Digest for 95-01-04
Table of Contents
WHAT'S NEW . . .
#01-04 January 95 A helpful server for those traveling to Russia.
(WWW pages)
RECENT EMAIL . . .
#01-04 January 95 Sender: RCCROCKETT@life.uams.edu
Subject: for lena from robert
#02-04 January 95 Sender: ben.frank@his.com
Subject: PEDAGOGICAL INSTITUTE
#03-04 January 95 Sender: Ralph Kinnear (ralph@inihq.demon.co.uk)
Subject: ODA/KHF Social Development Adviser
#04-04 January 95 Sender: mac@maine.maine.edu (Dennis McConnell)
Subject: Book Reviewers for Central Asia Survey
#05-04 January 95 Sender: BARNEYCBLACK@delphi.com
Subject: International Hydrofoil Society
#06-04 January 95 Sender: glasnews@eskimo.com
Subject: School from Russia need your help.. (forwarded)
#07-04 January 95 Sender: Dawn Mann (mannd@omri.cz)
Subject: Welcome to OMRI-L
#08-04 January 95 Sender: Sarah Lum (Sarah_Lum@Brown.edu)
Subject: US-RUSSIAN TELECONFERENCING PROGRAM
#09-04 January 95 Sender: FISHER@utkvx.utk.edu
Subject: Belarus Internet Connection (fwd)
#10-04 January 95 Sender: Dennis McConnell (mac@MAINE.MAINE.EDU)
Subject: Country Privatization Reports
#11-04 January 95 Sender: mac@maine.maine.edu (Dennis McConnell)
Subject: EDI Review from World Bank
#12-04 January 95 Sender: ac737@lafn.org (Michael Segal)
Subject: Project funding Sources, NIS
APPENDIX: LISTSERV address & basic procedures
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WHAT'S NEW . . .
* A helpful server for those traveling to Russia can be found at
"http://www.seanet.com/RussianPage/RussianPage.html". On this server
you can visit the Moscow Airport, check the Aeroflot flight schedules and
view their fleet. There is also information from the Russian Consulate
on obtaining visas. As an added bonus, there is a page that will take
you to other World Wide Web sites located in Russia.
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E-MAIL POSTINGS . . .
Please continue to send your e-mail to friends@solar.rtd.utk.edu.
* #001 **********************************************************************
Sender: RCCROCKETT@life.uams.edu
Subject: for lena from robert
Lena, I have tried to ping your computer's address and it doesn't register.
it sounds like an smtp bug. if you have full internet access, i can show
you an alternate way to send e-mail until your e-mail is back on line. my
e-mail went down for about a week about two months ago and i had to use this
method. i will refer to my notes on how to do it. it will take you about
three days to get set up. have you reported the e-mail situation to your
system administrator? they might be unaware that there is a bug. i would
like to communicate with you by snail mail in the meantime. i'll send you
the info on how to send e-mail independent of your system. my snail mail
address is:
robert crockett
25 oakwood road, apt. d3
little rock, ar 72202
drop me a line -- robert
* #002 **********************************************************************
Sender: ben.frank@his.com
Subject: PEDAGOGICAL INSTITUTE
My son is on an ACTR year's study grant at the Pedagogical Institute in Moscow.
Does anyone know of any e-mail address there. I would be most appreciative of
any information. Ben.Fran@His.Com
* #003 **********************************************************************
Sender: Ralph Kinnear (ralph@inihq.demon.co.uk)
Subject: ODA/KHF Social Development Adviser
The UK Government's Overseas Development Adminiustration is looking for a
new Social Development Adviser for the UK's bilateral assistance programme,
the Know How Fund (starting as soon as possible). As I suspect a lot of
suitable and interested people are working in the field I am sending this
message to a number of lists (carefully selected to avoid too many
cross-posts, and I apologise for those I miss): if you are interesetd
please e-mail me on ralph@inihq.demon.co.uk and I will send a short (c.
3kB) description to you by return mail.
