) and International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine)
Organizer: The Youth – Reserve ХХI, Kyiv in partnership with the Institute of Law of Ministry of Internal Affairs, Kyiv and Police Training College, Prague
2004-2005
Summary: To support a long-term initiative to increase professional competence in using new informational technologies in police professional training, specifically to analyze adaptation of educational modules in Ukraine and to elaborate methodological materials for use in police training institutes drawing on experiences in the Czech Republic.

Consolidation of Civil Society's Efforts in the New Neighborhood Prospects of Enlarged Europe
Soros Foundation–Moldova
Organizer: House of Europe-Moldova in collaboration with IPP-Moldova, Contact Center for NGO Assistance Moldova and Business Consulting Institute-Moldova and in partnership with IPP-Bucharest, Center for Community Security Iasi, Euro-Regional Center for Democracy Timisoara and Center for Peace, Conversion and Foreign Policy Ukraine
2004-2005
Summary: To pilot a long-term initiative for representatives of public institutions, experts, policy-makers and NGOs to plan opportunities for fostering trilateral collaboration and encouraging positive social changes in Moldova and Ukraine through the prospect of the EU New Neighborhood Initiative and to learn from the Romanian experiences preparing for European Union membership.

Small and Medium Enterprises: Opportunities for Women's Professional Development
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland) and International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine)
Organizer: Krzyzowa Foundation for Mutual Understanding in Europe, Grodziszcze(www.krzyzowa.org.pl) in partnership with WestUkrainianCenter Women's Perspectives, Lviv2004-2005
Summary: To support a long-term initiative of study visits and internships in Lower Silesia for women from the Lviv Oblast, specifically to analyze programs to reduce unemployment and promote entrepreneurship development among women in economically-marginalized areas.

Sarajevo Notebook: Overcoming Fifteen Years of Political Propaganda
Open Society Fund–Bosnia & Herzegovina
Organizer: Mediacenter Sarajevo in partnership with the Center for Professional Development and Consulting in Art, Culture and Media Belgrade, Croatian Writers Society, Zagreb (www.hdpisaca.org), Independent Writers of Macedonia Skopje, Open Cultural Forum (OCF) Cetinje (www.okfcetinje.org) and Kud Sodobnost International, Ljubljana
2004-2005
Summary: To support a long-term initiative to engage public participation in and attract public attention to perspectives of former Yugoslavia different from the political propaganda of the past fifteen years and to offer a communication platform to promote constructive engagement and cooperation among the countries of the former Yugoslavia.

Policies Implemented in Disadvantaged Communities in Rural Areas: Experiences in Poland
Soros Foundation–Moldova and Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)
Organizers: Casa Europeana Association, Pascani, CahulCounty and Polish Foundation for Rural Development
2004-2005
Summary: To support a series of exchanges to examine problems of disadvantaged rural communities in Poland and Moldova, specifically to analyze successful strategies and policies implemented in Poland to overcome obstacles of development in rural areas and to see to what extent lessons learned in Poland may be applied in Moldova.

From Quantity to Quality: Experiences in Educational Reform in Poland and Serbia and Montenegro
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)
Swietokrzyskie Center in Support of Local Democracy, Kielce (www.frdl.kint.ielce.pl) in partnership with Centrum Poloniusz – Pegaz, Belgrade
2004-2005
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences among educators, local government authorities and NGOs in Poland and Serbia and Montenegro, specifically to analyze the processes, best practices and lessons learned in education reform in Poland and to support professional capacity of educators in Serbia and Montenegro through training of trainers methodologies successfully implemented in Poland.

Implementation of Restorative Justice in Eastern Europe
International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine) and Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)
Organizer: UkrainianCenter for Common Ground, Kyiv (www.commonground.org.ua) in partnership with the PolishCenter of Mediation, Warsaw (free.ngo.pl/pcm)
2004-2005
Summary: To support a long-term initiative to introduce methodologies of restorative justice and mediation in the legal system in Ukraine, specifically by providing an opportunity for legal experts to analyze experiences in methodologies of mediation in Eastern Europe.

EU Integration Processes from EAST to EAST: Civil Society and Ethnic Minorities in a Changing World
Open Society Foundation Romania and Soros Foundation–Latvia
Organizers: University Lucian Blaga, Department of Sociology, Sibiu (www.ulbsibiu.ro) and Latvian Sociological Association, Riga (www.lszda.lv) in partnership with Astra National Museum, Ethnological Research Center, Sibiu (www.muzeulastra.ro), Research Institute for Quality of Life, Romanian Academy, Bucharest (www.iccv.ro), University of Latvia, Faculty of Social Sciences, Riga (www.lu.lv/szf/) and Social Analysis Mediator, Riga
2004-2005
Summary: To support a long-term initiative designed to institutionalize a network of young social scientists aiming to facilitate policies addressed to civil society and ethnic integration, to analyze implications of EU integration processes on civil society development and ethnic minority rights and to prepare policy recommendations concerning social integration policies of ethnic minorities in the EU integration context based on international experience and engagement of the public in the third sector and public discussions.

Let's Learn from Each Other: New Methods of Rehabilitation for Children with Disabilities
Open Society Fund–Bratislava (Slovakia) and International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine)
Organizer: Children's Club for Handicapped Children and Young People, Kosice in partnership with Kinezis Klub for Disabled Children, Kyiv (www.kinezis.com.ua) and in cooperation with the Children's Faculty Hospital, Kosice and Faculty Hospital with Outpatients clinic in Kosice
2004-2005
Summary: To support a series of exchanges of professionals working with severely handicapped children in Slovakia and Ukraine to share information about new methodologies of treatment and rehabilitation and to promote partnership among non-governmental organizations and public/administrative institutions in supporting disabled children and their families.

International Legal Norms of Bilateral Relations: Georgia and Russia
Open Society Georgia Foundation
Organizer: International Law Students' Association, Georgia in partnership with Moscow State Institute of International Relations
2004-2005
Summary: To analyze contentious issues in Georgian-Russian relations as a basis on which to resolve problems in keeping with international legal norms, including the necessity of a bilateral agreement to regulate interstate relations, legal status of Russian military bases and peace troops on Georgian territory and international factors in conflicts between Georgia and Russia.

Managing Local Problems in Multicultural Communities: Moldova and Estonia
Soros Foundation–Moldova and Open Estonia Foundation
Organizers: NarvaUniversityCollege and the Center for Protection of Human Rights in Transnistria, Bender
2004-2005
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.

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)
2004-2005
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.

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
2004-2005
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.

Challenges of Multicultural Education
Open Society Foundation Romania
Organizers: SACRI Society for the Research of Religions and Ideologies, Cluj (www.sacri.ro)
2004-2005
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences and best practices among academia and civil society specifically to develop a network of researchers and practitioners of multiculturalism, to investigate positive and negative aspects of adapting patterns of social development and to raise public awareness of and engagement in debates of pluralism and diversity in education.

Promoting Local Democracy in Ukraine: Experiences of European Union Integration in Poland
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)
Organizer: Center for Education and Dialogue Theotokos, Gliwice (www.theotokos.org.pl) in partnership with WestUkrainianCenter for Human Rights and Civil Initiatives, Stryj
Summary: To support an initiative for non-government organizations, local community and local government representatives in western and eastern Ukraine, specifically to promote civil consciousness, civil education, communication, leadership and human rights by analyzing experiences in the management of NGOs and in voluntary services development in Poland and to analyze benefits and costs of European Union integration.

Beyond the Borders: Leaders of Voluntary Service Centers and Programs
International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine)
Organizer: NGO European Dialogue, Lviv (www.dialog.lviv.ua) in partnership with the Polish National Agency of the YOUTH Program, Resource Center of the SALTO Network for Cooperation with Countries of Eastern Europe and Caucasus, Warsaw (www.youth.org.pl, www.salto-youth.net/eeca)
Summary: To support the promotion of volunteerism and effectiveness of international cooperation among non-governmental organizations in Poland, Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus and Russia, specifically to provide an opportunity to exchange experiences, information and methods of volunteerism development and to elaborate new ideas for cross-border cooperation.

Youth NGOs in Provincial Towns: Poland and Ukraine
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland) and International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine)
Organizer: Association East European Democratic Center, Warsaw (www.eedc.org.pl) in partnership with Ukrainian Youth Association in Ukraine, Kyiv and Lion Society, Lviv
Summary: To support local community development in provincial towns by promoting youth activism and engagement in local community development, specifically to strengthen the capacity of local organizations in Ukraine by partnering with similar organizations in Poland.

