Digest for February 14, 1999
Digest for February 14, 1999
Table of Contents
RECENT EMAIL . . .
01-14 February 99 Sender: "maria dolores tena" (mdoltena@iberonline.es)
Subject: RE:russian courses in st.petersburg
02-14 February 99 Sender: Nikitina Olesya (alice@khj.td.silk.org)
Subject: I'm still waiting your answer, friends!
03-14 February 99 Sender: scural@link.lviv.ua
Subject: Ukraine,Lviv,Carved Wood Miniatures by
Elena Uralova
04-14 February 99 Sender: Stillwood (stillwood@earthlink.net)
Subject: for more information
05-14 February 99 Sender: "Carolina San Martin" (csanmartin@eurasia.msk.ru)
Subject: New Eurasia Foundation Web site in Russian
XPOST from CIVILSOC
06-14 February 99 Sender: "Carri Berenson" (cberenson@centerfordemocracy.org)
Subject: Job: Program Officer & Assistant for Europe and NIS
XPOST from CIVILSOC
07-14 February 99 Sender: "daniel.lasanow" (daniel.lasanow@skynet.be)
Subject: geneology question
08-14 February 99 Sender: "Donna Hamilton" (hamiltondrygoods@multipro.com)
Subject: Experienced log home builders
09-14 February 99 Sender: "Dr. Stephen Griew" (griew@nbnet.nb.ca)
Subject: Belarus grandfather
10-14 February 99 Sender: Global (sassa@pent200.podol.khmelnitskiy.ua)
Subject: seeking for keypal
11-14 February 99 Sender: HMBJOHNSON@aol.com
Subject: Russian icebreakers
12-14 February 99 Sender: Nick Mozak (nickmozak@usa.net)
Subject: New Internet Newsletter
13-14 February 99 Sender: Peksheva Nadejda (nadya@khj.td.silk.org)
Subject: Hello!
14-14 February 99 Sender: sheeranfamily@msn.com
Subject: Nottingham Trent University
15-14 February 99 Sender: whiskyhope@aol.com
Subject: Latvia
16-14 February 99 Sender: "Bill Zoobkoff" (bzoobkoff@sprint.ca)
Subject: Thank you very much
17-14 February 99 Sender: "Bill Zoobkoff" (bzoobkoff@sprint.ca)
Subject: Friend
18-14 February 99 Sender: Evgenii Pivovarov (jenya@khj.td.silk.org)
Subject: A request from Tadjikistan
19-14 February 99 Sender: gcole@solar.rtd.utk.edu
Subject: Faculty Development and Administrative Training
for the American University in Kyrgyzstan Program
20-14 February 99 Sender: Golovina Natasha (nata@khj.td.silk.org)
Subject: to have new pen-friends
21-14 February 99 Sender: "Heinrich Tann" (caesarevents3@hotmail.com)
Subject: Russia in Crises: A Search for Solutions, Feb. 18
22-14 February 99 Sender: kgrill@aaas.org (KGRILL)
Subject: SCIENTIST: Workshop: Russian Technologies for
Industrial Applications
23-14 February 99 Sender: Kim10555@aol.com
Subject: studying Russian language in upstate, NY
24-14 February 99 Sender: Kolesnikova Natalia (natasha@khj.td.silk.org)
Subject: from Tadjikistan
25-14 February 99 Sender: Mark Storey (mstorey@igc.org)
Subject: NOTIFICATION OF INTENT TO SOLICIT US PARTNERS
26-14 February 99 Sender: Nasirova Alfiya (alfiya@khj.td.silk.org)
Subject: To have more pen-friends
27-14 February 99 Sender: sassa (sassa@pent200.podol.khmelnitskiy.ua)
Subject: Looking for keypal
28-14 February 99 Sender: tanita@mail.primorye.ru
Subject: from Vladivostok
29-14 February 99 Sender: "Sandro Nigris" (sandro@nigris.com)
Subject: Penpal seeking from Ukraine
30-14 February 99 Sender: dan1 (dan1@utkux.utcc.utk.edu)
Subject: video conferencing
31-14 February 99 Sender: JGH31675@aol.com
Subject: need help with search
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Sender: "maria dolores tena" (mdoltena@iberonline.es)
Subject: RE:russian courses in st.petersburg
hi, I am a teacher of English and student of Russian in Spain. I would
like to go to St. Petersburg this summer and receive Russian lessons. I
would like to give English lessons in exchange, or even Spanish, if it is
possible in a language school. I have already been there, and the price of
the classes were very high for me last time. Can you give me some
information, please??
thanks for your help,
best regards; maria dolores tena
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Sender: Nikitina Olesya (alice@khj.td.silk.org)
Subject: I'm still waiting your answer, friends!
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 13:50:44 -1045 (GMT)
From: Nikitina Olesya (alice@khj.td.silk.org)
To: friends@solar.rtd.utk.edu
Dear pen-friend!
