Grant Competition for Creation and Development of NGO Resource Centers in Russia

The goal of this grant program is to promote the development of a stable noncommercial sector in Russia's regions by supporting the development of NGO Resource Centers. The program specifically targets regions of Russia where the noncommercial sector is not as well developed, and so groups in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Nizhnii Novgorod and Ekaterinburg are EXCLUDED from this competition.

The program seeks to encourage the creation of a network of NGO Resource Centers in cities where:

there is already an NGO support base
there is evidence of at least the beginnings (or potential) of a noncommercial sector well established enough to warrant and support a full-scale NGO Resource Center, and
there exists an NGO (with support from other NGOs or other enterprises) which can administer such a center and secure a wide range of extra services.

These NGO Resource Centers will be expected to provide, either by themselves or with the support of other organizations, the following services:

determine what is need to assist local NGOs
organize consultations, seminars, and training on a wide range of topics, including: organizational development, official registration, financial management, taxation, collecting resources, carrying out public advocacy campaigns, creating coalitions, working with the media, etc.
create a database of NGOs within the local region
participate in special electronic conferences
secure Internet access, create Internet sites, and collect and disseminate information on the Internet
work with local government and advocate on behalf of local NGOs

This grant program is a combined initiative of the Eurasia Foundation, the Mott Foundation, and the Ford Foundation. The program is being administered by the Eurasia Foundation. For a brief introduction in Russian, and to download an application visit the Web site for Eurasia's Moscow office at:

KOI-8 Fonts: http://cci.glasnet.ru/KOI/~EURASIA/KON1297.HTM
Windows Fonts: http://cci.glasnet.ru/WIN/~EURASIA/KON1297.HTM

Or call or visit your local Eurasia office for more information and an application:

In Central Russia, North-West Russia, Urals and Siberia which includes: Barnaul, Arkangelsk, Vladimir, Irkutsk, Kaluga, Petrozavodsk, Novokuznetsk, Kemerovo, Krasnoyarsk, Petrozavodsk, Novokuznetsk, Kemerovo, Krasnoyarsk, Murmansk, Perm, Ryazan, Tver, Tomsk, Tyumen, Nizhnii Tagil and Magnitogorsk.

Program Coordinator: Tatyana Kovalenko
Address: Central Russia and Siberia Office
ul. Volkhonka, 14
Korp 5, 4 etazh
119842 Moscow
Tel: (095) 956-12-35
Fax: (095) 956-12-39
E-mail: [email protected]

In Povolzhe, Central-Black Earth region, and North Caucasus: Volgograd, Voronezh, Lipetsk, Orenburg, Rostov-on-Don, Saratov, Tambov, Stavropol, Ufa, and Saransk.

Program Specialist: Aleksandr Antonchikov
Address: Southern Russia Regional Office
a/ya 3321
410601 Saratov
Tel: (8452) 24-01-43, 72-20-68
(8452) 24-28-64
Fax: (8452) 24-28-64
E-mail: [email protected]

In the Russian Far East, Baikal area, and Sakha Republic (Yakutiya): Vladivostok, Khabarovsk, Yakutsk, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Chita, Ulan-Ude, Magadan, Blagoveschensk, and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatka.

Program Specialist: Yuliya Merkulova Address: Far East Regional Office
ul. Abrekovskaya, 8a
690001 Vladivostok
Tel: (4232) 300-063
Fax: (4232) 300-064
E-mail: [email protected]

The call for competition begins November 15, 1997 to February 2, 1998. The winners of the competition will be announced in April 1998 after consideration of applications.

The URL for this page is: http://www.friends-partners.org/~ccsi/announce/grntngo.htm
Last updated: January 5, 1997

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