Center for Civil Society International (ccsi@u.washington.edu)
Thu, 1 Apr 1999 14:00:49 -0800 (PST)
Center for Civil Society International has just uploaded a thoroughly
revised and improved Web site. Regular visitors to our site will notice
a different look and feel to many of the site's pages. All of the
information and resources you've come to expect from this site are still
here, and hopefully more accessible than ever. (To aid in the transition
to the new site, you can still access the old CCSI home page by clicking
here.) Almost all of the material on the site can now be accessed from the
Civic Action in Eurasia resources page. Clicking on the large graphic at
the top of this page will take you there.
On the homepage itself you'll notice a featured topic (which will change
more or less weekly), as well as a new item we call "Meet a New
Organization." In this section we'll be profiling a new group every week
that has been added to our online databank of nongovernmental
organizations. We're adding new organizations all the time, so, if you
haven't done so already, please submit information on your organization to
CCSI.
You'll also notice the addition of a menu bar at the bottom of most pages.
The items on the menu bar reflect the re-organization of the site and its
priority areas. Now you can access these priority areas of CCSI's site
from anywhere within the site. The CCSI logos on the bar are also e-mail
links, so if you have a comment, suggestion, or question as you explore
the site, please feel free to contact us. We're eager to know what you
think.
Lastly, we have also uploaded a considerable amount of information on
Central Asian NGOs. This effort coincides with and complements our
forthcoming book, "Civil Society in Central Asia" (to be co-published with
the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute at Johns Hopkins and the University of
Washington Press).
Major funding for all the improvements in CCSI's Web site was provided by
The Eurasia Foundation. Major credit for the re-design of our site and its
implementation goes to CCSI Web site manager, Brent Roraback.
Please visit our new site, tell us how you like it, and continue to submit
material for it so that it can remain the premier site on the Internet for
civic action focused on the ex-Soviet states of Eurasia!
Holt Ruffin
Executive Director, CCSI
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Look for two new books from Center for Civil Society International
and the University of Washington Press in late spring:
--A thoroughly revised edition of The Post-Soviet Handbook: A Guide to
Grassroots Organizations and Internet Resources (400 pp, $19.95)
--Civil Society in Central Asia, essays by leading experts and
activists in the field, plus information on hundreds of grassroots
initiatives in the region (340 pp, $19.95)
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