Centers for Pluralism INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY IN EASTEN

C o n t e n t s :

Editor’s Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

“Referendums” and “Elections”: Can Democracy Ever Prevail? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Elections and Observers in the Caucasusby Ivlian Haindrava . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Memorandum on Fair Elections in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Who Needed a Referendum?by Asylbek Ismailov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Conclusion of the Public Headquarters for the Monitoring Committee of the Results of the Referendum Conducted on February 2, 2003. . . . 15

IDEE COUNTRY REPORT Belarus: “Toward a Future Democratic Victory” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

The Estonian NGO Roundtableby Agu Laius . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Roundtable of Estonian Nonprofit Organizations. . . . . . 22

The Power of Networks: Lessons of the Centers for Pluralismby Irena Lasota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

The 18th Meeting of the Centers for Pluralism . . . . . . . . 25

PRIMA Human Rights and Information Service — News Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Dispatches from Chechnya . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

WHO IS WHO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

WHO IS WHO PARTNERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

WHO IS WHERE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

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NEWSLETTER

The second Centers for Pluralism Newsletter

The first publication of the Centersfor Pluralism Newsletter in

Mongolian, published in 2003

The first Centers for PluralismNewsletter in Ukrainian, now with

12 issues, came out in 1997

The 27th issue of the Centers for Pluralism Newsletter

The 19th issue of the Centers forPluralism Newsletter in Russian


The 8th issue of the Centers forPluralism Newsletter in

Azerbaijani



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We apologize to our readers for the lateness of this,the 28th, issue of the Centers for Pluralism Newsletter.Unfortunately, it may be its last. We feature articles bykey advocates for democracy, civil society, and changein Central and Eastern Europe and the former SovietUnion; we include articles on model developments inthe region’s NGO community; and, for the first time,we publish a comprehensive “Who’s Who” Section ofthe Centers for Pluralism and its Partners Network.

The reasons for the delay in publication are simple.Suffice it to say that the organization that previouslyhandled the layout, design, production, and distribu-tion of the Newsletter, the Foundation IDEE inWarsaw, had to be liquidated in court due to severemismanagement by its directors, Malgorzata Naimskaand Urszula Doroszewska. This misconduct includedtaking out unauthorized loans, running up unpayabledebt of at least $34,000, and misusing funds from mul-tiple grants. As a result, efforts to continue theNewsletter were made difficult. (You may find moreinformation on the liquidation of Foundation IDEE onthe Web site www.geocities.org/ideeorgpl).

In the process of preparing this issue, we also dis-covered that the CfPN database, maintained in Warsaw,had not been kept current and thus we have spent agreat deal of time trying to properly update the records.We know we have not succeeded fully. We thus askeveryone receiving the Newsletter to check their infor-mation (and that of their colleagues) and to send [email protected] any corrections, including requests to beadded to the Newsletter mailing list and database list-ing. We are also posting the Newsletter on IDEE’s andthe Institute for Democracy and Statehood’s web sites(in Adobe Acrobat Reader Format).

This issue of the Newsletter highlights some centralissues facing democrats and civic activists in theregion of Central and Eastern Europe and especiallythe former Soviet Union. The first section deals withthe holding of false elections and referenda — and theWestern recognition of them — that only serve to per-petuate in power undemocratic, semi-democratic, anddictatorial regimes. Ivlian Haindrava’s article“Elections in the South Caucasus” describes the mis-conceptions and deliberate misreading by Westernobservers of elections in the region; we also includethe appeal of representatives from throughout theSouth (and North) Caucasus to Western governmentsand institutions for free, fair, and transparent electionsin the region. There follow a series of articles andstatements highlighting the fraudulent referendumheld in Kyrgysztan in early 2003.

In this issue, we also include more positive exam-ples of civic development, as in Estonia (see AguLaius’s “The Estonian Roundtable” among other arti-cles of interest). And we also publish contributions oftwo E-mail publications associated with the Centersfor Pluralism: the Prima Human Rights Agency fromMoscow, edited by Alexander Podrabinek, and theheroic reporting on the situation in Chechnya by theChechen NGO Latta, through the Dispatches fromChechnya. In these publications, one confronts thecontinuing profound struggle for human rights.

As noted, this 28th issue of the Centers forPluralism Newsletter may be its last; already the NIJWeekly Service has had to be suspended. (althoughits near-full archive remains available throughwww.idee.org). For the past ten years, the Centers forPluralism and the Centers for Pluralism Newsletterhave been financially supported by the NationalEndowment for Democracy, including, we wish tonote, this issue. But in the spring of 2003, the NEDsuddenly suspended support for the Centers forPluralism program and it is unlikely to resume doingso. Although IDEE regrets this disinvestment inregional networking programs, it accepts any changein direction the NED wishes to make. IDEE continuesto believe that NED’s financial support over the pastdecade permitted IDEE, with its partners, to build asignificant, long-lasting, enduring and independentcivic movement in Central and Eastern Europe andthe former Soviet Union.

We believe that, while NED funding is not essen-tial, the CfP’s continuation is essential and can andwill continue to develop enormous resources in thecontinuing struggle for democracy in the region. Weshall continue our efforts to publish the Newsletter(and welcome contributions to that end). But whilethe CfP Newsletter itself may not be able to continue,we know that many of the publications it inspired indifferent countries and regions will continue. IDEE,as well as the Centers for Pluralism themselves, areall endeavoring to continue this unique movementand network of NGO and democratic activists thatspans two continents, crosses ethnic, religious, cul-tural, and national divides, and demonstrates the uni-versality of the experience of those who emergedfrom communism fourteen years ago and whosewidely differing circumstances can help strengthenand solidify the development of democracy in theregion — and beyond.

Editor’s Introductionby Eric ChenowethEditor

AnniversaryPublication

Centers for Pluralism — Networking for

Democracy:10 Years

The Centers for Pluralism is a unique,enduring network of democracy andNGO activists from 22 countries inCentral and Eastern Europe and theformer Soviet Union. Begun in 1992with 7 organizations, the Centers forPluralism has expanded to 22 organi-zations and 21 partners. The CFPbuilds upon common experiences inwidely differing circumstances tofoster joint initiatives, programs, andexchanges that strengthen theregion's democratic civic activism.

IDEE's ten-year anniversary book ofthe Centers for Pluralism - Networking for Democracy: 10 Years - features some of the region's leadingdemocratic, civic, and human rights activists, including Gabriel Andreescu from Romania, MiljenkoDereta from Serbia, Ivlian Haindrava from Georgia, Petru!ka "ustrov# from Czech Republic, and VincukViacorka from Belarus, among many others, describe the work of the network of the Centers for Pluralismand our ongoing - and expanding - efforts to overcome the adversaries of liberal democracy. . . .

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In recent years, the anti-democratic practices ofmany post-communist countries has increased andgrown more blatant, particularly in the formerSoviet Union. In all Central Asian states, leaders(mostly former communist secretaries or secretpolice chiefs) have forced undemocratic referendato be held to extend their rule (in the case ofTurkmenistan, the extension was for life).Similarly, Armenia and Azerbaijan have each heldpatently undemocratic elections that have perpet-uated the ruling party's hold on power.

Democrats in the region, struggling to changethe situation, haveoften found themselvesin the position of look-ing to the West for sup-port - and for a seriouspolicy of outside pres-sure to improve theircountry's democraticpractices. While thereare many efforts byWestern institutionsworking in the regionto promote humanrights, these democrat-ic activists usually dis-cover that their seriousappeals are left unanswered or are put below"strategic" concerns. A clear area of ineffectiveassistance is Westernobservation of electionsand Western attitude inregards to referendaprocesses that end upstrengthening dictatori-al powers.

In this section, IvlianHaindrava examines indepth and with distinctclarity the issue of elec-tions and internationalmonitoring. His articleis followed by a memo-randum by 25 NGO

leaders from the Caucasus appealing to the Westto help them ensure more democratic elections asthey face their "year of decision." Unfortunately,the presidential elections in Armenia, in whichRobert Kocharian held onto power despite a ques-tionable vote held in February-March, did notbode well for and the presidential elections inAzerbaijan and the parliamentary elections inGeorgia to be held in the fall of 2003).

Referenda, however, have become the easiestmeans of preventing democratic change and truereform in these countries. In Azerbaijan, a refer-

endum held in August 2002 gaveadditional powers to the presidentto ensure his succession by hisson, Ilham. The referendum wascompletely rigged, as demonstrat-ed by the report of the oppositioncoalition. Despite a high degreeof civic mobilization to ensurefree and fair elections, it is notexpected that this can prevent theregime's overwhelming capacityto control any election outcome.

In Kyrgyzstan, PresidentAkaev extended his rule through2007 without having an election,simply by changing the constitu-

tion through a referendum that also was totallycontrolled and whose outcome was "forejudged

before the voting," as the PublicHeadquarters for Monitoring theReferendum reports. The referen-dum held in February 2003reversed the previous year's suc-cessful efforts to organize pressureon the central authorities for dem-ocratic reforms. Democraticactivists now face even higher hur-dles but, as civic and oppositionleader Tolekan Ismailova pointedout at the CfP Meeting in Baku,with a heightened civic conscious-ness and an aroused civil society.

“REFERENDUMS” AND “ELECTIONS”:CAN DEMOCRACY EVER PREVAIL?

Editor’s Introduction

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On the night of elections, supporters gatheroutside the headquarters of democratic

presidential candidate Isa Gambar beforepolice attack viciously.

“Is OSCE Blind?” Polish observers to the Azeri presidential elections demonstrate

outside OSCE offices in Warsaw to protest the organization's weak

response to election fraud.

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It is common knowledge that free, fair, andtransparent elections are one of the fundamentalbases of democracy. If one takes the October 31,1999 parliamentary elections in Georgia as anexample, there is perhaps some justification intalking of a process resembling “elections.” But anumber of important aspects are overlooked bythose who accept this assessment.1

For one, there were no elections in [the twobreakaway regions of] Abkhazia and SouthOssetia. And two, what took place in Ajaria andsome regions of southern and southeasternGeorgia complied 100 percent with [only] a com-munist model of “elections.” Aslan Abashidze’s“Revival” alliance simply and quietly pocketed[all] the votes of Ajarian voters, while the rulingparty of President Eduard Shevardnadze, theCitizens Union of Georgia (CUG), had a completereturn in South Georgia. In this way, the twopower centers took about half a million voters(about 20% of the total!) out of the process, andthus all the other political forces too, who thus gotjust a symbolic number of votes in these regions.And finally, one must also point out that the elec-tion process in the remaining parts of Georgia wasfar removed from European standards.Notwithstanding the ubiquitous lack of under-standing by voters of their rights, several suitswere brought before the Constitutional Court inconnection with the elections in a majority ofelectoral districts and four of these plaintiffs didwin. In each case a CUG representative hadgained a parliamentary mandate unduly.

As for the subsequent presidential elections ofApril 9, 2000, these in effect did not take place.Impartial observers insist that the number of vot-ers that turned our did not come close to the 50percent threshold required by law. As a result, thelegitimacy of the president of Georgia rests upon

falsified elec-tion results.

But let usleave Georgia for a while. On November 5, 2000,I together with many colleagues had the opportu-nity to monitor the parliamentary elections inAzerbaijan (in May 1999 I was also an observer atthe parliamentary elections in Armenia). I willexpress our shared opinion: what happened inAzerbaijan were “anti-elections.” However, ifothers were surprised that the Azerbaijani author-ities would dare to carry out their shamelessshenanigans even as the Council of Europe pre-pared to vote on Azerbaijan’s admission as amember, we from Georgia were not. We alreadyhad the example of our own country’s massiveretreat from democratic development after it hadbeen allowed to join the Council of Europe “inadvance.”

It is understandable then that the Azerbaijaniauthorities, imitating their Georgian brethren,chose to contemptuously rewrite the electionresults the way they liked them, with observersvirtually watched over their shoulders. As far as Icould judge, the degree of disappointment, evendiscouragement, with this deception was evenhigher in Azerbaijan than in Georgia. In Georgia,at any rate, no one expected anything good or hadany hopes. Everybody realized that another five-year term for Shevardnadze was unavoidable;consequently, the majority of voters did not evenbother to walk to the ballot stations on electionday. In Azerbaijan, people were actually anticipat-ing something positive. The cynicism with whichtheir expectations were thrown into the rubbishbin was not merely revolting — it was dangerous.

The cynicism mentioned above is also equallyapplicable to international observers. I will beginwith several quotations.

ELECTIONS AND OBSERVERS IN THE CAUCASUSby Ivlian Haindrava

Ivlian Haindrava is director of the Center for Development andCooperation in Georgia. The following is adapted from a presentationat the Third Regional Seminar of Centers for Pluralism, entitled“Elections in the States of South Caucasus,” held in Tbilisi fromNovember 29 to December 1, 2002.

Ivlian Haindrava conducting apress conference in Baku.

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The conduct of the 1999 parliamentary elec-tion represents a step towards Georgia’scompliance with OSCE commitments.Despite some irregularities, it appears thatGeorgian voters were generally able toexpress their will. Regrettably voting couldnot take place in Abkhazia and parts ofSouth Ossetia. The election-related lawsestablished an adequate framework to con-duct genuine multiparty elections, providedthat the legal provisions were applied in auniform and transparent manner. During thepre-election period, fundamental freedomswere generally respected. Thus begins the “Preliminary Statement of the

Organization for Security and Co-operation inEurope (OSCE) Election Observation Mission forthe October 31, 1999 parliamentary election inGeorgia, Tbilisi, November 1, 1999.

And here I quote the preliminary statement ofthe OSCE Observation Mission for the April 9,2000 presidential elections in Georgia:

The OSCE/ODIHR Election ObservationMission concluded that considerableprogress is necessary for Georgia to fullymeet its commitments as a participatingState of the OSCE. Fundamental freedomswere generally respected during the electioncampaign and candidates were able toexpress their views. However, improve-ments are necessary in the legal framework,the performance of the State media and theimplementation of countingand tabulation procedures.”Even though both statements

sound too optimistic from my, andnot only my, point of view, onecannot help noticing that the pres-idential elections are assessedmore negatively than the parlia-mentary ones were. What couldhave happened within some five-odd months? What made Georgiadeviate from the path of the right-eous in such a short time? Howcould we witness “a step towards...” in autumn while as early as thefollowing spring “considerableprogress” was needed? Theanswer is simple: the autumn elec-tions were also awful but “high-level” discussions justified the

decision not to expose this fact, while in spring theviolations became so blatant that it became impos-sible to continue looking the other way. The finaldocument of the same OSCE Mission to the April2000 presidential elections mentioned some addi-tional types of irregularities: “In particular, prob-lems were identified in the following areas: inter-ference by State authorities in the electionprocess; deficient election legislation; a not fullyrepresentative election administration; and unreli-able voter registrars.”2

Now it starts not to be very difficult to get apicture of what sort of “elections” Georgia had.Would it not have been preferable to expose thetruth in the autumn elections so as not to encouragethe rampant violations in the spring? Or, in the spir-it of genuine goodwill, is it not desirable to stopoffering half-truths and always deal in the truth?Indeed, half-truths only beget half-democracy!

When I tried to question the reasons for thispeculiar approach by OSCE representatives, thetypical reply was that using the phrase “a steptowards” is a very reserved, even a critical assess-ment of the situation. And, they claimed, the finalreport of the Observation Mission crossed all the tsand dotted all the is. In reality, the final report, withall the ts crossed and is dotted, was placed on theOSCE web site only in February 2000 (more thanthree months after the elections!), read by few (andeven if someone read it, what’s the use?).Meanwhile, for more than two months after the par-liamentary elections, the same state-controlledmedia — assessed as unsatisfactory only during the

During the October 15 presidential elections in Azerbaijan, election commission members at polling station 25/3 in Baku counted votes

in a corner, on the floor, out of view of all observers, who were confined to a corridor outside the room.

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presidential election campaign — were loudlyrepeating to their viewers, listeners, and readers justthat very first paragraph of the OSCE Mission state-ment on the preliminary findings and conclusions.

Armenia, by the way, can hardly boast of a bet-ter record in the field of democratic elections: theelections I observed there in 1999 were heldaccording to the bravura marches and omnipres-ence of military units going from one ballot cen-ter to another. To me, the only distinctive featureof elections Armenian-style is this decisive roleplayed by the military, as opposed to Georgia andAzerbaijan, where the police and security struc-tures are dominant. In Armenia (particularly inYerevan), I had the impression that people did notbother to vote at all (similar to what I saw inTbilisi on April 9, 2000). As for observers, thedomestic monitors trained by the NationalDemocratic Institute (NDI) were the only ones inthe country who tried to persuade us that Armeniahad never before experienced such spectacularlysmooth elections. Even the observers of the par-ties of the doomed-to-victory pro-Presidentialalliance were considerably more reserved and crit-ical in their assessments. Observers from the CISParliamentary Assembly were also ecstatic, whilethe OSCE observers were mumbling somethingvaguely approving. As for the straightforwardcriticism made by the non-local NDI observers,well, President Kocharian chose simply to ignorethem.

I’ll give two more examples of election reali-ties, again from Azerbaijan. When the head of theOSCE Observation Mission read aloud to thepress-conference in Baku the first sentence fromits preliminary report that “The November 5, 2000elections to the Milli Majlis (Parliament) of theAzerbaijan Republic constitute progress over pre-vious elections, in particular in enhancing politi-cal pluralism,”3 someone whistled in derision. Icompletely shared the feelings of the whistler: heknew that this phrase alone was more than enoughto satisfy the domestic officialdom. It did not mat-ter how critical the OSCE Mission Report mightultimately be later on; the state-owned media hadbeen handed the trump it needed. This phrase —“the elections constitute progress over previouselections” — was destined for the front-pageheadlines of the government newspapers and wasfed to TV and radio audiences in all possible vari-ations. Thus did Azerbaijan’s ordinary citizenslearn that Western observers had approved the rig-ging of these “elections.”

The preliminary statement of the observersrepresenting the National Democratic Institute (Iwas among them) began in a manner much moreadequate to the reality of the situation: “TheNovember 5, 2000 Parliamentary elections repre-sent a continuation of a pattern of seriously flawedelections in Azerbaijan that fail to meet even min-imum international standards. These latest elec-tions also fail to comply with Azerbaijan's elec-tion law. The violations that were witnessedundermined the integrity of the elections processand raise doubts as to whether the final results willreflect the will of the people.”4 However, even thisstatement I found impossible to sign because Iwas adamant that the violations that were wit-nessed did not merely “raise doubts” but mani-fested beyond any doubt that the people’s will wasmost unceremoniously distorted. At the NDI’spress conference, a reporter of state televisionposed a question to the mission head if he reallyfelt that nothing in the election campaign deservedpositive marks. The bliss on the reporter’s facehad to be seen to be believed when the reply,though very reserved, came in the affirmative.This representative of the state-controlled mediamade no secret of having just heard what he want-ed and did not even bother to stay to the end of thepress conference. They already had the rightmaterial to dupe their fellow citizens.

In this regard, the element of “courage” wasremoved by Georgia’s falsifiers. The Azerbaijaniauthorities were confident: no dire consequenceswould follow and Azerbaijan would be allowedinto the Council of Europe — regardless. IndulisBerzinsh, Latvia’s Minister for Foreign Affairswho at that moment chaired the Council ofEurope’s Committee of Ministers, indicated in avisit to Baku that Azerbaijan’s membership in theCouncil of Europe was assured no matter whattype of elections were held. In fact, it was the pur-pose of Berzinsh’s visit to assess Azerbaijan’s pre-paredness to become a member of this organiza-tion. The nature of his assessment can be seenfrom his statements on these issues: in connectionwith prisoners incarcerated on political grounds,Mr. Berzinsh declared that “each state may holdits separate opinion on the matter of political pris-oners” (how very true: the USSR also had its “se-parate opinion on the matter of political prison-ers”); and, speaking of the opposition parties’ dec-laration on the falsification of the November 5elections, Mr. Berzinsh said “such violations innew independent states are hardly avoidable.”5

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Indeed! One has to suppress the urge toexclaim: “The Same to Latvia!” But no, we wishonly that Latvia never has elections like those inGeorgia or Azerbaijan.

I have nothing against Georgia, Armenia andAzerbaijan being members of the Council ofEurope. Without exaggerating too much the roleand significance of this organization, I believemembership in it does strengthen the status of anindependent state. I seriously doubt, however, thatmembership on this basis is any great stimulus fordemocratic progress. Indeed, if non-democraticcountries are accepted as members for outstandingachievements in democracy, then we can forgetabout further progress of democracy. ManyGeorgians (and not only Georgians), while wit-nessing all that was actually taking place in theircountry, including “elections,” could read or hearthe evaluations by international organizations andtheir observers and would say they wished to seesuch democracy, such elections, and such marketeconomics burn in hell. And yes, to hell also withall those Western democratic politicians who, aswe discovered, make use of double, and some-times triple, standards.

The most alarming trend in Georgian politics isa negative movement from better to worse inrecent years. As far as democracy is concerned,this tendency was most evident in the way elec-tions were run. Each time we have new parlia-mentary or presidential elections, they are worsethan the previous ones, exhibiting an uglier step inthe degree of falsification of balloting results andin the measure of distortion of voters’ will. Aquasi-democracy in Georgia undermines confi-dence in true democratic values, in the same wayas a half-truth may prove more harmful than totaldeception. Louis Roppe, the leader of theObservation delegation of the Congress of Localand Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe(CLRAE), a body that monitored local electionsin Georgia on June 2, 2002, said this: “TheCLRAE delegation is disappointed that the demo-cratic process in Georgia has so far failed to matchthe people's aspirations. The people of Georgiadeserve better.” I perceive these two sentences asvery meaningful: I long to accept their pathos butmy common sense prompts the opposite, namelythat the people of Georgia have precisely thearrangement they deserve.

To sum up, I must conclude, with regret, thaton the whole international observers, willingly orotherwise, have only facilitated the acceptance by

local and international communities of electionsthat have been shamelessly falsified by the author-ities.

Thomas Carothers wrote in 1997 that “In elec-tions in countries with little history of democracy,particularly in Africa and the former SovietUnion, foreign observers sometimes take the atti-tude, “Well, what can you expect?” The notionthat it is important to offer at least some encour-agement to societies that are struggling with thebasics leads them to downplay serious problems.”6

Two years later, Irena Lasota wrote on the sub-ject even more categorically:

One of the worst ideas was sending unpre-pared Western electoral “observer brigades”to unfamiliar countries. These untrainedobservers would spend the night before theelection dining at the Sheraton, proceed thefollowing day to a polling booth where alocal notable would often be stuffing theboxes with phony ballots before their veryeyes, and then return to the Sheraton todeclare: “I wish such well-run electionstook place in my country.”7

These precise and just remarks, let alone theopinions of the immediate victims of the “elec-tions” in question, were disregarded. The eventsfollowed the same pattern, as we see in the reportof Petru!ka "ustrov#, who participated in the par-liamentary elections in Georgia in autumn of 1999as an independent international observer. Here isan excerpt from her report:

So, why do OSCE observers claim that theelections in Georgia were a step forward?Something is explained also by Mr. MichaelOchs who had monitored many elections asan observer for the OSCE. He told us evenbefore the event that there would be cheat-ing in the elections but that in Georgia thesituation was better than, for example,Kazakhstan. He is surely right, but I believethat the honesty and regularity of theGeorgian elections can be judged solely byGeorgian laws. The United States welcomedShevardnadze's victory. This is understand-able, his drive towards Europe is definitelycloser to the advanced world than AslanAbashidze's orientation towards Russia,which could bring even further problems tothe region, which is already full of turbu-lence. But what about the citizens ofGeorgia? What about the voters who saw


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the rigging of the elections with their owneyes, and are now told that the worldregards this as ‘occasional excesses’ whichare beside the point? After all, democracy inthe country is created neither by Shevard-nadze nor by some other prominent politi-cian but by the participation of people inpublic events: and many Georgian citizensfeel deceived and sold out to “higher politi-cal interests.”8

The result of this attitude is precisely the unbri-dled arbitrariness that we witnessed during thepresidential elections of April 9, 2000 in Georgiaand during the referendum of August 24, 2002 inAzerbaijan. In all honesty, the terms “elections”and “referendum” can hardly be applied to whathappened. The impression is that the very fact thatevents labeled by these two words do occur on theterritory of the former USSR causes such blindelation in the West that the rudest distortion of thewill of the electorate passes unnoticed. Not onlydoes this approach drastically nullify the very ideaof election, it is also very insulting; we are treatedas a bunch of savages in whose midst the merefact of an election-like process is hailed as an out-standing achievement and throws our more civi-lized brethren into raptures. However, as IrenaLasota has pointed out,

In the Republic of Georgia, the elections ofOctober 1990 were free and pluralistic andattracted a turnout of over 70 percent,

despite Soviet laws, Soviet pressure, and alack of money, both local and foreign. Thusthe first round of elections in countriesemerging from communism required neithersubstantial foreign investment nor extensivevoter-education initiatives. Voters in theregion knew what real elections were allabout. They knew that they had to vote tochange their lives, and in most cases theyeven knew exactly whom they wanted tovote for or against.9

In recent years we hear more and more oftenthat even though free and just elections are nodoubt an important thing, they are not the onlyfactor that determines the progress of democracy.The only one it certainly is not. Even a kind of“mathematical equation” grew up: free and justelections are the necessary but not the sufficientcondition of democracy. Still, it is a necessary,that is, essential one! In other words, if this condi-tion is not met, one has to speak of some otherphenomenon, not a democracy.

I share the opinion that many things in ourhouse do not work as they should — but that weneed to blame only ourselves. Ever since we wonthe freedom of choice, we have to apply to our-selves another cliché: each people has the govern-ment it deserves. Nevertheless, in conditionswhere millions of dollars from Western taxpayersare spent on us, we wish these amounts to workfor our benefit, not be wasted. Or, what is worse,do us harm.

On October 16, 2003 peaceful demonstrators from Azerbaijan’s opposition were mercilessly beaten.Officially, one person was killed, ostensibly beaten to death.

2003 will be a very important year for thecountries of South Caucasus. Presidential and par-liamentary elections will be held in Armenia,presidential elections in Azerbaijan, and parlia-mentary elections in Georgia. To a great extent,these elections will define not only the directionfor development of all three countries but of theregion as a whole.

Multiparty elections are no longer a novelty forthe citizens of our countries. In the course of 12years, we have accumulated both positive andnegative election experiences. Sadly, the negativeexperiences are preponderant; each succeedingelection held in our countries has proven to beworse than the previous one and represented a fur-ther step in falsifying election results and distort-ing the will of the electorate. As a result, citizensare more and more apathetic, alienated from theirgovernment, and skeptical of the possibility ofgenuine democratic reforms, improvement in thestandards of living, a state based on the rule oflaw, and developing a real civil society. These areever more remote phenomena for our societies.

Unfortunately, some international organiza-tions and Western institutions, called upon to sup-port and promote democratic processes in ourcountries, contribute to the process of our citi-zens’ disenchantment in the values of freedomand democracy. Most significantly, during theperiod of elections, many representatives of dif-ferent observer missions, whether willingly orunwillingly, contribute to legitimizing falsifiedelections in the eyes of local and internationalcommunities. Among many problems are: theinadequate qualifications of observers, lack ofknowledge of local realities, the impossible effortto cover a substantial number of election districtsand constituencies with a small number ofobservers, the lack of coordination between dif-ferent individual missions, and other reasons oftechnical character. In all instances, internationalorganizations and western institutions turned outto be, as it were, accomplices in the gross distor-tion of the will of the electorate. The people livingin the post-Soviet space have suffered from a pol-

icy of double standards to the maximum possibleextent.

On the eve of the elections in Azerbaijan,Georgia, and Armenia, we call upon the relevantinternational organizations and governments ofdemocratic States to put on their agenda theurgent issue of holding genuinely free and fairelections in the South Caucasus states; to empha-size the importance of bringing electoral legisla-tion in conformity with the standards of theCouncil of Europe and OSCE; to urge Authoritiesof our States to fully comply with their universalrequirements in the course of whole electionprocess; and to secure maximum possible trans-parency of electoral procedures and create favor-able conditions for the work of local and interna-tional observers and representatives of massmedia. A clear and unambiguous message must besent to the Governments of our countries to con-vince them that there will be zero tolerance forany manipulations and falsification of results ofthe elections and that any such instances will mostlikely result in the imposition of sanctions envis-aged against those member States of the Councilof Europe and OSCE, which otherwise tend toignore their own commitments.

At the same time, we call upon the internation-al organizations and institutions, and Govern-ments of democratic states:

• To coordinate in advance their own effortsdirected at observation of elections in our coun-tries;

• To start the observation and monitoringfrom the very beginning of the election processand complete it only after all appeals and claimshave been addressed and there are final rulings ofcourts and other competent bodies;

• To divide among themselves election dis-tricts and precincts and carry out ongoing obser-vation of election process from the very start ofvoting until the moment of drawing up (and get-ting hold of) final protocols;

• To refuse the practice of sending inade-quately qualified or inexperienced observers andto encourage invitation of observers from thosecountries that have similar electoral experiences;

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Issued on the Occasion of the 3rd Regional Seminar of the Centers for Pluralism “Elections in the States of South Caucasus”November 29 - December 1, 2002, Tbilisi, Georgia

MEMORANDUM ON FAIR ELECTIONS IN ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN, AND GEORGIA


• To be absolutely objective and unbiased interms of assessment of the elections.

In addition, we put forward an initiative ofholding an international forum with a preliminarytitle “For Free and Fair Elections in the Post-Soviet States,” with the participation of all inter-ested parties: politicians, political scientists,experts working on legislation and election proce-dures, professional-organizers of elections fromdifferent countries, and representatives of NGOsand mass media. Such a forum should work out anumber of concrete measures to be undertaken inorder to improve the efficiency of electoralprocesses in the post-Soviet space, to secure themaximum possible support of the internationalcommunity aimed at holding free and fair elec-tions, to create mechanisms of mutual assistance,to immediately and effectively respond, throughall available channels and means, to any instanceof violations, to further improve the effectivenessof those organizations that send election observa-tion missions to the post-Soviet States.

We place our hopes in your cooperation in con-tributing to the creation of all necessary condi-tions for holding free and fair elections — elec-tions that will allow our citizens to make respon-sible choices.INITIAL SIGNATURES:Aydin Ajalov, Fund Rebirth Democracy“Intibah,” Baku, Azerbaijan, E-mail: [email protected] Bayandur, Armenian Committee ofHelsinki Citizen’s Assembly, Yerevan, ArmeniaTel: (3741) 589087, E-mail: [email protected] Berdzenishvili, Civic DevelopmentInternational Center, Tbilisi, GeorgiaTel: (995 32) 998095E-mail: [email protected] Chiigoz, Bakhchisaray, Crimea,UkraineE-mail: [email protected] Danielyan, Collaboration for DemocracyUnion, Yerevan, ArmeniaTel: (3749) 415389E-mail: [email protected] Gajili, “Musavat” Party, Baku, AzerbaijanTel: (994 50) 2128198E-mail: [email protected] Gazi, “INAM” Center for Pluralism,Baku, AzerbaijanTel: (994 12) 920356E-mail: [email protected]

Stepan Grigoryan, ARMAT Center forDemocracy and Civil Society Development,Yerevan, ArmeniaTel: (3741) 540512E-mail: [email protected]

Ivlian Haindrava, Center for Development andCooperation – Center for Pluralism, Tbilisi,GeorgiaTelephone/Fax: (995 32) 936115E-mail: [email protected]

Mustafa Hajibeyli, Center for Political Studies“Democrat,” Baku, AzerbaijanTel: (99412) 933935E-mail: [email protected]

Ulvi Hakimov, Azerbaijan National DemocraticFoundation, Baku, AzerbaijanTel: (99412) 925791,E-mail: [email protected]

Lecha Ilyasov, Center LATTA, Grozny,Chechnya, Russian FederationE-mail: [email protected]

Aleksander Iskandarian, Caucasus MediaInstitute, Yerevan, ArmeniaTel: (3741) 540631; 540632E-mail: [email protected]

Novella Jafarova, D. Aliyeva Association forthe Protection of Women’s Rights, BakuAzerbaijanTel: (994 12) 921483E-mail: [email protected]

David Jashiashvili, Centre for Development andDemocratisation of Kvemo Kartli, Rustavi,GeorgiaTel: (995) 93 214640, E-mail: [email protected]

Siarhiej Mackievic, ”Centar Supolnasc - CivicSociety Center,” Minsk, BelarusE-mail: [email protected]

Natalya Martirosyan, Helsinki Citizen’sAssembly, Yerevan, ArmeniaTel: (3741) 589087E-mail: [email protected] Masalkin, Ajaria Branch of CDC-CfP,Batumi, GeorgiaTel: (995) 99 906130E-mail: [email protected] Sakvarelidze, Republican Party ofGeorgia, Tbilisi, GeorgiaTel: (995 32) 936115E-mail: [email protected]

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On Sunday, February 2, 2003, Kyrgyzstan final-ly conducted an international plebiscite: a referen-dum which many Kyrgyz people had placed highhopes on.

The story of the referendum started in August2002, when a Constitutional Conference was or-ganized at the initiative of President Askar Akaev.Here, various layers of society were able to partici-pate, including Akaev’s political opponents.

Until then, the south of Kyrgyzstan was in a cri-sis for many months after March 17, 2002, when sixpeaceful demonstrators were killed near the Aksiyregion as the result of police confrontation. Protestswere held throughout the entire South following thisbloodshed with demands for justice and punishmentof the guilty. This pressured Askar Akaev intoagreeing to constitutional reform that would allowfor the balance of all branches of government andmost importantly would expand the possibility ofdeveloping democratic institutions. Through suchreform it was hoped that the legislative branch of thegovernment would be truly independent.

The beginning of dialogue with the oppositionbrought numerous political dividends for the coun-try’s leaders. In October of last year, a meetingbetween Western donors took place in Bishkek thatnoted the accomplishments of Akaev’s administra-tion in strengthening democracy and promisedKyrgyzstan 700 million dollars within the next fewyears. Forty percent of the money will be presentedin form of a non-repayable grant.

Once there was no more need for them, the rep-resentatives of Akaev’s opposition were no longerwelcome to participate in the final stages of the con-stitutional reform. During a Security Council meet-ing on December 21, 2002, Akaev reported that themain threat to national security came from the polit-ical opposition inside the country. On January 2, byhis own decision and decree, he barred theConstitutional Conference from further delibera-tions on the reform, replacing it with an expert aca-demic group that was called to summarize the coun-try’s national needs in the new constitutional text.

On January 13, 2003, the date for theReferendum was announced for February 2. Only

two questions would be brought to the public forconsideration: “Do you agree with theConstitution’s new amendments?” and, second, “Doyou agree that Askar Akaev should remain thePresident until December, 2005?”

The opposition and other leading human rightsorganizations protested the proposal for the newKyrgyz Constitution because the final documentwas significantly different from the project workedout by the Constitutional Conference. Notably, itlimited the Parliament’s powers and freedom ofspeech and it created a series of obstacles for thedevelopment and functioning of political parties.NGO leaders stated that the new Constitution wouldseriously limit the freedom to demonstrate peaceful-ly, freedom of speech, and any act of protest, sinceunder the new constitution must be approvedbeforehand by government representatives. Theleader of the opposition, Adakhan Madumarov,emphasized that new Amendments to theConstitution would greatly expand presidentialpower at the expense of the Parliament and otherdemocratic institutions. Leading human rightsorganizations, the monitoring committee for theReferendum, the Coalition for Democracy and CivilSociety, as well as leading journalists, did not doubtthat the results of the Referendum were predeter-mined by the government long before February 2,2003.

“Yet another shame-ful page has appeared inour history,” stated oneof the leaders of theMonitoring Committee,Zhipar Zheksheev, dur-ing a conference on theReferendum’s results.The Monitoring Com-mittee unified twelvepolitical parties andaround ten NGOs,whose task was to moni-tor law observance.

The leaders of theMonitoring Committee

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WHO NEEDED A REFERENDUM?by Asylbek Ismailov

Asylbek Ismailov is a well-known independent reporter in Kyrgyzstan who writes for a number of news-papers. The following appeared first in the NIJ Weekly Service, issue no. 310, February 28, 2003.

President Askar Akaev of Kyrgyzstan


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made the following statement during a press confer-ence in Aki-Press regarding their Results Reportthat was presented on February 7, 2003:

We have not seen a dirtier campaign inKyrgyzstan than with the current referendum.The ruling government, headed by PresidentAkaev, used all administrative and financialpower, informational, and psychologicalresources, and dirty technology to carry off areferendum without democracy to the Kyrgyzpeople and the rest of the world. According tomaterials from independent observers, jour-nalists, and citizen reports, 40 percent of citi-zens participated in the boycott of theReferendum. The results of the referendumare invalid and falsified by the government,which is why the Monitoring committee doesnot recognize the Kyrgyz Referendum to havetaken place.At 10 p.m. on February 2, the chairman of the

Central Elections Committee, Sulaiman Imanbaev,

announced the official results. He stated that morethat 84 percent of registered voters came to the vot-ing booths on Referendum Day. On February 3, itbecame known that an amazing majority of votingKyrgyz citizens — 75.5 percent — approved thenew Amendments to the Constitution. The questionregarding Askar Akaev’s leadership until December2005 was answered affirmatively by 79 percent ofthe referendum’s voters.

So, who and why was a referendum withoutdemocracy needed in Kyrgyzstan? The answer tothis question we will receive shortly. The leaders ofKyrgyzstan are now advised to invite a Europeancommittee of expert lawyers (the so-called VeniceCommittee on constitutional referendums) of theCouncil for Europe for the study and examination ofthe Kyrgyz Constitution and to receive recommen-dations that would help to achieve the government-stated goals of strengthening democratic institutionsand human rights.

Regarding the Political Climate inKyrgyzstan Before February 2, 2003

The Public Headquarters notes that representa-tives of Kyrgyz civil society expressed their oppo-sition to the Referendum initiated by PresidentAskar Akaev on January 13, 2003 in an unprece-dented display.

The President and his circle openly and fla-grantly flouted the public agreement that had beenmade with the members of the ConstitutionalMeeting on implementing constitutional reformsfor overcoming Kyrgyzstan’s systemic crises andresolving conflicts in a peaceful manner. By thesole decision of President Akaev, theConstitutional Meeting’s activity was substitutedby the expert group directly dependent on theexecutive’s power. As a result, a new set ofConstitutional changes was introduced for theReferendum, a variant legalizing the dictatorshipof the ruling regime, the clan-type distributionsystem of the economy, the narrowing of the fieldof civic activity, and the limiting of civil rightsand freedoms in Kyrgyzstan.

Due to the abbreviated time frame for theReferendum campaign, the Kyrgyz public was

deprived of the possibility of familiarizing itselfwith and discussing the amendments and thus ofdeveloping a public response. President Akaev’sdecisions regarding the conduct of theReferendum were in violation of the existingConstitution. [. . .]

The principle of equal participation of citizenswas violated; the executive power substituteditself for the role and functions of the CentralElection Commission. Independent mass mediawere overtly intimidated and persecuted (MoyaStolitsa, TV Pyramid, etc.). Leaders of NGOs,political parties were subject to an unprecedentedlevel of intimidation and pressure on the part ofpower and enforcement structures. Leadingorganizations dealing with lawfulness, the PublicHeadquarters for Control over Conduct of theReferendum, the Coalition for Democracy andCivil Society, leading journalists did not have anydoubt about the fact the Referendum results wereforejudged long before the February 2, 2003. [. . .]

The Public Headquarters concludes that thehighest authorities of the administration headedby President Akaev deprived Kyrgyz citizens ofany hope for real constitutional reforms. The con-duct of the Referendum openly ignored democrat-

Conclusion of the Public Headquarters for the MonitoringCommittee of the Results of the Referendum Conductedon February 2, 2003

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The Public Headquarters for theMonitoring Committee to observe the con-duct of the Referendum represents a uniqueand unprecedented association of politicalparties, public movements, NGOs, andactivists of different convictions and views forcarrying out a wide scale unbiased monitor-ing over the compliance with legality inissues of preparation and conduction of theReferendum on February 2, 2003.

The main objectives of the PublicHeadquarters are: (1) informing citizensabout the Referendum and the proposedConstitutional changes; (2) ensuring a wide-scale and effective participation and controlof citizens over the plebiscite; and (3) coordi-nation of efforts of democratic efforts, public-political forces for protection of democracy,human rights, and the rule of law inKyrgyzstan.


ic principles and the standards for referenda, dam-aging democratic values within Kyrgyzstan andundermining its image internationally. [. . .] Theresults of the Referendum were forejudged longbefore February 2, 2003.

The Day of the ReferendumOn February 2, 2003, the day of the

Referendum, over 3,000 independent observerswere involved in a widespread monitoring of thecompliance of electoral authorities with the law.On the basis of both oral and written statements ofcitizens, information provided by independentobservers, as well as reports by journalists, thePublic Headquarters of the MonitoringCommittee notes the following most flagrant vio-lations took place:• Central Election Commission authorization of

the National Security Service under the Office ofthe President of the President of the KyrgyzRepublic to take part in the Referendum process...• Improper preparation of voter registration lists.• Allowing arbitrary premature voting.• Allowing family (joint) voting and voting

without identification documents.• Denying independent monitors access to vote-

counting and voting areas, other violations.• Harassment of independent observers using

false accusations.• Buying of votes (using bribes).• Campaigning on the day of Referendum by

executive branch representatives.• Manipulation of people’s votes by sending 1

million copies of the Constitution without the pro-posed latest amendments [making it appear a yesvote was for previously proposed amendments].• Falsification and amending of results...• Intimidation of students by professors and

other educational staff.• Multiple voting by citizens, who were often

bused to multiple locations.• Pressuring NGOs, political parties, and other

leaders by law-enforcement bodies...• Intimidation of civic activists, including

attacks on independent observers by police.The Referendum results were falsified by the

state power. The estimate of independentobservers is that not more than 40 percent ofKyrgyz citizens took part in the Referendum,making it invalid. The Public Headquarters forcontrol over preparation and conduct of theReferendum declares that the results of theReferendum of February 2, 2003 were falsified.

RecommendationsThe Public Headquarters for Public Monitoring

of the Conduct of the Referendum held onFebruary 2, 2003:

• Will prepare contesting materials regardingthe legitimacy of the Referendum for the submis-sion to the Constitutional Court;

• Turns to the OSCE, its current Chairman ofOSCE, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of theNetherlands, Mr. Jap de Hoop Sheffer, theNational Democratic Institute (USA), and otherinternational organizations with the request toassist in seeking political instruments for ensuringthe equal participation of representatives of civilsociety of Kyrgyzstan in the decision makingprocess at the highest level.

• Appeals to Governments of the United Statesand European countries, as well as leaders ofinternational financial institutions to protest thesebrutal violations of the basic rights and freedomsof citizens, by a government that has undertakeninternational commitments in the field of humanrights, democracy, and observance of the rule oflaw and to consider the issue of suspending finan-cial aid to the Government of Kyrgyzstan and toconsider conditioning the restoration of such aidwith the administration of Kyrgyzstan’s respectfor the principles of international law in the fieldof human rights, democracy, and rule of law.

• Respects the wishes and actions of ordinarycitizens and civil activists for democratic changesthrough citizens’ participation, to strengthen tech-nical, and calls for financial aid for developmentof civil society in Kyrgyzstan.

• Appeals to the country's top officials and espe-cially President Akaev to ensure a political envi-ronment in the country allowing full expression ofthe demands of opposition, civic leaders, interna-tional partners in the field of human rights,democracy, and law enforcement in the country. Itfurther urges the administration to review issuespertaining to the Aksiy events, the case of FelixKulov, and specific steps regarding renewal of theconstitutional reform promised personally byPresident Akaev [in the U.S.] (as related in theStatement made by the State Department’s PressSecretary Richard Boucher on January 29, 2003).

• Demands that the Central Election Com-mission provide all official data on voting in theReferendum by the breakdown of polling stationsas was the case during Parliamentary andPresidential elections to analyze and provide theevidence that the Referendum was invalid.

Bishkek, February 6, 2003

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IntroductionAt the request of the Civil Society Center-

Supolnasc, Eric Chenoweth, co-director of the In-stitute for Democracy in Eastern Europe (IDEE)in Washington, D.C., and Miljenko Dereta, exec-utive director of Civic Initiatives in Belgrade,traveled to Belarus from July 1-7, 2002 with thefollowing purposes: (1) to help evaluate the Mobi-lization Campaign as well as other civic initiativesthat were organized during the September 2001presidential elections; (2) to assess the current sit-uation; and (3) to offer assistance in designingfuture strategy using the support of IDEE’SCenters for Pluralism Network. The delegationhad 22 meetings with 55 representatives of thirtydifferent national and local civic organizations,independent media, and political parties in Minsk,Harodnia, Barysau, and Zodzina. While not com-prehensive, the trip provided a thorough overviewof the political situation in Belarus, the circum-stances surrounding the presidential elections, theperformance and capacities of the NGO sector andpolitical opposition, and, finally, the challengesfacing the civic and political opposition in theperiod ahead.

SummaryBelarus, located between Russia’s western bor-

der and Poland, is one of Europe’s last dictator-ships. Power is centralized in the hands of a singleruler, Alexander Lukashenka, who has gainedalmost total power over the executive, legislative,and judicial branches of government. The state’ssecurity forces are freely used to repress opposi-tion activities. Information is controlled, withindependent media allowed only on the margins.

Internet use is widely monitored. The economy isequally controlled by his supporters or byLukashenka directly. The only serious threat toLukashenka’s power is Russia, to which Belarusis tied in a Union State. . . . While Belarus is for-mally an equal member in the Union, in factRussia dominates, especially through its energyconglomerates. Recently, Vladimir Putin pro-posed incorporation of Belarus as a virtual repub-lic of the Russian Federation. Lukashenka oppos-es this idea since it destroys any lingering ambi-tions of becoming head of the Union State. Fornow, the two states continue to negotiate furthermerger through a common currency, the Russianruble.

Opposition to Lukashenka within Belarus,while generally pro-democratic, is divided. TheBelarus Popular Front, led by Vincuk Viacorka, isthe strongest opposition party. Begun in 1988, itwas the most important force behind achievementof Belarusan independence. Its platform is basedon Western liberal values and strongly supportsBelarus’s membership in NATO and the EU. TheUnited Civic Party, while liberal in its platform, isstrongly oriented toward Russia. Several partiescall themselves social democratic. The SocialDemocratic Party of Alaksiaj Karol, aligned withBPF, the Women’s Party, led by ValancinaPalevikova, merged in 2002 and has since joinedwith the Social Democratic Party-Hramada led byStanislau Shushkievic in an umbrella organiza-tion. The united platform of these parties identi-fies strongly with European social democracy. Afourth social democratic party, the Belarus SocialDemocratic Party-National Hramada led byMikalaj Statkievic, is based more on the remnantsof the old nomenklatura. Other parties in the so-

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IDEE COUNTRY REPORTBelarus: “Toward a Future Democratic Victory” The following is a summary of a country report on Belarus written by Eric Chenoweth, co-director ofIDEE, and Miljenko Dereta, director of Civic Initiatives. The report, based on a study mission, wasissued by the Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe in April 2003. The summary appeared in theBelarusan Review, published in the U.S. (One of the best sources of current information on Belarus, itis available http://www.belreview.cz/ The full report is available on IDEE’s Web site at www.idee.org orthrough E-mail from [email protected]); it provides a morein-depth description of the civic movement and politicalopposition in the context of the 2001 presidential elec-tions. What follows is the background, findings, andconclusions of the trip, as well as a personal postscriptwritten in June 2003 by Eric Chenoweth.


called “united opposition” include the BelarusCommunist Party, the Liberal Democrat Party(based on Zhirinovsky’s party in Russia), and sev-eral other Soviet-era and Russian offshoots; nonehave any real base in Belarusan society.

There are two main axes of division within theopposition, one between new anti-communist par-ties and the older nomenklatura-led forces and thesecond between more pro-independence and pro-Western and more pro-Russian (or accomodation-ist) orientations. Western embassies and theOSCE have generally attempted to create a “unit-ed” opposition that includes all parties, but suchefforts, especially in the lead-up to the September2001 presidential elections, failed. They appearonly to have impeded the creation of a more effec-tive common opposition joining together naturalcoalition partners.

Belarusan civil society is developing onlyslowly and in the face of many obstacles. In thelast five years, however, there has been a largeincrease in the number of NGOs. The Assemblyof Pro-Democratic NGOs of Belarus began withfewer than 100 members in 1998; in the summerof 2000, it had nearly 500; and its 4th Congress inNovember 2002 raised the number to 650. Thecore of civil society lies in the independencemovement based in Minsk and major westerncities like Horadnia, but it has expanded also tobecome a stronger force in Belarus’s easternregions.

