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Internet Resources for Eurasia,
2001 EditionE-mail lists, or listservs as they are sometimes called, create “virtual communities” in the same way as a good printed magazine creates a kind of community among its loyal readers and people who write letters to the editor. The advantage of the electronic version is that it can be supported by groups as small as 10 or 20 people, each living in a different nation or region of the world. There are virtually no economies of scale when the process of joining or leaving an e-mail list is automated; it takes as much work for the list administrator to to post a message to 10 as to 10,000 people.
As a result, today there are thousands of listservs and news groups (a variant on the e-mail list). They are especially helpful to communities of people that are relatively small and dispersed, such as the Armenian diaspora. Increasingly, e-mail lists are associated with a website, at which one can sign on or off the list and also often find archives of previous postings. These archives are an excellent resource in themselves, and we have tried to provide their websites whenever we knew their URL.
Since e-mail tends to get out of control, we have tried where possible to provide some sense of the volume of e-mail a particular list will generate. This may help you decide whether to join that list. Of course, if a list has archives, spending a few minutes looking at them will be your best guide to list volume.
Where we give the size of an average list posting, it is in terms of kilobytes, or KB, received per day or week. This page (which has some white space), has about 365 words on it, and represents about 3.6 KB if sent as an e-mail. On a 15” monitor, it would fill two-three screens of text.
Below you will see see some list sign-up instructions in the sections below that ask you to send an e-mail to a certain address with a message consisting of something like, subscribe rabe-l firstname last name. In cases like this, the terms firstname and lastname are variables. You should replace them with your own first and last names, leaving a space between. Thus, if you decided to try signing up for the RABE-L list and your name were Alex Rodriguez, your message would read subscribe rabe-l Alex Rodgriguez.
Finally, we make a plea as administrators of an e-mail list, CivilSoc, that we have been operating since 1994. When responding to a message posted to a listserv, be aware that hitting the “Reply” option sends anything you write in response to a particular posting back to the list administrator, or worse, to the entire list. This is a great nuisance, and it happens far more often than it should.
Normally, any message on a listserv has a specific e-mail address to
which to respond. You need to compose a new e-mail and enter that address.
Choosing “Reply” does not send your response to that particular
address.
CivilSoc
fpmail.friends-partners.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/civilsoc
Sponsored by Civil Society International, CivilSoc carries news
related to the development of nongovernmental organizations, democratic reform
and other civil society projects in Eurasia. It includes announcements of
conferences; grant opportunities, and training programs; reviews of electronic
and training resources; and profiles of Eurasian non-governmental organizations
and projects by U.S.-based groups in the region. The list is moderated and
messages are kept concise. To post a message to the list, send it to [email protected].
Subscription is done at the website.
IREX-L
IREX is one of the major U.S. academic exchange and foreign
assistance institutions involved in the CEE/NIS regions. The IREX-L is an
announcement service centered on IREX's activities in Central and Eastern
Europe, the former Soviet republics, Mongolia, and China, as well as in the
United States. Postings include news and brief updates on conferences and policy
forums, new grants and programs, and a monthly calendar of events. To
subscribe to the list address an e-mail to [email protected].
In the message area write,
subscribe irex-l. Send
the message.
Oushakine List
Serguei Alex. Oushakine maintains this list through Columbia
University in New York. The announcements tend to favor material of interest to
those in the academic community. To subscribe,
e-mail Serguei at [email protected].
Washington-online
Вашингтон-онлайн
www.internationalcenter.com/icrussia.htm
This list goes to more than 4,000 subscribers in Russia, of whom
about 75 percent are in the Moscow and St. Petersburg region.
Many work either in journalism or for NGOs.
Topics covered include U.S. politics, especially with regards to Russia;
U.S.-Russia exchange programs; developments in visa and immigration regulations;
and human rights assistance. To subscribe, send an e-mail to [email protected].
Yahoo! Groups
groups.yahoo.com
Yahoo! hosts hundreds of e-groups dealing with Russia, Ukraine,
and other formerly Soviet republics. To find them, click on Regional, then
Countries, then pick the country of interest.
CEEMAN-L
ecolu-info.unige.ch/archives/
CEEMAN-L is managed by retired professor of finance Dennis
McConnell for the Central and East European Management Development Association
(CEEMAN), based in Slovenia. While the primary purpose of the list is to provide
information for CEEMAN members, McConnell monitors so many information
resources, electronic and print, that there is something for everyone on this
list. He is good at finding not only information about academic exchange
programs and funding opportunities, but also a wide variety of online tools and
resources for management students and professors. Archives are available at the
website. To subscribe, send a message directly to McConnell ([email protected]),
and provide your name, e-mail address, postal address, institutional
affiliation, and academic/professional interests.