My name is Alice. I am 17. I am Russian. I live in Khujand. This is a
town in the north of Tajikistan, not far from Tashkent. I left school last
year. Now I study English. I have been studying English for a year. I'll
be glad if somebody helps me to know the language perfectly. Write me.
I am interested in computer.
I like to listen to music, to read books. i like nature and prefer active
open-air holiday.
There are mountains not far from our house and I like to hike there. I
also enjoy finishing.
There are many beautiful places for rest near town.
Our town is one of the oldest towns in the world. It is more then 2500
years old.
I am interested in history and I can tell you much interesting about
Khujand's history and Tajik people's customs. I'll glad if you write
something about your country and town, and your people's customs.
Best wishes,
Alice
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Sender: scural@link.lviv.ua
Subject: Ukraine,Lviv,Carved Wood Miniatures by Elena Uralova
"...But point to only one of these great geniuses, who would have possessed
such an ability for global responsiveness, such as that of our Pushkin"
F.M. Dostoevsky. Pushkin. Ocherk.
1999 is the year of the Great Alexander Sergeivich Pushkin! Elena has
completed a new chess set in honor of the great A.C. Pushkin.
Each chess piece will symbolize either a hero, a friend, or a villian from
one of Pushkin's works. I would like for the Internet page describing this
chess set to be available in English, Russian, and French. The description
of the chess set must be an improvement on the current description, which
can be found at this url:
http://www.link.lviv.ua/~scural/chessm1.htm
Each description will contain a quotation from one of Pushkin's works, for
example:
Ladia- "Stars in the blue heavens shine e'er bright
Waves in the blue sea crash with their might
A storm cloud floats through the sky so free
A barrel swims through a restless sea"
Therefore, I want for these excepts to be taken from the highest quality
translations of A.C. Pushin into English and French.
My access to the Internet is very limited,
http://www.link.lviv.ua/~scural/briff15.htm
and "time does not wait".
If you would like to, then please help me appeal to Pushkin experts of
Russia, England, America, France, and other countries.
Thank you. Goodbye.
Sincerely,
Sergei Uralov
scural@link.lviv.ua
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Sender: Stillwood (stillwood@earthlink.net)
Subject: for more information
My name is Elizaveta Lozovaya. If it is at all possible, please tell me
about what is happening on your website and in Russian Communities within
the territory of the USA.
A little about myself. I am 26 years old. I arrived in the USA one week
ago with my fiance'- an American, and now we are living not very far from
New Orleans, LA. In Russia I lived in Samara, I completed a philological
degree there (my major was "English Language and Literature") and worked
as an English language teacher and translator at this university.
I would very much like to get acquainted with Russians living in America,
especially people of my own profession.
I await a response with any information you may want to include about
yourself.
My email in Slidell, LA is:
stillwood@earthlink.net
Thanks in advance.
All the best,
Elizaveta
>> Zdarvstvuite!
>>
>> Menya zovut Elizaveta Lozovaya, esli mozhno, pozhalyuista, rassakzhtie
>> mne o tom, chto proishodit na vashih stranitsah i v Russian Communities
>> na territorriyi USA.
>>
>> Nemnogo o sebe. Mne 26 let, ya priyehala v USA nedelyu nazad k svoyemu
>> zhenihu - amerikantsu, i teper myu shivyom nepodalyoku ot New Orleans,
>> LA. V Rossiyi ya zhila v Samare, zakonchila tam filologicheskiy
>> fakultet universiteta (spetsialnost "angliyskiy yazyuk i literatura") i
>> rabotala prepodavatelyem angliiskogo yazyuka v etom zhe universitete, a
>> takzhe perevodchikom.
>>
>> Ochen hotelos byu poznakomitsya s russkimi, zhivyushimi v Amerike,
>> vozmozhno, lyudmi moyey professiyi.
>>
>> Budu zhdat vahego otveta s lyuboi informatsiyei o vas. Moi email in
>> Slidell, LA:
>> stillwood@earthlink.net
>> Zaraneye spasibo.
>> Vsego nailuchshego,
>> Elizaveta.
>
** 05 **********************************************************************
Sender: "Carolina San Martin" (csanmartin@eurasia.msk.ru)
Subject: New Eurasia Foundation Web site in Russian
XPOST from CIVILSOC
The Eurasia Foundation's Moscow Regional Office announces its new
Russian-language web site: www.eurasia.msk.ru !
The Eurasia Foundation's Moscow Regional Office has created a web site with
information about its work and the work of its talented grantees. The site
includes detailed information about current programs and competitions, the
office's quarterly newsletter, and grantee success stories, as well as
links to EF grantee web pages, other Eurasia Foundation offices, and other
foundations active in the region. Just added: materials and information
from the Russia-wide NGO Resource Center Conference (October 1998,
Golytsyno).
