ISAR has announced a second round of USAID-sponsored funding for US-NIS non- governmental organizations working cooperatively on environmental projects. Programs eligible for support include: environmental information-gathering and monitoring, legal and legislative efforts, public education, organic farming, and community clean-up projects and may involve any environmental issue of mutual concern. The program will fund projects in Central Asia, Russia, Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine.

Collaborative work is a key component of this funding program. Proposals must be developed through mutual discussion and agreement and part of the proposal must show how the organizations will sustain longer-term collaboration after the project is completed. The program will offer two levels of support: larger grants, up to $75,000, for projects representing an expansion of an existing partnership; and smaller grants, up to $25,000, for groups that are in the early stages of collaboration.

The application deadline is December 15. For more information and a complete application packet, contact ISAR in Washington, DC, or one of its NIS regional offices:

U.S.

ISAR
Attn: US-NIS NGO Cooperation Project
1601 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 301
Washington, DC 20009
Tel: (202) 387-3034

Russia

ISAR Russia
Attn: US/Russian Cooperative Project
a/ya 210
Moscow 121019 G-19
Tel: (7-095) 241-8497.

Ukraine

ISAR
Attn: US-Western Sector NGO Cooperation Project
a/ya 10
Kyiv 253010
Tel: (7-044) 290-65-04.

Kazakhstan

ISAR
Attn: US-Central Asian NGO Cooperation Project
Komzhamkulova 117-83
Almaty 480096
Tel: (7-3272) 32-03-45.

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