I. New Brochure Published: The Direction of Women's NGOs: Review, Instruments & Useful Advice
III. Russian Schoolchildren will study in American Schools
I. New Brochure Published: The Direction of Women's NGOs: Review, Instruments & Useful Advice.
Through the European Union's Tacis-Phare Democracy project, a new brochure has been published entitled "Women traveling on the Information Superhighway."
Three countries helped put together this brochure: Russia -- The women's innovational fund "Vostok-Zapad" (Moscow), Businesswomen's Club (Perm), Germany -- The women's fund "Frauen-Anstiftung (Hamburg), "Syrena" (Munich), "Lola Press" (Berlin), Czech Republic -- "ProFem" (Prague). The brochure is published in three languages: Russian, English & Czech. All versions are available on CD-ROM.
Inside the book one finds illuminating chapters on the problems of financing women's organizations and communicating with the public. Includes an analysis of the third sector in the post-socialist countries of Eastern Europe. The appendix includes the addresses of organizations, electronic resources and women's servers.
The book may be ordered at the
Women's Innnovation Fund
"Vostok-Zapad"
Fax: (095) 931-3123
E-mail: [email protected]
II. The Public Association of Invalids "Vekhi" invites invalids to a free course on the preparation of managers/analysts.
The course "Managers/Analysts Use of Information" is worth 30 academic hours. Heading this course is the mathematician Sergei Fedorovich Rogov of the Association of Mathematical Programmers and preacher from the Moscow Methodological Church.
Participants will receive theoretical knowledge of marketing research, the market, types of advertisements, information technology in advertisements and so on. Additonally, there will be practical opportunities to use the acquired knowledge.
Contact telephone: 303-2483
(Aleksander Nikolaevich Dyeev).
III. Russian Schoolchildren will study in American Schools
An open competition starts October 1st for Russian schoolchildren to study in the States as part of the "Freedom Support Act" (Bradley Program) for the 1997-1998 school year. This program gives the schoolchildren the opportunity to spend a full school year studying in American high schools.
Students in 9th and 10th grades are encouraged to apply. Successful applicants will have mastery of the English language, have a shining academic record and possess the qualities which would permit them to derive the maximum benefit from this exchange program.
All students, answering the selection criteria are invited to take part in the competition. ACTR's teachers will review the first level of applicants. Candidates who have successfully passed the first competition level will go on to the second level. The second level will be an English-language exam and reading. Students who've successfully passed this level will then pass on to the conference with ACTR's represententatives, after which they will be asked to fill a more detailed application.
Additional information may be received from ACTR by phone: 230-4550; fax: 230-2223.
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