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Local Governmentand Public Service Reform Initiative

2003

A c t i v i t y R e p o r t

J U N E

OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE RELATED

PUBLIC POLICY CENTERS



Local Governmentand Public Service Reform Initiative





2003J U N E

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O P E N S O C I E T Y I N S T I T U T E R E L A T E D P U B L I C P O L I C Y C E N T E R S

L O C A L G O V E R N M E N T A N D P U B L I C S E R V I C E R E F O R M I N I T I A T I V E

O S I – B

L G P S R I

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E - m a i l

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W e b S i t e

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P P C I c o n t a c t

José de Barros

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C O N T E N T S

Contents

Introduction........................................................................................7

Members of the Related Centers Network ...........................................9

1. Albania, Tirana

Institute for Contemporary Studies ............................................11

2. Bulgaria, Sofi a

European Institute......................................................................16

Center for Economic Development ............................................21

International Centre for Minority Studies

and Intercultural Relations .........................................................30

3. Croatia, Zagreb

Center for Educational Research and Development....................34

Croatian Law Centre ..................................................................36

SME Policy Center.....................................................................39

4. Czech Republic, Prague

EUROPEUM—Institute for European Policy ............................41

5. Estonia, Tallinn

Praxis Center for Policy Studies ..................................................46

6. Georgia, Tbilisi

Institute for Policy Studies..........................................................57

7. Hungary, Budapest

Center for Policy Studies ............................................................62

8. Kazakhstan, Almaty

Public Policy Research Center ....................................................69

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9. Latvia, Riga

Latvian Centre for Human Rights and Ethnic Studies ................74

Centre for Public Policy PROVIDUS.........................................81

10. Macedonia, Skopje

Th e Euro-Balkan Institute ..........................................................83

11. Moldova, Chisinau

Institute for Development and Social Initiatives “Viitorul”.........91

Th e Institute for Public Policy ....................................................94

12. Poland, Warsaw

Institute of Public Aff airs..........................................................103

13. Romania, Timisoara

Center for Rural Assistance.......................................................123

Romania, Bucharest

Th e Romanian Center for Economic Policies............................125

14. Russia, Moscow

Center for Legal Support to Local Government........................129

15. Slovakia, Bratislava

Institute for Public Aff airs ........................................................133

Institute for Economic and Social Reforms...............................140

16. Slovenia, Ljubljana

Peace Institute, Institute for Contemporary Social

and Political Studies .................................................................146

17. Ukraine, Kiev

International Centre for Policy Studies .....................................150

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I N T R O D U C T I O N

Introduction

Th e Public Policy Centres Initiative (PPCI), set up in 1999 as a network activity of LGI, is pleased

to publish this third report and directory of the OSI “related” public policy centres and their

network. Th e report provides a guide to the activities, achievements and impact of think tanks

closely related to the Open Society Institute or Soros National Foundations. Th e report collates

the information from the various centres with the aim of informing the policy com mu ni ty about

the centers achievements and accomplishments.

Th e centres operate within a collaborative and supportive network known as the Related Cen tres

Network (RCN). Starting with nine centres in 2000 the network has continue to grow and now

includes 28 centres actively providing policy advice to the region and international or ga ni za tions.

During the last 12 months fi ve centres have joined the network: Etvos Karoly Policy Institute

(Hungary), Providus (Latvia), Center for Legal Support to Local Government (Rus sia), CEPOR

(Croatia), and the Peace Institute (Slovenia). Unfortunatelly our member in Montenegro ceased

operations and closed.

Together the centres provide the policy community with expertise on issues of human rights,

eco nom ic development, management of governmental reforms, social policy, education, health,

re li gion, international cooperation, small enterprises development, public participation and public

sector management. Th is expertise is recognized by the wider international donor community

and the network has provided imput to projects sponsored by the EU, UNDP, DFID, OSI,

various country to country technical projects and a host of international foundations and na tion al

gov ern ments. Th e fi nancial turnover for the network in 2002 exceeded 18 million dol lars, an

increase of more than fi ve million dollars over the previous fi nancial period.

Th e impact of public policy advice when accepted and implemented by the decision makers is

signifi cant. For example, changes to legislation brought about by a contribution from a policy

center can impact momentously on the lives of the people of a country or community. Th is

report illustrates how the Related Centers Network has had a signifi cant impact during the past

year, in the public policy making process in the region, indeed all centers have made an impact

in their national public policy development and in helping open up the decision making process

to new participants.

As a group the centers have issued over 300 publications, held over seventy workshops and

con fer enc es, undertaken over 80 policy projects. Th e network had a signifi cant and pro fes sion al ly

rec og nized quality output and this impacted in the academic policy community, in decision

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making and implementation, in improved governance and public administration of the various

countries.

Th e Public Policy Centers Initiative helps to strengthen the position, visibility, profi le, capacity

and capability of the policy centers in the group. Th e PPCI’s remit is to assist the growth and

development of new policy centers by providing “hands on assistance” which is cru cial ly nec es sary

for eff ective support. Th e PPCI helps the “related centres” to come together for mutual support

and to learn from its various and diverse experiences, provides technical support where needed

and encourages and funds joint policy projects. Th e centers are at diff erent stages of development.

Some require continued nurturing and support to ensure viability and continuity. Th e PPCI

has promoted the twinning of stronger centers with those less experienced, and has assigned

mentors to centers seeking professional support. Under the PPCI, the related centers meet twice

a year to exchange experiences and challenges, and to discuss issues of general im por tance and

signifi cance.

Much has been done, but much is still to be done. Individually many of the centers play a

signifi cant role in assisting the thinking necessary to ensure a considered approach to national

public policy. Th e impact of their output as a network has began to transcend national bound aries.

I am therefore pleased with the centers’ positive response to joint ventures, refl ected in the

PPCI ethos.

Th is report is again intended to increase awareness of the related centers within the Open

So ci ety Institute in particular, and the public policy community in general; and to encourage

their collaboration with national and regional governments, media, and non-governmental

or gan i sa tions. PPCI believes that increased awareness will encourage positive contributions to

the sup port of open societies in the region.

I express my appreciation for the centers who willingly assisted with the preparation of this report

and to Natalia Potapenko who again helped co-ordinate the project.