Ralph Kinnear
ralph@inihq.demon.co.uk
*============================================================================*
| Ralph KINNEAR * Social Development Adviser (CIS & Central Europe) |
| Overseas Development Administration, UK Know-How Fund |
| Foreign Office, Old Admiralty Bldg, 24 Whitehall, London SW1A 2AP |
| Tel +44-(0)71 210 8478, Fax +44-(0)71 917 0197 |
| |
| * GHK International Ltd |
| London SE4 1QE, (100072.1520@compuserve.com) or |
| |
| Tel & Fax +44-(0)81 692 8145 (kinnearr@vax.lse.ac.uk) or |
*------------------------------------------- (ralph@inihq.demon.co.uk) -----*
* #004 **********************************************************************
Sender: mac@maine.maine.edu (Dennis McConnell)
Subject: Book Reviewers for Central Asia Survey
Dr. Stephen Blank, Book Review Editor for Central Asia Survey,
has asked me to broadcast a request for book reviewers for the
journal. Perhaps members of this list will be interested in
serving as reviewers for the journal in 1995. If you would like
to volunteer your experience/expertise, simply contact Dr. Blank
at the coordinates below. If you have a particular new publica-
tion you would like to review for the journal, Dr. Blank has
indicated that he would be happy to obtain it for you, if possi-
ble, for review purposes. To express an interest, or to request
additional information, please contact:
Dr. Stephen Blank
National Security Affairs Analyst
Strategic Studies Institute
U.S. Army War College
Carlisle Barracks, PA 17013-5050
Tel: [717] 245-4085
Fax: [717] 245-3820
EMAIL: BLANKS@CARLISLE-EMH2.ARMY.MIL
* #005 **********************************************************************
Sender: BARNEYCBLACK@delphi.com
Subject: International Hydrofoil Society
On behalf of the International Hydrofoil Society, I am soliciting
participation by interested people in Russia and the former Soviet
Republics. Although hydrofoil boats and ships are used extensively
there, we currently have no direct Russian participation. If you
know of an appropriate person to read this notice, please make the
effort to pass it on.
Objectives of the society include...
To act as a voice for the world hydrofoil community.
To provide an international forum for interchange of information
and ideas related to hydrofoils and their application.
To promote educational activities related to hydrofoils.
To help establish and document practices, rules, and standards.
to promote hydrofoil related conferences, exhibits, lectures,
and educational aids.
To preserve an historical record of hydrofoil development and
application.
Specifically, we are interested in receiving photographs or
articles for publication in the quarterly newsletter.
Also, we are currently soliciting papers for presentation at
the 25th anniversary of the society to be celebrated in June 1995.
The papers will be a mix of technical subjects, program management
ideas, first person historical accounts, etc.
Membership is the society costs $20 per year. However, you need not
be a member to correspond with and contribute to the society.
Contact me for further information if interested:
Barney C. Black (barneycblack@delphi.com)
4122 Taney Avenue
Alexandria VA 22304-2441
USA
* #006 **********************************************************************
Sender: glasnews@eskimo.com
Subject: School from Russia need your help..
Forwarded message:
)From: Alexander B.Semakov (rareinc@glas.apc.org)
Subj: Exchange programms etc: Did it possible for us?
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Kirov (Vyatka), Russia 19 Dec 1994
Dear Sirs:
I beg your pardon for that my letter for you but circumstances
force me to act namely so.
My name is Alexander Semakov and I'm work in the Kirov's School-
Gymnasium #28.
But at first I must to say in brief about our school:
Kirov's municipal school-gymnasium #28 - one out of largest
in Kirov town, regional center. Town located about 1000 km
(around 600 miles) on North-East from Moscow by Trans-Siberian
Railway.
Besides general for Russian's high schools (at us carries
it name - gymnasustical"), learning in the school subdivide into
three specialized flows:
Humanistic, Chemical-Biological and Computer's Science.
Selection of students in one or the other flow is realized,
as a rule, in 6-th classes, and farther training's programms
various flows considerably different.
Learning in all flows is led teachers who have, in general,
higher qualification's categories and worked on own author's
methods and learning programms.
On learning's quality specialized flows approximately
equal, but for school on the whole by basic, for all that,
follows to consider flow COMPUTER'S SCIENCE.
Today school have three computer's labs, two of it- on IBM
PS/2-30 and third, installed only 10 days back - with IBM PC/486
and Local Net, that, generally speaking, practically unique for
provincial Russia.
The recent years activity of school-gymnasium more all was
gravitating namely to this direction, or, if be more exact - to
her logical continuation - to telecommunication, both local and
global.
Besides membership in communication network GlasNet school
is only second on all territory of the former U.S.S.R. in
present by official participant learning telecommunicational
network Global Learning Corporation (Dallas, TX, US) with name
"WORLDCLASSROOM".