CERRO-L
CERRO is an acronym for Central European Regional Research
Organization. The list is a combination of announcements and discussion on the
general topic of economic reform in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. Archives of back
messages are available at ecolu-info.unige.ch/archives/.
To post a message to the list, send it to [email protected]. To subscribe, send the message subscribe cerro-l
firstname lastname to listserv@
wu-wien.ac.at.
ELDIS Development Reporter
www.eldis.org
ELDIS, “the gateway to information on development,” is
hosted by the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK. The Development
Reporter carries general news and information; there are 21 subject-focused
bulletins also. Subscriptions are free and can be obtained either at the website
or by e-mailing [email protected].
(The website includes descriptions and links to over 3,000 organisations and
over 6,000 full-text online documents covering development and environmental
issues.) To help those with limited or no access to the Internet, ELDIS offers
an automated service to deliver documents by email, making use of the Bellanet
web-to-email service. For full instructions on receiving a web document as an
email message, send an email to [email protected].
Transition Newsletter
www.worldbank.org/html/prddr/trans/WEB/recent.htm
The Development Economics Research Group at the World Bank publishes and distributes for free this bi-monthly “newsletter about reforming economies.” Links to archives and a Russian version of the newsletter can be found at the site.
Arnova-L
A forum for researchers of nonprofit organizations and
philanthropy. Most of the discussion is related to the U.S., but the list
includes researchers from Europe and Asia. To subscribe, send the message subscribe
arnova-l firstname lastname to [email protected].
Democracy_News
www.ned.org/demnews/exchange.html
The countries of the former USSR are not the only ones which are
in the process of trying to establish democratic forms of government and robust
civil societies. Democracy_News is a monthly bulletin which carries news of
conferences, Websites, publications, book reviews and other resources related to
democracy-building efforts in Eastern Europe and the NIS, Africa, Asia, and
Latin America. It is a publication of the National Endowment for Democracy,
which funds hundreds of such projects around the world. Some issues include an
essay on developments in a particular region or on a specific topic, such as
corruption. To submit an announcement for inclusion in Democracy_News, send it
to [email protected].
To subscribe, send the message subscribe democracy_news to [email protected].
Friends
Companion of the innovative Friends and Partners Internet site
established by Greg Cole in Knoxville, Tennessee, and Natasha Bulashova in
Puschino, Russia, Friends is a “digested” list, which means messages posted
to the list are combined into one file which is distributed to subscribers once
every two or three weeks. To subscribe, send the message subscribe friends
firstname lastname to [email protected].
ISTR-L
An e-mail list sponsored by the International Society for
Third-Sector Research (ISTR), a major international association promoting
research and education in the fields of philanthropy, civil society, and the
nonprofit sector. Most of the
subscribers are academic researchers. To subscribe, send to [email protected]
the message, subscribe istr-l firstname lastname.
RFE/RL (Un)Civil Societies
An excellent weekly collection of news briefs from RFE/RL about freedom of the press, religion, and other civil society issues in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. To subscribe, send an email to [email protected] with the word subscribe in the message’s Subject line. Back issues are available online at www.rferl.org/ucs.
EnvCEE-L
An excellent source for news and announcements related to the
environment in Eastern Europe and the NIS. The list is sponsored by the
Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC), a non-profit
organization based near Budapest, Hungary. Each month EnvCEE-L includes a
calendar of environment-related conferences and workshops. Archives are
available at ecolu-info.unige.ch/archives/.
To post a message to the list, send it to [email protected].
To subscribe, send the message
subscribe envcee-l firstname lastname to [email protected].
EnvEvents-L
A bulletin which lists conferences, exhibits, seminars, and
workshops in Europe and North America that focus on environmental and public
health issues. The list, which is sponsored by the Regional Environmental Center
(REC), comes out once or twice a month. Back issues are archived in a searchable
database at the REC’s website www.rec.org/REC/Databases/Events/
EventsFind.html. To have events listed in an upcoming bulletin, send
an announcement to [email protected]
and put Events Database in the subject line. To subscribe, send the message
subscribe
envevents-l your name to [email protected].
Green World Baltic
News
Baltic News is the e-mail newsletter of Green World, an
environmental non-governmental organization near St. Petersburg. It reports on a
variety of environmental events, projects, and resources by Green World and
other organizations. The bulletin is available in English and Russian. Back
issues are archived at the Green World website www.greenworld.org.ru
(select Periodicals on home page.