The presidential elections from September 2 to9, 2001 were held in a completely anti-democrat-ic framework. . . . [After boycotting the October2000 parliamentary elections, however,] the oppo-sition decided to change tactics and to field a sin-gle candidate to compete against Lukashenka. TheAssembly of Pro-Democratic NGOs of Belarus, atits 3rd Congress in December 2000 decided toorganize an independent and non-partisanMobilization Campaign and IndependentObservation Campaign for the elections.However, the opposition parties did not easilyagree on a unified candidate. After a complicatedand seemingly contradictory process of selection,which many people perceived as the result - atleast in part - of interference of foreign embassies,a former nomenklatura candidate, UladzimirHancharyk, was selected just three weeks beforethe elections. The selection of a septuagenarianchairman of the official trade union confederationdampened the enthusiasm of many democraticactivists for both the political and non-partisancivic campaigns. Regardless of the quality, theselection process left little time for an effectivecampaign. . . .

[Given a free hand for manipulation and fraud,]the regime claimed an overwhelming 76 to16 per-cent victory for Lukashenka. Independent pollsand observation of monitors and activists, howev-er, indicates that, despite all difficulties, the singleopposition candidate obtained as high as 40 per-cent of the vote. At the very least, Hancharyk’sactual vote should have forced a second round ofelections.

As for the Mobilization and ObservationCampaigns, these succeeded in activating civilsociety, increasing turnout to an estimated 84 per-cent, and fielding thousands of monitors at a largepercentage of voting precincts (despite theregime’s ban on 4,000 monitors registered underthe human rights organization Viasna). Indeed, thedisappointing political result as well as the disuni-ty of political parties was contrasted by the unityand effectiveness of the civic movement, which,for the first time, carried out a national campaignthat reached a large part of society with pro-dem-ocratic and anti-authoritarian messages.

The period since the elections, however, hasbeen marked by heightened repression in retalia-tion for the opposition and civic election cam-paigns. There has also been an understandabledecrease in civic activities as well as disillusion-ment on the part of NGO activists over the disap-pointing choice of single candidate and the over-all disunity of the opposition. The MK andObservation Campaigns nevertheless showed anew capacity for civic organization, reflected indifferent public initiatives since the presidentialelections (the Kurapaty campaign, the defense ofthe sentenced editors of the Pahonia and Rabochynewspapers, the citizens’ commission on con-science opposing the new repressive law on reli-gion, active participation in 2003's spring munici-pal elections, and many local initiatives).

Most donors and Western representatives havehad a different and less positive evaluation of theresults of the elections. Their measurement of suc-cess seems to have been an unrealistic expectationthat the united opposition candidate should winthe elections if only because they felt there couldnot be a break in the last five years’ string of dem-ocratic successes against authoritarian leaders(Slovakia, Croatia, Serbia). There were activeefforts to try to superimpose important elementsof the Serbian success, especially in replicatingthe youth movement Otpor (Resistance), on theBelarus campaign. Western actors, however lostsight of the specificities that made up each civicand democratic struggle. . . . When Lukashenkadid not lose in these elections, the Belarusan cam-paign was seen as a failure.

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Conclusions• Despite the disastrous outcome of the

September 2001 presidential election in Belarus -and the ongoing disunity of opposition forces - thecountry’s civic movement united to successfullyactivate a significant part of society, inspire newcivic initiatives, and convince people to maketheir voices heard in the elections. TheMobilization Campaign established a new genera-tion of support for democratic values and rein-forced the commitment of the democratic move-ment to using peaceful, democratic means to endthe Lukashenka dictatorship. The campaign alsohelped NGOs overcome their insularity andbecome more outward looking in their activities inthe community - a necessary approach for anyfuture democratic success. . . .

• Although international support helped toachieve many of these civic gains, the internation-al community has been short-sighted in withdraw-ing funding from the democratic movement forthe post-election period. There was an unrealisticbelief that Belarus should follow in the footstepsof Serbia and other democratic successes. An arti-ficially specified time for democratic victoryseems to have been more important in measuringsuccess than in achieving an actual victory. Theinternational community’s response reflects amisjudgment as to how democratic change isachieved in authoritarian conditions as well as amistaken evaluation of the results of the civiccampaign, which in our estimate achieved con-crete gains in the building of civil society andincreasing social support for democratic values.

• The interference of Western embassies andthe OSCE in the political and civic campaigns wascounterproductive and misguided. There werethreats made of a withdrawal of all support tocivic and political campaigns if the real democrat-ic opposition went forward with its choice for asingle candidate, resulting in the late selection ofa weak nomenklatura candidate, UladzimirzHancharyk, whose former official union federa-tion had no base of support.

• The international community should con-tinue to provide support for building a social andcivil base for a pro-democratic movement.Lessened international support together withheightened repression by the Lukashenka regimethreatens the gains made in the Vybiray andIndependent Monitoring Campaigns and anymomentum for the next round of elections. . . .[Most importantly, i]ndependent media and infor-mation distribution is in serious crisis as a resultof reduced Western support and increased regimerepression. Western funders are abandoning inde-pendent print media and Radio Racja has already

been forced to close. These decisions . . . ignorethe lessons of how important independent mediais in achieving any democratic success. A con-certed independent information campaign is need-ed for Belarus to overcome the obstacles placedby the regime. . . .

• The Lukashenka regime should continueto be politically and diplomatically isolated.Legitimacy should not be a reward for longevity.At the same time, Europe and the U.S. must con-tinue to interact with Belarusan society and offeropportunities for study and exchanges that willbenefit Belarus’s democratic transition. The dele-gation encourages the Centers for PluralismNetwork to engage fully with its partner, CivilSociety Center-Supolnasc, and to support itsnational efforts at building a civic movement.

• The Belarus democratic movement is nowwalking forward toward Europe rather than look-ing backward at Russia. The question is whetherthe West, as is indicated by many embassies andinstitutions, has changed its policy and now lookstoward Russia as the hope for Belarusan democra-cy. Such a view is wrongheaded. In the current sit-uation, Belarus democrats should be encouragedin their pro-Western orientation; Belarusan civilsociety should be engaged not only by Westerndonors but also by international and Westernorganizations and by counterpart NGOs and civicorganizations in Eastern Europe and the formerSoviet Union that have struggled successfully orare continuing their struggle for democracy. IDEEand Civic Initiatives are together committed to tryto provide just such support to their Belarusan col-leagues.

* * *Support for democratic movements cannot suc-

ceed when behind that support is a strategy formanipulating the course of the democratic move-ment in a direction that was not decided upon bythe democratic movement itself. False unity is notnecessarily a reflection of political strength, whilepolitical experience tends to unite people aroundcommon goals. Today, even the so-called “pro-Russian” United Civic Party agrees with the “pro-Western” BPF on the most important commongoal: a free, democratic, and independent Belarusthat is moving towards Europe. It is a goal we canall unite around. Yet, as Belarus democrats moveto unite in a real working coalition, Western sup-port has dropped steadily since September 2001.A new ambassador is setting out to take office atthe Minsk embassy. Perhaps we can hope that anew approach will also take hold.

Eric ChenowethJune 2002

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We often say that people have been alienatedfrom power; we talk about the need to strengthendemocracy. These are common topics in everycountry and also in Estonian society. The cursingof government alone does not improve the situati-on. Something must be done by ourselves in orderto change the situation. Non-governmental orga-nizations (NGOs) have a significant role to play.

Estonian NGOs found it necessary to cometogether in order to discuss problems faced by theEstonian Third Sector and to take stands in areasaffecting it — legislation, regulation of internalfinancing, gathering of statistics on NGOs andconducting research, raising public awareness,and training of civil servants on various issues.Such consolidation was necessary for creating adialogue with the Riigikogu (the Estonian Parli-ament) and the Government, for establishing a co-operating partner on all of these issues, and for in-creasing participatory democracy within society.

The idea of establishing the Estonian NGORoundtable was elaborated by an expert group ofNGOs. The roundtable is a permanent and openforum of all non-profit organisations. It uses dif-ferent methods and information channels, estab-lishing working groups and coalitions in order tocreate and communicate NGOs’ joint opinions.The General Assembly of the Estonian NGORoundtable is held annually, at which the mostrelevant issues of the non-profit sector are dis-cussed and thirty-two members of aRepresentative Council of the Roundtable areelected. For the coming year also the tasks of theRepresentative Council are set. Prior to theGeneral Assembly, regional meetings take placeall over Estonia. (The statutes of the EstonianNGO Roundtable are available athttp://www.emy.ee.)

More than 17,000 NGOs were registered inEstonia as of the beginning of the year. It is cer-tainly impossible to assume they would all partic-ipate at the General Assembly. The discrepancy isconsidered to be the weakest side of the annualmeeting of the Estonian NGO Roundtable.However, about 8,000 of these NGOs are “build-ing societies,” whose sole aim is to jointly managebuildings with privately owned apartments. To alarge extent, they are not interested in generalissues of the third sector. The same goes for tradeunions, associations of entrepreneurs, churches,and congregations. Their activities are of a specif-ic kind and by law these types of organizations

already have communication channels with stateinstitutions enabling them to solve problems.Additionally, many NGOs with common aims orworking in the same fields of activities havejoined umbrella organizations in the belief thattheir interests are better represented on the statelevel by a single organization or individual. Therepresentatives of these umbrella organizationshave a right to participate and vote at the GeneralAssembly. More importantly, joint meetings of theNGO Roundtable’s Representative Council andthese umbrella organizations allow them to dis-cuss questions of interest to both sides.

Admittedly, not everyone active in the non-profit field can speak strategically about the thirdsector’s development. Many organizations wereestablished at a local level and see their great chal-lenges there. Such organizations generally foregoparticipation in the General Assembly of civilsociety organizations. In the end, only two to threethousand organizations remain that view theiractivities more broadly and find it necessary tosolve problems of the Third Sector by communi-cating with state structures. Most of these organi-zations attend regional discussions and assem-blies, preparing viewpoints for consideration atthe nationwide General Assembly of NGOs.

In general, when planning the annual meeting,Estonian NGOs have proceeded from the princi-ple that everybody is invited and should beinformed early on about the topics of the meeting;everyone then has an opportunity to participate inregional meetings and preparations of the annualmeeting and undertake the preparatory work forits success. Those who find it worthwhile or nec-essary will participate in the General Assembly.

Before the first General Assembly of theEstonian NGO Roundtable, the initiative grouphad some serious doubts. Perhaps, no one wouldbe interested in coming to the annual meeting dueto high transportation costs, and so on. However,on February 3, 2001, 458 persons were present atthe first annual meeting, of whom 290 wereauthorized representatives of different NGOs.Approximately the same number of people partic-ipated in the second General Assembly, despitethe fact that it was organized outside Tallinn, thecapital.

The statutes of the Estonian NGO Roundtableestablished, with reason, that no individual couldrepresent more than one NGO. We were awarethat many active persons working in non-profit

Agu Laius, the director of the Jaan Tõnisson Institute, was the first chairmanof the Representative Council of the Estonian NGO Roundtable.

by Agu Laius

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sector are often involved in five to six differentorganizations. Thus, many organizations partici-pated through a single representative but had novoting rights, making the number of NGOsattending much higher. In this way, the decisionstaken by the assembly represented the standpointof most of the Estonian Third Sector. At the annu-al meetings, in addition to plenary sessions, workis organized also through chambers, establishedaccording to the type of organizations (associa-tion, foundation, umbrella organization, informalpartnership). Due to their importance in Estonianconditions, minority organizations have a separateChamber so that their voice is well heard by thewhole assembly. Additionally, the Chamber ofChildren and Youth Organizations offers anopportunity for young people to take part in thewhole process.

The importance of the Roundtable’s annualmeeting is confirmed by the messages sent by thePrime Minister and by the speeches of MPs, min-isters, a representative of the UNDP, Heli Kask, aswell as representatives of the EstonianAssociation of Enterprises. Their messages indi-cated the state’s expectations and those of othernational associations in regards to topics dis-cussed at this NGO forum.

Despite the large number of Estonian third sec-tor organizations and their clear capacity to takepart in social issues, until now it has been unclearhow NGOs could influence the state level deci-sion-making process. The work of the first annualmeeting of the Estonian NGO Roundtable, there-fore, mostly focused on the preparation of anEstonian Civil Society Development Concept(EKAK). The EKAK is a document compiled bythird sector experts that calls for a direct relation-ship and dialogue between state institutions andthird sector organizations on the basis of coopera-tion and partnership (the text can be found athttp://www.emy.ee). The annual meeting adoptedthe EKAK and presented it to the Riigikogu fordiscussion and approval; it also obligated thirdsector representatives to deal with questions ofregulating the internal financing of NGOs, whichso far has been governed by chaotic and vagueconditions. The Representative Council of theAssembly also presented an idea to state structu-res to establish an Endowment for Estonian CivilSociety with the task of investing in the third sec-tor’s sustainability and of giving financial supportto projects written by NGOs. Many state officeshave basically supported the idea and at themoment it is under discussion in Riigikogu, whilethe Government has supported the EKAK already.The Riigikogu will likely adopt it within the year.

During the General Assembly, a 32-memberRepresentative Council of the Estonian NGORoundtable was elected with the task of imple-

menting the decisions of the annual meeting.Chambers of ethnic minorities, smaller informalorganizations, youth organizations and large asso-ciations are equally represented in the Council.The Representative Council has elaborated a con-crete resolution and wide-range working plan inorder to consolidate Estonian third sector organi-zations and make them more sustainable. The pri-orities are regulation of internal financing ofNGOs, NGO reporting and accountancy, as wellas many other questions of civil society. Theworking plan is not limited to one year; it also setslong-term perspectives.

To spread information about the Estonian NGORoundtable, the Representative Council has com-piled a booklet. Also, in cooperation with thedaily newspaper Postimees, once a month an insetcalled “Foorum” is published on third sectorissues in Estonia. Thus, the general public is con-stantly informed of the activities of theRepresentative Council of the Roundtable. TheNGO Information and Discussion [email protected] has been start-ed to help to encourage discussions on civil soci-ety and development of participatory democracyin Estonia and exchange of information.

Although it was established mostly to hold dia-logue with state institutions, the Roundtable ofEstonian Non-Profit Organizations has a signifi-cantly broader role to play in Estonian society,especially in increasing sustainability of the thirdsector and general public trust towards NGOs.Thus, at the second General Assembly on April 7,2002, the Estonian Code of Ethics was adoptedwhich enacts the fair principles of functioning forNGOs (www.emy.ee).

The Representative Council of the EstonianNGO Roundtable pays a lot of attention to the cre-ation of a third sector network in Estonia. Therehas been good cooperation formed with 9 region-al NGO support centers. Through support centersand regional roundtables, information on the workof the Estonian NGO Roundtable andRepresentative Council is spread to NGOs; on theother hand, they keep the Representative Councilin touch with events and problems in differentregions.

Therefore, through different information chan-nels, constant work is taking place. Diverse andmulti-level nationwide network is being devel-oped which consolidates the third sector inEstonia and forms a considerable partner for stateand regional structures. As such, the Estoniannonprofit sector organizations can speak muchmore effectively on various political questions,make necessary changes in policies, and expresstheir attitude during elections both on the localand state level.


Roundtable of Estonian NonprofitOrganizations

The Roundtable of Estonian Nonprofit Orga-nizations . . . is open to all Estonian nonprofitorganizations and is conducting a continuous pub-lic discussion on matters of interest for the non-profit sector. The Roundtable is a public and openform of cooperation for Estonian nonprofit organ-izations (nonprofit associations, foundations,informal partnerships), which was established fordiscussing the principal issues and forming opin-ions concerning the nonprofit sector, as well as fordefending the interests of the sector and its con-stituent organizations.

The goals of the Roundtable include discussingthe general issues pertaining to the activities of thenonprofit sector (i.e. general legislative backgro-und regulating the sector, funding of the sectorand tax policy, incentives for the activities of thesector, principles of cooperation with the publicauthorities, self-esteem of the sector, developmentof the support system for the sector, inter-sectoralinformation and communication system etc.) andforming positions with regard to these issues. Estonian Civil Society Development Concept

The Estonian civil society development con-cept (hereinafter EKAK) is a national documentwhich describes the different roles of the publicsector and the nonprofit sector [in supplementing]each other, cooperation principles, areas of mutu-al interest, and the mechanisms for regulatingsuch areas in developing and implementing publicpolicies and building up a civic society. EKAK isa statement of the mutual commitment of the pub-lic sector and the nonprofit sector to supportingand promoting the nonprofit organization of citi-zens, to increasing g the social capital in Estoniaand to raising the efficiency and legitimacy ofpublic policy.

The general purpose of EKAK is to prove thatthere is mutual understanding between the publicsector and the nonprofit sector concerning the

cooperation as social partners with the view tobuilding a society that is free, democratic, peace-ful, governed by justice, wealthy, evolving andbased on the active participation of its citizens,and involves all people in the community depend-ing on their interests and abilities that is a civicsociety of Estonia. In this document, all personsliving in Estonia, regardless of their citizenship orlack thereof, are deemed to be citizens, and anynonprofit association founded by such persons aredeemed to be citizens’ associations. Code of Ethics for Estonian NonprofitOrganizations

Nonprofit organizations value integrity, equali-ty, dignity, openness, solidarity, collaboration,diversity, and reliability and they act on the basisof these values. Their cooperation is based onbenevolent partnership, mutual respect and recog-nition. It is the duty of nonprofit organizations tocontribute to the development of a safe, balancedand caring society. In so doing the nonprofitorganizations are guided in their day-to-day activ-ities by the Republic or Estonia legislation. TheCode of Ethics (below) provides the principles foractions of nonprofit society organizations, whichincrease the reliability of the organizations and ofthe nonprofit sector generally in the society.

Principles of ethical operation of nonprofitorganizations are:

Democratic governanceCivic courage and caringSustainability and prudence in using funds and

resourcesResponsibilities and accountability,Openness and transparencyIndependence and avoiding conflicts of interestHonoring commitments and recognition of

authorship of ideasToleranceAdopted on April 7, 2002 at the General

Assembly of the Roundtable of EstonianNonprofit Organizations in Tartu.

Finally — and this is of great importance —the Estonian NGO Roundtable and its statute-designed structure for representing and protectingthe interests of the third sector and for promotingpartnership with state institutions is constantlyopen to everybody. It is not another umbrellaorganization requiring membership but a repre-sentative council that is democratically electedand whose work is based on social principles. Any

organization is welcome to present ideas andopinions to the Council. After one year, new peo-ple are elected to represent the Council and theybring along new thoughts and energy.

The Estonian NGO Roundtable is convincedthat together we are ready for the challengeswhich help us reach a functioning civil societyand participatory democracy in Estonia.

The following is excerpted from the Roundtable of Estonian Nonprofit Organizations brochure and Website (http://www.emy.ee).

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A spider’s thread. A cotton fiber. A copperwire. Each is vulnerable and of limited use on itsown, yet each can be arranged within a structurethat will vastly increase its strength and capabili-ties. Thus, many threads can be linked into a web,many fibers can be woven into a cloth, and manywires can be soldered into a circuit. The individ-ual units achieve power through their collectivestructure. This is the essence of a network.

In the language of Central and EasternEurope’s (CEE’s) non-governmental organiza-tions (NGOs), the term “networking” has becomevery fashionable over the past few years. In partbecause of a natural human instinct to seek alliesand partners, in part because Western foundationsbegan to favor these types of grants, NGOs areactively examining what networks and network-ing can offer their organizations. Nevertheless, theactual meaning of the term networking remainssurprisingly elusive – it has come to mean any-thing from a casual conversation to the undertak-ing of a major initiative.

I like the following definition: “the exchangeof information or services among individuals,groups, or institutions.” In different countries ofCentral and Eastern Europe and the former SovietUnion, where the Institute for Democracy inEastern Europe (IDEE) has been active in the lasttwelve years, we have encountered all forms ofnetworking – successful and unsuccessful, smalland grandiose, permanent and fleeting, mutuallybeneficial and exploitive, phony and real.

This is what we have learned: • A network functions better if it has a goal or

purpose. Networking for its own sake or, evenworse, for the sake of pleasing a grant maker,is a waste of time. NGOs should network inorder to learn from one another, to form ad hoccoalitions and alliances, and to maintain con-tact with organizations that think in a similarway or face similar challenges.

• A network is the antithesis of a pyramid andfunctions best without a hierarchical structure.

Under ideal circumstances, the network shouldconsist of groups or individuals operating atthe same professional level, but even if this isnot the case there should be a willingnessamong all participants to act as equal partners.While coordinating center are often used bysuccessful networks to streamline operationsand ensure clear lines of communication, it iscrucial that these centers do just that – coordi-nate, not dictate. Operating a network throughcentral planning will prove no more effectivethan operating an economy by the same princi-pal: it will cripple the capabilities and potencyof the network. In attempting to keep a networkas a symmetrical exchange between its com-ponents, it is very important that strongerorganization limit their natural inclination tolead and that smaller organizations overcomeany conditioned timidity and speak up. This isnot an abstract concept. Organizations aregroups of people, each of whom is perfectlycapable of either practicing reserve or vocaliz-ing opinions.

• A network is not one organization with manyaddresses. A network means a group of differ-ent, separate organizations leading their ownlives, which sometimes contact each other toexchange information or services. It is why anetwork does not need a president, director,office, or statutes. The organizations within anetwork do not even have to hold similar view-points or share strategies for all issues. On thecontrary, they must agree only on one commonstrategy for one specific issue.

• Strong independent organizations can formstrong effective networks. One of the most per-sistent and damaging legacies of communism,and one which can destroy any network, is abelief system which promotes organizationalimpotence. For the record: people do notalways need a leader to tell them what to do;there is always somebody who “knows better;”and there is nothing wrong with people or

The Power of Networks: Lessons of theCenters for Pluralismby Irena LasotaIrena Lasota is President of the Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe. Thisarticle, reprinted with permission, first appeared in the Spring 1997 issue of theNGO News, a regional newsletter published by the National Freedom Forum’sBudapest Office (now part of Freedom House). While some of the information maybe dated, the lessons put forward in the article based on the experience of theCenters for Pluralism remain current and, especially given the great increase infunder-driven networks, instructive.


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organizations operating at their own speed, intheir own chosen direction.

• In order to function, a network should be atotally voluntary grouping of organizations thatfind it advantageous, or at least fun, to belong.Otherwise the so-called network is no morethan a database of names and addresses.

• Organizations should be careful. Some groupslike to place themselves on a mailing list or ina database just to promote themselves or provethat they exist. Before networking with some-body, it is a good idea to ask some simple ques-tions, like “what does your organizations do?”If you are unable to get a simple answer, youmay safely assume that there is not much senseto network.

• While the network must be more than just adatabase, it is very difficult to have a networkwithout a database. A coherent and updated listhelps members form alliances and seek part-ners for projects which require specific skills,and react to sudden events. Because a net-work’s database must be current and accuratein order to be effective, every organizationwithin the database should be both real andactive. The Centers for Pluralism database [. ..] is regularly updated by adding new entitiesand by eliminating those which are inactive.

• A member of a network should not be forced tointeract with every other member. The Centersfor Pluralism network, which in its narrowestsense has about twenty participants, and is inits largest sense a few hundred, allows groupsand individuals to choose with whom theywish to interact. This allows them to maximizeeffectiveness by accounting for real-life factors

of expediency, geographical proximity, andpersonal or political sympathy.

• A network requires good communication.When the Centers for Pluralism network start-ed four years ago, it consisted of a dozen peo-ple from five countries. Naturally, one of themost frustrating problems we encountered waswith communication. Nobody had e-mail; fewhad faxes. The lesson: if you want to build anetwork, start with the means of communica-tion. Creating a forum which allows membersto inform one another and in turn be informedin one successful way of keeping a networkalive. The Centers for Pluralism network pro-duces a newsletter which also serves as a bul-letin board for member addresses. Such publi-cations can also serve as “matchmakers” formembers wishing to trade services orresources. The CFP Newsletter tries to providea forum for this kind of exchange, as well as fordiscussion of pertinent NGO issues.

• A network does not have to be numerous inorder to be strong. Six interacting groups canbe much more efficient than six hundred “deadsouls” in a database. Networking breaks the isolation imposed on

Central and Eastern Europe for decades. Regionalnetworking provides organizations with differentperspectives on issues, allows them to learn fromone another, and creates a platform for mutualsupport. In addition, networking can be a lot offun. It allows NGO to reach beyond their individ-ual capabilities to achieve concrete results. A goodnetwork empowers its members without sacrific-ing their autonomy, allowing organizations to forma whole which is greater than the sum or its parts.

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Perhaps the most important part of the Centersfor Pluralism program over the last decade hasbeen its semi-annual, annual, and regional meet-ings, where Centers and partner organizationsfrom throughout the Central and Eastern Europeand the former Soviet Union have come togetherto share experiences in promoting democracy,develop common projects, and build a regionalnetwork crossing national, regional, ethnic, andreligious borders. The last meeting, the 18th,which was hosted in Baku, Azerbaijan by theInam Foundation (a Center for Pluralism since1995), was the largest and most successful of theCfP Meetings. More than 80 participants from 21countries attended to share information and expe-riences, network, develop common programs andstrategy, and confront key issues facing theregion.

The meeting brought together some of the sem-inal leaders in the region's civic, democratic, andhuman rights movement, such as MustafaDjemilev of Crimea (leader of the Crimean TatarNational Movement), Isa Gambar of Azerbaijan(the speaker of post-Soviet Azerbaijan's onlydemocratically elected parliament and leader ofthe current opposition coalition "OurAzerbaijan"), Ales Bialacki of Belarus (leader ofthe Viasna human rights organization and also theAssembly of Democratic NGOs), TolekanIsmailova of Kyrgysztan (former director of theNGO Coalition), and Zbigniew Romaszewski(one of Poland's leading human rights advocatesand a Senator since 1989). The meeting alsobrought together leading figures in the region'spioneering efforts to rebuild civil society, such asIvlian Haindrava and Julia Kharashvili ofGeorgia, Ylber Hysa of Kosova, SmarandeEnache and Gabriel Andreescu of Romania, andMiljenko Dereta of Serbia.

The attendance of Mustafa Djemilev was par-ticularly significant for the meeting's Azeri hosts.A veteran of twenty-five years in Soviet prisoncamps and the man Andrei Sakharov called his"political godfather," Djemilev is renowned as ademocratic hero especially in predominantlyMuslim countries in the Caucasus and CentralAsia (where the Crimean Tatars were forciblyexiled before beginning their national return toCrimea in the late 1980s). Not only was he a fea-

tured speaker at the CfPMeeting, he was also hostedthroughout Baku byAzerbaijan's democraticcommunity.

The unique combinationof participants linking thestruggle for democracy andcivil society provided theopportunity for ground-breaking discussions,including on the lagging stateof democratic development in the former SovietUnion, how the experiences of neighboring coun-tries could be better utilized to assist colleagues inCentral Asia and Caucasus, and the democraticlegacy of Muslim communities in Crimea,Azerbaijan, and other parts of the former SovietUnion.

Unlike other U.S.-funded initiatives, theCenters for Pluralism did not shy away fromdebate on the year's most controversial issue,namely the war in Iraq, providing a forum for bothsides of the debate - and the middle - to be aired.While there was not an agreement on the issue,there was consensus that the war, and the broadercampaign waged against terrorism, should not beused to detract from the crucial struggles stillbeing waged in Central and Eastern Europe andthe former Soviet Union that are key both to worldstability and the security and also to the overallstrength of democracy for the future.

The 18th Meeting of the Centers for Pluralism

Mustafa Djemilev


Jakub Karpinski, Petru!ka "ustrov# and Vincuk Viacorka

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AZERBAIJANOpposition Newspaper’s Office Attacked2003/5/5 19:30Baku, AZERBAIJAN. A group of some 30unknown assailants raided the editorial office ofthe opposition newspaper Yeni Musavat on theevening of May 4. According to reports receivedby PRIMA, the attackers smashed window glass,broke furniture and telephone machines, and beatseveral newspaper’s workers. The culprits failedto get to the computer room, so the newspaper’sequipment remained intact. Police have detainedfive of the attackers and are investigating the inci-dent. The newspaper’s management claimed theattack was instigated by “power” centers enragedby critical articles against the Azeri president. Ata May 4 parliamentary session, deputies of theruling Yeni Azerbaijan party accused the newspa-per’s journalists of immoral coverage of issuesrelated to Haidar Aliyev’s health. Vice speakerZijafet Askerov urged law enforcement bodies tohold the newspaper’s editor in chief, RaufArifoglu, criminally liable for injuring the honorand dignity of the head of state.Isa Gambar, chairman of the Musavat party, toldPRIMA today that his country’s government is soconcerned that democratic forces enjoy such pop-ularity in Azerbaijan that they might win the

f o r t h c o m i n gpresidential elec-tions. That iswhy, says Gam-bar, the authori-ties have beentrying to destabi-lize the situationand to createagain an atmos-phere of fear inthe country. [...]

BELARUSOpposition Activists Sentenced in Minsk2003/3/27 16:02Minsk, BELARUS. On March 27 trials were com-pleted for opposition activists detained the daybefore yesterday for holding an unsanctioned rallyin Minsk on March 25 to mark the 85th anniver-sary of the declaration of a short-lived independ-ent Belarussian state, also called Freedom Day.Fifteen people were detained the day of theprotest. The Sovetsky District Court in Minsk sen-tenced eight of the detained demonstrators to fiveto 15 days under administrative arrest.The organizers of the action, Vintsuk Via$orkaand Vladimir Kishkurno, the chairman and an

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activist of the Belarusan People’s Front (BNF),were sentenced to 10 and 15 days, respectively.Yevgeny Afnagel, coordinator of the unregisteredyouth movement “Zubr” (Bison), will have tospend 15 days behind bars. Another five activistswere sentenced to five days each. At the time thedistrict court was hearing these cases, policedetained five activists of the “Zubr” youth move-ment outside the court building and took them tothe Sovetsky district police station. Among thearrested youths was the son of VladimirKishkurno, Anton, who had come there to attendthe hearing of his father’s case. [. . .]

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KYRGYZSTANKyrgyz Opposition Rejects ReferendumResults2003/2/4 13:50Bishkek, KYRGYZSTAN. According to theKyrgyz Central Electoral Commission, over 75percent of Kyrgyz voters in the February 2 refer-endum have approved proposed changes to theConstitution and expressed confidence inPresident Askar Akayev. However, the oppositionmonitoring center has challenged the resultsannounced by the Central Electoral Commission(CEC). CEC chairman Sulaiman Imanbayev toldjournalists that 86.4 percent of voters participatedin the poll. But oppositionists Zhipar Zheksheevand Emil Aliyev, in charge of the referendummonitoring center, stated at yesterday’s press con-ference that according to the center the turnoutwas less than 40 percent. The coalition “ForDemocracy and Civic Society” stated the sameopinion. Independent observers reported numer-ous voting irregularities and a low activity of vot-ers. A statement issued by the coalition reads thatthe “outcome of the referendum was decided wellbefore February 2. . . . The executive branchmobilized the strength of the entire state apparatusto achieve a positive result.”The Kyrgyz opposition especially pointed to theextremely brief period of time given for draftingproposed constitutional changes and for organiz-ing a “nationwide debate”. It took only threeweeks to prepare amendments to the Main Law ofthe country. The Kyrgyz population was givenfrom two weeks to as little as two days to acquaintthemselves with the document before voting,depending on when the document was deliveredto them. It appears that in Bishkek only students,

medical doctors, teachers, and civil servantsactively participated in the poll because theirsuperiors closely watched that no one abstainedfrom the poll. The opposition argued against thechanges arguing that the new version of theConstitution allows Akayev to run for presidentfor a fourth time and to further consolidate powerin his hands at the expense of parliament, which isto be reduced to one chamber.

TURKMENISTANTurkmen Medics Make an Oath toTurkmenbashi Instead of to Hippocrates2003/5/5 11:43Ashgabat, TURKMENISTAN. From now onevery graduate of a higher education medicalinstitution in Turkmenistan must take a solemnoath before starting his work as a doctor. Not theworld-recognized Hippocratic oath, but thenational oath of a Turkmen medical doctor. Theoath’s first rule is to observe the TurkmenConstitution and legislation, to “be true to theteachings of the Great Saparmurat Turkmenbashi,and to follow the precepts set forth in the HolyRuhnama” (a so-called code of ethics authored byPresident Saparmurat Niyazov). The next clauseobliges Turkmen doctors to give first aid to everyperson irrespective of his ethnic or social origin,wealth, job, place of residence, religious or politi-cal convictions, and political membership. Everyyoung doctor should pledge to spare no efforts,health or time to observe this and other rules ofthis code of medical ethics. Every doctor startinghis medical career must swear to respect and tocontribute to the valuable legacy accumulated byTurkmen ancient physicians such as Seiid IsmailGurgenli and Mukhammet Gaimyz Turkmen or byfamous tabibs (scholars) that have “left an unfad-ing light in world medical science.” The newlyintroduced oath of Turkmen medics ends with thewords: “I swear to keep, faithfully and throughmy entire life, this Oath!”

CHECHNYA

Harvesting of Organs from Chechen Hostages2003/3/13 14:02CHECHNYA. Umar Khanbiyev, health ministerin President Maskhadov’s government, claimsthat young Chechens captured by Russian federaltroops and reported missing are used as donors ofhuman organs and then killed. In his article“Harvesting of Human Organs from Chechen


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Hostages” posted on the “Kavkaz-tsentr” Website, Khanbiyev recounts many cases when deadbodies of missing young Chechens are found inChechnya bearing marks that vital organs such asheart, kidney, liver, pancreas, etc. had beenremoved from them while they were alive. Theauthor holds in his article that during the war inChechnya over 30,000 young Chechen maleshave been taken out of Chechnya to Russia, main-ly to the Moscow region, where they fall victim toillegal organ transplantation and then are killed.The minister says that, according to his sources,the number of transplant surgeries in Russia hasincreased three times since 1999, while prices fordonor organs have dropped by an average 50 per-cent. He alleges that all this illegal activity of kid-napping Chechens for forced organ harvesting andsubsequent killing of these Chechens is being con-trolled by the Federal Security Service (FSB) ofRussia. The Chechen health minister claims thatleading medical clinics in Moscow and St.-Petersburg are among the 60 clinics and medicalinstitutions in Belarus, Kazakstan, Russia, andUkraine using transplant organs from Chechenhostages who are doomed to die.

Chechnya Needs a U.N. ProvisionalAdministration 2003/4/21 18:29Brussels, BELGIUM. The Transnational RadicalParty has called upon United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and leaders of the U.N. mem-ber states to take all necessary initiatives for pro-moting the “study and further implementation ofIlyas Akhmadov’s plan to ensure peace anddemocracy in Chechnya.” The appeal was circu-lated on April 20. The new peace plan proposedby Chechen Foreign Minister Ilyas Akhmadovcalls for Chechnya’s “conditional independence”achieved through a U.N.-led provisional adminis-tration in the republic, with simultaneous disar-mament of Chechen forces and a pullout of allRussian troops and the Russian civil administra-tion from the region. After the end of this transi-tional period, in which the U.N. would govern therepublic and coordinate civic, political, and mate-rial reconstruction, Chechen nationals would electtheir own parliament and government.

Civic Group Worker Abducted in Chechnya2003/4/30 19:29CHECHNYA. On the evening of April 28,Russian police detained and took away to anunknown destination Murad Muradov, who

worked for the Chechen civic group Let’s SaveOur Generation. At the time of arrest, Muradovand his colleagues were returning to Grozny aftercompleting a humanitarian mission in Gudermes.According to the Russian-Chechen FriendshipSociety, a car which carried Muradov, 25, wasstopped at checkpoint #33 located at the village ofPrigorodnoye in the Grozny region. The check-point was manned by Russian police.Eyewitnesses claimed all of them were drunk.Having checked Muradov’s papers, they said theywould arrest him because his identity card of arelief worker looked suspicious. People that hap-pened to walk or drive through the checkpoint atthat moment protested his detention. A crowd of200 people stayed there for nearly two hours tounsuccessfully demand his release.[. . .] In spite of all this, Russian police took awayMuradov to an unknown location.

THE AMERICAS

CUBA

“[I]t all tells us that communism has not beeneradicated from Earth.” — Alexander Podrabinek

New Arrests of Dissidents in Cuba003/3/21 17:35Havana, CUBA. The Cuban state security hasforcibly ended a hunger strike held by six promi-nent Cuban dissidents for the release of politicalprisoner Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet. Four of the strik-ers were arrested, and two were taken home. Thesix dissidents had been on hunger strike sinceMarch 11. At about 6 a.m. on March 20, the flatwhere they were holding the strike was raided bypolice and security officers. Former political pris-oners Rene Gomez Manzano and Felix Bonnewere taken in police cars to their respectivehomes. The four other strikers, Martha BeatrizRoque, Orlando Zapata Tamayo, Nelson Aguiar,and Nelson Molinet were delivered to the statesecurity department headquarters on Villa MaristaStreet in the Cuban capital. Later in the day, state security officers searchedthe house of Martha Beatriz Roque, one of theleaders of the Assembly to Promote the CivilSociety in Cuba. They seized her personal com-puter, telefax machine, other office equipment,documents of the Assembly, samizdat publica-tions, and books. In the opinion of some Cubandissidents, the Cuban authorities are going tostage a huge show trial striving to prove that the

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drive for democratic reforms in Cuba has alleged-ly been instigated by the United States and is con-trolled by the U.S. Interests Section in Havana.

Political Sentences on Cuban Dissidents2003/4/8 08:23Havana, CUBA. Raul Rivero Castaneda andRicardo Gonzalez Alfonso, both well-knownCuban dissidents, have each been sentenced totwenty year’s imprisonment. They were foundguilty of “actions contrary to the independenceand territorial integrity of the state.” Rivero andGonzalez have both been imprisoned on politicalgrounds in the past, and are veteran members ofthe Cuban independent press. Raul Rivero found-ed the first Cuban independent news agency, CubaPress, and heads a commission on freedom of thepress. Ricardo Gonzalez is editor-in-chief of theisland’s first independent newspaper, De Cuba,and leader of the “Manuel Marquez Sterling”association of Cuban journalists. They appearedin court in Havana on April 4. The prosecutioncase was based on the evidence of members of thestate security forces, who had infiltrated dissidentcircles.Nearly eighty people have been convicted as aresult of the wave of political court cases which iscurrently sweeping Cuba. So far none of thosefound guilty, apart from Osvaldo Alfonso, leaderof Cubas’s Liberal Democratic Party, has con-fessed to any crime. [. . .]

Prima’s Correspondent inHavana Sentenced to 15Years in Jail2003/4/8 11:17Havana, CUBA. A politicalcourt in Havana announced onApril 7 a sentence to PRIMAnews agency’s correspondentAdolfo Fernandez Sainz. Hereceived 15 years in prison.The main charges against ourcorrespondent were “prepara-tion of articles for their publi-

cation on Web sites and in newspapers abroad”, aswell as “speaking on air on Radio Marti”.Adolfo Fernandez’s co-defendants — dissidentsMartha Beatriz Roque, Arnaldo Ramos, NelsonMolinet, Mikhail Barzaga, and Nelson Agiar —were sentenced to 20, 18, 20, 15, and 13 years inprison respectively. The charges against each of

them were based on evidence furnished by statesecurity agent Aleida Godinez, who had infiltrat-ed the dissident circles. As proof of their crimes,the prosecution presented to the court videotapesthat showed the dissidents either entering or leav-ing the U.S. Interests Section in Havana, or enter-ing the house of Martha Beatriz Roque.It is known that two dissidents, Jose Daniel Ferrerand Jesus Mustafa Felipe in Santyago de Cubaprovince, were sentenced to life imprisonment.Four other dissidents who stood trial in Havana —Julio C. Galvez, Edel Joze Garcia Diaz, ManuelVazquez Portal, and Jorge Olivera — were sen-tenced to 15, 15, 18 and 18 years in prison respec-tively. The four were charged under article 91 ofthe Cuban Criminal Code (“actions aimed atundermining the sovereignty and territorialintegrity of the state”) and various articles of theso called Law 88 “on defense of the national inde-pendence and economy.” The law envisages acriminal responsibility for dissemination of allkinds of texts critical of the communist leadershipin Cuba or texts which the state considers to be“subversive.” The trial of Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet, an activist ofthe civil disobedience campaign, also took placein Havana on April 7. The prosecution asked lifeimprisonment for the defendant.

Russia Sees Cuba with the Eyes of the USSR2003/4/22 10:19CUBA, Havana. U.N. Commission for HumanRights in Geneva passed a resolution on April 17with 24 votes for and 20 against that condemnshuman rights violations in Cuba. The votingplanned for April 16 was postponed for a day toconsider an amendment proposed by Costa Ricacondemning a mass repressive campaign againstdissidents Cuban Government begun at the end ofMarch. The Commission rejected the amendmentsproposed by Costa Rica. Armenia, Austria, Australia, Belgium, GreatBritain, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica,Croatia, France, Germany, Guatemala, Ireland,Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, the USA, SierraLeone, Uruguay, Sweden, South Korea, and Japanvoted for the resolution, while Algeria, Bahrain,Burkina-Faso, Venezuela, Vietnam, Gabon,Zimbabwe, India, China, Congo (Kinshasa),Cuba, Libya, Malaysia, Pakistan, Russia, SaudiArabia, Syria, Sudan and Ukraine voted against.We asked a Cuban dissident, leader of the

Prima’s correspon-dent Adolfo

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Assembly for the Civil Society in Cuba and for-mer political prisoner Rene Gomez Manzano tocomment on the results of the vote. “Passing the resolution is a positive step drawingthe world’s attention to the fact that Cuba is stillgoverned by totalitarian methods. [...] Russia’svote against the resolution is a sad fact for us. Icannot explain myself why it happens year in yearout. It would seem that a great nation which itselfexperienced communist repressions, should see ina different light what is happening in our country,”said Rene Gomez Manzano.

ASIA

CHINALife Term for Chinese Dissident 2003/2/28 17:49CHINA. An appeals court in the Chinese provinceof Guangdong upheld on February 28 a life sen-tence meted out on February 10 to prominentChinese oppositionist Wang Bingzhang, who hadbeen living abroad since the late 1970s. Last year,Wang Bingzhang was abducted while in Vietnamand then transported to China.Bingzhang was twice sentenced to prison in Chinaduring the period of the Cultural Revolution. Heleft China in the late 1970s. In emigration, hefounded a well known magazine in 1982, ChinaSpring, and some time later set up a public organ-ization called the Alliance for Democratic China.In 1998, Wang Bingzhang came to China to studya possibility of founding a political oppositionparty in China. He was arrested and expelled tothe United States. In June of last year WangBingzhang arrived in Vietnam, accompanied byYue Wu, an émigré opposition activist, and ZhangQi, a leader of the Zhong Gong philosophicalmovement. On June 26, the three disappeared.Some time later the Chinese authoritiesannounced that on June 27 the three were kid-napped and transported to China by some gang-sters and they were allegedly rescued by theChinese security service on July 3. WangBingzhang was immediately, without an arrestwarrant, placed into police custody. His confine-ment by Chinese special services became knownonly when the public security department inGuangdong charged him on December 5 with“espionage in favor of Taiwan ” and “terroristactivity.” Many human rights organizations con-sider these charges to be fabricated. The life sen-

tence to Wang Bingzhang was reported by theémigré group Free China Movement, which citedthe dissident’s sister.

VIETNAMRepression in Cambodia and Vietnam2003/4/22 17:49VIETNAM. About one hundred ethnicVietnamese, known as Montagnards, who fled in2003 to Cambodia from Vietnam’s CentralHighlands to escape repression, have been handedover to Vietnam. Human Rights Watch hasobtained original copies of official Vietnamesegovernment directives on the crackdown againstthis ethnic minority.Human Rights Watch says in its press release thatthe Vietnamese government directives issued inFebruary 2003 prescribe to organize ceremoniesin which Montagnard villagers are forced to“swear brotherhood” with local party cadres infront of pictures of Ho Chi Minh. Local officialsare instructed to “step by step eradicate out-datedand backward ways, and eradicate all illegal reli-gious organizations.” In February 2003 theVietnamese authorities launched a fresh round ofmass arrests of Montagnard Christians as well asthose suspected by the government of seeking toflee to Cambodia or of supporting the Montagnardmovement for the restoration of their right to own-ership of ancestral lands. The Vietnamese author-ities are forcing Montagnards to sign “voluntary”statements, pledging not to seek the return of theirconfiscated lands. On March 26 of this year theVietnamese police fired at a group of Montagnardfarmers who had gone into hiding in the forest,killing one man. Church leaders of Montagnard Christians passedto Human Rights Watch nine letters, describingdestruction of their churches, beatings of churchleaders, confiscation of farm lands, bans on night-time gatherings of believers by Vietnamese offi-cials. In the meantime, the Cambodian govern-ment announced this month that it plans to closethe refugee transit center operated by the UN HighCommissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in PhnomPenh as soon as the final forty-two refugees fromthis center are resettled in third countries. HumanRights Watch called on the Cambodian govern-ment to give UNHCR access to border provincesand to abandon its plans to wind up the refugeetransit center.

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BEFORE THE REFERENDUM: FADINGHOPES

The Situation in the Chechen Republic: January2003

The overall situation in the Chechen Republicis unstable, worsening with each day.Nevertheless, the Russian government, along withthe temporary Chechen administration, constantlytalk about the stabilization of the socio-politicalsituation in the republic. They have prepared alegislative framework for conducting a referen-dum regarding the Constitution and governmentalelections. At the same time, they maintain that byMarch 2003 conditions will be established allow-ing the Russian military to return to the barracksand the MVD of the Chechen Republic to take theresponsibility for controlling the situation.

The reality of the situation is much more grave.. . . . Police actions by the Russian military wereactivated yet again in Shatoisk and Itum-Kale. Inmid-January 2003, temporary federal forces werestationed along the entire route between Groznyand Itum-Kale. They carefully screened all pass-ing cars and stopped all those that appeared suspi-cious to them. The humanitarian situation remainscritical. Most mountainous villages, includingregional centers of the Ifumkal and Shatoiskregions lie in ruins. People do not have basic liv-ing conditions. There are no hospitals or medicalcenters and no work. People are absolutelyungoverned and unprotected from the tyranny ofRussian soldiers. . . .

The federal forces are causing damage to thenatural resources and architectural heritage in themountain regions. In the years 2000-2002, a num-ber of unique Chechen architectural structuresaging 800-1000 years were destroyed as a resultof fire. Bombing and artillery fire have causedirreparable damage to the forests and their uniquefauna. In November 2002, Russian soldiers delib-erately set fire to the mountain forests, whichburned for nearly a month. Almost twenty thou-sand hectares of valuable forest burned, as didanything else living within it. . . .

The situation in the valley regions of Chechnyais no less difficult. There are regular searches con-ducted in various populated regions, but with par-ticular frequency in Grozny, Argun, Urus-Martan,the villages of Old Ataga, Czoczan-Urt, and alsoin the suburbs of Grozny. More often than not,these searches result in the arrests of innocentpeople, some of whom are released on bail, someof whom disappear without a trace. Lately, therehave been cases of people being made humanexplosions. Grenades are tied to a person and aredetonated. After this, it becomes impossible toidentify the person; only pieces remain.

One of the most perfected ways to attack thepeaceful population in Chechen regions is throughkidnapping. Armed groups in unidentifiable cam-ouflage uniforms drive up to someone’s house andtake a family member. While doing this, they donot present any form of identification or justifica-tion. The arrested person disappears and is not

Dispatches from Chechnya

Editor’s Note: Since Russia launched its second war against Chechnya in the fall of 1999, IDEE hasworked with its Chechen NGO partners to bring to the West’s attention the terrible cost that the sec-ond war has brought the citizens of Chechnya. Starting in 2000, first in cooperation with Lam, andthen the more recently formed Latta, IDEE has published Dispatches from Chechnya in English, a col-lection of reports gathered on-the-ground by Chechen reporters and Chechen NGO representativesand edited in Chechen and Russian by Lecha Ilyasov, and translated by IDEE. They remain one ofthe few sources of information published in English that is based entirely on Chechen reporting. All 32issues to date are available on the IDEE web site: http://www.idee.org. Each issue presents both up-to-date and cumulative information about the war; together, they comprise an indictment for crimesnot only against humanity but also against civilization. We present below excerpts from the last fourissues, from January to May.


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listed in any records among the dead or the living.Relatives consider themselves lucky if they areable to buy back the corpse. Trade in live and deadbodies has become epidemic among the Russiansoldiers. . . .