For more information, please contact:
Carolina San Martin
Outreach Coordinator
Eurasia Foundation
Moscow Regional Office
csanmartin@eurasia.msk.ru
www.eurasia.msk.ru
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Sender: "Carri Berenson" (cberenson@centerfordemocracy.org)
Subject: Job: Program Officer & Assistant for Europe and NIS
XPOST from CIVILSOC
Program Officer for Europe & NIS:
The Center for Democracy, an international non-partisan, non-profit
organization seeks a Program Officer to conduct judicial reform and
legislative development programs with CEE and NIS countries.
Responsibilities include: manage parliamentary exchange visits, organize
international conferences, write fundraising proposals, liaison with U.S. &
in-country contacts. Requirements: at least 2 years professional
experience in a related field, excellent writing skills, Russian language
fluency, strong organizational skills. Please fax cover letter and resume
to Carri Berenson, Vice President for Programs, 1101 15th Street, NW, Suite
505, Washington, DC 20005. Fax: (202) 293-1768. No telephone calls. EOE
Program Assistant
The Center for Democracy, an international non-partisan, non-profit
organization, seeks a Program Assistant. Responsibilities: research,
drafting correspondence, organizing international logistics, and
maintaining files and databases. Excellent writing and organizational
skills required; Russian language skills strongly preferred. Please fax
cover letter and resume to Carri Berenson, Vice President for Programs, at
1101 15th Street, NW, Suite 505, Washington, DC 20005. Fax (202)293-1768.
No telephone calls. EOE
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Sender: "daniel.lasanow" (daniel.lasanow@skynet.be)
Subject: geneology question
Dear sir, dear madam,
My demand will appear a little bit strange but your collaboration will =
help me a lot.
Could you please send the here below message to all the e-mail adresses =
and people you are knowing in the Bryansk area. Even more if you want.
My father, Aleksander Lasanow, who died in march 98, has been separated
from his family during world warII. Since 1943 he has tried several times
to get in contact with his family, unsuccessfully.
As I have never had the chance to know this part of my family, I would like
to retrieve my family members and also build the genealogy of the = Lasanow
family.
Concerning my family all the informations that I have are described here
below:
My father was born in Briansk (Bryansk) (Orel-Russia) on august 5th
1926.
His father, died in 1933. He was working for the Russian railways (???)
His mother's name is Helena Anichina (no contact since 1943; probably
death)
His brother's last name is Ivan (no contact since 1941- probably flew to
Siberia in 1941)
His sister's last name is Tatina (no contact since 1943) (Tatina or
Tatiana)
>From 1933-1943: My father was at school in Briansk (Bryansk) and
Doubrouka ( translated from Russian :"Dubrovka" or Dubrowka) - province =
Orel.
During this period my father was also living in Doubrouka.
>From 1943 till 1945 my father worked as a prisoner in Ulm (Germany)
>From 1945 till 1947 he worked as a mecanician for the US army in
Landshut
(Germany)
>From 1947 till 1949 he worked in a coal mine in Belgium.
Afterwards he studied for six years in Louvain.(Belgium)
Before being a Belgian citizen he was a UN refugee
Translated from Russian the Lasanow could also be:
Lasanow, Lassanow, Lasanoff, Lassanoff, Lasanowski, Lasanof, Lassanof,
Lasanoffski, Lasanowofski , Lazanow, Lazanoff, Lazanoff, Lazanowski, =
Lazanofski, Lazanoffski, Lazanov,Lisnevskii, =
Liznevski,Luzanov,Lesnyaev,Lozinov,Lazanovsky,Lesnevski, Laznevski, =
Lesnevski, Lassanowski=85
During the war till 1950 I have paper (identity card, work permit...)
where the name Lasanow Aleksander were: Lasanow Alexandre, Lasanow
Aleksander, Lassanow Aleksander, Lazanavu = Aleksandru (Alexandru)
Thanking you in advance to let me known if you have any information.
Daniel Lasanow
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Sender: "Donna Hamilton" (hamiltondrygoods@multipro.com)
Subject: Experienced log home builders
We are looking for individuals with experience in building log houses --
Since many homes in Siberia are made of log, and unemployment is so high,
we thought that there might be people in Russia with experience who would
like to work in the United States during the summer and fall of 1999
building log cabins. Anyone interested can contact me
Thanks Ron
telephone 931-528-6061
hamiltondrygoods@multipro.com
** 09 **********************************************************************
Sender: "Dr. Stephen Griew" (griew@nbnet.nb.ca)
Subject: Belarus grandfather
My grandfather left Belarus (we think he lived in the Grodno district) for
England around 1870-80. He adopted the surname GRIEW when he arrived in
England, and we think it may originally have been either GRIEV, GRIEVSKI or
GRIEWSKI. His first name was Solomon, and he may have had a brother named
Isaac. He was Jewish and we believe a woodcarver or woodworker of some
other kind. I wonder whether there is any way of discovering whether
others with these surnames may still live in the area, and if so whether
there is a way of contacting them to learn whether their oral history
includes anything that may help us learn more about the roots of our
family. Any advice on how to proceed would be greatly appreciated. Many
thanks, Stephen Griew
** 10 **********************************************************************
Sender: Global (sassa@pent200.podol.khmelnitskiy.ua)
Subject: seeking for keypal
Hello friends,
I'm seeking for a keypal from Germany or Austria. I'm studying German and
I'd like to communicate with native speaker. I'm 18 years old, student
from Ukraine.
