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Germanywww.gtz.de/home/english/gtzGerman Organization for Technical Cooperation The German Organization for Technical Cooperation is a service enterprise for development cooperation owned by the Federal Republic of Germany. Its mandate is to make sustainable improvements in the living conditions of people in partner countries and to conserve the natural resource base on which life depends. German Organization for Technical Cooperation works with Russian Federation partners to build up pluralistic, market-oriented structures. Its focus is on implementation and consolidation of reforms in all facets of life, especially in the economic sphere. Both German authorities and international bodies like the European Union commission German Organization for Technical Cooperation with the implementation of projects. www.dse.de/entwi-e.htm German Foundation for International Development The activities of the German Foundation for International Development focus on the training of specialists and executive personnel from developing countries and countries in transition; an area information centre for German experts; a development policy forum; and a documentation and information centre. The site contains links to many organizations with information on development and policy. www.iews.org East West Institute The Institute works as a public policy catalyst, working with the leaders of Central-South Eastern Europe and Russia to address the complex, inter-related issues of building democracy and prosperity. Areas of work include international security, economic and regional development, trans-frontier cooperation, the Russian regions and development in South Eastern Europe. Projects emphasize designing multi-disciplinary frameworks to bring new ideas and points of view to bear on seemingly intractable problems in each of these project areas. www.eurocom.org/eurocom/index.htm euroCom EuroCom is a German non-governmental organisation which arranges social, cultural and ecological cooperation projects between the West and the East. EuroCom's activities cover several countries in transition in Europe, including Russia, Ukraine and Romania, as well as countries in the Near and Middle East and Africa. euroCom utilizes the skills and experience of German and European organisations working in different sectors to provide consulting services and professional inputs to projects in third countries. Arenas of work include: establishing the legal base for NGOs; methods of NGO management and administration; efficient NGO structures; improving NGO financial basis and accounting procedures; promoting transition towards democratic societies; improving the work, role and acceptance of NGOs; increasing NGOs' access to electronic communication and information exchange; improving NGOs' cooperation with governmental organisations and administrations; supporting cooperation between NGOs and international organisations. EuroCom's St. Petersburg office: www.eurocom.org./eurocom/StPetersburgRussia/index.htm. www.bosch-stiftung.de Robert Bosch Foundation The Foundation's six areas of support include Medicine and Health Care / Social and Natural Science; Care and Humanitarian Aid; International Relations; International Understanding with Central and Eastern Europe; Civic Community and Social Work; Youth, Education, and Culture. The Foundation and its related institutions in Stuttgart promote public health care, international understanding, social work, education, the arts and culture, the humanities, and the social and natural sciences. www.volkswagen-stiftung.de Volkswagen Foundation The Foundation supports highly promising young scientists early in their careers with grants to safeguard and intensify their own research activities. It funds around 15 new projects annually, with a maximum amount of DM 300,000 per project. The grants will be awarded for two- to three-year research projects carried out autonomously by the foreign researchers with specific cooperation with German scientists. The program includes scientists from Central and Eastern Europe who are currently working abroad but wish to return to scientific institutions in their native country. |