In January 1994 our 6th grade students became winners of
International Competition for Computer's Christmas Cards.
In April 1994 they became victors of Russian network's
Games on "Junior Achievment" programm.
Now school have participates into Global
telecommunication's Project organized under home nursing of
UNESCO: "My World is Your World" (Culture Meet Culture). The
results of that project will be round off in Aprile 1995.
UNFORTUNATELY, that direction of activities is under threat
of cessation now: Expenses on trunklines and payments for
internet account name more than today's financial possibilities
of school.
This seemingly as our sufficiently local problem, but cause
in that, our school is practically unique all over the Kirov's
region active participant of telecommunication's activity, and
among educational institutions - unequivocal unique, who have
access into Internet and supplying, on non-for-profit base, not
only methodical, informational and technical support, but also
actually possibility of global communication with partners in
foreign countries, first of all - in the USA, for teachers and
students out of Kirov's schools and lot of higher educational
institutions such as Kirov State Teacher's Training Institute,
Kirov State Medical Institute and Volgo-Vyatic Humanitstic
University.
And so, stopping of network's activity of school-gymnasium
automatically leads in cessation similar activity around 10
educational institutions of town.
This also sadly, such as kind of utopia become all dreams
about creation on base of school-gymnasium a Regional
Information and Methodical Center, which was pondering by as
powerful, equipped computer's technology and communication'
means, apparatus for receive satellite broadcasting and
publisher's system sole center of methodical and technical
support for regional's high and higher educational institutions.
That Project was in its time passed in Department of
Education of Kirov's Regional Government and we has approval and
promise of support, but absence of free money into budget mean,
that realize of that Project becoming practically impossible.
It's becomes already obviously clearly now, that all these
elaborations can't to be realize in more or less near future.
Hope on finances out of Moscow was backslided, Kirov's
Industry is a sufficiently specific (in general there are a
factories of Military-Industrial Complex), and its mean, that
hope on financial support of local businessman - there are also
no reasons whatsoever.
Now we must to search new ways.
And therefore, if you let me, alot of questions for you as for
organization, which remain last hope for us:
* Did there is any possibility to receipt of purposeful
grant any US Government's or charitable organization, who
interested in development of contacts and support of learning
system from peripheral Russia?
* If answer on first question - "Yes", than - what sort of
registration's procedure as competitor for given grant?
* Did it possible for teachers and students from Kirov's
schools and higher educational institutions participation in
programms international exchanges and fielworks, how follows to
give claims in case of, if this possibly, and what demands to
potential candidates?
Thank in advance!
Truly yours,
Alexander B.Semakov
Postmaster and Co-ordinator of telecommunications Projects.
12-19-94 11:58pm
School-gymnasium #28,
Lenina St.,52, Kirov, Russia, 610004
Ph#: +7 (8332) 69 2443, 62 1867
Internet E-Mail:
rareinc@glas.apc.org (preferable)
vyatschool@glas.apc.org (sorry, but that account name is frozen now)
school28@glc.dallas.tx.us
P.S. I am very sorry for my wrong English, but my anxiety
for that affair more better than my shame for my terrible language...
AS
* #007 **********************************************************************
Sender: Dawn Mann (mannd@omri.cz)
Subject: Welcome to OMRI-L
THE OPEN MEDIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE PROUDLY PRESENTS THE
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The DD will be prepared by OMRI specialists and will carry on the RFE/RL
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* #008 **********************************************************************
Sender: Sarah Lum (Sarah_Lum@Brown.edu)
Subject: US-RUSSIAN TELECONFERENCING PROGRAM
FOR DISTRIBUTION:
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
US-RUSSIAN TELECONFERENCING PROGRAM
Two-way, real-time videoconferencing to Moscow, Russia is now available via
an international satellite link from Brown University. The aim of the link
is to facilitate state-of-the-art communications to academic, scientific,
and other non-profit groups at a fraction of the cost charged by commercial
services.
Videoconferencing is a power communications medium whereby sites thousands
of miles apart can meet as clearly as if they were in the same room. In
Russia, where the time and cost of frequent travel can limit many joint
efforts, videoconferencing makes possible regular and affordable
face-to-face communications. Videoconferencing is also being used in an
increasing number of distance education and training projects.