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No. 29, March 15, 2003 The Circumstances Of Never-Ending WarThe Situation in the Chechen Republic: February2003

Despite a superficial calm, the situation in theChechen Republic remains tense. There are con-stant shootings taking place between federalforces and republic fighters in various regions.The fighters’ mine war continues, taking the livesboth of soldiers and also mostly peaceable resi-dents. Assassination attempts continue againstmembers of the Chechen police force, especiallyits leading officials. Gunfire is frequently openedup on guard posts. For their part, federal forcescontinue active operations in almost all of therepublic’s territories. These operations are maskedas "sweeps," or supposed routine checks. Suchoperations are especially frequent in the cities ofArgun, Urus-Martan, Grozny, Starie Atagi, and inthe eastern valley regions of the republic.

According to the Russian military and currentChechen administrations, "checks" have replacedmassive "sweeps" with the supposed aim of eas-ing the lives of peaceful residents. In fact, they area new and improved form of genocide being car-ried out against the Chechen people. Thousands ofyoung people have been taken away during"checks" by Russian soldiers; they disappearwithout a trace. At best, their bodies are found inmass graves discovered on the outskirts of Groznyby local residents and construction workers.While before only men and teenage boys werearrested, now women, including those with chil-dren, are being taken away also. We say "at best"because the problem of people’s disappearances isthe most urgent issue in today’s Chechnya. Mostdisappearances likely end in lawless executions.But all attempts made by Chechen and Russianhuman rights workers to attract the world’s atten-tion to this issue have been futile. . . .

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No. 30, April 2003

People’s Hope Has Been ErasedApril 2003: The Referendum: Before and After

The referendum held on March 23 became thebell-weather not only of the political situation inthe Chechen Republic but also in Russia itself. [It]showed that neither the Russian leadership nor thetemporary administration in Chechnya is ready fora realistic political resolution of the armed conflicthaving long-term historical perspective and actu-ally bringing stabilization to the NorthernCaucasus.

The propaganda campaign unleashed in theRussian mass media a few months before the ref-erendum stopped immediately after its so-calledsuccessful result. During this period, journalistswere allowed to speak either well or nil aboutChechens and nothing about the actual ongoingconflict between Chechnya and Russia. But just afew days after the referendum, the main Russiantelevision channel showed a documentary filmabout the storming of a town called Komsomolskby federal troops, complete with an open displayof inhuman treatment of prisoners and injuredfighters on the part of the Russian soldiers. Theauthor of the documentary excitedly spoke abouthow the federal forces in Komsomolsk destroyed1,500 fighters. [In this way, o]fficial Russian massmedia generally demonstrate the disinterest of theRussian leadership in a realistic solution to theRussian-Chechen conflict.

The referendum similarly showed the completeinsolvency of the vast majority of officially regis-tered socio-political movements and parties in theChechen Republic. Completely dependent on[Russian government] financial sources, theywere unable to influence political opinion inChechnya. Only the Chechen Republic branch of"United Russia" [the pro-Putin political coalition]could operate freely. Notwithstanding its demo-cratic slogans, United Russia is reminiscent of theSoviet Communist Party in its methods. . . .. Therepresentatives of United Russia actively andskillfully took advantage of administrativeresources, the war, and the high illiteracy of thepopulation. They promised peace, the rule of law,jobs, and material compensation in exchange forthe population’s active participation in the refer-endum.

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Union of Chechen Rebirth," practically withdrewfrom participation in the referendum after official-ly supporting it. There was little activity fromChechen NGOs in the referendum process. Ofcourse, Chechnya today has practically no realNGOs [and those that exist are either financed andcontrolled by Maskhadov’s administration, by thePutin administration, or by Moscow’s social andhuman rights organizations]. Both Maskhadov’sadministration and Moscow’s human rights organ-izations, however, lost the information war to theRussian government over the referendum inChechnya.

. . . .There was no possibility to conduct analternate referendum or to advocate a "no" vote tothe referendum’s three questions. When it becameapparent that the referendum — and falsificationof results — was inevitable, there was no oppor-tunity to organize monitoring of the referendumresults either. . . . According to the official results,about 60 percent of the population participated inthe referendum, and 95 to 96 percent gave a posi-tive answer to all three questions. In reality, nomore than one-third of the population inChechnya participated in the referendum, and thisresult was achieved in large part through constantpressure on Chechen residents from federal policeand military forces.

In the end, the referendum had no major polit-ical affect on the situation in the ChechenRepublic; nothing changed for the referendum’ssupporters or its opponents. According to the offi-cial results of the referendum, Chechnya becamea legal subject of the Russian Federation. Butthere was no reflection of this in observance of therights of its citizens. Just as before, Chechens lackelementary civil and human rights, both on theterritory of the Republic and on Russian territory.The election campaign was most active not inChechnya itself but in Moscow. Pre-electionblocks were formed along with "shadow" ministercabinets. But no one can say for certain that thesituation in Chechnya might not change at anymoment given the unpredictability of Russia’sleadership.

. . . The conduct and results of the referendumand the ongoing situation in the republic havefinally erased people’s hope in the possibility forpositive changes in the near future. Migrationfrom the republic has increased sharply, especial-ly to European countries such as Belgium,Holland, and the Czech Republic.

No. 31, May 2003 Before the World’s EyesGrozny: May 2003

The situation in Grozny and the entire republicremains tense and bloody. A series of terroristacts, inhuman in its result, shook Chechnya. Theterrorist act in Znamensk, supposedly directedagain the regional department of the FederalSecurity Service, took the lives of more than fiftyinnocents, including women, children, and theelderly. This was the day for handing out pen-sions; it played an evil role in the tragedy, withmany elderly people by the regional administra-tive building. Those who had a hand in this actremain unknown. Yet again, it is unexplained howa truck with two to three tons of explosives couldpass through numerous road blocks. The explo-sion on May 14, 2003 near the town Iliskhan-yurttook twenty to thirty lives. The site of the explo-sion was sacred for Chechens and Ingushetians.The mass killing of innocent people in a reveredplace shows the savage behavior of those whostarted this war, whoever they may represent.

People’s disappearances continue. Local"sweeps" that were supposed to put a stop to law-lessness have served to cause it. People arestopped and taken away by unidentified soldiersin camouflage uniforms and masks who take peo-ple to places unknown. In this way, thousands ofChechens have disappeared in the past two years.None of them were formally accused of anythingand their whereabouts are currently unknown. Atbest, bodies are found in mass graves, usuallybearing the signs of torture. Chechens in otherregions of Russia, Moscow included, have met thesame fate. Chechens are stopped for no reason;drugs and bullets are planted into their cars andhuge bribes are taken for their release.

Lately, [Chechen] militia actions were reacti-vated. There were a number of attacks on militaryoutposts and federal guard posts. Shootouts takeplace regularly in various regions of Grozny; themine war continues along with terrorist actsagainst the representatives of local government. .. . Russian soldiers, meanwhile, often report aboutyet another victory over this or that rebel group ofthe Chechen Rebellion, and about the killing offamous field commanders. In reality, there havebeen no serious encounters between the federalforces and Chechen detachments and the Chechenmilitia remains a strong military force, with threeto five thousand well armed and trained soldiers inthe mountains. . . .


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[Following the referendum, d]etachments of[the head of the temporary administration]Kadyrov and [interior minister] Yamadaev havetaken on many functions of the federal forces.They act in the same ruthless manner toward civil-ians or anyone who disagrees with the currentadministration. Therefore, they are hated no lessthan the Russian soldiers. There is no actualreduction of Russian forces or check points, aswas promised before the referendum. Russian sol-diers simply move the guard posts wherever theywish and extort money from drivers. There is noreal security benefit, which was proven yet againin the terrorist act in the town Znamensk.. . .

The governmental machine that was reactivat-ed in 2002 became thoroughly corrupt in a shorttime. Officials demand money for any documentfrom people who have lost their houses, apart-ments, belongings, and savings. The governmentarchives were burned. Re-registration of docu-ments for homes, apartments, passport changes,and so on is demanded from everyone. And this isunder circumstances in which traveling through-out the republic is still difficult. All the time, peo-ple are lined up in front of government offices.People give officials their last money in order toget their documents. This author was denied re-registration of his passport because his own apart-ment was not re-registered during the new gov-ernment. However, for $20 this problem was fixedwithin ten minutes. A passport without residenceregistration (propiska) in Grozny is consideredinvalid, and being without such a document isrisking not only his freedom, but his life as well.

Nighttime curfew is still in effect, meaning thatRussian soldiers, including unpredictable snipers,fire without warning upon anyone standing in thestreets during dark hours. Nearly every night,passers-by who are running late are killed orinjured. Reconstruction in the city has beennearly stopped. The city still lies in ruins. . . .Although the city has been under the control offederal forces for nearly three years, people con-tinue to live in inhuman conditions. There is a lackof electricity, water (hot or cold), and a function-ing sewage system. Everywhere one sees the darksilhouettes of half-demolished building andmounds of trash. Sometimes it seems unreal thatpeople can not only survive under such circum-stances, but work, learn and laugh. Many homesstill have mines within them; unexploded bombs,rackets and missiles hang from walls and ceilingsof many apartments. People often live in half-

destroyed buildings, where a few apartments havebeen preserved. The ecological situation remainscatastrophic from oil fires and destructive oilexploitation. The sanitary situation is equally bad.

The criminal situation in Grozny remainsgrave. Regardless of the huge amount of policeand Russian soldiers, crime is flourishingthroughout the city. Nearly every night murdersare committed; groups of killers lurk through thesleeping city in search of victims. Sometimescrime is committed by the soldiers themselves,including theft and murder.

Medical services are unimproved during thistime. As usual, hospitals do not contain the basicsupplies or equipment and the sick are forced topay both for treatment and medicines. There aremany people in the city who suffer from very dan-gerous forms of chronic diseases. Many of themare in need of surgery. If, however, they lack themoney to pay for an operation, they are forced tosuffer a long and painful death. The same human-itarian organizations that worked in the city beforecontinue working there: the Red Cross, the DanishCouncil of Refugees, the Czech organizationPeople in Need, and Polish Humanitarian Action.But even all of them put together are unable toprovide for the basic necessities of the population.

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In the background of war, catastrophes,and political crises shaking today’s world,the international community has lost interestin the Chechen problem. But the Chechenwound continues to bleed. The Chechen peo-ple need more than human condolences andhumanitarian aid. They require the interven-tion of the international community in theissue of the Chechen crisis. There is a needto put the Chechen crisis on the internation-al agenda by ruling governments. The worldmust know that we continue to be extermi-nated both physically and morally. And theresponsibility for this is borne not only byRussian soldiers and Kadyrov’s units, notjust by the criminals fighting for Arabicmoney, but also by the entire civilized worldbefore whose eyes and silent agreement weare being killed today.

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Armenian National Committee of theHelsinki Citizen’s Assembly (HCA)Yerevan, Armenia

The Armenian NationalCommittee of the HelsinkiCitizen’s Assembly (HCA) wasestablished in 1992 as a nationalbranch of the International HCA. It

was registered in 1994 as a non-governmen-tal, non-profit organization.

The Armenian National Committee of HCAhas a network of local branches in theregions of Armenia, with a total membership

of about 400. It works closely with the otherNational Committees in the Caucasus,Turkey, Russia, and Ukraine as well as withmany other international organizations to ful-fill its goals, which are as follows:

• To assist in the creation of civil society,to support civic initiatives, and to develop ademocratic infrastructure in Armenia;

• To promote awareness of human rightsvalues through educational programs;

• To promote the public involvement in thepeace process in conflict areas, particularlythe Nagorno Karabakh issue;

WHO IS WHO:ACTIVITIES, PLANS, S.O.S.

Editor’s Introduction: The “Who is Who” section of the Centers for Pluralism Newsletter has, fromits inception, offered organizations throughout Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Uniona forum to publicize their activities, their plans, and their needs. In the previous twenty-seven issues ithas included descriptions of more than 1,000 NGOs as well as dozens of Western donors and organiza-tions implementing programs in the region. The “Who is Who” and “Who is Where” sections have beenan important resource and together have comprised the broad Centers for Pluralism Network.

Yet, not since the first issue published in March 1993, which listed the first 7 Centers for Pluralismand 5 partner organizations, has the Newsletter published a full listing of the NGOs that make up theCenters for Pluralism and immediate Partner organizations.

The Centers for Pluralism began in 1992 as an idea to provide key, emerging NGOs in the regionwith support in order to foster their own activities to build civil society and also to encourage their roleas facilitator, coalition builder, and networker both within and across borders. Beginning first in Centraland Eastern European countries, the Network quickly spread to other countries of former Soviet Unionand former Yugoslavia. Through semi-annual meetings, common projects, the Newsletter, trainingworkshops, and seminars, the Centers for Pluralism became the largest, most extensive, and long-last-ing network of NGOs in “the East” and the most successful in working across borders and sharing expe-riences of democratic movements. In addition to the Centers, though, there were many organizationswho participated in CfP events and activities that did not wish to play the same type of central or facil-itating role in their own countries. These we have called Centers for Pluralism partners.

Today, these include 21 Centers for Pluralism and 22 CfP Partner organizations in 22 countries andregions. This list does not include many who have participated recently in Centers for Pluralism pro-grams; it also does not include others who have dropped out, closed, or worse, taken a road directlyantithetical to the principles of the Centers for Pluralism. The list DOES include those who have hadactive, ongoing, or longstanding (over ten years) participation in the work of promoting the Centers forPluralism, its programs, its values, and its commitment to spreading not just civil society but alsodemocracy throughout the region. In the past, you have had to search through a dozen or so Newslettersin order to get current information on the CFPs and Partners. We believe it is useful to present them infull — for the first time.*

* We apologize to the many organizations that have sent in information to the previous coordinator ofthe Newsletter or to IDEE. For reasons of space, we are unable to include all of these and the CfPs. Ifwe are able to continue publishing, we hope to contact you in the future.

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• To widen public participation in thedemocratization process in Armenia, espe-cially in areas outside the capital;

ANC/HCA is involved in several projects tofurther these goals. The organization coordi-nates citizens’ participation programs toencourage the involvement of the public incivil society, such as the projects, “SouthCaucasus Women Leadership 2000,” YoungPeople’s and Women’s Role in theDevelopment of an Open Society,” and work-ing as national coordinator of IDEE’s regionalprogram, “Networking Women in theCaucasus.” In this last role as national coor-dinator, HCA actively plans and implementstrans-border activities for the women ofArmenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia and pub-lishes a newsletter.

ANC/HCA is an active participant of thepublic peace process initiated by theFoundation for Global Community, whichaims to bring people from Armenia,Azerbaijan, and Nagorno Karabakh togetherfor open discussion, dialogue, and possiblecooperation. HCA has also created and main-tains a center for public education in the cityof Charentsavan, which plays an importantrole in facilitating the integration of refugeesinto society.

Association of IDP Women (AIDW)Tbilisi, Georgia

The Association of IDP Women“Consent” is a non-governmentalorganization created in 1995 by agroup of volunteers from the IDP(Internally Displaced Persons)

community. Registered in April 1996, theAssociation unites internally displacedwomen as well as men who are interested inissues related to the IDP population.

The Association's mission is to createopportunities for IDP women and members oftheir families to enjoy equal participation inthe social and political life of Georgia, to real-ize their human rights, and to improve thequality of life for themselves and their fami-lies. In order to fulfill this mission, theAssociation for IDP Women has formulatedthe following main objectives:

• To ensure equal rights for IDP women insocial, economic, civil and health spheres;

• To raise awareness about the impor-

tance of reconciliation and women’s partici-pation in the reconciliation process;

• To support networks of women and helpfoster women leaders;

• To assist in the creation of healthy fami-ly and community conditions;

• To work with children in psycho-rehabili-tation and reconciliation;

• To promote women’s and children/youthdialogue across boundaries.

The association pursues its objectivesthrough targeted activities in the areas ofsocial and psychological rehabilitation, edu-cational programs, counseling, peace-build-ing, and micro-credit programs. In the firstarea, the association funds and organizesfree psychological, medical and social assis-tance to IDPs in several locations in Georgia,and reaches hundreds of victims, somethrough community centers established inpartnership with other regional NGOs.AIDPW also funds research on the impact ofwar on children and women.

The association’s educational programsconsist of training for IDP women, such asEnglish and German courses, computerclasses for IDP women and courses in alter-native methods of conflict resolution for lead-ers within the IDP community. Youth pro-grams include art and theater classes as wellas training for children from conflict zones inpeace, reconciliation and human rights.

The Association for IDP Women providescounseling for the participation of IDPs inelections and general political participation. Inthe past, the association has provided legalassistance and psychological counseling forIDPs. The Association also organizes sum-mer peace camps for Georgian, Abkhazian,and Ossetian children in Bulgaria, and hasconducted training for children in civic educa-tion, conflict resolution, and peer mediation,as part of its peace-building program. In thelast year, it organized a new second-stageprogram with the Crimean Teachers Councilfor older youth.

AIDW is an active member of the CfPNetwork, participating in study tours, sharinginformation, and helping coordinate joint pro-grams. It is the Georgian partner for IDEE’sregional program “Working Together —Networking Women in the Caucasus,” whichbegan in a series of training seminars for

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women leaders from Georgia, Armenia, andAzerbaijan held in Lekhani, Georgia and con-tinued with cooperative projects across bor-ders. Its cross-border Citizens' Forum inBatumi was a unique event, involving trainersand participants from all three countries tocome together around the common problemof migration.

Center for Democracy and HumanRightsPodgorica, Montenegro

The Center for Democracy andHuman Rights (CEDEM) wasfounded in 1997 to promotedemocracy, human rights, eco-nomic reform and the development

of civil society. It was established as a non-profit association of citizens with a mission to:

• Advance the idea of and spread infor-mation on the importance of a successfuldemocratic transition

• Research, analyze and monitor theprocess of transition

• Influence, as much as possible, the tran-sitional process in Montenegro and the rest ofthe former Yugoslavia

• Contribute to strengthening civil societyand the democratization process as a whole

The Center for Democracy and HumanRights works as both an activist organizationand think tank. It publishes semi-annual pub-lic opinion surveys, which are highly regardedand receive extensive press coverage as themost authoritative measurements of publicsentiment in Montenegro. (CEDEM’s elec-tion-day polling has confirmed the actual votecount within .01 percent of accuracy.) Itsquarterly Transitions publication provides in-depth analysis on issues dealing with foreignpolicy, the independence question, humanrights, and economic reform. CEDEM hasalso organized a number of conferences onEuropean human rights norms.

In addition, CEDEM continues to play arole in fostering civil society development. Asthe coordinator of an NGO coalition, it has ledefforts to improve provisions in the NGO lawthat were adopted by parliament. As coordi-nator of IDEE’s Civic Bridges program inMontenegro, CEDEM organized two smallgrant competitions and provided nearly 50small grants to emerging NGOs.

Center for Development andCooperationTbilisi, Georgia

The Center for Developmentand Cooperation – Center forPluralism (CDC-CfP) was estab-lished in 1996 as a non-profitthink-tank and non-governmentalorganization dedicated to

strengthening grassroots NGO activity andthe Third Sector, protecting human andminority rights, promoting the values ofdemocracy and civil society in Georgia, andfostering cooperation among NGOs in theSouth Caucasus and in Central and EasternEurope.

The organization’s mission is to: • Conduct Caucasian Regional Studies and

contribute to Caucasian cooperation;• Research East-West and North-South

relations;• Deal with human and minority rights

issues and conflict resolution;• Participate in the development of coop-

eration with the countries of Central andEastern Europe and of the Black Sea region;

• Suggest practical recommendations,concepts, programs and other documentspromoting development of the democraticstate system, economics, politics, law andcivil society;

• Contribute to public education on humanrights, democracy, independent media, andcivil society-related issues.

The organization promotes cooperationamong NGOs in the Caucasus by activelyparticipating in the Centers for Pluralism net-work. CDC's representatives have participat-ed in CfP annual meetings since 1997 and inApril 2000, CDC-CfP hosted the 15th annualmeeting in Tbilisi. Starting in December 2000,the organization has also organized theCaucasus regional meetings of the CFP andother seminars attended by representativesof various regional NGOs.

CDC-CfP promotes the discussion ofhuman rights and minority issues through itsextensive publications. Its consistent contri-butions to STINA News Agency on this topicand on the general situation in Georgia havebeen a resource for independent media. Ithas translated several works into Georgian

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addressing human rights, such as theOSCE’s “Recommendations on NationalMinorities” and the book, “Monitoring HumanRights,” which was originally issued by thePolish Helsinki Function of Human Rights.

CDC-CfP has been especially involved insupporting resolution of the Georgian-Abkhazconflict. The organization participates inmeetings which serve as dialogues betweenAbkhaz and Georgian NGOs, and it has heldseminars on the freedoms and human rightsof Georgian minorities and on national lan-guage policy. CDC-CfP’s numerous publica-tions have offered suggestions for resolutionof the conflict and for dealing with the issue ofinternally displaced persons and have docu-mented the discussions that take place at theorganization’s seminars. CDC-CfP is partici-pating in the international project“Educational Kit for Georgian-AbkhazDialogue.”

CDC-CfP has joined with other NGOs inthe Democratic Coalition of NGOs for FairElections in Georgia to monitor elections infall 2003. Representatives will continue towork on the concept of a settlement inAbkhazia as members of a working groupwhich was created in January 2003. Theorganization has several publications andpresentations in progress on conflict resolu-tion, elections and strengthening civil society.

Center for Civic InitiativesPrilep, Macedonia

The Center for Civic Initiativesfacilitates the development ofdemocracy and civic society inMacedonia and involves youngpeople in education and action to

promote positive changes in their communi-ties and country.

CCI runs an NGO support center thatbuilds cooperation among 80 NGOs in Prilepand the surrounding area and gives themaccess to equipment and training. ItsEducation for Human Rights and ToleranceProgram brings together children andteenagers for computer, theater and debateprograms aimed at removing stereotypesabout minorities. An open mayor’s office pro-gram promotes communication between localgovernment, NGOs, and citizens.

CCI is one of the most well-known and rec-ognized NGOs in Macedonia workingtowards a multiethnic and democratic society.It is involved in various regional initiativespromoting conflict resolution. Through theCenters for Pluralism program it has partici-pated in several internship and study tourprograms in Poland and other CEE countriesand has developed common programs withCfPs in neighboring countries.

Center for Pluralism–BulgariaSofia, Bulgaria

The Center for Pluralism was establishedas a civic organization in 1995,and carries out a number of civiceducation programs. Originally,the CfP–Bulgaria was part of theFree and Democratic Bulgaria

Foundation. As the first Center for Pluralismestablished in December 1992, it carried outa broad range of civic, educational, andsocial programs, including a publishing cen-ter for independent media, a professionalcomputer development program for NGO andother activists, a civic education program, anAIDS-awareness program, and one of thefirst centers for homeless Roma youth whichalso provided an initiative for school integra-tion.

Since 1995, CfP–Bulgaria co-hosted theregional conference on postcommunsimsponsored by IDEE, provided training foryoung activists, organized an ongoing elec-tion participation and education programcalled “Go To Vote,” instituted a “Meet YourParliamentarian” program, and participated ina number of regional efforts through theCenters for Pluralism Network for sharingBulgaria's experience with other CEE coun-tries, especially in Slovakia. Most recently,CfP–Bulgaria has organized a region-wideconference on PACE Resolution 1096 onissues related to opening secret police files.The event, the first regional examination ofpost-communist countries' handling of secretpolice files according to the principles ofPACE Resolution 1096, was attended by 50experts from more than ten countries.CfP–Bulgaria plans a “Go to Vote” project forthe next elections in 2004.

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Civic Development InternationalCenterTbilisi, Georgia

CDIC is a non-governmental,non-profit organization devoted topromoting the process of buildingand developing a civil society inGeorgia. Registered in 1996,

CDIC has no political or governmental affilia-tion. The activities of the CDIC support thegrowth of civic education and participation,the establishment of conditions for civic par-ticipation, and the fostering of a culture ofstrategic thinking about the professional andsocial environment of Georgia.

CDIC endeavors to promote the ideas of anopen society and economic freedom and therealization in social and public institutions andconsistently supports all social forces direct-ed toward nation-building and the culturalintegration of Georgia with the free world.

The main goals of the organization are to: • Expand the concept of civic develop-

ment;• Research Third Sector problems;• Research past and present conditions

for the functioning of civil societies;• Initiate dialogue between NGOs and

local government;• Support non-governmental, non-profit,

and community-based organizations andfoundations in civil society.

To accomplish these goals, CDIC is active-ly engaged in advocacy, lobbying, research,information collecting, publishing and train-ing. In addition to ongoing research pro-grams, CDIC has organized NGO and other“incubation projects” — providing support fora community health center, organizing train-ing for NGO leaders on refugee and IDPissues, internet training for professional jour-nalists, and a School for Democracy for civicand political leaders. In the last year, CDICorganized two CfP-funded programs toorganize “democracy roundtables” in keyregions outside the capital on such topics asdemocracy, elections, and ethnic conflict.

Civic InitiativesBelgrade, Serbia

Civic Initiatives (CI) was found-ed in 1996 in Belgrade, Serbia, by

prominent NGO activists and intellectualsinvolved in the anti-war movement and non-nationalist democratic opposition since 1990.Analyzing the failure of other democraticmovements and believing in the need toaddress issues raised by the wars inYugoslavia, CI’s founders focused on thevalue of creating a civic basis for democraticchanges and by educating citizens abouttheir rights, about democracy, and about therole of civil society.

From the beginning, Civic Initiatives’ strate-gy was to build a stronger, more effective andpotentially more sustainable NGO communityby creating ties and networks across region-al, national, ethnic, religious, gender, andsocial barriers. CI focuses its efforts on areasoutside of Belgrade, to connect local groupsto the capital. This effort helped to build theIzlaz 2000 (Exit 2000) coalition of more than200 NGOs during the presidential and parlia-mentary elections of September 2000 andafterwards the national federation of NGOsFENS, which CI coordinates.

Civic Initiatives’ has several highly suc-cessful ongoing programs, including theDemocracy School, which has organizedbasic and advanced educational seminars forcivic, trade union, and political activists aswell as for journalists and local officials indozens of towns and cities throughout Serbia.Taught by well known public figures and aca-demics, topics include tolerance, minorityrights, local governance, the role of civil soci-ety, among others.

CI’s NGO Resource Center provides expertadvice, counseling, information, and techni-cal resources as well as various facilities forassisting the development of the Third Sectorin the region. TIM Tri, one of the region’s pre-mier training groups, offers training programsfor NGOs in Serbia and elsewhere in formerYugoslavia with the aim of strengthening theirknowledge, civic understanding, capacity,and sustainability.

Civic Initiatives also publishes Mreza, amonthly newsletter addressing issues ofimportance to the NGO community, includingnews, conferences, and funding opportuni-ties. The organization also publishes variousinformational booklets on such topics asdemocratic political systems, trade unions,post-communist society, human rights andcivil society.

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In the next year, CI will continue its involve-ment in redesigning civic education for theschools, broadening its “Becoming a CitizensProgram”as a model for high schools, contin-uing its “Town Hall” program, as well as main-taining the ongoing programs describedabove. It has also established a large numberof regional contacts through the Centers forPluralism Network, assisting counterparts inAzerbaijan, Belarus, and other countries. Ithopes to continue to provide assistance tothose NGO sectors in need.

Civil Society Against CorruptionBishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Civil Society Against Corruptionwas established as a public asso-ciation in May 2000 at the initiativeof a number of prominent citizensand leaders of NGOs in

Kyrgyzstan, including the leaders of theCenter for Human Rights, the Chamber ofTax Consultants, the Legal Forum, the PublicCommunity of People’s Social Protection, aswell as the editor of the newspaper Litsa,among others. Tolekan Ismailova, founderand president of the Coalition for Democracyand Civil Society, became the Chairman ofthe Coordination Council on a voluntarybasis. She later became CSAC’s executivedirector in August 2002.

CSAC is dedicated to promoting trans-parency and democratic norms and exposingcorruption in public life, especially as one ofthe primary reasons for the lack of democra-tization and economic reform. In order to fullyimplement its program, CSAC has estab-lished partnerships with local NGOs,activists, and human rights organizations inall regions of Kyrgyzstan. Among its initia-tives:

• CSAC distributed a press release in May2000 detailing for the first time the findings ofa report prepared by TransparencyInternational as part of its corruption index,prompting national forums and discussionson the issue;

• Following the tragic events in Aksi [inwhich government forces killed and injuredpeaceful demonstrators], CSAC initiated theForum of Kyrgyzstan Leaders “Dialogue forthe Future” in the summer of 2002, whichunited more than 125 leaders from different

sectors of society for discussion on ways tofoster Kyrgyzstan’s development;

• Following the referendum in February2003, CSAS organized from March 1 to April30 a program called “Bridges of Democracyafter a Referendum Without Democracy.”Two public hearings were held on the topic“The Role of the Government andPeculiarities of the Majority System ofElections in Kyrgyzstan” in Dzhalal-Abad andKarakol in the Issy kul oblast. More than 500activists took part in these events that alsoincluded leading political figures in the civicand democratic movement. Another forum onthe theme “Democracy and Security: ConflictResolution Using Peaceful Means — Ways ofCooperation” was also organized.

For the future, CSAC will continue to focuson the negative effects of the “referendumwithout democracy” on Kyrgyzstan’s develop-ment and will involve NGOs, civic activists,and others in achieving an open and publicmeans of decision-making. Particular focuswill be on strengthening networks of civicleaders and promoting involvement of citi-zens in upcoming decision making process-es: local, parliamentary, and presidentialelections. In addition, CSAC will launch amedia program with the aim of promoting itsactivities.

Crimean Teachers’ CouncilBakhchisaray, Ukraine

Founded in 1994, the CrimeanTeachers Council supports teach-ers and schools and promoteseducation in indigenous lan-guages. It works with educators to

enhance active teaching techniques throughworkshops and seminars, involves parents inthe education process with teachers, andworks with community members to supportand promote active civic participation on localissues. Through its work, it has become oneof the leading non-governmental organiza-tions in the Crimean Tatar community.

Since 1998, the CTC has conducted regu-lar “training of trainer” workshops to teachlocal activists how to organize Parent-Teacher Councils and also how to lead civicforums to address and resolve issues impor-tant to the community. The Teachers’ Councilhas hosted a number of interns from the CfP

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Network at its training workshops, includingfrom Mongolia, Central Asia, the Caucasus,and Central and Eastern Europe. It also hashosted a peace camp for students fromGeorgia as part of an exchange with the IDPAssociation of Women.

The Crimean Teachers’ Council is alsoactive in networking activities and programsabroad. CTC Chairperson Dilara Setveliyevahas worked as a trainer with various IDEEprojects, including the women’s leadershipprograms in the Caucasus and Central Asia.

D. Aliyeva Society for the Protectionof Women’s RightsBaku, Azerbaijan

The D. Aliyeva Society for theProtection of Women’s Rights is anon-governmental, non-political,non-religious social organizationfounded in 1988 and registered in

1990 and is one of Azerbaijan’s oldest inde-pendent organizations. The society has eightregional offices and approximately twentythousand members and one thousandactivists, among whom are teachers, lawyers,physicians, scientists, musicians, sociolo-gists, and laborers. The aims of the organiza-tion are to: (1) protect the social and civilrights of women in Azerbaijan as a funda-mental aspect of the country’s establishmentof democracy; (2) create conditions forwomen’s participation in social and politicallife; and (3) conduct educational and human-itarian programs with relevance to women.

Among the Society’s specific activities are:• Assisting in legal cases having to do with

women’s rights and family members’ rights;• Participating in trials as public defenders;• Informing government bodies of breaches

of the Constitution and laws in regards tohuman and civil rights;• Conducting seminars, conferences, and

training workshops on women’s issues;• Publishing relevant information in

Azerbaijan and abroad;• Assisting in establishing new non-govern-

mental organizations.The Society has worked on numerous proj-

ects in pursuit of these objectives, includingmonitoring violations of women’s rights, offer-

ing assistance to immigrant and/or refugeewomen, conducting educational seminars onthe rights of women refugees and democraticsociety, and others. The Society continues tofocus especially on educational programs,and has developed a traveling lecture-hall onwomen’s rights, a newspaper on women’slegal and educational issues, “Peace toWomen,” a joint project of physiological aidand rehabilitation for women refugees,among others.

The Society is the Azerbaijan coordinatorof IDEE’s “Networking Women in theCaucasus Program,” coordinating participa-tion in training programs and study tours,building a network of women NGO leaders,participating in multi-national training teams,organizing domestic and cross-borderCitizens Forums, and co-editing the pro-gram’s Caucasus-wide NGO newsletter. Inthis capacity, and as part of its original mis-sion, the D. Aliyeva Society for the Protectionof Women’s Rights continues to play animportant role in main streaming and inte-grating women NGO leaders and NGOsfocusing on women’s issues in the overallcivic movement. As an active participant inthe CfP Network, the Society has participatedin numerous study tours and exchanges andprovided assistance to numerous NGOs visit-ing Azerbaijan.

Forum of Tuzla CitizensTuzla, Bosnia and Hercegovina

The Forum of Tuzla Citizenswas founded as a response to theneed and determination to pre-serve Bosnia and Herzegovina asa whole, independent, and decen-

tralized sovereign state within its historicaland geopolitical borders, regulated by parlia-mentary and democratic principles and asrecognized by the international community.The purpose behind this imperative aim is toguarantee that no part of Bosnia andHercegovina’s territory can be considered aseparate national territory by any of its peo-ple, as well as to guarantee that nationalisttendencies do not re-emerge on its territory.

The Forum is a non-political association,where citizens gather on the basis of free willand personal choice. The Forum currentlyhas over 15,000 members. The mission of

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the Forum of Tuzla Citizens is to: • Re-establish mutual trust motivated by

humanism and strength of spirit;• Return displaced persons and refugees

to their ancient places of origin and returntheir property;

• Punish all war criminals;• Develop patriotic feelings in the Bosnia-

Herzegovina population based on positivecultural and ethnic experiences in the region;

• Support and actively participate in allconstructive peaceful initiatives that are inaccordance with the principles of The Forum;

• Respect human rights and freedomsthat are in accordance with the Declaration ofthe Rights of Man; and

• Preserve multinational and multi-reli-gious, material and spiritual heritage.

The Forum of Tuzla Citizens coordinatesseminars, round tables and cultural events ontopics of democratization, multi-culturalism,cross-border communication, human rightsand conflict resolution. It publishes informa-tional booklets on these issues. It advocatesfor a unitary BiH through different activities,monitors human rights abuses, and partici-pates in regional initiatives and events. As amember of the Centers for PluralismNetwork, the Forum hosted the 10th meetingof the Centers for Pluralism.

Foundation for PluralismBucharest, Romania

The Foundation for Pluralism(FfP) is a non-partisan activistorganization founded in March1994 dedicated to promoting polit-ical pluralism, independent media

and a market economy.The core activity of FfP is the education

and training of young political leaders. FfP isthe only Romanian NGO to organize a sys-tematic series of non-partisan workshops andseminars for young political leaders, reachinghundreds of new activists. The School forYoung Political Leaders programs aim to offerbetter knowledge and understanding of politi-cal doctrines, space for political dialogue, andan opportunity to acquire skills for effectivepolitical action. It also focuses on the promo-tion of dialogue among political parties andthe development of leadership skills. Many of

the participants go on to become members ofParliament, civil servants or representativesof public administration or political offices.

FfP has organized several regionalSchools for Young Political Leaders in part-nership with CfPs, including Democracy AfterCommunism Foundation in Hungary andCivic Initiatives in Serbia. The Schools allowyoung leaders to exchange experiences andexpose them to regional, non-partisan, andinteractive learning.

Last year, the Foundation for Pluralismimplemented a program entitled “MakingPolitical Agendas into a Citizens’ Agenda,”which was geared toward young politicalleaders and focused on ethics and morals inpolitics and ways to pursue political agendasbased on constituent needs. The Foundationalso organized an internship program for fourCfP members to learn more about how citi-zens can influence the political agenda.

FfP (formerly known as the HumanitasFoundation) is an original member of theCenters for Pluralism (CfP) network and host-ed its 2nd and 15th meetings. TheFoundation has established common projectswith many CfPs in neighboring countries aswell as in Romania and participated in train-ing and exchange programs throughout theCEE/FSU region. It assisted the Center forAntiwar Action and later Civic Initiatives incoordinating training programs for young civicactivists from Serbia. More recently, it organ-ized a study tour for women NGO leadersfrom the Caucasus and Central Asia as aresult of participation in IDEE’s “Women’sNetworking” programs. FfP participated inestablishing a partnership with the GermanMarshall Fund Fellowship Program for youngpolitical leaders and journalists. It is also theRomanian partner of the American Councilfor Young Political Leaders.

Inam (Trust)Baku, Azerbaijan

Inam (meaning a “Trust” inAzeri) was established in 1992. Itis an information, resource, andcoordinating center for NGOs,journalists, and students and a

promoter of domestic, regional, and transre-gional networking. The organization’s princi-pal mission is to strengthen the impact of

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NGOs in Azerbaijan by organizing and main-taining a network of NGOs.

Inam organizes a wide array of educationand training programs for NGO activists,young leaders, political party activists, tradeunionists, and journalists. Topics range fromthe role of the Third Sector in a democraticsociety to free market economies as well asmore practical subjects such as how to writea proposal and how to hold a meeting. Since1993, Inam has organized more than 200training events involving several thousands ofparticipants. Inam’s network of NGOsinvolves 300 representatives from more than50 NGOs in Azerbaijan. Participantsstrengthen and expand this cooperative net-work by taking part in ongoing activities suchas coordinating meetings, election observa-tion, cooperative projects, informationexchanges and the preparation of trainingand seminar programs.

In the spring of 2003, Inam helped foundthe SOS ’03 Election League together withfive other organizations with the aim of pro-moting free and fair elections in the country.The organization formulated suggestions fora revision of the country’s electoral code inpreparation for the fall 2003 presidential elec-tions and has organized trainings and otherevents.

Inam has an ongoing publications programand publishes and distributes pamphlets ondemocratic theory, civil society, NGO man-agement, human rights, and political, social,and economic issues. Since 1995, it has pub-lished several hundred pamphlets on thesetopics with total distribution in the tens ofthousands. Inam published 8 issues of theAzeri-language Centers for PluralismNewsletter and currently publishes a succes-sor publication called Third Sector. This jour-nal addresses these issues as they pertain toAzerbaijan, and also includes the results oforganizational monitoring of the media.

Inam's plans for the next year include: (1)active participation in elections through train-ing seminars for election observers and com-mission members as well as through monitor-ing of the pre-election, election, and post-election periods; (2) continuing its “Mission ofWomen Leaders” program, involving organiz-ing seminars and publishing a book on thetopic; (3) creating a Web site for the network

of NGOs to serve as a common resourcematerial for members and the public; (4) con-tinuing to translate and publish articles andbooks on issues of democratization, law, andhuman rights.

Jaan Tõnisson Institute (JTI)Tallinn, Estonia

The Jaan Tõnisson Institute(JTI) is a non-profit, non-govern-mental research and training cen-ter, founded in 1991. It was estab-lished in honor of Jaan Tõnisson,

one of the primary founders of the independ-ent Estonian state in 1918 and a promoter ofdemocratic values in Estonian society.

The aim of JTI is to foster democraticdevelopment and the strengthening of civilsociety in Estonia. In the spirit of Tonisson’slegacy, the Institute works to cultivate a polit-ical and civic democratic culture in Estoniaand to promote citizen participation in deci-sion-making processes.

JTI began its work around the timeEstonian independence was restored, organ-izing political and local government trainingprograms as well as research and projects onrelations between Estonia and Russia. Oneof its most important programs was reachingout to the Russian minority community witheducational programs on the Estonian consti-tution and how to participate in local munici-pal councils.

JTI currently carries out research programsand organizes training seminars, courses,workshops and information services forteachers, politicians, governmental and localauthorities and members of NGOs. JTI wasinstrumental in creating the Roundtable ofEstonian Non-Profit Organizations, whichbegan in 2001 with 428 members as a publicand open form of cooperation for Estoniannon-profit organizations and serves as a pub-lic lobby for third sector interests. JTI has alsobeen active in the formation of theFoundation for National Agreement, whichwas signed in February 2003 by a wide rangeof Estonian unions, associations and non-governmental organizations to strengthenand develop Estonian society and economyand to promote long term plans for improvingthe Estonian state. JTI’s director is its firstchairman.

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The Jaan Tonisson Institute was among thefirst participants in the Centers for Pluralismand hosted the 4th Meeting of the CfPs.

Karta/Ryazan Memorial CenterRyazan, Russian Federation

Karta/Ryazan Memorial Centeris a regional branch of theMemorial Society, established in1989 by activists from the democ-racy movement in Russia. Karta

supports the development of human rights,civil society, and the independent press.

In 1992, with encouragement from thePolish Karta Center, it established the KartaIndependent Historical and Human RightsJournal. The journal covers the modern histo-ry of the Soviet and Eastern Europeanregimes, Gulag cartography, testimonies ofvictims of repression, memoirs of dissidentsand research and analysis conducted by his-torians and human rights activists from vari-ous regions of Russia.

Since 1995, the organization has beeninvolved in various civic education projectsand has supported many non-profit organiza-tions. It carries out a number of human rightscampaigns, including promotion of a law onalternative civil service, and protests againstespionage accusations against scholars andjournalists. Karta/Memorial is working todevelop a human rights network to encour-age NGO and human rights activists todefend colleagues facing persecution. It alsomaintains a branch office in the Saskovskiregion, which serves as a base for theSaskovo “Choice of Conscience” HumanRights Center.

Karta/Memorial initiated the InterregionalHuman Rights Network, which includesorganizations from more than 30 regions inRussia, and also maintains Human RightsOnline, the network’s internet site. This siteprovides comprehensive information onhuman rights, as well as computer and e-mailcourses for activists, among other resources.Karta/Memorial also maintains its own Website, as well as one especially devoted to thedifficult situation in the North Caucasusregion, entitled “War and Human Rights,”which promotes halting the Chechen war andmonitoring human rights abuses there. TheWeb site also provides daily updated Russian

language news, analysis of human rights vio-lations in the region and a section in English.

Karta publishes the Russian-language ver-sion of the Centers for Pluralism Newsletter(19 issues to date), which provides informa-tion on NGOs in the CEE/FSU region as wellas practical knowledge on issues related tothe Third Sector for civic activists.

Kosova Action for Civic Initiatives(KACI)Prishtina, Kosova

The Kosova Action for CivicInitiatives (KACI), founded in May1998 as a continuation of theKoha Educational Foundation, is amultifaceted NGO based in

Prishtina, Kosova involved in research, advo-cacy, and the promotion of civil society.

KACI's primary goal is to increase under-standing of Kosovar politics and internationaldevelopments with regard to the question ofKosova through research, analysis, informa-tion distribution, and discussion. KACI is alsoan action council for civic initiatives, providingsupport for NGOs in the form of training,study visits, direct support, and other means.It also coordinates common programs andhelps NGOs get in touch with their counter-parts in other parts of the world.

KACI is involved in advocacy though infor-mation campaigns and publications. Theorganization’s research focuses on develop-ments in Kosovar society and politics. Itundertakes scientific studies on the society’sdemographic and socio-economic status,researches developments in the areas ofdemocratization, and public opinion on vari-ous issues. KACI's publications, such as itsongoing study of municipal councils, electionparticipation, and public opinion, have beenwidely used by international and domesticinstitutions. KACI publishes not only refer-ence works but also theoretical discussion inthe quarterly magazine, Kosova and BalkanObserver, which addresses recent and long-term social, cultural and economic issues thataffect Kosova and the Balkans in general.

KACI also engages in capacity building forlocal organizations to help them pursue theirown programs over the long term. Its electionand campaign monitoring programs have

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been very successful in mobilizing citizensand in ensuring free and fair elections.

From its beginnings, KACI was involved inthe Centers for Pluralism participating in CfPMeetings and taking part in a wide range ofinternships in Hungary, Poland, and othercountries. It has coordinated with several CfPPartners in its training of election monitorsand in training NGO leaders.

LATTAGrozny, Chechnya

LATTA, founded in 2002, is acivic, informational, educational,and advocacy non-governmentalorganization, which works to mon-itor, research, and disseminate

information about the situation in Chechnyaand to promote peaceful resolutions to thewar.

LATTA's members are long-standing civicand democracy activists in Chechnya. Theymonitor the situation on the ground and gath-er information in order to produce and distrib-ute the monthly Dispatches from Chechnya,an information bulletin begun in September2000. Dispatches from Chechnya providesfirst-hand reports on the humanitarian andhuman rights crisis in Chechnya and therefugee camps as well as information onRussian media coverage of the Chechen war.Dispatches was first prepared in cooperationwith Lam, but is now prepared solely byLATTA, and is written by correspondentsreporting from Chechnya and the refugeecamps. Dispatches is distributed in Englishby IDEE to a wide range of opinion and poli-cy makers, as well as the CfP Network, and isposted on IDEE's Web site (www.idee.org).

In addition to Dispatches, Latta puts outpublications and organizes seminars andconferences aimed at building a consensusaround a democratic and peaceful end to thewar in Chechnya and at promoting civic anddemocratic solutions to the vast problemsconfronting war-torn Chechnya. Its seminarsare among the few forums for different partsof the Chechen community to discuss solu-tions to the conflict together.

Liga Pro EuropaTirgu Mures, Romania

Liga Pro Europa (the Pro-Europe League) is an independ-ent, non-profit association found-ed in 1989 by democratic activistsfrom Tirgu Mures (Transylvania,

Romania). As one of the first non-govern-mental organizations in post-communistRomania, the Liga Pro Europa developed avariety of programs and projects aimed at:

• Fostering democratic development;• Promoting European integration;• Enhancing the capacity of civil society for

intercultural dialogue.Liga has a membership of 200 in Tirgu

Mures and an additional 400 supporters andvolunteers active in cities around Romania.Liga Pro Europa is an active member of theCenters for Pluralism Network, participatingin regional and Network-wide meetings, host-ing and participating in study tours, and help-ing coordinate regional activities with theFoundation for Pluralism.

Liga Pro Europa’s programs developed aspecial importance as a result of the political-ly instigated ethnic violence in Tirgu Mures in1990. They aimed at fostering dialogue,bringing communities together, combatingintolerance and ethnic hatred, overcomingdifferences, and preventing violence. Liga’seducational and training activities provideparticipants with the opportunity to engage inintercultural dialogue, scientific study, andpractical interaction. The organization main-tains four permanent programs:

• The Intercultural Center, started in 1993,is Liga Pro Europa’s longest running andmost successful program. It provides hun-dreds of young people with intercultural edu-cation and training in political and civic lead-ership. The program also prepares them toprovide transparent and accountable publicadministration and intercultural managementin the multiethnic region of Transylvania.Among the Center’s major programs are “TheIntercultural Academy of Transylvania,”“Week of Tolerance,” “Intercultural Forum,”and the “Romanian-Hungarian SummerUniversity.” The Center publishes a newslet-ter, Newsletter Pro Europa, and a journal,Altera. In the coming year, the Center will

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begin a new program, the “TransylvaniaSummer University.”

• The College of Democracy informs youngstudents from the Tirgu Mures region aboutpluralist democracy and sustainable develop-ment at the community level. Programsinclude workshops, training courses, field vis-its, study tours, and the publication of essayswritten by participants. In 2003, the 9th classwill graduate and the 10th session will com-mence.

• The Human Rights Office, founded in1993, provides free counseling to personswhose rights have been violated, monitorshuman rights abuses by the government, andorganizes training courses and roundtablesfor prosecutors, police officers and minorityleaders in order to spread a culture of humanrights in Romania. One of the Human RightsOffice’s priorities is to study and mediate thediscriminatory treatment of the Roma throughthe “Roma Leaders’ School,” which educatesRoma organizations on leadership and civicinvolvement.

• The Pluralism Program is focused on rais-ing awareness of environmental issues, cre-ating equal opportunities for women, promot-ing women in decision-making positions,NGO capacity development, and networkingin the Tirgu Mures area.

STINA Press AgencySplit, Croatia

STINA Press Agency wasbegun in 1991 as an independentalternative to the dominant warand nationalist propaganda of thepro-government media. It main-

tains a regional network of journalists cover-ing all developments of the Balkan war andpost-war periods. Its articles have been usedin independent press throughout the regionand its reports have been featured on BBC,RFE/RL, Deutsche Welle, among other radioservices. STINA also coordinates differentprojects supporting independent media inCroatia and neighboring countries.