Hope to hear from you soon,
Andrew
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Sender: HMBJOHNSON@aol.com
Subject: Russian icebreakers
My parents are trying to get information on Russian icebreakers that travel
the Northwest Passage. My father thinks that it is possible to travel on
these. Are you aware of any place that I can get info like that? Regards,
Sue Reyneri
** 12 **********************************************************************
Sender: Nick Mozak (nickmozak@usa.net)
Subject: New Internet Newsletter
Dear friends! We are a goup of enthusiasts from a not big russian town
Belgorod. Let us introduce our new project, the free Internet Newsletter
"LEVSHA" for businessmen, inventors and changing ideas. Everybody who has
interested ideas and offers and want to connect with many talented people
in Russia and all over the world are welcome.
http://members.tripod.com/~belgorod/levsha.htm For more information,
please, e-mail us: nickmozak@usa.net
** 13 **********************************************************************
Sender: Peksheva Nadejda (nadya@khj.td.silk.org)
Subject: Hello!
I'd like to exchange letterswith nice and interesting people with prospects
of closer aquaintance.Besides i study at the faculty of foreign languages
and i'd like to master my English by writing letters. Write me and i will
answer you. Nadya.
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Sender: sheeranfamily@msn.com
Subject: Nottingham Trent University
Name: Paul Sheeran
Email-address: sheeranfamily@msn.com
I am a University researcher at Nottingham Trent University looking at
counterculture, and in particular Rock music, in the former Soviet Union.
Would you have any contacts who might be interested in this area and would
be happy to discuss their experiences by e-mail on this matter? Kind
regards.
** 15 **********************************************************************
Sender: whiskyhope@aol.com
Subject: Latvia
Name: Shonda
Email-address: whiskyhope@aol.com
Hi, I'm looking for cultural information about Latvia, the country. My
daughter's Brownie troop is focusing on that and I need to find out things
such as their country colors, flag, bird/animal, and really what their
cultural affairs/festivals look like. THanks
** 16 **********************************************************************
Sender: "Bill Zoobkoff" (bzoobkoff@sprint.ca)
Subject: Thank you very much
I have recieved your email.I am of Russian decent and very interested in
the Soviet Union.Have a friend in Siberia.Please feel free too email me any
time..........Thank You
** 17 **********************************************************************
Sender: "Bill Zoobkoff" (bzoobkoff@sprint.ca)
Subject: Friend
My name is Vaseel Vaseelovich Zobkov. Looking For a fiend in Russia to
email back and forth with and be friends.My grand perants come kasikstan.
** 18 **********************************************************************
Sender: Evgenii Pivovarov (jenya@khj.td.silk.org)
Subject: A request from Tadjikistan
Hi!
My name is Evgeniy.I`m 17.I live in Khudjand,south Tadjikistan.
I`m a second year student of the faculty of foreign languages.
I`ve got a request for you.Can you seend me e-mail addresses of teen-agers,
with whom I will be able to correspond.
I will greatly appreciate it.
Thank you in advance.
Yours sincerelly Pivovarov Evgeniy.
** 19 **********************************************************************
Sender: gcole@solar.rtd.utk.edu
Subject: Faculty Development and Administrative Training for the
American University in Kyrgyzstan Program
Faculty Development and Administrative Training for the American University
in Kyrgyzstan Program
SPONSOR: United States Information Agency
SYNOPSIS: The Office of Academic Programs of the United States Information
announces an open competition for an assistance award program to assist the
American University in Kyrgyzstan (AUK) with faculty development and
administrative training.
DEADLINES: 03-08-1999
OBJECTIVES: The sponsor provides support to assist the American University
in Kyrgyzstan (AUK) with faculty development and administrative training.
The overall objective of this effort is to support the American University
in Kyrgyzstan in adapting U.S. educational curricula and practices to meet
educational needs in Kyrgyzstan, and in fostering respect for principles of
academic integrity and excellence. This assistance program will be divided
into two parts: a faculty development component and an administrative
training component.