)From videoconferencing sites worldwide, US-Moscow videoconferencing is as
easy as a telephone call. Sites dial up to Brown and are patched directly
through satellite to our Moscow studio located at the Institute for Space
Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences. If you do not yet have
videoconferencing facilities, arrangements can be made from one of hundreds
of public videoconferencing rooms found throughout the US, Canada, Europe,
and Australia.
Currently "on-air" six hours a week, the cost for US-Russian
Teleconferencing is $550 per hour, inclusive. We soon hope to move to a
full-time segment, however, which will reduce costs for all users. To
this end, we are seeking to identify groups interested in sharing this
bandwidth on a regular basis. If we move to a full-time segment, Brown's
link might also be used for Internet and other full-time data
communications.
For more information, contact the US-Russian Teleconferencing Program at Brown;
(401) 863-7304, or via Internet: Sarah_Lum@Brown.edu.
* #009 **********************************************************************
Sender: FISHER@utkvx.utk.edu
Subject: Belarus Internet Connection (fwd)
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 1994 17:40:32 +0200
)From: Sergei Kritsky (kritsky@ok.minsk.by)
To: Multiple recipients of list EC-L (EC-L@gsuvm1.bitnet)
Subject: Full Internet in Belarus
UNIBEL: Network for Byelorussian Science and Education
Full Internet in Belarus
December, 1994
Currently the UNIBEL Network joins the most advanced universities,
research institutes, government and public ogranizations
dealing with science and education. UNIBEL is a result of joint
efforts of these institutions and keeps tight contacts with
all organizations and persons interested in developing academic
and research networking in Belarus. UNIBEL is supported by
Ministry of Education and Science of Republic Belarus, State
Commitee of Science and Technology and Byelorussian Foundation
for Fundamental Research.
UNIBEL is involved in several projects intended to develop and
improve networking infrastructure in Belarus, such as:
- "Research and Development Computer Network of the Republic
of Belarus";
- "Networking in Education: Ministry's Computer Network for
Administrative Purposes";
- "Electronic Communications in High and Secondary Schools",
etc.
UNIBEL Network was registered in RIPE in December 1993
and IP numbers were assigned. UNIBEL is full national member
of TERENA, EARN and CEENet.
Since the begining of December the users of UNIBEL can be
provided with full Internet services. Dedicated 9.6 Kbps
line Minsk-Warsaw has been established and IP-connection
has been put into operation due to great assistance of
Polish Academic and Research Network NASK.
Additionaly UNIBEL has an access to Internet through
EUnet/Relcom network (Moscow) and UARNET (Lvov, Ukraine)
via dial-up lines.
Dedicated line to Moscow (FREEnet) was ordered and PTT licence
was obtained. In future a satellite station will be installed
with assistance of Poland (NASK) and CEENet. This satellite
connection will replace the dedicated line Minsk-Warsaw.
Correspondence to:
Andrey Ivanov ivanov@ok.minsk.by
Sergei Kritsky kritsky@ok.minsk.by
phone/fax: +7 (0172) 20 61 34
* #010 **********************************************************************
Sender: Dennis McConnell (mac@MAINE.MAINE.EDU)
Subject: Country Privatization Reports
I have just received some very interesting publications on the
topic of privatization, published by the Central & Eastern Euro-
pean Privatization Network [CEEPN]. CEEPN, headquartered in
Ljubljana, Slovenia, conducts an annual privatization meeting
with representatives from all Central and East European coun-
tries. Papers at the meeting are subsequently published in book
form [soft-cover]. The papers provide an unusually good, coun-
try-specific assessment of privatization efforts/activities in
each country.
I have received the editions for 1991, 1992, and 1993. As an
example of the coverage, the 1993 edition covers privatization
topics and developments in the following countries:
Albania Macedonia
Belarus Moldova
Bulgaria Poland
Croatia Romania
Czech Republic Russia
Estonia Slovakia
Germany Slovenia
Hungary Ukraine
Latvia Uzbekistan
Lithuania
If you would like to acquire the publications in the Annual
Conference Series, here are the specifics:
Privatization in Central and Eastern Europe 1991 $20 U.S.
Privatization in Central and Eastern Europe 1992 $20 U.S.
Privatization in Central and Eastern Europe 1993 $30 U.S.