In 1994, STINA became the coordinator andpublisher of the Network of IndependentJournalists (NIJ), and in 1997 of its WeeklyService, an online and e-mail news service thatdistributes articles from a variety of independ-

ent journalists throughout Central and EasternEurope and the former Soviet Union to inde-pendent media both in and outside the region.The Network of Independent Journalistsincludes around sixty journalists in twenty-fivecountries who report on events, problems, andprocesses affecting the transition from commu-nism in their countries and regions.

The NIJ service provides information andcomparative analysis on politics, democraticand civic development, the economy, humanrights, media freedom, social development,ethnic relations and conflicts, conflict resolu-tion, among other topics. The NIJ plans toimprove and upgrade its network of corre-spondents, with special attention given to theregions of Central Asia, the Caucasus andthe Balkans. NIJ will focus on post-conflictconditions in these regions. NIJ will also startmany smaller, more specialized projects forindividual topics, in an attempt to secureadditional financial support for the continualdevelopment of the broader program.

Approximately 250 media outlets, NGOs,international organizations, as well asresearch and educational organizations from30 countries use the NIJ Weekly Service,which has published 321 issues to date (itwas suspended for the summer of 2003), witha total of more than 1,300 articles and reports.It is estimated that articles from each issueare republished on average 5 to 10 times.

Supolnasc Civic Society CenterMinsk, Belarus

Supolnasc was established inMinsk in December 1995 toaddress Belarusian society’s lackof development and continuedapathy and to build and maintain

ongoing pro-democracy coalitions of like-minded people with the aim of helping to builddemocratic structures, promote democraticvalues, and foster an open, pluralistic societyin an independent Belarus.

Supolnasc has organized a broad range ofactivities to further its goals, including trainingworkshops, assisting NGOs to form andorganize, especially in the regions, develop-ing regional and national networks, educa-tional programs, publishing, and coalitionbuilding. Supolnasc continues to act as an

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umbrella organization to a network of NGOs,and provides them with a place to meet, themeans to cooperate, and coordination fortraining sessions. Supolnasc places particu-lar emphasis on local democratic initiativesand the media.

Supolnasc was a leading force in the cre-ation of the Belarus Association of Pro-Democratic NGOs, serving as the first coordi-nator of its assembly and working group, andin fostering regional NGO coordinatinggroups. It is also an active participant in theBelarus Association of NGO ResourceCenters. In 2001, Supolnasc coordinatedtraining and regional programs for the non-partisan Mobilization Campaign Vybiraii(Choose) for the presidential elections, andits chairman served as the overall coordinatorfor the campaign.

In the last year, Supolnasc has worked tomaintain the coalition of active NGOs builtduring the Mobilization Campaign as well asto support efforts to foster change around themunicipal elections. It continues to build anongoing NGO training capacity, networkNGOs around common programs, and tobuild a national network of civics educatorsand independent journalists.

Supolnasc, a Center for Pluralism from itsinception, has been one of the Network'smost active members, participating in variousregion-wide activities, offering solidarity andsupporting activities of other CfPs, takingadvantage of study tours and internships inneighboring countries, and welcoming assis-tance from CfPs for Belarus's democraticstruggle. It hosted the 14th Meeting of theCenters for Pluralism.


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Azerbaijan National DemocracyFoundation (ANDF) — Baku,Azerbaijan

The Azerbaijan NationalDemocracy Foundation (ANDF) wasformed in April 1997 as a non-gov-ernmental organization committed

to the development of independent politicalorganizations, the strengthening of civil soci-ety, and the improvement of the distribution ofinformation about public affairs. TheFoundation works to educate Azerbaijanisociety on the history and evolution of demo-cratic values in Azerbaijan, to teach humanrights and democratic principles, and toestablish and develop ties among the demo-cratic movements in the region. Additionally,the Foundation remains committed to dis-couraging the expansion of religious funda-mentalism and fanaticism, and campaigns fordemocracy and human rights in Azerbaijan.

ANDF organizes seminars to educate thepublic on elections and on the general role ofNGOs in the democratic process. ANDF hasalso worked in cooperation with regional andinternational organizations to conduct work-shops on various topics, such as politicalinstitutions, ethics in government, and NGOadministration. The Foundation has initiateddiscussion clubs outside of urban areas inAzerbaijan to stimulate cooperation and dem-ocratic development there. For example, inlate 2002 and the first three months of 2003,ANDF held more than 12 public forumsthrough a CfP-supported small grants pro-gram.

Since 1997, ANDF has published and dis-tributed over 30 publications covering the for-mation of civil society, the state of democra-cy, and the development of democratic coali-tions in Azerbaijan. The Foundation mostrecently published the Azerbaijan DemocracyMonitor, which reports on all aspects of civilsociety development in Azerbaijan, includingeconomic, political and social issues, and hasbeen especially useful during election cam-

paigns. This publication was produced inAzeri, English and Russian language edi-tions, and has recently been expanded tointernet and e-mail versions to reach a broad-er audience. Contributors range from NGOactivists to journalists to political party repre-sentatives.

ANDF will continue its publications, citi-zen’s participation, and educational and sem-inar activities and it is continuing its activitiesin the area of promoting free and fair elec-tions, helping to found the SOS ‘03 NGOcoalition, promote public discussions in theregions, and organizing major conferences.

APADOR–CH — Bucharest, RomaniaAPADOR–CH (the Association for

the Defense of Human Rights inRomania–Helsinki Committee),established in 1990, is a non-gov-

ernmental, non-profit organization that strivesto change both legislation and social con-sciousness in the field of civil and humanrights, especially in areas of individual free-doms, the right to privacy, fair trial, access toinformation, and on the rights of minorities.

APADOR –CH’s strategy consists of moni-toring and establishing a dialogue withauthorities, by acting as a credible source ofinformation for national and international non-governmental and governmental organiza-tions.

The objectives of APADOR–CH are: • To campaign for the modification of laws

with direct impact on civil rights, such as thepenal code, the criminal procedure code, theLaw on National Security and the laws stem-ming from it, among others;.

• To promote new legislation in the field offree access to information and the protectionof personal data, the non-profit sector, pro-tection of the rights of minorities — includingethnic, religious, and sexual minorities — therights of prisoners, and persons in pre-trialdetention;

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• To provide assistance to victims of abus-es perpetrated by police and by the peniten-tiary system, assessing objectively the casesand providing legal counseling and/or legalassistance in court

• To raise awareness of the general publicon these issues

APADOR–CH accomplishes these goalsby, among other activities: (1) providing writ-ten comments and suggestions to amenddraft bills, especially by providing analysis onbringing Romanian legislation in conformitywith European and international human rightsconventions and standards; (2) conductingfact-finding missions and preparing reportson conditions of penitentiaries, police lock-ups, cases of torture or abuse, as well asattacks on minorities, (3) dissemination ofthese reports to proper authorities as well asto elected representatives and other interest-ed parties, including NGOs and the media.Through its work and in coalition with otherNGOs, APADOR–CH has had significantimpact in the areas of public legislation andpublic opinion in many of these areas.

APADOR–CH is affiliated with theInternational Helsinki Federation in Viennaand participates in a wide number of interna-tional and European meetings and initiativesin the field of human and minority rights.APADOR–CH has worked in partnership withthe Centers for Pluralism since its inception.

Association of Disabled Students —Belgrade, Serbia

The Association of DisabledStudents (ADS) is a non-govern-mental organization founded in2000 to improve the position of

young people and students with disabilitiesand to facilitate their integration into society. Itis the first organization of its kind in Serbiaand Montenegro. ADS has a growing networkof partner organizations in Belgrade, Nis,Podgorica and Kragujevac, and has around220 members.

ADS creates awareness of the challengesfacing disabled people through media cam-paigns and publications, including its quarter-ly bulletin, Bush, and actively pursues theimprovement of conditions for disabled youngpeople by proposing legal changes and work-ing with university and education officials,

local authorities, and social institutions to cre-ate facilities and opportunities for disabledpeople to break out of their isolation. ADSalso organizes workshops and conferencesto coordinate cooperation among possiblepartner organizations and provides psycho-logical and health counseling to disabledyoung people. It cooperates extensively withother organizations, including Students’Union of Serbia and Volunteer CenterBelgrade.

The ADS has ambitious plans for organiz-ing educational outreach centers for disabledyouth in order to provide them skills (comput-er, language, etc.) to obtain employment; pro-viding technical devices to disabled to givethem greater opportunity for education andemployment; lobbying for greater access andaccommodations for the disabled in general,especially at the university; offering psycho-social help to disabled youth; and organizingcultural events that give disabled youth achance to be part of the student scene.Finally, ADS has established a network oforganizations of disabled, concentrating onyouth, in the Balkans, hoping that throughgreater cooperation there can be moreprogress made for the disabled in the region.It is looking for contacts, ideas, and outreachto similar organizations throughout theregion, including former Soviet Union.

Center for Citizenship Education —Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

The Center for CitizenshipEducation (CCE) is a non-profit,independent NGO established tomake a contribution to the promotion

of a democratic and civil society in Mongolia. CCE was founded in 1992 under the name

“Central Asian Development Foundation,”which changed into the current name in 1996.The Center has been implementing its proj-ect, “Education for Democracy” since 1993.

The Center for Citizenship Education’sgoals are to contribute to the creation of con-ditions that will enable citizens of Mongolia toassociate freely and actively participate insocial, state and government affairs; to pro-mote democratic values; and to enhanceteachers’ knowledge of democracy and tohave them learn new teaching methodologiesand techniques.


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In pursuit of this goal, CCE has undertakena variety of effective activities:

• In support of NGOs, CCE promotes newlaws on NGOs, and give them professionalconsultation through seminars and training;

• Publish books and other materials foruse of the public, NGO staff, and volunteers

• Set up an NGO clearinghouse which pro-vides central and local NGOs with informationregarding Mongolian and foreign NGOs;

• Facilitate secondary school social sci-ence teachers’ learning of new methodolo-gies and techniques of teaching democracyin classrooms by coordinating programs, withthe purpose of helping the Mongolian educa-tion system meet the demands of currentconditions;

• Write, translate and publish textbooks,pamphlets, and reading books on the sub-jects of democracy, human rights, jurispru-dence, and economics for use by teachersand students of all levels.

Center of Information andDocumentation of Crimean Tatars —Kyiv, Ukraine

The Center of Information andDocumentation of Crimean Tatars(CIDCT) is a non-governmental,non-commercial organization found-

ed in 2000. The primary task of CIDCT is todevelop and disseminate information on:

• the history and modern development ofCrimea and the Crimean Tatar people;

• the problems connected with their returnto their historic homeland after decades offorced deportation; and

• the restoration of the Crimean Tatar peo-ple’s political, social, economic and culturalrights within independent Ukraine.

CIDCT publishes the informational journalKrimski Studii (Crimean Studies) in Englishand in Ukrainian, published six times peryear. This journal is distributed free of chargeto members of the Ukrainian Parliament, min-istries and departments of the government(especially the humanitarian offices), librariesof leading high schools of Kyiv and theAutonomous Republic of Crimea, the parlia-ment and Council of Ministers of theAutonomous Republic of Crimea, foreign

embassies, and missions of internationalorganizations and NGOs. CIDCT also moni-tors the Ukrainian mass media on issuesrelated to Crimea and Crimean Tatars. Allmaterials are organized and published in anelectronic bulletin, Crimea Mirrored inUkrainian Mass Media, distributed every tendays.

CIDCT conducts research on legal normsand mechanisms related to the situation ofCrimean Tatars that can then be used to cre-ate legislative initiatives. CIDCT also con-ducts seminars, round tables and confer-ences on human rights, national minoritiesand indigenous peoples’ rights. CIDCTopened its own Web site http://www.cidct.org.ua, which includes all issues of the infor-mational bulletin Krimski studii. In the nearfuture, CIDCT plans to create an electroniclibrary, which will contain the normative legaldocuments of governmental bodies on thetopics of the development of Ukraine and thereturn and resettlement of the Crimean Tatarpeople, including the work of both Ukrainianand foreign researchers on Crimean Tatars,Karaites and Krimchaks.

Refat Chubarov, member of the UkrainianParliament and the deputy chairman of Mejlisof the Crimean Tatar people, is CIDCT’s pres-ident and Ayder Ibragimov is executive direc-tor. CIDCT strives to extend its circle of part-ners to increase mutual exchange of experi-ences and to stimulate cooperation in therealization of projects aimed at building civilsociety.

Center for Political Studies“Democrat” (CPSD) — Baku,Azerbaijan

The Center for Political Studies“Democrat” (CPSD), established in1999, is a non-governmental organ-ization dedicated to the promotion

and protection of democratic values andideas and disseminating information aboutAzerbaijan’s democratic movement.

In its four years of existence, CPSD hassuccessfully carried out a number of projects,including the publication of two books and sixbulletins and brochures on various subjectsrelated to democratic development inAzerbaijan, including a brochure “PublicRelations” and the Azeri translation of the

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book “The Second Wave of Reforms inPoland.” It published eight issues of an ana-lytical-informational bulletin called “Elections2000” and starting in 2001 the Bulletin of theDemocratic Congress.

Another successful project of CPRD wasthe establishment of a Hot Line to help pro-tect citizens’ electoral rights. During the 2000parliamentary elections, CPRD’s Hot Linebecame a focal point to collect information onthe country-wide cases of violation of electionprocedures. This project enabled citizens touse Hot Line to quickly report about proce-dural violations during elections and get leg-islative advice at no charge. These findingswere used to prepare ten comprehensivereports in English and Azeri, which were thenpublicized locally and internationally. In addi-tion, the Hot Line was used to provide infor-mational support and free legal consultationsto the hundreds of citizens. During the August24, 2002 referendum on constitutionalamendments, CPRD set up another Hot Lineto help protect voters’ rights and preparedand distributed a detailed report on the refer-endum results in Azerbaijan and abroad.

CPRD helped form and is an active partici-pant in the SOS ‘03 Election League to helpensure free and fair elections for the 2003presidential elections and CPRD’s directorwas appointed the S0S ‘03 coordinator.

Democracy Education Center —Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

The Democracy Education Center(DEC) is a Mongolian non-govern-mental, non-profit, non-partisanorganization aimed at strengthening

civil society through education, promotion ofdemocracy, and support of active citizenship.The mission of the DEC is carried out throughtwo programs: a democracy education pro-gram and an NGO support services program.

The DEC started the NGO Support Centerproject under the auspices of the AsiaFoundation. After the NGO law was passedin 1997, the DEC organized a series of work-shops, seminars, and NGO networking meet-ings for Mongolian NGO leaders and person-nel throughout the country. In the past years,the DEC has delivered many services toassist Mongolian NGOs by providing informa-tion, counseling, and assistance with

resource materials development and its dis-semination.

The DEC served as a facilitator and organ-izer of the “Financial Sustainability of LocalNGOs of Mongolia” seminar, initiated and co-sponsored by the Asia Foundation and PeaceWinds Japan, with the support of the GrassRoots Development Programme of theJapanese government, which took place inSeptember, 2000 in Ulaanbaatar. As a follow-up activity, the DEC organized a series ofregional multi-stakeholder dialogues on NGOcapacity-building throughout the country inlate 2000.

With support from IDEE, the DEC hasrecently initiated the publication of a CfP-model Newsletter in Mongolian to report onthe activities of NGOs in Mongolia, and toprovide NGOs with information on contactsabroad, grant opportunities, internships,training, and articles devoted to the currentproblems and successes of the NGO sectorin Mongolia as well as in other countries.

Directorio 5–Cuban DemocraticRevolutionary Directorate — Miami,USA

Directorio Cubano RevolucionarioDirectoria was formed in September1990 by 200 young Cuban andCuban-American delegates dedicat-

ed to promoting democracy in Cuba. Thisorganization continues the legacy of a move-ment started in Cuba in the late 1920s andkept alive by pro-democracy Cuban youth insuccessive “Directorios.” The Directorioformed in 1990 became the fifth.

Directorio 5 immediately took to the task oforganizing young Cubans and creating anavenue for their active participation in issuesthat affect the Cuban nation. The organiza-tion’s mission is:

• To rescue the Cuban national culture byfostering the identification of new generationsof Cubans and Cuban-Americans with theCuban nation;

• To promote freedom and democracy inCuba in the face of the current dictatorship;

• To involve Cuban youth, inside and out-side of Cuba, in the process of eliminating theCastro dictatorship and establishing a newsystem of democratic government in Cuba.



The Directorio favors non-violent action toweaken the Cuban government from within,creating international support to pressure theCuban government from without, and unitingthose opposing the government inside theisland with those outside in order to create aneffective force for change. To achieve thesegoals, the Directorio has pursued numerousavenues including educational lectures,Cuban youth retreats, international cam-paigns in Latin America and Europe, radiobroadcasts to Cuba, grass roots protests, andaiding the Cuban internal opposition.

The Directorio has continued to support theinternal opposition movement and partici-pates, together with other exile organizations,in a coalition of support called ConcilioCubano. Concilio Cubano is a projectlaunched inside Cuba to unite the oppositionand independent organizations under a sin-gle front. The Directorio’s “Agreement forDemocracy” brought together Cuban, CubanAmerican, Latin American, and other organi-zations in a common statement supportingthe goals of the Concilio.

The Directorio has launched OperacionBoitel, a campaign aimed at bringing the truthabout Cuba to Latin America, especially tothe youth. Through this campaign, theDirectorio has held seminars on Cuba in theDominican Republic, Bolivia, Nicaragua, ElSalvador, Chile and Mexico and created acoalition of Latin American Committees ofSolidarity with Democracy in Cuba.

Today, the Directorio is seeking to expandits activities in all areas, from educating anew generation of Cubans about their identi-ty and role in the struggle, to creatingstronger ties with the internal opposition, toexpanding Operacion Boitel to other coun-tries in Latin-America and the world. One ofits most important initiatives in the last sever-al years was its participation in the Centersfor Pluralism Meetings and organizing numer-ous campaigns with Eastern European dem-ocratic leaders in the Czech Republic,Hungary, Estonia, Poland, Romania, andRussia on behalf of Cuban political prisonersand dissidents. A CfP initiative coordinatedby Apador-CH’s Gabriel Andreescu estab-lished the Pedro Luis Boitel Award awardedannually for a Cuban democracy activist.Funds were collected exclusively from amongEastern European NGOs.

Euroregional Center for Democracy -Timisoara, Romania

The Euroregional Center forDemocracy (CED) is a non-govern-mental and non-profit organizationfounded in 2001 by the Open

Society Foundation Romania to promotedemocracy and stability in Central andSoutheastern Europe. Its goals are:

* To build and consolidate democracy byproviding innovative ongoing and long-termopportunities for communication throughinteractive seminars, workshops, panels, inorder to help democratic institutions;

* To promote partnership between regional,national and local non-governmental organi-zations and institutions and help them devel-op regional projects, as well as undertakejoint efforts;

* To strengthen the institutional capacity ofthe NGO community through programs thatensure the development of available humanresources, as well as of the organizational,institutional and legal framework in order tofacilitate the elaboration of long- term strate-gies for viability and sustainability;

* To raise regional community awarenessof common transition-related issues and ofthe relationship between diversity anddemocracy by initiating debates on con-tentious issues in order to overcome preju-dices, stereotypes and isolation.

The Euroregional Center for Democracyhas organized three annual Regional NGOFairs, which give civil society representativesfrom South Eastern Europe the chance tonetwork, share best practices, and discovernew areas of cooperation or activity. It organ-izes training, education for democracy, aca-demic, and other programs related to theregion. The Euroregional Center forDemocracy is a member of the Soros OpenNetwork, which connects Romanian inde-pendent organizations whose common aim isto promote open society values.

Free and Democratic BulgariaFoundation — Sofia, Bulgaria

The Free and DemocraticBulgaria Foundation (FDBF) is a pri-vate and fully independent non-prof-it organization. Founded on June

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14, 1991 by Yvonne and Dimitry Panitza, itsChairman, the Foundation aims to facilitatethe process of democratization of Bulgariansociety, based on pluralism, free press, freemarkets, tolerance, an educated youth, andopen dialogue.

The Foundation’s activities include theestablishment of two centers to meet thephysical, emotional and educational needs ofSofia’s street children and youth; the creationof the first Outward Bound Program inEastern Europe; civic education programs;and an annual excellence-in-journalism prize,aimed at promoting ethical professional stan-dards in Bulgarian journalism. TheFoundation also supports the publication ofbooks that could not otherwise reach theBulgarian reader.

More recently, the FDBF has becomeinvolved with the prevention of drug use andabuse among young people of Bulgariathrough lectures in schools and through thedissemination of a guide for parents andteachers, aimed at raising awareness andknowledge on the problem among them.

Since 2001, the Foundation has beenimplementing, together with the Dutch NGOEast West Parliamentary Practice Project, athree-year project to help parliamentariansfind mechanisms for gaining communitymembers support for new legislation and toaddress ways of increasing citizens’ involve-ment in the lawmaking process.

Another initiative of the Foundation is theBulgarian School of Politics, begun in 2002,which is designed to encourage the creationof a professional political community that willadopt and implement a new democraticmodel of government. The young politiciansparticipating in the School’s seminars acquirenew leadership skills and democratic prac-tices of decision-making in an environment ofpluralism and tolerance. Participation of politi-cians with different ideological, ethnic andreligious background ensures the formationof a new type of political and social debatepertinent to Bulgaria’s sustainable democrat-ic development.

The FDBH was the original home of thefirst Center for Pluralism and a number ofongoing programs began with the support ofthe CfP program. FDBH remains an activeparticipant in CfP meetings and initiatives.

Foundation for Defense of HumanRights — Warsaw, Poland

The Foundation for Defense ofHuman Rights was established in1998 at the initiative of SenatorZbigniew Romaszewski and Zofia

Romaszewska with the specific aim to organ-ize the Third International Conference onHuman Rights held in Warsaw, Poland. TheInternational Conference was first organizedby the Romaszewskis in 1988 in Nowa Hutaunder the umbrella of Solidarity’s LawfulnessCommission. It gathered for the first time —before the fall of the Berlin Wall — humanrights and democracy advocates fromthroughout the Warsaw Bloc. The secondInternational Conference was organized in1991 in Leningrad (when conditions made itimpossible to hold in Vilnius). The ThirdInternational Conference on Human Rightshighlighted the continuing human rightscrises in countries like Azerbaijan, Cuba, andChina, as well as the terrible consequencesof Russia’s first war in Chechnya.

The FDHR’s further mission is to promotehuman rights and to monitor their observancein countries undergoing transition from com-munist totalitarianism, such as Poland,Belarus, and Ukraine, as well as in countrieswhere communist regimes remain in power orwhere the transition from communism hasmeant the perpetuation of dictatorial rule byformer communist or KGB leaders. TheFoundation also believes it is very importantto share the experiences of the successfulfight against the totalitarian systems over thelast twenty years with people who are stillstruggling.

In 2001, following successive trips to Cuba,the FDHR organized a Solidarity poster exhi-bition throughout the island. The poster exhi-bition and accompanying brochure describedthe history of the Solidarity movement strug-gle of the Polish nation against communism.

GONG — Citizens’ United to MonitorElections — Zagreb, Croatia

GONG is a non-partisan citizens’organization founded in 1997 toencourage citizens to participateactively in political processes. It is a

non-profit organization, reliant upon supportand donations from many generous donors



from the Croatian and international community. GONG is involved in several important

activities: • Conducting non-partisan monitoring of

election processes;• Educating citizens about their rights and

duties;• Encouraging mutual communication

between citizens and their elected represen-tatives;

• Promoting transparency of work withinpublic services;

• Managing public advocacy campaigns;and

• Encouraging and helping citizens in self-organizing initiatives.

GONG pursues several programs, includ-ing its Election Program, Parliament Programand International Relations Program.Programs are divided into several projects.Its Election Program includes: election moni-toring, civic education, the “I Vote (Choose)for the First Time” project, and “ElectionPackage.” The Parliament Program includes:“Citizens' Hour,” “Open Parliament,” aninternship program, and legal initiatives. TheInternational Relations program includestrainings and consultations, election monitor-ing abroad, and international exchanges.Accurate information about all GONG proj-ects and activities can be found atwww.gong.hr in both Croatian and English.

GONG has participated in CfP meetingsand assisted several CfPs and partners inelection monitoring efforts, especially inKosova.

Helsinki Foundation for HumanRights — Warsaw, Poland

The Helsinki Foundation forHuman Rights, located in Warsaw,Poland, was established in 1989. Itsemergence was preceded by seven

years of work by the Helsinki Committee inPoland, which had operated undergroundsince 1982. In 1989, members decided toestablish an independent institute for educa-tion, research on human rights, and publicinterest actions.

The Foundation’s six-month postgraduateHuman Rights School, established in 1991,now has a total of over 500 graduates from

Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus,Central Asia, and the West, who continue touse their acquired knowledge in their individ-ual communities. The school’s courses areoffered in a variety of forms: two-week lec-tures, workshops within the Summer andWinter Schools on Human Rights, as well asseminars of at least one week, held in Polandor abroad. The Foundation’s main focus is totrain activists from non-governmental organi-zations, but the School also offers seminarsfor Polish and foreign judges, ombudsmen’soffices, etc.

The Helsinki Foundation gives professionalcounseling on matters related to violations ofpersonal and political rights. Experts at theFoundation are especially helpful in assistingthose seeking refugee status and residencepermits in Poland.

The Foundation is also involved in imple-menting education programs for the benefit ofNGOs and state institutions such as policedepartments, prisons, frontier guards, etc.Several training courses have been organ-ized by the Foundation have been very suc-cessful, attracting attendees from severaldozen national NGOs and over 100 foreignorganizations.

Based on the cooperation of the over 200volunteers the Helsinki Foundation hastrained, the Foundation monitors humanrights observance on a national basis, andorganizes public actions on behalf of thoserights. The Foundation has implemented sev-eral joint programs and activities togetherwith international organizations, organiza-tions in other countries such as nationalHelsinki Committees, the OSCE, as well aswith domestic partners.

The Helsinki Foundation was an original“partner” of the Centers for Pluralism, partici-pating in its Meetings and responding torequests for training and participation in theHuman Rights School, hosting interns, andproviding information.

Institute for Regional Studies —Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

The Institute for Regional Studies(previously the Kyrgyz PeaceResearch Center) is a non-govern-mental organization founded in

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is committed to supporting democraticprocesses in Central Asia.

The Institute carries out research, organiz-es seminars and conferences, and publishesarticles and books. In order to provide amechanism for effective changes in society,training programs involving the residents ofthe Kyrgyz Republic are conducted on issuesof human rights, citizenship, and conflict pre-vention and resolution. Furthermore, theInstitute provides Kyrgyz citizens with broadaccess to information, especially on democ-racy, previously difficult to acquire in CentralAsia. The Institute encourages citizens toparticipate in public life, enhance stability anddevelop civil society in the region. The Institu-te also seeks to maintain inter-ethnic and reli-gious peace by conducting research and ma-king recommendations to decision-makers.

The Institute’ activities include:• Program on Sustainable Development in

Central Asia: The Institute organizes roundtable discussions, conferences and seminarson pertinent issues of regional development,such as inter-ethnic relation and the preven-tion of conflict. These meetings bring togeth-er academics, experts, policy-makers, com-munity leaders and NGO representatives todiscuss the regional situation from a varietyof perspectives.

• Civic Education and Training Program:This program seeks to strengthen civil socie-ty and to influence positive changes in socie-ty. The program involved the training of com-munity leaders, NGO activists, and second-ary school teachers to support, cultivate andfurther develop citizens’ democratic skills.Publications on these topics are a large partof this program as well.

• Civic Education and Human Rights: Eachyear, the Institute carries out 10-day winterschools for high school teachers, which havebeen conducted in partnership with theKyrgyz Institute for Education since 1998.

• Gender Studies Unit: This part of theInstitute works with issues of gender equalityin society and conducts research and organ-izes seminars on various relevant topics

The Institute also maintains a rapidlyexpanding Resource Center with literature ondemocracy, conflict prevention and resolu-tion, civic education, and political and socialdevelopment in Central Asia.

Institute of Statehood andDemocracy — Kyiv, Ukraine

The Institute of Statehood andDemocracy, founded in the early1990s as an initiative by the PopularMovement of Ukraine “Rukh,” is a

non-governmental, non-partisan researchand educational institute, whose principalaims are:

• To advance the idea of Ukrainian state-hood;

• To assist in the development of democrat-ic values, the building of a law-based society,and the formulation of an independent nation-al policy.

The Institute’s main initiative has been toestablish and run a program of study in poli-tics and governance in Ukraine in order topromote the education and skills of Ukraine’spolitical leaders. The Institute is also workingto improve the results of democratic candi-dates and parties during elections in Ukraine.

The Institute regularly conducts seminars,conferences, and symposia and holds train-ing courses for civic and political activists.These activists are chosen from all socialstrata from among those who have demon-strated a commitment to civic and politicalactivism. The Institute engages all democrat-ic activists and focuses its activity onUkraine’s eastern and southern regions.

The Institute of Statehood and Democracyalso provides in-depth analysis of draft legis-lation and distributes analytical briefs to par-liament members in order to encourage alter-native legislation. The Institute currently pro-vides legislative support to the largest demo-cratic faction in Ukraine’s parliament, “NashaUkraina” (Our Ukraine). The organization reg-ularly publishes books and informationalbrochures and an electronic bulletin, “TheRukh Insider.” The Institute is also responsi-ble for translating and publishing theUkrainian-language Centers for PluralismNewsletter, which is geared towardsUkrainian NGOs, and for publishing the latestissue of the main English-language Centersfor Pluralism Newsletter and the CfP TenthAnniversary publication.

In addition, the Institute is working to form acoalition of civic organizations to supportdemocratic change during the next electionsdue in 2004.



Lam — Grozny, ChechnyaLam (meaning “mountain” in

Chechen) was founded in 1996 topreserve Chechnya’s intellectualand cultural heritage and promote

education and human values in society. Since1999, it has worked to find a peaceful solutionto the Russian war against Chechnya and toprovide humanitarian assistance to refugees,including advising international relief organi-zations on how best to deliver humanitarianaid.

Before the current war, Lam focused onpreserving Chechnya's intellectual and cultur-al heritage. It produced and distributedrecordings of musical, theatrical, and danceprograms, published books on cultural topics,and organized regular meetings of intellectu-als on cultural, legal and human rights topics.

Originally based in Grozny, Lam has had toorganize many of its activities out of Nazranand out of the Sakharov Museum in Moscowsince the second war began. Lam has dis-seminated information about the crisis andabout Russian war crimes, carried out demo-cratic education programs in schools andrefugee camps, and organized conferencesand seminars drawing together Chechensfrom across the political spectrum. Originally,Lam produced Dispatches from Chechnya(now prepared by a separate organizationLatta). In its information dissemination efforts,Lam works closely with the Andrei SakharovMuseum in Moscow and IDEE.

Lam has also organized several major con-ferences bringing together Chechen andother representatives in forums to find a wayout of the crisis and an end to the war. Lam'srepresentatives have also brought its mes-sage of the necessity for a democraticChechnya to Europe and North America. Inthe spring of 2000 Lam became a ChechenCenter for Pluralism and is currently a partnerorganization.

Lion Society — Lviv, UkraineThe Lion Society was founded in

1987 and officially registered in1989 — one of the first non-govern-mental organizations in Soviet

Ukraine and among the oldest in independentUkraine. During its first years, the main goalof the organization was the development of

Ukrainian independence through the promo-tion of youth activism in such areas as poli-tics, culture, education, and ecology. In 1989,the Lion Society established the first inde-pendent newspaper in Ukraine – Postup(“Progress”). In the first democratic elections,two members of the Lion Society were elect-ed to the Ukrainian Parliament and a numberof other organization members were electedto local administrative posts.

The Lion Society’s mission is to supportdemocratic initiatives in Ukraine and in thecountries of Central and Eastern Europe, andto preserve and promote the cultural-histori-cal heritage of Ukraine as an important part ofestablishing a democratic independentUkraine. To accomplish these goals, theorganization engages in education, ecology,regional studies, publishing, and consultativeactivities. The Lion Society also currentlymaintains the West-Ukrainian ResourceCenter (WURC), which supports NGOs in theregion.

One of the main activities of the LionSociety is its work with NGOs, educationalinstitutions, and local administrations throughseminars, training sessions, publication ofinstructional literature, and conducting eco-logical and culture-related activities. The LionSociety is part of several training networks inUkraine and Central and Eastern Europe.

The “Dniester” campaign, which the LionSociety has organized since 1988, is a seriesof expeditions into various regions to WesternUkraine for the purpose of researching thestate of well-known and lesser-known archi-tectural and historical memorials, amassingcollections of folkloric materials, recordinglocal customs, ceremonies and medicinalpractices of the peoples of the Dniesterwatershed. Research is also conducted onflora and fauna in the region. The findings ofthese expeditions are well reported in booksand articles. This initiative is now a three-yearjoint German-Ukrainian project involving themonitoring of the Dniester for environmentaldamage.

The Lion Society’s current projects include“Support for Democratic Initiatives in Centraland Eastern Europe,” which develops coop-eration among NGOs and local governmentaladministrations; intensifying the work ofNGOs and student self-government and con-

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ducting research on the Third Sector; amongother activities. The Lion Society is also pur-suing research and programs for secondarystudents and adults on the topics of“Historiography and Regional Studies,” alongwith an essay competition on the topic of Lvivand Ukrainian history. The Society’s program,“Cultural Studies and Ecology,” is carries outin connection with the annual “Dniester” cam-paign in Lviv and other districts, whichemphasizes the interconnectedness of thenatural and cultural world.

The Lion Society hosted the 17th Meetingof the Centers for Pluralism in Lviv in April2002 and is IDEE's initiating and partnerorganization for the program “Tourism andCommunity Development in Ukraine,” whichis building local Citizen Tourism Committeesin an effort to promote public-private partner-ships to build communities through tourismbased on cultural heritage, history, and theenvironment.

PRIMA – Moscow, RussiaThe Moscow Human Rights News

Agency PRIMA distributes newsrelating to human rights conditionsin Russia, the former Soviet Union,

and other parts of the world. The PRIMAAgency was founded in February 2000 as thesuccessor to the Express-Chronicle humanrights newspaper, which had been publishedin Moscow since 1987.

PRIMA receives information from its ownnetwork of correspondents throughoutRussia, Belarus, and the other republics ofthe former Soviet Union as well as reportsfrom different, correspondents, cooperatingorganizations, and individuals on politicalevents and human rights in Cuba, China,Vietnam, Myanmar, Laos, Iraq, Iran, Nigeria,among many others. Since 2000, PRIMA haspublished daily news reports with variousitems from different countries together withlonger news reports and analyses on keyevents. PRIMA focuses on issues that are notin the general press: forced organ transplan-tation and mass executions of religiousbelievers in China; the widespread repres-sion of the highland Montagnards in Vietnam;the ongoing war against the Chechen people;and the ongoing political use of psychiatryaround the world. PRIMA’s reporting on the

dissident movement in Cuba has been citedby many observers as the best in the field.

Current news items (as well as an archives)can be found on PRIMA’s Web site(www.prima-news.ru) or can be E-mailed ona subscription basis to mass media outletsboth domestically and internationally.

Support Center for DemocraticElections — Baku, Azerbaijan

The Support Center forDemocratic Elections (SCDE) is anon-profit, non-governmentalorganization established in 1997 by

a group of political scientists, sociologists,lawyers, and election experts. The main goalof the Center is to promote free, fair, anddemocratic elections, and to ensure a systemof democracy in Azerbaijan.

To accomplish these goals, the Center:• studies and advocates the values and

practices of democracy;• promotes free and fair elections;• analyzes the legislative system in

Azerbaijan and makes proposals regardingreforms in the legal system, including legisla-tive acts; and

• assists citizens to increase their level ofactivity in democratic processes.

SCDE is involved in organizing seminarson democracy and democratic institutions,produces publications, organizes electionmonitoring, and organizes and participates inround tables of political and NGO leaders.

In carrying out its activities, SCDE workswith 12 political parties, but has affiliation withnone of them and maintains a non-partisanstance. SCDE works extensively in coopera-tion with other international and domesticorganizations. In the recent past, the organi-zation has printed brochures on democraticinstitutions with Inam, held seminars on elec-tions and local administration with the supportof the Westminster Foundation forDemocracy, participated in arranging andtransmitting educational programs on elec-tions on Space TV with the support of theU.S. Public Affairs Bureau, and carried outprograms to mobilize voters with the assis-tance of IDEE, among other activities. For thecurrent elections, SCDE is also working withthe election coalition SOS '03.


Student Union of Serbia — Belgrade,Serbia

The Student Union of Serbia wasfounded in 1993 at the EconomicsFaculty of Belgrade University withthe aim of promoting democratic val-

ues at the university, represent student inter-ests, and opposing the anti-democraticregime of Slobodan Milosovice. Despiteongoing pressure and repression, SUSexpanded to all five university centers andwas at the center of the democratic protestsof 1993, 1996-97, and 2000 and organizedthe Anti-War Campaign to oppose Milosevic'spolice and military brutalities in Kosovo lead-ing up to the war. In the 2000 elections, SUSwas an active participant of the Izlaz 2000NGO campaign to mobilize voters forchanges.

After succeeding in the struggle for basicdemocratic changes in Serbia, SUS changedits focus to overcome the damage to the uni-versity system during the Milosevic dictator-ship and to struggle for a modern and open-minded university and society in general.With the collapse of the old regime's studentand university structures, the SUS hasemerged as the largest student organization --- and NGO --- in Serbia, representing nearly20,000 members at nearly all faculties inSerbia.

The SUS's national campaign targets newmembers, new faculties and strengthens fac-ulty structures. The Union raises awarenesson important issues fo the reform of Serbianuniversities such as the modernization of cur-ricula, quality assurance, corruption, and stu-dent participation in the university community.SUS has initiated training workshops to edu-cate freshman and younger students on howto expand the union and stimulate discussionof reform in the university.

The SUS is involved in all aspects of uni-versity reform, sitting on government and leg-islative committees, organizing major nation-al conferences promoting European stan-dards, and educating its members and stu-dents generally on important issues of uni-versity reform and how they can achievechange at their faculties.

The SUS is highly active in the EuropeanUnion of National Student Unions and is rep-resented in leading positions in the secretari-

at and executive committee. Working in coop-eration with ESIB, as well as IDEE, SUS hasbegun training programs in Belarus for theBelarus Student Association and inAzerbaijan.

Tashkent Public Education Center —Tashkent, Uzbekistan

The Tashkent Public EducationCenter (TPEC) was formed in 1995to promote civic education reformfor Uzbekistan’s educators and

schools. The Center develops civic educationcurricula and teaching strategies, publishescivics materials, and conducts training ses-sions for educators.

Since 1995, more than 1,000 teachers, col-lege students and NGO leaders from all overCentral Asia have taken part in TPEC’s train-ing workshops. These workshops includetraining in both civic content as well asmethodology, encouraging teachers to useparticipative educational methods that willfoster student's independent thinking.

TPEC has published two textbooks for usein Uzbek schools: “The Constitution and Us,”which presents the history of participatorydemocracy and explains the principles out-lined in the current constitution of Uzbekistan;and “The ABCs of Citizenship,” whichdescribes the basic tenets of democracy. TheCenter also publishes a newsletter entitled“Public Dialogue,” which is distributed tomore than 500 readers. The newsletter fea-tures civics lesson plans and informationabout textbooks, conferences for teachers,and analyses of the problems facing the ThirdSector.

TPEC has helped coordinate a number oftraining and education programs for counter-parts throughout Central Asia. It also servesas a regional partner organization for IDEE’s“Networking Women in Central AsiaProgram,” which brought together more than50 women NGO leaders from Uzbekistan,Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan as well asKazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, for training andnetworking. Through this program, more than12 cross-border projects were initiated.

In 2002, during a “Networking Women”study tour to the United States, TPEC's direc-tor, Muborak Tashpulotova, was among fivewomen given the NED's Democracy Awardfor their efforts to promote democracy.


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Viasna Human Rights Center –Minsk, Belarus

The Viasna Human Rights Centeris a non-governmental organizationthat offers legal support to membersof various political parties, NGOs,

trade unions, youth organizations as well astheir families, people under criminal prosecu-tion for political reasons, families of missingpolitical figures, low-income groups in thepopulation, people who have suffered fromthe actions of police, and minors, studentsand others fired from employment withoutgrounds.

Viasna has 17 local branches inNavapolatsk, Mahilow, Brest, Hrodna,Babruisk, Baranavichy, Barysaw, Viaroza,Vitebsk, Kastsiukovivichy, Lida, Kobryn,Mazyr, Maladechna, Pinsk, Svetlahorsk, andSlutsk.

Informational Program: Viasna produces abiweekly bulletin entitled “Right to Freedom”in Belarusian, Russian and English and alsocontributes articles on human rights anddemocracy to other media sources such asNasha Svaboda, Narodnaya Vola, andRabochy. The Center’s Web site(www.spring96.org) provides human rightsmonitoring information. Viasna also compilesan annual Chronicle Review of Human RightsViolations in Belarus, which has been highlysuccessful.

Educational Program: This program con-sists of lectures and seminars on humanrights and is intended for varied audiences.Viasna has organized numerous lectures for

local human rights advocates, students, pub-lic activists, and teachers – many in coopera-tion with international organizations.

Public Reception Room: The PublicReception Room provides legal assistanceby giving legal advice, participation of Viasnalawyers in trials, assisting with legal applica-tions and appeals, and monitoring of criminalcases, trials and street actions.

Participation in Independent Observation:Viasna has organized several election moni-toring programs and has mobilized largenumbers of domestic and internationalobservers for this cause. For the 2001 elec-tion, Viasna’s observers met with obstaclescoming from the government’s authorities,but the monitors managed to gather informa-tion concerning violations during differentstages of the election campaign. Theobservers then filed hundreds of complaintsto central and regional election commissions,Prosecutor’s offices and courts concerningserious violations of the election code.

Public Actions and Campaigns: Viasna hasorganized rallies and demonstrations inBelarus for the purpose of championinghuman rights, protesting the disappearanceof certain politicians, censorship and the gov-ernment’s anti-Semitic acts.

Cooperation with other NGOs: Viasna is anactive member of the Assembly of Democra-tic Non-governmental Organizations in Bela-rus, and also maintains close contact with inter-national human rights organizations and pro-vides information on the human rights situa-tion in Belarus to the international community.


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1. 21st Century Youth FoundationContact: Iorgu ApostolP. O. Box 2062012 Chisinau, MOLDOVATelephone: (373 2) 234 255, Fax: 232 403E-mail: [email protected]

N172. Academic Information CentreMasaryk University BuildingKomenskeho nam. 266243 Brno, CZECH REPUBLICTelephone: (420 5) 4212 6447, 4212 6448Fax: (420 5) 4212 6465E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.ecn.cz/aic

N243. Academy for the Development ofPhilanthropy in PolandContact: Monika Mazurczakul. Poznanska 16 m.700680 Warsaw, POLANDTelephone: (48 22) 622 02 00, 622 01 22,622 02 09Fax: (48 22) 6220211E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.filantropia.org.pl

N19,N224. Access to Information ProgrammeContact: Gernana Jouleva, Andrew Ivanov120 Rakovski Str., 4th Floor1000 Sofia BULGARIATelephone/Fax: (359 2) 980 5484,Telephone: 989 4944E-mail: [email protected]

N175. Action for Solidarity, Equality,Environment and Development (A SEED)P. O. Box 920661090 Amsterdam, NETHERLANDSTelephone: (3120) 668 2236Fax: (31 20) 665 0166E-mail: [email protected]

N116. Adam Institute for PeaceContact: Ruth OstrinP. O. Box 3353 Jerusalem, ISRAELTelephone: (972 2) 644 8290, Fax: (972 2)6752932E-mail: [email protected]

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7. “Adamianis Uplebebi” (“human rights”)Independent NewspaperContact: Levan UrushadzeG. Tsabadze St. 3-32380012 Tbilisi, GEORGIATelephone: (995 32) 348 651Fax: (995 32) 001 153E-mail: [email protected]

N128. Advisory Center for RefugeesContact: Alem Hashimi, Amy RenekerP. O. Box 188196 Chuli Prospect720000 Bishkek, KYRGYZSTANTelephone: (996 312) 210 833E-mail: [email protected]

N179. Agency of Regional Development“Donbass”Contact: Vyacheslav Kovalblvd. Shevchenko 133, kom. 50283052 DonetskUKRAINETelephone: (380 622) 946 096, 994 148, 345 7429Fax: (380 622) 335 7057E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.ard.dn.ua

N2110. Agihas (Support Group for HIV-PP&PWA)P. O. Box 391001 Riga, LATVIATelephone/Fax: (371) 339 006E-mail: [email protected]

N1111. Ahalar – Centre for HumaneTechnologiesContact: Yuriy Trofimenko, Yuriy UsovichP. O. Box 69250 000 Chernihiv, UKRAINETelephone/Fax: (380 4622) 72776

N2012. Albanian Center for Human RightsContact: Kozara KatiRr. Kont Urani, Nr. 10Tirana, ALBANIATelephone/Fax: (355 42) 306 30, 391 21E-mail: [email protected],[email protected]

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13. Albanian Civil Society FoundationContact: Rolanda Dhimitri, Kristian SorensenRr. Asim Vokshi, vila 137Tirana, ALBANIATelephone: (355 42) 38056Fax: (355 42) 39848

N1714. Albanian NGOs’ ForumContact: Artan Spahiu“Jani Vreto” 14, Tirana, ALBANIATelephone/Fax: (355 42) 308 93

N815. Albanian Youth Action Pjeter BogdaniSt. Anthony Parish in PrishtinaKarposh 41, 38000 Prishtina, KOSOVATelephone: (381 38) 488 43or contact: Ilir RodiqiDragodan 1, F. Hisari 2, Posta Dragodan380000 Prishtina, KOSOVATelephone: (381 38) 334 49

N916. Alfred Friendly Press Fellowships1155 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 601Washington, DC 20036, USATelephone: (1 202) 737 4414Fax: (1 202) 737 4416E-mail: [email protected]

N4,N717. All Armenian Women’s UnionContact: Lyudmila Ter-Pertosyan, Natalia Martirosyan5A Vardanats St.375010 Yerevan, ARMENIATelephone: (374 1) 589 087E-mail: [email protected]

N2718. All Russian Society of the Disabled –Novorossiisk BranchContact: Alla N. Rulevaul. Revolutsii 1905 g., d. 635900 Novorossiisk, RUSSIATelephone/Fax: (7 8617) 257 222

N2419. Altai Krai Public Organization“Support for Public InitiativeContact: Svetlana ChurakovaProletarskaya str. 65, apt. 24, IV floorBarbaul, Altaiskiy Kray, RUSSIATelephone/Fax: (7 3852) 36 75 52E-mail: [email protected]

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WHO IS WHERENOTE: This is an alphabetical listing of the addresses and other contact information for all organizations which have contributed to the Newsletter and remain in active

contact with IDEE.