To subscribe to the English edition, send the message subscribe
nuclear_news <your-mail address> to [email protected].
To subscribe to the Russian edition, send the message subscribe nuclear_rus
<your e-mail address> to [email protected]. For help, send an e-mail to Oleg
Bodrov at [email protected].
Transboundary and
Environmental News
TEN is a Russian-language bi-weekly compilation of
environment-related news briefs about the region composed of the Baltic States,
Finland and northwest Russia. The news items are taken from national news
agencies and cover such issues as energy, agriculture, environmental protection,
and border issues. Back issues are archived at www.teia.org.
To receive the bulletin via e-mail, send a message to: [email protected].
UCEF Friends List
www.USEuroEnviroFoundation.org
UCEF, the United States--Central and Eastern European Environment Foundation, was founded in January 2000 and is dedicated to improving the state of the environment in Central and Eastern Europe by developing partnerships between groups in the region and groups, such as grant-making institutions, NGOs, and environmental professionals, in the USA. UCEF works in close partnership with the Regional Environmental or Central and Eastern Europe (REC) in Budapest. To subscribe to the UCEF-Friends list send an e-mail to [email protected]. If you have trouble subscribing, send an email to [email protected].
CIS Grantmonitor
This list is intended for NIS grant seekers (NGOs and
individuals). The focus is on humanitarian, scientific, educational and other
nonprofit projects. Selections are made by staff of the Regional Fundraising
Center in St. Petersburg. to
subscribe, send a message to [email protected].
Grants
Until recently, Marek Tiits of Estonia ran this useful list, providing information on a wide variety of grants and fellowship competitions. Now it appears that Kristina Kallas is the moderator. Many announcements are geared toward those in the academic or scientific communities, but others apply to NGOs, artists, or other categories. To subscribe, send an email either to Marek [email protected] or to Kristina [email protected]. To post an announcement of a grant or fellowship competition, send your email to [email protected].
CEEscholarships and NISscholarships
www.conflicttransformation.org
Craig Zelizer is project director, Alliance for Conflict Transformation, and Ph.D. Candidate, Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University, Alexandria, VA. He manages these two lists, primarily for students and scholars from the former Soviet republics and the Central Eastern Europe region seeking ways to finance their academic work in the West. They are active lists, with nearly daily postings. To subscribe to either of these lists go to www.groups.yahoo.com/group/nisjobs/join or send an e-mail to [email protected]. (If it’s the NISscholarships list that interests you, replace the term ceescholarships in the preceding e-mail address with nisscholarships. Just send the e-mail, leaving both the Subject line and message area blank. You will receive a message confirming your subscription. Zelizer has two e-mail addresses: [email protected] or [email protected].
EurasiaMedInfo
EurasiaMedInfo highlights information resources of interest to health professionals working in the NIS and CEE region. It is also a resource for health professionals from other countries working collaboratively with these regions, or who are interested in international health issues.
Health Resources Bulletins, periodically distributed on this list, include information about Internet resources on health and medicine. In addition, the bulletins contain general information about the Internet and how to effectively use Internet tools.
The availability of selected full text documents which have been translated into languages of the Eurasia and Eastern Europe, and that can be accessed through the EurasiaHealth Knowledge Network is also announced from time to time on EurasiaMedInfo.
EurasiaMedInfo is available in English and Russian. If you need assistance with Cyrillic fonts, please see “Tech Topic #23: Using Cyrillic on Computers and the Internet” available on the American International Health Alliance website at www.aiha.com/english/programs/ict/techtop/topic23.cfm.
To
subscribe, send an email to [email protected]
with the words subscribe EurasiaMedInfo in the body of the message. Or,
subscribe from the EurasiaHealth Web site at www.eurasiahealth.org/english/mail/subscribe.cfm.
CEEjobs, Conflictjobs, and NISjobs
www.conflicttransformation.org
Craig Zelizer is project director, Alliance for Conflict
Transformation, and Ph.D. Candidate, Institute for Conflict Analysis and
Resolution, George Mason University, Alexandria, VA. He manages these three
lists, for jobseekers in the Central and Eastern Europe region. They are active
lists, with nearly daily postings. Job opportunities posted might be for either
Americans or citizens of the CEE/NIS region. To subscribe to any or all of these
lists go to www.groups.yahoo.com/group/nisjobs/join
or send an e-mail to [email protected].