José de Barros

Program Manager

Public Policy Centers Initiative

OSI/LGI

E-mail address: [email protected]

June 2003

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M E M B E R S O F T H E R E L A T E D C E N T E R S N E T W O R K

Members of the Related Centers Net work

Albania Institute for Contemporary Studies, Tirana

Bulgaria European Institute, Sofi a

International Centre for Minority Studies, Sofi a

Center for Economic Development, Sofi a

Croatia Center for Ed u ca tion al Research and Development, Zagreb

Croatian Law Centre, Zagreb

Center for Centar za politiku razvoja malih poduzeca

—Croatia SMEs Pol i cy Cen ter, Zagreb

Czech Republic EUROPEUM—Institute for European Policy, Prague

Estonia Praxis Center for Policy Studies, Tallinn

Georgia Georgia Policy Institute, Tbilisi

Hungary Center for Policy Studies CEU, Budapest

Eötvös Károly Policy Institute, Budapest

Kazakhstan Kazakh Policy Center, Almaty

Latvia Latvian Centre for Human Rights and Ethnic Studies, Riga

Providus Policy Centre, Riga

Macedonia Th e Eu ro-Bal kan In sti tute, Skopje

Moldova Institute for Public Policy, Chisinau

Institute for Development and Social Initiatives “Viitorul”, Chi sinau

Montenegro Institute of Public Administration, Judiciary

and Local Gov ern ment, Podgorica

Poland Institute of Public Aff airs, Warsaw

Romania Center for Rural Assistance, Timisoara

Th e Romanian Center for Economic Policies, Bucharest

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Russia Center for Legal Support to Local Government, Moscow

Slovakia Institute for Economic and Social Reforms, Bratislava

Institute for Public Aff airs, Bratislava

Slovenia Peace Institute, Institute for Contemporary Social

and Polictical Studies, Ljubljana

Ukraine International Centre for Policy Studies, Kiev

Yugoslavia Public Administration and Local Government Center, Belgrade

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I N S T I T U T E F O R C O N T E M P O R A R Y S T U D I E S

Institute for Contemporary Studies(ISB)

A d d r e s s : Vaso Pasha St. 7, Tirana, Albania

T e l e p h o n e / F a x : (+355 4) 247 146; 251 010; 251 020

F a x : (+355 4) 234 868

E - m a i l : [email protected]; [email protected]

W e b - s i t e : www.ics-al.org

Institute for Contemporary Studies (ISB) is an independent non-profi t research institute set up

in December 1995. Its main goal is to promote development of the Albanian society based on

democratic principles, free market, lawful and sustained quality. ISB team consists of 14 full

time staff members and more than 120 associated senior and junior consultants and trainers. It

cooperates with large number of NGOs as well as with Regional (sub-national) Development

Agencies and other small specialised consulting companies that allows ISB activities to cover

the entire country.

At the present moment ISB is focused on four main areas: democratic institution building and

good governance; economic and social development policies; civil society development and

Euro-Atlantic integration and regional cooperation.

Public Policy Projects

Albanian Centre for International Trade

In 2002 ISB won the tender of USAID Trade Liberalisation Program to create Albanian Center for

International Trade (ACIT). Th e major goal of this fi ve-year project consists in capacity building

in the fi led of trade policy, improvement of its quality and thus increasing pubic benefi ts from

trade opportunities created by globalisation trends and European integration pro cess. ACIT

operates in three main directions:

• As an information Resource Center, that would support participatory and informed trade

policy decision making by providing all stakeholders with accurate information and data

about conditions, opportunities and risks that international trade entails;

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• As a Research and Trade Policy Centre, that would improve the analytic base of decision

making in drafting, implementing and monitoring trade policy as well as promoting a

transparent and inclusive trade policy process;

• As a Capacity Building Centre.

Director of ACIT , Mr. Selim Belortaja, is a well-known economist and economic analyst. As

a lecturer at the Faculty of Economics in the University of Tirana he taught economics of

trade, foreign trade and international marketing for about 15 years. He was the fi rst Chairman

of the Albanian Foreign Investment Agency. Since November 1993 he has been working in

Gov ern men tal bodies where until 1997 he acted as Minister of Trade and Industry and later on

as Secretary of State for Foreign Economic Relations in the Ministry of Finance.

National Strategy for Social and Economic Development

ISB was contracted by the Government of Albania and DFID/World Bank to draft National

Strategy for Social and Economic Development (NSSED), which is now an offi cial fun da men tal

document of local Government that outlines the actions and priority measures to be taken in the

next three years. Social support and macroeconomic stability are conditions for im ple men ta tion

of the strategy. Development of the NSSED was a complex exercise for the Institute, in volv ing

desk work, data-elaboration and analyses, close cooperation with the NSSED-working groups

in line Ministries, public debate, and public outreach—extensive discussion with stake hold ers,

especially the business community and local governments. Th is document that bears the stamp

of ICS is now a basic tool on which other major donors will rely to develop their programs.

Considering the fact, that 2002 is the fi rst year of strategy implementation ISB is contracted to

draft the progressive report of strategy implementation as well as to provide technical assistance

to the NSSED monitoring units established close to each line ministries.

Policy Design, Management and Improvement of the Education System in Albania

Th is project aims to assist the Albanian Government and the Ministry of Education and Science

to undertake the reorganization of the Ministry and other central institutions dealing with various

aspects of education, in line with a strategic vision for education reform in Albania. Th e study

is carried out in cooperation with Institute Belge de Formation (IBF), with key components

implemented by ISB.

Financial Autonomy of Universities in Albania

Increasing the fi nancial autonomy of universities in Albania as basic element to increase the

institutional autonomy. Th is on-going project fi nanced by SOROS Foundation in Tirana, is

focused on fi nancial autonomy of universities as the most important element to increase their

self-governance.

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Public Administration Reform

Within this project several sub-projects fi nanced by diff erent donors (World Bank, SOROS,

UNDP) were implemented:

• Drafting and assisting the legislative process of the law “On civil servant status” and its

relevant by-laws;

• Technical assistance to the Department of Public Administration and Civil Servant Com-

mittee on law implementation. Technical assistance of ICS consists in: adoption of criteria

and standards for recruitment and carrier structure of civil servant, performance evaluation

and Ethic Code;

• Th e salaries reform of public administration. Th e Institute has developed a salary database

and realized comparative analyses that serves as a bases for the establishment of the new

remuneration system;

• Reorganization of the Council of Minister and Ministries;

• Adoption of indicators of the progress for the public administration reform;

• Training the civil servant through developing training modules on diff erent areas.

Decentralization Reform and Local Autonomy Component

In1998 ISB was engaged in drafting the Government Strategy on Decentralization and Local

Autonomy and is for the period 2000–2003 contracted by the Urban Institute under USAID

Decentralization Program to provide assistance, support and advise in the implementation of

Decentralization Strategy for Local Government.

Th e activities of the Institute in this fi eld are channelled as follows:

• Technical assistance to the task force and decentralization committee;

• Supporting co-operation between actors in preparation of the environment necessary for

reform’s implementation;

• Training of local government staff in various municipalities of Albania;

• Providing consultancy services to Tirana Municipality.