Witnessing the Past and Shaping the Future: Responsibility and Reconciliation
Foundation Open Society Institute - Representative Office Montenegro
Organizer: Obala Independent Production Group (IPG OBALA), Podgorica in partnership with Lazareti Dubrovnik, Cenzura Split and Faktum Zagreb
Summary: To support an initiative designed to analyze nationalistic ideologies that breed violence against “others,” to examine the policies of the Montenegrin government during the dissolution of the former Yugoslavia and its relations with Croatia and to analyze processes of political and social transition in countries of the former Yugoslavia.

European Charter of Languages: Learning Together in Different Languages
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)
Organizer: Democratic Society East Foundation, Warsaw (www.tdw.org.pl) in partnership with the Rebirth of Crimea Foundation, Bakhchisaray
Summary: To support an initiative to analyze experiences in Poland and in Europe in education for national minorities and implementation of the principles of the European Charter of Languages, specifically to share best practices with NGOs and local governments in Crimea in efforts to ensure educational needs of minorities in Ukraine.

Management of Non-Governmental Youth Organizations: Lithuania and Belarus
Open Society Fund–Lithuania
Organizer: National Development Institute, Vilnius (www.npi.lt) in partnership with Belarusian Association of UNESCO Clubs, Minsk
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences in the management of youth non-governmental organizations, specifically to transfer skills, knowledge and best practices of youth leaders in Lithuania and to promote institutionalization of management skills in youth non-governmental organizations in Belarus.

Lessons Learned for Civic Participation of Youth: Elections in Romania and Ukraine
Soros Foundation–Moldova, Open Society Foundation Romania, International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine)
Organizer: Invisible College-Moldova in collaboration with COALITION-2005 Civic Coalition for Free and Fair Elections in Moldova and in partnership with Pro-Democratia Association Romania, Center for Peace Conversion and Foreign Policy of Ukraine and The Electors Committee from Ukraine/ Znayu! Civic Initiative of Ukraine
Summary: To support an analysis of youth participation and civic engagement, specifically in the recent electoral processes in Ukraine and Romania, to propose best practices and lessons learned for the upcoming elections in Moldova.

Open Access Scholarly Communication
International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine)
Organizer: International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine) in partnership with the Open Access Project Information Program OSI, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Kyiv and International Association of Academies of Sciences (IAAS), Kyiv
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences and methodologies of new communicational models to reach scholars and researchers and to analyze information tools for disseminating resources for low cost to health and social workers, students and educators, policymakers, journalists and civil society in poorer parts of the world.

Social Leadership in Building Responsible Civil Society: Experiences in Romania and Moldova
Soros Foundation–Moldova
Organizer: CREDO Resource Center of Human Rights NGOs, Chisinau (www.credo.md) in cooperation with CODECS Foundation for Leadership, Bucharest
Summary: To support an initiative to increase citizen participation in regions of Moldova by analyzing best practices and experiences in Romania, to influence public opinion in Moldova regarding civic and social leadership responsibilities of NGO leaders by offering positive examples of civic engagement and programs in Romania and to use the knowledge of activists in Romania in elaborating common strategies for a consolidated social leadership program for NGO leaders in Moldova.

Strategies for Local Community Development on BiosphereReserveTerritories
International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine)
Organizer: Regional Agency for Sustainable Development, Lviv in partnership with UNESCO ProNatura, Association of Actions on the Protected Areas Bucharest, Ecological Club UNESCO Pyaski and Public Ecological Organization Pchola, Stara Lyubovnya
Summary: To support an exchange of information and knowledge to implement principles of sustainable development in biosphere reserves, specifically to promote ecological management knowledge among local communities and to create methodologies and recommendations on which to bases local and international strategies for sustainable development.

Minority Rights and Majority Will: Living without Conflicts in Multicultural Europe
Open Estonia Foundation
Organizer: Society of Estonian Philosophy Teachers (SEPT), Tartu (www.taipla.ee/haridus) in cooperation with Center for Ethics, Tartu (www.ut.ee/eetikakeskus)
Summary: To support a long-term initiative designed to develop students' intellectual tools to analyze concepts of minority rights and to engage teachers and students in collaborative approaches to educational methodologies of addressing protection of minority rights.

Documentary for Change
Open Society Institute–Croatia
Organizer: FACTUM Documentary Film Project, Center for Drama Art, Zagreb ( www.factumdocumentary.com)
Summary: To support an initiative to promote cooperation among authors in Southeast Europe producing socially and politically engaged documentary film and to promote public awareness and visibility of documentary films made in Southeast Europe dealing with post conflict and transitional issues.

Eastgate Network: Eastern Relations of the EU
Open Estonia Foundation
Organizer: European Movement in Estonia in partnership with the Peipsi Center for Transboundary Cooperation, Center Strategy St. Petersburg, Association for Participatory Democracy Adept Moldova and Carpathian Foundation, Ukraine
Summary: To support a long-term initiative to collect and coordinate information and analysis related to the EU's new Eastern borders, to monitor cross-border cooperation, to provide resource center services as a support network for organizations active in cross-border initiatives and to distribute information on best practices and lessons learned in the new EU neighborhood.

Civic Engagement: Leszno – Minsk – Tarnopol
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)
Organizer: Odzew Foundation, Leszno in partnership with the YouthInformativeCenter, Minsk and YouthMunicipalCenter, Tarnopol
Summary: To support a long-term initiative to promote collaborative work to build self-aware civil societies and civil education, specifically to formulate models of social activity to resolve local and regional problems of trans-border exchange and to formalize standards of communication via the European Center of Assistance to Civil Public Activities and Internet Informative Point.

Social Support and Care for Children with Genetic Disorders
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)
Organizer: Association of Parents and Caregivers of People with Downs Syndrome, Warsaw (www.bardziejkochani.pl) in partnership with Slovak Downs Syndrome Society Parents-to-Parents and Association of Parents and Friends of Children with Downs Syndrome, Prague
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences in new methodologies of early intervention in social support for families of children with genetic disorders, specifically to analyze and compare national standards of support and engagement of non-governmental organizations and public institutions.

Strengthening Local Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe and NIS Countries
Soros Foundation–Hungary
Organizer: Cromo Foundation, Budapest
Summary: To support an analysis of best practices in community development models and initiatives for promoting civic engagement in decision-making processes, to improve communication skills and community development knowledge of NGOs and leaders of local authorities and to promote communication and cooperation among non-profit, for-profit and governmental sectors.

Strategies and Agreements between the Public Sector and the Non-Profit Sector
Open Estonia Foundation
Organizers: Network of Estonian Nonprofit Organizations (NENO), Tallinn and Orpheus Civil Society Network European Foundation Center (EFC), Warsaw
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences in developing a framework for non-profit and public sector cooperation, specifically to analyze the experiences of the Estonian government non-profit sector joint committee on the implementation of the Estonian Civil Society Development Concept, and to promote non-profit engagement in public policy formulation and decision-making.

Integration of National Minorities: Best Practices in Objective Reporting
Soros Foundation–Latvia
Organizer: NGO Journalists Initiative, Latvia
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences and best practices in reporting minority issues to prevent unbalanced and prejudiced reporting, to contribute to building a cohesive society with full respect for human rights and to promote an informal network among journalists focusing on minority and ethnic issues in Central Europe.

Local Activity Centers in Rural Districts: Poland and Ukraine
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland) and International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine)
Organizers: YouthPublicCenter Etalon, Ivano-Frankivsk (www.etalon.iatp.org.ua), Black Sea Society of Green Tourism Chornomorsk and the SocietyVillage and EuropeCracow
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences and transfer of skills and tools specifically addressed to inhabitants of Ivano-Frankivsk and Chornomorsk to promote economic and social development in rural areas and to analyze experiences in Poland of creating local activity centers in rural areas to promote civic engagement in community development.

Podlasie and Grodno: Local Self-Government
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)
Organizer: Belarusian Forum of Local Government in Poland, Hajnowka in partnership with the Leu Sapieha Foundation, Grodno
Summary: To support exchanges of experiences of representatives of town municipalities and county governments in neighboring provinces in Poland and Belarus, specifically to analyze trends in Belarusian legislation concerning local self-government and to promote transformation of local government in Belarus in accordance with the requirements of the European Charter of Local Governments.

From the Iron Curtain to Openness: Transformation of the Polish-Ukrainian Borderland
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland) and International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine)
Organizer: The Spiritual Culture of the Borderland Foundation, Lublin in partnership with District Unit of the Border Guard on the River Bug, Chelm (www.nosg.sg.gov.pl), Academy of the Ukrainian Youth Lviv (www.aum.iatp.org.ua) and St. Nicholas Orchestra of the Academic Culture Center of Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin (www.mikolaje.lublin.pl)
Summary: To support an initiative to mobilize local authorities to pay greater attention to improving standards of border services and developing border areas and to promote engagement of civil society actors with local authorities to create development opportunities and regular cross-border cooperation.