(If it’s the Conflictjobs or NISjobs list that interests you, replace the term
ceejobs in the preceding e-mail address with conflictjobs or
nisjobs. Just send the e-mail, leaving both the Subject line and message
area blank. You will receive a message confirming your subscription. Zelizer
has two e-mail addresses: [email protected]
or [email protected].
Opportunities (Network of
East-West Women)
www.neww.org/mailman/listinfo/opportunities/
NEWW maintains five lists, of which the Opportunities (jobs, funding) is one of the most active. Subscription forms are at the respective web pages. Archives of this list are at the website above.
Clinical Legal
Education
A Russian-language list focused on clinical legal education and
public interest law. To subscribe,
send the message subscribe rusclinics to [email protected].
International Law-Related Lists
www.lib.uchicago.edu/~llou/lawlists/international.html
Compiled and regularly updated by Lyonette Louis-Jacques,
Foreign and International Law Librarian and Lecturer, University of Chicago Law
School, this list is an excellent resource. It includes scores of e-mail lists
and online journals which focus on a wide array of law-related topics.
MINELRES
This list describes itself merely as “a forum for discussion on minorities in Central and Eastern Europe,” but it is a very good forum indeed. List topics regularly include:
§
news of conferences, meetings, seminars;
§
grants, fellowships and other funding opportunities;
§
recent and anticipated publications of interest to participants;
§
major human/minority rights events and emergencies;
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activities of human rights NGOs in the region;
§
legislation of Central/East European states pertinent to human
rights, minority rights, “ethnopolitics”;
§
leads to educational and training materials, archives, and sources
of relevant information available through the Internet.
To subscribe or submit inquiries, send an e-mail to [email protected].
List archives are at www.riga.lv/minelres/archive.htm.
www.mshr.ru
MSHR started this list in October 1999 and it is an active one,
but in Russian only. It is intended for “information and ideas exchange in all
fields concerning human rights, democracy, culture of peace, tolerance education
etc.” The intended audience is high school or university students, teachers
and professors, staff of advanced training systems, educational authorities, and
representatives of NGOs. One can
join the list from the website. To learn how to subscribe by e-mail, send your
query to [email protected].
Public Interest Law Network,
PILN-Clinics
www.pili.org
These two lists are managed by moderated by Edwin Rekosh ([email protected]) of Columbia Law School’s Public Interest Law Initiative. The first list began in 1996 and today has more than 500 members in 20 countries. The second is a discussion list on clinical legal education “for the benefit of those who are establishing legal clinics within the law faculties of Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia.” Both lists are open and anyone can subscribe either by visiting the website or by using e-mail. If you choose the latter method, send a message to [email protected] with the following text subscribe PILN firstname lastname your e-mail address. Substitute PILN-Clinics for PILN in the foregoing message to subscribe to that list.
Roma Rights
This is the online newsletter of the European Roma Rights Center. Subscriptions are managed online at errc.org/publications/mlist/ index.shtml.
FSUmedia
FSUmedia is an interesting list that focuses on the media and
projects of Western organizations to support the development of an independent
media in Eurasia. It is a project of Internews, based in Arcata, CA. To
subscribe to this list, send an e-mail to [email protected]
with the words subscribe fsumedia in the message area. If you have
problems, contact Mikhail Doroshevich at [email protected].
IJNet
www.ijnet.org/about.html
IJNet is a weekly bulletin published by the International Center
for Journalists (ICFJ). It highlights the latest media training and assistance
news from Central and Eastern Europe the NIS, Africa and Latin America. Complete
texts of previous bulletins can be retrieved using a search engine at the
International Journalists’ Network website.
RFE/RL Media Matters
This weekly service is prepared on the basis of reports by RFE/RL
broadcast services and other sources. It is distributed every Friday. To
subscribe, send an e-mail to
[email protected]
with the word subscribe
in the Subject line. Back issues are online at
www.rferl.org/mm/.
RIPnet News
www.ripnet.org/subinfo.htm
The Russian Intercessory Prayer Network (RIPnet) runs this
fairly active (100KB/week) Christian nondenominational e-mail list and through
it provides a good deal of information on the state of religion and religious
liberty in Russia. To receive the full text e-mail, send an e-mail to [email protected].
To receive e-mail notice of article titles only (which can be accessed online),
send an e-mail to [email protected].
Network of East-West Women
www.neww.org/mailman/listinfo/opportunities/
www.neww.org/mailman/listinfo/women-east-west/
NEWW maintains five lists, of which the Opportunities (jobs, funding) and the Women-East-West (Development of grassroots women’s movements) lists are two of the most active. Others are: academic-resources, neww-rights and women-in-war. Subscription forms are at the respective web pages. Archives of postings are to be found at www.neww.org/mailman/listinfo/opportunities/, www.neww.org/mailman/listinfo/women-east-west/, etc.
