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[07.11.2008] USAID Supports International Sakharov ConferenceOn October 24-25, Harvard University and the Andrei Sakharov Foundation held an international conference in Cambridge, Massachusetts to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the publication of Andrei Sakharov’s seminal essay Reflections on Progress, Peaceful Coexistence and Intellectual Freedom. » More info... [07.11.2008] Dialogue Project Aims to Increase Public Participation in Education On October 21-22, the USAID-funded “Dialogue” project and the Arkhangelsk Center of Social Innovations “Garant” hosted a national conference on increasing public participation in education. » More info... [07.11.2008] USAID Partners and Regional Government Co-host NGO Forum in Khabarovsk The Khabarovsk Krai government and several USAID partners and projects (including LIDER, Our Rights, and CIVITAS, among others) jointly hosted the Second NGO Forum, "NGOs: An Important Socio-Economic Development Resource," in Khabarovsk on October 23-24. » More info... [07.11.2008] Perspektiva Wins Disability Rights Court Case On October 17, a Russian court awarded an employee of the USAID-funded organization Perspektiva 50,000 rubles in an unprecedented recognition of the rights of the disabled. » More info... [07.11.2008] FIPD Wins Two Russian Government Contracts The Foundation for Information Policy Development (FIPD), which implements a USAID media project, won a competitive contract worth $9,300 from the Ministry of Culture’s Federal Agency on Print and Mass Communications to organize a national roundtable on the business standards of print media companies. » More info... [07.11.2008] Tyumen to Disseminate Maternal and Child Health Initiative (MCHI) Throughout Region On October 22-23, the Tyumen Oblast Health Department and the USAID-funded Institute of Family Health (IFH) held a joint conference to discuss the region-wide dissemination of maternal and child health best practices. » More info... [07.11.2008] USAID Project Pilots Hib Vaccine in Vladivostok With USAID support, the Vishnevskaya-Rostropovich Foundation (VRF) is piloting a vaccine in Vldivostok for Haemophilus Influenzae Type B (Hib), a leading cause of severe infant meningitis. » More info... [07.11.2008] USAID Mission Director Opens Vladimir TB Center On October 28, the USAID Mission Director joined officials from the Vladimir City Administration and the Oblast Ministry of Health at the opening of a new Center of Excellence for TB Infection Control. » More info... [07.11.2008] ASI Public Relations Campaign Aims to Increase Middle Class Charitable Giving and Volunteerism The Agency for Social Information unveiled a new public relations strategy to significantly raise public recognition of the work of NGOs in Russia. » More info... [07.11.2008] Russian National TV Channel Broadcasts Healthy Lifestyles Video On October 26, MUZ-TV provided free air time for a primetime screening of the USAID-funded video Life Themes that was watched by more than 1 million viewers. » More info... [07.11.2008] USAID Partner Advises Russian Government On September 30, Galina Kurlyandskaya, director of the USAID-funded think tank Center for Fiscal Policy, became a member of the Russian Ministry of Regional Development’s Public Council, by order of Minister Dmitry Kozak. » More info... [07.11.2008] Golos Monitors Russian Regional Elections On October 8, the USAID-supported Golos Association held a press conference to present findings from its long-term observation of regional electoral campaigns in five regions. » More info... [07.11.2008] New Maternal and Child Health Project Awarded USAID/Russia awarded a new three-year $7.4 million project to John Snow Inc. (JSI) to disseminate and institutionalize international best practices in maternal and child health. » More info... [07.11.2008] New Rule of Law Partnership Project Awarded USAID/Russia awarded a new four-year $12 million project to increase the credibility, professionalism, and accountability of the legal system in Russia to the American Bar Association/Rule of Law Initiative (ABA/ROLI) in partnership with the Russian-American Rule of Law Consortium (RAROLC). » More info... News archive |