Self-Help for Elderly and Handicapped People
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)
Organizer: Association of the ThirdAgeUniversity, Gorzow Wlkp (www.utw-gorzow.arx.pl) in partnership with Echo of the War, Kaliningrad and Jahresringe Landesverband, Berlin(www.jahresringe-ev.de
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences and best practices in the functioning of rehabilitation facilities, specifically to contribute to the establishment of such facilities in Kaliningrad based on models of high quality service and care provision in Poland and Germany.

COOLture of Conflict: Overcoming Violence among Young People
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)
Organizer: Slubice Musical Society Association in partnership with Amber YMCA, Kaliningrad (www.ymca.ru) and Mediation Counseling Service, Frankfurt (www.mediationsstelle-ffo.de)
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences in overcoming conflict, specifically overcoming violence among young people, to introduce new and innovative methodologies of communication and engaging disadvantaged young people and to promote an international network of young mediators working with disadvantaged young people.

Opportunities for Better Cooperation / Border Crossings: Poland and Kaliningrad
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)
Organizer: Barciany Educational Initiative Association, Barciany (www.biobarciany.org.pl) in partnership with Barciany Community Council, Ketrzyn District Council (www.starostwo-kentrzyn.prv.pl) and Administration of Prawdinsk Region, Kaliningrad Region
Summary: To support public debates in neighboring communities of Barciany and Prawdinsk about a new Polish-Russian border-crossing at Michalkowo-Zeleznodoroznyj, specifically to provide information to the public about opportunities and threats related to the new crossing and to analyze practical benefits of establishing this crossing by developing collaborative initiatives in tourism and ecological preservation.

Educational Methodologies to Prevent Violence in Youth Activities
Open Society Foundation Romania
Organizer: Max Association - Romania
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences and best practices in educational methodologies to empower youth workers who work with vulnerable groups and to develop collaborative strategies and activities that address racism, xenophobia, discrimination and gender-based forms of violence affecting young people.

Recreation Activities for People with Disabilities and Special Needs
International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine)
Organizers: Green Cross Society, Lviv and Lviv Tourist Board
Summary: To support an international exchange of experiences and best practices in providing opportunities and services for reaction activities for people with disabilities and special needs, to initiate changes at the state level to ensure the rights of disabled people are met and to influence public awareness and attitudes about the necessity of ensuring social engagement of people with disabilities.

Innovative Approaches to Supporting Women's Rights
Open Society Fund–Prague (CzechRepublic)
Organizer: Slovak-Czech Women's Fund, Prague (www.womensfund.cz)
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences among activists, representatives of advocacy groups and grassroots organizations and female filmmakers focusing on women rights to create a platform for women's rights documentary films screenings, specifically to analyze and critique how women's rights are portrayed in documentary film.

Disabled and Equal!
Open Society Foundation for Albania
Organizer: Protection, Integration and Socialization of Disabled Artists (MIS-AAK), Tirana in partnership with the Center for Children with Disabilities Steps of Hope Tuzla, Handicap Interalb Tirana and the Albania Disability Forum
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences and best practices in the implementation of laws and provision of services for people with disability, specifically to promote the implementation of anti-discrimination laws in Albania by drawing on experiences in Central Europe of standardization of legal frameworks according to EU standards.

Democratization of Education: Dialogue among Educators and Employers
International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine)
Organizer: Ukrainian Marketing Association, Kyiv (www.uam.iatp.org.ua) in partnership with the PublicHigherSchool of Entrepreneurship and Management Lodz and the NationalMiningUniversity, Dniepropetrovsk
Summary: To support the initiation of dialogue among educators and employers in eastern Ukraine on designing and improving education opportunities according to local needs and requirements of the labor market, particularly to focus on overcoming high levels of unemployment among young people in heavily industrialized regions, by analyzing productive initiatives in Poland.

Legal Reform Strategy for European Integration
International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine)
Organizer: Foundation for Fair Justice, Chernihiv in partnership with the Open Society Archive Budapest, Moldova Helsinki Federation for Human Rights Chisinau, Constitutional Tribunal of Poland Warsaw, Access to Information Program Sofia and Poland Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights Warsaw
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences and knowledge to improve cooperation between human rights organization and governmental authorities in Ukraine drawing on experiences in Central Europe and to promote engagement of human rights organizations in the public decision-making and policy formulation concerning reforms necessary for Ukraine's integration into European structures and institutions.

International Asylum Law: Exchange of Experiences and Expertise
Soros Foundation–Hungary
Organizer: Hungarian Helsinki Committee, Budapest
Summary: To support an exchange for students of international and European asylum law, specifically to promote analysis and creative thinking on pressing asylum issues among the future generation of asylum experts and distinguished judges, refugee lawyers, academics and NGO activists, to develop strategies on how to most effectively contribute to and influence policy dialogue in order to achieve social change regarding asylum seekers and to contribute to improving the circumstances of asylum seekers and refugees to gain access to high quality legal assistance related to asylum procedures, housing, social welfare and education.

Current Status of Transnistrian Conflict Settlement: Moldova and Ukraine Cooperation
Soros Foundation–Moldova
Organizers: Institute for Public Policy-Moldova and Pylyp Orlyk Institute for Democracy from Ukraine in collaboration with East East: Partnership Beyond Borders Program of the Soros Foundation-Moldova
Summary: To support a brainstorming/round table of representatives of think tanks in Moldova and Ukraine specifically focused on the Transnistrian conflict, to share opinions in the new geopolitical context after parliamentary elections in Moldova and presidential elections in Ukraine and to develop collaborative recommendations to present to decision-makers concerning action plans on conflict settlement and security risks of continued conflict.

Introduction of Amicus Curiae Practice in Ukraine
International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine)
Organizer: Public Organization Professional Assistance, Komsomolsk in partnership with the Helsinki Fund on Human Rights, Warsaw
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences on the practice of Amicus Curiae in Poland as an attempt to promote the introduction of these practices in the legal system in Ukraine and to provide relevant stakeholders in Ukraine with knowledge and skills to launch a wider advocacy and implementation campaign in Ukraine.

Strengthening Democracy through Accountable Controls of Political Party Financing
Open Society Foundation Romania
Organizers: Institute for Public Policy Bucharest (www.ipp.ro), International Center for Policy Studies Kyiv, Institute of Public Affairs Warsaw and EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy Prague
Summary: To support a long-term initiative, specifically to regionalize national country research into a comparative analysis of legal frameworks related to political party financing, to promote transparency and to improve control practices performed by state institutions and independent non-governmental organizations.

Cooperation for Improving Political Sciences Studies: Experiences in Lithuania and Georgia
Open Society Fund–Lithuania and Open Society Georgia Foundation
Organizer: Institute of Political Sciences and Diplomacy, Vytautas Magnus University (www.vdu.lt) in partnership with Batumi State University, Batumi Institute of Science and Research andFaculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences, Language and Culture at Tbilisi State University
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences, knowledge and skills in designing political science studies related to European integration, specifically to analyze experiences in Lithuania of teaching methodologies concerning EU and NATO integration and to promote cooperation among students and the non-governmental sector in promoting public awareness of EU integration.

Youth for Development: Engaging Young People in Villages and SmallTowns
Soros Foundation–Kyrgyzstan
Organizer: UNV Youth Project Support to Strengthen Youth Volunteerism in Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek in partnership with UNDP/UNV Integrated Youth Program, Sarajevo
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences of methodologies and mechanisms of work to promote youth volunteer initiatives for development of village communities and small towns, to promote constructive engagement with local authorities and mass media and to identify best practices in engaging young people in civic and social activism.

Socio-Ecological Problems of Waste Management in Urban Environments: Poland and Kaliningrad
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)
Organizer: Eco-Initiative Association, Kwidzyn (www.ekokwidzyn.pl) in partnership with the ECODEFENSE! Environmental Club, Kaliningrad District (www.ecodefense.ru)
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences and best practices in engaging non-governmental organizations and local authorities in joint activities to solve problems of littering and waste management, to create local mechanisms for public awareness campaigns addressing civic rights and responsibilities and partnership with local authorities in overcoming problems of waste management.

Media Self-Regulation: Experiences in Slovenia/Prospects in Armenia
Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation–Armenia and Peace Institute, Ljubljana
Organizers: Yerevan Press Club and Peace Institute Ljubljana
Summary: To support a long-term initiative designed to contribute to the establishment of efficient media self-regulatory mechanisms in Armenia by drawing on extensive international experiences to inform contemporary conditions in Armenia and to contribute to the development of working models of media self-regulation in societies where no traditions of quality and responsible journalism existed.

Promoting Civil Society in Local Communities: Young Leaders' School
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)
Organizer: Rodowo Foundation, Sorkwity (www.rodowo.pl) in partnership with Civic Initiatives Support Center, Kaliningrad (www.cpoi.narod.ru) and Solidarity between Nations, Bad Doberan, Rostock
Summary: To support the development and activities of young leaders in small towns and villages in the Kaliningrad District and the Warmia-Mazury region of Poland and to analyze models of youth initiatives piloted in Poland and Germany with the objective of institutionalizing cooperation among youth organizations in Kaliningrad, Poland and Germany.