NIS Observed, The
www.bu.edu/iscip/
The Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology and Policy at
Boston University publishes this e-mail newsletter, as well as one called Perspective.
The NIS Observed is a biweekly collection of short articles from a
variety of news sources and journals dealing with Russia and the NIS (Eurasia). Perspective
comes out quarterly and consists of longer essays and opinion pieces by
specialists—not necessarily associated with ISCIP. To
subscribe or unsubscribe to either publication send a request to [email protected].
Back issues of both publications are available at the institute’s website,
along with a key word search engine to assist in finding specific articles.
RFE/RL Newsline
Probably
the best single source of news available, Radio Free Europe/Radio
Liberty’s daily bulletin contains news briefs about events in Eastern Europe
and Eurasia. Each bulletin is divided in two parts of about 30-40 KB each; the
first covers Russia, Transcaucasia, and Central Asia; the second covers Central,
Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. Archives are available at www.rferl.org/newsline.
To subscribe, send an email to [email protected]
with the word subscribe on the Subject line of the message. For
subscription problems or other inquiries, send an email to [email protected].
RFE/RL
Security Watch
Another weekly RFE/RL listserv, but this one’s focus is
“Security, Corruption and Foreign Policy in Russia and the Post-Communist
Region.” To subscribe, send an email to [email protected]
with the word subscribe in the message Subject line. Back issues are
online at www.rferl.org/securitywatch/.
Transitions
Online—Intelligent Eastern Europe
www.tol.cz
Transitions Online is the online successor to Transitions magazine. A Czech nonprofit dedicated to strengthening independent journalism, TOL is based in Prague and uses a network of local correspondents in the region. New at TOL is a weekly service that claims 27,000 subscribers and consists of thumbnail descriptions of stories posted on the TOL website, with links to them. There is also usually one essay on a timely issue—e.g., at this writing, the Gazprom takeover of Russia’s NTV station—included in each New at TOL issue. Average size of an issue is 15 KB. Subscriptions and archives are at the website.
BALLERINA-L
An online bulletin board for announcements related to
environment, natural resources, and sustainable development in the Baltic Sea
Region. Messages are archived at www.baltic-region.net/meetpoin/maillist.htm.
To post a message to the list, send it to [email protected].
To subscribe, send the message subscribe ballerina-l to [email protected].
Barents-L
Barents-L was started in late 1993 as a forum for discussions
concerning the Barents Euro-Arctic Region among researchers at Umea University
in Sweden. Postings are mostly of value to scientists and academics. Back
messages are archived at ftp://ftp.umu.se/user/home/mao-ftp/public/
BARENTS-L-Archive/. To
subscribe, send the message subscribe barents-l firstname lastname to [email protected].
EcoNews A monthly Russian-language journal published by the Independent
Ecological Information Center in St. Petersburg, EcoNews focuses on
environmental issues in northwest Russia and the Baltics. In contrast to other
e-mail bulletins focused on the same topic, EcoNews tends to have longer,
more philosophical essays. To subscribe, send the message subscribe econews
to [email protected].
www.friends-partners.org/oldfriends/valery/econews/econews.html
Armenian NGO News in Brief
www.ngoc.am
This biweekly e-bulletin is produced by the NGO Training and
Resource Center and subscription is done through its website.
Armenian Weekly Online
www.hairenik.org/
To receive notification of updates, and to receive a weekly
mailing of selected articles from The Armenian Weekly, send a blank email
to [email protected]
or simply use the subscription form at the AWOL website.
Azerbaijan Democracy
Monitor
www.andf-az.org/
The Democracy Monitor is a “digest on the activities of
the pro-democracy movement in Azerbaijan” sponsored by various Western
funders, and produced by the Azerbaijan National Democracy Foundation (ANDF) in
Baku in Azeri and English editions. The weekly Bulletin goes to 5,000
subscribers in 65 countries and is produced in Russian as well. Editor of both
services is Ulvi Hakimov. To see archived issues of either publication, go to
the ANDF website. To be added to the bulletin’s mailing list, send an e-mail
to [email protected].
Glasnost Caucasus Daily News Service R, E www.glasnostonline.org/index_eng.htm
This service is provided by the Glasnost Foundation, one of the
first independent news organizations to emerge in the mid-1980s in Russia.
