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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

Documentary Photography Project

The Documentary Photography Project seeks to support photographers through grants for production, training, and distribution. 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

Economic & Business Development Program

The Economic and Business Development Program assists Soros foundations in promoting the restructuring of transitional economies, focusing on building viable market economies and creating new jobs. more

Education Support Program

The Education Support Program works to facilitate change in education and national policy development in Central and Eastern Europe, South East Europe, former Soviet Union and Mongolia. 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

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

Open Society Mental Health Initiative

The Open Society Mental Health Initiative, 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

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.

news and announcements

Racism Against Minorities Tests European Rights Court
James A. Goldston
March 3, 2005
Two court cases offer Europe an opportunity to set a landmark precedent that will put the values of equal justice beyond dispute, argues James A. Goldston, executive director of the Open Society Justice Initiative.  more

Call for Proposals: Public Policy Centers
January 18, 2005
OSI's Human Rights and Governance Grants Program requests proposals from public policy centers to promote inclusive policy change in Georgia, Moldova, and Romania. more

OSI Forum: Then They Started Shooting—Growing Up in Wartime Bosnia
OSI-New York
January 26, 2005
OSI hosted a discussion with the author of a book on children who came of age during the Bosnian wars of the 1990s.  more

Roma Women's Organization Featured on NPR
October 18, 2004
National Public Radio's “Weekend Edition” featured a segment on the work of ARANJ—Organization for Roma/Gypsy Women's Rights, an OSI grantee that promotes equal opportunites for Roma women. more

more news & announcements

Publications

Prison Needle Exchange: Lessons from a Comprehensive Review of International Evidence and Experience
October 27, 2004
A new report by IHRD grantee Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network concludes that prison needle exchange programs effectively reduce the individual and social damage associated with drug use. more

Opening Budgets to Public Understanding and Debate: Results from 36 Countries
October 2004
A new study by the International Budget Project, an OSI grantee, evaluates public access to budget information and to the budget process.  more

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