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20. Altai National Culture CenterOffice Address: ul. Polevaya 66Correspondence: ul. Denisova 11, kv. 2,Bogdanovoy, Barnaul, Altaiskiy Kray, RUSSIATelephone: (7 385) 77 49 98

N1721. Alternative Academic EducationNetworkJove Ilica 16511000 Belgrade, SERBIA & MONTENEGROTelephone: (381 1) 682 963, 683 712E-mail: [email protected]

N2222. American Association for theAdvancement of ScienceContact: Beth Boswell1200 New York Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20005, USATelephone: (1 202) 326 6400Fax: (1 202) 289 4958E-mail: [email protected]

N923. American Bar Association Central andEastern European Law Initiative (CEELI)740 15th Street, NWWashington, DC 20005, USATelephone: (1 202) 662 1950, Fax: 662 1597E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.abaceeli.org

N1624. American Council for Collaboration inEducation and Language Study (ACCELS)Partners in Education Exchange Program forRussia and UkraineEkaterinburg (7 3432) 61 60 34Samara: (7 8462) 37 09 01Novosibirsk: (7 3832) 35 79 13Vladivostok: (7 4232) 22 37 98Kharkiv: (380 572) 23 42 63Odessa: (380 482) 32 15 16Headquarters: 1776 Massachusetts Avenue, NWSuite 700, Washington, DC 20036, USATelephone: (1 202) 833 7522Fax: 833 7523E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.americancouncils.org

N1625. American Federation of TeachersContact: Helen Toth555 New Jersey Avenue, NW20001 Washington, DC, USATelephone: (1 202) 879 4449 (Toth)Fax: 879 4502E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.aft.org

N2,N4,N7,N9,N1326. American University in Bulgaria2700 Blagoevgrad, BULGARIATelephone: (359 73) 254 21, Fax: 252 18E-mail: [email protected] Web site: http://www.aubg.bg

N1627. “Amnesty International” VinnytsiaRegional Public GroupContact: Dmytro GroismanP. O. Box 4061, Vinnytsia 35, UKRAINETelephone: (380 432) 270112Fax: (380 432) 263911

N1228. “Amnesty International” of Ukrainevul. Kniahyni Olhy 12/29Lviv district, Drohobych, UKRAINETelephone: (380 322) 395 05

29. Andrei Sakharov Museum and PublicCenter “Peace, Progress And HumanRights”Contact: Yuri Samodurov, Maria OssipovaZemilanoy val, 57 bid. 6107120 Moscow, RUSSIATelephone: (7 095) 923 4401/4115Fax: (7 095) 917 2653E-mail: [email protected]

N17,N2030. Angara Baikal Regional Women’sUnionContact: Albina ShyrobokovaLkenina 1a, kv. 412, 664127 Irkutsk, RUSSIATelephone: (7-3952) 359 106, 510 290Fax: (7-3952) 342 020E-mail: [email protected]

N2731. Anti-Nazism Youth OrganizationContact: Julia BalakirovaP. O. Box 37, 123154 Moscow, RUSSIATelephone: (7 095) 191 6086

N2132. Anti-Racism Information ServiceContact: Irena McClure14, avenue Trembley1209 Geneva, SWITZERLANDTelephone: (41 22) 740 35 30Fax : (41 22) 740 35 65E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Web site: http://www.antiracism-info.org

N1033. Apador - CH (The Association for theDefence of Human Rights inRomania/Helsinki Committee)Contact: Gabriel AndrescuNicolae Tonitza St. No. 8 - sector 3Bucharest, ROMANIATelephone: (40 21) 312 44 43Fax: (40 21) 315 4631E-mail: [email protected] Web site: http://www.apador.org

N4,N2634. ARMAT Center for the Development ofDemocracy and Civil SocietyContact: Stepan GrigoryanByuzand str. 26375010 Yerevan, ARMENIATelephone: (374 1) 540 512, Fax: 54051

N2735. Armenian National Committee of theHelsinki Citizens’ AssemblyVardanats St. 5a375010 Yerevan, ARMENIATelephone: (374 1) 589 087E-mail: [email protected],[email protected]

N2636. Article 19 – The International CentreAgainst CensorshipLancaster House, 33 Islington High StreetLondon N1 9LH, UNITED KINGDOMTelephone: (44 171) 278 9292Fax: (44 171) 713 1356

N5,N637. Ashoka: Innovators for the PublicContact: Jody Jesen Rippi Roani 181068 Budapest, HUNGARYTelephone: (36 1) 224 0780, Fax: 224 0793E-mail: [email protected]

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38. Assembly of Belarusan DemocraticNon-governmental OrganizationsContact: Ales BialackiP. O. Box 196220036 Minsk, BELARUSTelephone/Fax: (375 17) 22 55 110E-mail: [email protected]

N2039. Association Design of Invalids ofAzerbaijan RepublicContact: Solmaz AzizovaBaku, AZERBAIJANTelephone: (994 12) 938 420, 232 849E-mail: [email protected]

N1440. Association for Human Rights andDemocracy in AfricaContact: Rev. Victor IhueghianTuerkenstrasse 31A-1090 Vienna, AUSTRIATelephone/Fax: (43 1) 319 3119E-mail: [email protected]

N2441. Association for Independent ScienceContact: George A. CheremisinM-178, Moscow State UniversityVoroblevy Hills11734 Moscow, RUSSIATelephone/Fax: (7 095) 939 0916, 202 1043

N1242. Association for Integration intoEuropean CultureContact: Nickolay Ogrenich, Sergiy Dvoryakvul. Lanzheronovska 2Odessa 26, UKRAINETelephone/Fax: (380 48) 250 175, 250 173E-mail: [email protected],[email protected]

N1243. Association for International PracticalTraining10400 Little Patuxent Parkway, Suite 250Columbia, Maryland 21044-3510, USA Telephone: (1 410) 997 2200, Fax: 992 3924E-mail: Dan Ewert, Ass. Director,[email protected]

N2344. Association for Non-GovernmentalInitiatives Forum (FIP)Contact: Ewa Szymczakul. Szpitalna 5/500 031 Warsaw, POLANDTelephone: (48 22) 828 9128Fax: (48 22) 828 9129 E-mail: [email protected] Site: http://www.fip.ngo.pl

N16,N19,N2645. Association for the Protection ofFathers’ RightsContact: Jerzy JaszkulP. O. Box 66366-400 Gorzow Wlkp., POLANDTelephone: (48 95) 73 21 871, ext. 115

N1146. Association for the Protection ofWomen’s Rights after D. AliyevaContact: Novella Jafarova-Applebaum2nd Mirza Mansur St. 4-6, Icheri Sheher370004 Baku, AZERBAIJANTelephone: (994 12) 97 2108E-mail: [email protected],[email protected]


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47. Association “Fortress”vul. Zluki 15 ATernopil, UKRAINETelephone/Fax: (380 352) 228 488

N1248. Association “Hear the Heart”ul. Skarbowa 2891-473 Lodz, POLANDTelephone: (48 42) 616 0969, Fax: 617 1941

N1949. Association in Support of SocialInitiatives ”Asocjacje”Contact: Piotr Fraczakul. Szpitalna 5/500 031 Warsaw, POLANDTelephone: (48 22) 828 9128, Fax: 828 9129E-mail: [email protected]

N3,N450. Association of Independent LiteratureContact: Ales Arkushvul. Bagdanovicha 9-17211413 Polatsk, BELARUSTelephone: (375 2144) 367 52

N1251. Association of Internally DisplacedWomenContact: Julia Kharashvili4 Chitaya St., 380064 Tbilisi, GEORGIATelephone: (995 32) 251 126 ext 153Fax: 001 303, 001 307E-mail: [email protected],[email protected]

N2052. Association of Lawyers of Chernivtsivul. Radianska 1Chernivtski, UKRAINETelephone: (380 3722) 527 60, 527 20

N1253. Association of Mixed Marriages ofCitizens of Zenica, Zavidovici and KakanjContact: Sonja Kesko, Antonija HibicSkolska Ulica 372 000 Zenica, BOSNIA & HERCEGOVINATelephone: (387 72) 417 270

N1454. Association of Norilsk IndustrialRegion BusinesswomenContact: L. Proskuriakovaul. Mira 2663305 Norilka, RUSSIATelephone: (7 3919) 341 663, 341 950E-mail: [email protected]

N2155. Association of Orphan CentersContact: Eduard AleksieyevSushanskaya St. 7, 174400 Borovitshi,Novgorod oblast, RUSSIATelephone/Fax: (7 81664) 344 04

N1456. Association of Polish Tatarsul. Powstancow Warszawskich 2280-152 Gdansk, POLANDTelephone: (48 58) 3022 846

N1157. Association of Specialists onIndustrial Management Contact: Yuri NovikovSmilyanska Str. 78, k. 31018036 Cherkasy, UKRAINETelephone: (380 472) 47 00 75E-mail: [email protected]

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58. Association of the “Citizens’Committee of the Klodzko Region” andPublishing House “Ziemia Klodzka”Contact: Julian Golakul. Bohaterow Getta 457-400 Nowa Ruda, POLANDTelephone: (48 74) 53 08, Fax: 46 24

N659. Association of People HandicappedSince ChildhoodContact: Anatoliy Vysockyuvul. Kyryla I Methodiya 2035600 Dubno, Rivenska oblast, UKRAINE

N2160. Association of Tuzla WomenContact: Mujesira HamanUdruzenje zena Tuzle, Stari Grad 975000 Tuzla, BOSNIA & HERCEGOVINATelephone/Fax: (387 75) 25 25 33

N1461. Association of Ukrainian ScoutsContact: Anna GulievskaKudriavskiy uzviz 2, kv. 852053 Kyiv, UKRAINETelephone/Fax: (380 44) 212 22 08

N1862. Association of Young Leaders ofTajikistanContact: Firuz Barotov, Ibod Sharifi20/1 – 4 Behzod Street734013 Dushanbe, TAJIKISTANTelephone/Fax: (992 372) 243 443

N2063. Association of Young UkrainianPolitical Scientists and Politiciansvul. Khreshchatyk 5, Kyiv, UKRAINETelephone: (380 44) 229 66 72Fax: 228 11 19E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

N1164. Association of Youth Citizens ofGeorgia (MSGG)Contact: Levan AlavidzeLermontova 8380007 Tbilisi, GEORGIATelephone: (995 32) 933 846, 921 190, 921 173Fax: 990 964, 995100

N1865. Association “Tree of Life”Contact: Victor TsaranVul. Drohobycha 8/12, Lviv, UKRAINETelephone/Fax: (380 322) 744 264Telephone: (380 322) 726 833E-mail [email protected]

N1266. “Atinati” AssociationContact: Rusudan Kalichava, Gia Khasiaul. Rustaveli 94, 384700 Zugdidi, GEORGIATelephone: (95 315) 50056Mobile: (99 599) 568184E-mail: [email protected]

N2667. Avdetvul. Zhidkova 40/117, Simferopol, UKRAINETelephone: (380 652) 253 563, Fax: 444 703

N4,N568. Aydin Center of Public InitiativesContact: Ayder MuzhdabaP. O. Box 16Bakhchisaray, UKRAINE

Telephone: (380 6554) 40221E-mail: [email protected] Education Program: [email protected]

N1769. Azerbaijan Atlantic CooperationAssociationContact: Sulhadin AkberovAzerbaijan Ave. 37370000 Baku, AZERBAIJANTelephone: (994 12) 983 176, Fax: 983 165

N1470. Azerbaijan “Buta” HumanitarianChildren’s FoundationContact: Nazim IbadovNajaf Narimanov Str. 5a, kv. 17370106 Baku, AZERBAIJANTelephone/Fax: (994 12) 627 432, 628 767E-mail: [email protected]

N1071. Azerbaijan Green MovementContact: Rufat KaragezluKhagani St. 30370000 Baku, AZERBAIJANTelephone: (994 12) 984 226, Fax: 938 931

N1072. Azerbaijan Humanitarian Issues FundBaku, AZERBAIJANTelephone: (994 12) 386 330, 384 967 Fax: (994 12) 322 026

N1573. Azerbaijan National DemocracyFoundationContact: Ulvi Hakimov, Director2y Mirza Mansur, kuc. 4-6370004 Baku, AZERBAIJANTelephone: (994 12) 925791Fax: (994 12) 925791E-mail: [email protected] Web site: http://www.andf-az.org

N16,N2574. Azerbaijan Women’s DevelopmentCenterContact: Elmira SuleymanovaS. Rustamov Str. 3/6370001 Baku, AZERBAIJANTelephone: (994 12) 927 920Fax: (994 12) 972 073E-mail: [email protected]

N2475. Azerbaijan Women’s SocietyContact: Zemfira Verdiyevaul. Bolshaya Krepostnaya 6370004 Baku, AZERBAIJANTelephone: (994 12) 927 487

N1676. Baikal Ecological WaveP. O. Box 21, 664033 Irkutsk, RUSSIATelephone: (7-3952) 52-58-70E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.baikalwave.eu.org

N2577. Balkan Arts FoundationContact: Lidia Varbanova, Georgi TzvetkovZona B-18, bl 1-2, app. 401309 Sofia, BULGARIATelephone/Fax: (359 2) 204 363, 666 911

N1478. Balkan Community Initiatives FundContact: Aleksandra Vesic, Executive Director Dobracina 29/111000 Belgrade, SERBIA & MONTENEGRO

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Telephone: (381 11) 328 4605 Fax: (381 11) 328 506E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.bcif.org

N2179. Balkan ForumContact: Risto LazarovMito Hadzivasilev bbP. O. Box 556, Skopje, MACEDONIATelephone: (389 91) 238 179

N5,N680. Baltic Media CenterContact: Kim CaspersenSkippergade 8DK 3740 Svaneke, DENMARKTelephone: (45 70) 202 002, 56 44 34 20Fax: (45 70) 202 001, 56 44 34 49E-mail: [email protected]

N8,N1181. Belarusian Association of JournalistsPl. Svabody, 17-304220030 Minsk, BELARUSTelephone: (375 17) 223-6096Fax: (375 17) 223-6366E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] site: http://www.baj.ru

82. Belarusan Center of the People inNeed FoundationContact: Adam HavlinKavel hory140 70 Prague 4, CZECH REPUBLICTelephone: (420 2) 6113 4435Fax: (420 2) 6113 4137Contact in Minsk: Telephone/Fax: (375 17)284 5222

N2483. Belarusan Charitable Foundation “In Support of Children of Chernobyl” Contact: Sergey Laptieuvul. Pershamayskaya 2/22212030 Mohylev, BELARUSTelephone: (375 222) 310 439

N1584. Belarusan Helsinki CommitteeContact: Taciana Prockavul. Karla Libknechta 68-1201220036 Minsk, BELARUSTelephone/Fax: (375 17) 222 48 00, 222 48 01

N1985. Belarusan Humanities LyceumContact: Vladimir Kolas, HeadmasterMinsk, BELARUSTelephone: (375-17) 224 2738, 629 5903E-mail: [email protected]

86. Belarusan Institute of Central andEastern EuropeContact: Anatol Hryckievichvul. Revalucyjnaja 15-6220050 Minsk, BELARUSTelephone/Fax: (375 17) 220 76 04, 220 93 50

N1987. Belarusan Musical AlternativeContact: Vital SupranovichP. O. Box 5, 220085 Minsk, BELARUSTelephone: (375 17) 249 0888Fax: (375 17) 5012

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88. Belarusan National Council ofChildren’s and Youth OrganizationsContact: Alaksandar Karankievicvul. K. Marksa 40-34220030 Minsk, BELARUSTelephone/Fax: (375 17) 222 30 05, 222 81 79, 221 6666, 241 87 61

N1989. Belarusan PerspectiveContact: Uladzimir AntsulevichRumianceva Str. 13, TBM - Perspecktyva220005 Minsk, BELARUSTelephone: (375 17) 227 0454Fax: (375 17) 227 1316

N13,N2090. Belarusian Popular Front“Adradzennie” (Renaissance)Contact: Vincuk Viacorka, Chairman#8 Varvasheni St., Minsk, BELARUS 220005 Telephone/Fax: (375 17) 213-3008E-Mail: [email protected]

91. Belarusan School SocietyContact: Ales Lozkavul. Niakrasava 5a, 220040 Minsk, BELARUSTelephone/Fax: (375 17) 232 6967, 231 3339

N1992. Belarusan Students’ Association Contact: Volha KuzmicDarasevica str., 4-2220013 Minsk, BELARUSTelephone/Fax: (375 17) 232 2743E-mail: [email protected], [email protected],[email protected] Web Site: http://bsa.org.by

N4,N1293. Belarusan Women’s Organization“Social Initiative” BelarusContact: Larysa SiakackajaPr. Maserava 21-1103220126 Minsk, BELARUSTelephone/Fax: (375 17) 223 84 27, 255 46 36

N1994. The Belgrade CircleContact: Obrad SavicObilicev venac 2711000 Belgrade, SERBIA & MONTENEGROTelephone: (381 11) 624 969Telephone/Fax: (381 11) 620 882

N4,N6,N9,N1095. “Bene Vobis” Foundationul. Boryszewska 400-781 Warsaw, POLANDTelephone/Fax: (48 22) 48 61 66

N1896. Beta News AgencyContact: Zorica FilipovicKrajla Milana 411000 Belgrade, SERBIA & MONTENEGROTelephone: (381 11) 3602 400, Fax: 642 551E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.beta.co.yu

N1197. “Bilim Tekh” New EducationTechnologies Centerul. Ch. Abdirova 1, 742012 NukusKarakalpakstan, UZBEKISTANTelephone: (998 61) 223 59 43, 223 60 24Fax: (998 62) 223 60 78

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98. Blue Bird Charitable FundContact: Galina Moshkovitch113 Independence Street 20/1 Chisinau, MOLDOVATelephone: (373 2) 562 042Fax: (373 2) 234 051

N1299. “Board 23” – “Rada 23” Grodna Regional Council of YouthOrganizationsContact: Siarhiej SalejVul. Druzhienickaja 2A-13120009 Grodna, BELARUSTelephone: (375 152) 33 1274

N19100. Borderland FoundationContact: Szymon Kloskaul. Pi$sudskiego 37, P. O. 1516-500 Sejny, POLAND Telephone/Fax: (48 87) 516 2765 Foundation office: 16-400 Suwa$ki, ul. Ko%ciuszki 71 P. O. 36Telephone/Fax: (48 87) 565 0369E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] site: http://www.pogranicze.sejny.pl

N1-N5,N8,N11101. “Bright House” – Odessa CharitableFoundation for Homeless ChildrenContacts: Father Aleksandr Chumakov,Yevgenyy Zaslavskyy, Ludmila KaprilyanBazarnaya str. 4Odessa-14, UKRAINETelephone: (380 482) 25 85 73

N17102. Bucharest Acceptance Group“Accept”Contact: Alina NistorCP 34-56Bucharest, ROMANIATelephone: (40 21) 252 1637, Fax: 252 5620E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.accept-romania.ro

N23103. Bulgarian Euro-Atlantic Youth ClubContact: Avgustina Tzvetkova29 Slavyanska Street1000 Sofia, BULGARIATelephone: (359 2) 981 0699, Fax: 981 5782E-mail: [email protected]

N17104. Bulgarian Lawyers for Human Rights68 Vasil Levski Blvd.1142 Sofia, BULGARIATelephone/Fax: (359 2) 980 62 03Telephone: (359 2) 980 39 67

N17105. Bureau on Human Rights and Rule ofLawContact: Natalia Ablova40 Manas Ave., Suite 319/77720001 Bishkek, KYRGYZSTANTelephone: (996 312) 211 874Fax: (996 312) 223 924

N26106. Buryat Republic Human RightsCenterContact: Evgeniy Kislovul. Krasnoarmeyska 35637034 Ulan-Ude, Buryatiya, RUSSIATelephone: (7 3012) 341 797, Fax: 427 150

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107. Canadian Human Rights Foundation 1425 Rene-Levesque West, Suite 407Montreal, Quebec H3G 1T7, CANADATelephone: (1 514) 954-0382Fax: (1 514) 954 0659E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.chrf.ca

N27108. Carers National AssociationCarers UK, 20/25 Glasshouse YardLondon EC1A 4JT UNITED KINGDOMTelephone: (44 20) 7490 8818Fax: (44 20) 7490 8824E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.carersonline.org.uk

N16109. “Caucasus Ethnic Relations, HumanRights, Geopolitics” InternationalAssociationContact: Dr. Levan Z. UrushadzeG. Tsabadze Street 3-32Tbilisi, GEORGIATelephone/Fax: (995 32) 348 651E-mail: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Web site: http://www.geocities.com/iacerhrg/iacerhrg.html

N19110. Center for Advanced Legal StudiesLaw CenterContact: Professor Dr. Radmila Vasic32 Danijelova StBelgrade, SERBIA & MONTENEGROTelephone: (381 11) 249 7788, Fax: 249 7788E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] site: http://www.cups.org.yu

N24111. Center for Antiwar ActionContact: Prof. Dr. Ruzica RosandicMacvanska 8 11000 Belgrade, SERBIA & MONTENEGROTelephone/Fax: (381 11) 344 1737,Telephone: 446 1332 E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] site: http://www.caa.org.yu

N4-6112. Center for Citizenship EducationContact: Jacek Strzemieczny, Alicja Pacewicz, ul. Noakowskiego 1000-666 Warsaw, POLANDTelephone/Fax: (48 22) 875 8540, 849 8513E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.ceo.org.pl

N16113. Center for Civic EducationContact: Dr. Narangeret Rinchin, DirectorHydrometeorology Institute, Room #102;Khudaldaany Str. 5Ulaanbaatar 11, MONGOLIATelephone: (976 11) 313 619Mobile: (976 99) 113 547Fax: (976 11) 313 619E-mail: [email protected]

N25114. Center for Civic Cooperation in LivnoContact: Sonja Garic, Zulka Baljak, GabrijelaJurkica 8a, Gabrijela Jurkica (Livnoputevibuilding)80101 Livno, BOSNIA & HERCEGOVINATelephone/Fax: (387 34) 202 770E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] site: http://www.cleuna.com/cgslivno

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115. Center for Civic InitiativesContact: Igor Storanovicul. Jajacka 13, 78000 Banja Luka, BOSNIA & HERCEGOVINATelephone: (387 51) 310 239Fax: (387 51) 311 009E-mail: [email protected] Web site: http://www.ccibh.org

N18,N19,N20116. Center for Civic InitiativesContact: Goce TodorskiSt. Borka Taleski 22897500 Prilep, MACEDONIATelephone: (389 48) 400 480Fax: (389 48) 251 125E-mail: [email protected]

117. Center for Civil Society InternationalContact: Richard Upjohn2929 NE Blakeley St. Seattle, WA 98105-3120, USATelephone: (1 206) 523 4755, Fax: 523 1974E-mail: [email protected]

N5,N6,N9,N10118. Center for Culture, Integration andSocial Adaptation “Integration”Contact: Nadezda FilippovaSMJI, 7a Erika Str.10416 Tallinn, ESTONIATelephone: (372 2) 627 0694, Fax: 648 7722E-mail: [email protected]

N25119. Center for Democracy and FreeEnterpriseStepanska 18110 00 Prague 1, CZECH REPUBLICTelephone: (420 2) 32136, 31756Fax: (420 2) 32136E-mail: [email protected],[email protected], [email protected]

N24120. Center for Democracy and HumanRights (CEDEM)Contact: Srdjan Darmanovic, Directorul. Mose Pijade 40, 81000 Podgorica, SERBIA & MONTENEGROTelephone: (381 81) 636 668Fax: (381 81) 623 091E-mail: [email protected]

N25121. Center for Democracy andRegionalismContact: Akaki Gokadze44 M. Abadshidze Ave.Batumi 384500, GEORGIATelephone: (995 222) 77371, Fax: 70632E-mail: [email protected] Site: http://www.bureau-cdr.org

N26122. Center for Development andCooperationContact: Ivlian Haindrava, Program Director11 A.Chavchavadze Str.Tbilisi, 380008, GEORGIATelephone: (995 32) 936 115Fax: (995 32) 936 115E-mail: [email protected]

N14,17,N25123. Center for the Development ofDemocracy and Human RightsContact: Yuriy Dzhibladzeul. Volkhonka 14, 4th floor119842 Moscow, RUSSIA

Telephone: (7 095) 203 9196E-mail: [email protected] sites: http://www.demokratia.ru, www.tolerance.ngo.ru

N26124. Center for Development of Pluralismand CollaborationContact: Alexander CatevLenin Str. 104/55300 Vulcaneshty Gauzia autonomy,MOLDOVATelephone: (373 53) 23076

N23125. Center for Direct Protection ofHuman RightsContact: Mirjana RadakovicKrisaniceva 1/III10000 Zagreb, CROATIATelephone/Fax: (385 1) 461 1704

N18126. Center for Eastern Studiesul. Koszykowa 6A00-564 Warsaw, POLANDTelephone: (48 22) 525 80 00Fax: (48 22) 525 8040E-mail: [email protected]

N11127. Center for Economic and SocialInitiative Contact: Lilya Diachuk, John W. Baggaley160 Lenin Street3805 Comrat, MOLDOVATelephone/Fax: (373 38) 237 87E-mail: [email protected]

N16128. Center for European StudiesInstitute of SociologyUri ut. 49, 1014 Budapest, HUNGARYTelephone: (36 1) 175 90 11, Fax: 175 25 37

N11129. Center for Free Elections andDemocracyContact: Danko CosicLomina 9/III, Trzni Centar11000 BelgradeSERBIA & MONTENEGROTelephone/Fax: (381 11) 328 2870, 3282801, 328 2774, 328 2857, 328 2894E-mail: [email protected]

N26130. Center for Human Rights Researchul. Vavliova 7A, r. 205, 206Moscow, RUSSIATelephone: (7 095) 134 1639, 134 1658, 201 3545E-mail: [email protected]

N23131. Center for Information andDocumentation of Crimean TatarsContact: Ayder Ibragimov, Executive Director6 Andryshenko 7/1901135 Kyiv, UKRAINETelephone: (380 44) 274 6371E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

132. Center for Interactive Participation ofParents and Children in Educational andCultural DevelopmentContact: Vesna KrstonicVojvode Misica 68Pozega, SERBIA & MONTENEGROTelephone: (381 31) 811 393

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133. The Center for International PrivateEnterpriseContact: Thomas J. Donahue1155 Fifteenth Street, NW, Suite 700Washington, DC 20005, USATelephone: (1 202) 721 9200Fax: (1 202) 721 9250E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.cipe.org

N12,N13134. Center for Men in CrisisContact: Maksim KostienkoP. O. Box 1246656055 Barnaul, Altay Kray, RUSSIATelephone: (8 3852) 331 617, 338 583

N17135. Center for Modernization ofAzerbaijanContact: Dilara MehdiProspekt Bul-bul 63, apt. 55370014 Baku, AZERBAIJANTelephone/Fax: (994 12) 958 912E-mail: [email protected]

N14136. Center for MulticulturalUnderstanding and Cooperation (CMUC)Contact: Kim Mehmeti, Eli KraicevaStr. 29 Noemvri 4-B91000 Skopje, MACEDONIATelephone/Fax: (389 91) 13 04 07E-mail: [email protected]

N16137. Center for Peace, Nonviolence andHuman RightsBunduliceva 34, 54000 Osijek, CROATIATelephone: (385 54) 123 218E-mail: [email protected]

N19138. Center for Pluralism - BulgariaContact: Mikhail Berov, President22 Venelin Street, Ap 7910000 Sofia, BULGARIATelephone: (359 2) 980 5446Fax: (359 2) 980 5446E-mail: [email protected]

139. Center for Political Research"Democrat"Contact: Mustafa Hajibeyli, DirectorU. Hajibekov st., 18 103 Baku, AZERBAIJANTelephone: (994 12) 933 935Fax: (994 40) 314 717E-mail: [email protected]

140. The Center for Strategic Researchand Development of Georgia (CSRDG)Contact: Nana KarseladzeGarnsakhurdia av. 33a380094 Tbilisi, GEORGIATelephone/Fax: (995 32) 964 124, 957 030Fax: (995 32) 250 711E-mail: [email protected]

N20141. Center for Studies of Eastern Europeand Central AsiaUniversity of WarsawInstitute for Oriental StudiesContact: Jan Malickiul. Browarna 8/10, r. 22, 00-311 Warsaw, POLANDTelephone/Fax: (48 22) 828 53 69Telephone: (48 22) 828 60 82 ext. 16

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142. Center for the Advancement ofWomenContact: Maria-Anne Knotheul. Lwowska 17/3, 00-660 Warsaw, POLANDTelephone: (48 22) 629 92 57Fax: (48 22) 622 46 21

N4,N6,N16,N22143. Center for the Defence of HumanRightsContact: Martin IllLuiza ut. 14, 1086 Budapest, HUNGARYTelephone/Fax: (36 1) 303 7563, 303 7565

N5144. Center for the Development of theNon-Profit SectorContact: Sanja RajkovicZmaj Jovina 3411000 Belgrade, SERBIA & MONTENEGROTelephone/Fax: (381 11) 328 3306, 328 3308, 328 3309E-mail: [email protected] Web site: http://www.crnps.org.yu

N14,N18145. Center for the Development of theCivil SocietyContact: Svetlana A. Aslanyan49 Nalbandian #9375001 Yerevan, ARMENIATelephone: (374 1) 561 320, Fax. 585 677E-mail: [email protected] Web site: http://iatp.r.am/sites/cdcs

N14,N18146. Center for the Legal Protection ofWomen in the Republic of BashkorkostanContact: N. KaravayevaP. O. Box 105450009 Bashkorkostan, Ufa-9, RUSSIATelephone: (7 3472) 24 25 14

N22147. Center for Local Press SupportContact: Igor ShnurenkoP. O. Box 17 197136 Saint Petersburg, RUSSIATelephone/Fax: (7 812) 556 0705

N22148. Center for Women’s SupportContact: Sergazina BakhytMikrorayon “Dostyk” 25, kv. 44488000 Taldykorgan, KAZAKHSTANTelephone/Fax: (7 32822) 702 62E-mail: [email protected],[email protected]

N21149. “Center of Civic Initiatives”Maladecna Regional Public AssociationContact: Ales KapuckiVul. Vialiki Haryniec 44A-6P. O. Box 8, 22231 Maladecna-4Mienskaja oblast, BELARUSTelephone: (375 1773) 694 67

N19150. Center of Ecological and SocialResearch and InformationBoul. Frolenkova 50225320 Baranoviche, BELARUSTelephone: (375 1634) 535 55, 530 91Telephone/Fax: 587 34

N15151. Center of Political Science ResearchContact: Hryhoriy NemyryaUniversytetska Street 24Donetsk, UKAINE

Telephone: (380 622) 924 097Fax: (380 622) 926 067

N12152. Center of Social and EconomicalResearches – Zaporijja Regional CharityFoundationP I. Lenina, kv. 32Zaporijja, UKRAINETelephone/Fax: (380 6122) 263 83

N12153. Center for Young LeadersContact: Sabina Alekperova, DirectorN. Narimanov Ave. 424374706 Ganja, AZERBAIJANTelephone: (994 50) 222 4520, 591 133, 577 873Fax: (994 22) 577 873E-mail: [email protected],[email protected], [email protected]

N23,N24154. Central Asia SustainableDevelopment Information NetworkContact: Gulmira Dzhamanovaul. A. Moldagulovoyj 32, app. 249P. O. Box 104480004 Almaty, KAZAKHSTANTelephone/Fax: (7 3272) 33 86 10E-mail: [email protected]

N21155. Central and East European ForumStefan Batory Foundation Sapieszynska 10a00-215 Warsaw, POLANDTelephone: (48 22) 536 02 00Fax: (48 22) 536 02 20E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.batory.org.pl/

N11156. Central European University (CEU)Contact: Jason KelleherNador u. 91051 Budapest, HUNGARYTelephone: (361) 327 3208Telephone/Fax: 327 3028E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.ceu.hu

N3,N4,N5,N7,N11157. Central European University (CEU) The Program on Gender and CultureGender Studies Small Grants ProgramNador u. 9, 1051 Budapest, HUNGARYTelephone: (36 1) 327 3034Fax: (36 1) 327 3001E-mail: [email protected]

N16158. Central European UniversityNationalism Studies ProgramContact: Szabolcs Pogonyi Nador u. 91051 Budapest, HUNGARYTelephone: (36 1) 327 3000Fax: (36 1) 235 6102E-mail: [email protected]

159. Central European UniversityHuman Rights Program (Department ofLegal Studies)Contact: Eva RerNador u. 9, 1051 Budapest, HUNGARYTelephone: (36 1) 327 3023Fax: (36 1) 327 3198E-mail: [email protected]


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160. Central European UniversityEducational Advising CenterContact: Ivan Tsarykau, Study Abroad AdvisorNador u. 11 r. 5111051 Budapest, HUNGARYTelephone/Fax: (36 1) 327 3000Fax: (36 1) 327 3241

N18161. Central European UniversityDepartment of SociologyContact: John FellsNowy Swiat 7200 330 Warsaw, POLANDTelephone: (48 22) 828 80 09Fax: (48 39) 122 047E-mail: [email protected]

N8162. Centras - Assistance Center forNGOsContact: Viorel MicescuStr. N. Balcescu 25, app. 14, et. 7Bucharest – Sector 1, ROMANIATelephone: (40 21) 310 03 81, 310 03 80,Fax: (40 21) 310 0382E-mail: [email protected]

N4,N7,N8163. Charities Aid FoundationKings Hill, West MallingKent ME19 4TAUNITED KINGDOMTelephone: (44 1732) 520 000Fax: 520 001E-mail: [email protected] site: www.cafonline.org/

N25164. Charities Aid Foundation – RussiaContact: Olga AlexeevaTverskaya Str. 24/2, Entrance 3, Fl.5125009 Moscow, RUSSIATelephone: (7 095) 792 5929Fax: (7 095) 792 5986E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.cafrussia.ru

N13,N24165. Charity Know How /Allavida55 BondwayLondon SW81SJ, UNITED KINGDOMTelephone: (44 20) 7735 8006Fax: (44 20) 7735 7608 E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.allavida.org

N16,N20166. Grants Program, c/o AllavidaE-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.allavida.org

N26167. “Charity” – The DnipropetrovskRegional Association of NGOsContact: Valentyna Talyanvul. Sverdlova 6Hotel “Sverdlovsk”, r. 315, 317Dnipropetrovsk, UKRAINETelephone/Fax: (380 562) 422 051E-mail: [email protected]

N12,N15168. Charity Fund of the Medical, Social,and Psychological RehabilitationContact: Ravliya AblaevaNovo-Nicolaevka 40Simferopol, UKRAINETelephone: (380 6552) 290 653

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169. Charity Without BordersContact: Svetlana Botcharovaul. 8-aja Parkovaja 13, app. 100105554 Moscow, RUSSIATelephone/Fax: (7 095) 465 0189E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.good.cnt.ru/

N21170. Charles Stewart Mott FoundationContact: Nicholas Deychakiwsky U.S. Office, Mott Foundation Building503 S. Saginaw St. Ste 1200Flint, MI 48502-1851, USATelephone: (1 810) 238 5651Fax: (1 810) 766 1753E-mail: [email protected] Web site: http://www.mott.org

N9171. Cherkasy Women’s CenterContact: Victoria Kuzmina250 Hogol str. Apt. 68Cherkasy, UKRAINETelephone/Fax: (380 472) 476 669, 452 057

N22172. Chernivtsi Regional Bar Association Contact: Nykola Shupenya, Pavlo Tsytsymavul. M. Hrushevskoho 1Chernivtsi, UKRAINETelephone: (380 3722) 55 27 20

N15173. Children and Youth Association Club“Compass”Contact: Taras Logginovvul. Tychyny 15, P. O. Box 128 Kyiv, UKRAINETelephone/Fax: (380 44) 553 78 57

N12174. “Children of Chernobyl” BelarusanCommitteeSovetskaya Str. 41, app. 101246000 Gomel, BELARUSTelephone/Fax: (375 232) 57 12 48

N18175. Children of Chernobyl Relief FundContact: Olena Maslyukivskavul. Khreshchatyk 25/28, Kyiv, UKRAINETelephone: (380 44) 228 1870E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.childrenofchornobyl.org

N16176. “Children of the World”- IndependentOrganizationContact: Vladimir MaleevP. O. Box 528/3, vul. Heroyiv Dnipra 61, kv.81, Kyiv, UKRAINETelephone: (380 44) 411 48 57E-mail: [email protected]

N13,N14,N18177. “Children’s Hope” CharitableFoundationvul. Dnistrovska 27, p. 55Lviv, UKRAINETelephone/Fax: (380 322) 428 349

N15178. Children’s Human Rights Centre ofAlbaniaContact: Dr. Aurela PanoKutia Postare 17381738, Tirana, ALBANIATelephone/Fax: (355 4) 24 22 64E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.crca.org.al

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179. Information and Research Centre forChildren’s Rights in AlbaniaContact: S. Thornton Barkley, Altin HazizajE-mail: [email protected]

180. “Children’s Initiative” FoundationContact: Askar AtakayevPereulok Botanitcheskiy, d. No. 3720052 Bishkek, KYRGYZSTANTelephone: (996 312) 544 649

N18,N26181. Children’s Letters to the WorldFoundationContact: Jerzy Sliwaul. Brodzinskiego 130-506 Krakow, POLANDTelephone/Fax: (48 12) 423 55 80E-mail: [email protected]

N6-N9182. Children’s Picture GalleryContact: Ludmila PronkinaStroykova str. 90390026 Ryazan, RUSSIATelephone: (7 0912) 720554, 721583Fax: (7 0912) 214858E-mail: [email protected]

N20183. “Choice of Conscience” (“Vybor Sovesti”) Sasovo Human Rights Defence and Education CentreContact: Viacheslaw FeraposhkinMikrirajon “Yuzhnyj” nr. 11, app. 50391600 Sasovo, RUSSIATelephone/Fax: (7 09133) 246 64, 249 68

N14184. Christians against Torture and ChildSlaveryContact: Stanislav VelikoredchaninGrecheskiy per. 3-15344006 Rostov-na-Donu, RUSSIATelephone: (7 8632) 65 14 55

N20185. “Circle 99” Association of Independent IntellectualsIntellectuals Sarajevo Contact: Vlatko DolecekVrazova St. 171000 SarajeoBOSNIA & HERCEGOVINATelephone: (387 71) 538 926

N14186. “Circle of Friends” Mogilev CitySocial AssociationContact: Vitaliy VasilkovP. O. box 14212022 Mogilev, BELARUSTelephone/Fax: (375 222) 22 97 82

N17,N26187. CIT – City Social Organization“Consultations - Investments - Training”ul. Revolutsyi 2300041 Tula, RUSSIATelephone/Fax: (7 0872) 315 583

N23188. Citizens ActionContact: Chuck HirtStriborne Nam. 297400 Banska BystricaSLOVAKIATelephone: (421 88) 4156 058Fax: (421 88) 4156 057

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189. Citizens Forum of Banja LukaContact: Branislav Kosic, Doc. Dr. ZdravkoZlokapa, Doc. Dr. Dragan DanelizenKralja Alfone 3Banja Luka, BOSNIA & HERCEGOVINATelephone: (381 78) 110 83

N14190. “Citizens’ Help” Public Committeefor Aid for Refugees and the DisplacedContact: Svetlana Gannushkinaul. Nizhegorodskaya 21 a109028 Moscow, RUSSIAE-mail: [email protected]

N18191. Citizens’ Protection SupportFoundation (Civil Defense Fund)Contact: Stasys KausinisArchitektu gt. 4-102043 Vilnius, LITHUANIATelephone: (370 2) 99 969 23Fax: (370 2) 442 192E-mail: [email protected]

N25192. Citizens’ Watch5 Malaya Koniushennaya191186 Saint Petersburg, RUSSIATelephone/Fax: (7 812) 325 8912, 325 8916,325 8915E-mail: [email protected]

N13193. Civic Development InternationalCenterContact: Levan Berdzenishvili, Chairman7 Gudiashvili St., 380007 Tbilisi, GEORGIATelephone: (995 32) 998 095Mobile: (995 77) 415 790Fax: (995 32) 998 095E-mail: [email protected] Web site: http://www.cdic-georgia.org

194. “Civic Forum” Charity Foundationvul. Bilohorodska 134-ABoyarka, Kyivska Oblast, UKRAINETelephone: (380 4498) 439 59Telephone/Fax: 533 5711

N24195. “Civic Initiative” – Women’sOrganization of MoldovaContact: Irina MartiniucStr. Kogalniceanu 36-a, app. 112009 Chisinau, MOLDOVATelephone: (373 2) 265 893Telephone/Fax: (373 2) 331 303E-mail: [email protected]

N16196. Civic InitiativesContact: Miljenko Dereta and Dubravka Velat, Co-Directors Vlajkoviceva 1711000 Belgrade, SERBIA & MONTENEGROTelephone: (381-11) 33-43-011, 33-43-175,Fax: (381-11) 33-43-294E-mail: [email protected] Dereta e-mail: [email protected]

N15,N16,N19,N25197. “Civic Initiatives” Homiel RegionalPublic AssociationContact: Viktar KarnijenkaP. O. Box 48, 246003 Homiel-3, BELARUSTelephone/Fax: (375 232) 55 93 71E-mail: [email protected]

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198. Civil Society Against Corruption Contact: Tolekan Ismailova, Chairperson Leyla Saralayeva107 Kiyevskaya Str. App. 310Bishkek, KYRGYZSTANTelephone: (996 312) 611 192, 610 410E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

199. Civil Society DevelopmentFoundationContact: Irena ZemankovaSenovazne nam. 24116 47 Prague, CZECH REPUBLICTelephone: (420 2) 2410 298Fax: (420 2) 2410 407

N10200. Civil Society DevelopmentFoundation Contact: Lidia Kuczmierowska, Beata Juraszekul. Zakopianska 21 m. 3/403-934 Warsaw, POLANDTelephone/Fax: (48 22) 616 33 16, 616 32 47 E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] site: http://www.frso.pl/index.html

N10201. Civil Society DevelopmentFoundationContact: Ancuta VamesuSplaiul Independentei nr. 2k, et. 4 sector 3,Bucuresti, ROMANIATelephone: (40-1) 310 0177, Fax: 310 0180E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.fdsc.ro

N14,N25202. Civil Society DevelopmentFoundationContact: Balazs SatorMeszoly u. 4 III/31117 Budapest, HUNGARYTelephone/Fax: (36 1) 385 39 38, 385 29 66Fax: (36 1) 381 0011E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.ctf.hu

N11,N15,N18,N22203. Civil Society DevelopmentFoundation - Slovak RepublicPalarikova St., 31812 38 Bratislava 1, SLOVAKIA

N11204. Civil Society Resource CenterContact: Suad MisiniP. Odredi 21, Porta Bunjakovec A2/2-491000 Skopje, MACEDONIATelephone: (389 91) 10 95 09Fax: (389 91) 11 44 12E-mail: [email protected]

N18205. Civil Society Small Grant-givingProgramContact: Mikhail TimienchikP. O. Box 28125315 Moscow, RUSSIATelephone/Fax: (7 095) 916 43 82

N11206. Civitas Foundation for a Civil SocietyP. O. Box 1-232, str. Mihai Eminescu nr. 93400 Cluj-NapocaROMANIATelephone/Fax: (40 64) 190 054, 190 555,190 529

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207. Club of Ukrainian Elite YouthContact: Dmytro Katrushynvul. Soborna 106, Rivne, UKRAINETelephone/Fax: (380 362) 62 04 37Telephone: (380 362) 22 74 69

N14208. Commission for Free Access toInformationul. Pretchistenka 10, 121069 Moscow, RUSSIATelephone: (7095) 202 2314, Fax: 202 2307

N18209. Committee of Soldiers’ Mothers ofthe Jewish Autonomous DistrictContact: Valentina Bychkovaul. Sholom-Sleyhema 81Birobaidzhan, RUSSIATelephone: (42 622) 644 76

N25210. Common Bond InstituteContact: Steve Olweean, Sandra Friedman12170 S. Pine Ayr DriveClimax, Michigan49034, USATelephone/Fax: (1-269) 665 9393 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: http://ahpweb.org/cbi/home.html

N16211. Community Foundation SIBIUPiata Mica #302400 Sibiu, ROMANIATelephone/Fax: (40 69) 212 999E-mail: [email protected]

N25212. Community Partnership FoundationCetatii Sq. Nr 1/644100 Miercurea CiucHarghita, ROMANIATelephone: (40 66) 115488Telephone/Fax: (40 66) 171 854

213. Community Partnership FoundationSibiu Branch, Mica Sq. Nr. 302400 Sibiu, ROMANIATelephone/Fax: 0040 69 212 999

214. Focsani branch: Unifii Blvd. Nr. 185300 Focsani, Vrancea, ROMANIATelephone/Fax: (40 37) 237 840E-mail: [email protected]

N21215. Congress of Women in KyrgyzstanContact: Zamira Akbagysheva, Aygul DushayevaBokonbaeva st. 120720040 Bishkek, KYRGYZSTANTelephone/Fax: (996 312) 664 213, 664 549,661 352, 665 213Fax: (996 312) 664 213E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.congresskr.freenet.kg,http:www//busincubator.host.net.kg

N23216. Congress of Women of the KolaPeninsulaContact: Irina Fogt, Lubov ShetelevaPolarney Zori 60, office 205183038 Murmansk, RUSSIATelephone: (7 8152) 546 341, 591 772Fax: (7 8152) 579 551E-mail: [email protected]

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217. Consultative Information CentreContact: Vladislav OkishevBox 2072Pavlodar 637001KAZAKHSTANTelephone: (7 3182) 75 45 12E-mail: [email protected]

N17,N22218. Contact National Training andInformation Center for NGOsContact: Liliana Cazacu, Igor NederaBulgara St. 322001 Chisinau, MOLDOVATelephone/Fax: (373 2) 260 436Telephone: (373 2) 260 112

N13219. “Contranomia” Public ScientificResearch Institute (ONIIKA)Contact: Sergey Voroshilov4 Pietrarilor st., ap. 552021 Chisinau, MOLDOVATelephone/Fax: (373 2) 735 013, 491 477or contact Irina v. Povar40 Drumul Vilor st., ap. 232021 Chisinau, MOLDOVATelephone: (373 2) 723 050E-mail: [email protected] (Attn: Voroshilov S.)

