August 27-29, Two-day Exhibition and Auction of Applied Arts by the Disabled. EFCA: Osh, Kyrgyzstan - in Russian.
August 27-29, Thematic Summer Camp for the Disabled and Their Families. EFCA and NGO Blagodat: Osh, Kyrgyzstan - in Russian.
Inaugural Class of Maynes Fellows Named
After an extensive search, Eurasia Foundation has named the inaugural class of Bill Maynes Fellows: Anna Koshman (left), executive director of the Russian Alliance of Independent Regional Publishers (AIRP) in Moscow, Russia and Ekaterine Siradze-Delaunay (right), executive director of the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) in Tbilisi, Georgia. More...
EF Network
In the News Read the International Herald Tribune article by EF's president on the recent crisis in Georgia.
EPF President Named to International Committee George Zarubin, president of Eurasia Partnership Foundation (EPF), has been invited to join the International Committee of the Council on Foundations. This prestigious committee offers advice on international activities and develops programs to address the needs of international grantmakers under the auspices of the Council on Foundations. More...
Capacity Building
Building Skills While Rebuilding Societies Eurasia Foundation’s (EF) Moldova Representative Office awards grants and implements projects in the areas of anti-corruption, European integration and free and fair elections. EF not only awards grants to local organizations, but also works to build the capacity of these organizations for long-term sustainability. More...
Community Development
Gathering Place for Seniors Educates, Improves Quality of Life When Nina Zenkina was 17, she found herself behind the wheel of a combine gathering wheat and corn while Soviet men were being sent to fight in World War II. She worked hard until she retired at age 55. For years, she lived alone in her Soviet-style apartment... More...
Preserving Nature in Belarus Eight kilometers from Minsk, the Sokoliniy Nature Reserve is an ideal site to observe the kestrel, a species of falcon listed in the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. Several years ago, the kestrel’s natural habitat was threatened... More...
Corporate Social Responsibility
Bringing Global Perspectives to Tbilisi On July 2, Eurasia Partnership Foundation (EPF) in Georgia, together with the British Council and Open Society Georgia Foundation, organized a conference that examined global trends in corporate citizenship and how these trends are being put into practice in Georgia. More...
Partnering for Prosperity in the Russian Far East On July 25, the New Eurasia Foundation’s (FNE) Far Eastern Affiliate in Vladivostok and the Administration of Primorsky Krai co-hosted the Asia-Pacific Forum on social investment in the Russian Far East. More...
Labor Migration
Lawyers Need Training, Too
On August 4-5, Eurasia Foundation of Central Asia (EFCA) conducted a training for its Labor Migrant Support Center lawyers in Shymkent, Kazakhstan. The training was led by experienced trainer Mr. Vadim Nee, National Expert of the International Labor Organization. More...
Media Development
Hot Off the Press: Building Regional Print Media in Armenia
There are currently approximately fifty regional print media outlets in Armenia. However, in some areas journalists frequently self-censor, print media distribution is limited, newspaper outlets rely on outside sources of funding, print media content is frequently controlled by political parties and wealthy individuals or there are no daily local newspapers at all. More...
Small Business Development
Modern Business Practices Meet Traditional Handcrafts On July 9, Eurasia Foundation of Central Asia (EFCA) launched the first Craftsman Resource Center in Shymkent, South Kazakhstan. The center was developed through the Craftsmanship Development and Rebirth of Traditional Art Trade in Kazakhstan program, funded by EFCA and Chevron... More...
Growing Entrepreneurs in Central Asia Nurzhan Sunaiyldaeva is 27 years old. She is married, raising three school-age children and has never worked before. Her husband does maintenance work at a school, earning hardly enough to meet the family’s basic needs. Nurzhan began attending sewing classes at the recently opened Entrepreneurship Training Center in Chaek village of Narin oblast. More...
Youth Activism
Safer Schools in Central Asia: EFCA Hosts Roundtable on School Bullying
In July, Eurasia Foundation of Central Asia (EFCA) organized a roundtable at the Kyrgyzstan president’s southern state residence on school bullying. Entitled Unite Our Forces Against School Bullying, the roundtable was funded by USAID and OSCE... More...
Training the Trainers: Certifying Youth Fund Grant Committees
Eurasia Partnership Foundation’s (EPF) Azerbaijan Youth Fund program held its third stage certification workshop and final examinations for Training of Trainers (ToT) participants in Baku. More...
After an extensive search, Eurasia Foundation has named the inaugural class of Bill Maynes Fellows: Anna Koshman (left), executive director of the Russian Alliance of Independent Regional Publishers (AIRP) in Moscow, Russia and Ekaterine Siradze-Delaunay (right), executive director of the International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) in Tbilisi, Georgia. 