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The following OSI initiatives, listed alphabetically, support at least one program or organization active in South Eastern Europe.

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. more

East East Program: Partnership Beyond Borders

The East East Program: Partnership Beyond Borders supports the exchange of people and ideas to transcend national borders and create partnerships that strengthen open society. more

EUMAP

EUMAP (the EU Monitoring and Advocacy Program) monitors the development of selected human rights and rule of law issues in both the European Union and in its candidate and potential candidate countries. more

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. more

Information Program

The Information Program promotes the equitable deployment of knowledge and communications resources for civic empowerment and effective democratic governance. more

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. more

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. more

International Policy Fellowships

The International Policy Fellowships Program identifies and supports research by open society leaders in countries throughout the Soros foundations network. more

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. more

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. more

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. more

Public Health Programs

Public Health Programs support initiatives throughout the Soros foundations network that encourage sustainable change in public health policy and practice. more

Roma Programs

Roma Programs focus primarily on improving the social, political, and economic situation of Romani populations in Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans region. more

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. more

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. more

Overview

South Eastern Europe was the continent’s most troubled region in the 1990s. Tens of thousands were killed in ethnic-based conflict throughout the states of the former Yugoslavia, and the often uneasy peace that has prevailed in the new millennium continues to be buffeted by distrust and occasional bursts of violence.

Read an overview of the region and OSI's activities there.

Related Information

The Education of Roma Children
Christina McDonald
February 6, 2004
In an article written for OSI’s EU Accession Monitoring Program (EUMAP), Christina McDonald, program manager of Roma Educational Initiative (REI), discusses some of the educational practices launched by REI that pioneer multicultural and diversity education in South Eastern Europe. more

Healing the Crisis: A Prescription for Public Health Action in South Eastern Europe
Healing the Crisis, a publication from the Public Health Programs, analyzes the current state of public health in a region that has been buffeted in recent years by war, economic decline, and political paralysis. more

Bush Has Neglected the Balkans For Too Long
Laura Silber
January 13, 2004
OSI Senior Policy Advisor Laura Silber argues in an op-ed that the U.S. should pay closer attention to the southeast Balkans or risk economic and political deterioration in the region.  more

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