The Future Role of NGOs in a Changed Europe: Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria and Romania
Open Society Foundation Romania
Organizer: ECOSENS / Romania in partnership with the Sustainable Development of Civil Society Club, Bulgaria and Association VESTA / Bosnia-Herzegovina
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences designed to strengthen the capacity of NGOs in the Balkan region to adapt to changes at European level, especially the enlargement of the European Union, to formulate guidelines for NGOs to increase their chances of sustainability and to set up a forum for broader regional communication among NGOs.

Ukraine and the Enlarged EU: The EU and Ukraine after the Presidential Elections
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland) and International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine)
Organizer: International Cooperation Program, Stefan Batory Foundation, Warsaw in partnership with the Center for Peace, Conversion and Foreign Policy of Ukraine (CPCFPU), Kyiv
Summary: To support a series of exchanges and public discussions designed to promote awareness of Ukraine's integration into European structures, specifically to engage all stakeholders—decision makers, politicians, experts, journalists, scholars and NGOs—in a broad public debate of Ukraine's interactions and relations with European institutions.

The Elderly in the New EU
Open Society Fund–Lithuania
Organizer: Samburis Gabija Kaunas in partnership with the Latvian Pensioners Federation Riga, Livani Pensioners Association Balta Maja and the Association of Pensioners of EstoniaTallinn
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences among NGOs of and for older people, specifically concerning protection of rights of older people and organizing access to information for older people, to increase public awareness of organizations and associations of older people and to promote participation by older people in social policy debates and public policy formulation.

Civic Participation in Bosnia & Herzegovina and Romania: Make Up Your Mind/It's Your Future Too!
Open Society Foundation Romania and Open Society Fund–Bosnia & Herzegovina
Organizer: Pro Democracy Association Cluj branch (www.apd.ro) in partnership with Civitas Foundation for Civil Society Cluj (www.civitas.ro) and Helsinki Citizens' Assembly Banja Luka
Summary: To support a long-term exchange to promote citizen participation, especially youth, at the local government level in Bosnia & Herzegovina and Romania by analyzing experiences in convening deliberative democracy fora as a methodology of consulting citizens before public decisions are made and to share experiences/lessons learned in promoting citizens engagement and public participation.

Government Organizations and Local Non-Governmental Organizations: Cooperation for Common Good
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)
Organizer: Help for Family of Chocz Commune Association, Chocz in partnership with the Government of Chocz Commune (www.chocz.pl), Rural Council Mlijw, Government of Olcnava Commune, Government of Allazi Commune and Government of Soleczniki Commune
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences in cooperation between central government organizations and local non-governmental organizations, specifically to analyze experiences in Poland in cooperative relationships between non-profit organizations and local governments in resolving problematic issues in local communities.

Community Foundations: Development Perspectives and Opportunities
Open Society Fund–Lithuania 
Organizer: Samogitian Community Foundation, Telsiai (www.zemaiciufondas.lt) in partnership with the Baltic America Partnership Program Latvia and the Baltic America Partnership Program Estonia
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences in community foundation development in the Baltic countries, specifically to strengthen community foundations and promote local philanthropy on a regional level, to evaluate successes and failures of the community foundation movement in the Baltic countries and to raise public awareness of models of community foundations and advantages in promoting civic participation.

Youth NGOs in Baltic and South Caucasus Region: From Leaders' to Organizations' Capacity
Open Society Fund–Lithuania
Organizer: Institute of Democratic Politics, Vilnius (www.dpi.lt) in partnership with the National Youth Council of Armenia, National Assembly of Youth Organizations of the Republic of Azerbaijan, National Council of Youth Organizations of Georgia, Estonian National Youth Council, National Youth Council of Latvia and Council of Lithuanian Youth Organizations
Summary: To support cooperation among youth NGOs in the south Caucasus and Baltic countries, specifically to contribute to processes of democratic development in the south Caucasus by sharing experiences in the Baltic countries of strengthening the organizational capacity of young people and to promote youth engagement in decision-making and policy formulation drawing on experiences in the Baltic countries.

Teaching for and through Democracy: A Road to Modern Democratic Society
Open Society Institute–Croatia
Organizer: Forum for Freedom in Education, Zagreb in partnership with European Forum for Freedom in Education (EFFE), Germany
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences to raise awareness of the importance of continued renewal of methodologies and content in educational processes to European standards, to open communication channels between EU member states and countries in transition specifically concerning education and to analyze achievements of EU member states specifically in terms of modernizing the educational system in candidate countries.

Minorities in the Enlarged EU
Open Society Fund–Lithuania
Organizer: Center for Stateless Cultures of VilniusUniversity (CSC), Vilnius (www.statlesscultures.lt) in partnership with the Vilnius Yiddish Institute (www.yiddishvilnius.com)
Summary: To support an exchange for researchers, experts, representatives of state and non-governmental organizations and leaders of ethnic communities to analyze experiences in pro-actively addressing minority rights and overcoming problems of the weakest and stateless minorities in the context of the enlarged EU and to develop recommendations, methodologies and guidelines for enhancing cooperation among communities of national minorities, decision-makers and civil society activists concerning ethnic minorities and multiculturalism, accessibility and preservation of cultural heritage.

Applying Restorative Practices in Criminal Policy
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland) and Soros Foundation–Moldova
Organizer: Polish Association for Legal Education, Warsaw (www.psep.pl) in partnership with the Institute for Penal Reform (IRP), Chisinau (www.irp.md)
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences specifically to contribute to the improvement of the quality and practical application of mediation and probation processes in Moldova by gathering new knowledge and practices from colleagues in Poland.

Together in Europe: Strategies for Regional Development
International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine) and Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)
Organizer: Ternopil Institute of Social and Information Technologies in partnership with Department of Microeconomics of the University Szczecin, Polish Association of Economics Szczecin, West Pomeranian Business School Szczecin, Higher School of Management Rzeszow, Ternopil Regional State Administration jointly with the Regional Center of Employment and City Council Ukrainian Marketing Association, Kyiv
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences for representatives of local self-government, centers of employment and civil activists to promote a knowledge–based economy, specifically to use in Ukraine experiences of a new EU member and to provide an opportunity for relevant stakeholders in Ukraine to work with peers in Poland in formulating recommendations for regional development to relevant decision-makers in Ukraine.

Kosovo and the Euro-Atlantic Future of the Western Balkans
Open Society Fund–Sofia (Bulgaria)
Organizer: NATO Information Center Foundation, Sofia in partnership with the Albanian Atlantic Association Tirana, Center of International Relations Banja Luka, The Atlantic Council of Croatia Zagreb, Euro-Atlantic Club of Macedonia Skopje, Atlantic Council of Serbia and Montenegro Belgrade, Euro-Atlantic Council Romania Bucharest and UNMIK – Kosovo, Pristina
Summary: To support an opportunity for communication and discussion among a wide cross-section of stakeholders – including experts, media and NGO representatives – in southeastern Europe, particularly to emphasize the role of civil society in Kosovo to participate in dialogue and decision-making about the future of Kosovo, in the context of ensuring long-term stability in this region.

Managing Cultural Transitions in Southeastern Europe
Open Society Institute–Croatia
Organizer: Department for Culture and Communication, Institute for International Relations (IMO), Zagreb (www.imo.hr) in association with the UNESCO Chair Program at the University of Arts, Belgrade(www.arts.bg.ac.yu) and the Department of Cultural Studies, Faculty of Philosophy, Rijeka(www.pefri.hr)
Summary: To support an exchange of knowledge and expertise concerning European approaches and understanding of multiculturalism and interculturalism with the longer-term objective of adaptation to local and regional settings and to support the organization of a network of experts in southeastern Europe to influence cultural bureaucracies and ministries of culture to have an impact on inter-state cooperation in the future.

New Media – New in the Media
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)
Organizer: Department of Journalism and Social Communication, Wroclaw University in partnership with the Council of Media Ethics, Warsaw and the Eastern Europe College, Wroclaw
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences among journalists to demonstrate the many roles that a journalist may fulfill in developing and strengthening civic societies and to examine the diversity of ways in which journalists in Poland, Ukraine and Belarus shape civil society in the context of international standards and ethnical norms of journalism in Europe.

