East East Program Partnership Across Borders

2001 Calendar

Projects

East East Program Subprogram for Southeast Europe

Fund for an Open Society-Yugoslavia

Organizer: European Movement in Serbia in partnership with the Center for Strategic Research and Documentation FORUM Skopje, Center for Economic Policies Bucharest, Institute for Market Economics Sofia and Institute for International Studies Tirana

September 2000-June 2001

January and March 2001, Belgrade and Timisoara

Micro-Region Development Policies: Romania, Slovakia and Hungary

Open Society Foundation Romania

Organizer: County Council of Harghita

November 2000-September 2001, Miercurea-Ciuc

Prevention of Drug Abuse: Bulgaria, Macedonia, Albania, Romania

East East Program Subprogram for Southeast Europe

Open Society Fund-Sofia, Open Society Foundation for Albania, Open Society Foundation Romania

Organizer: Index Foundation Bulgaria in partnership with Adolescent Association Romania,

Komunteti Emanuel Shqiperi Albania and Association for Protection and Support of Children and Families at Risk Skopje

January 2001, Sofia and Bucharest, and December 2000, Tirana

Protecting Children against Abuse and Violence: Tartu and Petrozavodsk

Open Estonia Foundation and Open Society Institute-Russia, St. Petersburg

Organizers: Karelian Union for Child Welfare and Tartu Child Support Center

January 2001, Karelia and October 2000, Tartu

Nationalist Messages in Media: Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Yugoslavia

Open Society Foundation Romania

Organizers: Media Monitoring Agency Academia Catavencu Bucharest in partnership with Roma Press Center Budapest, MEMO ’98 Bratislava and Forum for Ethnic Relations Belgrade

January 2001 and September 2000, Bucharest

Regional Strategies for Refugee Assistance NGOs

Open Society Foundation Romania

Organizer: Romanian National Council for Refugees, Bucharest

January 2001, Sinaia

Educational Work in Juvenile Prisons: Latvia, Russia, Poland, Lithuania

Open Society Fund-Lithuania

Organizer: Association of Lithuania and Foreign Societies

January 2001, Vilnius

Juvenile Crime/Juvenile Justice

Open Society Foundation-Sofia

Organizer: Apos Association Bulgaria in cooperation with partners in Macedonia and Romania

January 2001, Lovech

Liberty of Association and Expression: Principles and Practices of Human Rights

Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation-Azerbaijan

Organizer: Center for Education, Democracy and Development, Baku

January 2001, Baku

Cross-Border Partnership in Resolving Common Problems in Rural Communities

Open Society Foundation Romania

Organizers: Associative Chamber for Agriculture and Food (ACAF) Bacau, Hungarian Rural Parliament Association Budapest and Blizzard Foundation London

January 2001, Magura and Bacau Counties

Broken Child – Incest and Pedophilia

Open Society Institute-Croatia

Organizers: Croatian Union for Protection of Abused and Neglected Children, Zagreb and Center for Assault Prevention, Ljubljana in partnership with Parents Association BIOS Zagreb

January 2001, Zagreb

Children’s Welfare in Alcohol or Drug Addicted Families

Open Society Fund-Lithuania

Organizers: Steps of Hope Vilnius, Vilnius Child Rights Defense Juridical Service and SOS for Children Poland

January 2001, Vilnius

Maternity Services: From Traditional Models to Modern Health and Social Services

Open Society Fund-Prague

Organizers: The Movement for Active Motherhood Czech Republic, Czech Association of Midwives and Czech Medical Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics

February 2001, Prague

Non-Profit Associations as Catalysts for Social Change: Legal Responsibilities and Rights

International Renaissance Foundation

Organizer: Kyiv Association of Retail Trade Enterprises

February 2001, Kyiv

Free Commerce in Southeast Europe

East East Program Subprogram for Southeast Europe

Open Society Foundation Romania

Organizers: Romanian-Moldavian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and EuroEst Foundation

February 2001, Mangalia

Human Rights Advocacy Monitoring Techniques in Ural and Siberian Regions

Open Society Institute-Russia, St. Petersburg

Organizers: Information and Human Rights Center Yekaterinburg Memorial, Memorial International, Civil Initiatives Support Center and Open Society Coalition of Human Rights Organizations Yekaterinburg and Polish Helsinki Foundation

February 2001, Yekaterinburg

Cross-Border Cooperation in the Czech-Polish Krkono Taue Biosphere Reserve

Open Society Fund-Prague and Stefan Batory Foundation

Organizer: Man and Krkono Taue Civic Association

February 2001, Vrchlabi

Religious Instruction/Education about Religion in Public Schools

Organizer: Faculty of Pedagogics, University of Maribor

February 2001, Maribor

Psychological and Social Assistance to Traumatized Children: Voluntary Youth Work in Slovenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Kosovo

East East Program Subprogram for Southeast Europe

Kosova Foundation for Open Society

Organizers: Slovene Philanthropy Association for the Promotion of Voluntary Work Ljubljana, Osmijeh Association for Psychosocial Help and Development of Voluntary Work Gracanica and Center for Promotion of Education Ferizaj

February 2001, Prizren, July and October 2000, Ljubljana and Gracanica

Journalists’ Rights Protection: Freedom of Speech of Editorial Cartoonists

Open Society Foundation Romania and Fund for an Open Society-Yugoslavia

Organizers: Cartoonists Rights Network Romania and Association of Yugoslav Cartoonists

February 2001, Sinaia

Difficult Questions: Polish-Ukrainian Historical Dilemma in the 20th Century

Stefan Batory Foundation and International Renaissance Foundation

Organizer: Central & East European Forum affiliated with the Stefan Batory Foundation

February 2001 and October 1999, Warsaw and Cracow

Legal Regulation of Local Self-Government: Legislation and Practice

Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation-Uzbekistan

Organizers: Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation-Uzbekistan and the Committee of Oliy Majlis (Parliament) of Uzbekistan on Democratic Institutions, Non-governmental, Non-profit Organizations and Local Self-Governance

February 2001, Tashkent

Misconceptions about Civil Society in Practice: Changing and Influencing Public Opinion

Experiences in Slovenia, Yugoslavia, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Poland, Hungary

Open Society Fund-Bosnia & Herzegovina

Organizer: Civil Society Promotion Center (CSPC) Sarajevo

February 2001, Sarajevo

Best Practices in Development of Tourism in Poland

Tourism as a Tool for Economic Development in the South Caucasus

Stefan Batory Foundation

Organizer: East East Program of Stefan Batory Foundation

February 2001, Warsaw, Cracow, Biebrza and Krynica Gorska and July 2000, Kobuleti

Investigative Journalism: Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia

East East Program Subprogram for Southeast Europe

Open Society Fund-Bosnia & Herzegovina

Organizer: Media Center, Sarajevo

February 2001, Sarajevo

Policy Alternatives to Schengen Border Controls on the Future EU External Frontier

Stefan Batory Foundation

Organizers: European Program of the Stefan Batory Foundation and the Center for European Policy Studies, Brussels

February 2001, Warsaw

Centers of Legal Assistance: Human Rights Assistance and Minority Protection

Exchange of Experiences in Poland and Slovakia

Open Society Fund-Bratislava and Stefan Batory Foundation

Organizers: Open Society Fund-Bratislava and Central & East European Forum affiliated with the Stefan Batory Foundation