Sergei Grigoryants founded it and now serves as chairman of the board. Glasnost
News Service receives funding from a variety of Western sources and has its own
correspondents working in the Caucasus region and Transcaucasus (Armenia,
Azerbaijan, and Georgia). It claims to be one of the few sources of information
that remains independent and uncensored by Russian authorities, especially with
regard to the Chechnya conflict. The daily service is approximately 5-10KB in
each language. Archives are at the website. To subscribe
send a message to [email protected].
Habarlar-L
Habarlar-L is an electronic mailing list which focuses on
Azerbaijan and Caucasia. The list is moderated and consists of news postings
from wire services, government ministries, regional newspapers, and NGOs. To
subscribe, send the message subscribe habarlar-l firstname lastname to [email protected].
Independent Society Human Rights in Georgia
E, Geo See also a related website of the ISHRG, hro.iatp.org.ge.
Together these sites offer information about human rights organizations, human
rights documents and legislation, country reports published by local and
international non-governmental organizations as well as governments, and more. NGO News Bulletin (Georgia) This weekly bulletin published by the Horizonti Foundation in
Tbilisi reports on the activities of NGOs in Georgia, and carries news on
conferences, workshops, funding opportunities, and other items of interest. To
be added to the list, send a message to [email protected]. North Caucasus NGO Monitor This electronic bulletin is a publication of the Nonviolence
International–Newly Independent States organization. Its goals, in its words,
are: §
to help in exploring new approaches for humanitarian activities
which allow supporting elements of civil society in the North Caucasus, while
significantly lowering the security risks associated with such activities; The
Monitor is one of the few sources of information on the role NGOs are playing in
providing humanitarian relief to victims of the Chechen conflict. To subscribe,
send an e-mail either to the Monitor’s editor, Andre Kamenshikov, at Independent Society Human Rights in Georgia
www.ishrg.org
www.horizonti.org
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to provide continuous information about constructive activities of
NGOs on a community level in areas of tension and conflict in the North
Caucasus;
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to highlight the work of dedicated local activists, who despite
extreme difficulties work toward peace, reconciliation, social and economical
revival of their communities.
Right to Speech
www.pipl.ge/rseng/index.html
It’s not clear whether this online newsletter—“the first
free weekly bulletin of the NGO sector in West Georgia”—will continue to be
published regularly but the latest issues and its current status can be found at
the website.
Transcaucasus: A Chronology
This monthly publication, now in its tenth year, examines significant political, economic and social developments in Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Nagorno Karabagh. It is a publication of the Armenian National Committee of America and is compiled and written by Richard Giragosian. Christopher Hekimian is editor. Recently, the average length of a monthly report has been about 45 KB. To be included in the list, contact Giragosian at Independent Society Human Rights in Georgia [email protected]. For back issues, go to Independent Society Human Rights in Georgia www.anca.org.
CenAsia
People with projects in Central Asia, as well as those with a
general interest in the region, will find the CenAsia list to be an excellent
resource. CenAsia includes:
announcements of meetings and job openings; news of organizations working in the
region; leads to other Internet resources related to the region; and references
to print materials, such as journals and dictionaries.
CenAsia is also a political discussion list, and unlike some discussion
lists on the Internet, is distinguished by the high quality of discussion and
the background and expertise of its participants. Archives of CenAsia are
available at Independent Society Human Rights in Georgia
www.eurasianet.org/resource/cenasia/hypermail/
news/. To post a message to the
list, send it to [email protected].
To subscribe, send the message subscribe cenasia firstname lastname to
Independent Society Human Rights in Georgia
[email protected].
CentralAsia-L
www.fas.harvard.edu/~casww/CASWW_CentralAsia-L.html
CentralAsia-L has been operating since 1995 and is sponsored by
the Harvard Forum for Central Asian Studies.
The list is moderated, has about 3,000 members, and carries announcements
about conferences, cultural events, calls for papers, new books, jobs, and
academic programs—all related to Central Asia or “greater Central Asia”:
from Tibet, Eastern Turkistan, and Mongolia to Afghanistan, the Caucasus, and
Islamic and Turkic regions of Russia. To subscribe to CentralAsia-L, visit the
website. (Archives are at this site, too.) Or send the e-mail message subscribe
CentralAsia-L to Independent Society Human Rights in Georgia
[email protected].
Central Asian Media Support Project R, E
CAMSP was created by IREX, which operates the Internet Access
and Training Program (IATP) in Central Asia. (More about the IATP program is in
the Central Asia section of Websites.) It is intended for Uzbek, Kazakhstani,
Kyrgyzstani, and Tajik journalists who wish to communicate with each other on
contemporary issues. Postings can be in either English or Russian. To subscribe,
send an e-mail to Independent Society Human Rights in Georgia
[email protected], with the word subscribe
in the body of the message (not the Subject line).