Contact coordinates for CEEPN:
Central & Eastern European Privatization Network
Dunajska 104
P.O. Box 18
61109 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Tel: [386-61] 1683-396 Fax: [386-61] 346-660
Since prices may change, it may be useful to dispatch a fax to
CEEPN to confirm price and availability.
Let me close with a disclaimer. I am not a member of CEEPN, nor
will I benefit in any way from the sales of CEEPN publications.
I am, however, an enthusiastic fan of the work they have pro-
duced, and feel that the publications will be interesting/helpful
to subscribers interested in privatization and transformation.
**************************************************************
* DR. DENNIS MCCONNELL * TEL: +1.207.581.1988 *
* EASTERN EUROPEAN ENTERPRISE NETWORK * FAX: +1.207.581.1956 *
* COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION * TLX: 62955628 *
* UNIVERSITY OF MAINE * *
* ORONO, MAINE 04469-5723 U.S.A. * MAC@MAINE.MAINE.EDU *
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* #011 **********************************************************************
Sender: mac@maine.maine.edu (Dennis McConnell)
Subject: EDI Review from World Bank
New Year's Greetings to members of the list. While scanning new
lists during the holidays, I noted the new electronic publication
of the Economic Development Institute [EDI], which is affiliated
with the World Bank. Appended to this note is a brief description
of the publication, EDI Review, and subscription information,
both provided by the staff at EDI. When subscribing, you may
also want to send the message - INFORMATION EDIREVIEW - to the
listserver, to receive a compact set of commands. Information
follows:
*****************************************************************
Welcome to the EDI REVIEW
The EDI REVIEW is the electronic version of the quarterly news-
letter published by the Economic Development Institute (EDI) of
the World Bank. The EDI was established in 1955 to help promote
economic development through courses and seminars for officials
from developing countries. The objective of the EDI REVIEW is to
disseminate information about EDI, its training activities, and
other items of relevance, to former EDI participants and training
professionals throughout the developing world.
When you subscribe to this service, you will receive four messag-
es per year, in January, April, July, and October, announcing the
publication of the EDI Review. Each announcement will list the
contents of each issue: three or four articles, a curriculum for
a course or seminar in a specific sector, new publications,
upcoming courses and seminars , and EDI staff changes.
To subscribe to EDIREVIEW:
1. Create a mail message
2. Next to TO, type:
Listserv@tome.worldbank.org
3. In the body of the text, type:
Subscribe EDIREVIEW First Name (space) Last Name
E.g.
Subscribe EDIREVIEW John Doe
Thank you. We look forward to hearing from you!
====================================================
Questions about EDIREVIEW should be sent to Edit Pena
at EDINEWS@worldbank.org.
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Sender: ac737@lafn.org (Michael Segal)
Subject: Project funding Sources, NIS
================= Begin forwarded message ================
I have rarely had such a concise detailed information sheet cross my
buffer. I hope it turns some ideas into reality. Michael Segal.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
)From: Jim Cashel (jcashel@eurasia.org)
Subject: Sources for Funding in NIS
SOURCES FOR FUNDING IN NIS
COMPILED BY WORLD LEARNING INC.
The PVO/NIS Project realizes there are a lot of worthy projects still
unfunded. Therefore, we would like to present a partial list of alternative
funding sources. It is important to keep in mind that such data is meant to
serve as a point of departure for your own research and is evolving and always
subject to change.
The sources of funding for activities in the NIS are many and varied. Unless
you know where to look and precisely what you are looking for it can be
confusing. In fact, in an ever-changing NIS environment, it is hard to
know where funding is with any precision. There are many PVOs looking to
tap into funds in the sectors of health, the private sector, democratic
reform, exchanges and training, and women's health. INTERACTION, an
association of U.S. PVOs, is seeking to coordinate and concentrate funding
priorities for the NGO community in these sectors. The following provides
an overview of some of these groups, their activities, and where available
the $ amount of grants they may be distributing.
