Governance & Accountability

Call for Applications: Drugs, Security, and Democracy Fellowship
Deadline: January 20, 2012
The Drugs, Security, and Democracy Fellowship Program supports research on organized crime, drug policy, issues of governance and associated topics across the social sciences and related disciplines.

Call for Applications: Think Tank Internships for MA and PhD Graduates
Deadline: November 10, 2011
Internships are available for recent graduates of MA and PhD programs in social sciences and humanities who were recipients of fellowships from the Open Society Scholarship Programs or who graduated from the Central European University within the past three years.

Open Society Foundations Welcome Review of Global Fund Oversight Mechanisms
September 23, 2011
The Global Fund should approach risk management in a way that empowers communities and civil society to hold implementers accountable. It should also stay focused on achieving its long-term objectives of strengthening national responses to HIV, TB, and malaria and saving lives.

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Revising Paul Kagame: Myth and Reality After the Genocide in Rwanda
OSI-New York
September 19, 2011
 VIDEO  
Rwandan president Paul Kagame has been hailed as a liberator and highly principled leader. But his post-genocide record tells a different story. A distinguished panel attempts to separate myth from fact.

Latvia in Focus: Elections and Russian Policy in the Region
OSI-New York
September 13, 2011
 AUDIO
Nils Muiznieks and Andris Aukmanis provide insight into the turmoil in Latvia—the Baltic country that witnessed one of the most severe economic crises in Europe and now faces extraordinary elections after the president dissolved parliament amidst allegations of massive corruption.

The International Migrants Bill of Rights: Civil Society Activism in the Governance of Migration
OSI-New York
September 8, 2011
 AUDIO
The forum provides an overview of the International Migrants Bill of Rights, which will serve as a backdrop for a conversation about existing legal frameworks for protecting migrants.

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What Lies Ahead for the EU Framework on Roma Integration?
Bernard Rorke
October 13, 2011
 BLOG  
National strategies for Roma integration in Europe cannot succeed without resolute and unequivocal action to combat racism and discrimination.

How Governments Abuse Advertising in Latin America
Vonda Brown
October 13, 2011
 BLOG  
Darian Pavli of the Open Society Justice Initiative talks about the threats to freedom of expression posed by abusive allocation of public advertising funds, and what is being done to address this in Latin America.

Reflections from Liberia
Udo Jude Ilo
October 12, 2011
 BLOG  
Liberians have seen hell, fought two civil wars, and killed each other, yet most believe that things can get better. Their vote in the 2011 election is their power and their passport to a new future.

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