Anti-corruption and Good Governance

ISB assists the Albanian Coalition of Anti-corruption in strengthening its structures and strat e gy

implementation. Technical assistance provided by the experts of Institute is mainly focused

on:

• Improvement of legal framework of procurement methodologies;

• Strengthening the Public Procurement Agency;

• Enhancing involvement of business communities.

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Training and Dessimination Activities

Reports prepared by Albanian Centre for International Trade on trade policies in Albania have

been presented to the organized round tables as follows:

• November 2002—Th e fi rst round table, titled “Albanian Foreign Trade-Trends and

Issues”.

• December 2002—Th e second round table, titled “Free Trade Agreements, fi rst experiences

toward the deepness of regional integration”.

• September 2002—ACIT held the seminar titled “WTO and regional trade agreements”

discussing three main points:

– Liberalization and its three dimensions;

– Evolution from GATT to WTO;

– Regional and bilateral agreements.

• March 2003 ACIT in collaboration with USAID organized the seminar: Albanian Prospects

on the Competitiveness 2003, discussing the following topics:

– Global tendencies that aff ect the Trade and Competitiveness in Agro-Industry

Sector.

– Initiatives to improve the competitiveness of Albanian Agro-business sector.

• March 2003 Workshop Series on Trade Policy, Economic Analysis and Strategy, Session 1

“Th e process of WTO accession and the case of Albania” organized by ACIT.

• In October 2002 ISB organized three round tables to discuss the following topics related

to the National Strategy for Social Economic Development:

– Opportunities for economic growth;

– Social and human development;

– Governance.

Participants of the above indicated round tables and seminars were representing main interested

actors in the trade sectors such as: Ministry of Economy, members of Parliament, Ministry of

Agricultural and Food, private sector, General Custom Directorate, General Directorate of

Quality and Standardization, NGOs etc.

Publications

Free Trade Agreements, fi rst experiences toward the deepness of regional integration, ACIT

publication 2002.

Albanian Foreign Trade Trends and Issues, ACIT publication 2002.

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Rapid Assessment Survey on Working Street Children in Albania”, a publication of the Institute

for Contemporary Studies supported by International Labour Offi ce/ILO, 2002.

A paper for the Group of Independent Expert of the Council of Europe “On Municipal Property

in Albania”, co-author Mr. Artan Hoxha and Mrs. Julia Dhimitri, 2002.

A paper for the Group of Independent Experts of the Council of Europe “On Local Democracy,

case of Albania”, co-author Mr. Genc Ruli and Mrs. Julia Dhimitri, 2002.

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European Institute(EI)

A d d r e s s : 1000, Rakovski St. 96, Sofi a, Bulgaria

T e l e p h o n e / F a x : (+359 2) 988 64 10

F a x : (+359 2) 988 64 11

E - m a i l : [email protected]

W e b - s i t e : www.europeaninstitute.net

European Institute (EI) is an independent policy center, founded in April 1999 with the object

of supporting the eff orts of governmental and non-governmental agencies to successfully pre pare

Bulgaria for EU membership through research, technical assistance, public awareness and capacity

building programs. In 2003 the EI’s focus is given to cooperation with all gov ern men tal and

non-governmental institutions for the successful conduction of negotiations till country’s full

accession, provision of support in preserving the political consensus in Bulgaria regarding its

accession to the European Union; and provision of support for integration of countries in South

East Europe in the EU through conduction of related and necessary national reforms.

Special accent is given to the regional development strengthening with regard to raising ca pac i ties

of local administration to plan, consult and fundraise for local sectoral and infrastructural stra-

tegies.

Th e main programmatic challenges for EI in 2003 are targeted in fi ve main areas:

• Provision of strategic supporting in implementation of the acquis and further developing

of the administrative capacity of the institutions, responsible for its application;

• Sustaining the interaction and integration between the non-profi t organizations related

to integration with non-governmental sectors in South East Europe and new EU member

states;

• Strengthening the role, capacity, awareness and infl uence of Bulgarian NGOs in supporting

the country’s eff orts in completion the negotiations for full membership;

• Assistance to national, regional and local institutions in Bulgaria to better understand the

conditions under which the relevant negotiation chapters are closed;

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• Raising the quality of EI’s services so as to start successful export of best EU association

and accession practices in South Eastern European countries.


• Introduction of Bulgarian wine and grape producers acquainted with the immediate

socio-economic consequences that will go along with the direct implementation of acquis

communitaire after country’s EU accession, 2000 Phare Access Programme.

• Training and Technical Assistance to the Municipalities and Oblast Administrations of

Sliven and Yambol in Regional Development Planning), 2002, Department for foreign

and international development, UK.

• Provision of technical assistance to Serbian governmental and non-governmental represen-

tatives on European integration (both association and accession processes), Freedom House,

2002.

• Impact of EU Enlargement and implementation of Schengen in the CEE Region,

international research project implemented within the OSI/LGI Public Policy Centres

Initiative Network, 2001–2003.

• Building the capacity of Bulgarian magistrates and raising the awareness of local key

stakeholders in the cities of Veliko Turnovo, Shoumen, Pleven and Stara Zagora to

eff ectively combat discrimination on the grounds of ethnic origin, gender and disabilities

(assigned to the EI and National Magistrates Centre by the National Council of Ethnic

and Demographic Issues at the Council of Ministers), 2003 EC Community Action

Programme to combat discrimination.

Training and Dissemination Activities

Offi cial website: EI provides regular briefi ngs for current status for country’s negotiations with in

its offi cial website at http://www.europeaninstitute.net

EU Accession Knowledge Base Web-Site: the EI maintains an EU Accession Knowledge Base

with in the offi cial EI’s Web-Site (http://www.europeaninstitute.net), initially supported by

Small Embassy Projects (Matra/Kap), Nethrelands and further on maintained by the EI own

re sourc es. Th e web page is fully functional on-line in English and Bulgarian and includes more

than 300 documents indexed and uploaded to the Knowledgebase, allowing users to search

doc u ments by keyword. Th e indexed documents include offi cial documents of Bulgaria and the

other candidate countries, the European Commission and the EU Member States; analytical

papers by the European Institute and other research organizations. A scrolling news service is

fully functional at the front page of the site which highlights new materials and services available

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online. EI uploads currently all its research and other reports, public presentations and materials

that can be useful to the Bulgarian public interested in EU enlargement. Th e web site has been

listed with most of international and Bulgarian search engines.

Projecting, development and maintenance of 1997–2007 Bulgaria’s EU Accession Web en abled

Information system (http://europe.bg; http://evropa.bg, December 2002–June 2004, OSI/

Information Programme, Budapest.

Projecting, Development and Maintenance of Virtual Consultative Centre for local mu nic i pal i ties

development at http://vcc.gateway.bg, October 2003–October 2004, Open Society Foun da tion/

Local Government Reform Program, Sofi a.