N16220. Foundation Children’s WelfareStamps Netherlands (SKIN)Grants for Poland and RomaniaContact: Ms. M. van TeeffelenSchipholweg 73/752316 ZL Leiden, NETHERLANDSTelephone: (31 71) 525 98 00Fax: (31 71) 513 01 47E-mail: [email protected]

N11221. Foundation Het R.C. MaagdenhuisGrants for Estonia and LithuaniaContact: Mr. O. RegoutHerengracht 220 1016 BT Amsterdam, NETHERLANDSTelephone: (31 20) 624 39 03Fax: (31 20) 638 28 14E-mail: [email protected]

222. Foundation Katholieke Noden (SkaN) Grants for Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech RepublicContact: Mr. Th. A.M.A. van der VenEmmastraat 521213 AL Hilversum, NETHERLANDSTelephone: (31 35) 6249 651, Fax: 6246 132E-mail: [email protected]

N11223. Queen Juliana FoundationGrants for Latvia and BulgariaContact: Mrs. C.J. Blomhert-ScheltingaKoopmanJ.F. Kennedylaan 101P. O. Box 903980 CB Bunnik, NETHERLANDSTelephone: (31 3405) 645 24Fax: (31 3405) 622 04 230Cooperation CenterP. O. Box 27027660077 Krasnoyarsk, RUSSIATelephone/Fax: (7 3912) 55 33 73

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224. Coordinating Child Centre for theInternational Development of TajikistanContact: Ibod Sharifi, Olga Kartasheva20/1-7 Behzod Street734013 Dushanbe, TAJIKISTANTelephone: (992 372) 215 479, 213 872Fax: (992 372) 214 691

N20225. Corresponding Academy on CivilSocietyCivil Society ServicesP. O. Box 766, Geneva, IL 60134, USATelephone/Fax: (1 804) 747 6092

N11226. Council of Europe NGO Section, Directorate of Political Affairs67075 Strasbourg Cedex, FRANCETelephone: (33 3) 8841 2000Fax: (33 3) 8841 2795Web site: http://www.coe.int

Directorate of Human RightsHuman Rights Information CenterContact: Maggie Nicholson67075 Strasbourg Cedex, FRANCETelephone: (333) 88 41 20 24Fax: (333) 88 41 27 04

N4,N6,N7227. Council of Europe, Coordinator ofActivities on Roma/GypsiesContact: Ms. Francoise Kempf67075 Strasbourg Cedex, FRANCEFax: (33 3) 88 41 27 31E-mail: [email protected]

N17228. Counterpart Creative CenterUkraine Central OfficeContact: Lyuba Palyvoda30 Bazhana prosp. Apt. 8Kyiv 02140, UKRAINETelephone: (380 44) 574 64 11Fax: (380 44) 574 6413E-mail: [email protected],[email protected] Web site: http://www.viaduk.net/cccRepresentative in LvivContact: Halyna Sabadash8/12 Drohobycha St.Lviv, UKRAINETelephone: (380 322) 74 4264Representative in Uzhgorod: Contact: Andriy Vyshnyak3 Academica Koroleva St., Apt. 4Perechin, Uzhgorod r-n, UKRAINETelephone: (380 3145) 22 715Counterpart International Inc.Contact: Karen L. Sherman1200 18th Street NW, 11th FloorWashington, DC 20036, USATelephone: (1 202) 296 9676Fax: (1 202) 296 9679Web site: http://www.counterpart.org

N16,N19229. “Courage”/”Muzhestvo” – PublicOrganization of Veteransul. Mechtatelei 30 665770 Irkutskaya OblastUst-Ilimsk, RUSSIATelephone/Fax: (395 35) 56 171, 54 798, 75 235

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230. Crest Resource CenterContact: Andrea KazamerUnirii Street No.493900 Satu Mare, ROMANIA Mailing Address: RO-3900Gavril Lazar 25/43900 Satu Mare, ROMANIATelephone/Fax: (40 261) 714 580 Telephone: (40 261) 706 736, 706 737 E-mail: [email protected],[email protected] Web sites: http://www.crest.ro, www.telecentru.ro

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231. Crimean Association of FreeJournalistsContact: Lilia Budjurova, Volodymyr Pritulavul. Volodarskoho 5/32Simferopol, UKRAINETelephone: (380 652) 259 059Fax: (380 652) 276 965

232. Crimean Independent Center ofPolitical ResearchContact: Volodymyr Prytulavul. Kirova 18/3, kv. 7Simferopol, UKRAINETelephone/Fax: (380 652) 276 965

N11233. Crimean Teachers CouncilContact: Dilara Setveliyeva, Chairperson 43 Ostrovskogo St.98400 Bakhchisaray, UKRAINETelephone: (380 6554) 47 111Fax: (380 6554) 47 859E-mail: [email protected]

234. “Crystal” Social-Cultural YouthAssociationCotnact: Blendi Kraja, Qemal Stafa, Vasil ShantoP. 23, Shkoder, ALBANIATelephone: (355 224) 1493

N20235. Culturelink Network – Institute forInternational RelationsContact: Pavel SchramadeiLj. F. Vukotinovica 2P. O. Box 303, 10000 Zagreb, CROATIATelephone: (385 1) 482 6522Fax: (385 1) 482 8361E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.culturelink.org

N8236. Czech Christian AcademyVysehradska ST. 49120 00 Prague 2, CZECH REPUBLICTelephone: (420 2) 24917 210Fax: (420 2) 249 16237

N14237. Czech Helsinki CommitteeOstrovskeho 5, 150 00 Prague 5CZECH REPUBLICMailing Address: P. O. Box 4, 199 01 Prague1012-Hrad, CZECH REPUBLICTelephone: (420-2) 2437-2335Telephone/Fax: (420 2) 2437 2335E-mail: [email protected],[email protected] Web site: http://www.helcom.cz

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Center for Free Legal AssistanceTelephone/Fax: (420-2) 2051-5188

238. CHC Citizenship Counseling CenterVladislavova 101100 00 Prague 1, CZECH REPUBLICTelephone: (420 2) 2423 6659

239. CHC Refugees Counseling CenterSenovazna 211000 Prague 1, CZECH REPUBLICTelephone: (420 2) 2422 4379, 2423 3034Telephone/Fax: (420 2) 2221 0091

N16240. Czech Union for Nature ConservationCentral Executive CommitteeUruguayska 7120 00 Prague 2, CZECH REPUBLICTelephone: (420 2) 2251 6115Fax: (420 2) 2251 1496E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.ecn.cz/csop

N11241. “DANA” Regional AssociationContact: Olena Kabashnaya, Vira PochtarenkoP. O. Box 10454001 Mykolaiv, UKRAINETelephone: (380 512) 35526Fax: (380 512) 335 108

N14,N16242. Danish Refugee Council (DRC)Borgergade 10, 3, Postboks 531002 Copenhagen K, DENMARKTelephone: (45 33) 735 000Fax: (45 33) 328 448E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Site: http://www.drc.dk

243. Danish Refugee CouncilBailovo, G. Abbasov str. 16, Apt. 15P. O. Box 174 DRC370000 Baku, AZERBAIJANTelephone: (99 412) 974 605Fax: (99 412) 974 628E-mail: [email protected]

244. Danish Refugee Council23, Dzerzhinskogo St.Patigorsk 357 521, Stavropol Kraj, RUSSIATelephone: (7 865) 334 9083Fax: (7 865) 334 9085

245. Democracy after CommunismContact: Peter BozsayEotvos u. 241067 Budapest, HUNGARYTelephone: (36 1) 302 2947Fax: (36 1) 302 2947Peter Bozsay, Secretary GeneralE-mail: [email protected] Jozsef Szajer, Chairman E-mail: [email protected]

N1-8,N11,N20,N25246. Democracy Education CenterContact: Undral Gombodorj, ExecutiveDirector Central Post Office, P. O. Box 308Ulaanbaatar 13, MONGOLIATelephone: (976 11) 310560E-mail: [email protected]

247. Democratic Circle BihacContact: Azrija PiarlicBihackih Branilaca bbBihac, BOSNIA & HERCEGOVINATelephone/Fax: (387 77) 229 220

N14248. Democratic Youth Union ofZakarpattiaNarodna pl. 4, room 282Uzhhorod, UKRAINETelephone: (380 3122) 322 77, 352 27Fax: (380 3122) 322 77

N12249. “Dialog” Foundation for PublicEducationBokhonbayeva St. d. 120 720000 Bishkek, KYRGYZSTANTelephone/Fax: (996 312) 210 873, 461 908

N15250. Directorio - Cuban DemocraticRevolutionary DirectorateContact: Javier de Cespedes, Chairman10250 SW 56th St., C-203Miami, FL 33011, USATelephone: (305) 279 4416Fax: (305) 279 0488E-mail: [email protected]

N20251. Distant Streets of Life – an Artists’AssociationContact: Irina EkadumovaAsanaliyeva ts. 4-123220024 Minsk, BELARUSTelephone: (375) 712 757300

N24252. District 0230Contact: Branko Komadina, Program Manager Trg srpskih dobrovoljaca 2323300 Kikinda, SERBIA & MONTENEGROTelephone: (381 230) 26 573, 23 240Fax: (381 230) 26 240

253. Doba Association of Teachers ofHistory and Social StudiesContact: Polina VerbytskaStaromiska Str. 1, 79019 Lviv, UKRAINETelephone: (380 322) 725637, Fax: 721 870E-mail: [email protected]

N26254. Dobrotchyn Center for Social WelfareContact: Alexander PodhorniyP. O. Box 435, Chernihiv 14017, UKRAINETelephone/Fax: (380 4622) 423 99E-mail: [email protected]

N27255. Documentation Center for theResearch of Slovak SocietyContact: Michal VaseckaGajova 21811 09 Bratislava, SLOVAKIATelephone: (421 7) 4524 6580Fax: (421 7) 5443 1527E-mail: [email protected]

N5,N10256. D.O.M. (Dzielo Odbudowy Milosci –the Work to Restore Love)Contact: Zdzislaw BieleckiP. O. Box 1900-950 Warsaw, POLANDTelephone/Fax: (48 22) 845 60 16

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257. DOST – Crimean Women’sHumanitarian League of AmericaContact: Ms. Tulin Ozdenoglu9115 Colonial Road #1CBrooklyn, NY 11209, USATelephone/Fax: (1 718) 836 9575E-mail: [email protected]

N20258. “Dream” – The Altai Krai PublicYouth OrganizationLenin str. 41, ap. 4646099 Barnaul, Altaiskiy Krai, RUSSIATelephone/Fax: (3852) 241 860

N20259. “Duminica” – IndependentNewspaperContact: Gheorge SovaMD-5904, Ul. T. Chobanu 17Felesti, District Balthsi, MOLDOVATelephone/Fax: (373 59) 205 39E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.iatp.md/ppi_duminica

N23260. “Dunarea de Jos” StudentOrganizationContact: Bogdan EnicaN. Balcescu 24, Bloc A2, Apt. 86200 Galati, ROMANIATelephone: (40 94) 887 163Fax: (40 63) 412955

N18261. “Dzelverte” Women’s ClubContact: Lilta ZukuleDzirnavu 1, Barkava, Madonas raj.LV 4834, LATVIATelephone: (371 48) 36722E-mail: [email protected]

N26262. East European Human Rights Project(MOST)C/o Bettina GieseckeEuropa-Universitaet Viadrina, P. O. Box 776D-15207 Frankfurt (Oder), GERMANYTelephone: (49 335) 5534 913Fax: (49 335) 5534 915E-mail: [email protected]

N18263. Eastern Ukrainian Resource CenterContact: Iryna PasisnychenkoSumska str. 37, apt. 11Kharkiv, UKRAINETelephone/Fax: (380 0572) 47 16 32

N19264. EcoinformContact: Alexander ChirkovP. O. Box 68220047 Minsk-47, BELARUSTelephone; (375 17) 224 3447Fax: (375 17) 232 4554

N15265. Ecological Movement of MacedoniaContact: Katerina DodovskaVasil Gjorgov BB, baraka 691000 Skopje, MACEDONIATelephone: (389 91) 220 518

N13266. Ecology and Life Foudnation(Ekologia & Zivot)Contact: Dusan MellnerStarkova St. 12, 010 01 Zilina, SLOVAKIATelephone/Fax: (421 89) 621 744

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267. Ecohome Environmental EducationalCenterContact: Irina Soukhi, Andrej ZborovskyPrasp. Skaryny 76-18220012 Minsk, BELARUSTelephone/Fax: (375 172) 324544

N13268. Economic Development AssociationContact: Orhan KerimovIstiglaliyat per., A. Babyeva 5370001 Baku, AZERBAIJANFax: (99412) 929725E-mail: [email protected]

N23269. “Economics and Politics” – LvivRegional Foundationvul. Valova 31, Lviv, UKRAINETelephone: (380 322) 743 354

N12270. Ecopravo – KharkivP. O. Box 1047961002 Kharkiv, UKRAINETelephone/Fax: (380 572) 19 10 21E-Mail: [email protected], [email protected] site: http://www.ecopravo.kharkov.ua

N19271. “Ecosvit” (“Green World”) EcologicalHumanitarian AssociationContact: Aleksandr StepanenkoP. O. Box 23, 48500 ChiortkivTernopilsk oblast, UKRAINETelephone: (380 3552) 21843E-mail: [email protected]

N27272. “Edinenye” – Association for SmallBusiness Development in UkraineContact: Natalya Kozevina, Dmitriy LapinVolodymyrska str. 21/20Kyiv, UKRAINETelephone: (380 44) 2283 757Fax: (380 44) 2296 158

N17273. “Ednannia” Initiative Center forSocial Action and RenewalContact: Marina MalikP. O. Box 447/6, 03150 Kyiv, UKRAINETelephone/Fax: (380 44) 269 8542E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.ednannia.isar.kiev.ua

N20274. Education for a Civic SocietyContact: Dimitrijs AlehinsP. O. Box 11, 1067 Riga, LATVIATelephone: (371) 945 1783E-mail: [email protected]

N20275. “Education for Democracy” YouthCenterContact: Krassimir Loykov15 N. Fotinov Str. 4000 Plovdiv, BULGARIAE-mail: [email protected]

N16,N20276. Edukatar Youth CenterContact: Aleksandar Stralcou, Chairman220121 Hlebi Str.18-96 Minsk, BELARUSTelephone: (375 17) 255 8741Fax: (375 17) 263 9990E-mail: [email protected]

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277. “Egida” Association for theProtection of Rights and Liberties ofPerson and Citizen in the JewishAutonomous DistrictContact: Anatoliy Rynkovul. Pionerskaya, d. 58-b, kv. 14679014 Birobidzhan, EAO, RUSSIATelephone: (7 42622) 435 13, 619 34,Fax: (7 42622) 408 20E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

N24278. Ekaterinburg Center for InformationContact: Anna PastukhovaVainera 16A, 20014 Ekaterinburg, RUSSIATelephone: (7 3432) 513 659, Fax: 514 227

N11279. “Ekim” Civic OrganizationContact: Ervin Osmanov76/74, 1st Konnaya Armiya Str. Simferopol, UKRAINETelephone/Fax: (380 652) 497 274E-mail: [email protected]

N18280. “Emmaus Smiltene” – The SocialCharity OrganizationContact: Mrs. Iluta Medne4 Dzimavu str., KV-4729 Smiltene, LATVIATelephone/Fax: (371 47) 72450E-mail: [email protected]

N26281. Environmental Information AgencyContact: Olga BezdenezhnyhTsiolkovsky St., 23-2654041 Novokuznetsk, RUSSIATelephone: (7 384) 347 8951Fax: (7 384) 348 06 45

N15282. Environmental Partnership forCentral Europe (EPCE)Contact: Irmgard Hunt11 Dupont Circle, NW Suite 210Washington, DC 20036, USATelephone: (1 202) 588 9018Fax: (1 202) 462 8097

N7,N12283. EPCE Regional OfficesEPCE-Slovakia (Nadacia Ekopolis)Contact: Peter MedvedHorna 67974 01 Banska Bystrica, SLOVAKIATelephone/Fax: (421 88) 4145259E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.changenet.sk/ekopolis

EPCE-Czech Republic (NadacePartnerstvi)Panska St. 9602 00 Brno, CZECH REPUBLICTelephone: (420 5) 4212 8350, 4212 8354Fax: (420 5) 4212 0561E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.nadacepartnerstvi.cz EPCE-HungaryContact: Zsuzsa FoltanyiSzerb. U. 17-19, H-1059 P. O. Box H-1463, Pf. 931 Budapest, HUNGARYTelephone: (36 1) 411 3500Fax: (36 1) 411 3515E-mail: [email protected]

284. Estonian Association for HumanRightsContact: Larissa Semjonova, Olga FadejevaEndla 4, 10142 Talinn, ESTONIATelephone: (372 2) 6263 155, 5222 873E-mail: [email protected]

N26285. Estonian Institute for Human RightsContact: Valeri Kalabugin2 To’nismagi10122 Talinn, ESTONIATelephone: (372 2) 630 7477Fax: (372 2) 631 1239E-mail: [email protected]

N23286. Estonian Media School Foundation,Estonian Media CenterContact: Pille Vaher10/2 Pirni St.0006 Talinn, ESTONIATelephone/Fax: (372 2) 656 54 69E-mail: [email protected]

N15287. Estonian Youth Initiative CenterEstonian Youth Work CentreContact: Ieelo Saar, Ms. Epp AdlerUuslinna 10, 11415 Tallinn, ESTONIATelephone: (372 2) 638 0763Fax: (372 2) 638 0756E-mail: [email protected], [email protected],[email protected] Web site: http://www.entk.ee

N14288. Eurasia Foundation1350 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 1000Washington, DC 20036, USATelephone: (1 202) 234 7370Fax: (1 202) 234 7377E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.eurasia.org

Moscow Office4/6 3rd Monetchikovsky Pereylok, building 1 Moscow 115054, RUSSIATel: (7 095) 970 1567Fax: (7 095) 970 1568 e-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.eurasia.msk.ru

Kyiv Office55 Bohdana Khmelnytskoho St., 6th FloorKyiv 01601, UKRAINETelephone/Fax: (380 44) 238 26 96, 246 99 61 e-mail: [email protected]

N5,N7289. Euroforum Center for EuropeanCooperationContact: Ihar Babkouvul. Volacha 9-2-33P. O. Box 31, 220036 Minsk, BELARUSTelephone/Fax: (375 17) 256 36 13

N19290. European Center of YouthCooperationP. Sw. Katarzyny 9/87100 Torun, POLANDTelephone: (48 56) 652 2240, 621 9272, Fax: 652 22 41E-mail: [email protected] Web site: http://www.ecwm.org.pl

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291. European Cultural FoundationContact: Madelon Cabooter (APEXCoordinator)Jan van Goyenkade 51075 HN Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS Telephone: (31 20) 573 38 68Fax: (31 20) 675 22 31E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.eurocult.org

N11292. European Foundation CenterRegional contact: Eric Kempul. Jaracza 3/3900378 Warsaw, POLANDTelephone/Fax: (48 22) 625 29 79

N4-6293. “European Heritage” Society (EHS)Novotsheremushinskaya St. 1/14-3-12117449 Moscow, RUSSIATelephone: (7 095) 503 78 45, 316 99 30

N15294. European Institute for the MediaContact: Prof. Dr. Jo Groebel, Monique MasiusZollhof 2a, 40221 Duesseldorf, GERMANYTelephone: (49 211) 901 0479, 901 04 57E-mail: [email protected]

N5,N11295. EIM Moscow OfficeContact: Dmitri KortunovZubovsky Boulevard 4, r. 430Moscow RUSSIATelephone: (7 095) 201 5038E-mail: [email protected]

296. European Journalism NetworkContact: Chris WalkerNa Dolinach 35140 00 Prague 1 CZECH REPUBLICTelephone/Fax: (420 2) 430 190E-mail: [email protected]

N19297. European Movement in SerbiaContact: Danjiel PanticKralja Milana 3111000 Belgrade, SERBIA & MONTENEGROTelephone: (381 11) 322 1174Fax: (381 11) 322 4202Mobile: (381 63) 364 893E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.emins.org

N19298. European Network of CulturalAdministration Training CentersContact: Isabelle SchwarzENCATC c/o KITVestergade 51456 Copenhagen, DENMARKTelephone: (45 33) 15 82 14Fax: (45 33) 32 81 82E-mail: [email protected]

N22299. European Roma Rights CenterContact: Dimitrina PetrovaH-1386 Budapest 62P. O. Box 906/93, HUNGARYTelephone: (36 1) 413 2200Fax: (36 1) 413 2201E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.errc.org

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300. European Third Sector TrainingNetworkContact: Sylvie Tsyboula1 rue Defacqz, B-1050 Brussels, BELGIUMTelephone: (32 2) 534 4304Fax: (32 2) 534 5272

N13301. European Training and ResearchCenter for Human Rights and DemocracyContact: Dr. Gerd OberleitnerSchuberstrasse 29A-8010, Graz, AUSTRIATelephone: (43 316) 380 3419Fax: (43 316) 380 9455

N24302. European Youth Cooperation CenterContact: Maciej Wicherekul. Golebia 24, 31-007 Krakow, POLANDTelephone/Fax: (48 12) 422 1033, ext. 1171, 1172E-mail: [email protected] site: http://free.ngo.pl/ecm

N18303. European Youth MovementContact: Svetoslav Spassov10 Narodno Sabranie Sq., room 3021000 Sofia, BULGARIATelephone: (359 2) 986 7982, Fax: 987 2285E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Web site: http://eym.dir.bg

N17,N22304. Euroregional Center for DemocracyContact: Camelia CociobaSemenic Str. 10300035 Timisoara, ROMANIATelephone: (402 56) 221 471, 221 472Fax: (402 56) 436 633E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.regionalnet.org

N27305. Evrika FoundationContact: Vassil Velev1 Patriarch Evtimii Blvd.1000 Sofia, BULGARIATelephone: (359 2) 876 565, 873 196Fax: 803 630E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.evrika.org

N10306. Express ChronicleContact: Alexander Podrabinek(See Prima Human Rights News Service)Telephone: (7 095) 455 30 11E-mail: [email protected]

N5307. Ezid-Kurd National Community andMigrant Assistance CenterContact: Almaz Khdrovna Choloyanul. Rozhdvestvenskaya, d. 24, dom. 15Nizhni Novgorod, RUSSIATelephone: (7 8312) 780 086

N24308. Family Planning Association (TPR)Contact: Beata Jarosz, Barbara Lejzerowiczul. Stawowa 1A50-051 Wroclaw, POLANDTelephone: (48 71) 72 31 82Telephone/Fax: 32 59 169

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309. “Fellow Citizens” Social Charity forDisplaced PersonsContact: Ludmila YangulanovaProspekt Lenina 160658200 Rubcovsk, Altaiskiy Kray, RUSSIATelephone: (7 257) 595 99E-mail: [email protected]

N23310. Fialta Youth Education CenterP. O. Box 4220119 Minsk, BELARUSTelephone: (375 17) 266 3481, 235 5738Fax: (375 17) 254 73 42

N13311. First Children’s Embassy in theWorld – MegjashiContact: Dragi ZmijanacKosta Novakovic 22a1000 Skopje, MACEDONIATelephone/Fax: (389 91) 365 460E-mail: [email protected] sites:http://www.childrensembassy.org.mk,www.megjashi.org.mk

N11312. Fondation de FranceContact: Anne Marie Seydoux40 Avenue Hoche75008 Paris, FRANCETelephone: (33 1) 44 21 31 00Fax: (33 1) 44 21 31 01E-mail: [email protected]

313. “For Civil Society” NGO AssociationContact: Leonid Bondariec, Igor HodzhamberdiyevP. O. Box 1451720040 Bishkek, KYRGYZSTANTelephone: (996 312) 220 900, 422 934, 510 709Fax: (996 312) 666 334

N27314. “Forca Pozega” Forum for CivicActionContact: Miroslav TamburicPozega, SERBIA & MONTENEGROTelephone/Fax: (381 31) 812 771Web site: http://www.forcapozega.org/inter-netklub.htm

N21315. Ford Foundation320 East 34th StreetNew York, NY 10017, USAWeb site: http://www.fordfound.org

Moscow OfficeContact: Steven SolnickUl. Tverskaya 16/2125009 Moscow, RUSSIATelephone: (095) 935 7051Fax: (095) 935 7052E-mail: [email protected]

N11316. Forum Eastern EuropeContact: Magda Opalski88 Bowbill Ave.Nepean, Ontario K2E 6S7, CANADATelephone: (613) 224 3982Fax: (613) 224 3199E-mail: [email protected]

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317. Forum of Free DemocratsContact: Prof. Ivan Kaitcher49 Vassillevski blvd., apt. 161000 Sofia, BULGARIATelephone/Fax: (3592) 981 4280, 773982

N19318. Forum of Intellectuals of BrezaContact: Esad BajltalBreza, BOSNIA & HERCEGOVINATelephone: (387 72) 763 267Fax: (387 71) 664 540

N14319. Forum of Non-governmentalInitiatives (see Association of Non-govern-mental Initiatives Forum)

320. Forum of Tuzla CitizensContact: Vehid Sehic, PresidentTitiva St. 175000 Tuzla, BOSNIA & HERCEGOVINATelephone: (387 75) 250 702Fax: (387 75) 251 279E-mail: [email protected] Web site: http://www.forumtz.com

N14321. Forum of Zenica CitizensContact: Fadil ImamovicFra Ivana Jukica 272000 Zenica, BOSNIA & HERCEGOVINATelephone: (387 72) 32407Telephone/Fax: 417 306

N14322. Foundation for Defense of HumanRights (Fundacja Obrony Praw Czlowieka)Contact: Senator Zbigniew Romaszewski, DirectorTomasz Pistula, Assistant/Contact ul. Wiejska 4/6/8, 00-092 Warsaw, POLANDTelephone: (48 22) 625 4749Fax: (48 22) 625 2465E-mail: [email protected]

N27323. Foundation for Democratic ChangeContact: Anca Badila ClucaP. O. Box 56 177750 Bucharest, ROMANIATelephone/Fax: (40 21) 3143960E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

N8,N9,N14,N22324. Foundation for the Development ofZelow CountyContact: Anna Szafranul. Mickiewicza 4, 97-425 ZelowPiotrow Trybunalski, POLANDTelephone: (48 44) 341 000Fax: (48 44) 437 580

N18325. Foundation for Human RightsProtectionContact: Georgiy Sushko153 Charivna str., apt. 10469071 Zaporyzhzhye, UKRAINETelephone: (380 612) 675 094

N22326. Foundation for Independent MediaSupportContact: Dmitriy MerezhkoSaint Petersburg, RUSSIATelephone: (812) 230 6227Fax: (812) 230 6296

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327. Foundation for Local GovernmentReform22/A San Stefano str., floor 2Sofia 1504, BULGARIATelephone: (359 2) 943 4422Fax: (359 2) 944 2350E-mail: [email protected] site: www.flgr.bg

N17328. Foundation for PluralismContact: Luminita Petrescu, PresidentStr. Tincani nr 3n- B1. 8231 SC2, Ap. 61, sector 6, Bucharest 1, ROMANIATelephone: (40 21) 212 5143Mobile: (40 21) 413 6030Fax: (40 21) 212 5143E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.pluralism.ro

N4-7,N11,N20,N27329. Foundation for PolandContact: Katarzyna Morawskaul. Szpitalna 5/5, 00-031 Warsaw, POLANDTelephone: (48 22) 828 9128, Fax: 828 9129

N3,N4,N13330. Foundation for Social and EconomicInitiatives (FISE)Contact: Krzysztof Herbstul. Jezuicka 1/3, 00-281 Warsaw, POLANDTelephone/Fax: (48 22) 635 6277, 635 6492E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.fise.ngo.pl

N7331. Foundation for Support andDevelopment of Free InformationExchangeContact: Aleksandr SolovievP. O. Box 162390000 Ryazan, RUSSIA

N18332. Foundation for the Development ofCivic InitiativesContact: Oleg Bvelyayevblvd. Shevchenko 133, k. 508Donetsk, UKRAINETelephone/Fax: (380 622) 994 534

N21333. Foundation in Support of LocalDemocracy ul. Hauke Bosaka 1101-540 Warsaw, POLANDTelephone: (022) 869 92 00 07Fax: (022) 839 22 85E-mail: [email protected] Site: http://www.frdl.org.pl

Regional Center - KielceContact: Renata Kolodziejul. Sienkiewicza 25, 25-007, Kielce,POLANDTelephone: (48 81) 680 486Fax: (48 81) 477 62

N5,N8,N11334. Foundation in Support of LocalDemocracy“Internet for Schools” project (IdS)Contact: Jacek Gajewskiul. Pasteura 7, Warsaw, POLANDTelephone/Fax: (48 22) 668 58 07E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.ids.edu.pl

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335. Foundation in Support of PolishLibrariesul. Hoza 29/31, 00-524 Warsaw, POLANDTelephone: (48 22) 621 70 75Fax: (48 22) 628 42 57

N2-N4336. Foundation on Inter-ethnic RelationsContact: Arie Bloed, Guillaume SiemienskiPrinsessegracht 222514 AP The Hague, NETHERLANDSTelephone: (31 70) 363 60 33Fax: (31 70) 363 59 10

N9,N15337. Foundation of St. Volodymyrul. Kanonicza 15, 31-002 Krakow, POLANDTelephone/Fax: (48 12) 21 99 96

N16338. Free and Democratic BulgariaFoundationContact: J.D. Panitza, Chairman 16 Rue de Chazelles75017 Paris, FRANCETelephone: (33 1) 44 40 0377Fax: (33 1) 42 27 41 75E-mail: [email protected]

N1-7,N13339. Freedom Forum World CenterContact: Georgi Danailov24 Venelin St., 1000 Sofia, BULGARIATelephone/Fax: (359 2) 989 1784E-mail: [email protected]

N8340. Freedom Forum European CenterContact: John OwenStanhope House, Stanhope PlaceLondon W2 2HH, UNITED KINGDOMTelephone: (44 171) 479 5900Fax: (44 171) 262 4631E-mail: [email protected]

N8341. Freedom HouseContact: Paula Schriefer1319 18th Street, NWWashington DC 20036, USATelephone: (1 202) 296 5101Fax: (1 202) 296 5078E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.freedomhouse.org

Office in New York120 Wall StreetNew York, NY 10005, USATelephone: (1 212) 514 8040Fax: (1 212) 514 8055

Office in BudapestFalk Miksa u. 30, 4/21054 Budapest, HUNGARYTelephone: (361) 331 9296, 354 1230, 3541231, 354 1232Fax: (361) 354 1233E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.ngonet.org

Office in RomaniaCalea Victoriei no. 155, Bl. D1, Sc. 2, Fl. 10,sector 1, Bucharest, ROMANIATelephone: (40 21) 313 8111Fax: (40 21) 313 8112E-mail: [email protected]

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Office in Ukrainevul. B. Khmelnytskoho 68, apt. 68 Kyiv 01030, UKRAINETelephone: (380 44) 235 8410, 235 8332Fax: (380 44) 235 8411E-mail: [email protected]

Office in SerbiaContact: Michael StaresinicFrancuska 5, Fl. III & IV11000 Belgrade, SERBIA & MONTENEGROTelephone: (381 11) 187 172, 187 064, 187 276, 2623 100Fax: (381 11) 637 637E-mail: [email protected]

N2-N9,N13,N19,N26342. Fund for Central and East EuropeanBook ProjectsJan van Goyenkade 51075 Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDSTelephone: (31 20) 676 0222Fax: (31 20) 675 22 31

N11343. Fund for the Development of theCarpathian Euroregion (CarpathianFoundation)Contact: Sandor KolesHlavna 70, 040 01 Kosice, SLOVAKIATelephone: (421 95) 622 1160Fax: (421 95) 6221150E-mail: [email protected]

Country OfficesMecset ut 33300 Eger, HUNGARY,Telephone/Fax: (36 36) 414811E-mail: [email protected]

ul. 3-go Maja 23/1 C38500 Sanok, POLAND,Telephone: (48 1) 3463 0208,Telephone/Fax: 3464 1369

Sucevei St., No. 14, 2nd Floor, Room 2173700 Oradea, Bihor County, ROMANIATelephone/Fax: (40 2) 5941 9758E-mail: [email protected]

Narodna Sq. 5, room 4288000 Uzhhorod, UKRAINE,Telephone: (380 3) 122 36247Fax: (380 3) 122 34129E-mail: [email protected]

N16344. “Future” Charitable Foundation andRehabilitation Center for DisabledChildrenvul. Pushkinska 51Odessa, UKRAINETelephone: (380 482) 218 290Fax: (380 482) 246 085

N17345. GEA 2000 (Global EnvironmentAsylum)Mestni trg 91000 Ljubljana, SLOVENIATelephone: (386 1) 24 10 540, 42 13 560Fax: (386 1) 42 13 565 E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.fundacija-gea2000.si

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346. “Genders” Latvian Gender ProblemCentreContact: Dr. Tatjana KurovaCaka 91/93, of. 10LV-1011 Riga, LATVIATelephone: (3717) 315 899Fax: (3717) 315 899E-mail: [email protected]

N25347. Geneza – The Political ScienceCenterContact: Arsen KovalP. O. Box 10671Lviv, UKRAINETelephone/Fax: (380 322) 729 882Fax: (380 322) 740 309E-mail: [email protected]

N8348. Georgian Union of Wives of DisabledSoldiers and Missing in ActionChargali St. 79380092 Tbilisi, GEORGIATelephone: (995 32) 608 723Fax: (995 32) 941 947

N21349. German Marshall Fund of the UnitedStatesCraig Kennedy, PresidentPhil Henderson, Director of Programs1744 R Street NWWashington, DC 20009Telephone: (1 202) 745 3950Fax: (1 202) 265 1662 E-mail: [email protected],[email protected],[email protected] site: http://www.gmfus.org

Belgrade Office Balkan Trust for Democracy/GMFUSIvan Vejvoda, Executive DirectorStrahinjiça Bana 1111000 Belgrade, SERBIA & MONTENEGROTelephone: (381 11) 636 839Fax: (381 11) 634 126 E-mail: [email protected]

Berlin Office:Heike MacKerron, Director Oranienburgerstr. 13/1410178 Berlin, GERMANYTelephone: (49 30) 288 8130Fax: (49 30) 288 1310E-mail: [email protected]

Bratislava OfficeThe German Marshall Fundof the United States Transatlantic Center for Central and EasternEuropePavol Demes, DirectorSturova 3811 02 Bratislava, SLOVAKIA Telephone: (421 2) 5931 1406Fax: (421 2) 5931 1405 E-mail: [email protected]

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350. Glasnost Defense FoundationContact: Maria Simonova, Aleksey SimonovP. O. Box 536, 119021 Moscow, RUSSIATelephone: (7 095) 201 4420, 201 3242Fax: (7 095) 2014947E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.gdf.ru

N27351. “Glasnost Protection” – the Krasno-Yarsk Regional Social FoundationContact: Viktor LegashovP. O. Box 119660018, Krasnoyarsk, RUSSIATelephone: (7 3912) 556 338Fax: (7 3912) 234 359E-mail: [email protected]

N24352. “Glasnost” Public Foundation103051, Kolobovsky pereulok 15/6, App. 36Moscow, RUSSIATelephone: (7 095) 208 2853Fax: (7 095) 208 3425E-mail: [email protected]

N27353. Global Fund for WomenContact: Misti Mukhyopadhyay1375 Sutter Street, Suite 400San Francisco, CA 94109, USATelephone: (1 415) 202 7640Fax: (1 415) 202 8604E-mail: [email protected] Web site: http://www.globalfundforwomen.org

N23354. Global Public Service Law ProjectNew York University School of LawContact: Diana E. Hortsch110 West 3rd Street, 2nd FloorNew York, NY 10012, USATelephone: (212) 998 6428Fax: (202) 995 4529E-mail: [email protected],[email protected] Web site: http://www.law.nyu.edu/programs/globalpublicservice/

N24355. Golda Meir Mount CarmelInternational Training CenterDirector: Mazal RenfordP. O. Box 6111, Haifa 31060, ISRAELTelephone: (972 4) 837 5904Fax: (972 4) 837 5913 E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.mfa.gov

N10356. Gomel Public Association “Togetherto the Future”Contact: Olga MyznikovaPervomaiskaj St. 10 – 26, 246050 Gomel, BELARUS Telephone/Fax: (375 232) 721 093, E-mail: [email protected]

357. GONG (Citizens United to MonitorElections)Contact: Aleksandra Kuratko, Executive Dir.Trg bana J. Jelacia 15/IV10000 Zagreb, CROATIATelephone: (385 1) 4825 444, 4825 445E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Web site: http://www.gong.hr

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358. “Goodness” (“Dobrota”) DonetskCity Charity FoundationContact: Jakov Rogalinboul. T. Shevchenko 36Donetsk, UKRAINETelephone: (380 62) 333 932, Fax: 940 843

N21359. “Grace” Interethnic Center of theHumanitiesP. O. Box 327394000 Voronezh, RUSSIATelephone/Fax: (732) 49 99 49E-mail: [email protected]

N16360. “Green Brigades” Publishing HouseContact: Andrzej Zwawaul. Slawkowska 12/2431-014 Krakow, POLANDTelephone: (48 12) 422 2147, 422 2264, ext. 28, 30E-mail: [email protected]

N4-N6361. “Green Cow” Children’s Clubvul. Chechava 25A-50231400 MavahradakGrodno oblast, BELARUSTelephone: (375 159) 722072E-mail: [email protected]

N19362. “Green Oak Forest” Troop Belarusan Boy Scouts AssociationContact: Bernhard PakulnickiVul. Maladzioznaja 16222389 Bujki Miadzielski r-n, Mienskaja vobl., BELARUSTelephone: (375 1797) 32 605

N22363. Greenway Central and EastEuropean Network of EnvironmentalNGOsContact: Elena VartikovaP. O. Box 163814 99 Bratislava, SLOVAKIAE-mail: [email protected]

364. Green Women Environmental NewsAgencyContact: Lydia AstaninaKoktem-2, dom 2, apt. 73480090 Almaty, KAZAKHSTANTelephone: (7 3272) 200 787E-mail: [email protected]

N13365. Grodno Regional Association ofYoung Scientists “VIT”Contact: Serguei SaleiP. O. Box 233, 230009 Grodnat. Druskenitski 2-132300023 Grodna 23, BELARUSTelephone: (375 152) 331 274

N14366. “Guardians of the Rainbow”Ecological MovementContact: Maksim KutchinskiyVarshavskoye Shosse 16-186113105 Moscow, RUSSIATelephone: (7 095) 954 91 93

UkrainePr. Glushkova 17-22, Kyiv Telephone: (380 44) 252 48 22

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367. GURT Resource Centre for NGODevelopmentMailing address: PO Box 126 Kyiv 01025, UKRAINEOffice address:52 Popudrenka Str., Suite 904, KyivTelephone/Fax: (380 44) 552 1052, 551 6339E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.gurt.org.ua

N12,N26368. Hamlet Foundation of Krakow“Miodowa 9” Caféul. Miodowa 931-055 Krakow, POLAND

Self-help Community Houseul. Josefa 131-056 Krakow, POLAND

“Sienna 5” Art Galleryul. Sienna 531-041 Krakow, POLANDTelephone: (48 12) 656 21 41, 422 12 11Telephone/Fax: (48 12) 656 24 21

N16369. Hamlet TrustContact: Jo Lucas, Robert HaywardNorvin House, 45/55 Commercial StreetLondon E1 6BD, UNITED KINGDOMTelephone: (44 20) 7247 8666Fax: (44 20) 7247 1984E-mail: [email protected]

N15370. “Halsanski Zamak” Clubzav. Kliastarny 1231120 HalsanyAsmianski ray, Haradzienskaja vobl.BELARUSTelephone: (375 1593) 394 57

N26371. “Hart” Homiel Municipal YouthCenterContact: Junela Salnikava50 years Gomselmash str.22 168 Homiel, BELARUSTelephone/Fax: (375 232) 545581E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] site: http://www33.brinkster.com/hartby

N26372. “Hasdey Neshama” Charity FundProp. Lenina 145a300028 Tula, RUSSIATelephone: (872) 22 71 22Fax: (872) 26 0525

N23373. Hca/Job 22Contact: Zdravka Grebo JevticHusrefa Redzica 771000 SarajevoBOSNIA & HERCEGOVINATelephone/Fax: (387 33) 443 604E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.job22.org

N24374. Hearth of Hope Charity FoundationContact: Parfenya Nikolay AlexandrovichAvrory St. 148443070 Samara, RUSSIATelephone: (7 8462) 221 897, 661 972

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375. Hellenic Foundation for Europeanand Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP)Contact: Elisabeth Phocas4, Zenophontos str.105 57 Athens, GREECETelephone: (301) 331 5022, Fax: 3642139E-mail: [email protected]

N19376. Helsinki Citizens Assembly (hCa)Contact: Klelija Balta, Miriam StruykTuralibegova 575000 Tuzla, BOSNIA & HERCEGOVINATelephone/Fax: (387 75) 250 481E-mail: [email protected]

N14377. Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly ofMoldovaP. O. Box 570, 2043 Chisinau, MOLDOVATelephone: (373 2) 243 274, Fax: 243 274E-mail: [email protected]

N18378. Helsinki Committee for HumanRights in Bosnia and Hercegovina –SarajevoContact: Srdan SizdarevicMarsala Tita 48, Sarajevo, BOSNIA &HERCEGOVINATelephone: (387 71) 670 245, Fax: 670 858

N14379. Helsinki Committee for HumanRights in the Serbian Republic Contact: Branko TodorovicBrace Gavric 676300 Bijeljina, Republica SrpskaBOSNIA & HERCEGOVINATelephone/Fax: (381 55) 472 851, 401 821,401 532E-mail: [email protected],[email protected]

N13380. Helsinki Foundation for HumanRights18 Bracka St., apt. 6200-028 Warsaw, POLANDTelephone: (48 22) 828 10 08, 826 98 75Fax: (48 22) 826 98 75E-mail: [email protected]

N11,N12,N19381. Henry M. Jackson Foundation Contact: Lara Iglitzin1001 Fourth Avenue, Suite 3317Seattle, Washington 98154-101, USATelephone: (1 206) 682 8565Fax: (1 206) 682 8961E-mail: [email protected]

N24382. “Home” Kaliningrad Regional SocalFund for Supporting Refugees andDisplaced PersonContact: Olga Smitnickayaul. Gorkova 19a236040 Kaliningrad, RUSSIATelephone/Fax: (7 112) 27 54 81E-mail: [email protected]

N26383. Homiel Regional Social AssociationWomen’s Initiativevul. 60 hadou SSR, 7-13246049 Homiel, BELARUSTelephone: (375 232) 78 08 02E-mail: [email protected]

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384. Hope German Cultural FoundationKyubyshev St., 117443099 Samara, RUSSIATelephone: (7 8462) 337 954

N13385. “Hope” Kharkiv City Women’sOrganizationContact: Olga KovtunPetrovskogo 6/8, 61002 Kharkiv, UKRAINETelephone: (380 572) 194402, Fax: 430713Web site: http://www.ukrainebiz.com

N27386. Horizonti Foundation for the ThirdSectorContact: Nino Saakashvili, Girogi Tsintsadze2 Dolidze St., 6th Floor, Tbilisi, GEORGIATelephone: (995 32) 332 818, 330 893Fax: (995 32) 987 504E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Web site: http://www.horizonti.org

N26387. “Hospice” Moscow CharityAssociationul. Dovatora 10119048 Moscow, RUSSIATelephone: (7 095) 245 59 69Fax: (7 095) 245 43 22E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Web Site: http://www.hospice.ru

N23388. “House” the Kaliningrad RegionalSociety Fund of Support for Refugeesand Forced ImmigrantsContact: Olga Smitnitskayaul. A. Nevskogo 44, app. 54236041 Kaliningrad, RUSSIATelephone: (7 0112) 450 851, 711 680E-mail: [email protected]

N26389. Human Rights Center of AzerbaijanContact: Eldar Zeynalov, Avaz HasanovP. O. Box 31, Baku AZ1000, AZERBAIJANTelephone/Fax: (994 12) 977026E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] sites: http://mitglied.lycos.de/hrca http://mitglied.lycos.de/wrmg http://mitglied.lycos.de/politzek http://politzek-az.narod.ru

N15390. Human Rights Defence UnionContact: Hryhorij Sushkovul. Charivna 153/104Zaporijja, UKRAINETelephone: (380 612) 675 094

N15391. Human Rights Foundation for theCivil SocietyContact: Natalya Taubina, Program DirectorNovvi Arbat 11, room 1921P. O. Box 26121002 Moscow, RUSSIATelephone/Fax: (7 095) 291 53 96E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.hro.org/fundr

N13392. “Human Rights in Georgia”Independent SocietyContact: Ucha Nanuashvili41, Barnov Street, 380079 Tbilisi, GEORGIAE-mail: [email protected]

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393. Human Rights Network GroupContact: Andrei BlinushovP. O. Box 20390000 Ryazan-center, RUSSIATelephone/Fax: (7 0912) 77 51 17E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.hro.org/ngo/memorial

N24394. Human Rights Protection NetworkInter-regional GroupContact: Sergey SmimovMoscow, RUSSIATelephone/Fax: (7 095) 206 05 82E-mail: [email protected]: Andrei BlinushowRyazan, RUSSIAE-mail: [email protected]/Fax: (7 0912) 77 51 17

N17395. Hungarian Foundation CenterContact: Agnes LebovitsP. O. Box 285, Bathori St. 201364 Budapest, HUNGARYTelephone: (361) 131 0100, 131 0969Fax: (361) 118 1313

N8,N13396. Hungarian Helsinki CommitteeContact: Marta PardaviKertesz utca 42-44, II-91073 Budapest, HUNGARYTelephone/Fax: (361) 321 4141, 321 4323,321 4237E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.helsinki.hu

N24397. Huza Foundation (DonbassRenaissance Foundation)vul. 50-richchaSRSR, Bldg. 149Donetsk, UKRAINETelephone: (380 622) 358 859Fax: (380 622) 378 777

N12398. Hygeia Foundation Contact: Dr. Hejja BotondGavril Lazar Street, No. 25/43900 Satu Mare, ROMANIATelephone/Fax: (40 61) 714 580E-mail: [email protected]

N20399. Ideal Gmina FoundationContact: Malgorzata Kramarz, Piotr Topinskiul. Gdanska 2/1101-633 Warsaw, POLANDTelephone: (48 22) 833 05 70, 833 11 45Fax: (48 22) 833 60 20E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.idealnagmina.org.pl

N25400. Ilia Chavchavadze Society6 Vazha Pshavela Ave.Tbilisi, GEORGIATelephone: (995 32) 996 296, 995 719, 370 736Fax: (995 32) 996 169

N21401. “Imperativ” Association of Womenwith a Higher EducationContact: Miroslava LuchiancicovaDacia bd., 30/1 apt. 632060 Chisinau, MOLDOVATelephone/Fax: (373 2) 767 871

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402. INAM Center for PluralismContact: Vahid Gazi, Director Mehdi Huseyn St. 79/35 (B. Sardov 11/13)37000 Baku, AZERBAIJANTelephone: (994 12) 920 356Mobile: (994 50) 212 2234 (Vahid Gazi)Fax: (994 12) 92-03-56E-mail: [email protected] Site: http://www.inamcfp.org

N10,N11,N18,N25403. Independent Association “GeorgianJournalists for Human Rights”Contact: Levan Z. UrushadzeG. Tsabadze str. 3-32380012 Tbilisi, GEORGIAE-mail: [email protected]

N19404. Independent Press AssociationContact: Dorina Osipov, Glenn PuckettBlvd. Stefan cel Mare 123, Apt 142004 Chisinau, MOLDOVATelephone: (373 2) 247 239

N19405. Independent Socioeconomic andPolitical Research InstituteP. O. Box 329, vul. Maskouskaya 18/424220101 Minsk, BELARUSTelephone: (375 172) 222 8049

N15406. Independent Student AssociationContact: Maciej Wicherekul. Golebia 24/31 a31-007 Krakow, POLANDTelephone: (48 12) 221 033 ext. 172Fax: (48 12) 226 306E-mail: [email protected],[email protected]

N10407. Index on Censorship – Writers &Scholars International Ltd. Lancaster House, 33 Islington High St. London N1 9LH, UNITED KINGDOMTelephone: (44 20) 7278 2313Fax: (44 20) 7278 1878

N6408. Inform-Centr – Informational Bulletinof the Bobruysk Section of the BelarusianPolitical Repression Victims Associationvul. Czornoga d. 81/52, kv. 21382 Bobruysk, BELARUSTelephone: (375 2251) 689 95

N15409. Informa FoundationContact: Klara OrgovanovaBajkalska 2582718 Bratislava, SLOVAKIATelephone: (421 7) 521 7207Fax: (421 7) 521 4577

N18410. Information and DocumentationCenter for Crimean Tatars Contact: Ayder Ibragimov, Executive Director 6 Andryshenko 7/19, 01135 Kyiv, UKRAINETelephone: (380 44) 274 6371E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

N24411. Information and Research Center forChildren’s Rights in AlbaniaContact: S. Thornton Barkley, Altin HazizajKutia Postare 1738, Tirana, ALBANIATelephone: (355 42) 42264E-mail: [email protected]

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412. Information and Research CharityCenterContact: Svetlana Kutz, Lumila ShapovalovaP. O. Box 53, Kyiv, UKRAINETelephone: (380 44) 550 8532Fax: (380 44) 550 2070

N17413. Information Center for Non-profitOrganizations Contact: Ing. Marek SedivyMale nam 12110 00 Prague, CZECH REPUBLICTel.: (420 2) 224 239 876Fax: (420 2) 224 875E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.icn.cz

N4,N6,N8,N9,N26414. Information Center of theIndependent Women’s ForumP. O. Box 230, 121019 Moscow RUSSIATelephone/Fax: (7 095) 366 92 74E-mail: [email protected]

N17415. Informational Bulletin of Non-Commercial Organizationsvul. Uralskaya 3-30220038 Minsk, BELARUSTelephone/Fax: (375 172) 303 276, 308 054

N15416. Informational Center for NationalMinorities Contact: Piotr Pawliszczeul. Dlugi Targ 8/1080-828 Gdansk, POLANDTelephone/Fax: (48 58) 315 878

N13417. Initiative for Social Action andRenewal (formerly the Institute for Soviet-American Relations ISAR) Contact: Alice Hengesbach1601 Connecticut Avenue, NW Suite 301Washington, DC 20009 USATelephone: (1 202) 387 3034E-mail: [email protected] Web site: http://www.isar.org/isar

N13,N23Azerbaijan24 Jafar Jabbarly St., apt. 2370020 Baku, AZERBAIJANTelephone: (94 12) 953 037Fax: (94 12) 943 084E-mail: [email protected] site: http://isar-az.org

BelarusP. O. Box 89, 220088 Minsk, BELARUSTelephone: (375 17) 223 84 98E-mail: [email protected]

Central Asia(Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan,Uzbekistan, Tajikistan)Contact: Zarema Imenovaul. Shagabutdinova 7480004 Almaty, KAZAKHSTANTelephone/Fax: (7 3272) 927 188, 928 620E-mail: [email protected]

or: 13 Satpaeva No. 10465050 Atyrau, KAZAKHSTANTelephone: (7 31222) 310 29E-mail: [email protected]

RussiaISAR-Moscow Contact: Mila BogdanG-19, p/b 210, 119019 Moscow, RUSSIATelephone/Fax: (7 095) 251 76 17E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.isarmos.ru

ISAR-SiberiaP. O. Box 130630004 Novosibirsk-4, RUSSIATelephone/Fax: (7 3832) 21 89 24E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.ecoclub.nsu.ru/isar

ISAR-VladivostokP. O. Box 91246690091 Vladivostok, RUSSIATelephone/Fax: (4232) 21 10 96Web site: http://isarrfe.trainet.org

Ukraine (also for Moldova)P. O. Box 447, 03150 Kyiv, UKRAINETelephone: (380 44) 269 8542E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.ednannia.isar.kiev.ua

418. “Initiative” Women’s League ofSaratovContact: Tatiana Katayevaul. Lermontova 77-33410030 Saratov, RUSSIATelephone: (7 8452) 26 94 46

N18,N27419. Inkubacioni Model CentarTrg sprskih dobrovolijaca 2323300 Kikinda, SERBIA & MONTENEGROTelephone: (381 230) 26 573, 22 544Telephone/Fax: 26 240

N19420. Innovation and Development Centerand Consortium for the Enhancement ofUkrainian Management EducationContact: Oleksandr Sydorenko21/12 Luteranska, Suite 35Kyiv 01024, UKRAINETelephone/Fax: (380 44) 253 6618E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.ceume.org.ua