The objective of the faculty development component is to carry out a
comprehensive program of faculty and curriculum development for the
American University in Kyrgyzstan, including collaboration on the general
education program and support in the following targeted fields:
Journalism/Communications, Economic, Psychology, Sociology, American
Studies, International Relations/Political Sciences, and other fields as
needed. Applicants are encouraged to undertake exchange activities within
each discipline in cooperation with one U.S. college or university
department in that discipline in order to ensure program continuity and to
enhance the mutual understanding of the participants. The faculty
development program may take the shape of a series of exchanges between a
U.S. and an AUK department in each targeted field. The exchanges in the
several targeted fields may all be concentrated in one U.S. college or
university; they may be concentrated in institutions in the same U.S.
region; or they may involve several individual departments in colleges and
universities across the U.S. These exchanges should provide participating
AUK junior faculty with the possibility of earning the master's degree at a
U.S. institution. Faculty exchange in a given discipline with a college
department which does not offer the master's degree is allowable as long as
appropriate arrangements can be made with another U.S. institution for
study towards the master's degree where required. One small to medium
sized institution of higher education may be designated as a model
institution for AUK participants to consider as they adapt to the
educational needs of Kyrgyzstan what they are learning in the U.S The model
institution should also participate in faculty development in one or more
of the targeted disciplines and/or in administrative training for AUK. Site
visits to the model institution by all AUK exchange participants in the
U.S. are encouraged where feasible.
The objective of the administrative training component is to carry out a
comprehensive program of administrative support and training for AUK.
Proposals should plan for training and support in the following priority
areas: admissions, registrar's office (including registration, records and
scheduling), financial aid, finance, accounting and budgeting, and library
collections. Proposals may also plan for support in the areas of academic
advising, student services, public relations, institutional development,
and other services as needed. The goal of the administrative training
exchanges is to facilitate a mentoring program for AUK administrators with
U.S. counterparts through a series of exchange visits that should include
visits to Kyrgyzstan by U.S. administrators with practical experience in
these activities. Proposals may coordinate the administrative training
components with a program of research on international educational
development.
The project is designed for the following participants: faculty,
administrators, staff and students at AUK and at the U.S. colleges or
universities identified as partners in the faculty development and
administrative training for AUK; postdoctoral specialists or doctoral
candidates from the U.S. who are qualified to teach courses at AUK and to
train AUK faculty and students; and other qualified educational and
administrative specialists as appropriate.
RESTRICTIONS: Eligible applicants are public and private nonprofit
organizations. The sponsor encourages applications from consortia of
colleges and universities or from U.S. partnerships developed for the
purposes of this grant, as well as from any single organization with the
capacity to administer this program. Organizations with less than four
years of experience in conducting international exchange programs are
ineligible.
MONETARY: The program will award up to $1,950,000 for a three year period
for faculty development and administrative training for the American
University in Kyrgyzstan. Approximately $300,000 of the total program
budget should be devoted to the administrative training component, and the
rest should be devoted to the faculty development component and
administrative costs. Total administrative costs may not exceed 20 percent
of the total request.
CONTACT INFO: Sam Eisen; 301 4th Street, SW; Washington, DC 20547
Telephone: 202-619-4097; FAX: 202-401-1433; Email Address: seisen@usia.gov
Source of Information: Federal Register; 1998-11-19; 64316
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Sender: Golovina Natasha (nata@khj.td.silk.org)
Subject: to have new pen-friends
Hello! My name is Nata. I live in Tajikistan, in Khujand. I have a lot
of hobbies and one of them is to write letters,I mean to e-mail.I would
like to have more pen-friends.I'm waiting for your e-mail.
My e-mail is: Nata@khj.td.silk.org
Nata
** 21 **********************************************************************
Sender: "Heinrich Tann" (caesarevents3@hotmail.com)
Subject: Russia in Crises: A Search for Solutions, Feb. 18
The Center for American-Eurasian Studies and Relations (CAESAR)
Invites you to its first Caviar Reception
& Russian Roundtable Discussion for 1999
"Russia -- Crossroads of Crises: A Search for Solutions"
February 18th, Thursday
At THE RUSSIA HOUSE
1800 Conn. Ave., NW
(Dupont Circle Metro, corner of Conn. & Florida Aves.)
Reception: 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Discussion: 6:30-7:30 p.m.
The Center is inviting Russian area specialists, government officials,
representatives from different organizations, and those interested in the
Russia within the Washington, DC metropolitian area to gather and discuss
the crises in Russian leadership, economics, and arms control and
nonproliferation efforts, as well as the environmental, health and social
issues facing the nation.
The current state of Russian-American relations is at stake, as well as
future developments for world peace and security.
The Center for American-Eurasian Studies and Relations is an association of
specialists, officials, scholars, and citizens who are interested in
advancing positive relations between the United States and the nations of
Eurasia(Europe and Asia).
Our members include many prominent dissidents, human rights activists, arms
control specialists, as well as students and local citizens who protested
for freedoms in East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Moscow and Beijing. Formerly
the Center for Soviet-American Relations, we are celebrating our 10th year
anniversary in 1999.
Questions: The event is free, to RSVP or put your name on the list, contact
the Center at (202)966-8651 or e-mail to Eurasia@aol.com (cash bar)
Please visit our new website which was designed by our Moscow office at
http://www.eurasiacenter.org
** 22 **********************************************************************
Sender: kgrill@aaas.org (KGRILL)
Subject: SCIENTIST: Workshop: Russian Technologies for Industrial Applications
Second Announcement
Third International Workshop
***"Russian Technologies for INDUSTRIAL Applications"***
(in the frame of the workshop series "Results of Fundamental Research
for Investments")
St Petersburg, May 24-26, 1999
The Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) and the
St.Petersburg United Research Center are announcing a series of
International Workshops "Results of Fundamental Research for
Investments", which are aimed at presentation of results obtained
within the RFBR projects and have application potential.