February 2002—Discussion forums bringing together government, NGO and business

rep re sen ta tives to discuss specifi c issues of the accession process such as the Position paper of

Bul gar i an NGOs on the Future of Europe Debate.

March 2002—Wilton Park Conference 670: “Enlarging the EU”, sponsored by Foreign and

Commonwealth offi ce, UK.

September 2002—National conference: “One Year Later, New strategies against International

Terrorism”, organised by Konrad Adenauer Foundation and the European Institute.

November 2002—National conference: “Democratic Changes in Bulgaria national dis cus sion”,

organised by Konrad Adenauer Foundation and the European Institute.

November 2002—Future Membership in Future Europe, Fourth Annual Conference of the

European Institute.

December 2002—Fight against international terrorism—the journalist point of view, con fer ence,

organised by Konrad Adenauer Foundation and the European Institute.

January 2003—Key outstanding issues of the accession negotiations process in the seven

remaining chapters, part 1 (Home and Justice Aff airs, Competition) national discussion, or ga n ised

by Konrad Adenauer Foundation and the European Institute.

February 2003—Key outstanding issues of the accession negotiations process in the seven

remaining negotiation chapters, Part II Public debate (Agriculture, Transport, Environment,

Bud get and Financing, Regional Development), organised by Konrad Adenauer Foundation

and the European Institute.

March 2003—Financial Services and Financial Intermediation in the EU Accession Countries

in the Context of the Internal Market Acquis, a project implemented with the support of the

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Soros Related Public Policy Institutes in Estonia, Slovakia, Poland, Czech republic, Romania

and CEPS, Belgium, EC Phare Small Projects.

Providing training for local administration in 35 municipalities on EC pre-accession and struc tur al

funds for better regional planning and local development, 2002–2003 OSI/LGI Pro gramme.

October 2002–June 2003—Future of Europe Debate, 2002 EC Prince Programme, a joint

international initiative within the European Policy Institutes Network.

December 2002–June 2003—Hearing from Europe, a unique 28-nation videoconference

de bate, joint initiative between Friends of Europe, European Institute, T -Systems and European

Commission, Brussels.

Public Lectures

Priorities and Challenges of the Spanish Presidency of the EU, January 2002, Speaker: H.E. Mr.

Jose Jorrin, Ambassador of Spain to Bulgaria;

EU Criminal Policy: New Trends in Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters, Extradition and

European Arrest Warrant, Eurojust (vs. European Public Prosecutor), February 2002, Speaker:

Prof. Gert Vermeulen, Professor of Criminal Law Co-director Institute for International Re search

on Criminal Policy (IRCP);

European Law and European Realities, 14 February 2002, Speaker: H.E. Dr. Manfed Weiss,

State Minister for Justice of the Free State of Bavaria;

Public discussion on “Monetary and Financial Issues of Integration. Economic Criteria for

Eu ro pe an Union Membership”, July 2002, Sofi a;

Public lecture on “Fulfi lment of the Danish Presidency’s Priorities—Progress and Ex pec ta tions”,

Mrs. Antje Jensen, Minister Counsellor, Royal Danish Embassy in Bulgaria, November 2002;

Public Lecture on EU Enlargement and the ICMPD’s role for the migration policy im prove ment

Mr. Jonas Widgren, Director General of International Centre for Migration Policy De vel op ment

(ICMPD), Austria, June 2002;

Stability Pact—factor for European integration of Bulgaria, Mr. Vladimir Philipov, Chief

co or di na tor of Stability Pact of RB, Council of Ministers, October 2002;

Bulgaria’s Road to EU Membership—progress, challenges and possibilities, Mrs. Elisabeth

Roos Ljungberg, Advisor Pre-Accession Reporting, Delegation of the European Commission

to Bul gar ia, October 2002;

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Bulgaria’s integration into the European Union, Mr. Gunter Verheugen, Member of the Eu ro pe an

Commission, Brussels, May 2002;

Priorities and challenges for the Danish Presidency of the EU, H.E. Christian Faber-Rod,

Am bas sa dor of the Kingdom of Denmark to Bulgaria, July 2002;

Th e role of NGOs in attracting public support for country’s EU accession. Czech republic’s

experience, Mr. David Kral, Director of Europeum—European Policy forum, Prague, Czech

Repulic, November 2002;

Th e Enlargement process after Nice: towards European Constitution, Dr. Peter Zervakis, Cen ter

for European research (ZEI) Bonn, Germany, November 2002.

Publications

Publications in Bulgarian

Challenges to the BNB and Commercial Banks in the Context of Regular Report 2001 on

Bulgaria—European Institute, January 2002;

Bulgarian NGOs for the Future of Europe—European Institute, February 2002;

Th e Future of the Enlarged European Union—Conference Proceedings—European Institute,

April 2002;

2001 Regular Report Bulgaria’s Progress Towards EU Membership in 2000—Th e NGOs

Perspective—Conference Proceedings—European Institute, April 2002;

Equal opportunities between men and women in Bulgaria’s EU accession process—European

institute, April 2002;

Bulgaria—on the way to EU accession- selected scripts from EI’s public lectures delivered during

the period 1999—2001 (Bulgarian version), September 2002;

EU Tax policy, March 2003.

Publications in English

Th e Future of the Enlarged European Union—Conference Proceedings—European Institute,

April 2002;

2001 Regular Report Bulgaria’s Progress Towards EU Membership in 2000—Th e NGOs

Perspective—Conference Proceedings—European Institute, April 2002;

Bulgaria—on the way to EU accession- selected scripts from EI’s public lectures delivered during

the period 1999—2001.

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C E N T E R F O R E C O N O M I C D E V E L O P M E N T

Center for Economic Development(CED)

A d d r e s s : bl. 9, Balsha St. 1, 1408 Sofi a, Bulgaria

Te l e p h o n e / F a x : (+359 2) 953 42 04; 953 36 44


W e b - s i t e s : www.ced.bg; www.econ.bg; www.stat.bg

Th e Center for Economic Development (CED) is a non-governmental think tank working in the

fi eld of economic policy, established in 1997. It is successor to the Economic Group at the New

Bulgarian University (1996) and the Working Group on Privatisation (summer 1997) and by

now has gained the position of a leading economic policy research organization in Bulgaria.

CED eff orts are focused at shaping Bulgaria’s economic policy, at assisting economic reforms and

establishing a functioning market economy in the country. It achieves its goals and ob jec tives

through various tools and numerous activities. It carries out economic research, analysis and

elaboration of current economic legislation; develops economic policy options, advocates for

proper implementation of policies and promotes the exchange of ideas and information among

experts community; increases public awareness through the dissemination of fi ndings; organizes

workshops, conferences, and other public events.


