CCSI Announces CivilSoc Listserv

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Center for Civil Society International announces the start-up of "CivilSoc," a new electronic mailing list of news and resources, electronic and print, of interest to individuals and organizations engaged in civil society institution-building projects in the NIS (former USSR). The electronic mailing list (or Listserv, as it is commonly known) will be available, free of charge, to anyone with access to e-mail. It will consist of e-mail messages which are delivered to everyone who signs up. The list is made possible by the Friends and Partners project, founded and operated by Greg Cole of Knoxville, Tennessee, and Natasha Bulashova of Pushchino, Russia.

Because some subscribers based in the NIS must pay for all incoming mail, we intend to keep postings concise: an average of 1-3 kilobytes, with a monthly volume of around 20-30 kilobytes. If you have longer messages to submit to the Listserv, please do so, but we may edit them for length.

We hope that CivilSoc will grow over time and reflect the interests of many subscribers. Initially it will consist of announcements about projects and resources, print and electronic, that we post. But we encourage all participants, especially those in the NIS, to submit their own material for posting.

Examples of items that CivilSoc will contain include:

• Books and resources available in print and electronically
• Civil society institution building projects in the NIS
• Curriculum available via e-mail, and other distance learning
• materials
• Grant Opportunities
• Lists of e-mail contacts
• Reviews of Internet mailing lists (Listservs)
• Job opportunities
• Brief profiles of 3rd sector organizations worth knowing about

Topics that CivilSoc will cover include:

• Agriculture
• Art
• American studies
• Business
• Civic education
• Consumer protection
• Criminal justice
• Disabilities
• Environment
• Health
• Law
• Media
• NGO organizational development
• Public administration
• Social welfare

CivilSoc is an automated Listserv meaning you are responsible for signing on to the list and taking yourself off.

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Most CivilSoc posts are archived at the CCSI Website. Recent CivilSoc posts can be located on the Website using either "New Files at this Site" or "Annoucements."

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