February 2001, Warsaw, Cracow and Lublin

Engaging Governments to Support Volunteerism in Social Development

Challenges for Volunteerism: Working with Disadvantaged Youth

Soros Foundation-Kyrgyzstan and Stefan Batory Foundation

February 2001, Bishkek; Organizer: Volunteer Initiative Center Bishkek

September 2001, Warsaw and Poznan; Organizers: One World Association, Civil Service

International Poland and Volunteer Initiatives Center Bishkek in cooperation with voluntary work centers in Kyrgyzstan

Strengthening NGOs in Azerbaijan: Experiences in Central and Eastern Europe

Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation-Azerbaijan

Organizer: ISAR Azerbaijan

March 2001, Baku

Students in a New Europe: Croatia and Romania

Open Society Foundation Romania and Open Society Institute-Croatia

Organizer: Board of European Students of Technology BEST Bucharest and Zagreb

March 2001, Bucharest

Developing Recommendations for Public Participation Strategies:

Transboundary Commissions working in Lake Ohrid and Lake Peipsi Basins

Open Society Institute -Macedonia

Organizers: ALLCOOP Alliance for Lake Cooperation in Ohrid and Prespa, Macedonia and Center for Transboundary Cooperation CTC, Estonia

January-December 2001

March 2001, Ohrid and September 2001, Tartu

NGO Connection: Czech Republic and Yugoslavia

Fund for an Open Society-Yugoslavia and Open Society Fund-Prague

Organizers: Center for Democracy and Free Enterprise Prague, NGO Millennium Kragujevac, Protecta Nis and Creative Youth of Novi Sad

March 2001, Belgrade, Kragujevac, Nis and Novi Sad

Ukraine and Poland: Strategic Partnership

International Renaissance Foundation and Stefan Batory Foundation

Organizer: Ukrainian-Polish Research Center, Kyiv

January-November 2001

March, June and November 2001, Kyiv

Public Policy Formulation: Regional Economic Problems in South Caucasus Countries

Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation-Azerbaijan

Organizers: Enterprise Development Foundation Baku and Eurasia Foundation Synergy Program

March and May 2001, Baku and Yerevan

TeleCenters in Rural Development: Hungary, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Romania

Open Society Foundation Romania

Organizers: Center for Rural Assistance Timisoara in partnership with the Hungarian Telecottage Association and Wren Telecottage UK

March and October 2001, Timisoara

Overcoming Isolation to Regional Partnership:

Self-Organization of Local Community in Kaliningrad Oblast

Stefan Batory Foundation and Open Society Institute-Russia

Organizer: Central & East European Forum affiliated with the Stefan Batory Foundation

March, May 2001 and November-December 2001, Warsaw and Bialystok Sejny

November and December 2000, Lidzbark Warminski

Chances and Risks for Democracy: Public Opinion in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine

Stefan Batory Foundation

Organizers: Institute of Western Affairs Poznan and Friedrich Ebert Foundation Germany

March 2001, Poznan

Sovietization in the Baltic States 1939-1941: Collaboration, Adaptation and Opposition

Open Society Fund-Lithuania

Organizers: Genocide and Resistance Research Center of Lithuania and Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies Riga

March 2001, Vilnius

Enhanced Graz Process Task Force on Education and Youth of the Stability Pact

East East Program Subprogram for Southeast Europe

March 2001, Timisoara, Working Group: Education for Democratic Citizenship

December 2000, Blagoevgrad, Working Group: Teaching History in Southeast Europe

December 2000, Sinaia, Modern Communication Technologies

October 2000, Budapest, Working Group: Education for Democratic Citizenship

September 2000, Budapest, Working Group: Higher Education

March 2000, Vienna, Priorities, Funding and Partnerships in Southeast Europe

January 2000, Bucharest, Working Group: Vocational Education

Best Practices in Local Government Reform: Poland and Ukraine

International Renaissance Foundation and Stefan Batory Foundation

Organizers: Dnipropetrovsk branch of the Ukrainian Academy of Public Administration, Center of Economic Development and Local Government Support Dnipropetrovsk and Rzeszow branch of the Foundation for Local Democracy Development Poland

March 2001, Dnipropetrovsk and December 2000, Rzeszow

Local Urban Media: Poland and Ukraine

Stefan Batory Foundation and International Renaissance Foundation

Organizer: Association of Ukrainians in Poland in cooperation with Warsaw Television Center, National Broadcasting Council Poland, Editorial boards of Zycie Warszawy and Gazeta Stoleczna, Information Division of Warsaw Center Municipality, Information Policy Division of the Municipality of Kyiv, Television Kyiv and editorial boards of Kheshchatik and Stolcia

March 2001, Warsaw

Modern High School Education: Ethics, Law and Human Rights

Open Society Institute-Russia, St. Petersburg

Organizer: 21st Century Citizen Center for Education in Humanities, St. Petersburg, in collaboration with the Education Committee of the City Hall of St. Petersburg, State University of Pedagogical Excellence, St. Petersburg, and the Children's Rights Commissioner, St. Petersburg

March 2001, St. Petersburg

Student Unions in University Decision-Making

Soros Foundation-Hungary

Organizer: University of Szeged Student Union Foreign Affairs Committee with colleagues of the Student Union of the Law Faculty of the University of Novi Sad

March 2001, Szeged

Dynamics of Social, Economic and Political Processes in Central Asia:

Religion and Ethno-Politics in Central Asia

Soros Foundation-Kazakstan

Organizer: Soros Foundation-Kazakstan

March 2001, Almaty

Public Finance: Economic and Democratic Transformation for European Integration

Open Society Fund-Prague

Organizer: Department of Public Finance, University of Economics Prague

March 2001, Prague

InterEurope: Overcoming Mistreatment of Minorities

Soros Foundation-Hungary

Organizer: Pillar Foundation Hungary

April 2001, Budapest

Rural Community Development and Sustainability: Poland and Moldova

Stefan Batory Foundation and Soros Foundation-Moldova

Organizers: Rural Development Foundation Poland and Association for Promotion of Rural, Cultural and Environmental Tourism in Moldova

April 2001-September 2002

April, May, September 2001, Warsaw, Ilawa, Olsztyn and Suwalki regions, Wola Uhruska commune

Poland’s Integration with European Structures: Relations with Ukraine
Stefan Batory Foundation and International Renaissance Foundation
Organizers: Central & East European Forum affiliated with the Stefan Batory Foundation and International Renaissance Foundation

April, July and October 2001, Warsaw, Poznan, Gdansk and Katowice

July, October and November 2000, Warsaw, Poznan, Gdansk and Katowice

Rural Exodus and Impact on Sustainable Rural Development: Slovenia, Croatia, Albania

East East Program Subprogram for Southeast Europe

Open Society Foundation for Albania

Organizer: Organic Agriculture Association Tirana in partnership with the Institute for Sustainable Development Slovenia and Eco Liberna Croatia

April 2001, Tirana

Student Legal Clinics in Central Asia

Ferghana Valley Initiative Phase One

Soros Foundation-Kyrgyzstan

Organizer: Eurasia Foundation Almaty Regional Office and Tashkent Regional Office

April 2001, Osh

Strategies for Sustainable Development in Industry: Kazakstan, Moldova, Czech Republic