DemNet Program

In December 2002 CED completed its work on the 3-year DemNet Program. Th e goal of this

program was to increase citizens’ participation in public policy formulation and im ple men ta tion,

and the responsiveness of national and local governments. CED brought public and pri vate

sectors together to formulate policies and improve their implementation. As a concluding year

for the project, in 2002 the Center focused on transferring skills and resources to develop policies,

mobilizing citizens and advocating eff ectively for responsive policies. Th ree policy areas of research

were addressed: SMEs and Competitiveness, Tax Policy, Economic Growth, Social Security and

Pension Reform. Discussions and surveys were organized on www.ced.bg and www.econ.bg,

updated information was provided on all activities under the Partnership Agree ment. In 2002

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CED continued publishing the Quarterly Economic Policy Bulletin Forum, widely distributed

among policy-makers, NGOs, Academies and the media, and providing wide media coverage

of all events related to the network in the program.

Corruption Practices in the Process of Municipal Property Governance: Transparency of Tenders

Th e aim of this project (March 2002—February 2003) consisted in identifying common

cor rup tion practices in municipal tender procedures, and reasons for their origination, and

sug ges tion of steps for prevention, carried out in the municipalities of Pazardjik, Veliko Turnovo,

Nova Zagora and Dryanovo, in cooperation with representatives of local authorities, mass

media, with the active support of local NGOs. Major activities: 4 focus-groups discussions on

corruption practices in competitive procedures in municipalities with businessmen, journalists,

mu nic i pal i ty administration and NGO representatives; creation of reception-rooms, post boxes,

e-mail addresses and telephone lines to signal on corruption practices; fi ndings summarized in

a report; press conferences, and information days with representatives of municipalities, district

council, legal system, business, citizens, NGOs and media; presentation of report; media coverage

–local newspapers, radio and cable stations, interviews, and participation of local partners in

radio and TV broadcasts.

Improving Governance by Developing Capacity for Partnerships in Razlog Municipality

CED has implemented this project fi nanced by UNDP during October 2002–May 2003. Its

major goal was to support the Razlog municipality in improving governance through building

capacity for partnerships. CED supported the organization of monthly working meetings with the

participation of local authorities, local business to discuss possibilities for institutionalisation of

partnership, and with the participation of central government representatives, experts and senior

offi cials, to assist the promotion of SME development in Razlog, and inform about Eu ro pe an

business promotion programs.

Th e Role of Local Governance in Local Economic Development under the Local Government Policy Partnership

Th is project is under implementation since November 2002. It is sponsored by OSI—Budap est,

LGI and the Department for International Development. Th e objective is to elaborate pol i cy

issues focused on local economic development by using local resources and potential, in order

to promote business activities and create jobs, by improving local government and stim u lat ing

partnership between local authorities, business community and civil society. Th e paper assesses

socio-economic development of Bulgarian municipalities; analyses local governance frame work

(distribution of competencies, resources and negotiations, instruments to evaluate and monitor

policies), and recommendations for policy reforms. Th e activities so far included par tic i pa tion

in the working meeting in Budapest, a detailed plan of the report, and a draft of the report.

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Development of Social Policies to Accompany Privatisation

Th is project was implemented by CED in March 2002–March 2003 with its partner—Eu ro pe an

Movement in Serbia (EMIS). Th e aim was to analyse social policies, and to provide in sti tu tion al

support for the development of think tanks in Serbia, through the transfer of knowl edge and

skills, and lessons from a Bulgarian NGO. Th e CED together with EMIS studied the possibilities

for social dialogue, supporting development of social policies during privatisation among all

related parties—government institutions, employers, and trade unions. A com par a tive report

was developed and published as fi nal deliverable of the project and presented with and Action

Plan at the Forum in Belgrade on 28 October 2002, dedicated to the Forthcoming privatisation

in Serbia and relevant social policies during it.

Economic and Social Impact of the Food Meal Vouchers in Bulgaria

CED carried out an analyses (October 2002–December 2002) of the utilization of food meal

voucher in Bulgaria and to assess its impact on economic and social life, e.g. social security

system, tax policy, unemployment rate, etc.

Fiscal Decentralization in Bulgaria

Th e studies on intergovernmental fi scal relations and conference proceedings on this issue will

be available in print. Discussions proved the need for real local government autonomy, for

capacity building, training and experience and systematic work of all involved (central and local

authorities, and non-governmental organizations).

Decentralization and Governance in Health Care Service Provision in Bulgaria in the 1990s

CED has been working at this project since December 2002 in partnership with the In ter na tion al

Healthcare and Health Insurance (IHHII). CED and IHHII collected information on the debates

in healthcare reform in Bulgaria and will develop a country paper on the governance issues in

decentralized service provision systems.

Overcoming the Digital Divide: Integrating the Bulgarian Business into the New Economy

Th e project (March 2002–May 2003) supports a program designed to assess and enhance the

country’s readiness to become a part of the new global economy. A survey of the degree of ICT

diff usion among companies and individual users in Bulgaria, and e-readiness assessment was

made. Project goals and activities were published in the Information Society Bulletin (also on line

at www.ispo.bg). A survey of ICT usage and Internet penetration among Bulgarian com pa nies

was carried out (Estat Agency), and a draft report Legal Framework Concerning ICT in Bulgaria

was developed and presented before interested parties.

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SME Policy Performance Assessment in Bulgaria

CED implemented SME Policy Performance Assessment in Bulgaria (March—October 2002),

within a larger OECD project in co-operation with EBRD on producing a comparative

as sess ment policy performances for the SME sector in South East Europe, covering Albania

Bosnia- Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, FYROM, Moldova, and Yugoslavia (Serbia and

Montenegro). In May 2002 CED conducted interviews and focus-group discussions among

entrepreneurs operating in Bulgaria. Survey results were publicly presented at the work group

meeting in Istanbul in September 2002, organized by the OECD Multilateral Centre for Private

Sector Development.

SME Policy Performance Assessment in FYROM

Th is survey covers the same six factors (as the survey on Bulgaria), which infl uence enterprise

performance. Th e OECD and EBRD, in fi nalizing the assessments will provide expert guidance

and input to the process and management of the overall project.

Th e Impact of Reforms in the Bulgarian Electricity Sector on Consumer Protection

Th e CED Project Team outlined EU requirements on the protection of consumers of electricity

and developed analyses on the capacity of consumer associations and the energy sector reg u la to ry

body to ensure protection of the rights and interests of households as electricity consumers.

(September 2001- October 2002, partner—the Institute for Energy and Economy, University

of Cologne, Germany).

