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The following OSI initiatives, listed alphabetically, support at least one program or organization active in media, arts & culture issues.

Arts & Culture Program

The Arts and Culture Program promotes cultural and artistic collaboration throughout the Soros foundations network; fosters structural changes in cultural policy; and helps develop an autonomous and innovative arts sector. more

Central Eurasia Project

The Central Eurasia Project strives to enhance policy debate on key issues affecting Central Asia and the South Caucasus as well as several countries in the Middle East and North Africa. more

Documentary Photography Project

Through grantmaking, exhibitions, and training workshops, the Documentary Photography Project supports photographers whose work addresses social justice and human rights issues that coincide with OSI’s mission. more

Information Program

The Information Program promotes the equitable deployment of knowledge and communications resources for civic empowerment and effective democratic governance. more

International Policy Fellowships

The International Policy Fellowships Program identifies and supports research by open society leaders in countries throughout the Soros foundations network. more

Media Program

The Media Program assists in the development and establishment of media systems marked by freedom, pluralism, and the inclusion of minority voices and opinions. more

Middle East & North Africa Initiative

OSI's Middle East & North Africa Initiative operates primarily as a grantmaking program on issues ranging from knowledge and information to women's rights. more

Open Society Fellowship

The Open Society Fellowship enables innovative professionals—including journalists, activists, academics, and practitioners—to work on projects that inspire meaningful public debate, shape public policy, and generate intellectual ferment within the Open Society Institute. more

Multimedia

Moving Walls 14
 SLIDESHOW  
The photographers in this OSI exhibition document issues including the devastating consequences of oil production in Nigeria, survivors of sex-trafficking in Moldova, the effect of rapid modernization on Turkey’s national psyche, the continued impact of the Hurricane Katrina disaster, and the aftermath of rape and genocide in Rwanda. more

Amplifying Voices: A Series of Digital Stories
 VIDEO  
This OSI-sponsored collection of videos gives voice to the concerns of people marginalized by HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa. more

Katrina: An Unnatural Disaster
 INTERACTIVE  
Designed to spark continuing national discussion of the social and economic impact of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, this multimedia website features the work of OSI's Katrina Media Fellows. more

news and announcements

OSI Forum: Baghdad Film School—Making Movies in Iraq
OSI-New York
March 25, 2008
 VIDEO    AUDIO
ArteEast and the Open Society Institute hosted a screening of documentary films illuminating ordinary life in today's Iraq, produced by students at the Independent Film & Television College in Baghdad.  more

OSI Documentary Photography Project Announces Distribution Grant Winners
February 6, 2008
OSI has announced the recipients of an award for photographers who have completed a significant project on social justice or human rights issues. more

Call for Proposals: Moving Walls 15 Documentary Photography Exhibition
January 29, 2008
The Open Society Institute invites photographers to submit work for its annual exhibition documenting the obstacles that society often erects and the struggles to tear those barriers down. more

Visualizing Information for Advocacy: An Introduction to Information Design
January 2008
This OSI-supported manual is aimed at helping NGOs and advocates strengthen campaigns and projects by communicating vital information with greater impact.  more

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