National Youth Policies: Success or Failure in Southeastern Europe?
Open Society Foundation Romania
Organizer: Timis County Youth Foundation (FITT), Timisoara in partnership with the Association of Disabled Students of Novi Sad Serbia and Montenegro, Youth Council Prilep (www.youthcouncilprilep.netfirms.com), Future Association Sofia and Youth Council of Republic of Srpska, Banja Luca
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences designed to improve information dissemination about the existence, role, content and management of national youth policies in southeast Europe, to identify and promote key learning points, success and failure factors, based on analysis and evaluation of the impact of NYPs from the perspective of grassroots NGOs and to promote and advocate for the development of NYPs.

Decentralization of Public Services and Encouragement of Private-Public Partnerships: Poland and Albania
Open Society Foundation for Albania and Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)
Organizer: Malopolska Institute of Local Government and Administration (www.mistia.org.pl) in partnership with the Albanian Association of Municipalities (www.aam-al.org)
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences to provide an opportunity for representatives of municipalities in Albania to analyze tools and techniques of innovative management of public services and local governance, specifically by discussing firsthand these issues with representatives of municipalities in Poland.

Serbia and Slovakia: New Areas for Civil Society Cooperation
Fund for an Open Society–Serbia and Open Society Fund–Bratislava (Slovakia)
Organizer: Timok Club, Serbia in partnership with Ekopolis Foundation, Slovakia and Educational Center, Serbia
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences, best practices and models of development, designed to strengthen the capacity of civil society organizations in Serbia through partnership with civil society organizations in Slovakia, to offer an opportunity to engage civil society in finding innovation solutions to obstacles to social development and to identify alternative approaches in overcoming stereotypes and social exclusion.

Partnership in Consumer Rights' Protection: Suppliers and Consumers of Natural Gas
Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation–Tajikistan
Organizers: Public Association Consumers Union (CU), Khujand and Interrepublican Confederation of Consumer Societies KonfOP, Moscow
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences between consumer rights NGOs in Tajikistan and Russia specifically focused on suppliers and consumers of natural gas, to promote legal and economic validity in mutual relations between these sectors and to design a collaborative advocacy strategy for NGOs and citizens to engage in decision-making processes.

Women's NGOs in Community Development: Albania and Moldova
Soros Foundation–Moldova and Open Society Foundation for Albania
Organizers: Center for Women's Studies and Information, Chisinau and Women's Center, Tirana
Summary: To support an exchange of knowledge and experiences among NGOs working to promote women's participation in community development and problem-solving, to analyze how women's NGOs may influence attitudes and perceptions of gender equality in society and encourage women to play an active role in social transformation and to initiate collaborative programs to ensure communication and sharing of experience among NGOs in southeast Europe which are contributing to confidence building in society through active involvement of women.

Biala Podlaska Initiative for Improvement of Conditions of Crossing the Eastern EU Border
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)
Organizer: Biala Podlaska Municipality in partnership with Biala Podlaska County Office (www.starostwobialskie.lubelskie.pl), Executive Committee of Brest Region, Customs House in Biala Podlaska, Border Guards Poland (www.sg.gov.pl), Biala Podlaska Chamber of Commerce (www.med.tnet.pl/~bpig/), Cracow Strategic Studies Institute Foundation (www.iss.krakow.pl) and Biala Podlaska Culture Center and European Association of Biala Podlaska Culture (www.muzycznaapteka.pl)
Summary: To support a long-term public awareness campaign to promote closer cooperation among local authorities and partners in Biala Podlaska and Brest regions to improve conditions of crossing the eastern EU border, to identify problems negatively influencing the process of crossing the eastern EU border and to mobilize public opinion and engage civil society in overcoming negative effects of the border crossing.

Redefining the Role of Advocates in Belarus: Experiences in the Czech Republic
Open Society Fund–Prague (CzechRepublic)
Organizer: BelarusianCenter of People in Need (PIN), Prague in partnership with the HumanRightsCenter Viasna, Minsk
Summary: To support an exchange for lawyers in Belarus to meet counterparts in the Czech Republic, specifically to familiarize Belarusian lawyers and human rights activists with the roles of advocates in the Czech legal system, to analyze the role of independent advocates in a state of law, the system of legal education and self-administration of advocates, to discuss the mechanism of human rights observations within criminal proceedings and imprisonment and to contribute to improving the standard of legal support available to Belarusian NGOs and organizations that promote the transition of the country to a state of law.

Early Education for European Values
Open Society Foundation Romania
Organizer: Institution for Education and Counseling, Suceava
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences in promoting partnerships between governmental and non-governmental organizations working to influence educational policy of civic education for children and to analyze new methodologies and capacity development for teachers of civic education.

Building a Platform in Developing Strategies to Prevent Violence against Children and Youth
Open Society Fund–Lithuania
Organizer: Mykolas Romeris University (former Lithuanian University of Law), Vilnius(www.mruni.lt)
Summary: To support an exchange of national, regional and international best practices for overcoming violence against children, to foster cross-border communication among individuals and groups working at the local level in applying most effective intervention strategies to prevent violence against children that lead to long-term positive social change and to promote innovative social change by facilitating exchanges of knowledge among researchers, practitioners and policy makers in legal and mental health interventions and their appropriate use.

Organic Farming: Models of Bio-Farms in Romania
Open Society Foundation Romania
Organizer: Organic Farming Association of Romania Bioterra, Cluj
Summary: To build on previous exchanges of experiences in organic farming and agricultural transformation in Poland, Hungary and Romania, specifically to disseminate best practices in ecological agriculture to village households in Moldova and Armenia to promote empowerment in determining models of agriculture going forward, to analyze models and techniques of implementation to protect the biodiversity of organic farms, agricultural areas and other natural resources and to analyze advantages of organic agriculture and innovative technologies to promote optimal productivity of agriculture.

Youth for Youth – Combat HIV/AIDS
Open Society Institute–Croatia
Organizer: Croatian Association for HIV (CAHIV), Zagreb (www.huhiv.hr) in partnership with JAZAS Yugoslav Youth Association Against AIDS and the Croatian Medical Students' International Committee
Summary: To support an initiative of youth leaders in southeast Europe to create a regional strategy to fight HIV/AIDS among young people, to propose collaborative initiatives in identifying international partners and to develop long-term measures for youth engagement and activism in education and outreach programming to engage all relevant stakeholders in this work.

 Applying New Information Technologies in Education
Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation–Armenia
Organizer: YerevanStateUniversity in partnership with Central Eastern European Network (CEENet) Warsaw (www.ceenet.org), KharkovNationalUniversity of Electro Engineering Ukraine (www.kture.kharkov.ua), Kaunas Regional Distance Education Study Center (www.distance.ktu.lt) and Tiger Leap Foundation Estonia (www.tiigrihype.ee)
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences and expertise in the development and adaptation of new methodologies of using information technologies in secondary and higher education, specifically to brainstorm among specialists about engaging decision-makers to promote the use of innovative technologies in teaching and curriculum development.

Have a Nice Trip: Information Campaign for Migrant Workers
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)
Organizer: La Strada Foundation against Trafficking in Women, Warsaw in partnership with the Young Women Christian Association of Belarus, Minsk
Summary: To support an information campaign to provide migrant women from Belarus with reliable information regarding working and living conditions in Poland and to raise awareness of issues of safe migration, including job migration, and legal protection of migrants, in efforts to combat trafficking.

Disability and Human Rights: Civil Society Engagement
Open Society Foundation Romania
Organizers: Disabled Peoples International (DPI) Europe and National Organization of Disabled People in Romania
Summary: To support the engagement of disabled persons and relevant civil society organizations and actors to a workshop to draft a position paper addressing the UN Convention on Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities currently proposed as a draft to the UN General Assembly, specifically to strengthen the voice and representation of people with disabilities in international exchanges and decision-making.

Introducing the Estonian Experience of European Integration to NGOs in Georgia
Open Society Georgia Foundation and Open Estonia Foundation
Organizer: Estonian School of Diplomacy, Tallinn
Summary: To support a study visit of NGO representatives in Georgia to Estonia to analyze reform experiences and preparations to join the EU in Estonia, specifically to learn experiences, best practices and lesson learned of civil society engagement and activities in the processes of EU membership in Estonia.

Forum of Reforms: International Experiences and Expertise
Soros Foundation–Kyrgyzstan
Organizer: Soros Foundation–Kyrgyzstan
Summary: To support an exchange of lessons learned, best practices and mistakes made in structuring stabilization and development programs after political transition, specifically to bring international expertise and experiences to analyses and discussions in Kyrgyzstan to develop short-term stabilization and long-term economic and social development initiatives and to attract the attention of the public and the decision-makers to alternative development programs based on experiences in other societies.

