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Children & Youth
Children & Youth Programs
The Children and Youth Programs bring innovative approaches to existing social and educational structures that have an impact on the welfare and development of children and adolescents in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.
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International Policy Fellowships
The International Policy Fellowships Program identifies and supports research by open society leaders in countries throughout the Soros foundations network.
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Economic Development
Central Eurasia Project
The Central Eurasia Project strives to enhance policy debate on key issues affecting Central Asia and the South Caucasus as well as several countries in the Middle East and North Africa.
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International Policy Fellowships
The International Policy Fellowships Program identifies and supports research by open society leaders in countries throughout the Soros foundations network.
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Education
Education Support Program
The Education Support Program works to facilitate change in education and national policy development in Central and Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, and Mongolia.
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International Higher Education Support Program
The International Higher Education Support Program (HESP) promotes the advancement of higher education within the humanities and social sciences in Central and Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, and Mongolia.
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International Policy Fellowships
The International Policy Fellowships Program identifies and supports research by open society leaders in countries throughout the Soros foundations network.
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Scholarship Programs
Scholarship Programs mobilize students and scholars by providing support for fellowships, scholarships, and related activities that empower individuals throughout the world to improve the social, political, and intellectual environments of their home communities.
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Governance
Central Eurasia Project
The Central Eurasia Project strives to enhance policy debate on key issues affecting Central Asia and the South Caucasus as well as several countries in the Middle East and North Africa.
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Human Rights & Governance Grants Program
The Human Rights and Governance Grants Program provides support to nongovernmental organizations operating in the fields of human rights and governance in Europe and Central Asia.
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Information Program
The Information Program promotes the equitable deployment of knowledge and communications resources for civic empowerment and effective democratic governance.
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International Policy Fellowships
The International Policy Fellowships Program identifies and supports research by open society leaders in countries throughout the Soros foundations network.
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Local Government & Public Service Reform Initiative
The Local Government and Public Service Reform Initiative promotes effective democratic government in Central and Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, and Mongolia.
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Health
International Harm Reduction Development Program
The International Harm Reduction Development Program (IHRD), a part of OSI's Public Health Programs, focuses on diminishing the individual and social harms associated with drug use—particularly the risk of HIV infection—through innovative measures based on the philosophy of harm reduction.
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International Policy Fellowships
The International Policy Fellowships Program identifies and supports research by open society leaders in countries throughout the Soros foundations network.
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Mental Disability Advocacy Program
The Mental Disability Advocacy Program, part of OSI’s Public Health Programs, supports initiatives that seek to address the massive over- institutionalization, the lack of community-based services, and the general exclusion from society of people with intellectual disabilities and/or mental health problems throughout Central and Eastern Europe, South Eastern Europe, and the former Soviet Union.
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Public Health Programs
Public Health Programs support initiatives throughout the Soros foundations network that encourage sustainable change in public health policy and practice.
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Human Rights
Central Eurasia Project
The Central Eurasia Project strives to enhance policy debate on key issues affecting Central Asia and the South Caucasus as well as several countries in the Middle East and North Africa.
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Human Rights & Governance Grants Program
The Human Rights and Governance Grants Program provides support to nongovernmental organizations operating in the fields of human rights and governance in Europe and Central Asia.
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International Harm Reduction Development Program
The International Harm Reduction Development Program (IHRD), a part of OSI's Public Health Programs, focuses on diminishing the individual and social harms associated with drug use—particularly the risk of HIV infection—through innovative measures based on the philosophy of harm reduction.
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International Policy Fellowships
The International Policy Fellowships Program identifies and supports research by open society leaders in countries throughout the Soros foundations network.
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Mental Disability Advocacy Program
The Mental Disability Advocacy Program, part of OSI’s Public Health Programs, supports initiatives that seek to address the massive over- institutionalization, the lack of community-based services, and the general exclusion from society of people with intellectual disabilities and/or mental health problems throughout Central and Eastern Europe, South Eastern Europe, and the former Soviet Union.
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Open Society Justice Initiative
The Open Society Justice Initiative, an operational program of the Open Society Institute, promotes rights-based law reform, builds knowledge and strengthens legal capacity worldwide.
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Law & Justice
Central Eurasia Project
The Central Eurasia Project strives to enhance policy debate on key issues affecting Central Asia and the South Caucasus as well as several countries in the Middle East and North Africa.
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International Policy Fellowships
The International Policy Fellowships Program identifies and supports research by open society leaders in countries throughout the Soros foundations network.
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Open Society Justice Initiative
The Open Society Justice Initiative, an operational program of the Open Society Institute, promotes rights-based law reform, builds knowledge and strengthens legal capacity worldwide.
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Media, Arts & Culture
Arts & Culture Program
The Arts and Culture Program promotes cultural and artistic collaboration throughout the Soros foundations network; fosters structural changes in cultural policy; and helps develop an autonomous and innovative arts sector.
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Central Eurasia Project
The Central Eurasia Project strives to enhance policy debate on key issues affecting Central Asia and the South Caucasus as well as several countries in the Middle East and North Africa.
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Information Program
The Information Program promotes the equitable deployment of knowledge and communications resources for civic empowerment and effective democratic governance.
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International Policy Fellowships
The International Policy Fellowships Program identifies and supports research by open society leaders in countries throughout the Soros foundations network.
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Media Program
The Media Program assists in the development and establishment of media systems marked by freedom, pluralism, and the inclusion of minority voices and opinions.
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Women
International Policy Fellowships
The International Policy Fellowships Program identifies and supports research by open society leaders in countries throughout the Soros foundations network.
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Women's Program
The Network Women’s Program works to promote the advancement of women’s human rights, gender equality, and empowerment as an integral part of the process of democratization.
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The Central Eurasia Project provides the most comprehensive information about OSI’s activities in Central Eurasia. Several other OSI initiatives also work in the region on issues ranging from health to human rights. They are all grouped alphabetically in issue categories on this page. Central Eurasia Project
Open Society News: Central Eurasia
Spring 2001 This issue of Open Society News focuses on the Caucasus and Central Asia in an effort to familiarize many of our readers with an area of growing international importance where open society is struggling to take hold. more
Iraq's First Public Budget
August 25, 2003 This brief from the Iraq Revenue Watch project of OSI's Central Eurasia Project summarizes the main points of Iraq’s 2003 budget and provides recommendations on how to make the budgetary process more transparent and participatory. more
Increased Costs of Iraq Demand Increased Accountability
September 15, 2003 A report from the Central Eurasia Project's Iraq Revenue Watch that urges greater transparency inand the release of a sound strategy forthe Bush administration's request for an additional $87 billion in spending for Iraq and Afghanistan in 2004. more
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Call for Proposals: Anticorruption Efforts
The Human Rights and Governance Grants Program seeks proposals from national and international organizations for their work monitoring, exposing, and combating corruption by government authorities in Central and Eastern Europe, Central Eurasia, and South Eastern Europe.
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Making Sure the Money Goes Where It's Supposed To
Anthony Richter and Svetlana Tsalik
Dec. 4, 2003
In a New York Times op-ed, Anthony Richter and Svetlana Tsalik argue that U.S. energy security can only be guaranteed through partnerships with legitimate, elected governments that manage oil wealth responsibly. more
OSI Launches Turkmenistan Project
A new OSI initiative, the Turkmenistan Project, will focus on promoting civil society in and providing fuller information about one of the former Soviet Union's most closed and isolated countries. more
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