During the last five years CPD has worked with a number of partners on a variety of projects. Some of the institutions and individuals are listed below.

Institutions

The Association of Czech Booksellers and Publishers <www.bookworld.cz>

The Association was CPD’s partner in the Czech Republic in the European Publishing Training Needs in the Information Society II Project (EPTNIS II) conducted in 1999.

Book Marketing Research <www.bmr.com.pl>

This Polish company delivered courses on book marketing for publishers in Bulgaria, Georgia, Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Slovakia and Ukraine.

The British Council <www.britcoun.org>

The British Council co-sponsored preparatory stage of a bid for a Tempus Tacis grant to develop publishing studies in Ukraine in 1999. They were also involved in a similar project in Russia in 2000. It also co-funded a bookselling seminar organised by CPD and Soros Foundations located in the Caucasus that took place in Georgia in July 2000.

Budapest Observatory <www.budobs.org>

Peter Inkei, the director of this consultancy firm, runs on CPD’s behalf the Publishing Legislation Online Project.

Council of Europe <http://culture.coe.fr/epba>

CPD has published Council of Europe’s reports produced within the ‘Governments love books (electronic books, too)’ run by the Electronic Publishing, Books and Archives unit.

Frankfurt Book Fair <www.frankfurt-book-fair.com>

In 1999 CPD sponsored the participation of East European and Central Asian publishers in the Frankfurt Rights Catalogue. The Fair was also CPD’s partner in the European Publishing Training Needs in the Information Society II Project (EPTNIS II) conducted in 1999.

Fund Central and Eastern European Book Projects <www.ceebp.org>

CPD has co-sponsored with the Fund the participation of East European and Central Asian publishers in the Frankfurt Rights Catalogue project in 1999 as well as the Slovak Small Print Run Publishing Project. The Fund has also worked with Soros Foundations in Bulgaria and Poland on Cultural Journals Projects.

Hungarian Publishers and Booksellers Association <www.mkke.hu>

The association helped CPD organise a tour of the Hungarian textbook industry by a group of Azeri educational publishers, which took place in February 1999.

ISBN International Agency <www.isbn.spk-berlin.de>

The Agency, through its director Hartmut Walraves, cooperated with CPD on conducting ISBN seminars in Central Asia and the Caucasus as well as Albania. The cooperation of these two institutions was instrumental for the establishment of new local agencies in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kosovo and Mongolia. ISBN Manual is available both in English and Russian on CPD website.

Logos Journal

In 1999 CPD included in its website a number of selected articles from the Logos journals, which till then had no web presence.

Metapress <www.metapress.com.pl>

The company was a co-organiser of a seminar on Print on Demand that took place in Warsaw in June 2000 and that was co-funded by CPD. The president of Metapress, Grzegorz Boguta, also provided the Center with consultancy on East European Books in Print projects.

Oxford Brookes University <www.brookes.ac.uk/schools/apm/publishing/index.html>

The Oxford International Centre for Publishing Studies at Oxford Brookes University was CPD’s partner in the European Publishing Training Needs in the Information Society II Project (EPTNIS II) conducted in 1999. It also hosted a number of tours of publishing studies specialists from Eastern Europe sponsored by CPD.

Polish Chamber of Books

The Chamber was CPD’s partner in a seminar on Print on Demand organised in Poland in June 2000.

Program on Gender & Culture of Central European University <www.ceu.hu/gend/gendir.html>

The program assists CPD and OSI Network Women’s Program in conducting Women’s Issues and Lesbian & Gay Issues Translation Projects.

The Publishing Training Centre <www.train4publishing.co.uk>

The centre was CPD’s partner in the European Publishing Training Needs in the Information Society II Project (EPTNIS II) conducted in 1999. It also hosted a number of tours of publishing studies specialists from Eastern Europe sponsored by CPD. Its Chief Executive John Whitley gave several presentations at the Publishing Studies conference in November 2000.

Strategy, Research & Action <www.s-r-a.com>

This marketing research company was CPD’s partner in the European Publishing Training Needs in the Information Society II Project (EPTNIS II) conducted in 1999.