International Experiences in the Development of Palliative Care
Open Society Georgia Foundation
Organizer: CancerPreventionCenter, Tbilisi in partnership with the Hungarian Hospice Foundation, Budapest (www.hospicehaz.hu)
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences among healthcare professionals, social service providers and NGOs to promote improvements in healthcare service provision specifically drawing on expertise in Central Europe and to engage relevant stakeholders in collaborative decision-making regarding transformation of health care systems in the Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Role of Borders in an Integrating Europe: CzechRepublic, Slovakia and Poland
Open Society Fund–Bratislava (Slovakia)
Organizer: Faculty of Natural Sciences of Comenius University Bratislava in partnership with the Faculty of Natural Sciences of Charles University Prague and Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies of Warsaw University
Summary: To support an exchange of analyses in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland specifically addressed to new opportunities of trans-border employment, tourism potential in border regions, increases in trans-border population mobility and new opportunities for economic and social cooperation among local communities in border regions.

Regional Approaches to Overcoming Human Trafficking
International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine), Soros Foundation–Moldova and Open Society Foundation Romania
Organizer: NGO Information-Methodical Center Debate, Lviv in partnership with the Association for the Promotion of Juvenile Justice Jean Valjean, Bucharest and the Center for the Prevention of Trafficking in Women, Chisinau (www.antitraffic.md)

Summary: To support the development of effective collaborative tactics to overcome trafficking in human beings and to improve the services provided by NGOs in Ukraine for victims of trafficking by exchanging experiences with NGOs in Romania and Moldova, establishing an international network of organizations addressing these issues and exploring coordination of efforts beyond national borders.

NGOs and Local Community Development: Experiences in Slovakia and Azerbaijan
Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation–Azerbaijan and Open Society Foundation–Bratislava (Slovakia)
Organizer: Intellect Public Union, Baku in partnership with Obcan a Demokrasiya, Bratislava (www.obcanademokrasia.sk)
Summary: To support an initiative to contribute to the preparation of development strategies for NGOs and local communities by strengthening partnerships between NGOs and local communities in western regions of Azerbaijan, specifically to utilize experiences in Slovakia, specifically to analyze and adapt experiences in Slovakia addressed to the protection of public interests in local community development.

Public Involvement in Drafting Laws on Bio-Safety
Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation–Azerbaijan
Organizer: Azerbaijan Ecological Standards Monitoring Fund, Baku (www.azecology.org) in partnership with Global and Local Informational Partnership Bishkek (www.glipplanet.narod.ru) and Zelenyi Svit, Dniepropetrovsk (www.zsfoe.org)
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences in promoting public participation in discussions of plans to protect the environment and to provide NGOs in Azerbaijan an opportunity to learn the experiences of public organizations in other societies which are active in informing the public about sustainable development and biodiversity.

Economic Development and Overcoming Unemployment
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland) and International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine)
Organizer: Strzegowo Development Association, Strzegowo Mazowiecki Region (www.trsstrzegowo.prv.pl) in partnership with District Job Office Mlawa (www.powiatmlawski.pl), Government of Strzegowo Commune (www.strzegowo.pl), A.Mickiewicz Polish Cultural and Educational Center Simferopol and Center of Public Initiatives Svitoch, Bakhchisaray
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences in social programs to mitigate consequences of economic dislocation and unemployment, specifically to analyze productive programs to promote cooperation among municipal officials, municipal job offices and local businessmen as implemented in Poland and to share relevant knowledge and information with local authorities in Simferopol.

Financial Management of Higher Education and Improvement of Existing Legislation in Albania
Open Society Foundation for Albania
Organizers: Open Society Foundation for Albania and the Albanian Rector's Conference
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences among university administrators responsible for financial management of universities, specifically to compare experiences in Central Europe in institutional strategic planning and institutional relationships with society and in the local economy and to share concepts and practical implementation of higher education policy making according to integration trends in southeastern Europe and with the European Union.

Srebrenica: A Crime That Must Not Be Forgotten
Fund for an Open Society–Serbia and Open Society Fund–Bosnia & Herzegovina
Organizer: Youth Initiative for Human Rights (YIHR), Belgrade (www.yi.org.yu) in partnership with Movement of Mothers from Srebrenica and Zepa, Sarajevo
Summary: To support a long-term initiative designed to create conditions for dealing with the past by promoting and fostering truth-telling about the crimes of the past, to promote engagement in processes of transitional justice and to begin to break down barriers of stereotype and prejudice in social relations, especially among young people.

Democratization of Governance: International Experiences
Soros Foundation–Kyrgyzstan
Organizers: Center for Public Policy Bishkek (www.cpp.to.kg), Analytical Consortium Perspektiva Bishkek, International Institute of Strategic Research under the President of the Kyrgyz Republic Bishkek, Bishkek Chamber of Trade Development and Agency of the Kyrgyz Republic on Affairs of Public Service, Bishkek
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences in the realization of effective partnerships between the state and civil society, specifically to engage the public in Kyrgyzstan in discussions of the management of democracy and decision-making and to analyze various models of transparency in decision-making.

Economies in Transition in the South Caucasus
Open Society Georgia Foundation
Organizers: Foundation CASE-Transcaucasus Tbilisi, CRRC Georgia, ChavchavadzeStateUniversity of Languages and Culture, CRRC Azerbaijan (www.crrc-az.org) and CRRC Armenia
Summary: To support an exchange among key stakeholders in economic reform and development in the south Caucasus, specifically to prioritize the role of non-governmental public policy research organizations in the dialogue on shared issues of economic development in this region, and to formulate resolutions to common obstacles to economic development through informed public policy and collaborative decision-making and analysis.

Improved Public Service through Strategic Budgeting and Improved Analytical Capacity
Subprogram for European Integration
Soros Foundation–Latvia
Organizers: LatvianSchool of Public Administration, Vidzeme University College and Riga Stockholm School of Economics
Summary: To support knowledge networking and transfer of expertise among public administration professionals, NGOs and scholars on issues crucial to the debate about modern public finance and effective financial management and to promote modern governance standards in countries of the New EU Neighborhood.

Creation of an Anti-Trafficking Network: Information Exchange and Knowledge Networking
Open Society Georgia Foundation
Organizer: People's Harmonious Development Society (PHDS), Tbilisi (www.phds.ge) in partnership with Hope & Help, Yerevan and Clean World, Baku
Summary: To support an exchange of information between governmental bodies and NGOs working on the problems of trafficking, to coordinate work and techniques of information exchange for collaboration and to propose recommendations to governments to engage civil society actors in prevention initiatives.

Global Partnership for Activism, Advocacy and Cross-Cultural Dialogue
Open Society Institute–Croatia
Organizer: Faculty of Political Science Students' Association Zoon politikoN
Summary: To support an exchange of university students in the Balkan region designed to offer them skills and knowledge to be qualified trainers in civil society activism, particularly to look at opportunities for dialogue about the reasons and the aftermath of the civil war in Balkans and contemporary political and social realities in southeast Europe.

West-East-Transit in Ukraine: Informal Education for Youth and Intercultural Dialogue
International Renaissance Foundation (Kyiv) and Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)
Organizer: European Dialogue Society, Lviv (www.dialog.lviv.ua) in partnership with the Center of Youth Cooperation and Mobility, Gdynia (www.cwm.org.pl) and Pidlitok Charity Foundation, Lugansk (www.teenager.is.com.ua)
Summary: To support an exchange of best practices and innovative experiences in social activism through youth initiatives specifically in eastern Ukraine by analyzing relevant experiences in international cooperation and expertise among youth organizations in western Ukraine and Poland.

Ukraine and the Enlarged EU: Ukraine on the Way to the EU
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland) and International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine)
Organizers: International Cooperation Program, Stefan Batory Foundation, Warsaw (www.batory.org.pl) and International Renaissance Foundation Kyiv (www.irf.kiev.ua)
Summary: To support exchanges designed to deliver Polish experiences in European integration processes and consequences for democratic development to representatives of regional authorities, universities and non-governmental organizations in Ukraine.

Youth School of Democracy: Lessons Learned and to Be Learned
Open Society Fund–Lithuania
Organizer: Educational DebateCenter, Druskininkai
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences in developing skills of students in civic participation, creativity, critical thinking, teamwork and argumentation, to promote effective collaboration between educators and student self-governments and to stimulate students' interest in pressing problems of school communities and educational systems by empowering students to be informed and engaged in school and local community development.

Effective Management Strategies for Youth NGOs in the Regions of Azerbaijan and Georgia
Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation–Azerbaijan
Organizers: SHAMS Young Women's Center, Mingachevir and Initiative Youth Union, Tbilisi
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences in designing management strategies for civil society development through active engagement of young people, specifically to analyze experiences in the development of youth leaders in Eastern Europe and applicability of training methodologies in Eastern Europe to the regions of Azerbaijan and Georgia and to encourage collaborative initiatives among regional youth organizations in Azerbaijan and Georgia.

