In This Issue:

Civil Society Development

Community Development

Corporate Social Responsibility

Cross-Border Cooperation

Labor Migration

Events:

July 18, An Assessment of Factors that Influence the Effectiveness of Targeted Social Assistance Mechanisms. CRRC-Azerbaijan: Baku, Azerbaijan - in English and Azeri.

July 21, Sewing Workshop Products Fair. Daanyshman Jumgal Kabary: Naryn, Kyrgyzstan - in Russian.

EF Releases 2007 Network Yearbook

Eurasia Foundation (EF) is pleased to announce the release of its inaugural Network Yearbook. The publication provides a retrospective of EF's work in the region over the past 15 years and an in-depth look at each of the Eurasia Foundation Network partners. View the 2007 Network Yearbook here.

Civil Society Development

Royal Norwegian Embassy Awards Nearly $95,000 to Support Civil Society Initiatives in Azerbaijan
On behalf of the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Azerbaijan, Eurasia Partnership Foundation (EPF) is pleased to announce the award of nearly $95,000 in grants to support the initiatives of 10 local organizations in Azerbaijan. More...

Tech-Assisted Town Hall Meetings in the South Caucasus Encourage Participation
Eurasia Partnership Foundation (EPF) is supporting an exciting new method for wider public participation in decision-making processes through enhanced computer technology that is being piloted in the South Caucasus. More...

Community Development

Empowering Local Entrepreneurs in Belarus
The New Eurasia Establishment (NEE), Eurasia Foundation’s partner in Belarus, organized a series of roundtable discussions on the current challenges facing Belarus’ rural business communities and ways the communities could unite their efforts. These events are part of NEE’s Local Community Development program, which aims to build local capacities by facilitating innovative partnerships between businesses and civic organizations. More...

Corporate Social Responsibility

EEF Encourages Media Coverage of CSR in Ukraine
In June, the East Europe Foundation (EEF), in partnership with Expert Ukraine, conducted a seminar on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Odesa oblast. Participants, including media representatives from Moldova, learned why CSR is important for their communities and how to report on it fairly. More...

Cross-Border Cooperation

Turkish Bosphorus Quartet Performs in Armenia
On June 18, the esteemed Bosphorus Quartet from Istanbul, Turkey performed a number of pieces by European, Turkish and Armenian composers at the Komitas Chamber Music Hall in Yerevan, Armenia. Eurasia Partnership Foundation (EPF) facilitated this event through its Armenia-Turkey Cross-Border Dialogue and Cooperation Initiative, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). More...

Mobile Film Festival Brings Top Human Rights Documentaries to Georgian Viewers
In Public School #2, in the village of Akhalsopeli, a rapt audience of students, teachers and other adults watched Enemies of Happiness, an award-winning documentary film about Malalai Joya, the youngest woman to run for Parliament in Afghanistan. More...

Labor Migration

EFCA Launches Labor Migrant Support Center in Kazakhstan
In June, Eurasia Foundation of Central Asia (EFCA) grantee Union of Women of Intellectual Labor launched a new Labor Migrant Support Center in Almaty, Kazakhstan at a press conference attended by media, NGOs and project partners. More...

EFCA Trains Kyrgyz Labor Migrants to Become Certified Specialists
Eurasia Foundation of Central Asia (EFCA) has developed three short-term technical courses to train Kyrgyz labor migrants to become certified specialists. In June, the first 12 graduates of vocational professional schools #7 and #70 in Kyzyl-Kiya received internationally recognized certificates as turners and milling machine operators after successfully completing these courses. More...

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