Balkan Trust for Democracy
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP FOR GOOD GOVERNANCE IN THE BALKANS
On Monday, April 7th the United States Agency for International
Development (USAID), The German Marshall Fund of the United States, and the
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation will hold an event to launch a new $25 million
dollar grant making initiative, the Balkan Trust for Democracy.
| Who: |
Andrew Natsios, USAID Administrator
Craig Kennedy, President of the German Marshall Fund
Ivan Vejvoda, Director of the Balkan Trust for Democracy,
Maureen Smyth, Vice President for Programs for the Mott Foundation |
| When: |
Monday April 7th, 3:00 PM |
| Where: |
German Marshall Fund, 1744 R St., NW, Washington, DC |
| RSVP: |
To Abigail Golden-Vazquez,Communications Director, German Marshall
Fund by close of business Thursday, April 3, 2003
E-mail: agoldenvazquez@gmfus.org,
Tel: (202) 745-6689, Fax: (202) 265-1662 |
USAID Administrator Andrew Natsios will outline the importance of continued
commitment to this region; Craig Kennedy, President of the German Marshall
Fund, and Ivan Vejvoda, Director of the Balkan Trust for Democracy, will discuss
civil society development and how the fund will work; and Maureen Smyth, Vice
President for Programs for the Mott Foundation, will remark on Mott's broad
vision for the region and its multi-million dollar annual investment there.
A reception will follow the remarks.
The Balkan Trust for Democracy is a grant-making
program that will be based in Belgrade and will work with local and national
organizations in Albania,
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania,
and Serbia to strengthen democratic political institutions. The Balkan Trust
was made possible through a unique public-private partnership
between USAID, GMF, and the Mott Foundation.
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