The first Workshop within this Program was held in St.Petersburg in
May 1998. The list of participants included representatives of the
following Companies: Analytik Bruker GmbH (Germany), Company KITS
(Korea), Culminatum Ltd OY (Finland), EURO REAK BV (Netherlands),
Ikesol (France), Samsung (Korea), Schlumberger (France), Inova
(France).
The Workshop culminated in contracts signed between groups of Russian
scientists and some Western companies. The success of this first
Workshop has stimulated the RFBR to make a decision of holding it
twice a year, alternately in Moscow and St.Petersburg, under the
auspices of the St.Petersburg United Research Center.
The second Workshop in the series was held in Moscow in December
1998, at the Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bio-Organic
Chemistry.
The third Workshop "Russian Technologies for Industrial Applications"
will assemble representatives of the main Research Centers of the
Russian Academy of Sciences, Universities, leading industrial
enterprises, companies, and organizations, which are interested in
implementation of their advanced projects.
*PRESENTATION*
The Workshop program will include invited lectures and contributed
papers. The Program Committee and the International Advisory
Committee chose invited speakers. The contributed papers will be
selected on the basis of the submitted abstracts. The Program, list
of invited lectures, the deadline for submission of papers and
related information is presented below.
*GENERAL TOPICS*
New technology and new materials;
Nontraditional power systems;
Ecology of water areas around nuclear and thermal power plants;
New generation of ecologically clean refrigerating units;
Smart materials;
New medical technologies;
New technologies for advertising and mass-media.
Investments in scientific developments - fiction or reality?
*ORGANIZERS*
St. Petersburg United Research Center,
Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences,
Science Technical Center "Physintel",
St. Petersburg State Technical University,
Academy of Engineering Sciences of the Russian Federation.
*SPONSORS*
Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR),
Ministry of Science and Technology of the Russian Federation.
*LOCATION AND DATE*
The third Workshop will take place in St.Petersburg from May 24 to
May 26, 1999.
The sessions will be held in St.Petersburg, Dvortsovaya naberezhnaya
26, Scientists' House.
*LANGUAGE*
The official language of the Workshop is English and Russian.
Simultaneous translation services will be provided.
*IMPORTANT DATES*
Second Announcement February 10, 1999
Abstract Deadline March 1, 1999
Hotel Reservations May 17, 1999
Registration of participants (with no presentation intended) May 24,
1999
*SOCIAL PROGRAM*
1. Visit to the Hermitage, excursion on St. Petersburg's rivers and
canals.
2. Excursions to the Scientific Centers and Universities of St.
Petersburg
*REGISTRATION FEE*
The registration fee is $250.
Foreign participants can pay the fee at registration on May 24, 1999.
The organizers of the workshop will apply to Russian Foundations to
provide financial support for Russian participants (payment of the
fee).
*HOTEL RESERVATION*
We expect you to inform us on the date of your arrival and departure
by e-mail or fax to make hotel reservations in time. The deadline
for hotel reservations is May 20, 1999.
Payment for 1 day of stay in a Hotel:
"St Petersburg" - single(70 USD); double (94 USD). Breakfast
included
"Sputnik" - single(45 USD) ; double (60 USD)
The hotel "St. Petersburg" (three-star, 11 floors, 402 rooms) in St.
Petersburg is located on the bank of the Neva and has a splendid view
of the river and of a concert hall.
Address: 195300, Pirogovskaya naberezhnaya 5/2
(http://www.tourintel.ru/HOTELS/STPETER.HTM)
The hotel "Sputnik" (two stars) in St. Petersburg is located about
Ioffe Institute and St.Petersburg State Technical University.
Address: pr. Morisa Toreza 34
*CONTACT INFORMATION*
All correspondence concerning the Workshop should be directed to the
Organizing Committee of the 3rd International Workshop "Results of
Fundamental Research for Investments" (IWRFRI'99)
Phone: +7 (812) 247-9968
FAX: +7 (812) 247-5894
Address: Prof. S.G.Konnikov
Polytechnicheskaya 26, St.Petersburg,
194021, RUSSIA
E-mail: IWRFRI@pop.ioffe.rssi.ru
http://www.ioffe.rssi.ru/IWRFRI
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Sender: Mark Storey (mstorey@igc.org)
Subject: NOTIFICATION OF INTENT TO SOLICIT US PARTNERS
Below please find copy of "Notification of Intent to Solicit US Partners
for New Health Partnerships in the New Independent States (NIS) of the
Former Soviet Union."
Feel free to forward it to any institutions that might be interested in
applying.