Building a Future for Rural Europe
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)
Organizer: Cultural and Ecological Association, Slubice (www.ziarno.org.pl) in partnership with Fundacja Rozwoju Gminy Zelow, Spiritual Guidance Center for Youth Foundation Klajpeda, People and Water Kosice (www.peopleandwater.sk), AEFL (Alliance for Ecology and Foreign Languages) Plovdiv, Institute for Sustainable Development Ljubljana (www.itr.si), Edelweiss Kosiv, Child and Environment Kyiv, Rural Development NGO Kodukant Viljandimaa Viljandi, BETA Sarajevo, The Independent Ecological Center Budapest (www.foek.hu) and Center for Rural Assistance Timisoara (www.rural.-center.org)
Summary: To support an exchange of experts in community-based educational initiatives for youth and adults in rural areas, to identify best practices and methodologies that can be incorporated into on-going activities and to build a network and base of support for innovative approaches to youth and adult education for sustainability and civic action in rural communities.

New Methodologies of Care for Special Needs Children and Their Parents: CzechRepublic and Uzbekistan
Open Society Fund–Prague (Czech Republic)
Organizer: Association of Parents and Friends of Children with Disability, Prague
Summary: To promote professional development of specialists working with young children with multiple disabilities by providing opportunities for specialists in Uzbekistan to visit special care centers in the Czech Republic to compare methodologies and lessons learned.

Rural Internet-ization: An Informed and Educated Society
Soros Foundation–Kyrgyzstan
Organizer: Information Future Public Foundation, Bishkek
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences and expertise among stakeholders in providing access to information, including government, business, international community and donors, media, IT companies, NGOs and the public, specifically to highlight the obstacles and solutions to ICT in developing countries.

Overcoming Consequences of Radioactive Waste in Central Asia: Transparency in Public Tenders
Soros Foundation–Kyrgyzstan
Organizer: Ecological Club AGAT, Bishkek (www.agat.freenet.kg)
Summary: To support an initiative designed to attract public attention to ecological, specifically, radiation, and social problems in Central Asia, specifically to promote cooperation between NGOs and state authorities in resolving these problems and to formulate recommendations to international organizations on the necessity of transparency in public tenders addressed to sanitation and health concerns resulting from radio-active waste sites.

Women's Political Participation: Experiences in Poland, Lithuania and Ukraine
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)
Organizer: Center of Social and Economic Development, Sedziszow Mlp. in partnership with Woman's Perspectives, Lviv and Women's IssuesInformationCenter, Vilnius
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences and transfer of knowledge among women leaders specifically in shaping their own images, in organizing election campaigns, interaction with the public and effective promotion of women's engagement in politics and decision-making.

Transparency in Elections: Voter Education in Azerbaijan
Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation–Azerbaijan
Organizer: Azerbaijan National Research Association, Baku in partnership with Bulgarian Electoral Colleges
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences in voter education methodologies implemented in Bulgaria, specifically preliminary elections and coalition building and to disseminate these experiences among citizens in Azerbaijan to promote civil society mobilization and civic education.

NGO Cooperation for European Integration: Latvia and Georgia
Subprogram for European Integration
Soros Foundation–Latvia and Open Society Georgia Foundation
Organizer: Latvian Platform of Non-Governmental Development Organizations (NGDO)
Summary: To support exchange visits in Georgia and Latvia of representatives of NGOs working in international cooperation and European integration, specifically to discuss long-term strategies for development cooperation and partnership for NGOs with all stakeholders in development cooperation and to institutionalize a communication platform for the transfer of knowledge and experiences from new EU members states to the new neighborhood.

Immigration as a Development Strategy of New Europe/Immigrants in the Labor Market in the New Europe
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)
Organizer: Civic Club Foundation, Warsaw (www.klub-obywatelski.org.pl) in partnership with the Institute of Public Affairs Warsaw (www.isp.org.pl), Center for International Relations Warsaw (www.csm.org.pl), Institute for Public Affairs Bratislava (www.ivo.sk), Intermundia Havirov-Mesto (www.migrace.cz) and Europeum Institute for European Policy Prague (www.europeum.org)
Summary: To support a long-term initiative to engage civil society actors in the creation of a European-wide immigration and emigration policy, specifically to engage relevant specialists in the Czech Republic and Slovakia in the debates about immigration policies in Poland.

Our World: Extending the Borders of Human Rights Protection for Gay Men and Lesbians
International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine)
Organizer: Nash Mir (Our World) Gay and LesbianCenter, Kyiv in partnership with Ukrainian Association Amnesty International and European Region of International Lesbian and Gay Association
Summary: To support an exchange of human rights activists, specifically to present the recommendations of an analysis addressed to monitoring observance of human rights of gay men and lesbians in Ukraine, to attract public attention to problems of human rights protection of gay men and lesbians and to compare experiences among activists in post-Soviet and EU societies.

Perspectives of Treatment of Accused Juveniles in Detention and Sentenced Prisoners
Open Society Fund–Bratislava (Slovakia)
Organizer: General Directorate of the Corps of Prison and Court Guard, Bratislava
Summary: To support an exchange for stakeholders involved in solving problems of treatment of juveniles in pre-trial detention and in prison by analyzing new methodologies in the operation of penitentiary facilities and to promote efforts to make more effective the operation of penitentiary facilities for juveniles by implementing internationally recommended programs of treatment focused on reduction of penal recidivism.

Mentoring for Children from Disadvantaged Environments
Open Society Fund–Lithuania
Organizer: NGO Children Support Center, Vilnius (www.pvc.lt)
Summary: To support an exchange of social services providers working with children in disadvantaged environments, specifically to facilitate and exchange of best practices and lessons learned, to evaluate productivity of mentoring programs in different societies and to make recommendations to strengthen collaboration among municipal and state authorities and the non-profit sector and volunteers in overcoming social barriers limiting opportunities for children.

Community Social Welfare Services for Elderly People with Disability: Poland, Lithuania, Kaliningrad
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)
Organizer: Helping Hand, Kowale Oleckie in partnership with Managers of the House of Social Help, Prienai
Summary: To support an exchange of care providers, social service volunteers and elderly people with disability to share experiences in stimulating community engagement for disabled people in accordance with public regulations of social and self help and to promote public awareness to overcome stereotypes of and discrimination against people with disabilities.

Protection of Human Rights in Biotechnology Development
Open Society Fund–Lithuania
Organizer: Regional Bioethical Information Center, Vilnius in partnership with the Lithuanian Bioethics Committee Vilnius(), Department of Medical History and Ethics Vilnius, Lithuanian National UNESCO Commission Vilnius andAssociation of Bioethics Vilnius
Summary: To support an exchange among civil activists to create a regional strategy to encourage bioethics institutions to provide information to the public about social, legal and ethical implications of the application of biotechnology achievements and to increase awareness about possible violations of human rights in biotechnology applications.

EUREKA Program in Poland, Hungary and CzechRepublic: Experiences for Ukraine's Euro-Integration
Subprogram for European Integration
International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine)
Organizer: Charitable Foundation Mission for Intellectual Initiatives, Kyiv in partnership with the Center for European and Transatlantic Studies Kyiv, EUREKA NPC Office – Ministry of Education, Research and Development Division Budapest and EUREKA NPC Office – Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, Department of International Cooperation in Research and Development Prague
Summary: To support an analysis of the realization of the EUREKA program for international scholarly and technical cooperation in Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary, specifically to brainstorm about adaptation of modern principles of the EUREKA program in Ukraine and to promote full membership for Ukraine in EUREKA programming as an essential element of Euro-integration processes in Ukraine.

Europe for Belarus
Open Society Fund–Lithuania
Organizer: United Center of Initiatives for Belarus (JuBIC), Vilnius (www.jubic.org) in partnership with the Grodna Region Center for Informational Support of Social Initiatives Third Sector (www.sektar.cjb.net)
Summary: To support an exchange to launch the development of a EuroBelarus program to stimulate cooperation between the societies of Belarus and European countries neighboring Belarus and to break the isolation between societies on both sides of the border and to keep the attention of officials, NGOs, academic institutions and citizens in countries neighboring Belarus to the situation and problems in Belarus.

Social Partnership: Models of Public-Private Partnership to Support People with Disability
Soros Foundation–Moldova, International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine) and Open Society Foundation Romania
Organizer: Association MOTIVATION-Moldova, Chisinau in partnership with Motivation Romania Foundation and Bila Tserkva Association of Disabled Children and their Parents Aurveda, Ukraine
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences to contribute to improvement and development of social services for people with disabilities through the promotion of sustainable partnership models among NGOs and local public authorities in Moldova, Romania and Ukraine, to influence public opinion regarding NGOs as important actors in social service provision and to encourage and involve community members and local businesses in solving social problems.