Vilnius University <www.kf.vu.lt/padal/kk>

The Book Science Department of the Faculty of Communication was CPD’s partner in Lithuania in the European Publishing Training Needs in the Information Society II Project (EPTNIS II) conducted in 1999.

Xerox <www.xerox.com>

Xerox was a co-sponsor of a seminar on Books in Print organised in Poland in June 2000.

Individuals

Pernille Askerund <PernilleAskerud@compuserve.com>

Publishing policy consultant, assisted CPD in the organisation of a workshop on Book Support Colloquium in Budapest in 1997, provided consultancy in Mongolia. She is also the author of the text: Textbooks for developing economies: Why projects fail? which is available on CPD’s website.

Gabriel Badescu <gbadescu@mail.dntcj.ro>

Member of Faculty of Political Science and Public Administration at Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, took part in the compilation of the Social Capital and Trust module of the modified CEU Translation Project list.

Istvan Bart <h13662kla@ella.hu> <www.corvinakiado.hu>

Publisher and the President of Hungarian Publishers and Booksellers Association, participated in seminars publishing business, publishing policy and publishers’ associations organised by CPD in Kyrgyzstan (1996), Mongolia (1997), Ukraine (1997) and Georgia (1998). His text on publishers associations is available on CPD website.

Grzegorz Boguta <gb@metapress.com.pl> <www.metapress.com.pl>

Publisher and former president of the Polish Chamber of Books, the president of Metapress consulting company, he participated in seminars on publishing policy in Ukraine (1997) and on publishers associations in Kazakstan (1999), Mongolia (1999), Slovakia (1999) and Ukraine (1999). His text ‘What Do Publishers’ Associations Do’ is available on CPD website. He also provided consultancy on Books in Print projects and Print on Demand technology.

Adrian Bullock <acbullock@brookes.ac.uk> <www.brookes.ac.uk/schools/apm/publishing/index.html>

Publishing consultant affiliated with Oxford Brookes University, delivered textbook training in Mongolia (1999) commissioned by CPD. He is also one of the consultants conducting the workshop on Publishing Studies in 2000.

Phil Cohen <Pcohen@worldbank.org>

Leading textbook consultant of CPD. Organised a Textbook Rental Scheme Workshop (1999), provided textbook training in several countries. He was also one of the consultants at the Textbook Training Workshop held in Budapest in October 2000.

Chris Conolly-Smith <c.conolly­smith@kingston.ac.uk>

Publishing finance consultant, authored ‘Financial Management for Book Publishers in Developing Market Economies’ published on CPD website, provided training in publishing finance in Kazakstan (1999), Georgia as well as in Bulgaria (2000).

Andrzej Chrzanowski <a.chrzanowski@edu.muza.com.pl>

Publisher and the president of the Polish Chamber of Books, participated in a seminar on publishers associations in Kazakstan (1999).

Nicholas Esson <nickesson@combinedacademic.demon.co.uk>

Publisher, provided training on publishing finance in Kazakstan (1999) and on bookselling in Kyrgyzstan (1999).

Ferenc Gal <ferenc.gal@om.hu> <www.om.hu>

Head of the Department of Textbooks and Educational Supplies at the Hungarian Ministry of Education, provided assistance in the organisation of study tours of the Hungarian educational publishing by groups of Azeri (1999) and Tajik publishers (2000).

Brian Green <brian@bic.org.uk> <www.bic.org.uk>

Director of Book Industry Communication professional group. Provided training on Books in Print systems in Albania (1998) and Ukraine (1999). His text on barcodes on books is available on CPD website.

Janos Gyurgyak <osiriskiado@mail.datanet.hu> <www.btk.elte.hu/~irolap/osi/osiris.htm>

Publisher, participated in CPD general seminars in Kyrgyzstan (1996) and Mongolia (1997).

Euan Henderson <euan.henderson@virginnet.co.uk>

Publishing consultant, with CPD and British Council funding prepared bids for EU grants for the development of publishing studies in Ukraine (1999) and Russia (2000).

