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The following OSI initiatives, listed alphabetically, support at least one program or organization active in governance issues.

AfriMAP

The Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project (AfriMAP) monitors the compliance of member states of the African Union with selected standards of good governance, democracy, human rights, and the rule of law. more

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. more

East East Program: Partnership Beyond Borders

The East East: Partnership Beyond Borders Program supports international exchanges that bring together civil society actors to share ideas, information, knowledge, experiences, and expertise and to support practical actions that result from that networking. 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

Global Drug Policy Program

The Global Drug Policy Program aims to engage and support drug policy experts and other related professionals as they analyze and publicize the effects of drug policy on public health, human rights, national security, and the economy. 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

Latin America Program

The Latin America Program works throughout the region to create more open societies, enhance human rights protections, and encourage the implementation of economic and political policies firmly rooted in democracy. more

Local Government & Public Service Reform Initiative

The Local Government & Public Service Reform Initiative promotes democratic and effective governance and public administration, and advances policy analysis as a tool for decision making in public affairs. more

Middle East & North Africa Initiative

OSI's Middle East & North Africa Initiative operates primarily as a grantmaking program on issues ranging from knowledge and information to women's rights. more

Open Society Fellowship

The Open Society Fellowship enables innovative professionals—including journalists, activists, academics, and practitioners—to work on projects that inspire meaningful public debate, shape public policy, and generate intellectual ferment within the Open Society Institute. more

Open Society Justice Initiative

The Open Society Justice Initiative, an operational program of the Open Society Institute, pursues law reform activities grounded in the protection of human rights, and contributes to the development of legal capacity for open societies worldwide. more

OSI-Baltimore

OSI-Baltimore seeks to foster debate, empower marginalized groups to help shape and monitor public policy, and strengthen communities and families in the Baltimore, Maryland area through the development of fair, rational, and responsive public systems. more

OSI-Washington, D.C.

OSI-Washington, D.C. focuses on civil liberties in the United States as well as other domestic and international policy issues, including globalization, criminal justice reform, human rights, and women's rights. more

U.S. Programs

OSI's U.S. Programs aims to address core threats to open society, including increasingly punitive national security policies, decreasing government transparency, entrenched structural racism, and growing incarceration rates. more

OSI Stories: A Struggle Against Illness and Neglect in Swaziland
January 15, 2008
A look at the health consequences of corruption, poor governance, and the abuse of women, as seen through the story of May, an HIV-positive mother. more

The Gathering Storm: Infectious Diseases and Human Rights in Burma
July 2007
Decades of repressive rule, civil war, and poor governance have contributed to the spread of infectious diseases in Burma, according to this OSI-sponsored report. more

Leaving a Legacy of Transparency in Nigeria
April 2007
President Obasanjo’s government must act now to make critical transparency reforms permanent before it leaves office, states this policy brief by the Revenue Watch Institute, an OSI grantee.  more

News Site Offers In-Depth Coverage of Landmark Armenian Election
Press Release
February 13, 2008
EurasiaNet, an OSI-supported news website, launched a special feature providing detailed information on the candidates and main issues connected with the February balloting in Armenia. more

OSI Forum: Stemming Corruption in Post-Conflict Reconstruction
OSI-New York
May 10, 2007
 AUDIO
Using case studies from Afghanistan to Sierra Leone, this OSI event explored how accountability, professionalism, and corruption control can decrease conflict and increase sustainable recovery during post-war reconstruction.  more

OSI Forum: Turkmenistan—What Next?
OSI-New York
April 4, 2007
 AUDIO
OSI's Central Eurasia Project hosted a discussion with Michael Hall, Central Asia Project Director of the International Crisis Group.  more

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