Economic Impact of the Registered Pledges System in Bulgaria

Th e main goal of this project was to analyse the secured credit market and how the situation in

Bulgaria changed after the adoption of the Law of Registered Pledges in 1997. Th e report and

the main fi ndings of the analysis were presented at Th e Economic Impact of Registered Pledge

Systems in Five Transition Economies, June 2002, Gdansk, Poland and published on the EWMI

web page and on CED corporate site.

Confl ict of Interests in Business

CED is carrying out the study of Confl ict of Interests in Business (September 2002—May

2003, funded by OSF, Sofi a). A survey was made among Bulgarian businesses and information

on business ethics was collected and studied. On the bases of comparative analyses of Bulgarian

legislation and relevant international corporate standards, CED proposed measures to assure their

introduction and compliance in Bulgaria. Main fi ndings presented at International Cor po rate

Governance Seminar in Moscow (March 2003). Th e results will be published in a bro chure.

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Quarterly Reports of Bulgarian Economy

In June 2002 CED started a new research project Quarterly Reports of Bulgarian Economy. It is

a comprehensive overview of economic policies and developments in the country, unique with

the short time lag of its data. CED has produced 4 Quarterly Reports. Th e reports combine

qualitative and quantitative approaches, and the Estate business climate index is an original

contribution. Integral part is the detailed table of indicators for the specifi c quarter.

Project Carried Out in Cooperation with OSI Related Policy Centers Network

EU Enlargement and Its Impact on the Social Policy and Labour Markets of Accession and Non-accession Countries

Since December 2002 CED is the leading organization implementing this project in part ner ship

with PRAXIS Centre for Policy Studies–Estonia, Centre for Economic Development–Slovakia

and Euro Balkan Institute–Macedonia (under the Regional Networking Project spon sored by

Freedom House, and funded by USAID). It assists the development of national labour market

policies and social security systems in the tensions and social costs related to labour migration

and free movement of workers in accession and non-accession countries, through examining the

impacts of EU labour migration policy towards accession and in non-accession countries and

suggesting measures to eliminate possible negative eff ects by transferring knowl edge, experience,

skills, and lessons learned between NGOs from Bulgaria, Slovakia, Estonia and Macedonia.

Th e results of the project will be summarized into Comparative Report on fl exibility of labour

markets, national labour and migration policy, social policies etc.


CED has performed diverse dissemination activities related to general research eff orts and to

specifi c projects. Th ese activities accompanied all CED major events, and its local de vel op ment

projects.

• Th e economic portal Econ.bg, created by CED turned into a leading economic information

provider to Internet portals and electronic media, thus focusing the project team eff orts

on the project sustainability (only for the third quarter of 2002 ECON.BG was visited by

total of 346 000 unique visitors and was opened over 12 million times).

• In 2002 CED continued to develop the Internet portal Stat.bg., and in October 2002 at

the opening of South East Europe Economic Forum in Sofi a it was successfully launched.

Th e users of www.stat.bg can use the data in the form of tables and fi gures that make

economic sense to their everyday needs.

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In attaining its goals, CED realizes the important role of broad public outreach, the promotion

of relevant public debates and effi cient relations of CED with the major social and economic

agents. Th e project-related or general support PR eff orts of CED in 2002 were numerous. Th ey

include: 204 press publications, 130 interviews, and 177 pieces of news coverage. Th e CED

follows a clear media strategy, and all types of media perceive CED as their partner, which is a

great advantage in the implementation of our public awareness activities.

Conferences

June 2002—Conference: National Resources for Economic Growth, hosted by the Economics

Institute of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the Bulgarian Union of Economists. CED

developed and presented the report Improvement of Company Competitiveness in Bulgaria—

A Factor for Economic Growth at the conference Prominent Bulgarian scientists and NGO ex perts

discussed the main issues for achieving sustainable economic growth, the innovative ap proach,

foreign investment, agriculture and tourism as sectors of national priority, etc.

June 2002—Investment Forum. Th e Forum gathered senior government offi cials, leaders of

business associations, representatives of Bulgarian and foreign companies and economic experts.

Th e CED participated in Panel I (plenary session Meet the Bulgarian Players: Finding the Right

Partner in Bulgaria) with its presentation Bulgarian Industrial Companies—your Future Part ners.

Th e report presented a summarized picture of Bulgarian industry, viewing company op er a tions

and strategies—internal factors for the development of industrial companies; identifi ed the

Bulgarian industry’s dominant economic characteristics.

CED hosted Plenary Session One (within 2002 South East Europe Economic Forum, dedicated

to Euro-Atlantic Perspective of Regional Economic Co-operation in Southeast Europe). CED

lived up to its reputation of a reliable analytical center in the area of economic policy and pro vid ed

a high quality panel which was enjoyed by (over 300) numerous representatives of domestic

and international companies, foreign ambassadors to Bulgaria, representatives of international

fi nancial institutions, economic experts and media.

June 2002—International Energy Forum 2002: Challenges of the Energy Sector in Transition.

Conference discussions resulted in the formulation of particular area for cooperation between

state bodies, electricity suppliers and consumer associations. Th e conference received broad media

coverage in 20 newspapers, TV channels and radio stations.

November 2002—Forum on Fiscal Decentralization in Bulgaria: Focusing the Debate. Th e

forum brought together all stakeholders in local government reform and fi scal decentralization

to design the aspects of future studies and practical steps and created the opportunity to ex change

ideas for improving fi scal decentralization policies.

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March 2003—Bulgaria, Britain and the Lisbon Agenda: Strategies for Raising Employment

and Productivity, organized by CED and the British Embassy. It gathered over 100 participants

–Deputy Prime-Minister and Minister of Social Aff airs Lidia Shuleva, government offi cials,

pres i den tial advisors, MPs, representatives of NGOs, representatives of foreign embassies and

in ter na tion al fi nancial organizations in Bulgaria, and numerous media to discuss the main issues

of the Lisbon Agenda and to identify steps for Bulgaria to solve the problems. (Th e project

covered the period of January–March 2003).

April 2002—Round Table Th e Non-formal Economy in EU Accession Countries, organized by

the World Bank and the Bertelsman Foundation. CED expert presentation on the size and range

of the non-formal economy—assessment methods, and Bulgaria’s EU accession.

October 2002—Round Table Prospects for Introducing Family-Based Income Taxation in

Bul gar ia, organized and hosted by CED within the taxation policy area under the DEMNET

Project. Th e research eff orts resulted in three interrelated analyses on “family taxation,” which were

presented at the round table: Family Taxation—Variants and Possibilities; Th eoretical Models for

Incentives and Deductions Related to the Households and Dependents in Bulgaria; Th e Impact

of Household Incentives on the Budget and Individual Income. Participation included Deputy

Minister of Finance, Ministry, and Tax Administration offi cials, MPs, experts of po lit i cal parties

and members of Parliamentary commissions.