Open Society Fund-Prague and Soros Foundation-Kazakstan

Organizer: Czech Cleaner Production Center Prague

April 2001, Prague

Protection and Promotion of Patients’ Rights: NGOs and the Medical Community

Open Society Institute-Croatia

Organizer: Croatian Association for Patients’ Rights

April 2001, Trogir

European Coordination Committee on Human Rights Documentation

Russian Language Documentation for Human Rights Activists

Open Society Institute-Russia, St. Petersburg

Organizer: Harold & Selma Light Center for Human Rights Advocacy, St. Petersburg

April 2001, St. Petersburg

International and Inter-regional Commercial Law: Czech Republic and Slovakia

Open Society Fund-Prague

Organizers: European Law Students’ Association Brno and Bratislava in cooperation with the Law Faculty of Masaryk University Brno

April 2001, Brno

Students for Stability Pact: Student Unions in Southeast Europe

East East Program Subprogram for Southeast Europe

Open Society Institute-Croatia

Organizer: Croatian Student Union in partnership with the Slovene Student Union

April 2001, Zagreb

Slovakia in the New European Security Environment

Open Society Fund-Bratislava

Organizer: Euro-Atlantic Center, Banska Bystrica

April 2001, Senec

Human Rights Advocacy in the Caucasus: Roles of Citizens and Authorities

Open Society Institute-Russia, St. Petersburg

Organizer: Strategy Center for Humanities and Political Studies, St.Petersburg

April 2001, Sochi

Community Involvement in Social Dialogue: Libraries as Communication Centers

Open Society Institute-Russia, St. Petersburg

Organizer: Mayakovsky Central Public Library, St. Petersburg

April 2001, St. Petersburg

Innovation in School Communities: Centers of Civic Engagement in Local Communities

Stefan Batory Foundation

Organizer: Educational Society for Malopolska, Nowy Sacz

April and June 2001, Nowy Sacz; November 2001, Prizren; August 2000, Nowy Sacz

Cooperation of City and Regional Councils with Entrepreneurs and NGOs

Open Society Fund-Prague

Organizers: International Institute for Marketing, Communication and Entrepreneurship Brno, Masaryk University Brno and Mendel Agriculture and Forestry University Brno

April 2001, Brno

Civic Initiatives in Reforming Educational Policy in Rural Areas

International Renaissance Foundation

Organizer: Educational Resource Center Lviv

April 2001, Lviv and November 2001, villages and districts in Poland

Housing Co-operatives: News Approaches in Urban Development

Open Estonia Foundation

Organizer: Estonian Union of Co-operative Housing Association Tallinn

April 2001, Tallinn

Youth NGOs in Stability Pact Implementation towards European Integration

East East Program Subprogram for Southeast Europe

Soros Foundation-Moldova

Organizer: Center for Transparency and Democracy Chisinau in collaboration with the Association for Civic and Political Culture Chisinau

April 2001, Chisinau

Peace Potential of Civil Society: Conflict Resolution in the North Caucasus

Open Society Institute-Russia

Organizer: Union of Women of the Don Region, Novocherkassk

April 2001, Rostov-on-Don

Politics and Ethics: Civil Society Development in the Caucasus

Open Society Georgia Foundation

Organizer: Tbilisi Peace Research Association in partnership with the Institute of Political Science of the Georgian Academy of Sciences, Council for Research in Values and Philosophy Washington DC and Caucasian Institute for Peace, Democracy and Development, Georgia
May 2001, Tbilisi

Partnership among Local Administration, Local Business and NGOs in Western Polesie

Stefan Batory Foundation

Organizer: UNESCO Club for Biodiversity, Wlodawa

May 2001, Wlodawa and Jezioro Biala

Local Administration Development: Micro-Regions in Hungary and Romania

Open Society Foundation Romania

Organizers: Hegyalja Micro-regional Association and Zirc-Mor-Kisber Micro-regional Association

May-September 2001, Odorheiu-Secuiesc

Women’s Entrepreneurship in Estonia, Russia and Ukraine

Open Estonia Foundation

Organizer: Women’s Training Center Estonia in partnership with Business and Professional Women’s Club Moscow and Donetsk Regional League of Business and Professional Women

May 2001, Tallinn

Models of Relations among Government, Media and Society: Estonia and Kazakstan

Open Estonia Foundation and Soros Foundation-Kazakstan

Organizers: Union of Estonian Journalists and Kazakstan Press Club

May 2001, Tallinn, Paldiski, Narva, Sillamae and Tartu; August 2001, Almaty, Shymkent, Turkestan, Kentau, Kzylorda, Baikonur, Kzylorda, Astana and Malinovka

Environmentalists and Local Authorities: Grassroots Activism for a Clean Environment

Stefan Batory Foundation and International Renaissance Foundation

Organizers: Our Earth Foundation Warsaw, Lion Society Lviv, Zhovkva local government, Association of Ukrainian Cities Regional Branch in Lviv

March-December 2001

May 2001, Warsaw, Izabelin and Pomiechowek

Credit Unions and Savings Associations: Lessons and Opportunities for Collaboration

Soros Foundation-Moldova and Open Society Fund-Lithuania

Organizers: Association of Lithuanian Credit Unions and Microfinance Alliance Moldova

May and June 2001, Moldova and Lithuania

Young Leaders in Serbia and Poland

Stefan Batory Foundation and Fund for an Open Society-Yugoslavia

Organizers: Center for Multiculturality Novi Sad, Cultural Research Center Belgrade,

Central & East European Forum affiliated with the Stefan Batory Foundation and Fund for

an Open Society-Yugoslavia

May 2001, Belgrade and Novi Sad, June 2000, Warsaw and Gdansk

Legal and Social Security: Military Restructuring in Hungary, Slovakia and Germany

Soros Foundation-Hungary

Organizer: Servicemen’s Non-profit Foundation for Lawfulness and Security of Rights, Hungary

May 2001, Budapest

Protection of Human Rights in the former Soviet Union:

Effective Interaction of Human Rights Organizations

Open Society Institute-Russia

Organizer: Moscow Helsinki Group

May 2001, Moscow

Human Rights Protection in Belarus and Russia: Joint Analyses and Activities

Open Society Institute-Russia

Organizers: Institute for Human Rights Moscow and Association Law Initiative Minsk

May 2001, Moscow

Protecting Children and Women against Violence: Estonia and Kyrgyzstan

Soros Foundation-Kyrgyzstan and Open Estonia Foundation

Organizers: Tartu Child Support Center and Soros Foundation-Kyrgyzstan

May and September 2001, Tartu and Bishkek

NGOs and Public Authorities: Romania and Moldova

Open Society Foundation Romania and Soros Foundation-Moldova

Organizers: ECOSENS Romania and Soros Foundation-Moldova

May 2001 and October 2000, regional towns in Romania and Moldova

Trans-border Cooperation: Municipalities of Trun, Bulgaria and Surdulica, Yugoslavia

East East Program Subprogram for Southeast Europe

Open Society Foundation-Sofia and Fund for an Open Society-Yugoslavia

Organizer: Dr. Stamen Grigorev Foundation, Trun, Bulgaria, in partnership with the Municipalities of Trun and Surdulica

May 2001, Trun

Integration Programs in Ethnically Mixed Communities: Czech Republic and Slovakia

