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The Battle Ahead: Climate Change After Copenhagen
OSI-New York
January 19, 2010
 AUDIO
Open Society Fellow Mark Hertsgaard and OSI's Nancy Youman share their eyewitness observations of the December 2009 climate change summit and assess its failure to establish ambitious goals for reducing carbon emissions.

 

Call for Applications: Faculty Development Fellowships
January 8, 2009
OSI seeks applicants for a nondegree program that encourages pursuit of academic careers by outstanding faculty, generates innovative approaches to pedagogical reform, and supports the development of regional and international partnerships.

Buyer Beware? Global Fund Grants and Procurement of Harm Reduction Supplies in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
October 2009
In Eastern Europe and Central Asia, support from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has increased availability of harm reduction services and supplies, but a recent influx of poor quality supplies is threatening the success of harm reduction programs.

 

Kazakhstan: Problems with Rule of Law and Basic Freedoms Ahead of the OSCE Chairmanship
New York City
November 20, 2009
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Speakers at this Open Society Institute event discuss the trials of Yevgeniy Zhovtis and Ramazan Yesergepov, and the policy implications for Western governments as Kazakhstan approaches its year at the helm of the OSCE.

United Nations Should Review Miscarriage of Justice in Kazakhstan
Press Release
February 1, 2010
The case of Evgeniy Zhovtis, one of Kazakhstan's leading human rights defenders, should be reviewed by the UN Human Rights Committee, said the Open Society Justice Initiative in a letter filed with the body.

Call for Social Science Instructors: Summer School in Istanbul
January 28, 2010
The Open Society Institute is recruiting social science and humanities instructors to teach at the Scholarship Programs pre-academic summer school in Istanbul.

Call for Academic Writing Instructors: Summer Program in Istanbul
January 28, 2010
The Open Society Institute is recruiting instructors of academic writing in English to teach at the Scholarship Programs pre-academic summer school in Istanbul.

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YouthExchange 2010
Budapest, Hungary
April 10, 2010
Sponsored by the Open Society Institute, YouthExchange focuses on promoting democracy through the use of new media.

Security Jam Session
February 4, 2010
Ten online forums will address issues ranging from climate change to relations with Russia and China, to human rights, piracy, Afghanistan, development, and crisis management, among others.

The Battle Ahead: Climate Change After Copenhagen
OSI-New York
January 19, 2010
 AUDIO
Open Society Fellow Mark Hertsgaard and OSI's Nancy Youman share their eyewitness observations of the December 2009 climate change summit and assess its failure to establish ambitious goals for reducing carbon emissions.

more Asia events

 

European Neighbourhood Policy: Implementation of the Objectives of the EU-Georgia Action Plan
January 2010
This report from the Open Society Georgia Foundation assesses implementation of the EU-Georgia Action Plan by experts from Georgian nongovernmental organizations.

A Promising, If Tenuous, Start
James A. Goldston
December 7, 2009
In an article for the Phnom Penh Post, James A. Goldston, executive director of the Open Society Justice Initiative, sets out goals for the future of the Cambodian war crimes tribunal.

Recent Developments at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
November 2009
The accomplishments of the Cambodia Tribunal could be undermined by the refusal of a judge and government officials to participate in the investigation of the court's second case, according to this Open Society Justice Initiative report.

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