In This Issue:

Community Development

Corporate Social Responsibility

Events:

November 14, Deadline: Photo Contest "A Ukraine for Everyone." EEF, Telenor and The National Union Of Artist Photographers Of Ukraine: Ukraine.

Inaugural Bill Maynes Fellows Arrive in Washington, DC

On October 14, Eurasia Foundation welcomed the inaugural class of Bill Maynes Fellows to Washington, DC with a reception attended by distinguished guests and supporters. The Bill Maynes Fellowship honors the late president of Eurasia Foundation, Charles William “Bill” Maynes, and supports outstanding emerging leaders from the Eurasia region by inviting them to the U.S. to expand their skills and build professional networks. More...

EPF Hosts Seminar to Discuss Georgia's Challenges and the Role of Civil Society
In September, Eurasia Partnership Foundation (EPF) and the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs hosted a seminar in Stockholm, Sweden to discuss Georgia's Post Rose Revolution Challenges and Civil Society's Response. More...

EPF Grantee Monitors Municipal Budget Spending in Georgia
Since March 2008, Eurasia Partnership Foundation (EPF) grantee, the Batumi-based Center for Protection of Human Rights (CPHR), has been implementing the My City–My Money project to monitor municipal budget spending for city improvements. This grant was awarded within EPF’s Civic Monitoring program. More...

Community Development

EEF and Telenor Improve Energy Efficiency in Ukraine
Ukraine’s Soviet heating system is inefficient and costly, but the majority of the country still relies on it to keep warm during the harsh winter months. One small town is hoping to show the rest of the country there is a better way. More...

FNE Holds Conference on Housing Management in Russia
On October 7-8, the New Eurasia Foundation (FNE) hosted the Second National Conference on Management of Multifamily Apartment Buildings by Homeowners Associations. The conference was organized by the Public Board under the Russian Federation Ministry of Regional Development with support from FNE and the Institute for Urban Economics. More...

EFCA Provides Opportunities for the Blind and Visually Impaired in Kyrgyzstan
In September, Eurasia Foundation of Central Asia (EFCA) supported the opening of a center for the blind and visually impaired in Osh, Kyrgyzstan. The center, called a typhloroom, is the first of its kind in southern Kyrgyzstan and provides special typhlo-equipment that enables the blind and visually impaired to work on computers, write and edit texts, read literature, translate texts into Braille and use various databases and the Internet. More...

NEE Helps Belarusian Villages Capitalize on Tasty Traditions
In continuing its series of discussions on the current challenges facing Belarus’ local communities and the ways they can effectively be met, the New Eurasia Establishment (NEE), Eurasia Foundation’s partner in Belarus, organized a roundtable as part of the first annual Motal Delicatessen Festival in Motal, Brest oblast. More...

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

EFCA Supports CSR Training for Journalists and Government Officials in Kazakhstan
On October 3rd, the American Chamber of Commerce, with support from Eurasia Foundation of Central Asia (EFCA), the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Kazakhstan and the Kazakhstan Press Club, held a training on CSR in Kazakhstan – The Role of Government and Media for journalists of regional mass media and representatives of key ministries. More...

Democracy & Governance

EF Expands Voter Education Programs in Moldova
In the run-up to Moldova's 2009 parliamentary elections, Eurasia Foundation (EF) has received funding from the European Commission to mobilize a network of 14 regional television stations to provide unbiased voter education programs and multi-party debates that will be broadcast across the country. More...

Providing Access to Unbiased Presidential Election News Coverage in Azerbaijan
In the run-up to the October 15th presidential election in Azerbaijan, many felt that reliable constituent access to party platforms and information from independent and balanced sources was inconsistent and often skewed towards a particular political party. In response, Eurasia Partnership Foundation (EPF), with financial support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), implemented a campaign to provide unbiased presidential election news to the public through radio and internet sources. More...

Improving Media Accuracy in Armenia and Azerbaijan
What do Armenians and Azerbaijanis think of the quality of mass media in their countries? Recently Eurasia Partnership Foundation (EPF) in Armenia and Azerbaijan launched a project entitled, Unbiased Media Coverage of Ar­menia-Azerbaijan Relations. The project, supported by the British govern­ment, aims to increase accurate and unbiased reporting between Armenia and Azerbaijan and about the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. More...

Mikhail Fishman Receives 2008 Excellence in Journalism Prize
Eurasia Foundation has been working together with the Paul Klebnikov Fund to implement the Excellence in Journalism Prize, an award that seeks to honor Paul Klebnikov’s life and work by supporting the development of independent media in Russia through fellowship opportunities in the U.S. More...

EPF Expands Services at Migration and Return Resource Centers in Armenia
For the past year, Eurasia Partnership Foundation (EPF) has been supporting eight Migration and Return Resource Centers (MRRCs) in Armenia (seven in outlying areas and one in the capital city of Yerevan) to help Armenian labor migrants understand their rights and the realities of working abroad. With support from the Western Union Foundation, EPF has expanded the services at two of its regional MRRCs in Vanadzor and Martuni. More...

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