Ecostan News R, E
A monthly bulletin in English and Russian which carries reports
on the environment and environmental movements in Central Asia. Ecostan News
is a good source of information on non-governmental organizations in the region.
Back issues are available at: Independent Society Human Rights in Georgia
www.ecostan.org.
To subscribe, send a message to Eric Sievers at Independent Society Human Rights in Georgia
[email protected].
A Russian language version is available by sending a message to Independent Society Human Rights in Georgia
[email protected].
Ferghana-Valley
www.fas.harvard.edu/~casww/Subscribe_Ferghana-Valley.html
The Harvard Forum for Central Asian Studies sponsors this discussion list for anybody interested in the development of the Ferghana Valley—lay people as well as experts, members of the international aid community, local government representatives, the NGO community, the donor community, business, etc. John Schoeberlein (Ecostan News [email protected]) is moderator.
To
subscribe, visit the website above. If you don’t have web access, write to the
moderator. Archives of recent Ferghana-Valley postings are at Ecostan News
www.friends-partners.org/pipermail/ferghana-valley/.
Older postings can be found at Ecostan News
www.friends-partners.org/lists/ferghana-valley/1999/.
Kazakhstan
Bulletin, Internews Network This informative weekly has a subscription form at the website.
Alternatively, to subscribe send an e-mail to Kazakhstan
Bulletin, Internews Network Kyrgyz
Committee for Human Rights This list is maintained by the beleaguered KCHR’s chairman,
Ramazan Dyryldaev, and it is one of the few windows into the state of civil
society in Kyrgyzstan. To be added to it, send an e-mail requesting as much to Kazakhstan
Bulletin, Internews Network RFE/RL Turkmen Report This important service focuses needed attention on a country
whose president has correctly been described as leading its citizens back into a
state of “medieval obscurantism.” The Report arrives weekly as a large
attachment, 100-200 KB. To subscribe, send an e-mail to Kazakhstan
Bulletin, Internews Network Turkistan-N Turkistan-N is an electronic newsletter which reports on the
“Land of the Turks,” which includes Central Asia and Azerbaijan. It includes
information about the culture, history, and news of Turkic peoples in this
region. An archive of old messages is available at the website. To subscribe,
send an e-mail—no message needed—to Kazakhstan
Bulletin, Internews Network UIGHUR-L Uighur-L is an open, unmoderated mailing list dedicated to
discussions on “Eastern Turkestan” (the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of
the People’s Republic of China), the Uighur people and related topics.
Archives of list postings are available at the website above. To
subscribe, send the message subscribe uighur-l to [email protected]. Uzbek Electronic Mass Media Bulletin R This biweekly bulletin features Uzbek independent media news.
Sign-up is on the website or, you may send an e-mail asking for help with
the sign-up process to
www.rferl.org/bd/tu/reports/
www.euronet.nl/users/sota/turkistan.htm
www.taklamakan.org/uighur-l/
www.internews.uz/
Belarus-ABM
directory.coollist.com/world/belarusian/
The Belarus list is the main place for people interested in
Belarus to meet each other on the Internet. The list is a mix of news stories,
announcements and discussion. To subscribe, go to the website. To post a message
to the list, send it to [email protected].
Corruption Watch
Corruption Watch is a
bi-weekly bulletin published by the Ukrainian Center for Independent Political
Research which reports on instances of corruption by national and local
government figures in Ukraine and efforts to combat corruption. Stories are
excerpted from Ukrainian newspapers or are written by staff members. To
subscribe, send a message to [email protected].
Charter ’97 Belarus Update
www.ilhr.org
Belarus Update is
a frequent bulletin published by the International League of Human Rights (ILHR)
as part of its Belarus Human Rights Support Project.
The bulletin carries news reports about the human rights situation in
Belarus and the activities of social movements which oppose President Alexander
Lukashenko. Back issues and other
information about ILHR’s Belarus project are available at the website.
To subscribe, send a message to [email protected].
Economic Reform Update
This is available in English from the Ukrainian Center for
Independent Political Research. To subscribe, send a message to [email protected].
News from Belarus from Charter 97
This is a very active list, sometimes providing three-four
postings a week of political and social news from Belarus. There is a strong
human-rights-and-democracy tilt to the selections. To be added to the list, send
a message to: [email protected].