Open Society Fund-Prague and Open Society Fund-Bratislava

Organizers: Department of Cultural Theory of Charles University Prague in cooperation with InfoRoma Foundation Bratislava, Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology of the Faculty of Human Sciences of West Bohemia University Pilsen, Institute of Ethnology of Charles University Prague and Minoritas Association Presov; Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology of the Faculty of Human Sciences of West Bohemia University Pilsen, and Institute of Ethnology of the Academy of Sciences Bratislava

May 2001, Porici and April 2000, Nectiny

Challenges and Problems in Higher Education: Credit Based Systems

Mongolian Foundation for Open Society

Organizer: Consortium of Mongolian Universities, Ulaanbaatar

May 2001, Ulaanbaatar

HIV/AIDS Service Organizations: Partnership and Collaboration

Open Estonia Foundation

Organizer: EPSO Society HIV+ People in Estonia

May 2001, Tallinn

Environmental Protection Policies: Slovakia, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Romania

Open Society Foundation Romania

Organizer: EURODEC Ploiesti

May 2001 and November 2000, Ploiesti

Trans-Boundary Water Resources Management in Central Asia

Soros Foundation-Kyrgyzstan

Organizers: Water Problems and Hydro-Energy Institute under the National Academy of Science of the Kyrgyz Republic, Bishkek Humanitarian University, Issyk-Kul State University and Osh Branch of the International University of Kyrgyzstan

April-December 2001
May 2001, Osh and August 2001, Issyk-Kul

Local Authorities and Environmental NGOs: Community Development Partnership

Soros Foundation-Kyrgyzstan and Soros Foundation-Moldova

Organizers: Eco-zone Recea Association Moldova, Eco-Razeni Association Moldova, Soros Foundation-Moldova and Ecological Movement Tabiyat Kyrgyzstan

May and September 2001, Kyrgyzstan and Moldova

Young People Working with Disadvantaged Youth

Open Society Fund-Bratislava

Organizer: Studio of Experience/Outward Bound Slovakia in partnership with Social and Psychological Aid Foundation Vilnius

May 2001, Liptovsky Jan

Best Practices in Youth Policy Legislation

Open Society Fund-Lithuania

Organizer: Council of Lithuanian Youth Organisations Vilnius with the Norwegian National

Youth Council Oslo

May 2001, Vilnius

Transitions and Traditions: Problems of Weak States

East East Program Subprogram for Southeast Europe

Open Society Foundation for Albania

Organizers: Albanian Media Institute Tirana, Book & Communication House Tirana, Perpjekja Tirana and Transeuropéennes Réseaux pour la culture en Europe, Paris

May 2001, Tirana

Citizen Monitoring of Election Processes

European Network of Election Monitoring Organizations ENEMO

Open Society Institute-Macedonia, Open Society Institute-Croatia

Organizers: European House-Skopje, GONG Croatia, Obcianske oko/Civic Eye Slovakia, Shoqata per Kulture Demokratike/Society for Democratic Culture Albania, CeSID Serbia, CDT Montenegro, CEMI Montenegro and CCI Bosnia & Herzegovina

May 2001, Ohrid; September 2001, Opatija

Community Models of Psychiatric Health Services: Poland and Ukraine

Stefan Batory Foundation

Organizers: Amici di Tworki Association Pruszkow and Ukrainian Rehabilitation Association Lviv

May 2001 and June 2000, Pruszkow

Business Education and Support Development Program in the Ferghana Valley

Ferghana Valley Initiative Phase Two

Open Society Institute-Uzbekistan

Organizer: Eurasia Foundation, Tashkent Regional Office

May 2001, Andijan

Partnership for the Welfare of Children: Poland and Kyrgyzstan

Soros Foundation-Kyrgyzstan and Stefan Batory Foundation

Organizers: Polish Cultural and Educational Association Odrodzenie Bishkek, Public Fund for Support of Human Potential Bishkek and Kyrgyz Research Institute of Pediatrics,

May 2001, Bishkek

Women and Interethnic Accord in the Ferghana Valley

Soros Foundation-Kyrgyzstan

Organizers: Osh Regional Center of Women’s Initiatives Ayalzat, International Cultural-Production Association of Women Nasyayat, Regional Center for Support of Women’s Initiatives, Regional branch of the Congress of Women of Kyrgyzstan, Regional Foundation to Promote Women’s Participation in Small and Medium-Sized Business, Branch of the Diamond Association Diamond-South, Representative office of the Internews Network in Kyrgyzstan and NGO Support Program Soros Foundation-Kyrgyzstan

May 2001, Osh

Young People and Integration with the European Union: Lithuania and Poland

Stefan Batory Foundation

Organizers: National Association of Country Women in Koszalin and Green Pomerania Independent Welfare Association in Koszalin

June 2001, Mielno and December 2000, Polanow

Best Practices in Social Support for Handicapped Children: Czech Republic and Ukraine

Open Society Fund-Prague and International Renaissance Foundation

Organizers: Foundation for Help to Handicapped Children of Ukraine, Rousinov, Czech Republic and Children’s Home Wilschany, Kurst Region, Ukraine

June 2001, Neveklov and Prague

Volunteering and Donorship: Outreach to Regional and Provincial Centers

Open Society Fund-Prague

Organizer: SPEKTRUM, Kromeriz

June 2001, Kromeriz

Old and New Poverty in Post-Communist Europe: Challenges for Social Work

Stefan Batory Foundation

Organizers: Polish Association of Schools of Social Work, Institute of Sociology University of Lodz, Institute of Sociology Jagiellonian University and St Albert’s High School of Social Work Cracow

June 2001, Lodz and Cracow

Sexualities in Transition: Social Acceptance and Social Capital

Sex Education, Sexual Harassment, Defining/Legalizing Sanctions, Gay and Lesbian Civil Rights

Open Society Institute-Croatia

Organizers: Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb and California State University Northridge

June 2001, Dubrovnik

Regional Public Libraries as Community Centers:Lithuania and Azerbaijan part i

Open Society Fund-Lithuania and Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation-Azerbaijan

Organizer: Lithuanian Librarians Association

June 2001, Vilnius, Klaipeda, Utena and Zarasai

Policies of International Support to Southeast European Countries

Lessons (not) Learned in Bosnia & Herzegovina

East East Program Subprogram for Southeast Europe

Open Society Fund-Bosnia & Herzegovina

Organizer: Open Society Fund-Bosnia & Herzegovina

June 2001, Sarajevo; January 2002, Sarajevo

Methods and Practices of Local Development in Roma Communities

Open Society Foundation Romania

Organizers: Impreuna Community Development Agency Bucharest, Resource Center for Roma Communities Cluj, Spolu Slovakia and Spolu Netherlands

June 2001-September 2002

June 2001, Bucharest

Forensic Methodology in Criminal Investigation:

Forged Documents and Protection of Identity

Soros Foundation-Latvia

Organizer: Latvia Forensic Science Laboratory Riga

June 2001-March 2002

June and November 2001, Riga and Vilnius, March 2002, Riga

Financing Media in a Market Economy: Poland and Yugoslavia

Stefan Batory Foundation

Organizer: Central & East European Forum affiliated with the Stefan Batory Foundation, Television Academy Polish Public Television and Media Center Belgrade

