I. Russian NGOs Developed Alternative Plan on Environmental Protection in Russia
II. Charity Foundation "Russian Family" Provides Entertainment for Children
ANNOUNCEMENTS
III. Seminar of the Independent Women's Forum in Moscow
IV. Internews-Moscow Created a Web Page on Mass Media
V. Open Society Institute and Library of Congress Announce Fellowship Program
VI. Program "Hand of Help" of the Foundation "Names" to Assist People with HIV/AIDS
I. Russian NGOs Developed Alternative Plan on Environmental Protection in Russia
Over 50 Russian NGOs have created an alternative plan to reflect public opinion and input on the Russian government's National Plan of Environmental Protection Actions which was created without NGO and public participation. The NGOs' Alternative Plan was initiated and organized by the "Ecosoglasie" (Ecoagreement) Center to attract public attention to environmental problems and to demonstrate the need for reforms based not upon governmental directives, but "from below" and from citizens' participation in shaping state policy. The "Ecosoglasie" contact phone number in Moscow is (095)280-8067.
II. Charity Foundation "Russian Family" Provides Entertainment for Children
The children's museum "House of Fairy Tales" was created by the charity foundation "Russian Family" a year and a half ago as a cultural and entertainment center for children. All events at the museum are free and parents have to put their names on a waiting list in order to visit the museum, sometimes even two months in advance. Fairy tale characters accompany children in their tour of the museum and children can dress in costumes of their favorite personages and improvise a performance.
"Russian Family" also sponsors a chidlren's newspaper "Zhili- Byli . . ." (Once upon a time there was. . .) and a traveling puppet theater, which gives performances in hospitals and children's boarding houses under the project "Fairy Tale in a Hospital."
Contact phone number for the "Russian Family" charity foundation in Moscow: (095) 250-3000.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
III. Seminar of the Independent Women's Forum in Moscow
August 23-26, the Information Center of the Independent Women's Forum is organizing a seminar on women's rights and problems in a transitional society. The seminar coincides with the second anniversary of the Information and Education project of the Independent Women's Forum. As part of the seminar, the Forum will organize a meeting of Russian women's grassroots organizations on August 26 at 4:00 PM. Contact phone number in Moscow: (095) 366-9274
IV. Internews-Moscow Created a Web Page on Mass Media
A new World Wide Web Page on mass media has been created to promote information exchange among journalists and contains materials from the National Association of TV Broadcasting, Journalists' Union of Russia, Russian-American Press Information Center, the Duma's Commission on Mass Media, and a number of other sources. Most of the materials are in Russian and can be read in CP1251 Cyrillic for Windows font. The project was implemented with the support of the Eurasia Foundation and Soros Foundation. The site also has information on Ukrainian mass media.
Information about Internews can be accessed at http://www.internews.org.
The URL of the page is http://www.internews.ras.ru.
Information on Ukrainian mass media is at http://www.internews.kiev.ua.
Comments and suggestions about the page are welcome. The phone number for Eric Johnson, Internews in Moscow, is: (095) 973-2144
V. Open Society Institute and Library of Congress Announce Fellowship Program
The Open Society Institute's Regional Program on Libraries in Budapest (Hungary) and the Library of Congress in Washington, DC, invite librarians and information specialists from Central Europe and NIS to participate in a 1997 training program on the American library system, Internet resources and library management. The training session is seven weeks and includes lectures, seminars, practical experience and use of the Internet.
Application deadline is September 6, 1996. Applicants should have a good command of English and must take the Test Of English as Foreign Language (TOEFL). For more information, contact:
Melissa Hagemann
Open Society Institute
P.O. Box 10/25, Budapest 114
1525 Hungary
Tel.: (361) 327-3100
Fax: (361) 327-3101
E-mail: [email protected]
VI. Program "Hand of Help" of the Foundation "Names" to Assist People with HIV/AIDS
The program "Hand of Help" is intended to provide psychological support and legal assistance for people with HIV/AIDS and their families. Among the Foundation's workers are people with HIV/AIDS.
For more information, contact its offices in Moscow and other cities:
P.O. Box 130
Moscow 113303
Tel./fax: (095) 263-1093, 261-4992
Contact: Roman Dudnik
St.Petersburg:
Tel.: (812) 259-9481,
Fax: (812) 580-8260
Contact: Sergei Tsvetov
Rostov-on-Don:
Tel.: (8632) 66-94-72
Fax: (8632) 34-47-11
Contact: Marina Malysheva
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