Publications

Th e Center for Economic Development had an active publishing policy in 2002, addressing

topical public policy issues, disseminating information among experts, business community,

and targeted audience. Th e following list includes only the titles of the books, developed and

published by CED:

Issues 6 and 7 of Forum for Economic Development were developed and published, issue 8

(October 2002) is in e-format only, Sofi a 2002.

Family Based Income Taxation—Options and Opportunities policy paper, Sofi a 2002.

Reforms in the Electricity Sector and Th eir Impact on the Consumer Protection, study of the

impact of electricity reforms in Bulgaria (in Bulgarian and in English), Sofi a 2002.

Corruption Practices in the Process of Municipal Property Governance: Transparency of Tenders,

Sofi a 2002.

Th e Lisbon Economic Reform Agenda (opportunities for accession countries, through raising

productivity and employment), Sofi a 2002

Quarterly Report on the Bulgarian Economy attracts the attention of experts, and the public,

issues June, September, December 2002, March 2003.

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Six expert studies of CED were published in cooperation with the Agency Economic. Besides

the individual author of each study, the whole expert staff of the Center participated in the

development of the analytical papers:

– European Programs Supporting the Economic Development and Business in

Bulgaria;

– Th e Forthcoming Round of the WTO Negotiations and the Preparation of Bulgaria

for Th em;

– Opportunities for Development of the E-business in Bulgaria;

– Cluster Analysis of the Software Industry in Bulgaria;

– Lease Financing in Bulgaria;

– Status and Development of the Energy Sector in Bulgaria.

Other Activities

Th e Club of Diplomats-economists (CoDe)—a new ambitious undertaking started in June 2002.

CED’s original idea was supported by the initiating group (which included Ms. Piritta Sorsa—

Resident Representative of IMF in Bulgaria, Mr. Ola Swennigsson—Second Secretary of the

Swedish Embassy, and George Prohasky—CED Co-chair). Th e Club of Diplomats-econ o mists

in Sofi a is a forum and a place for informal discussions among diplomats based in Sofi a who

are professional economists or have a special interest in the economic development of Bul gar ia,

including representatives of international organizations and international banks based in Sofi a.

Th e informal atmosphere provides the environment for a substantive dialogue. Th e meet ings

of diplomats-economists started on 3 July 2002. Th e events attract economic and com mer cial

counsellors (from Germany, France, Spain, Greece, Norway, Portugal, Poland, FYROM,

Yugoslavia, Romania, China, etc.), representatives of international banks and the Delegation of

EC in Sofi a, the World Bank, IMF). Th e participants hold the meetings on a monthly basis at

CED premises and use CED logistic assistance in the organization and co or di na tion. Th e CoDe

has organized 8 meetings of diplomats-economists, which provided the opportunity for free

discussions with the Club special guests at the meetings: members of the current Government.

CoDe members discussed the reforms in Bulgarian customs, taxation policies of the government

and draft budget for 2003, the energy policy and perspectives, the Government privatization

policy parameters in 2002 and 2003, policy to attract foreign in vest ment and situation and

prospects for 2003 of the Bulgarian economy.

Meetings on the Roof is another initiative of the Center, which was developed from the 2001 idea

for meetings of CED staff with representatives of IMF, the World Bank, ambassadors to Bulgaria,

and ministers, where participants in the meeting presented their views and discuss major economic

issues, has become an attractive opportunity for opinion exchange on public policy issues between

CED management and experts, and their special guests. In 2002 and beginning of 2003 special

guests On the Roof were: current Minister of Energy Milko Ko vachev, Deputy Minister of

Agriculture Adriana Sukova, Deputy Minister of Finance Gatti Al Jeboury, the Chair of the Sate

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Energy Regulation Commission Professor Shushulov, National Social Insurance Institute Yordan

Hristozkov and ASME Chair (former—Iglika Stancheva, and current—Mr. Angel Despotov);

Ms. Boryana Pencheva—Ministry of Finance; former Prime Minister Ivan Kostov and Deputy

Minister of Finance Plamen Oresharsky; ambassadors: H.E. Michael Christidis—Greece, H.E.

Ian Souter—U.K., H.E. James Pardew—U.S.A.; in ter na tion al organization representatives:

Marta Ruedas—UNDP Resident Representative.

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International Centre for Minority Studies and Intercultural Relations

(IMIR)

A d d r e s s : Antim I St. 55, Sofi a 1303, Bulgaria

Te l e p h o n e / F a x : (+359 2) 323 112, 324 044

F a x : (+359 2) 320 015


W e b - s i t e : www.imir-bg.org

Th e International Centre for Minority Studies and Intercultural Relations (IMIR) was founded

in April 1992 with the aim to study cultural, ethnic and religious diversity in South Eastern

Europe and in a broader context in the Mediterranean region; to encourage the preservation,

development and integration of each of the cultural communities. Th e main activities of the

Centre comprise:

• Interdisciplinary studies and applied research in the fi eld of education, sociology, demo-

graphy, ethnology, anthropology, history, political sciences.

• Development of urgent anthropological and politological analyses on the Balkan region.

• Education and training: training courses for teachers and programmes for support of schools

where children belong to diff erent ethnoses and profess diff erent religions; training local

authorities and social workers in the regions with mixed population; training leaders of

minority organizations; fi eld work training, etc.

• Analysis of confl ict situations and development of strategies for overcoming them.

• Support for the minority media in Bulgaria.

• Dissemination of information and publishing activities.

• Community development and assistance.

• Organization of conferences, seminars, meetings, etc. on issues of priority prompted by

the daily social and political life.

• Training of postgraduate students both from Bulgaria and from abroad.

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Emigration Patterns in Rhodopa Mountain Region

Research (April–September 2002). was conducted in two stages, investigating emigration pat terns

in small towns and villages in Rhodopa mountain. Th e following aspects were in ves ti gat ed:

reasons for emigration; permanent emigration to the USA through Green Card lottery; temporary

migration to EU countries; permanent return of Bulgarian Muslims and Bulgarian Turks from

Turkey, to which they emigrated several years earlier; possibilities for sustainable development

in the region and its role in decreasing the migration fl ow.

Th e results of the research will be published in a book Emigration patterns of the population in

Rhodopa mountain (ethnological research), which will be published in near future.

Social Identity of Banat Bulgarians in Bulgaria

Th is Project investigated the identity, role and place of the Bulgarians who returned to Bulgaria

from Banat in the late 19th century. Th e aim of the project was to analyze how social iden ti fi ca tion

of this cultural, religious (they are mostly Catholic) and linguistic minority was transformed

through assimilation after its return to its original ethnic environment.

