As CIVICUS is just getting onto the internet in all of its facets, I am happy to be able to finally log onto your site! Our two organizations have had a good relationship thus far, and I hope this new mode of communication will carry the collaboration further. I look forward to scanning your site often.
CCSI responds:
CIVICUS is now on-line too! CIVICUS, like CCSI, is dedicated to strenghening Civil Society in other areas or the world. You can visit their site at http://www.civicus.org/
Most informative. As a doctoral candidate in international political science I find the Civil Society Movement critically important, especially in its application to pre-industrializing nations. My interest is East Africa and I will be following developments here closely. Thank you for this wonderful web site.
My wife and I just returned from Tobolsk in the Tyumen region. This was our second trip. I am an anesthetist and she is a plastic and reconstructive surgeon. We traveled with my wife's surgical technician and a Dental educator from Creighton University here in Omaha. This is a medical project which is an offshoot of the Council Bluffs, IA/Tobolsk, Russia Sister Cities partnership. We were able to see approximately 50 patients from the region and operate on 30 of them. Several cleft lip and palates, victims of a bus fire and children with congenital ear abnormalities were included in our patients. We received excellent cooperation from our Russian colleagues and were able to teach several individuals who came to Tobolsk to observe surgery. The dental educator worked for several days in the local Polyclinic and spent a day in the OR helping with the palate patients.
CCSI responds:
Mr. Wells has generously supplied us with more information on his Medical Exchange program and how it began. We think these kind of personal technical exchanges are important for the development of the states of the former Soviet Union, and hope his success will encourage others to attempt similar exchanges.
I am impressed and excited about the things that this organization does, and as a hopeful medical student, I would very much like to get involved myself. I am planning to join Doctors without Borders upon a degree in medical surgery, but I would like to get involved before that time in the same capacity if possible, and since you have a large access area, I was hoping I could get some information. Many thanks from myself and from the rest of the world.
CCSI responds:
A profile and contact numbers for Doctors without Borders USA, and the address for its International Secretariat in Belgium and its Volunteer Recruitment Department in Paris are available in our Civil Society: USA section.
It's neat!
A fascinating resource for those interested in the transnational connections between states and the interaction of local and global organisations involved in the transition to post-communist society role of transnational organisations and the interaction of local and global organisations in the transition to post-communist societies.
After subscribing to the Friends and Partners listserv group for at least a year, I'm enjoying observing the web site. My organization, the Environmental Health Center is eager to collaborate with NIS NGOs on environmental issues. Let me hear from you.
Hi to Carol Vesecky that signed the guestbook several days ago. I met her at the EcoForum conference in May 1995 in Kiev.
Christine Hoch
CCSI responds:
We urge all of our visitors to keep an eye on the sections which promote exchange between the West and the former Soviet Union. The latest postings are always available in the "Announcement" and "New Files at this Site" sections. Those looking for partners, may wish to browse the organizations in NIS Organizations under the appropriate category. Example: For Christine's Organization browse NIS Organization's Environmental section. Most of these organizations would welcome correspondence, and help you find a suitable partner.
I've looked over the resources available through your web site and it looks promising for my students. This semester I'm stressing community involvement. I think many of your resources will be helpful.
I am a community organizer in Chicago and I am interested in locating NGO's who are actively doing work with the Roma population of Eastern Europe (gypsies). Recently I toured Hungary and had several meetings with some representatives of the Roma community. But, I am also interested in Belarus, the Czech Republic, Romania, and the countries in the former Soviet Union to locate NGO's that are organizing Roma people around the issues of racism and discrimination in the area of housing, education, employment, etc. If you could provide me that information I would be forever grateful.
CCSI responds:
We have a few contact names and organizations that may be of interest to you. There is the "Contact Point for Roma and Sinti (Gypsies) Issues" CPRSI newsletter published bi-monthly by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights located at:
Krucza 36/Wspolna 6
00-522 Warsaw Poland
E-mail: [email protected]
In your travels in Hungary, you may have already visited the European Roma Rights Center. The Head of Publications is Claude Cohn, and can be reached at their offices at:
H-1525, Budapest 114
P.O. Box 10/24
Hungary
Tel: (36 1) 327-98-77
Fax: (36 1) 138-37-27
Web site: http://www.errc.com/
E-mail: [email protected]
Thanks for setting this Newsletter up! By far one of the best resources for researchers interested in Former USSR and Eastern European countries...I visit this site when I know not to bother looking else where for articles I need. Thanks again.
I have always enjoyed receiving your list service messages and am impressed by the wonderful job you are doing with your site and associated projects (in particular, with the former Soviet Union). Thank you for creating such an informative organization. I appreciate your efforts and look forward to learning more about your organization.
Best wishes,
Tamara Robinson