Media Program Coordinators

Soros foundations are autonomous institutions established in particular countries or regions to initiate and support open society activities. The priorities and specific activities of each Soros foundation are determined by a local board of directors and staff in consultation with George Soros and OSI boards and advisors. In addition to support from the Open Society Institute, many of the foundations receive funding from other sources.

Soros foundations consist of national foundations in 29 countries, foundations in Kosovo and Montenegro, and two regional foundations, the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) and the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA). OSISA and OSIWA, which are governed by their own boards of directors and staffs from the region, make grants in a total of 27 African countries.

OSI's work in Russia-including that of the local Soros foundation-is currently being reorganized.

Below are links to the Media Program in the Soros foundations, arranged alphabetically by country:

Afghanistan: Foundation Open Society Institute–Afghanistan
A Mujeeb Khalvatgar, Media Program Coordinator
mujeebkhalvatgar@gmail.com

Armenia: Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation–Armenia
David Amiryan, Deputy Director for Programs
adavid@osi.am
http://www.osi.am/massmedia.asp

Azerbaijan: Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation–Azerbaijan
Rovshan Bagirov, Public Relations/Mass Media Director
rbagirov@osi-az.org
http://www.osi-az.org/media.shtml

Estonia: Open Estonia Foundation
Maari Ross, Media Coordinator
maari@oef.org.ee
http://www.oef.org.ee

Georgia: Open Society Georgia Foundation
Irakli Tsertsvadze, Social Science Support Mass Media Programs
irakli@osgf.ge
http://osgf.ge/?lang=en&show=programs&action=view&id=27

Guatemala: Fundacion Soros–Guatemala
Claudia Aguirre, Program Coordinator
caguirre@soros.org.gt
http://www.soros.org/about/foundations/guatemala

Kazakhstan: Soros Foundation–Kazakhstan
Aijamal Duishebaeva, Coordinator of the Mass Media Support Program
kzhantikin@soros.kz
http://www.soros.kz/?content_id=188

Kyrgyzstan: Soros Foundation–Kyrgyzstan
Marina Sivasheva, Media Support Program Manager
msivasheva@soros.kg
http://eng.soros.kg/foundation/

Macedonia: Foundation Open Society Institute–Macedonia
Violeta Gligorovska, Media Program Coordinator
vgligoro@soros.org.mk
http://soros.org.mk/default.asp?lang=eng&menuid=94

Moldova: Soros Foundation–Moldova
Victoria Miron, Program Director Arts & Culture, Publishing
vmiron@soros.md
http://www.soros.md/programs/mass_media/en.html

Mongolia: Open Society Forum
Munkhsoyol Baatarjav, Open Society Forum Media Manager
soyoloo@soros.org.mn
http://www.soros.org.mn/programs/csp/media.html

Romania: Open Society Foundation–Romania
Radu Motoc, Program Coordinator Media
Director of Programs
rmotoc@soros.ro
http://www.soros.ro/en/index.php

Mirela Rus, Communications Manager
mrus@soros.ro
http://www.soros.ro/en/index.php

Serbia: Fund for an Open Society–Serbia
Suzana Jovanic, Media Coordinator
sjovanic@fosserbia.org
http://www.fosserbia.org/programi/medijski.asp

Slovakia: Open Society Foundation–Bratislava
Lubica Turcanova, Deputy, Strategy, Policy and Media
lub@osf.sk
http://www.osf.sk/English/program_detail.php?program=38

South Africa: Open Society Foundation for South Africa
Noloyiso Mchunu, Senior Project Officer, Media Program
Noloyiso@ct.osf.org.za
http://www.osf.org.za/Media/

Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa SOUTH AFRICA
Sam Phiri, Media Program Coordinator
samp@osiafrica.org
http://www.osisa.org

Tajikistan: Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation–Tajikistan
Rushona Olimova, Media Coordinator
olimova@osi.tajik.net
http://www.soros.org/about/foundations/tajikistan

Ukraine: International Renaissance Foundation
Vitaly Zamnius, Mass Media Program Manager
zamnius@irf.kiev.ua
http://www.irf.kiev.ua/en/programs/media

West Africa: Open Society Initiative for West Africa
Ben Akoh, ICT/Media Program Officer
bakoh@osiwa.org
http://www.osiwa.org/en/programs/media