N18421. Inqua – Moldova AssociationContact: Constantin MihailescuAdamemiel St. 3, room 4372028 Chisinau, MOLDOVATelephone: (373 2) 739 248Fax: (373 2) 739 248E-mail: [email protected]

N13422. Institute for East-West StudiesContact: Vasil Hudak, Lenka MichalkovaRasinovo nabrezi 78/2000120 000 Prague 2, CZECH REPUBLICTelephone: (420 2) 2198 4212E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.iews.org/

N6423. Institute for Ethnic Studies Contact: Jana MenaseErjavceva 26, P. O. Box 3181000 Ljubljana, SLOVENIATelephone: (386 1) 210 879Fax: (386 1) 210 964E-mail: [email protected]

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424. Institute for Regional StudiesContact: Atyrkul Alisheva, Director P. O. Box 1880Bishkek, KYRGYZSTANTelephone: (996 312) 550 008Fax: (996 312) 281 771E-mail: [email protected]

N11425. Institute for Research andDevelopment of EducationFaculty of Education, Charles UniversityContact: Jana ValkovaMyslikova St. 711000 Prague 1, CZECH REPUBLICTelephone: (420 2) 219 0535E-mail: [email protected]

N6,N18426. Institute for Public Affairs (Institutpre verejne otazky) Hviezdoslavovo namestie 15811 02 Bratislava, SLOVAKIATelephone: (421 2) 5443 4030, 5443 4032Fax: 5443 4041E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.ivo.sk

427. Institute of Central and EasternEuropeContact: Prof. Jerzy KloczowskiPalac CzartoryskichPlac Litewski 2, 20-080 Lublin, POLANDTelephone/Fax: (48 81) 532 29 07E-mail: [email protected]

N6,N19428. Institute of International EducationContact: Mary E. Kirk809 United Nations PlazaNew York, NY 10017-3580, USATelephone: (1 212) 883 8200, Fax: 984 5452Web site: http://www.iie.org

Regional OfficeContact: Therese M. BuchmeierVigyazo F., u. 4 II/21051 Budapest, HUNGARYTelephone: (36 1) 332 9093Fax: (36 1) 269 5436E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.iie.org/europe

N9,N14,N22429. Institute of Peace and DemocracyContact: Leila YunusovaRasul Rza St. 9370000 Baku, AZERBAIJANTelephone/Fax: (994 12) 983 173

N14430. Institute of Political PluralismContact: Hamidova SevilAzadlig Ave. 179, Baku, AZERBAIJANTelephone: (994 12) 615 256Fax: (994 12) 980 098

N23431. Institute of PoliticsTymiryazivska Str. 2, 01014, Kyiv-14,UKRAINEMailing Address: Box 15, 01014 Kyiv,UKRAINETelephone/Fax: (380 44) 296-3557E-mail: [email protected],[email protected],[email protected] site: http://www.tomenko.kiev.ua

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432. Institute of Public Problems “UnitedEurope”Public Charity Organization of Orjol OblastContact: Dmitry KraiukhinP. O. Box 5302027 Orjol 27 GOS, RUSSIATelephone: (7 8222) 90 408Telephone/Fax: (7 8222) 416 001E-mail: [email protected]

N25433. Institute of Statehood andDemocracyContact: Ivan Lozowy, Directorvul. Skovorody, 7, kv. 2101040 Kyiv, UKRAINETelephone: (380 44) 456 1031Fax: (380 44) 416 3072Mobile: (380 67) 741-6662E-mail: [email protected],[email protected]

N9,N14,N16434. Integra Foundation Partizanska 6811 03 Bratislava, SLOVAKIATelephone: (421 2) 5441 8827, 5441 8829,5441 8830Fax: (421 2) 5441 8831E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.integra.sk

N22435. Inter-ethnic Initiative for HumanRights Foundation (IEI)Contact: Kalina Bozeva, Rajna Pavlova9A Graf Ingnatiev Str.1000 Sofia BULGARIATelephone: (359 2) 980 17 16Fax: (359 2) 980 01 08E-mail: [email protected]

N18436. International Assembly for HumanRights ProtectionContact: Mikhail AroutiounovAzovskay Str. 4-88113 149 Moscow, RUSSIATelephone/Fax: (7 095) 310 1683, 126 1611

N18437. International Centre for Civic CultureContact: Konstantine KandelakiBako St. 20a380012 Tbilisi, GEORGIATelephone: (995 32) 953 873Fax: (995 32) 396 554E-mail: [email protected], [email protected],[email protected] Web site: http://www.iccc.org.ge

N17,N23438. International Center for Developmentof Democracy (MCD) Contact: Bogdan Klichul. Mikolajska 431-027 Krakow, POLANDTelephone/Fax: (48 12) 219 714, 216 250

N6,N8439. International Center for JournalistsContact: Bill Siemering1616 H. Street, NWWashington DC 20006, USATelephone: (1 202) 737 3700Fax: (1 202) 737 0530E-mail: [email protected] Web site: http://www.icfj.org

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440. International Center for Not-for-ProfitLaw733 15th Street, NW, Suite 420Wasington, DC 20009, USATelephone: (1 202) 624 0766, Fax: 624 0767E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.icnl.org

Regional OfficeContact: Kent Sinclairul. Pluga 1/1500-970 Warsaw 65, POLANDTelephone/Fax: (48 22) 233 946E-mail: [email protected]

N10441. International Civic CommunicationsFoundationvul. Desyatynna 1/3Kyiv, UKRAINETelephone: (380 44) 229 40 14,Telephone/Fax: 229 58 42

N12442. International Consultation CenterContact: Boris Makeyev, LudmilaAntakanovaK. Marks str. 68394000 Voronezh, RUSSIATelephone/Fax: (7 0732) 555 818

N20443. International Educational andInformational CenterContact: Ihor PhokinPr. Hazety Pravda 112201166 Minsk, BELARUSTelephone: (375 172) 705 959, 703 996Fax: (375 172) 703 995

N15444. International Forum for WomenContact: Elzbieta Wlodyka, Ewa LisowskaAl. Niepodlieglosci 16202-554 Warsaw, POLANDTelephone: (48 22) 849 5084Fax: (48 22) 646 6115E-mail: [email protected],[email protected] Web site: http://www.kobiety.pl/mfk.htm

N7,N20445. International Human RightsAssociation Moscow branchContact: A.M. SalminP. O. Box 118107078 Moscow, RUSSIATelephone: (7 095) 924 47 01, 220 00 54

Samara branchContact: Nikolai M. Elizarov, Dmitir S. Kouzoub P. O. Box 3357443001 Samara, RUSSIATelephone: (7 846) 242 5192, Fax: 236 8307E-mail: [email protected]

N13446. International Human RightsAssociation – Murmansk DivisionContact: Guennadi TcherniavskiP. O. Box 242184209 Apatity 9Murmansk Region, RUSSIATelephone: (815 55) 788 26 E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

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447. International Human RightsInternship Program at the Institute ofInternational EducationContact: Ann Blyberg1400 K St. NW Washington, DC 20005, USATelephone: (1 202) 326 7725Fax: (1 202) 326 7763E-mail: [email protected]

N13448. International Institute of Education,Culture and Connections with theDiasporaContact: Ihor Kravchuk12 Prospect Svabody, 79008 Lviv, UKRAINETelephone: (380 322) 720 923Fax: (380 322) 721 984E-mail: [email protected] Web Site:http://www.geocities.com/lviv_iiec/Aim.html

N21449. An International Non-governmentalTribunal on Crimes Against Humanity andWar Crimes in the Chechenian RepublicContact: Sergej Grigoryants, Yelena OznobkinaKrymskij val 8117049 Moscow, RUSSIATelephone/Fax: (7 095) 299 85 38

N13450. International Republican Institute1225 Eye Street, NW, Suite 700 Washington DC 20005 USATelephone: (1 202) 408 9450Fax: (1 202) 408 9462 E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.iri.org

RomaniaTelephone/Fax: (40 21) 314 9466

Belgrade, SerbiaTelephone: (381 11) 328 4875Fax: (381 11) 328 4802

Bratislava, SlovakiaTelephone: (421 2) 5441 4528, 5441 4538,54415453Fax: (421 2) 5441 4525

Kyiv, UkraineTelephone/Fax: (380 44) 229 2440Telephone: (380 44) 228 2825

Moscow, RussiaTelephone: (7 095) 956 9510Fax: (7 095) 234 1885

451. International Research andExchanges Board (IREX)Contact: Vera Lichtenberg, Tony Byrne1616 H Street, NW, Washington, DC 20006, USAE-mail: [email protected],[email protected] site: http://www.irex.org

Moscow OfficeContact: Olga GalkinaFax: (7 095) 202 44 49

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452. International Visegrad GroupContact: Roman BabjakDrotarska cesta 46811 02 Bratislava, SLOVAKIATelephone: (421 2) 6720 7104, Fax: (421 2) 5935 4180E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.visegradfund.org/

N25453. Internews8a Nikitsky BulvarTsentralnyi dom zhurnalista, Room 302Moscow 121019, RUSSIATelephone: (7 095) 956 2248, Fax: 291 2174E-mail: [email protected] Web site: http://www.internews.ru

N19454. IPEL UnionContact: Joszef WollentP. O. Box 58, Hl. Namestie 12936 01 Sahy, SLOVAKIATelephone/Fax: (42 1812) 32 88E-mail: [email protected]

N10455. Jaan Tonisson InstituteContact: Agu Laius, Executive DirectorEndla 4, EE 0001Tallinn, ESTONIATelephone: (372 6) 263 16, Fax: 263 152E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.ngonet.ee/jti

Civic Education CenterContact: Mr. Sulev ValdmaaTelephone: (372 2) 626 31 54E-mail: [email protected]

NGO Support CenterTelephone: (372 2) 626 31 53

International and Political Studies CenterContact: Ms. Karin Mae, Mr. Kaido-Allan LainurmTelephone: (372 2) 626 31 55E-mail: [email protected]

N1-9,N11,N17456. Jan Hus FoundationContact: Lenka BoreckaJostova 10602 00 Brno, CZECH REPUBLICTelephone: (420 5) 4221 1577Fax: (420 5) 4221 1581, E-mail: [email protected]

Bratislava OfficePanenska 4, P. O. Box 313810 00 Bratislava, SLOVAKIATelephone/Fax: (421 7) 5443 2535

N5,N7457. Janis Cakste Foundation for thePromotion of DemocracyContact: Juris PutrinsVagnera 51013 Riga, LATVIATelephone: (371) 7212554, 9416667Fax: (371) 737 5991E-mail: [email protected]

N21458. “Jaravit” Youth Cultural andEducational Centervul. Haaryna, 40/2246050 Homiel, BELARUS

Telephone: (375 232) 53 58 50, 48 38 91Fax: (375 232) 55 93 71

N26459. Jewish Women’s Organization ofAzerbaijanContact: Larisa ReikhrudelP. O. Box 159, 370000 Baku, AZERBAIJAN

N14,N16460. Johns Hopkins University Institutefor Policy StudiesWyman Park Building, 5th Floor3400 North Charles StreetBaltimore, MD 21218, USATelephone: (1 410) 516 7174Fax: (1 410) 516 82 33E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.jhu.edu/~ips

N10,N20461. Joint Eastern Europe Center forDemocratic Education and GovernanceContact: Ferenc HammerDitroi Mor u. 3, 2/25, 1137 BudapestP. O. Box 701-3161399 Budapest, HUNGARYTelephone/Fax: (36 1) 349 25 77E-mail: [email protected]

N5462. “Journalists for Tolerance”FoundationContact: Ivan Bedrov11 Angel Bucorestliev St.Plovdiv 4000, BULGARIATelephone: (359 32) 620 316Fax: (359 32) 447 108

N17463. Journalists’ Initiative Association134-b, Academica Pavlova str., apt. 7761170 Kharkiv, UKRAINETelephone/Fax: (380 572) 654 324, 900 929E-mail: [email protected]

N20464. Junior Achievement – Bulgaria22 Slavianska str. Apt. 2, 1000 Sofia, BULGARIATelephone: (359 2) 873456, Fax: 517214E-mail: [email protected]

N20465. “Justice” Jalal-abad Regional HumanRights Organization27 Erkin-Too St.715612 Jalal-Abad, KYRGYZSTANFax: (996 3722) 560 38E-mail: [email protected]

N27466. Kairos EuropeContact: Albert GyanAve. du Parc Royal 3, 1020 Brussels, BELGIUMTelephone: (32 2) 479 96 55Fax: (32 2) 476 06 50Contact: Gyula Simonyi (Southeast coordinator)P. O. Box 7, 8000 Szekesfervar, HUNGARYE-mail: [email protected] Contact: Tomasz Mlynarczyk (Northeastcoordinator)ul. Bryly 3/428, 02-685 Warsaw, POLANDTelephone/Fax: (48 22) 618 07 86 E-mail: [email protected]

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467. KarmenyContact: Elvira KamenschikovaP. O. Box 178, 664031 Irkutsk, RUSSIATelephone/Fax: (7 952) 275 306

N6468. “Karin Dom” Center for Children withSpecial NeedsSveti Nikola, P. O. Box 1049001 Varna, BULGARIATelephone: (359 52) 302 517, Fax: 302 516 E-mail: [email protected]

N17469. “Karpaty” Ecological ClubP. O. Box 10Rakhiv, Zakarpatskaya oblast, UKRAINETelephone/Fax: (380 3132) 231 75

N15470. Karta Center FoundationContact: Zbigniew Gluza, Piotr Jakubowskiul. Narbutta 2902-536 Warsaw, POLANDTelephone/Fax: (48 22) 848 0712Fax: (48 22) 646 6511E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.karta.org.pl

N5,N6,N21471. Karta Center – Human RightsDefensive and Educational NGOContact: Andrei Blinushov, Julia SeredaP. O. Box 20390000 Ryazan-Centre, RUSSIATelephone/Fax: (7 0912) 214 858E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.hro.org

N5,N7,N10,N17,N22472. Kashubian Popular UniversityStarblenino 84-210Choczew, POLANDTelephone/Fax: (48 58) 676 3194, 676 3294

N18473. Kaunas NGO Support Centre(KNOPC)Contact: Ugnius Savickas, Solveiga BuoziuteGimnazijos g-ve. 4/ Sv. Gertrudos g-ve. 173000 Kaunas, LITHUANIATelephone: (370 7) 320 319Fax: (370 7) 321 270E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.knopc.lt

N21,N26474. W. K. Kellogg FoundationContact: Robert F. LongOne Michigan Avenue EastBattle Creek, Michigan 49017, USATelephone: (1 616) 969 2680Fax: (1 616) 968 0413E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.wkkf.org

475. Kharkiv Center of EducationalInitiativesvul. Sumska 33, kv. 11Kharkiv, UKRAINETelephone: (380 572) 471 632Fax: (380 572) 120 261E-mail: [email protected]

N12476. Kharkiv City Women Foundationvul. Yurijeva 2, Kharkiv, UKRAINETelephone: (380 572) 922 134Fax: (380 572) 920 088

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477. Kharkiv Group of Protecting HumanRights (KGPHR) Ukrainian AmericanBureau of Human Rights ProtectionContact: Yevhen I. ZakharovP. O. Box 336/3Kyiv, UKRAINETelephone: (380 44) 410 4160Fax: (380 44) 410 3739

N12478. F. Kmita Regional Center for theSupport and Development of Democratic ChangeContact: Viktar Andrejauvul. Jakubouskaha 73-516211030 Orsha, BELARUSTelephone: (375 216) 20085

N19,N26479. Kolping Society of Lithuania (LKS)Laisves al. 1013000 Kaunas, LITHUANIATelephone/Fax: (370 3) 227 763

480. “Komoara” Folk AcademicAssociationContact: Antin Tsarelungeul. Bukuresht 68, office 3092012 Kishinev, MOLDOVATelephone: (373 2) 232 4984Fax: (373 2) 223 4371

N25481. Kopint-Datorg Foundation forEconomic ResearchContact: Katalin MateH-1081 Budapest, Csokonai utca 3.H-1389 Budapest, Pf. 133HUNGARYTelephone: (36 1) 459 4200Fax: (36 1) 303 1000E-mail: [email protected]

N10482. Kosova Action for Civic InitiativesContact: Ylber Hysa, Chairman Tringa Ismajli Str. 1/138000 Pristina, KOSOVATelephone: (381 38) 243 456, 243 457, 243 458Mobile: (377 44) 147-922Fax: (381 38) 243 456E-mail: [email protected],[email protected] Web site: http://www.KACI-kosova.org

483. Krasnodar Regional Association forthe Defence of Human RightsContact: Vasiliy RakovichVokzalna St. 162/14353610 Leningradskaya St.Krasnodarskiy krayRUSSIATelephone/Fax: (7 86145) 326 33E-mail: [email protected] Web site: http://www.hro.org/krasnodar

N15484. “Kyiv Brotherhood” PublicEducation CenterCotnact: Kostyantyn Maleyev, Iryna ValyavkoKontraktova Ploshcha 7/2Kyiv, UKRAINETelephone: (380 44) 416 1425Fax: (380 44) 416 1425

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485. Kyrgyz Committee for Human RightsContact: R. Dyryldayevul. Ivanitsina 123, k. 87720011 Bishkek, KYRGYZSTANTelephone/Fax: (996 312) 660 211, 62 515E-mail: [email protected]

N14486. Kyrgyzstan Bureau on Human Rightsand Legality ObservanceContact: Natalia Ablova40 Manas Ave., Suite 319/77720001 Bishkek, KYRGYZSTANTelephone: (996 312) 211 874Fax: (996 312) 223 924E-mail: [email protected]

N13487. Kyrgyzstan Womens CongressContact: Zamira AkbagyshevaBokonbaeva 120, Bishkek, KYRGYZSTANTelephone/Fax: (996 312) 664 549, 660 028E-mail: [email protected]

N15,N16488. L. Sapieha Belarusan NationalFoundation for Democratic ReformsContact: Miraslau Kobasavul. V. charuzaj 13-416220050 Minsk, BELARUSTelephone/Fax: (375 17) 234 3791, 276 9711, 257 1891E-mail [email protected]

N19489. LAM (Grozny, Chechnya) correspon-dence through The A. Sakharov MuseumMoscow, RUSSIAContact: Zuleikan Bagalova, Director Telephone: (7 095) 923 4401, 222 5416 (h.)Mobile: (7 095) 746 3607Fax: (7 095) 917 2653E-mail: [email protected]

N20490. “Lana” Public Organization to AssistVictims of Sexual and Domestic ViolenceContact: Nina VinogradovaGlavpochtamp, P. O. Box 195, 622000 NizniyTagil, Sverdlovskaya oblast, RUSSIATelephone: (7 3435) 418 352, Fax: 418 352E-mail: [email protected]

N24491. Latvian Association for SexualEqualityP. O. Box 460, 1001 Riga, LATVIATelephone/Fax: (371) 227 052E-mail: [email protected]

N10492. Latvian Youth CouncilContact: Maris ResnisKalpaka bulv. 10-18Riga LV-1050, LATVIATelephone/Fax: (371) 722 1402E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] site: http://www.ljp.lv

N24493. Lawyers’ Committee for HumanRights (YUCOM) Contact: Biljana Kovacevic-VucoKruska 22/611000 Belgrade, SERBIA & MONTENEGROTelephone: (381 11) 334 4425Fax: (381 11) 334 4235E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] site: http://www.yucom.org.yu

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494. Lawyers of the XXI CenturyAssociationP. O. Box 51127006 Moscow K-6, RUSSIATelephone/Fax: (7 095) 250 6535E-mail: [email protected] Web sites: http://www.openweb.ru/lawyers,www.law21.da.ru

N13495. “Leader” Center for DemocraticEducationContact: Natalia Bachmutova 175 Kurmangazy Str., Apt. 4348008 Almaty, KAZAKHSTANTelephone/Fax: (7 3272) 43 53 16

N21 496. League for the Defence of HumanRights (LADO)Str. Dem. 1, Dobrescu, nr. 11, sect 170119 Bucharest, ROMANIATelephone: (40 21) 313 7190Fax: (40 21) 315 6897, 312 178

N21497. League for the Protection of theGeorgian ConstitutionContact: Vakhtang KhmaladzePr. Rustaveli 583800008 Tbilisi, GEORGIATelephone: (995 32) 987 923Fax: (995 32) 32 987924

N25498. League of Crimean Tatar WomenContact: Sefinar Jemileva, Lenara Alimovaul. I. Konnoy Armii, 76/7495024 Simferopol, UKRAINETelephone/Fax: (380 6554) 439 70(Jemilova)Telephone/Fax: (380 652) 49 72 74(Alimova)E-mail: [email protected]

N13499. League of Professional WomenContact: Olena A. LazorenkoP. O. Box 27, 01021 Kyiv, UKRAINETelephone/Fax: (380 44) 293 9032, 229 3282E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.lpw.kiev.ua

N22500. Legal Advice CenterContact: Nadir Kamaldinov370009, B. Safaroglu str., 90/2Baku, AZERBAIJANTelephone/Fax: (994 12) 973 457E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

N19501. Legal Assistance for Mass MediaProgram, National Press InstituteContact: Elena Abrosimova Boul. Zubovskiy 22/39, 2nd Floor119870 Moscow, RUSSIATelephone/Fax: (7 095) 245 3508Fax: (7 095) 246 7502

N22502. Legal Development of KazakhstanContact: Aleksandr G. Peregrin22 Zenkov St.480100 Almaty, KAZAKHSTANTelephone: (7 3272) 616 033, 332 226Fax: (7 3272) 616 218, 616 033

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503. Legal Information Center for HumanRightsContact: Larisa Jakovleva, Aleksiei SemjonovSole 61a, 0003 Tallinn, ESTONIATelephone: (372 2) 496 649Fax: (372 2) 655 26 47E-mail: [email protected]

N8,N18504. “Legal Protection” KrasnoyarskTerritorial FundContact: Alexandr GorelikRespubliki St. 49/16660099 Krasnoyarsk, RUSSIATelephone: (7 3912) 219 417

N11505. Lezajsk Association in Support ofEconomic InitiativesContact: Marek Jagusiakul. Sklodowskiej 837-300 Lezajsk, POLANDTelephone/Fax: (48 195) 427 908

N15506. Liberal Discussion ClubContact: Galina KozlovaZubovskij boul. 17, Publish Group “Progress”Room 510, 519119847 Moscow, RUSSIATelephone: (7 095) 245 2859Fax: (7 095) 246 9675

N13507. Lidove NovinyContact: Petru!ka "ustrov#,Pobrezni 20180 00 Prague 8, CZECH REPUBLICTelephone/Fax: (420 2) 6709 8442, 6709 8392 Web site: http://lidovky.centrum.cz/copy-right.phtml

508. Liga Pro EuropaContact: Smaranda Enache, Istvan Haller,Judit KascoPiata Trandafirilor nr. 5, P. O. Box 1-1544300 Tirgu-Mures, ROMANIATelephone: (402 65) 250 183Mobile: (402 94) 573 648Fax: (402 65) 250 182E-mail: [email protected],[email protected], [email protected] site: http://www.proeuropa.ro

Satu Mare branchP. O. Box 6-23, 3900 Satu Mare, ROMANIATelephone/Fax: (40 61) 714 497

N1-8,N11,N22,N25509. Lion Society (Tovarystvo Leva)Contact: Andrij Nechyporuk, Ihor Dobko8/12 Drohobycha 1279000 Lviv, UKRAINETelephone: (380 322) 744 264Fax: (380 322) 223 987E-mail: [email protected],[email protected]

N8,N22510. “Lipa” Ecological AssociationContact: Stevan OrozovichDone Bozinov 2491-300 Kumanovo, MACEDONIATelephone/Fax: (389 901) 413 777

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511. Lipetsk Association for HumanRightsContact: Mark goldmanFilipchenko St. 9/2-7398035 Lipetsk, RUSSIATelephone: (7 0742) 256 420,Telephone/Fax: 720 167E-mail: [email protected]

N11,N14512. V. Lipinski Ukrainian-Polish YouthForumvul. Shopena 20/1, Lutsk, UKRAINETelephone: (380 3322) 475 82Fax: (380 3322) 459 52

N16513. Lithuanian Citizens Advice UnionContact: Nijole SteponkuteBasanaviciaus 20-112009 Vilnius, LITHUANIATelephone: (3702) 650 368Fax: (3702) 623 123

N22514. Lithuanian Conflict PreventionCenter and AssociationContact: Juozos Lakis, Jurgita JurkynieneSeveenkos g. 31, 203-205 k. 2009 Vilnius, LITHUANIATelephone/Fax: (370 2) 239534E-mail: [email protected]

N23515. Lithuanian Women’s SocietyContact: Jurgita JaneyteBasanaviciaus St. 20-112009 Vilnius, LITHUANIATelephone: (370 2) 650 368Fax: (370 2) 623 123E-mail: [email protected]

N13516. Local Activity Support Center (CAL)Contact: Bohdan Skrzypczakul. Szpitalna 5/5, 00-031 Warsaw, POLANDTelephone: (48 22) 828 9128 ext. 157, 159Fax: (48 22) 828 9128, ext. 162E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.cal.ngo.pl

N25 517. Lychnidos Association forEnvironmental Protection andDevelopment in Ohrid Region3 Kej M Tito96000 Ohrid, MACEDONIATelephone: (389 96) 214 40Fax: (389 96) 346 84

N13518. Lyubotyn Children and YouthAssociation “Communication withoutBarriers”Contact: Olga Tsymbal Vyezd Vyshnevy 13Lyubotyn Kharkov oblast, UKRAINETelephone: (380 572) 414 451E-mail: [email protected] site:kharkiv.iatp.org.ua/teenage/teenage.html

N25519. Maariftchi Association of theCrimean Tatar Educational WorkersContact: Safure Kodzhamietova8 Samokish str.Simferopol, UKRAINETelephone: (380 652) 273 167

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520. John D. and Catherine T. MacarthurFoundation140 South Dearborn St., Suite 1100Chicago, IL 60603, USATelephone: (1 312) 726 8000E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.macfound.org

Moscow OfficeContact: Tatiana D. ZhdanovaHlebnij Per. 8, 121069 Moscow, RUSSIATelephone: (7 095) 2905088Fax: (7 095) 9566358E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.macfound.ru

N11521. “Madan” Women’s Non-governmental OrganizationContact: Gulbakhor Rakamovaul. Kholdorova 2, app. 6736002 Khorog, TAJIKISTANTelephone: (992 3522) 041 81

N25522. Magnitogorsk City Cossacks’AssociationCotnact: Aleksandr Belovul. Myezhdunarodnaya 36455048 Magnitogorsk, RUSSIA

N16523. “Makhuldyur” AssociationContact: Renart SaranayevPer. Turistov 1195014 Simferopol, UKRAINETelephone: (380 652) 485382E-mail: [email protected]

N26524. Mama Cash (for East-Central Europe)1e Helmersstraat 17Postbus 156861001 ND Amsterdam, NETHERLANDSTelephone: (31 20) 689 36 34Fax: (31 20) 683 46 47E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.mamacash.nl

N17525. Martin Ennals FoundationMEA c/o OMCTContact: Luis Marreiros, DevelopmentCoordinator8 rue de Vieux BillardP. O. Box 211211 Geneva 8, SWITZERLANDTelephone: (41 22) 809 4925 (direct)(41 22) 809 4939 (general)Fax: (41 22) 809 4929 E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.martinennalsaward.org

N18,N27526. Mass-Media CentreInternational Summer School of JournalismContact: Dmitri RushynSt. Petersburg State University, Room 6061-ya Liniya V.O., Dom 26199034 St. Petersburg, RUSSIATelephone/Fax: (7 812) 323 0067, 321 0172E-mail: [email protected]

N14527. “Meeting of Religions” CenterUz. Hajibayov St. 27370000 Baku, AZERBAIJANTelephone/Fax: (994 12) 938 149

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528. “Memorial” Donetsk Non-governmental Educational, Charity andHuman Rights OrganizationContact: Aleksandr BukalovP. O. Box 4863, 83092 Donetsk, UKRAINETelephone: (380 622) 227 021,Telephone/Fax: 041 471E-mail: [email protected]

N25529. Memorial Historical and EducationalDistrict Tomsk Society for Human RightsDefenseContact: William FastNachapmova St. 15-276634034 Tomsk, RUSSIATelephone: (7 3822) 222 935

N11530. Memorial Historical and EducationalSociety of Volunteers in Tula DistrictContact: Sergey SheglovBundurina St. 40, 300000 Tula, RUSSIATelephone: (7 0872) 310 419

N11531. Memorial Human Rights ProtectionCenterContact: Tatyana Kasatkina, Yan RachinckiyMalyi Karetnyi Per. 12127051 Moscow, RUSSIATelephone: (7 095) 209 7883Fax: (7 095) 973 2094E-mail: [email protected], [email protected],[email protected] Web site: http://www.memo.ru/hr

N13532. Memorial Krasnoyarsk Historical andEducational SocietyContact: Vladimir BirgierP. O. Box 12850660003 Krasnoyarsk, RUSSIA

N11533. “Memorial” Pskov Historical,Educational and Human RightsOrganizationContact: Yuriy Dzevaul. Pecherskaya, d. 2, kv. 2180007 Pskov, RUSSIATelephone: (7 8112) 443 594Fax: (7 8112) 533 014

N24534. Memorial Scientific Informational andEnlightenment CenterContact: Elena Zhemkova, Arsanij RoginskiyMalyi Karetnyi Per. 12103051 Moscow, RUSSIATelephone: (7 095) 200 6506Fax: (7 095) 209 57 79E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.memo.ru

N13535. Migration Problems Research CenterContact: Mr. Oleksandr Piskun31 A Voloska Str., 252070 Kyiv, UKRAINETelephone: (380 44) 416 3052, 416 2329Telephone: (380 44) 294 8463 (h)E-mail: [email protected],[email protected]

N21536. Milan Simecka FoundationKviezdoslavovo Nam. 17811 02 Bratislava, SLOVAKIATelephone/Fax: (421 7) 544 31593

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537. Milano Graduate School ofManagement and Urban PolicyNonprofit Management ProgramOffice of Admissions72 Fifth Avenue, 4th FloorNew York, NY 10011, USATelephone: (1 212) 229 5462E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.newschool.edu/milano

N16538. Minority Rights Group International 379 Brixton RoadLondon SW9 7DE, UNITED KINGDOMTelephone: (44 171) 978 9498Fax: (44 171) 738 6265E-mail: [email protected]

N8539. Mogilev Students CenterContact: Margarita FilatovaPervomajskaja 28a, 22212-30 Mogilev, BELARUSTelephone/Fax: (375 222) 229 409

N22540. Moscow Helsinki GroupContact: Ludmila AlekseevaBolshoy golovin per., no.22, St. 1, app. 5103045 Moscow, RUSSIATelephone/Fax: (7 095) 207 6069E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] site: http://www.mhg.ru

N14541. Moscow Research Center for HumanRightsContact: Veronika MarchenkoLouchnikov Lane, 4, rooms 1-6, 19, 45103982 Moscow, RUSSIATelephone/Fax: (7 095) 206 0582E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.hro.org/ngo

N7,N13542. Moscow School of Human RightsContact: Anatoly Azarov, Roman SinelnikovLuchnikov Lane, 4, entrance 3, room 210100 Moscow, RUSSIATelephone/Fax: (7 095) 577 6904E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.mshr.ru

N15,N18543. “Mostenitorii” Public YouthOrganizationstr. Hotinului 1Mun. Balti, MD 3100, MOLDOVA Telephone/Fax: (373 31) 22 216E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.iatp.md/mostenitorii

N16544. MOST – East European HumanRights ProjectContact: Bettina GieseckeEuropa-Univesitaet ViadrinaP. O. Box 1786, 15207 Oder, GERMANYTelephone: (49 335) 5534 913 (Giesecke)Fax: (49 335) 5534 915E-mail: [email protected]

N22545. “Mother and Child” ShelterContact: Olga Goga, Andrey Filatovul. Proletarskaya 127, P. O. Box 1866656011 Barnaul, Altaiskiy Kray, RUSSIATelephone/Fax: (7 03852) 233645, 328591

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546. Mother’s Rights (Pravo Materi)FoundationContact: Veronika MarchenkoLuchnikov Per., bldg. 4, podj. 3, app. 4103982 Moscow, RUSSIATelephone/Fax: (7 095) 206 0581, 206 8894E-mail: [email protected],[email protected] Web site: http://www.hro.org/ngo/mright

N14547. Municipal Training CenterKaunas University of TechnologyKonelaicio 20-1313000 Kaunas, LITHUANIATelephone/Fax: (370 7) 742 461E-mail: [email protected]

N14548. Museum of the Crimean Tatars FineArtsContact: Fatima Asanovavul. Karla Marxa 25, Simferopol, UKRAINEE-mail: [email protected]

N13549. “My World” Charity FundYakovoapostolskyi per. 10103064 Moscow, RUSSIATelephone: (095) 275 57 34Fax: (095) 975 21 90

N23550. “Nasha Niva” The BelarusHumanitarian FoundationContact: Andrei Danko, Editor-in-chiefEditor in Chief: Publishing house – Vaclau AreskaP. O. Box 71, 220123 Minsk, BELARUSTelephone/Fax: (375 17) 213 3232

Editorial office of the newspaper “NashaNiva”P. O. Box 537Minsk 220123, BELARUSTelephone: (375 17) 227 7892E-mail: [email protected]

Modern History Archives:P. O. Box 71220123 Minsk, BELARUSTelephone: (375 17) 229 5596E-mail: [email protected]

N15,N18551. “Nash Stanislaviv” The CharitableFoundation of the Rebirth andDevelopmentvul. Shevchenko 12Ivano-Frankivsk, UKRAINETelephone/Fax: (380 3422) 226 18

N12552. Nasha SvobodaContact: Pawel ZhukTelephone/Fax: (375) 172 210 02 53Minsk, BELARUS

553. National Center for Business andDemocratic Development “Pro-BusinessNord”Contact: Elena Rososhenko31 August str. 20/B, office 905MD 3100 Beltsy, MOLDOVATelephone: (373 31) 23004, 20038Fax: (373 31) 20037E-mail: [email protected]

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554. National Center for Child AbusePreventionContact: Kim Pratt, Judith PrattSt. Ion Creanga nr. 1, Bloc 2, bir. 122069 Chisinau, MOLDOVATelephone: (373 2) 74 83 78Fax: (373 2) 75 39 03E-mail: [email protected] site: www.iatp.md/cnpac/about.html

N21555. National Democratic Institute forInternational Affairs2030 M Street, NWWashington, DC 20036, USATelephone: (1 202) 728 5500, Fax: 728 5520E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.ndi.org

For regional inquiries, contact: Robert Benjamin, Regional DirectorCentral and Eastern [email protected]

Nelson Ledsky, Regional Director [email protected]

[email protected]@zg.tel.hr [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

556. National Endowment for Democracy1101 Fifteenth Street, NW, Suite 700 Washington DC, 20005, USATelephone: (1 202) 293 9072Fax: (1 202) 223 6042E-mail: [email protected] Web site: http://www.ned.org

Or contact: Central Europe and Eurasia ProgramNadia Diuk, Senior Program [email protected]

Southeastern Europe ProgramPaul McCarthy, [email protected]

BelarusRodger Potocki, [email protected]

Russia and Ukraine ProgramJohn Squier, [email protected]

Central Asia and Caucasus ProgramMiriam Lanskoy, [email protected]

N4,N6,N7,N17557. National Information Center onWomen’s Organizations and Initiatives inPoland (OsKa)Contact: Agnieszka Grzybekul. Pinkna 66 a, 5th Floor00-672 Warsaw, POLAND

Telephone/Fax: (48 22) 622 1326, 622 7802,622 97 92E-mail: [email protected],[email protected] site: http://www.oska.org.pl/oska/fundusz/index.html

N13558. “NAUNYC” National YouthOrganizationContact: Velko Ivanov10 Narodno Sabranie Sq., Rm 302, 1000 Sofia, BULGARIATelephone/Fax: (359 2) 987 22 85Telephone: (359 2) 986 79 82E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] site:www.bgworld.com/seimun2002/naunyc.html

N17559. Negotiation Without BordersContact: Olga Tsymbal2, Zhilianska Str., Kharkivska oblastLubotyn, UKRAINETelephone/Fax: (380 0572) 414451

N22560. Network of East-West WomenContact: Erin M. Barclay, Esq. 1707 L Street NW, Suite 760Washington, DC 20036, USATelephone: (1 202) 299 9001Fax: (1 202) 299 9003E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.neww.org

N7561. Network of Non-Profit Associationsand Foundations in Estonia(Formerly, the Estonian Foundation Center)Contact: Heli AruEndla 4, 0001 Tallinn, ESTONIATelephone: (372 2) 626 3309, 626 3308Fax: (372 2) 626 3310E-mail: [email protected] Web site: http://www.ngo.ee

N8,N15562. Never Again GroupP. O. Box 9985-791 Bydgoszcz 32, POLANDOr contact:Rafal PankowskiP. O. Box 613-700 Warsaw 4, POLAND

N13563. New Atlantic InitiativeContact: Radek Sikorski1150 17th Street, NWWashington, DC 20036 USATelephone: (1 202) 862 5850Fax: (1 202) 862 7177E-mail: [email protected] site:http://www.aei.org/research/nai/projectID.11/default.asp

N13564. New School – Public BenefitOrganizationNa Porici 30112 86, Prague 1, CZECH REPUBLICTelephone/Fax: (420 2) 2173 3067, 2173 3167 E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.novoskola.org

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565. NGO Center, Latvia52/54 - 22, Lacplesa Str., RigaLV 1011, LATVIATelephone: (371) 728 3283Fax: (371) 728 9227E-mail: [email protected]

N11,N22566. NGO Information and Support CentreLithuaniaJaksto st. 9 LT-2001 Vilnius, LITHUANIATelephone/Fax: (370 5) 212 6045, 261 8782E-mail [email protected] site: http://www.nisc.lt/eng/legal_inf.php

N10567. NGO Lielvarde Foreign Relations andEducation Aid BureauCotnact: Janis BaltacsSmilsu iela 35070 Lielvarde, LATVIATelephone/Fax: (371) 505 4817E-mail: [email protected]

N8568. NGO “National Center”Contact: Edgars AlksnisBlaumana 26-14LV-1011 Riga, LATVIATelephone: (371) 941 0721Fax: (371) 724 2074E-mail: [email protected]

N19569. NGO Resource Center – PlovdivCotnact: Vesselina Kouliachka17 etko Karavelov St.4000 Plovdiv, BULGARIATelephone; (359 32) 620 105E-mail: [email protected]

N18570. “NGO Trainers” Non-ProfitAssociationContact: Dimitar TashkovP. O. Box 2124000 Plovdiv, BULGARIATelephone: (359 32) 274 005Fax: (359 32) 622 954

N18571. NGO Training and ResourceCenterContact: Matthew Karanian, Marian Gevorkia24 Moscovian St., 2375003 Yerevan, ARMENIATelephone: (374 2) 151 919, 561 064, 582 577, 528 654Telephone/Fax: 151 795

N12,N22572. NGOs – Media (Program for NGOsSupport in the Media) Contact: Mikhail Pjanyhul. Uslyevitcha 20aMoscow, RUSSIAE-mail: [email protected], www.a-z.ru

N19573. “Nierush-Centre” – The Youth SocialAssociation for Environmental andRegional tudiesvul. Nakaniechnikova 3-115225320 Baranavichy, Brest oblast,BELARUSTelephone: (375 163) 460 632Fax: (375 163) 417 945E-mail: [email protected]

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574. Nizhgorod District Ex-libris ClubCotnact: Vladimir PanteleyevP. O. Box 243603098 Nizhnii Novgorod-98, RUSSIATelephone/Fax: (7 8312) 657 580, 395 829E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

N25575. Nizhniy Novgorod Province Societyfor Human RightsContact: Sergei Shimovolos P. O. Box 80Nizhnii Novgorod 603122, RUSSIAVisiting address/Newspaper publication:Okskii S'ezd 2, Room 122Nizhnii Novgorod 603022, RUSSIATelephone: (7 8312) 390 895Telephone/Fax: 300 714, 303 998E-mail: [email protected] site: www.civilsoc.org/nisorgs/russwest/hrsocty.htm

N16576. Nizhniy Tagil Human Rights CenterContact: Mikhail ZolotukhinP. O. Box 169, Nizhny Tagil, 622001 RUSSIATelephone: (7 3435) 225 192Fax: (7 3435) 416 802E-mail: [email protected]

N15577. “NN” Theatre, the Culture Center(Osrodek "Brama Grodzka - Teatr NN")Grodzka 21, 20-112 Lublin, POLANDTelephone: (48 81) 532 5867Fax. (48 81) 534 6110E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.tnn.lublin.pl

N6,N8578. Non-governmental InformationCenter on Legislation and Human RightsProspekt Rudaki, 33 734025 Dushanbe, TAJIKISTAN Telephone: (992 372) 275 536, 317 841Fax: (992 372) 317 126

N26579. Non-governmental OrganizationsDevelopment Center“Count androvandi” St. 1, Floor 3, room 238000 Bourgas, BULGARIATelephone/Fax: (359 56) 42 742E-mail: [email protected]

N16580. Non-governmental PeacemakingOrganization “Worldwide Non-violence”Contact: Vladimir SukhovSamarkandskiy blv. 15/5, kv. 30109507 Moscow, RUSSIATelephone/Fax: (7 095) 291 1142E-mail: [email protected]

N17581. Non-Profit Information and TrainingCentre Foundation (NIOK)Margit krt. 58, felern. 41027 Budapest, HUNGARYTelephone: (36 1) 201 9311Fax: (36 1) 212 23 74E-mail: [email protected]

N11582. North Caucasus Women’s Union/Chechnya BranchContact: Zeionap Gasheeva, Maya Shovhalova, Cris HunterNikola Pieskovskiy per., no. 3, app. 46

Moscow, RUSSIATelephone: (7 095) 241 3487

N14583. North-South Centre for GlobalInterdependence and SolidarityContact: Jos LemmersAv. Da Liberdade 229-41250 Lisbon, PORTUGALTelephone: (351 1) 352 4954Fax: (351 1) 353 1329E-mail: [email protected]

N9584. “Nowy Staw” FoundationContact: Tomasz Rozniak, Jan Fedirkoul. 3 Maja 18/ 3A20-078 Lublin, POLANDTelephone: (48 81) 534 6191Telephone/Fax: 534 6192E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] site: http://www.nowystaw.lublin.pl

N14585. Odessa Organization of theInternational Society for Human RightsContact: Vladimir DandaP. O. Box 10065069 Odessa, UKRAINETelephone: (380 482) 661 455

N25586. Odessa Research Center of Women’sStudiesprosp. Yu. Gagarina, 23, kv. 55 270023, box 97, 270039 Odessa, UKRAINETelephone: (380 482) 638 217Fax: (380 482) 495 128

N17587. One World (“Jeden Swiat”)Association Service Civil International (SCI) PolandContact: Milosz Czerniejewskiul. Krasinskiego 3a/160-830 Poznan, POLANDTelephone: (48 61) 848 4338Fax: (48 61) 848 4337E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.jedenswiat.org.pl

N19588. Open Doorc/o Distrikt 0230Trg srpskih dobrovoljaca 2323300 Kikinda, SERBIA & MONTENEGROTelephone: (381 230) 26 573, 23 240Fax: (381 230) 26 240

N19589. Open Door AssociationContact: Anna MachalicaTargowa str. 8203-448 Warsaw, POLANDTelephone/Fax: (48 22) 618 8696, 619 8501E-mail: [email protected]

N21590. Open Society FoundationContact: Viktor Carnouvul. Sudmalisa 10-4220050 Minsk, BELARUSTelephone/Fax: (375 17) 227 2912, 263 6115, 214 8489E-mail: [email protected]

N19591. Open Society Institute – AzerbaijanProsp. Azadiyh 39, kv. 52370010 Baku, AZERBAIJANTelephone/Fax: (994 12) 934 079

E-mail: [email protected] Site: http://www.soros.org/azerbjan.html

592. Open Society Institute – BudapestElectronic Publishing Development ProgramOktober 6 u. 12, 1051 Budapest, HUNGARY Mailing address: P. O. Box 519, Budapest, HUNGARYTelephone: (36 1) 327 3014Fax: (36 1) 327 3042 E-mail: [email protected] Web sites: http://www.osi.hu/ep/,http://www.osi.hu/cpd

N17593. Open Society Institute NetworkScholarship Programsc/o Stefan Batory Foundationul. Sapiezynska 10a, 00-215 Warsaw, POLANDTelephone: (48 22) 536 0200Fax: (48 22) 536 0220E-mail: [email protected]

N22594. Open Society Justice InitiativeContact: Arie BloedOktober 6, u. 12H-1051 Budapest, HUNGARYTelephone: (36 1) 327 31 00Fax: (36 1) 327 31 03E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.justiceinitiative.org

595. “Open Society” Regional Center ofCivic Initiative SupportContact: Vladimir Popov, Vladimir NevyantsevVajner St. 16A620014 Ekaterinburg, RUSSIATelephone/Fax: (7 3432) 514 227

N13596. “Opus” Center for Promotion andDevelopment of Civic InitiativesContact: Agnieszka WoznickaPl. Wolnosci 2, left office, 2nd floor91415 Lodz, POLANDTelephone: (48 42) 632 22 50,Telephone/Fax: 632 2218E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.opus.org.pl

N26597. Organization for Aid to RefugeesStaromestska St. 6811 03 Bratislava, SLOVAKIATelephone/Fax: (421 7) 531 2869

598. Organization for Aid to RefugeesContact: Pavel Kelly-TychtlNa Porici 12 (palac YMCA)110 00 Prague, CZECH REPUBLICTelephone: (420 2) 2487 2140, x2141Fax: 2487 2142 E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] sites: http://www.opu.cz, www.azyl.cz

N24599. Organization for Security andCooperation in Europe (OSCE) PolandOffice for Democratic Institutions and HumanRights (ODIHR)Al. Ujazdowskie 1900-557 Warsaw, POLANDTelephone: (48 22) 520 0600, Fax: 520 0605E-mail: [email protected]

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600. Ostrig Family Charitable FoundationContact: Ruslan Kraplych, Olena DanylyukvulGagarina 6, Rivne, UKRAINETelephone: (380 362) 243 291, 242 492Telephone/Fax: (380 362) 241 118, 242 486

N12,N15601. Otan Hedeman Braslau Society ofRegional StudiesVul. Enhelsa, 39211970 Braslau, Vitebsk oblast, BELARUSTelephone: (375 2153) 214 45E-mail: [email protected]

N27602. “Our Children” Non-CommercialFoundationContact: Mikhail SinlytsynPr. Marksa 48, app. 46249020 Obninsk, RUSSIATelephone: (7 8439) 77 331, 397 97E-mail: [email protected]

N18603. “Pachodnia” Harodnia MunicipalHistorical and Cultural Associationvul. Miendzialejeva 39 – 1- 49230019 Harodnia, BELARUSTelephone: (375 152) 449 889, 753 688

N26604. Panorama – the Palestinian Centerfor the Dissemination of Democracy andCommunity DevelopmentAl. Ahliyeh St., Cairo Amman Bank Bldg. Ramallah, ISRAELTelephone: (972 2) 295 9618, Fax: 298 1824E-mail: [email protected],[email protected] site: http://www.panoramacenter.org

N25605. “Partner” Non-commercialFoundation for Social Adaptationul. Mlasnitskaya 24, office 66101000 Moscow, RUSSIATelephone/Fax: (7 095) 928 8764, 928 4713E-mail; [email protected], [email protected] site: http://www.exmilitary.ru

N25606. Partners for Democratic Change USAMain OfficeContact: Raymond Shonholtz2121 K Street, NW, Suite 700Washington, DC 20037Telephone: (1 202) 942 2166Fax: (1 202) 785 5886E-mail: [email protected] Site: http://www.partnersglobal.org

607. Partners for Democratic ChangeSlovakiaContact: Dusan OndrusekSturova 13811 02 Bratislava, SLOVAKIATelephone: (421 2) 5292 5016, 5263 3851,5263 3852Fax: (421 2) 5293 2215E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.pdcs.sk

N18608. Partners Hungary FoundationContact: Gancz KlingaKeleti Karoly ut. 15/81024 Budapest, HUNGARY

Telephone: (36 1) 315 0168, 315 1333, 3151477, 315 1496 Fax: (36 1) 316 5721 E-mail:[email protected], [email protected] site: http://www.partnershungary.hu

