Center for Civil Society International ([email protected])
Fri, 27 Sep 1996 15:21:25 -0700 (PDT)
CCSI presents excerpts from the Agency for Social Information (ASI) e-mail
information bulletin. Translated from the Russian by Garth Coogan, CCSI
volunteer. For more information on how to receive ASI's bulletin
regularly, contact:
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AGENTSTVO SOTSIALNOI INFORMATSII
Kutuzovskyi pr. 22 pod. 14a,
Moscow, 121151
Tel./fax: (095) 249-3989
E-mail: [email protected]
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N 36
September 10-16, 1996
New Brochure Published: The Direction of Women's NGOs: Review,
Instruments & Useful Advice.
Through the European Union's Tacis-Phare Democracy project, a new brochure
has been published entitled "Women traveling on the Information
Superhighway."
Three countries helped put together this brochure: Russia -- The women's
innovational fund "Vostok-Zapad" (Moscow), Businesswomen's Club (Perm),
Germany -- The women's fund "Frauen-Anstiftung (Hamburg), "Syrena"
(Munich), "Lola Press" (Berlin), Czech Repu blic -- "ProFem" (Prague).
The brochure is published in three languages: Russian, English & Czech.
All versions are available on CD-ROM.
Inside the book one finds illuminating chapters on the problems of
financing women's organizations and communicating with the public.
Includes an analysis of the third sector in the post-socialist countries
of Eastern Europe. The appendix includes the addresses of organizations,
electronic resources and women's servers.
The book may be ordered at:
Women's Innnovation Fund
"Vostok-Zapad"
Fax: (095) 931-3123
E-mail: [email protected]
The Public Association of Invalids "Vekhi" invites invalids to a Free
Course on the Preparation of Managers/Analysts.
The course "Managers/Analysts Use of Information" is worth 30 academic
hours. Heading this course is the mathematician Sergei Fedorovich Rogov
of the Association of Mathematical Programmers and preacher from the
Moscow Methodological Church.
Participants will receive theoretical knowledge of marketing research, the
market, types of advertisements, information technology in advertisements
and so on. Additonally, there will be practical opportunities to use the
acquired knowledge.
Contact telephone: 303-2483
(Aleksander Nikolaevich Dyeev).
Russian Schoolchildren will study in American Schools
An open competition starts October 1st for Russian schoolchildren to study
in the States as part of the "Freedom Support Act" (Bradley Program) for
the 1997-1998 school year. This program gives the schoolchildren the
opportunity to spend a full school year studying in American high
schools.
Students in 9th and 10th grades are encouraged to apply. Successful
applicants will have mastery of the English language, have a shining
academic record and possess the qualities which would permit them to
derive the maximum benefit from this exchange program.
All students, answering the selection criteria are invited to take part in
the competition. ACTR's teachers will review the first level of
applicants. Candidates who have successfully passed the first competition
level will go on to the second level. The second level will be an
English-language exam and reading. Students who've successfully passed
this level will then pass on to the conference with ACTR's
represententatives, after which they will be asked to fill a more detailed
application.
Additional information may be received from ACTR:
Tel: (095) 230-4550
Fax: (095) 230-2223.
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