VOICE International is an information clearinghouse and technical assistance network which operates a program of research, information dissemination, and referrals for NGOs in Central and Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States (NIS). Over the past three years, VOICE has supplied over 1,400 pieces of material to requesting organizations in nine countries in the region, and has provided an additional number of referrals and linkages to information and technical assistance sources in the U.S. and other Western countries.

Materials relating to policy, practice, programs and institution-building are provided to Central and East European and NIS information centers and NGOs for free and to U.S. organizations for a fee.

Examples of the materials that VOICE has provided to requesting organizations are listed below by category.

Texts of Specific Laws

• Exemplary law on adoptions (U.S.)

• Gender equity law (Sweden)

• Law on the education of handicapped children (U.S.)

• Sections from recent national constitutions relating to protection of human rights (Argentina and South Africa)

• Family and medical leave law from around the world.

Surveys/Analyses/Policy Proposals

• Survey and analysis of definition of poverty in industrialized countries

• World Health Organization�s recommended plan for AIDS education

Program Models

• Voter education projects.

• How to operate a homeless shelter.

• Programs for juvenile offenders.

• Community economic development.

• Description of a national phone service for children in need.

Institutional Development
Articles on:

• Fundraising

• Proposal writing

• Operation of Boards of Directors

• Strategic planning

• Financial management

Books
Through a donation from Family Service America, VOICE is able to offer limited quantities of "Interviewing, Its Principles and Methods," by Annett Garrett. This has been used as a text in U.S. schools of social work and translated into 20 languages. VOICE copies are in English.

Women�s Legal Rights/Issues
"The Legal Status of Women in the New Independent States of the Former Soviet Union" (May 1994), by Janet Hunt-McCool and Lisa Granik. Available from VOICE, which "recommends it to all NGOs concerned with the status of women." Also available from:

GENEYSIS, the Futures Group
1050 17th St., NW, Suite 100
Washington, DC 20036

The Bernard van Leer Foundation
P. O. Box 82334
2508 EH The Hague
The Netherlands

To contribute information or publications to the VOICE clearinghouse, to request information, or to explore possible linkages, contact:

Nancy Pettis
VOICE International
2904 N. Greencastle St.
Arlington, VA 22207
Tel. (703) 241-0148
Fax (703) 533-9412
E-mail: [email protected]

For more information or to order a subscription, see our publications page.

The URL for this page is: http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/~ccsi/csew/95-01/voice.htm
Last updated: March 28 1996

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