June 2001, Warsaw, Cracow and Gdansk

New Geopolitical Conditions in Central Europe: Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, Poland

Stefan Batory Foundation

Organizer: Central & East European Forum affiliated with the Stefan Batory Foundation

June and November 2001, July and October 2000, February 1999, Warsaw and Brussels

Modern Methods of Working with Special Needs Children

Open Society Institute-Russia, St. Petersburg

Organizers: Korczak Center for Youth Programs Real Way, St. Petersburg and Educational Center Concern, St. Petersburg

June 2001, St. Petersburg

Capital and Regional Cities in the Accession Process of Candidate States to the EU

Open Society Foundation Romania

Organizers: EUROLINK House of Europe with support of the European Movement in France, Directorate for Education and Culture of the European Commission, Federation International des Municipalities Europeennes FIME and Federation of Municipalities in Romania

June 2001, Bucharest

Early Warning and Conflict Prevention in South East Europe

East East Program Subprogram for Southeast Europe

Open Society Foundation - Sofia

Organizer: Department of International Relations Association, Sofia

June 2001, Sofia

Social and Political Change in Russia: Relations with Poland

Open Society Institute-Russia, St. Petersburg and Stefan Batory Foundation

Organizers: Faculty of Sociology, St. Petersburg State University and Institute of Sociology,

Warsaw University

June and October 2001, St. Petersburg, Warsaw and Cracow

Integration of Young People with Disabilities into Academic Environments

Soros Foundation-Moldova

Organizers: Center of Information and Documentation in Child’s Rights Chisinau, Association of Students with Disabilities Chisinau and Soros Foundation-Moldova

June 2001, Vadul-lui-Voda

Independence of Police Forces, State Prosecutors and Courts: Czech Republic and Belarus

Open Society Fund-Prague

Organizers: People in Need Foundation Prague and Center for Legal Defense of Media Minsk

June 2001, Prague

Threats and Opportunities of EU and NATO Expansion for the Baltic Sea Region

Efficiency of Mass Media in the Baltic Sea Region

Open Society Fund-Lithuania

Organizers: Baltic Club St. Petersburg, Students of Political Science Vilnius University, St. Petersburg State University, Euro University Estonia and University of Latvia

June 2001, Vilnius, and June 2000, St. Petersburg

Polish-Ukrainian Vision of Multicultural Diversity: From Controversy to Cooperation

Stefan Batory Foundation and International Renaissance Foundation

Organizers: Central & East European Forum affiliated with the Stefan Batory Foundation and the Center for Political Thought Cracow

June 2001-June 2002

June 2001, Warsaw

Regional Cooperation and Responsibilities in Micro-Regional Development

Open Society Foundation Romania

Organizer: Cluj County Communes Association in partnership with DemNet Foundation for Development of Democratic Rights Hungary

June 2001-January 2002, Cluj County

Governmental and Non-governmental Responses to Natural Disasters: Lessons Learned

Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation-Azerbaijan

Organizer: Republican Center of Seismic Survey, Academy of Science, Azerbaijan

July 2001, Baku

Know-How Transfer in Local and Regional Development: Hungary and Romania

Open Society Foundation Romania

Organizer: Civitas Foundation for Civil Society Cluj in partnership with the Alfold Institute of the Center for Regional Studies, Hungarian Academy of Sciences

July 2001, Sovata

Legal Framework for Consumer Protection: Preparing the Draft Law on Consumer Protection in Montenegro

East East Program Subprogram for Southeast Europe

Open Society Institute-Montenegro

Organizer: Consumers Protection Center Montenegro CEZAP, Podgorica

July 2001, Herceg Novi, October 2000, Kotor

Anti-Corruption Strategies for Transition Economies:

Common Problems/Common Solutions

International Renaissance Foundation

Organizers: Freedom of Choice Coalition of NGOs of Ukraine Kyiv, Center for Anti-Corruption Research and Initiative, Transparency, International Russia and Transparency International Ukraine

July 2001, Kyiv

Developing Leadership Capacity of Youth NGOs and Activists: Poland and Ukraine

Stefan Batory Foundation

Organizers: The Youth Parliament, Przemysl

April-September 2001

July 2001, Przemysl

Mentoring in In-Service Teacher Training

Open Society Institute-Russia

Organizer: Volga Humanitarian Foundation

July 2001, Samara

Multi-Cultural Youth: Multi-Ethnic Civil Society

Kosova Foundation for Open Society

Organizer: Forum for Democratic Initiatives Gjakove

July 2001, Gjakove

Gender in SME Promotion and Development: Kyrgyzstan and Poland

Soros Foundation-Kyrgyzstan and Stefan Batory Foundation

Organizer: Women’s Congress of Kyrgyzstan and International Forum for Women, Warsaw

July 2001, Bishkek and Issyk-Kul; November 2001, Zelow, Lodz, Olsztyn

Living European Diversity: Young People to Overcome Consequences of War

East East Program Subprogram for Southeast Europe

Open Society Fund-Bosnia & Herzegovina

Organizers: Action des Chretiens pour l'abolition de la Torture Paris, Reconstruire Ensemble la paix Normandie-Balkans Caen and Udruzenja Gradjana Obrazovanje Gradi Sarajevo

July 2001, Sarajevo

Law Students and Young Lawyers: Trainee Exchange Program 2001

Open Society Fund-Prague

Organizer: European Law Students' Association (ELSA) Prague and ELSA Brno
August-September 2001, Prague, Brno and Kosice

Dynamics of Change in the Baltic Region and Russian-European Relations

Open Estonia Foundation

Organizer: University of Tartu, Center for Baltic Studies

August 2001, Tartu

History and Historiography: Political Issues?

East East Program Subprogram for Southeast Europe

Open Society Institute-Macedonia

Organizers: EuroBalkan, Skopje and Transeuropeennes, Paris

August 2001, Cetinje

Legislation to Protect and Promote Child’s Rights: Juvenile Justice

Open Society Institute-Uzbekistan

Organizer: National Human Rights Center of Uzbekistan

August 2001, Tashkent

Health Education and Protection for Teenagers

Soros Foundation-Kyrgyzstan

Organizers: NGO Keep Safe Your Health, Bishkek and Central Asia Information Center, Bishkek

August 2001, Issyk-Kyl

Equal Opportunities for Disabled People

Soros Foundation-Kyrgyzstan

Organizer: Public Independent Association of Disabled People of Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek

August 2001, Tamga

Municipal Management in Small Towns: Czech Republic and Albania

Open Society Fund-Prague and Open Society Foundation for Albania

Organizers: Union of Towns and Communities of the Czech Republic, Prague and Association of Albanian Mayors

Autumn 2001, Prague, Hluboka, Kralupy and Kutna Hora

Changes in Society and in Individual Lives during Crises: Bulgaria and Yugoslavia

Open Society Fund-Sofia and Fund for an Open Society-Yugoslavia

Organizers: Ethnographic Institute and Museum Bulgaria and Ethnographic Institute Yugoslavia

September 2001, Belgrade and June 2000, Sofia

Baltic Sea Regional Development Institutions

Open Society Fund-Lithuania

Organizers: Regional Development Agency Vilnius and Pomerania Development Agency Gdansk