Rick Hillier <Hillierbk@aol.com>

Bookselling consultant, delivered consultancy and training in several countries including Romania (1998).

Tim Hunt <t.m.hunt@btinternet.com>

Textbook consultant, provided assistance at designing of textbook reforms in Azerbaijan

Peter Inkei <inkei@matavnet.hu> <www.budobs.org>

The director of Budapest Observatory, runs on CPD’s behalf the Publishing Legislation Online Project. He also provided publishing policy consultancy in Kosovo (2000).

Annabel Jones <Annabeljones@compuserve.com>

Textbook consultant, delivered a number of seminars in Azerbaijan , Lithuania (1997), Mongolia (1998, 1999), Georgia (1999), Hungary (2000).

Mamuka Khantadze <mcrc@ip.osgf.ge>

Dean of Publishing Studies Department at the Humanitarian Technical Institute in Georgia. Co-organised Tbilisi seminars on publishing finance (1999) and bookselling (2000).

Peter Kilborn <PKilborn@aol.com>

Consultant to the British Publishers Association for the organisation of an anti-VAT campaign, he participated in a seminar on publishers seminars in Slovakia (1999).

Richard Morris <rmorris@oxfordshire.co.uk>

Textbook design consultant, run seminars in Georgia (1999), Mongolia (1999) and Azerbaijan (1999, 2000).

Dorota Myko <dmyko@mercury.ci.uw.edu.pl>

Director of a Publishing Studies course at the Warsaw University she was CPD’s local partner in Poland in the European Publishing Training Needs in the Information Society II Project (EPTNIS II) conducted in 1999.

Lynette Owen <Lynette.Owen@pearsoned-ema.com>

Copyright practitioner, she delivered training on copyright in Kazakstan (1998), Moldova (1999) and Mongolia (2000). She is also the author of CPD-sponsored handbooks on copyright published in Bulgaria, Kazakstan, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania Russia and Ukraine. A generic version of the handbooks is available on CPD website.

Professor Paul Richardson <ptrichardson@brookes.ac.uk> <www.brookes.ac.uk/schools/apm/publishing/index.html>

Professor of Publishing affiliated with Oxford Brookes University, leading publishing studies consultant of CPD. Delivered publishing seminars in Latvia (1997), Lithuania, Georgia (1998) and Macedonia (1998). He also was the leader of a publishing studies workshop, which took place in Budapest in 1999, as well as the consequtive workshop in November, 2000.

Richard Rogers <rogers@chem.uva.nl>

Member of the staff of the University of Amsterdam. Compiled the Information Society Studies module of the modified CEU Translation Project list.

Marcin Sniec <marcin@liber.com.pl> <www.liber.com.pl>

Bookseller, participated in a bookselling seminar in Georgia (2000).

Alice Szamodone-Biro <alice@fazekas.hu>

Teacher and a textbook evaluator, participated in a textbook evaluation seminar in Georgia (1999).

David W. Taylor <taylor@swotbooks.com> <www.swotbooks.com>

Bookseller, participated in bookselling seminars in Kyrgyzstan (1999), Slovenia (1999) and Georgia (2000).

Eric Uslaner <euslaner@gvpt.umd.edu>

Member of the staff of the Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland, took part in the compilation of the Social Capital and Trust module of the modified CEU Translation Project list.

Hartmut Walravens <hartmut.walravens@sbb.spk­berlin.de> <www.isbn.spk-berlin.de>

As the director of the International ISBN Agency, cooperated with CPD on conducting ISBN seminars in Central Asia (Kazakstan, 1997) and the Caucasus (Georgia, 1997) as well as Albania (1998). The cooperation of these two institutions was instrumental for the establishment of new local agencies in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kosovo and Mongolia.

John Whitley <john@bookhouse.co.uk> <www.train4publishing.co.uk>

Chief Executive of the Publishing Training Centre, he provided consultancy at the Publishing Studies Workshop in November, 2000.