Ukraine
ecolu-info.unige.ch/archives/
Dennis McConnell moderates this list of the Association of
Ukrainian Business Schools. (Dr. McConnell also moderates a CEE/NIS Management
Education list, CEEMAN-L, and RABE-L, a similar list for the Russian Association
of Business Schools). Archives are at the website above. To subscribe, send a
message directly to McConnell ([email protected]),
and provide your name, e-mail address, postal address, institutional
affiliation, and academic/professional interests.
Eurasia Foundation Russian Far East Office
The purpose of this list is to inform Eurasia Foundation
partners and grantees, and other donor organizations that work in Russia, about
the activities of the Eurasia Foundation and its grantees in the RFE.
However, any interested person can subscribe to the list and use its
website. To subscribe, visit the
list’s home page at rfeef.listbot.com.
Expat
If you are looking for a nanny in Moscow or the ATM machine with
the lowest user fee, then the Expat list is for you. Expat is a forum for the
community of expatriates in Moscow to share tips for living, working, and
shopping in Moscow. Advertisements are strictly forbidden.
To post a message to the list, send it to [email protected].
To subscribe, send the message subscribe expat to [email protected].
Human Rights,
Democracy, and Culture of Peace in Russia
The
Moscow School of Human Rights runs this active electronic mailing list for
students, teachers, non-governmental organizations, schools, and other groups
interested in civic education. The list is sponsored by IREX, with
financial support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. To subscribe, type subscribe in the body of an
e-mail and send it to
[email protected].
Johnson’s Russia List
R
www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/
Johnson’s Russia List is a daily e-mail newsletter “with
information and analysis about contemporary Russia from a wide range of
sources.” Managed by David Johnson, the list carries an eclectic collection of
wire service and foreign newspaper reports, translations from the Russian press,
and analytical pieces by Russian and foreign academics. Volume is heavy.
Individual issues of JRL average about 55KB daily, and there are sometimes two
in a day. To be added to the list,
send a message to [email protected].
Politics and Elections R
The Information and Research Center “Panorama” operates this
list under a grant from the Carnegie Corporation administered by IREX. The list
is in Russian and carries information about political organizations in the
Russian Federation, parties and movements, political leaders, federal elections,
and the mass media. The target audience is similar: regional information
centers, human rights groups, research institutes, and the Russian media.
Subscribe at [email protected].
RABE-L
ecolu-info.unige.ch/archives/
Dennis McConnell moderates this list of the Russian Association of Business Education. (Dr. McConnell also moderates a CEE/NIS Management Educaton list, CEEMAN-L, and an Association of Ukrainian Business Schools list, UKRAINE) Archives are at the website above. To subscribe, send a message directly to McConnell ([email protected]), and provide your name, e-mail address, postal address, institutional affiliation, and academic/professional interests.
Russia Reform Monitor
www.afpc.org/forms/subscribe.htm
Published by the American Foreign Policy Council, this is a
service of news briefs (each issue just 6 KB on average) published twice a week,
with an emphasis on issues of national security, proliferation, espionage, human
rights, and regional conflict. The Monitor’s viewpoint might be described as
skeptical of how much Russia has changed since Soviet times.
Subscribe either by going to the website above or by sending an e-mail to
[email protected]
and writing subscribe rrm in the message area. Archives are at www.afpc.org.
Russian Regional Report E, R
Russian Regional Report is a weekly survey of political, economic, and social trends in the 89 regions of the Russian Federation. Similar in style to the RFE/RL Newsline, the survey consists of brief reports about issues facing regional governments, including economic reform, tax collection and relations with the central government. RRR is published by the EastWest Institute, as part of EWI’s Rebuilding Russia program. A Russian-language edition is also available.
To subscribe to the English edition, send an e-mail message to [email protected]. Leave the Subject line blank. In the message area type the words subscribe regions and then your full name and institutional affiliation. To subscribe to the Russian edition, send an e-mail message to [email protected]. In the Subject line type RRB. In your message type subscribe RRB and then your full name and institutional affiliation.
For more information about the Russian Regional Report visit EWI’s Website at www.iews.org/RRRabout.nsf.
Russian Environmental Digest (REDfiles)
“The world’s major English-language press on environmental issues in Russia” is in fact a very good e-mail distribution, more or less bi-monthly, of “news clips” from a variety of sources such as Interfax, ITAR-TASS, the Financial Times, and BBC. To subscribe, send an e-mail to [email protected] with subscribe redfiles in the message body. The Russian Environmental Digest is edited by Elena Vassilieva of the Transboundary Environmental Information Agency (TEIA). She can be contacted at [email protected].
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