September 2001, Vilnius

Alternatives to Imprisonment

Open Society Foundation Romania

Organizer: Penal Reform International Romania

September 2001, Bucharest

Learning to Live Together: Educators of Geography in Yugoslavia, Macedonia, Romania and Bulgaria

East East Program Subprogram for Southeast Europe

Open Society Fund-Sofia

Organizers: Foundation Madara, Sofia and Center for Civic Initiative, Prilep

September 2001, Sofia

New Horizons: Social and Economic Models of Reintegration of Marginalized People

Women’s Unemployment: Poland and Ukraine

Stefan Batory Foundation

Organizers: Tomaszow Business Incubator Foundation and Canada-Ukraine Enterprise

Development Center, Ivanofrankievsk

July-December 2001

September 2001, Tomaszow Mazowiecki

Support for Families with Children with Disability: Czech Republic and Yugoslavia

Open Society Fund-Prague

Organizer: Association of Parents and Friends of Children with Disabilities, Prague

September 2001, Brezejc

Laws of Modern Technologies: Legal Regulation of E-Commerce

Stefan Batory Foundation

Organizer: European Law Students’ Association ELSA, Warsaw in cooperation with European Law Students’ Association ELSA, Białystok

September 2001, Białystok

Overcoming Discrimination and Isolation of People with Mental Illness:

Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania

Stefan Batory Foundation

Organizers: Hospital Commission of the Polish Psychiatric Association in cooperation with the Psychiatric Hospital in Pruszkow –Tworki, Psychiatric Hospitals in Lviv, Vilnius and Kaunas, Psychiatric Rehabilitation Clinic of the Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology Warsaw and Polish-German Association of Mental Health
September 2001, Pruszkow

Bridges Network for Political Science Students

Open Society Foundation Romania

Organizers: Association of Political Science Students and the Department of Political Science, National School of Political Science and Public Administration, Bucharest

September 2001, Bucharest

Election Procedures and Monitoring: Poland and Ukraine

Stefan Batory Foundation and International Renaissance Foundation

Organizers: Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe (IDEE) Warsaw in cooperation with Institute of Reforms Kyiv and Volyn Resource Center Rivne

September 2001, Warsaw, Cracow, Gdansk and Torun

Social Partnership in Protection of Consumers’ Rights

Soros Foundation-Kazakstan

Organizer: National League of Consumers of Kazakstan

September 2001, Almaty

New Methodologies of Teaching Philosophy in Secondary Schools

Open Society Fund-Lithuania

Organizers: Educational Center Philosophy for Children Vilnius, Ministry of Education of Lithuania, UNESCO Commission Lithuania and Latvian Center of Philosophical Education

September 2001, April 2000 and June 1999, Palanga

Social Partnership in Resolving Urban Waste Pollution Problems:

Czech Republic and Russia

Open Society Institute-Russia, Nizhny Novgorod

Organizers: Ecological Center Dront, Nizhny Novgorod and Hnuti DUHA, Olomouc

September 2001, Nizhny Novgorod and December 2001, Olomouc

Local Community Culture in Mass Media

Stefan Batory Foundation

Organizers: St. Maximilian M. Kolbe’s House for Reconciliation and Meeting Gdansk, Donetsk

Youth Debate Center, Center for Multiculturality Novy Sad and Youth Peace Group Vukovar

September 2001, Gdansk

Central and Eastern European Resources for NGO Sector Capacity Building

Open Society Foundation Romania

Organizers: Assistance Center for Non-governmental Organizations (CENTRAS), Romania and Boris Support Office for the Movement of Social Initiatives, Poland
September 2001-June 2002

September 2001, Warsaw

10 Years of the CIS: Gains and Losses

Open Society Institute-Russia

Organizers: Open Society Institute-Russia, International Public Scientific Foundation, Volgograd State University and Friederich Ebert Foundation

September 2001, Volgograd

Evaluating Primary Health Care Reforms

Moldova, Ukraine, Hungary, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Romania

Open Society Foundation Romania

Organizer: ROMTENS Foundation, Bucharest

September 2001, Bucharest

Comparative Analysis of Drafting of Civil Codes in the Context of European Private Law

Open Estonia Foundation

Organizers: Institute of Private Law, University of Tartu and Iuridicum Foundation, Tartu

September 2001, Tartu

Protection against Sexual Harassment and Abuse of Women and Children

Open Society Institute-Montenegro

Organizer: Montenegrin Women’s Lobby

September 2001, Budva

Women Leaders for the 21^st Century:

Building Local, Regional and International Partnership for Democracy

East East Program Subprogram for Southeast Europe

Open Society Fund-Sofia

Organizers: Southeast Europe Leadership Initiative: Dialogue for Action SEELIDA, The Values Foundation Sofia, The Greek Association for Atlantic and European Cooperation, The Association for Emancipation, Solidarity and Equality of Women Macedonia

September 2001, Sofia

Coalition of Public Organizations: Protection of Rights of Women and Children

Open Society Institute-Russia

Organizers: Tula Regional Center of Women and Family Support Girlfriend and Center of Women’s Rights of Armenia

September 2001, Tula

Volunteers for Energy Efficiency and Conservation: Latvia and Hungary

Soros Foundation-Latvia

Organizers: Public Policy Institute Latvia and International Energy Brigades (IEB) coordinated by Energiaklub Hungary

September 2001-March 2002, Hungary and Latvia

Pure Water Management in the Ferghana Valley

Soros Foundation-Kyrgyzstan

Organizer: Center for Public Policies, Bishkek

October 2001, Bishkek

Common Problems/Common Solutions: Southeast European Student Network

East East Program Subprogram for Southeast Europe

Open Society Foundation Romania

Organizer: National Alliance of Student Organizations from Romania in partnership with the

Albanian Student Council, Bulgarian Student Union, Student Union of Bosnia & Herzegovina, Student Union of Republika Srpska, Croatian Student Council, Croatian Student Union, Kosovo Student Initiative, National Student Union of Macedonia, Alliance of Moldovan Students, Slovenian Student Union, Student Union of Yugoslavia and ESIB National Unions of Students in Europe

October 2001, Timisoara

Disabled Students in Higher Education

East East Program Subprogram for Southeast Europe

Fund for an Open Society-Yugoslavia

Organizer: Association of Disabled Students Belgrade

June-October 2001

October 2001, Belgrade

Possibilities and Limitations of Developing of Environmental Markets

Soros Foundation-Hungary

Organizer: Consulting Center of Gabor Denes College in partnership with Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Environmental Economics and Law

October 2001, Hodmezovasarhely

International Assessment of the Broadcasting Law on Media in Montenegro

East East Program Subprogram for Southeast Europe

Open Society Institute-Montenegro

Organizer: UNEM Association of Independent Media, Podgorica

October 2001, Budva

Educating Tolerance in Multi-Cultural Societies

Soros Foundation-Moldova

Organizers: Institute of Public Policy, Chisinau and Soros Foundation-Moldova

October 2001, Chisinau and Taraclia

Xenophobia and Post-Socialism: Responses against Racism

Organizer: Intolerance Monitoring Group, Peace Institute, Ljubljana

October 2001, Ljubljana

Rights of a Child to Grow Up in a Family: Implementation of a Central Asian Program concerning Adoption