Impact of Power Stations and Oil Terminals on Ecosystems: Adriatic Seashore and New Alternatives
Open Society Foundation for Albania
Organizer: Civil SocietyDevelopmentCenter (CSDC), Vlore in partnership with Green Action, Zagreb (www.zelena-akcija.hr), Organic Agriculture Association-Albania, Tirana and AgriC, Podgorica
Summary: To support an exchange among civil society activists and decision-makers specifically to engage decision-makers to consider the opinions and resources of civil society when making developmental strategies and to engage neighboring countries in a dialogue about regional threats to environmental safety in the development of power plants and industrial sites.

Journalists and Elections: Experiences in Azerbaijan and Lithuania
Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation–Azerbaijan and Open Society Fund–Lithuania
Organizer: JournalistResearchCenterBaku in partnership with the LithuanianJournalismCenter, Vilnius
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences among journalists and civil society activists with experiences and expertise in preparing objective and regular information about elections, specifically to inform journalists in Azerbaijan about the experiences of journalists in Lithuania, and to promote collaborative relationships among NGOs and media representatives engaged in reporting on all phases of elections.

Community Foundations and the Public Sector
Open Estonia Foundation
Organizer: PeipsiCenter for Transboundary Cooperation (Peipsi CTC), Tartu (www.ctc.ee)
Summary: To support an analysis of relations between community foundations, local municipalities and ministries to formulate best practices in the work of community foundations, specifically to stimulate community foundation cooperation with local municipalities and to engage the public in initiatives of common interest to community foundations and municipalities.

Equal Rights and Equal Opportunities in Academic Settings
Open Society Fund–Bratislava (Slovakia)
Organizers: SupportCenter for Visually Impaired Students, ComeniusUniversity, Bratislava (www.uniba.sk) and FEDORA - Forum Européen de l'Orientation Académique (www.fedora.eu.org) in partnership with NovosibirskStateUniversity (www.nsu.ru) and Union of Blind People Moldova
Summary: To support an exchange to assess standards for accessible education provisions for students with disabilities and to develop guidelines for universities, to support the involvement of students with disabilities in international student exchange programs and to draw the attention of higher education institutions to responsibility for accessible education.

International Cooperation Forum: From Cross-Border to Transnational Cooperation in New Europe
Open Estonia Foundation
Organizer: Peipsi Center for Transboundary Cooperation (Peipsi CTC), Tartu (www.ctc.ee) in partnership with Forum Balticum
Summary: To support an exchange of perspectives and experiences of how the political and macro-environment for international cooperation between EU accession countries/new member countries and NIS countries has changed within the last 5-10 years, to analyze requirements for international cooperation in the context of the enlarged Europe and the role of civil society organizations in transferring knowledge and experience and implementing development cooperation projects and to develop recommendations and identify best practices for NGOs working beyond national borders.

Balkan Business Women's Support
Kosova Foundation for Open Society
Organizer: Kosova Business Women's Network KBWN in partnership with the Professional and Business Women's Association (PBWA-FBN) Albania (www.shgpa.org.al), Bosnia & Herzegovina Women's Economic Network (BHWEN) (www.bhzem.ba) and NGO MBRC-Ti Net, Macedonia
Summary: To support an exchange among women managing small businesses to build capacity for successful business practices through sharing experiences and lessons learned with peers and to establish a basis for regional advocacy efforts on behalf of women's economic development and sustainability.

Preventing Violence in the Family: Experiences in Estonia and Kazakhstan
Open Estonia Foundation and Soros Foundation–Kazakhstan 
Organizer: NGO Women's Shelter, Tartu (www.naistetugi.ee) in partnership with the Union of Crisis Centers of Kazakhstan, Almaty and South District Prosecutors' Office Tartu, South District Police Department Tartu and Estonian Center of Social Programs, Tallinn
Summary: To support an exchange of specialists engaged in legal and social prevention of domestic violence, specifically to share experiences and innovative methodologies used in Estonia with colleagues in Kazakhstan, of cooperation between governmental and non-governmental organizations, investigating violent crimes in the context of the family and legal remedies for victims of domestic violence.

Think Globally / Act Locally: Promoting Social Activism in Rural Communities
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland) and International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine)
Organizer: Volyn' PublicYouthOrganizationCenter Nasha Sprava, Lutsk in partnership with the Polish Association of Educators and Animators KLANZA, Lublin and Ukrainians' Association in Poland – Lublin Section
Summary: To support a long-term initiative designed to engage teachers, parents, pupils, local community leaders and officials of local self-government in rural areas, specifically to elaborate models and methodologies to promote civic engagement and social activism in local communities and to promote civic partnership with local government in overcoming obstacles to development in rural communities.

Monitoring of Implementation of the European Declaration of Mental Health and Action Plan|
International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine), Soros Foundation–Moldova and Open Society Foundation Romania
Organizer: All-Ukrainian NGO Coalition for People with Intellectual Disability, Kyiv in partnership with the Public Organization Somato, Moldova and the Estuar Foundation, Bucharest
Summary: To support a long-term initiative designed to influence policies in mental health care in Ukraine, Moldova and Romania through monitoring/observation of the European Declaration of Mental Health, and to promote European principles of de-institutionalization, de-stigmatization and social integration of people with mental disability.

European Clubs: Engaging Young People in European Integration Processes
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland), International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine), Soros Foundation–Moldova
Organizer: Foundation Rodowo, Sorkwity (www.rodowo.pl) in partnership with the Christian-Democratic Youth of Ukraine, Kyiv (www.cdy.iatp.org.ua) and National High School Debate League, Chisinau
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences specifically to motivate and engage young people in Ukraine and Moldova in European integration processes and to analyze the methodologies of establishing European clubs in high schools productively implemented in Poland to see applicability for high schools in Ukraine and Moldova.

Efficient Adaptation of National Legislation to European Standards: Moldova, Romania and Ukraine
Soros Foundation–Moldova, International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine) and Open Society Foundation Romania
Organizers: Association for Civic and Political Culture Moldova (ACCEP-Moldova), Agency for Legislative Initiatives Ukraine and The Project for Civic Education and Academic Development Foundation (FPECDA-Romania) in partnership with the European Movement of Moldova, Institute of European Studies (ISEM), House of Europe-Moldova, Center of European Studies and Center of Information, Education and Social Analyses CAPTES
Summary: To support an exchange among civil society activists and governmental authorities to examine approaches to adjust national legislation in Moldova and Ukraine to European criteria on the basis of experiences in Romania, to elaborate detailed recommendations for governmental bodies and to propose monitoring methodologies to be conducted by civil society organizations in countries aspiring to EU integration.

Professional Policing in Democratic Societies
Open Society Fund–Prague (Czech Republic) and Open Society Georgia Foundation
Organizers: PoliceTrainingCollege, Prague and PoliceAcademy of Ministry of Interior of Georgia, Tbilisi
Summary: To support an exchange of experiences in professional policing, specifically to provide an opportunity for trainers in Georgia to learn experiences, new methodologies and technologies of police training implemented in the Czech Republic.

Religion and Authoritarianism
Open Society Institute–Croatia
Organizers: TOD-Association for Research of Transition to Democracy, Zagreb and IMIC International Multi-Religious and Intercultural Center, Sarajevo
Summary: To support an analysis of unresolved tensions between democratic and pluralist values and authoritarian and nationalist values and the pro-authoritarian past of nationalist movements and parties in Southeast Europe and to formulate recommendations to overcome consequent instability and weaknesses in new democratic institutions by stimulating a broad public discussion of these trends and to promote an informed discussion among religious and secular communities in shaping pluralist and open societies.

Best Practices for Implementing Rights of Imprisoned Women
Open Society Fund–Lithuania
Organizer: Law Institute, Vilnius in partnership with ErnstMoritzArndtUniversity, Greifswald(www.uni-greifswald.de)
Summary: To support an exchange designed to analyze results of surveys and curriculum development for people working in women's prisons and dealing with problematic issues of human rights and to exchange good practice for developing a strategy for re-socialization of female inmates, to compare and evaluate the situation with human rights in women's prisons in Europe and the perspectives of improvement and development of women's prisons' systems, to encourage cooperation in monitoring women's rights in prisons and to encourage dialogue among politicians, specialists, NGOs and society to influence public policy.

Development and Financing of Political Parties
Soros Foundation–Latvia
Organizer: Baltic Institute of Communication
Summary: To support an exchange among policy-makers to create new knowledge about party finance and related issues in the region, to exchange information and transfer knowledge about lessons learned in the development and financing of political parties, to assess the impact of different party finance regimes on the development of party systems in the region, to foster party finance reforms and support policy change, to promote accountability of political elites and to promote a network of party finance reform activists and scholars.

External Assessment for Quality Assurance and Accountability in Education
International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine)
Organizer: Center for Educational Monitoring, Kyiv in partnership with the National Examination Center Kyrgyzstan, Center for Education Policy at Vilnius University, Cracow Examination Commission, CPZ-International Center for Knowledge Promotion, Slovenia and Federal Institute for Pedagogica