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EAST EAST PROGRAM
EAST EAST: Partnership Beyond Borders
The East East: Partnership Beyond Borders Program supports international collaboration among civil society and non-governmental organizations to share experiences, expertise and knowledge to advance principles of open society internationally.
Created in 1991, the East East Program focused on Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia, specifically in the context of post-socialist transition. At the time, George Soros described this idea to promote cooperation: "People should travel, meet each other, exchange opinions and experiences. There is so much that people in Central and Eastern Europe can offer to each other; so many ways in which they can help each other. They should engage in the processes of transition together. This region should be alive".
The East East: Partnership Beyond Borders Program is implemented by Soros foundations in Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Tajikistan, Turkey and Ukraine, and with partners in Slovenia, Russia, Croatia, Lithuania and Hungary.
Initiatives which receive Program support originate in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia and are evaluated by peer review by the relevant foundations and/or partners. The Program awards financial support for expenses of international exchange, including in-country expenses of the exchange and travel to enable participation in initiatives which receive Program support.
In Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia, the Program provides support to 400 multi-national initiatives annually. Examples include,
- Barrier Free Cities: Protection of the Rights of People with Disability - Capacity Building for Working with Socially Excluded Young People - Citizen Engagement and Public Participation: Transparency in Decision-Making - Friendly EU Borders: Relations with New Eastern
Neighbors - Building a Common European Future for Environmental Sustainability - Enhancing e-democracy in Mongolia: Experiences of Citizen Participation Initiatives in Estonia - New Energy Routes in Southeast Europe and Human Rights Protection: Inter-Sectoral Dialogue - Finding Common Ground: Lessons from the EU Accession Process - History and Collective Memory in Southeast Europe: Dilemmas and Implications of Political Discourse
The Program does not support world congresses/annual conferences; individual travel/conference participation; artistic productions; consultancies; higher education research; translation/publishing; hard science; or, business/commercial/for-profit activities.
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