Soros Foundation-Kazakstan

Organizer: Women’s League of Creative Initiative, Almaty

October 2001, Almaty

Legal Regulations of Public and Private Broadcasting

Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation Armenia

Organizer: Yerevan Press Club

October 2001, Yerevan

Domestic Violence and Abuse Crisis Centers: Russia and Kyrgyzstan

Open Society Institute-Russia, St. Petersburg and Soros Foundation-Kyrgyzstan

Organizers: Legal Aid Society for Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Cases Alexandra, St. Petersburg and Association of Crisis Centers of Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek

October 2001, St. Petersburg

New Methodologies of Teaching in Secondary Schools: Azerbaijan and Ukraine

Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation-Azerbaijan

Organizers: Azerbaijan Independent Teachers’ Association and Maarifchy Crimean Tatars Educators Association Simferopol

October 2001, Baku

Legal Aspects of Cooperation among NGOs and Local Administrations

Stefan Batory Foundation

Organizer: Regional Center to Support Non-governmental Initiatives, Jelenia Gora in partnership with Elblag Association in Support of Non-Governmental Initiatives, Center of Supporting Social Initiatives Koszalin; Cracow Forum of Social Organizations KraFOS and Center for Promotion and Development of Civil Initiatives OPUS, Lodz

October 2001, Walbrzych, Koszalin-Szczecin, Elblag-Gdansk and Cracow

Local Partnership to Support Socio-Economic Change: Poland, Romania, Ukraine

Stefan Batory Foundation

Organizer: Institute for Local Partnership and Cooperation Warsaw, International Center for Scientific Development Lviv branch, Carpathian Agency for Local Development Rakhiv and Social-Economic Development Association, Curtea de Arges

July-December 2001

October 2001, Wisla and Katowice

The Energy Exchange: Increasing Quality, Quantity, Contribution and Diversity of Volunteering

Soros Foundation-Hungary

Organizers: Nonprofit Information and Training Center NIOK Foundation, Budapest and Volonteurope CSV European Office, London

October 2001, Budapest

Best Practices in the Work of Shelters and Ensuring Legal Protection against Violence

Open Society Institute Montenegro

Organizer: Shelter for Women and Children, Podgorica

October 2001, Podgorica

Monitoring Children's Rights: NGO Partnerships

Open Society Foundation Romania

Organizer: Save the Children – Romania

November 2000-November 2001

October 2001, Mangalia and November 2000, Sinaia

Socially Active Community Schools: Models in Countries in Transition

Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation Armenia

Organizer: Center for Educational Reforms, Yerevan

October 2001, Tsakhadzor

What Women Want in Politics: Kosovo and Croatia

East East Program Subprogram for Southeast Europe

Kosova Foundation for Open Society

Organizers: Women’s Coalition, Kosovo

October 2001, Pristina

Women in Parliament: Hungary, Croatia, Slovenia

Organizers: Peace Institute, Ljubljana and Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana

September 2001-March 2003

October 2001, Ljubljana

Prognosis of Preventative Measures against Selected Kinds of Crime in Europe

Open Society Fund-Bratislava

Organizer: Police Academy Bratislava

October 2001, Bratislava and December 2000, Bratislava

Alternatives to Reduce Barriers in Foreign Direct Investments in Southeast Europe

East East Program Subprogram for Southeast Europe

Open Society Foundation for Albania

Organizer: Institute for Development Research and Alternatives, Tirana, in partnership with Institute for Contemporary Studies, Tirana, and in cooperation with Forum Center for Strategic Research and Alternatives, Macedonia, and ARC-Fund, Bulgaria

October 2001, Tirana

New Methods of Working with Street Children

Soros Foundation-Hungary

Organizer: Vackor Foundation/Hungarian Resource Center for the Street Children

October 2001, November 2001 and December 2001, Hungary

Women and Imprisonment

Open Society Institute-Croatia

Organizers: Cathedra on Criminal Law, Faculty of Law, University of Rijeka and Institute of Criminology, Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana

October 2001, Rijeka

Legal Protection to Overcome Discrimination against Blind People

East East Program Subprogram for Southeast Europe

Open Society Institute-Montenegro

Organizer: Union of Blind People of Montenegro

October 2001, Becici

Role of the Press in the Development of Cultural Policy

Open Society Institute-Russia, Nizhny Novgorod

Organizer: Center for Culture Initiatives Ulyanovsk in cooperation with the Culture Capital Foundation Volga Region, Center for Strategic Investigations in the Volga Federal District and the State Contemporary Art Center, Nizhny Novgorod Branch

October 2001, Ulyanovsk

Tolerance without Borders:

Young People in Bosnia & Herzegovina, Hungary, Turkey and Romania

Open Society Foundation Romania

Organizer: Fundatia Csiki, Miercurea-Ciuc

October 2001, Miercurea Ciuc

Marketing Communication Tools to Empower Non-Profit Organizations

Stefan Batory Foundation

Organizer: Foundation for Social Communication in Poland

October 2001, Warsaw

Alleviating Social Consequences of Economic Transformation in Agriculture:

Adult Education in Poland and Ukraine

Stefan Batory Foundation and International Renaissance Foundation

Organizers: Malopolska Chamber of Agriculture Tarnow

October 2001, Tarnow

Protection of Fundamental Human Rights and Freedoms: Czech Republic and Ukraine

Open Society Fund-Prague

Organizers: Institute for Legal Education and Information Prague and Ministry of Justice of Ukraine

October 2001, Prague

New Practices in Processes of Decentralization in Local Administrative Reforms:

Poland and Moldova

Soros Foundation-Moldova and Stefan Batory Foundation

Organizers: City Hall Konin and Ungheni Town Hall Municipality

November 2001, Konin

Citizen Participation in Public Life: Dialogue among Local Authorities and NGOs

Stefan Batory Foundation and Open Society Institute-Russia

Organizer: Swietokrzyski Center Foundation in Support of Local Democracy Dialogue Program Kielce in cooperation with Russian Center for Citizenship Education

November 2001, Kielce; October 2000, Kielce

Polish-Ukrainian Relations during World War II

Stefan Batory Foundation and International Renaissance Foundation

Organizers: World Society of Home Army Soldiers and Ukrainian Society in Poland

November 2001, November 2000 and May 1998, Warsaw

Public Opinion Research in Building Institutions of Democracy

Stefan Batory Foundation

Organizer: Center for Public Opinion Research CBOS Warsaw in cooperation with the World Association for Public Opinion Research WAPOR

November 2001, Warsaw

Comparative Analysis of Political, Economic and Legal Problems of Transition States

Open Estonia Foundation

Organizer: EuroFaculty Tartu Center

November 2001, Tartu

Working Effectively with the European Disability Forum:

Unions of Persons with Mobility Disabilities in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

Open Estonia Foundation

Organizer: Estonian Union of Persons with Mobility Impairment

November 2001, Parnu

Probation for Major Offenders: Conditions and Perspectives

Open Society Institute Croatia and Fund for an Open Society-Yugoslavia

Organizers: Croatian Psychological Society Zagreb; Croatian Law Center Zagreb; Croatian

Association of Social Workers Zagreb; Ministry of Justice, Republic of Croatia; Croatian Association of Social Pedagogues Zagreb

November 2001, Dubrovnik

Local Administration Reform in the Czech Republic: Applying Best Practices in Kosovo

