An award-winning educational and development charity, the Institute for War & Peace Reporting informs the international debate on conflict and supports independent media, activists and other democratic voices in regions in change. Through this work, IWPR contributes to the resolution of conflict and to the strengthening of civil society, democracy, human rights and the rule of law. IWPR focuses on practical assistance and concrete collaborative projects. Founded in 1991, IWPR has pioneered cross-community editorial activities, linking contributors from different regions and diverse communities, and building collaborative networks among regional and international media. Long-time publisher of WarReport, IWPR produces several electronic reporting and monitoring services, all available via the Web or e-mail (available in up to five languages), and operates a range of training, local publication series and other development programmes covering the Balkans, the Caucasus and the Central Asian states. It maintains field offices in Georgia, Krygystan, Kazakstan, Kosovo and The Hague, and correspondent relations with a wide network of partners and contributors throughout the regions. The Kosovo office includes a Media Resource Centre, providing training and Internet access to young Kosovo journalists. IWPR consultants also assist the UK’s Department for International Development in assessing media programmes in transition countries, including the Russian Federation. IWPR’s Website has been deemed the UK’s “Best Online Journalism Service” and has been awarded “Best of the Web” for its human-rights reporting on the Caucasus and the Balkans. IWPR enjoys substantial support from a range of generous donors, including the European Commission, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the UK’s Department for International Development, the National Lottery Charities Board, the Open Society Institute (Soros), the Swedish International Development and Cooperation Agency, the Ford Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation and other sources.

The establishing of the KWGSC is aimed at making a contribution to rise the civil society in Russia and to favour sustainable development of the Murmansk region by means of rising gender integration; supporting gender research and education in Murmansk region; to overcome lack of knowledge on gender situation and gender and women studies in Europe for Russian researchers, to help them in joining related networks in Europe. Main objectives: � visualizing women as actual agents of the social and economic changes, to rise the public opinion and the awareness of decision making concerning gender and women’s issues, to advance of women’s participation in regional development � to promote educational activity in the fields of legal, economic, historical and political status of women and men in Russia, equality, women’s rights, feminist theory; to make an input in changing traditional role stereotypes in Russian society � to provide development of international contacts in related areas of activity to transfer the knowledge and experiences of women from Europe and other parts of World in the matter of equality and women’s empowerment. The researchers working for the KCGRWS have participated (1997-1999) in 10 national and international conferences and research meetings and in 9 research and applied projects on gender/women’s issues. 6 articles on related problems are published in the national and international journals and newspapers.

Initiative for Social Action and Renewal in Eurasia (ISAR) promotes citizen participation in the former Soviet Union by supporting grassroots activists and community-based nongovernmental organizations in their efforts to create just and sustainable societies. ISAR's seven field offices--located in Russia, Ukraine, the Caucasus, and Central Asia --offer assistance to local grassroots efforts through small grants, information, and technical assistance. The activities of ISAR's Washington, DC office include publishing a quarterly journal, Give and Take: A Journal on Civil Society in Eurasia, and running programs aimed at bringing together grassroots activists from the U.S. and Eurasia to share information and strategies for shaping positive social change.

This Summer Course will deal in detail specifically and exclusively with the European System for the protection of human rights. Although there are numerous summer courses and other special study programs within Europe on the human rights protection, this course concentrates on an integrated treatment of the various European systems and of specifically European issues of human rights protection, that is, with important matters relevant to over forty European countries with diverse political, economic and social systems. The subject matter, therefore, includes, human rights protection under the regimes of the Council of Europe (the European Convention of Human Rights and the European Social Charter), the European Community, the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (Helsinki Accords), as well as that on the Universal Level of public international law.

Non-state educational centre "A-Ya" gives opportunity to study English using the most progressive teaching technologies: to children since 4 years old - LETTERLAND method and for schoolchildren - modern British and American courses. We work at 14 kindergatens and 2 schools of Irkutsk. Centre supports orphants (classes are free for them) and has a special program for them. Teachers are going to creat a special server for kindergardens to have chance to exchange information of all innovations. We and our students participate in many international projects. It isn't the secret that education in Russia can't be expensive as there are only few people who could pay, so our prises are the lowest, and not to raise them we need help of any possible kind of an organization or private persons

The Severny Kavkaz Association unites 11 constituent entities of the Russian Federation located in the South of Russia. The main goal of the Association is to contribute to the social and economic development in the South of Russia having the total area of 500 thousand sq. km and the population of about 20 million people. The Association supports and promotes investment-, integration-, socially- and economic-oriented Programs. At the present time the Association is the initiator of Humanitarian Program “From social support to social development” implementation. The Program is based on the PEOPLE TO PEOPLE key idea involving self-regulation and partial self-repayment principles. It is oriented primarily at the first priority items, such as clothes, footwear, and household articles. For the purposes of this Program implementation, we are searching for and would like to establish contacts with organizations that could take part in this project on partnership basis and that are able to supply above-mentioned goods for the development of humanitarian activities in the Northern Caucasus. If you get interested in our proposal, or would like to assist us in establishment of the necessary contacts and relations, we would be glad to provide you with more information about the Program and start out the dialogue.

Organisation founded to develop cultural caf� project. Evolving into internationally working NGO with cultural caf� issues - arranging mainly gipsy (Roma) music, arranging gipsy art exhibition, focus on art for sale, thereby providing much needed income to Eastern European Roma artists, musicians etc. cooperating with several organisations who help "distribute" the art and music, acting as sourcing and "producer" orginisation

Danish-Albanian Friendship Organisation is founded to develop cultural and business cooperation between Albania and Denmark. Activities include arranging visits for Albanian delegations, cultural activites, information meetings at schools and universities, assisting in developing projects in Albania

Last updated: April 1999

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