Saratov's Center for Assistance of Civic Initiatives
The charitable NGO Center for Assistance to Civic Initiatives (CACI) describes itself as a nonprofit institution
in the Saratov region, “based on the free will of citizens.” In other words, it’s a voluntary organization whose
mission is “to assist the development and recognition of civic initiatives for the establishment and consolidation
of democratic society in Russia.”
The goals of CACI are:
- to foster the development of third sector NGOs and civic initiative groups promoting “civil concordance”
and “an easy transition” from a society based on “the state interest” to one based on the interests of
multiple groups, private parties, and individuals;
- to promote connections and cooperation between governmental and commercial organizations and third
sector organizations;
- to facilitate cooperation among diverse organizations and groups of the third sector in our region, in
Russia, and with international NGOs.
The Center for Assistance to Civil Initiatives helps NGOs...
- to prepare an official registration with the city administration, to open an account in a bank, and to get
information on other NGOs of Saratov and Russia;
- to establish contacts with other NGOs in Russia; and
- to obtain consultation and help on juridical and financial matters, on planning of “mass cultural actions,”
and on the publication of information and special editions.
Center for Assistance of Civic Initiatives
Post Office Box 3524
Saratov
410031 Russia
Tel: (845-2) 25-25-67, 50-67-39
E-mail: [email protected]
Contact: Mikhail Yu. Vitman
This article is from the July/August 1996 issue of
Civil Society ... East and West
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The URL for this page is: http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/~ccsi/csew/96-07/caci.htm
Last updated: October 8, 1996