PRIVATE
Democratization
The Eurasia Foundation
1527 New Hampshire, NW
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 234-7370 phone
(202) 234-7377 fax
NIS Role: Economic and democratic reform. Funding: $16 million per year,
$100,000-$125,000 grants to American organizations/ $1,000-$25,000 NIS
organizations
The National Endowment for Democracy
1101 15th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 293-9072 phone
(202) 223-6042 fax
NIS Role: Strengthen free/democratic institutions through U.S. private
institutions
Cross-Sectoral
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Public Information Office
5520 N. Magnolia Avenue
Chicago, IL 60640-1307
(312) 728-6996 phone
(312) 728-6886 fax
NIS Role: Support scientific and intellectual communities. Funding: $9
million, 3 years, initiated in 1992; research, work grants, some grants
to Russian organizations
Pew Charitable Trusts
2005 Market Street
Suite 1700
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 575-9050 phone
NIS Role: Improve quality of life; educational, advocacy, and research
activities
Soros Foundation
888 7th Avenue, Ste 1901
New York, NY 10106
(212) 757-2323 phone
(212) 974-0367 fax
NIS Role: Improve quality of life; work in media, government, legal
environment, and education
The Ford Foundation
320 E. 43rd Street
New York, NY 10017
(212) 573-5000 phone
(212) 599-4584 fax
NIS Role: Contribute to well-being of the public with funding for
women's issues
Rockefeller Foundation
1133 Ave. of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
(212) 869-8500 phone
NIS Role: Confront causes of human suffering; past grants for both
environmental research and conference/workshop attenders
Civil Society Building
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
1200 Mott
Foundation Bldg.
Flint, MI 48502-1851
(313) 238-5651 phone
NIS Role: Quality of life issues; areas of environment, institution
building, political and economic reform
Rockefeller Bros. Fund
1290 Avenue of Americas
New York, NY 10104
(212) 373-4200 phone
(212) 315-0996 fax
NIS Role: Improve quality of life; promote global interdependence
Small Business Development
The Fund for Democracy and Development
2033 M St., NW Ste. 506
Washington, DC 20036
NIS Role: Credit to small businesses and training to commercial banks;
assist defense related conversion
Human Rights
Joyce Mertz-Gilmore Foundation
218 East 18th Street
New York, NY 10003
(212) 475-1137 phone
NIS Role: human rights through areas of democratic development, refugee
support
Advocacy
Smith Richardson Foundation
60 Jessup Street
Westport, CT 06880
(203) 222-6222 phone
(203) 222-6282 fax
NIS Role: Grants to influence public policy and international affairs
John Merck Fund
11 Beacon Street
Suite 1230
Boston, MA 02108
(617) 723-2932 phone
NIS Role: promote disarmament, support Helsinki watch. Funding: grants
from $500 to $775,000
Environment
ISAR (formerly the Institute for Soviet-American Relations)
1601 Connecticut, NW Washington, DC 20009 (202) 387-3034 phone
(202) 667-3291 fax
NIS Role: Environmental protection. Funding: Sowing the Seeds of
Democracy, $1 million: small discretionary grants; Joining Forces for
the Environment, $1 million: up to $75,000 per grant
Women's Rights
Global Fund for Women
2480 Sand Hill Rd.,
Suite 100
Menlo Park, CA 94025
(415) 854-0420 phone
(415) 854-8050 fax
NIS Role: Women's Projects. Funding: $500 to $10,000 grants to NIS
organizations
Economy Building
The World Bank Group
Room H 2007
1818 H Street, NW
Washington, DC 20433
(202) 473-8261 phone
Attn: Mr. Westen
NIS Role: Financial and tech. assistance; opportunities for U.S. companies
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
(44) 71-338-6569 phone
(44) 71-338-6487 fax
NIS Role: Democracy building; advice, loans, debt guarantees
US GOVERNMENT
Privatization
U.S. Dept. of Commerce
International Trade Administration
Special American Business Internship Training Program (SABIT)
Room 3413
Washington, DC 20230
(202) 482-0073 phone
(202) 482-2443 fax
NIS Role: U.S. market development/business promotion; intern placement
in U.S.
ALSO Consortia of American Businesses in the NIS (CABNIS)
200 Daingerfield Road
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 684-1080 phone
(301) 652-0141 phone
NIS Role: Foster U.S. commercial presence through business consortia
Funding: $500,000 grants
U.S. Small Business Administration
Office of International Trade, Room 6114
409 3rd Street, SW
Washington, DC 20416
800 827-5722 phone
(202) 205-7064 fax
NIS Role: Assistance to U.S. businesses to develop export markets
Economy Building
Overseas Private Investment Corporation
1100 New York Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20527 (202) 336-8799 phone
800-424-6742 phone
(202) 408-9589 fax
NIS Role: Economic growth through U.S. private investment; loans,
investment insurance/ services, project development
Export Import Bank
ExImbank of the US
811 Vermont Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20571
(202) 535-9664 phone
(202) 566-7524 fax (Insurance)
(202) 566-8208 phone
(202) 566-7524 fax (Guarantees and loans)
NIS Role: Insurance and loans to banks and enterprises to promote U.S.