Thank you
=========================
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL HEALTH ALLIANCE
Notice of Pending Solicitation
To: All Interested Parties
From: American International Health Alliance (AIHA)
Suite 750
1212 New York Ave, NW
Washington, D.C., 20005
Date: February 10, 1999
Subject: Notification of Intent to Solicit US Partners for New Health
Partnerships in the New Independent States (NIS) of the Former Soviet Union
Summary
With funding support from the US Agency for International Development
(USAID), the American International Health Alliance (AIHA) will release, on
or about February 16, 1999, a solicitation for US partners to participate
in new health partnerships in nine countries of the New Independent States
(NIS) of the former Soviet Union. AIHA anticipates that up to twenty
partnerships could be funded through this solicitation. The majority of
these new partnerships will be focused on improving primary care through
the development of community-based models that show meaningful results
locally and are replicable nationally. Three partnerships will address the
development of health management education programs. One partnership will
address the improvement of emergency services and the development of a
national trauma center. Applicants will have 45 calendar days to prepare
and submit their proposals.
Background
On September 30, 1998, the U.S. Agency for International Development
(USAID) awarded the NIS Health Partnerships Program to the American
International Health Alliance (AIHA). The Health Partnerships Program is
designed to promote sustainable partnerships between US and NIS communities
and institutions that foster more effective and efficient delivery of
health services in the NIS. Through its previous program, AIHA supported
thirty-one partnerships in the NIS. AIHA is initiating plans to develop and
support up to twenty new partnerships in accordance with the strategic
direction of the USAID Missions in the region. As under the previously
funded hospital partnership program, the new partnerships are expected to
transfer skills, know-how and lessons learned largely through highly
voluntary, community-based "people to people" contacts, much in keeping
with the US Government's "Partnerships for Freedom" initiative in the NIS.
Under the new program, AIHA is seeking to expand the range of possible
partnerships beyond the original, hospital-to-hospital model, to include
partnerships encompassing a much broader range and collection of health
related institutions such as academic health centers and schools of health
professions including public health and health management, medical group
practices, healthy community and other non-governmental organizations,
state and county departments of health, citizens health advocacy groups,
and professional associations. AIHA and USAID believe that partnerships
embracing many of these institutions and organizations, can more
comprehensively assist their counterpart communities in the NIS improve the
health of their citizens.
Focus of New Partnerships
In accordance with USAID strategies for the region, AIHA anticipates that
most of the new partnerships will have as their focus the improvement of
primary care. These primary health care (PHC) partnerships will develop
broad-based, community-oriented, PHC services in a local governmental
jurisdiction (equivalent to a US city or county) that can serve as a model
for national replication. In support of the USG's emphasis on the
development of civil society and democratization and in furtherance of
promoting sustainable, decentralized approaches to meeting social service
needs, the Health Partnerships Program increasingly incorporates the use of
a "healthy communities" methodology that brings together all key community
stakeholders in a collaborative local health assessment and priority
intervention process. Partners will design a systematic community-oriented
planning approach that includes a community health assessment,
multi-sectoral and multi-disciplinary involvement by key stakeholders, and
an examination of factors involved in restructuring the existing delivery
system of ambulatory care. Services will emphasize disease prevention,
health promotion, and the development of evidence based quality care in a
family-centered primary care environment. An emphasis will be placed on
integrating health services within the larger social services context and
on the development of supportive community based NGO's. Community
mobilization and training, or re-training, of primary health care
practitioners including nurses and allied health personnel will be key
features of each partnership. In a few instances the partnership will
place a stronger emphasis on health professions education, including the
development of curricula and faculty. An interdisciplinary approach will
be sought to compliment other international donor efforts establishing
education programs for family physicians.
In addition to the PHC partnerships, AIHA anticipates that it will solicit
US partners to assist in the development of educational programs in health
management education - HME partnerships - in three NIS countries. These
partnerships are expected to be similar in scope to several of AIHA's
previous and current partnerships in the countries of Central and Eastern
Europe. US partners will assist their counterparts in the development of
curricula, faculty and educational materials related to degree and
non-degree based programs in health services management and policy
development.
Finally, AIHA anticipates that it will solicit a US partner to assist in
the improvement of emergency care and the development of a national system
for trauma and disaster response in the Republic of Uzbekistan.
Potential applicants should be aware that in each instance, AIHA expects to
have selected the prospective NIS partner on the basis of extensive
consultation with national and regional governmental authorities and USAID.
In each instance, the prospective NIS partners and their governments are
making explicit significant commitments in resources including all of their
respective human resources and most capital and operating costs. In many
instances, the NIS cities or regions chosen are part of a broader regional
assistance effort by the United States government. AIHA and USAID are in
the final stages of determining the NIS partners and the anticipated
solicitation will identify the NIS partner with as much specificity as
possible. For the purposes of the solicitation, prospective US partners
are not expected to have previous contact, knowledge or experience with the
NIS partner but rather demonstrate the capacity and commitment to assist
the partner in furtherance of the program's objectives.