N18609. Partners PolskaContact: Ilona Ilowiecka-Tanska-(Fundacja Partners Polska)ul. Klonowa 20 lok. 100-591 Warsaw, POLANDTelephone/Fax: (48-22) 849 3256, 848 3080E-mail: [email protected]

N22610. Peace Center Osijek c/o Center for Peace, Nonviolence & Human RightsGunduliceva 3454000 Osijek, CROATIATelephone/Fax: (385 54) 123 218

N19611. People in Need FoundationContact: Michael LuhanSokolska 18120 00 Prague 2, CZECH REPUBLICTelephone: (420 2) 2620 0400Fax: (420 2) 2620 0401E-mail: [email protected] Web site: http://www.pinf.cz

N17,N24612. Perm “Memorial” SocietyContact: Igor AverkiyevKuybysheva str. 14, r. 201614006 Perm, RUSSIATelephone/Fax: (342 2) 901 304E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] site: http://www.prpc.ru

N20613. Perm Regional Human RightsDefense CenterContact: Victor Shmirov, Igor Averklevul. Kuybysheva str. 14, r. 203614006 Perm, RUSSIATelephone/Fax: (7 3422) 90 13 04E-mail: [email protected]

N11614. Phare/Tacis Democracy Program(European Human Rights Foundation)Contact: Robert VerrueAvenue Michel-Ange 701000 Brussels, BELGIUMTelephone: (32 2) 734 94 24, 736 84 05 (CEEC), 732 66 53 (NIS) Fax: (32 2) 734 68 31, 734 78 18Web site: http://www.ehrfoundation.org/

615. “Physicians for Ecology” Foundationul. Lomonosova 31 “B”4500 DubossarPridniestrovie, MOLDOVATelephone: (373 45) 31519E-mail: [email protected]

N27616. “Plast” – Ukainian ScoutOrganizationP. O. Box 65, 79000 Lviv-center, UKRAINETelephone: (380 322) 97 65 85E-mail: [email protected]

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617. Polcul FoundationContact: Jerzy BonieckiP. O. Box 1932029 Rose Bay N.S.W., AUSTRALIATelephone: (61 2) 9326 2863Fax: (61 2) 9331 5697E-mail: [email protected] Site: http://www.polcul.org

N15618. Polish-Czech-Slovak SolidarityFoundationContact: Katarzyna Krajewskaul. Szpitalna 5/500-031 Warsaw, POLANDTelephone: (48 22) 828 9128Fax: (48 22) 828 9129E-mail: [email protected]

N1,N2619. Polish Forum for Children’s RightsContact: Jerzy Slivaul. Brodzinskiego 130-506 Krakow, POLANDTelephone/Fax: (48 12) 423 55 80E-mail: [email protected]

N12620. Polish Humanitarian OrganizationContact: Janina Ochojskaul. Szpitalna 5/300-031 Warsaw, POLANDTelephone/Fax: (48 22) 828 8882, 828 9086Fax: (48 22) 831 99 38E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.pah.ngo.pl

N26621. Polnische BuchhandlungContact: Zofia Reinbacker Burggasse 22, 1070 Vienna, AUSTRIATelephone/Fax: (43 1) 526 3114E-mail: [email protected]

N5622. Powisle Community Foundationul. Mokotowska 5500-542 Warsaw, POLANDTelephone: (48 22) 625 79 22

N18623. Praspekt – Informational Bulletin ofthe “Circle of Friends” Mohilev NGOAl. Mira 10-31212030 Mohilev, BELARUS

N15624. Press Freedom Monitoring CenterContact: Andrzej Krajewskiul. Foksal 3/500-366 Warsaw, POLANDTelephone/Fax: (48 22) 827 58 96E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.freepress.org.pl

N17,N23625. Press NowContact: Anique ter WelleP/a De Balie, Kleine-Garmanplantsoen 101017 RR Amsterdam, NETHERLANDSTelephone: (31 20) 5535 165Fax: (31 20) 5535 155E-mail: [email protected]

N21626. Press Research Center of theJagiellonian UniversityContact: Prof. Walery Pisarekul. Sw. Filipa 25, 31-150 Krakow, POLANDTelephone: (48 12) 422 0644E-mail: [email protected]

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627. Prima – Human Rights News ServiceContact: Alexander Podrabinek, Editor in Chief P. O. Box 5, 11399 Moscow, RUSSIATelephone: (7 095) 450 1490Fax: (7 095) 450 1490E-mail: [email protected],[email protected] site: http://www.prima-news.ru

628. “Prison and Liberty” Public Centerfor the Support of Criminal JusticeReform per. Louchnikov 4, app. 710100 Moscow, RUSSIATelephone: (7 095) 2068658Fax: (7 095) 20678971E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.prison.org

N27629. Prix Iris, the New European MediaAward for Equality and ToleranceThe PRIX EUROPA-Competition bureau SFB, D-14046 Berlin, GERMANY Susanne Hoffmann, Peter Leonhard Braun Tel: (49 30) 30 31 1610 Fax: (49 30) 30 31 1619 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: http://www.prix-europa.info

N12630. Pro Democracy AssociationNational Center of CoordinationContact: Cristian Parvulescu, Violeta Bau45 Unirii Blvd., bl. E. 3, sc. 3, et. 6, ap. 76, sector 3, Bucharest, ROMANIATelephone: (40 21) 327 7736; 327 7757Telephone/Fax: (40 21) 321 6744 E-mail: [email protected]

N6,N14,N21Brasov officeStr. Mihail Sadoveanu no. 32200 Brasov, ROMANIATelephone/Fax: (40 68) 153 929, 410 192

N16631. Pro Helvetia Arts Council ofSwitzerlandCultural Exchange East-West Hirschengraben 22CH-8024 Zurich, SWITZERLANDTelephone: (41 1) 267 7171, 267 7180Fax: (41 1) 267 71 07E-mail: [email protected]

PH-BudapestContact: Susi Koltai, Bertalan IkerStollar Bela utca 4, Felemelet 31055 Budapest, HUNGARYTelephone: (36 1) 3533 908, Fax: 269 2882E-mail: [email protected]

PH-PragueTheatre Institute, Celetna 17CZ-11000 Prague 1, CZECH REPUBLICTelephone: (420 2) 2480 9190Fax: (420 2) 2481 1452E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.pro-helvetia.czPH-BratislavaHviezdoslavovo nam. 1881437 Bratislava, SLOVAKIATelephone: (421 2) 5441 8100Fax: (421 2) 5441 8098E-mail: [email protected]

PH-SofiaRue Assen Zlatarov 241504 Sofia, BULGARIATelephone: (359 2) 943 4784Fax: (359 2) 944 1954E-mail: [email protected] site: http://pro-helvetia.bg

PH-BucharestStrada Pitar Mos 10/170152 Bucarest, ROMANIATelephone/Fax: (40 21) 212 4979E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.pro-helvetia.ro

PH-Skopjec/o Embassy of SwitzerlandMaksim Gorki 19MK 1000 Skopje, MACEDONIATelephone: (389 2) 290 318Fax: (389 2) 290 319E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.pro-helvetia.org.mk

PH-KyivvVul. Ivana Franka 2901030 Kyiv, UKRAINETelephone: (380 44) 238 6282Fax: (380 44) 238 6282E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.pro-helvetia.kiev.ua

PH-TiranaRruga Brigada e 8-te 7Tirana, ALBANIATelephone/Fax: (355 42) 27 855E-mail: [email protected]

PH-SarajevoPotoklinica 1671000 SarajevoBOSNIA & HERCEGOVINATelephone: (387 33) 236 190Fax: (387 33) 236 177E-mail: [email protected]

N22632. Pro Minoritate FoundationContact: Szabolcs NagyKaroly Korut 9 VII/21075 BudapestHUNGARYTelephone/Fax: (36 1) 267 9450, 267 9451 E-mail: [email protected] site:http://www.hhrf.org/prominoritate/indexa.htm

N11633. “Profem” Central EuropeanConsulting CenterCenter for Women’s ProjectsNDS, nam. 14, rijna 1615000 Prague 5CZECH REPUBLICTelephone/Fax: (420 2) 542 645E-mail: [email protected]

N18634. Prometeu FoundationContact: Moyes CzabaStr. Gruia nr. 58, bl B2 ap. 18Cluj-NapocaROMANIAE-mail: [email protected]

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635. Protecta – The Center for CivilSociety DevelopmentContact: Nenad DimitrijevicIvana Gundulica 318000 NisSERBIA & MONTENEGROTelephone/Fax: (381 18) 45 356, 510 417E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

N23636. Public Interest Protection LeagueContact: Levan Khubulova, Khatuna Mughulla4 Petriashvili St.384700 Zugdidi, GEORGIATelephone: (995 315) 231 82

Tbilisi Office(c/o Horizonti Foundation)Contact: Lexo Khubulava33 Gogebashvili St.380079 Tbilisi, GEORGIATelephone: (995 32) 971 060Fax: (1 707) 929 8297 (U.S. number)

N17,N18637. “Raduga” (“Rainbow”) Society forthe Protection and Support of the Disabledul. Tekstylnikov 8394026 Voronezh, RUSSIATelephone: (7 0732) 169 679“Zdrastvui” NewspaperP. O. Box 29, n/o 28394026 Voronezh, RUSSIA

N16638. “Ramo” AssociationContact: Alexander SinitsynKhataevicha St. 43/9, 246006 HomielBELARUSTelephone/Fax: (375 232) 721 093E-mail: [email protected]

N18639. “Ratusha” – The Harodnia RegionalSocial Associationvul. Budzionaha, 48-1230023 HarodniaBELARUSTelephone/Fax: (375 152) 44 22 90E-mail: [email protected]

N27640. Reebok Human Rights AwardProgram Reebok International Ltd.1895 J.W. Foster Blvd.Canton, MA 02021 USAE-mail: [email protected] site:www.reebok.com/x/us/humanRights/awards/

N14641. Reform of the Judicial and LegalSystem Public CenterContact: Ludmila Karnozova, Mikhail FlamerMoscow, RUSSIATelephone/Fax: (7 095) 183 4095, 395 5864

N19642. Regional Development AgencyContact: Mikhail PopovP. O. Box 777Donetsk, UKRAINE

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643. Regional East-East ProgramContact: Gulnura Mehdiyeva39 Azadlig ave, 370010 Baku, AZERBAIJAN Telephone: (994 12) 412 665, 412 911E-mail: [email protected]

N15644. Regional Environmental Center forCentral and Eastern EuropeContact: Adriana Craciun, Darek UrbaniakAdy Endre ut 9-112000 Szentendre, HUNGARYTelephone: (36 26) 504 000, Fax: 311 294E-mail: [email protected], [email protected],[email protected] Web site: http://www.rec.org

N13,N23,N25645. Regional Information and SupportCenter for NGOsContact: Mr. Jerzy BoczonAl. Zwyciestwa 51PL-80-207 Gdansk POLANDTelephone: (48 58) 302 37 12Fax: (48 58) 344 40 39e-mail: [email protected]

N8646. “Renaissance” Non-profit, Non-gov-ernmental AssociationContact: Nurjamal Prenova96 Doslik Guzani St., Nukus city742000 Karakalpakstan, UZBEKISTANTelephone: (998 61) 222 0603, 222 8647E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] site: http://renaissance.freenet.uz

N25647. Research Fund for Support ofIndigenous Population of CrimeaContact: Eminov Sietmemet, Nadir Bekirovul. 37/8 Zhelyabova str. Ap. 88Simferopol, UKRAINETelephone/Fax: (380 652) 278 739, 272 110E-mail: [email protected]

N16648. Resource Center of YouthOrganizations Development “Circle”vul. Desiatynna 1/3, 2, 254025P. O. Box 107/9, Kyiv-25, UKRAINETelephone/Fax: (380 44) 229 5842

N12649. Resource, Information and AnalysisCenter – Kaliningrad FoundationContact: Azamat Z. IsaevUl. Krasnaya 116, of. 46236011 Kaliningrad, RUSSIATelephone: (7 0112) 212 841E-mail: [email protected] Site: http://www.koenig-ngo.net

N25650. Right to Life and Human DignityLouchnikov Drive 4, #191039082 Moscow, RUSSIATelephone/Fax: (7 095) 963 9929E-mail: [email protected]

N19651. Rockefeller Brothers FundContact: Benjamin R. Shute, Jr. 437 Madison Ave., 37th FloorNew York, NY 10022-7001, USATelephone: (1 212) 812 4223Fax: (1 212) 812 4299E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] site: http://www.rbf.org

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652. Romania Information CentreSO17 1BJ Southampton, UNITED KINGDOMTelephone: (44 23 80) 597 700Fax: (44 23 80) 595 451

N20653. Romanian League for Mental HealthContact: Bogdana TudoracheSos. Mihai Bravu 90-96, Bl. D17, Sc 4,Ap. 149, Sector 2, Bucharest, ROMANIATelephone/Fax: (40 21) 252 0866,Telephone: 252 6011E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.lrsm.ro

N21654. Romanian Academic SocietyContact: Sarin Ionita, Oana-Valentina SuciuStr. Petofi Sandor 15, etaj 1, sec. 1Bucharest, ROMANIATelephone/Fax: (40 21) 222 1405, 222 1868E-mail: [email protected] Web site: http://www.sar.org.ro/

N16655. Ron Brown Fellowship Programc/o Institute of International Education809 United Nations Plaza, Suite 715New York, NY 10017-3580, USATelephone: (1-212) 984 5345E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.iie.org/programs/ron-brown/default.htm

N16656. “Roviesnik” Children’s Club – Restand Development Center for Children and TeenagersContact: Galina Rachimovn DackievitchBolchaia Sadovaia St., 3 korpus 1, kv. 62“Roviesnik” 103001 Moscow, RUSSIATelephone: (7 095) 251 3623

N16657. Rural Development FoundationFormerly the Water Supply FoundationContact: Piotr Szczepanskiul. Bellottiego 1, 01-022 Warsaw, POLANDTelephone: (48 22) 636 2570, 636 2575Fax: (48 22) 636 6270E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.fww.org.pl

N11,N25658. “Russian Bridge” Youth HumanRights Social OrganizationContact: Yevgheniy StegantsovAstrahanskaya 109394052 Voronezh, RUSSIAE-mail: [email protected]

N25659. Russian Women’s AssociationContact: Alentina Fedulova, Galina GalkinaGlinishchevskiy per. 6103832 Moscow, RUSSIATelephone: (7 095) 229 3223, 209 7409Fax: (7 095) 2000 274

N25660. Russian Youth Association –Odincovo Organizationul. Iriuzova 14, app. 22Odincovo, Moscow Oblast, RUSSIATelephone/Fax: (7 095) 596 1581Telephone: (7 095) 599 1034

N19661. Rustavi Civic Education CenterContact: Irma KhomerikiRustaveli St. 33/3

383040 Rustavi, GEORGIATelephone: (995 32) 95 79 22E-mail: [email protected]

N25662. Ryazan Assistance Organization forMentally Disabled ChildrenContact: Ludmila LukashinkaVozesenskaya 44 (shool #23) Ryazan, RUSSIATelephone: (7 0912) 41 14 73

N16663. Ryazan School of Human RightsContact: Sofija Ivanovaul. Halturina 7, 39001 Ryazan, RUSSIATelephone: (7 0912) 240 485E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.hro.org/ngo/memorial

N22664. Sabre-Svitlo FoundationContact: Olha Isaievychvul. Kazelnytska 4, Lviv, UKRAINETelephone/Fax: (380 322) 427 442E-mail: [email protected]

N14or: Sabre Foundation, Inc.Contact: Tania Vitvitsky872 Massachusetts Ave., Suite, 2-1Cambridge, MA 02139 USATelephone: (1 617) 868 35 10Fax: (1 617) 868 7916E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

N18665. SaferworldContact: Dr. Ian Davis28 Charles SquareLondon N1 6HTUNITED KINGDOM Telephone: (44 20) 7324 4646Fax: (44 20) 7324 4647 E-mail: [email protected],[email protected] site: http://www.saferworld.co.uk

N23666. Salus FoundationContact: Olexandra SluzhinskaP. O. Box 320, Lviv, UKRAINETelephone: (380 322) 343 285Telephone/Fax: 725 738E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.salus-org.ua

N16,N25667. Salzburg SeminarSchloss Leopoldskron, Box 1295010 Salzburg, AUSTRIATelephone: (43 662) 839 830Fax: (43 662) 839 837E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] site: http://www.salzburgseminar.org

668. Samara Lawyers’ UnionContact: Alexandra NapreenkoVolzskiy pr. 19, 443071 Samara, RUSSIATelephone: (7 8462) 334 142Fax: (7 8462) 322 626

N11669. “Scale of Personality” YouthInitiatives Support CenterContact: Veronica Katkova27 GOS, P. O. Box 5, 302027 Orjol, RUSSIATelephone/Fax: (7 0862) 290 424

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670. Sciapan Niekrashevich Non-governmental Educational AssociationContact: Telman Masluikovvul. Internatsianalnaya 7A, r. 2-5247400 Svietlagorsk, Gomel oblast,BELARUSTelephone/Fax: (375 2342) 409 11E-mail: [email protected]

N21671. Scouts’ Leagueul. Blagodatnaya 51St. Petersburg, RUSSIA

N18672. “Semper Avanti” Association12/10 Widok Str., 50-055 Wroclaw, POLANDE-mail: [email protected]

N25673. Serpukhov Penitentiary GuardiansAssociationContact: Nikolay Rybkin, Irina KotovaKataninnaya str. 14142201 Serpukhov, RUSSIATelephone: (7 9067) 720 292Gurianova str. 43, apt. 286109388 Moscow, RUSSIATelephone: (7 095) 354 1321

N20674. Sevastopol Group for Human RightsProtectionContact: Roman Romanov, Nijazi SelimovP. O. Box 180, vul. Astona Kesaeva 13-78Sevastopol-38, UKRAINETelephone: (380 692) 236 870, Fax: 460 175E-mail: [email protected]

N15675. Siberian Civic Initiatives SupportCenterContact: Elena GorodnianskayaPr. K. Marxa 57, 702630073 Novosibirsk, RUSSIATelephone/Fax: (7 3832) 464 532, 465 477E-mail: [email protected], [email protected], Web site: http://www.cip.nsk.su

N12,N14676. Siberian Interregional NGO SupportCenter (Sib-Novo-Centr)Contact: Olga MuratovaPr. Dimitrova 4, app. 1003630004 Novosibirsk, RUSSIATelephone: (7 3832) 207 100, Fax: 101 327E-mail: [email protected]

N14677. F. Skaryna Belarusian LanguageSocietyContact: Alleh Trusauvul. Rumjantsava 13220005 Minsk, BELARUSTelephone/Fax: (375 17) 233 2511E-mail: [email protected] site: http://tbm.iatp.by/

N19678. Slovak Academic InformationAgency Service Center for the Third Sector(SAIA – SCTS)Contact: Eva KasparkovaNamestie slobody 23812 20 Bratislava 1, SLOVAKIATelephone: 02/5441 1426, 5441 1436Fax: 02/5441 1429E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Web site: http://www.saia.sk

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679. Sniadeckis Foundationul. Slawkowska 1731-016 Krakow, POLANDTelephone: (48 12) 372 672, Fax: 372 884

N12680. Social Democratic Women’sOrganizationContact: Laila BalgaBruninieku St. 29/31 – 310. 3111001 Riga, LATVIATelephone/Fax: (371) 271 207Telephone: (371) 276 588

N21681. Social Development Fund in LubotynContact: Volodymyr Telychko15, Chudnovskogo str.Kharkivska oblastLubotyn, UKRAINETelephone: (380 0572) 410 146, 412 511

N22682. Social Information Agency (SIACenter)Contact: Marla Propper, Elena Topoleva-Soldunova15, Chayanova 15korp. 5, 5th Floor125267 Moscow RUSSIATelephone: (7 095) 250 6160, 150 6175,Fax: (7 095) 250 6156E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.asi.org.ru

N21683. Social Initiative Centre for IntegrationContact: Svetlana Korolyova 7 Vilisuu Str, 13626 Tallinn, ESTONIATelephone: (372 2) 635 2566, 600 7975Fax: (372 2) 635 0233E-mail: [email protected]

N23684. “Social Partnership” Charity Fundul. Vieshniakovskaya 14, korp. 2, room 204111402 Moscow, RUSSIATelephone: (7 095) 918 7252Telephone/Fax: 292 5458

N23685. Society for Humanitarian ResearchJournal "Human Rights in Azerbaijan"Contact: Avaz HasanovAzadlig avenue 1Hotel "Azerbaijan"2nd building, floor 6, room 661Baku 370029AZERBAIJAN Telephone/Fax: (994 12) 930 221E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Web Site: http://www.humanrights-az.org,

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686. Society for the Protection of WomenFrom ViolenceContact: Aida Kazminskayaul. Liziukova 21, app. 127394053 Voronezh, RUSSIATelephone: (7 0732) 73 83 19

N16687. Socium.org.ruMoscow, RUSSIAE-mail: [email protected], [email protected] site: http://socium.org.ru

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688. “Soglom Avlod Uchun” Inter-national Non-governmental Charitable FoundationContact: H.B. Juldashova, E. M. SaliyevAkhunbabayeva St. 15700047 Tashkent, UZBEKISTANTelephone/Fax: (998 712) 338 949, 320 082,320 083E-mail: [email protected] Web site: http://sau.uzbekworld.com/

N14689. Soldiers’ Mothers of St. PetersburgContact: Aella Polyakovaul. Razyezhaya 9191002 St. Petersburg, RUSSIATelephone/Fax: (7 812) 112 4199, 112 5058

N13,N19690. Soros Foundation for an OpenSocietyContact: Mr. Gabriel Petrescu Str. Caderea Bastiliei nr. 33, sector 1711391, Bucharest, ROMANIATelephone: (40 21) 212 1101, x1102, x1103,x1104, x1105, Fax: (40 21) 212 1032 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: http://www.osf.ro

Cluj branchContact: Ana TodereanSt. Tebel no. 21, P. O. Box 10843400 Cluj-Napoca, ROMANIATelephone/Fax: (40 95) 420 480Fax: (40 95) 420 470E-mail: [email protected]

N2,N4-6691. Soros Foundation KyrgyzstanEducation for an Open Society ProgramContact: Medet Tulegenov55a, Logvinenko st. 720040, Bishkek, KYRGYZSTANTelephone: (996 312) 664 218, 664 249, 664 346Fax: (996 312) 663 448E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Web site: http://www.soros.kg/index_e.html

N17692. “Sostradanie” (“Compassion”)Charity Human Rights OrganizationContact: A. D. Zubtsovul. Pushkina 5a682200 Birobidzhan, RUSSIATelephone: (7 42622) 652 83

N25693. “Sovest” (“Conscience”)Arkhangelsk District OrganizationContact: Iuriy BudeevP. O. Box 47, Troickyi pr. 49/130Arkhangelsk, RUSSIATelephone: (7 8182) 496 640

N11694. “Stimula” Women’s Information andEducation CenterContact: Tamara Ivashkevich ul. Jolliot-Curie 8a, ap.3, 141980 Dubna, RUSSIATelephone: (7 096 21) 65864, (7 096 21) 65909Fax: (7 096 21) 65916, 65891 E-mail: [email protected]

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695. STINA Press Agency and Network ofIndpendent Journalists (NIJ)Contact: Stojan Obradovic, Editor in ChiefSetaliste Bacvice 10/121000 SplitCROATIATelephone: (385 21) 488 945, 488 936Fax: (385 21) 321 421E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] site: www.stina.hrSee also: www.idee.org for archives ofNetwork of Independent Journalists

N3696. Student Consulting CenterP. O. Box 133269000 Zaporozhye, UKRAINETelephone/Fax: (380 612) 623 490E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

N22697. Suburban Territories DevelopmentFundvul. Hrushevskoho 35Pustomyty, Lvivska oblast, UKRAINETelephone/Fax: (3803230) 427 57

N15698. “Sudmand” Social AssociationContact: Dodarbed Saydalievul. Borbad 23, app. 149992 3322 KulyabTAJIKISTANTelephone: (992 3322) 226 92Telephone/Fax: 320 05, 349 88E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

N25699. “Sukhumi” Cultural andHumanitarian FoundationContact: Alla Gamakhariaul. Gugunava 1386004 Kutaisi, GEORGIATelephone/Fax: (995 331) 719 33E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.fundsokhumi.ge

N25700. Supolnasc - Civic Society CenterContact: Vincuk Viacorkaa/s Box 208220040 MinskBELARUSTelephone: (375 17) 234 0797Fax: (375 17) 234 [email protected] site: http://cacedu.unibel.by/cscsc

N10,N14,N15,N19,N25,N26,N27701. Support Center for DemocraticElectionsContact: Ali Guliyev, President 120 Alovsat Gouliyev str.Baku, 370010AZERBAIJANTelephone: (99412) 945 302Fax: (99412) 945 302E-mail: [email protected]

N14702. “Svetoch” Penza Associationul. Kulakova 7440008 Penza, RUSSIATelephone: (7 8412) 630 301Fax: (7 8412) 630 301E-mail: [email protected]

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703. “Syntez” Kharkiv Municipal CharityAssociationContact: Valeriy IvanovSokolova Str. 46, Kharkiv, UKRAINETelephone: (380 572) 432 010, 486 707

N16,N20,N25704. “TACTIC” Logistical CenterContact: Lucian BraneaP. O. Box 13-166Bucharest 7000, ROMANIAE-mail: [email protected] site: europe.org.ro/euroatlanic_club/

N9,N10,N14705. Tapan Eco-ClubContact: Nanine GasparyanSouth-West Massive, Block B-2, bld. 2, apt. 23, 375114 Yerevan, ARMENIATelephone: (374 2) 733 322Telephone/Fax: (374 2) 566 016

N20706. Tashauz Ecological Club Contact: Zatoka AndreyMkr-n C-1, d. 8, kv. 23746301 Tashauz, TURKMENISTANTelephone: (9933) 266 83

N15707. Tashkent Public Education CenterContact: Muborak Tashpulatova, Chairperson G. Abdullaeva, prozed 3, dom 34700099 Tashkent, UZBEKISTANTelephone: (998 712) 249 881, Fax: 249 881E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.tpec.uz

N15708. Terra’s Natural Food AssociationTrg cara Jovana Nenada 1524000 SuboticaSERBIA & MONTENEGROTelephone: (381 24) 554-600Fax: (381 24) 2455 3116Web site: http://www.terras.org.yu

N19709. “Third Sector” Grodna InformationalSupport CenterContact: Vitaut RudnikMailing address: P. O. Box 54, 230009 Grodno, BELARUSOffice address: 48a Budzionnaha str., suite 11, 230004,Grodno, BELARUSTelephone: (375 152) 967478,Telephone/Fax: 967473E-mail: [email protected],[email protected] site: http://sektar.cjb.net

N15,N25710. “Third Sector” Ukrainian CharityFoundation for Supporting Non-govern-mental OrganizationsContact: Yuriy Shkariat, Oleh Danylenkovul. Literanska 21/2, kv. 35P. O. Box 26, Kyiv 10, UKRAINETelephone: (380 44) 293 53 64Fax: (380 44) 293 53 64

N12711. Tolerance and Civil SocietyFoundationContact: Milan Pospisil, Helena KlimovaSenovazne namesti 24116 47 Prague 1, CZECH REPUBLICTelephone/Fax: (42 02) 2410 2314

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712. Tomsk Human Rights ResearchInstituteContact: Nikolai KandybaPer. Nakhanovicha 12, 634050 Tomsk, RUSSIATelephone: (8 3822) 23 23 62E-mail: [email protected] site: http://trc.tsu.ru

N11713. Transformation of Society InstituteContact: Oleh Soskinvul. Volodymyrska 45, or Post-box 29701034 Kyiv, UKRAINETelephone/Fax: (044) 235 9828, 235 8023E-mail: [email protected],[email protected] site: http://www.soskin.kiev.ua

N16714. “Tree of Life” Human DevelopmentCenterContact: Kalia MoldogazievaP. O. Box 1963, Central Post Office720000 Bishkek, KYRGYZSTANTelephone: (996 312) 287 490, 280 150Fax: (996 312) 287 490E-mail: [email protected],[email protected]

N15,N26715. “Ukraine-Europe” Lviv RegionalFoundationContact: Ihor Hryniv, Yuriy Shvedavul. Valova 31, Lviv, UKRAINETelephone: (380 322) 724 600Fax: (380 322) 724 603

N12716. Ukrainian Catholic EducationFoundationContact: Maria Salemi2247 Chicago Ave.Chicago, IL 60622-4828, USATelephone: (1 773) 235 8462Fax: (1 773) 235 8464E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.ucef.org

N17717. Ukrainian Center for IndependentPolitical ResearchContact: Inna Pidluska, Viacheslav Pikhovshek4/26, Pyrogova Street, Suite 2001030, Kyiv, UKRAINETelephone: (380-44) 495-1000 (*ext*) 3487Telephone/Facsimile: (380-44) 235-6505 E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.ucipr.kiev.ua

N10718. Ukrainian HouseContact: Andriy ShchekunP. O. Box 1698400 Bakhchisaray, UKRAINETelephone/Fax: (380 6554) 40 017E-mail: [email protected]

N16719. Ukrainian Legal FoundationContact: Serhiy Holovatyivul. Saksahanskoho 41Kyiv, UKRAINETelephone: (380 44) 227 2207Fax: (380 44) 227 2220

N4,N5720. Ukrainian PerspectiveContact: Serhiy OdarychP. O. Box 26Kyiv, UKRAINE

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N11721. Ukrainian Youth AssociationContact: Sergiy Pidmohyl’nyiL. Kuroasa Str. 4, r. 1346016 TernopilUKRAINETelephone: (380 352) 284 570E-mail: [email protected] site:http://www.cym.org/ua/ternopil/index.asp

N23722. Ukrainian Youth Ecological LeagueContact: Ihor Kyrylchuk, Vitaliy Gryshchenkovul. B. Khmelnytskoho 44Kyiv, UKRAINETelephone: (380 44) 224 32 25Fax: (380 44) 224 32 25

N15723. Union of Bulgarian Foundations andAssociationsContact: Valentin Mitev47-51 Tsvetna Gradina Str.1421 Sofia, BULGARIATelephone: (359 2) 656 522Fax: (359 2) 657 600E-mail: [email protected]@techno-link.com

N3-5,N11,N13724. Union of Disabled Georgian WarVeterans “Demetre Tavdadebuli”Contact: Iona Arkania79 Chargali St.380092 Tbilisi, GEORGIATelephone/Fax: (995 32) 608 723, 941 947E-mail: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Web site: http://www.osgf.ge/aiv/main.html

N23725. Union of Journalists and EconomistsEditorial office of “Manat plus”Istiqlaliyat Streetpereulok A. Babyeva 5370001 BakuAZERBAIJANTelephone: (994 12) 92 97 25

N23726. Union of Large FamiliesVul. Ordzhonlkidze 122343870 YasynuvataDonetska oblast, UKRAINETelephone: (380 62) 231 87

N15727. Union of Soldiers’ Mothers’Committees of Russia (SKSMR)Luchnikov pereulok 4, podyezd 3, room 510100 Moscow, RUSSIATelephone/Fax: (7 095) 928 2506, 206 0923,Fax: (7 095) 206 8958E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.ucsmr.ru

N22728. Union of Students-LawyersContact: Ihor Kitelavul. Sichovykh Striltsiv 14, room 211P. O. Box 10666Lviv, UKRAINETelephone/Fax: (380 322) 794 758

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729. Union of Ukrainian WomenContact: Atena PashkoVul. Volodymyrska 6Kyiv, UKRAINETelephone: (380 44) 229 2443Fax: (380 44) 293 5764

N16730. Union of Ukrainian YouthP. O. Box 1350Lviv-8, UKRAINETelephone/Fax: (380 322) 729 877E-mail: [email protected]

N14731. “United Europe” Institute for PublicProblemsContact: Dmitri Krayukhin27 GOS, a/ya No. 5302027 Orjol, RUSSIATelephone/Fax: (7 862) 416 001, 474 624

N18732. United Nations Association of Russia – Samara Regional DivisionContact: Eugenia Kashouba, Chairpersonul. Maiakovskaia 19, k.5443100 Samara, RUSSIATelephone/Fax: (7 8462) 328 954

N12733. United Nations DevelopmentProgramme – The Umbrella ProjectAl. Niepodleglosci 186P. O. Box 800-926 Warszawa 63 POLANDTelephone: (48 22) 628 3624, 825 8857Fax: (48 22) 629 9566E- mail: [email protected] site: http://www.umbrella.org.pl

N11734. United Nations Non-governmentalLiaison ServicePalais Des Nations1211 Geneva 10, SWITZERLANDTelephone: (41 22) 917 2076, Fax; 917 0432E-mail: [email protected]

N9735. United States Institute of PeaceGrant Program1200 17th Street NWWashington, DC 20005, USATelephone: (1 202) 457 1700Fax: (1 202) 429 6063E-mail: [email protected] site:http://www.usip.org/grants/index.html

N23736. United Way Belarus – BelarusanNGO Development and Support CenterContact: Inna Cherkoul. Uralskaya 3-30, 22037 Minsk, BELARUSTelephone/Fax: (375 172) 303 276, 308 054E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.uwb.unibel.by

N13737. University of National and WorldEconomy, Department of Social andCultural ManagementContact: Pano Lulanski, Lidia VarbanovaStudentski Grad “Hristo Botev”1100 Sofia, BULGARIATelephone: (359 1) 630 0421, 625 2211Fax: (359 1) 962 3903E-mail: [email protected]

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738. U.S. Civilian Research andDevelopment Foundation1530 Wilson Boulevard, 3rd FloorArlington, Virginia 22209, USATelephone: (1 703) 526 9720Fax: (1 703) 526 9721E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.crdf.org/

N20739. Uzbekistan Farmers’ CentreContact: Sara ImbarovaNukus, KarakalpakstanUZBEKISTANTelephone/Fax: (998 61) 223 56 66E-mail: [email protected]

N18740. “Varuta” the Regional DevelopmentAgencyvul. Kamsamolskaja 24 225320 BaranavichyBierasciejskaja voblBELARUSTelephone/Fax: (375 163) 41 79 51E-mail: [email protected]

N26741. Vasyl Stus “Memorial” Association Contact: Les TaniukP. O. Box 15Kyiv-1, UKRAINETelephone: (380 44) 296 8680

N16742. “Veras” Youth Center for CivilSocietyContact: Yaraslau MantsevichP. O. Box 29-A, 210032 Vitebsk, BELARUSTelephone/Fax: (375 29) 653 9841E-mail: [email protected] site: http://veras.netfirms.org

N26743. Viasna ’96 (“Spring ‘96”) Center forthe Defence of Human Rights Contact: Ales Bialacki78a pr. Skaryny apt. 48Minsk, BELARUSTelephone/Fax: (375 17) 231 0844E-mail: [email protected]

N19744. Viesti iz IBB – A Monthly Bulletin ofthe Minsk International Educational andInformational CentreContact: Ihor PhokinPr. Hazety Pravda 11220116 Minsk, BELARUSTelephone: (375 172) 705 959, Fax: 703 995

N15745. “Viezha” (“Tower”) - Brest RegionalCenter for Support of Public InitiativesContact: Ina Kulejvul. Maskouskaja 340/2 kv.28224023 Brest, BELARUSTelephone/Fax: (375 162) 427 974

N19,N22746. Village Project, Inc.Contact: Noah Sobe, Amy Shuffelton221 North Livingstone Street Madison, WI53703, USATelephone: (1 608) 286 8663E-mail: [email protected],[email protected] Web site: http://www.villageproject.org

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747. Vitebsky Zshitak – Historical andPopular Science Magazinea/c 34, 210026 Vitebsk-26BELARUSTelephone: (375 212) 362 231

N15748. Vitorul Institute for Development andSocial InitiativesContact: Igor Munteanu123, Stefan cel Mare Blvd, Apt. 16Chisinau 20160MOLDOVATelephone/Fax: (373 2) 24 74 83 Web site: http://www.iatp.md/viitorul/

N15749. Voice InternationalContact: Nancy PettisP. O. Box 7703Arlington, VA 22207, USATelephone: (1 703) 241-0148Fax: (1 703) 533 9412E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.voiceinternational.org

N17750. Voluntary Organization of Culturaland Educational Initiatives (“UsiaslauCaradziej”)Contact: Vasil ChramcouP. O. Box 26, Navapolack-8211440 Vicebskaya regionBELARUSTelephone: (375 214) 525 580Fax: (375 214) 528 988E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.charadziej.org

N22751. Volunteer’s Centre ZagrebContact: Ivana Borosiae, Iva MikacRepublike Austrije 1910000 Zagreb, CROATIATelephone/Fax: (385 1) 3705 641E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.vcz.hr

N26752. Voronezh Human Rights DefenceGroupContac: Vlacheslav BittitskiyNikitinskaya St. 19/13394000 Voronezh, RUSSIATelephone: (7 073) 255 7879

N11753. Vox HumanaTolstojeva 824000 SuboticaSERBIA & MONTENEGROTelephone: (381 24) 29 638Fax: (381 24) 546 094E-mail: [email protected]

N19754. Vozrozhdenie Social Projects CenterContact: Lev Shlosbergul. Ya. Fabritsiusa 6, Pskov, RUSSIAE-mail: [email protected]

N24755. “Vytoki” Slutsk Association for theDevelopment of the Democratic SocietyContact: Uladzimier PratasievicKastrycnicki Zavulak 1Slutsk, Mienskaja oblasBELARUSTelephone: (375 1795) 249 65

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756. Westminster Foundation forDemocracy2nd Floor, 125 Pall MallSW1Y 5EA LondonUNITED KINGDOMTelephone: (44 20) 7930 0408Fax: (44 20) 7930 0449E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.wfd.org

N3,N4,N6,N7,N9757. “Will for Development”Contact: Michas VaraniecKosauski Trakt 118-56231800 Slonim, Grodno oblastBELARUSTelephone/Fax: (375 262) 422 14, 428 43

N19758. “Women for Peace all over theWorld” – Sverdlov Oblast/ DistrictFederationContact: Natalia Yerofieyevaul. Bielinskogo 135-407620151 Ekaterinburg, RUSSIATelephone: (7 3432) 56 2525

N25759. Women’s Information NetworkContact: Tatiana TroynovaMoscow, RUSSIATelephone/Fax: (7 095) 291 2274E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.womnet.ru

N16760. Women’s InfotekaContact: Djurdja Knezevic, Ines JemricVarsavska 16, 10000 ZagrebCROATIAE-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.zinfo.hr

N6,N20761. Women's Issues Information CentreJaksto 9 kab. 303/315, VilniusLITHUANIATelephone: (370 5) 2629 003Fax: (370 5) 2629 050E-mail: [email protected] site: http://lygus.lt/mic2/index_e.html

N14762. Women’s Movement “Women ofAzov”Contact: Natalia Kalininovul. Uritskoho 3, Berdyansk, UKRAINETelephone: (370 2) 629 00 03Fax: (370 2) 623 23 06

N12763. Woodrow Wilson CenterEast European StudiesContact: Sletzinger, Martin, Director 370 L’Enfant Promenade, SW, Suite 704, Washington, DC 20024, USATelephone: (609) 258 3350E-mail: [email protected] Site: http://wwics.si.edu/

N17764. Woodrow Wilson School of Publicand International AffairsMasters in Public PolicyRobertson Hall: Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ 08544-1013, USATelephone: (1 609) 258 3350E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.wws.princeton.edu

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765. World Bank: A Global Partnership forDevelopmentSmall Grants Program, 1818 H St., NWWashington, DC 20433, USATelephone: (1 202) 473 3501Fax: (1 202) 522 2654Web site: http://lnweb18.worldbank.org/ESSD/sdvext.nsf/64ByDocName/SmallGrants

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766. World Press Freedom Committee11690-C Sunrise Valley Dr.Reston, VA 20191, USATelephone: (703) 715 9811Fax: (703) 620 6790E-mail: [email protected] Web site: http://www.wpfc.org

Or contact: Ronald Koven (European representative)133, Ave. de Sufferen75007 Paris, FRANCETelephone: (33 1) 4783 3988Fax: (33 1) 4566 8302E-mail: [email protected]

N8,N16767. World University ServiceContact: Professor Dr. Wolfgang BenedekMaiffredygasse 11A-8010 Graz, AUSTRIATelephone: (43 316) 382 258Fax: (43 316) 382 2584E-mail: [email protected]@graz.telecom.atWeb site: http://www.wus-austria.org

N24768. Yaroslavl Regional Society ofPedagogies and CultureContact: Natalia IvanovaRespublicanskay str., 108150000 Yaroslavl, RUSSIATelephone: (7 0852) 304 032Fax: (7 0852) 321 674E-mail: [email protected]

N16769. “Young Diplomacy” Centerul. Universytetska 1, 79602 Lviv, UKRAINETelephone: (380 322) 794 433E-mail: [email protected]

N12770. Young Journalists of AltaiContact: Sergey Kanrev, Elena KarpovaP. O. Box 661, 656038 Barnaul, RUSSIATelephone/Fax: (7 3852) 261 405E-mail: [email protected] Web site: http://www.infohome.alt.ru

N17771. Young Leaders’ AssociationContact: Natalia Bachmutova, Kan Victorul. Klotchkova 18, app. 448008 Almaty, KAZAKHSTANTelephone/Fax: (7 3272) 43 53 16E-mail: [email protected]

N21772. Young Women and DemocracyProgramme, A SEED EuropeP. O. Box 920661090 Amsterdam, NETHERLANDSTelephone: (31 20) 6633 119Fax: 6925 813E-mail: [email protected]

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773. “Youth and Democracy” ResearchCenter (RCYD)Contact: Avaz HasanovSalatin Asgerova str. 213, apt. 12Baku, AZERBAIJANTelephone: (99412) 40 93 92E-mail: [email protected]

N16,N20774. Youth Center for Human RightsContact: Yelena RusakovaOffice address: 12 Maly Karetny per103051 Moscow, RUSSIAMailing address: 4-394, ul. Moliodjozhnaya117296 Moscow, RUSSIATelephone: (7 095) 1324 608Fax: (7 095) 415 2543E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.ycentre.org

N23,N27775. Youth Center for Juridical Researchvul. Cheluskintsiv 198-a, room 539Donetsk, UKRAINETelephone/Fax: (380 622) 358 049

N15776. Youth for Freedom of Speech –Kaliningrad Regional Non-Profit CenterContact: Ilia Dementiev, Lada SyrovatkoSovetski prospect 31-9236000 Kaliningrad, RUSSIATelephone: (7 0112) 219 254Fax: (7 0112) 216 338E-mail: [email protected]: Serguey KayukovTelephone: (7 1143) 32 336Cherniakhovsk: Igor ErofeevTelephone: (7 1141) 321 03

N26777. Youth for the Right to LifeContact: Inna BiriukovaP. O. Box 273121 Balti, MOLDOVATelephone: (373) 314 19 80Fax: (373) 312 01 57

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778. Youth Group for Human RightsProtectionP. O. Box 1893720000 Bishkek, KYRGYZSTANTelephone: (996 312) 681 370Fax: (996 312) 681 091E-mail: [email protected] site: http://www.yhrg.elcat.kg

N19779. Youth Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly ofMoldova(see Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly of Moldova)

780. Youth Human Rights Group – KareliaBranchContact: Maksim Yefimov, Alla KrasnikovaP. O. Box 17185026 Petrozavodsk-26, RUSSIATelephone: (7 8142) 519 062, 712 158E-mail: [email protected]

N25781. Youth Information andDocumentation CenterContact: Tatsiana Aliaksieyeva, Andrus Klikunouvul. Darashevicha 4/222013 Minsk, BELARUSTelephone/Fax: (375 17) 232 2743E-mail: [email protected],[email protected]

N15,N19782. Youth Leadership Center “Dialogue”Contact: Galitnazarov Byashim Khadjievich46 KhudaiberdievAshgabat, TURKMENISTANTelephone: (73632) 419 260Fax: (73632) 466 443

N9783. Youth Sea League of Ukraineul. Voronina 10Sebastopol, UKRAINETelephone: (380 692) 523 519Fax: (380 692) 520 198

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784. Yugoslav Lawyers Committee forHuman Rights (YUCOM)(see Lawyers’ Committee for Human Rights)

785. “Yurtdash” Public OrganizationContact: Server Abibulayevprov. Shosseinyi 8Belogorsk, UKRAINETelephone: (380 6559) 966 88E-mail: [email protected]

N21786. Zaporozhye League for theIntellectual Development of Youth (LIRM)Contact: Svitlana TymochenkoP. O. Box 1332, 69000 Zaporizhya, UKRAINETelephone/Fax: (380 612) 623 490E-mail: [email protected]

N22787. Zaporozhye Regional ResourceCenter for Civic OrganizationsP. O. Box 1332, 69000 Zaporizhya, UKRAINETelephone/Fax: (380 612) 623 490E-mail: [email protected]

N22788. “Zarevo” Students Union –Organization of Volyn DistrictContact: Mykola GaspodarykSobornosty str. 37a/10943024 Lutsk, UKRAINETelephone: (380 3322) 53152E-mail: [email protected]

N25789. “Zelenyi Svit” – Mykolaiv RegionalEcological AssociationContact: Anatoliy ZolotoukhinP. O. Box 158, Mykolaiv, UKRAINETelephone: (380 512) 353 389

N12790. “Zindzirli Medrese” SocietyContact: Riza Seitveliev, Gennady SamusevPushkin Str. 198400 Bakhchisaray, UKRAINETelephone/Fax: (380 6554) 474 91, 471 11

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Centers for PluralismArmenia National Committee of the Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly - Yerevan, Armenia Center for Civic Initiatives (CCI) - Prilep, MacedoniaCenter for Democracy and Human Rights (CEDEM) - Podgorica, MontenegroCenter for Development and Cooperation (CDC) - Tbilisi, GeorgiaCenter for Pluralism Bulgaria (formerly Free and Democratic Bulgaria Foundation) - Sofia, BulgariaCivic Development International Center (CDIC) - Tbilisi, GeorgiaCivic Initiatives - Belgrade, SerbiaCivil Society Against Corruption - Bishkek, KyrgyzstanCrimean Teachers Council - Bakhchisaray, UkraineD. Aliyeva Society for the Protection of Women’s Rights - Baku, AzerbaijanDemocracy After Communism Foundation - Budapest, HungaryForum for Tuzla Citizens - Tuzla, Bosnia and HercegovinaFoundation for Pluralism (formerly Humanitas Foundation) - Budapest, RomaniaIDP Association of Women - Tbilisi, GeorgiaInam Center for Pluralism - Baku, AzerbaijanJaan Tonisson Institute - Tallinn, EstoniaKarta-Memorial - Ryazan, RussiaKosova Action for Civic Initiatives (formerly Koha Foundation) - Prishtina, KosovaLatta Center for Pluralism - ChechnyaLiga Pro Europa - Tirgu Mures, RomaniaMilan Simecka Foundation - Bratislava, SlovakiaRebirth of Crimea Foundation - Bakhchisaray, UkraineSTINA Press Agency - Split, CroatiaSupolnasc Civil Society Center - Minsk, Belarus

Centers for Pluralism PartnersAPADORBCH (Association for Defense of Human Rights in Romania-Helsinki Committee) - Bucharest, RomaniaAssociation of Disabled Students - Belgrade, SerbiaAzerbaijan National Democracy Foundation (ANDF) - Baku, AzerbaijanCenter for Citizenship Education - Ulaanbaatar, MongoliaCenter for Information and Documentation of Crimean Tatars (CIDCT) - Kyiv, UkraineCenter for Political Research ADemocrat@ (CPRD) - Baku, AzerbaijanGONG-Citizens United to Monitor Elections - Zagreb, CroatiaDemocracy Education Center - Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Directorio 5-Cuban Democratic Revolutionary Directorate - Miami, USAEuroregional Center for Democracy - Timisoara, RomaniaEvlyad Association - Simferopol, UkraineFederation of NGOs of Serbia (FENS) - Belgrade, Serbia Foundation for Defence of Human Rights - Warsaw, PolandFree and Democratic Bulgaria Foundation - Paris, FranceHelsinki Foundation for Human Rights - Warsaw, PolandInstitute for Regional Studies - Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Institute for Statehood and Democracy - Kyiv, UkraineLam Center at Andrei Sakharov Museum - ChechnyaLion Society - Lviv, Ukraine Prima Human Rights News Agency - Moscow, RussiaStudents' Union of Serbia (SUS) - Belgrade, YugoslaviaSupport Center for Democratic Elections - Baku, AzerbaijanTashkent Public Education Center - Uzbekistan Viasna Human Rights Center - Belarus

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