exports
U.S. Trade and Development Agency
SA-16, Rm. 309
Washington, DC 20523 (703) 875-4357 phone
(703) 875-4009 fax
NIS Role: Grants for U.S. exports which promote major development projects
Sectors: oil and gas, transportation, defense conversion, health, power
plants and distribution systems, electronics
Civil Society/ Democracy/ Media Relations
U.S. Information Agency
USIA, Rm. 751
301 4th Street, SW
Washington, DC 20547
(202) 619-5057 phone
(202) 619-5958 fax
NIS Role: Democratic reform via exchanges, internships, training
activities, and information projects. Funding: FY '94 figures unavailable
at this time, however<, in FY '93 $97.35 million allotted of which
$40 million came from Freedom Support Act
National Endowment for the Arts, International Activities Office
1100 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Rm 528
Washington, DC 20506
(202) 682-5422 phone
(202) 682-5602 fax
NIS Role: Promote U.S. artists and art groups through international
exchange
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Rm 4079 SUSDA/FAS/EC
Washington, DC 20250
(202) 720-4274 phone
(202) 690-0727 fax
NIS Role: Commercial export and food aid programs through loan
guarantees, some monetization programs, etc; promote agriculture
U.S. Dept. of Defense
(202) 783-3238 (CBD for contracts announcements)
NIS Role: nuclear dis- mantlement; aid to demobilized soldiers/ families,
housing, defense conversion, job retraining. Funding: $979 million (FY '93
supplemental)
U.S. Agency for International Development
A.I.D./NIS Task Force
320 21st Street NW
Washington, DC 20523
(202) 647-9950 phone
NIS Role: React to political/ econ. change in developing democracies.
Funding: $2.5 billion total of which $704 million FY '94 and $1.8
billion FY '93 (supplemental)
USAID NIS TASK FORCE PROJECTS/ OFFICES FOR 1994
Office of Emergency and Humanitarian Assistance (A.I.D.)
Don Eller (202) 736-6481
Alan Silva (202) 647-7614
Office of Energy, Environment, and Technology (A.I.D.)
Energy $254 million Contact: Edvard Markset (202) 736-4405
Environment $73 million Contact: James Bever (202) 736-4407, Energy-
Environment, Commodity Import Program $125 million
Office of Economic Restructuring (A.I.D.)
Economic Restructuring $50 million, Contact: Jane Barden (202)
647-2808
Housing $190 million
Trade and Investment $365 million, Contact: Raghawendra Dwivdey (202)
647-2809
Office of Private Sector Initiatives (A.I.D.)
Private Sector $425 million Contact: Greg Huger (202) 736-4410
Privatization $125 million Hans Shrader (202) 736-4806
Enterprise Fund $250 million, Contact: Jean Hacken (202) 736-4414
Office of Democratic Initiatives, Health, and Human Resources(A.I.D.)
Special Initiatives $151 million, Contacts: Regina Coleman, (202)
647-5876 Bryant George (202)736-4264
Health $109 million
Women's Health Initiative $10 million, Contact: Lee Hougen (202)
736-7760
Democratic Reform $82 million, Contact: Kris Loken (202) 736-4267
Exchanges and Training (A.I.D.) $225 million Contact: Thomas Chapman
(202) 647-7751
Food Systems (A.I.D.) $48 million Contact: Loretta Williams (202)
736-4418
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
For foundations contact: the Citizens Democracy Corps (CDC), (202)
872-0933 or 1-800-394-1945; or The Foundation Center, (202) 331-1400
(DC), (212) 620-4230 (NY)
The BISNIS hot line for those interested in area business developments
(202) 482-4655. Bids and contracts advertised in Commerce Business
Daily (CBD) (202) 783-3238
This information was compiled by Scott Altmann and Margot Mininni who
drew on many resources, among them: The CDC Compendium, the Business
Information Service for the NIS (BISNIS) of the U.S. Department of
Commerce, USAID, and information sent to World Learning's NIS office.
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