A more detailed description of the types of partnership by NIS country and
specific community or institution is provided below.
Partnership Model
Through grants to successful applicants, AIHA provides support for
partnership exchange travel, limited equipment and supplies, shipping,
partnership communication and coordination costs, and participation in
workshops, conferences and training sessions. Applicants will be asked to
demonstrate their willingness to undertake the commitments of a partner
required under the AIHA partnership model, including significant in-kind
contributions, travel to the NIS, hosting the NIS partners, reporting on
partnership outcomes, and attending partnership orientations, training,
workshops and conferences. Partner institutions are expected to contribute
the human resource component of their activities and customary
institutional indirect charges. Each new partnership will be funded for an
initial two-year period and is expected to involve approximately 20-30
professional exchanges in each direction annually; successful partnerships
may be extended for a third year, contingent on USAID funding.
AIHA expects to be an active "partner" in every partnership, providing key
support services that enable the partners to bring their resources to bear
more effectively and get the most out of their efforts, identifying and
securing significant additional voluntary services from AIHA's own
strategic partners, and providing a framework for collaboration within a
larger international and policy context.
The needs of the NIS partners are immediate and AIHA expects partnerships
to begin their activities immediately after awards are made. Successful
applicants should be prepared to participate in a series of post-award
preparatory activities between May and July 1999. These will include a
three-day orientation session in Washington for US partners, an assessment
visit of the US partners to their NIS partner, a preliminary visit of the
NIS partners to their US partner city, and a four-day AIHA workshop in the
NIS with both US and NIS partners to develop the partnership's detailed
two-year workplan.
Solicitation Process
AIHA will be seeking applications from organizations or groups of
organizations that would make appropriate partners. In the case of the PHC
partnerships, this is likely to include representation from some or all of
the following types of institutions: local county departments of health,
health care facilities and provider networks, community health centers,
schools of the health professions, community-based non-governmental
organizations, and professional associations. In the case of HME
partnerships, applicants are likely to be university based programs of
health management, health administration or health policy education with
demonstrated linkages to the practitioner community and experience in
developing degree and non-degree, short course, programs. In the case of
the Uzbekistan partnership, AIHA is seeking applicants that can assist in
the development of a region-wide trauma system including both emergency and
pre-hospital care components. AIHA is currently collaborating with the
government of Uzbekistan in establishing first responder training capacity.
Whenever appropriate, applicants will be expected to demonstrate
broad-based community support and involvement. Successful US applicants
will be matched to NIS facilities/organizations to form the health
partnerships. Applicants may apply for a specific partnership or elect to
be considered for any one of a group of partnerships, by type or country.
The solicitation will be available on AIHA's web-site (www.aiha.com), where
interested parties may download it. Organizations who have sent inquiries
or formal requests to receive the solicitation will be sent copies as
e-mail attachments. Interested organizations which require hard copies of
the solicitation should notify AIHA, so arrangements can be made to ensure
its timely delivery.
Informational sessions will be held to provide additional information about
the partnership program, the grant process, and the selection criteria.
The first of these sessions is tentatively scheduled for February 26 in
Washington, DC. Information regarding additional sessions will be provided
in the solicitation.
This notice is for informational purposes only. AIHA is not bound by this
notice to issue any solicitation or to award any grant. AIHA retains the
right to change the number, type, country, and site of the partnership
grants covered by the solicitation.
Anticipated Country, Site and Type of Partnership
---------------------------------------------------------------
Partnership Focus/Type: Community-based Primary Health Care
Armenia (2) - Regions yet to be determined
Belarus (1) (limited size and duration) - Administrative district of City
of Minsk
Georgia (1) - Region yet to be determined
Russia (3) - Siberia - Kurgan Oblast; Far East - Sakhalin or Kharbarovsk
Oblasts; Novgorod Oblast
Ukraine (6) - City of Kiev; L'viv Oblast; City of Odessa or Odessa Oblast;
Kharkiv Oblast; Donetsk Oblast; Other Oblast or City to be determined
Kazakstan (1) - City of Astana
---------------------------------------------------------------
Partnership Focus/Type: Community based primary care with emphasis on
related health professions' education including basic PHC skills, nursing
and health administration.
Kygyzstan (1) - Bishkek (Kyrgyz State Medical Academy and two model
practice sites)
Turkmenistan (1) - Ashgabat (Ministry of Health Department of Continuing
Education)
---------------------------------------------------------------
Partnership Focus/Type: Health management education; Health policy and
administration
Armenia (1) - Yerevan (National Institutes of Health Education)
Georgia (1) - Tbilisi (institutions to be determined)
Kazakstan (1) - Almaty (Kazakstan School of Public Health)
---------------------------------------------------------------
Partnership Focus/Type: Emergency medicine, trauma network development
Uzbekistan (1) - Tashkent (National Center for Provision of Urgent Medical
Care and affiliated regional centers)
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