Kosova Foundation for Open Society and Open Society Fund-Prague

Organizers: Forum for Democratic Initiatives Gjakove and Partners for Democracy Prague

September-December 2001

November 2001, Prague, Ceske Budejovice, Cesky Krumlov, Roudnice nad Labem, Pilsen

Empowerment of Civil Society in Moldova: Lessons to Learn from Experiences in Central and Eastern Europe

Soros Foundation-Moldova

Organizers: CONTACT Center Chisinau, Center for the Development of Participatory Democracy Chisinau and the National NGO Council Moldova

November 2001, Chisinau

Democratic Institutions and Civil Society:

Young Leaders in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Russia

Open Society Georgia Foundation

Organizer: Tbilisi School of Political Studies

November 2001, Tbilisi

Stability in Southeast Europe: A Regional Approach

Fund for an Open Society Yugoslavia

Organizers: AEGEE Belgrade and AEGEE Istanbul in partnership with the Alternative Academic Educational Network, Belgrade and Helsinki Citizens Assembly, Istanbul

November 2001-March 2002

November 2001, Belgrade and December 2001, Istanbul

New Methodologies of Studying the Histories of Countries in Central Asia

Soros Foundation-Kyrgyzstan

Organizers: Soros Foundation-Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyz Russian Slavonic University, Institute of History Academy of Sciences of Kyrgyzstan and Kyrgyz-Turkish University

November 2001, Bishkek

Strengthening Regional and Provincial NGOs: Czech Republic and Belarus

Open Society Fund-Prague

Organizers: Belarusian Forum Revival, Prague, and Supolnasc, Belarus

November 2001, Czech Republic

Modern Ideas in Specialized Pedagogy and Psychology of Children with Special Needs

Open Society Institute-Uzbekistan

Organizer: National Center for Education, Ministry of Public Education, Tashkent

November 2001, Tashkent

Citizen Participation in Decision-Making Process at Local Levels: Concepts and Practices

International Renaissance Foundation

Organizers: People’s Voice Project International Center for Policy Studies, Kyiv and Urban Development Institute, Ivano-Frankivsk

November 2001, Yaremche

Development Processes at the Local Level: Poland and Ukraine

Stefan Batory Foundation

Organizers: Local Development Academy implemented by the Foundation for Social and Economic Initiatives Warsaw and Association for the Forum of Non-Governmental Initiatives Poland in partnership with the Association of Galicia’s Guest Farms, The Lion Society Lviv, ADCU Association of Democratic Councils of Ukraine Kyiv, Agency of Urban Development, Ternopil and Nash Stanislaviv, Ivano-Frankivsk

November 2001, Cracow

Employment Re-entry Initiatives (ERI) for Socially Displaced Persons

Soros Foundation-Latvia

Organizers: Soros Foundation-Latvia and the OSI Network Economic and Business

Development Program

November 2001, Riga

Modern Methodology in Secondary School Curriculum: Poland and Ukraine

Stefan Batory Foundation and International Renaissance Foundation

Organizers: Environment Protection Engineering Schools Torun and Ecological College, Lviv

November 2001, Torun

Legal Clinics: Partnership for NGOs and Academia

Protection of the Rights of Asylum Seekers

Open Society Fund-Prague

Organizer: Organization for Aid to Refugees (OPU), Prague

November 2001-November 2002

November 2001, Prague

Migration and Asylum: Policies in Countries on the "Schengen Periphery"

Organizer: Peace Institute Ljubljana in cooperation with the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE), London and Foundation GEA2000, Ljubljana

November 2001, Ljubljana

National and International Legal Perspectives to Overcome Domestic Violence

Open Society Foundation Romania

Organizer: Mihail Kogalniceanu University Iasi in cooperation with Community Safety and Mediation Center, Iasi

November 2001, Iasi

Increasing Access to Youth: Information and Counseling

Soros Foundation-Hungary

Organizer: Hungarian Association of Youth Information and Counseling Offices HAYICO

November 2001, Budapest

Community Organization in Disadvantaged Communities: Slovakia and Bulgaria

Open Society Fund-Bratislava Organizer: Citizens Action, Banska Bystrica

December 2001, Banska Bystrica

Financial Management Systems: Budget Office and Treasury

Kosova Foundation for Open Society and Open Society Foundation for Albania

Organizers: Central Fiscal Authority Pristina and Ministry of Finance Albania

December 2001, Tirana

Policy Implications of Educational Monitoring and Evaluation

East East Program Subprogram for Southeast Europe

Open Society Foundation for Albania

Organizers: Albania Education Development Project AEDP Tirana, Albanian Ministry of Education and Science and Albanian National Center of Evaluation

December 2001, Tirana

Representation of Crime in the Media: Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary

Soros Foundation-Hungary and Open Society Fund-Prague

Organizers: ELTE Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Budapest, Faculty of Social Sciences Masaryk University Brno, Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan

December 2001, Budapest and December 2000, Brno

New Trends in Drug Use Prevention for Teenagers

Open Society Foundation Romania

Organizer: Adolescent Association, Bucharest

December 2001, Constanta

Lithuania and Kaliningrad Region:

Integration into European and Trans-Atlantic Institutions
Open Society Fund-Lithuania

Organizers: Lithuanian Atlantic Treaty Association (LATA), NATO Information Center and Martynas Mazvydas’ National Library, Vilnius

December 2001, Vilnius

Alternative History: Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, Poland

Stefan Batory Foundation

Organizers: Central & East European Forum affiliated with the Stefan Batory Foundation and Mowia Wieki Warsaw

December 2001, Kazimierz Dolny

March 2000, Mala Wies; October 2000, Lublin and Kazimierz Dolny; December 2000, Nieborów

Small Business Support Technology: Addressing Problems of Unemployment of Women

International Renaissance Foundation

Organizer: Tavric Gender Research Center, Simferopol

December 2001, Simferopol

Conflict Resolution Management: Practical Implementation

Organizers: REKOS, Peace Institute, Slovenia

December 2001, Ljubljana

Churches and Religion in post-Communist Europe: Patterns of Social Transformation

Open Society Institute-Croatia

Organizers: Institute for Social Research Zagreb, Institute for the Study of Religion Jagellonian University Cracow, Department of Religion Research Institute for Philosophy Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Science and Technology Croatia in cooperation with the Department of Sociology Faculty of Philosophy University of Zagreb and Croatian Sociological Association

December 2001, Zagreb

Dynamics of Immigration: Europe for All or for the Elite?

International Renaissance Foundation

Organizer: 21^st Century Odessa

December 2001, Odessa

Coordinating and Developing Civil Education in the NGO Sector in the Baltic States

Open Estonia Foundation

Organizers: Civic Education Center of the Jaan Tonisson Institute Tallinn, Soros Foundation-Latvia and Lithuanian College for Democracy

December 2001, Tallinn and Tartu

Social Communication for Nature Conservation: Poland, Lithuania, Latvia

Stefan Batory Foundation

Organizers: Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe Country Office Poland in partnership with the REC Country Office Lithuania and REC Country Office Latvia

December 2001-April 2002, Poland

Civil Society in Democratic Processes: Hungary and Romania

Open Society Foundation Romania

Organizers: ECOSENS Romania and the Hungarian Traffic Club

December 2001, March 2002 and June 2002, Constanta, Sinaia and Bucharest