Ethno-cultural Characteristics of Roma Catholics in the City of Ruse

Project investigated Roma Catholic community—their identity, social and educational po si-

tion, contacts on inter-group and inter-ethnic level, and their migration patterns. Th e ap pear ance

of Roma churches was documented, as well as the role of the church as a social institution within

the Roma community.

New Minorities in Bulgaria

Th is project started with an anthropological and sociological fi eld study in October 2001, and

its fi rst stage concluded in mid-2002. Th e purpose is to study and describe immigrants who

have settled permanently in Bulgaria in recent years, as well as those whose children are now

second- or third-generation immigrants: their motives for choosing Bulgaria, their traditions

and customs, level of adaptation in the new home country, nostalgia for the motherland, and

their social, economic, political and public status. In the fi nal stage of the project, which will

last until August 2003, results will be generalized, and two round tables will be organized, where

the place of these new communities in the Bulgarian ethnic model will be discussed. A book,

Com mu ni ties in Bulgaria, will be published in Bulgarian and English.

Bulgarian Immigrant Phenomenon

Th is is a continuation of the NewMinorities project. Th e project will be concluded in May 2004.

It will include a fi eld study, analysis of the collected data, a round table, where primary fi ndings

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will be presented, an international scientifi c forum in September 2003, intensifi ed cooperation

with the media, and additional fi eld work in connection with questions and prob lems which

might arise as a result of the round table and forum discussions. A policy paper, aiming to

sensitize Bulgarian institutions to the problem of immigrants, and a book Bulgarian Immigrant

Phenomenon in Bulgarian and English will be published in 2004.

Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Immigration, and the Role of Trade Unions in the Fight against Discrimination and Xenophobia

(project from the Fifth Framework Convention). IMIR was invited as a partner to this three-

year project, coordinated by Great Britain and involving partners from France, Italy, Belgium

and Bulgaria.

IMIR implemented a big number of smaller projects:

• 38 projects in the fi eld of education: 5 dealing with education of bilingual children, 7

connected with the publishing of education literature, 9 involving sponsorship of various

festivals and celebrations of minority groups, scholarships for children from poor families,

fi nancial contribution to publishing of audio cassette with tales in Roma and Bulgarian

languages, grant for technical upgrading of Electro-technical Secondary School in the city

of Bansko (the most popular educational institution among our target groups in Rhodopa

mountain).

• 18 projects in the media fi eld: a number of publications in minority languages or publica-

tions, targeting minorities, one radio program in Roma language, and two TV programs

in Turkish language.


June 2002—International conference on Minorities in the Balkans in the Context of European

Integration. Th e conference was partially funded by the OSI Sofi a. Participants included

pol i ti cians and intellectuals from all Balkan countries, as well as the representatives of OSCE,

Sta bil i ty Pact and UNDP.

June 2002—Round table Albanian National Question and the Balkans. Th e Round table was

funded by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation. Participants of the round table were Albanian (from

Kosovo, Macedonia, and Montenegro), Serbian (from Serbia and Kosovo), Macedonian and

Montenegrin political representatives.

Both events had a great success and had impact both on our partners, as well as on politicians

in Bulgaria.

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Publications

Jews in the Bulgarian Hinterland—Annotated Bibliography. Edited by Jack Eskenazi and Al fred

Krispin. IMIR, Sofi a, 2002 (in English).

Jews in the Bulgarian Hinterland—Annotated Bibliography. Edited by Jack Eskenazi and Alfred

Krispin. Second revised edition. IMIR, Sofi a, 2002 (in Bulgarian).

Bulgaria and the Russian Emigration in Bulgaria. From the 1920s to the 1950s. Tsvetana Kyoseva.

IMIR, Sofi a, 2002 (in Bulgarian).

Ethnic Relations in the Army of the Republic of Bulgaria. Ilona Tomova, Yantsislav Yanakiev.

IMIR, Sofi a, 2002 (in Bulgarian).

Th e University Education and Bulgarian Women (1879–1944). Georgeta Nazarska. IMIR, Sofi a,

2003 (in Bulgarian with summary in English).

Urgent Anthropology, Vol. 2. Th e Albanian Prospects. Antonina Zhelyazkova. IMIR, Sofi a,

2003 (in Bulgarian and English).

Situation of the Roma Community in Bulgaria and the Framework Programme for Roma

Integration, 2001/ 2002

Publications Sponsored by IMIR

Crypto-Christianity and Religious Syncretism in the Balkans. Edited by N. Damjanov, Prof.Dr.

St. Dimitrov; Prof.Dr. R.Popov. 2002. (in Bulgarian).

Two. Vera Mutafchieva, Antonina Zhelyazkova. 2002 (in Bulgarian).

Zaprime Dehibe. Hristo Hristov. 2002. (in Bulgarian and Romany–Cyrillic and Latin

alphabet)

Th e Russe Committee. A Collection of Papers from the Central State Archive and the Archive

of the Public Committee for Ecological Protection of Russe. Edited by G. Mishev, V.Dareva.

2002. (in Bulgarian).

Let’s laugh with Garabed and friends. M. Bohosjan. 2002.

History of the Turkish Community in Bulgaria. Ibrahim Yalamov. 2002 (in Bulgarian with

summaries in English and Turkish)

Literaturni Balkani. Issue 1, 2003. (in Bulgarian with summaries in English).

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Center for Educational Researchand Development

(CERD)

A d d r e s s : Amruseva St. 11, Zagreb, Croatia

Te l e p h o n e / F a x : (+385 1) 4883 550

F a x : (+385 1) 4922 302


W e b - s i t e : www.idi.hr/cerd

Centre for Educational Research and Development (CERD) started its activities in Feb ru ary

2001. CERD is a research unit within the Institute for Social Research in Zagreb that carries

out fundamental and applied research on education.

CERD mission consists in improvement of educational policy and education in Croatia. It sets

itself two main objectives:

• to conduct research projects that would provide the analytical basis for the education

reform in Croatia;

• to become the responsible Croatian institution to produce policies for education reform

with national and international donors.

CERD interests are focused on scientifi c and policy-oriented research in the areas of curriculum

development, assessment and evaluation in education, teacher training, quality assurance in

higher education.

Th e work programme of CERD covers all aspects of the educational system and its regulative

mechanisms. Th ose are: 1) organization of the education system; 2) national curriculum (teach ing

plans, textbooks etc.); 3) learning strategies and teaching procedures, development and ap pli ca tion

of the new educational technology, etc.; 4) internal and external assessment of ed u ca tion al

achievements; 5) improvement of the higher education; 6) development of educational model for

teachers; 7) models of education for educational specialists; 8) system management; 9) fi nancing

of education, 10) educational laws.

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Th e work of CERD is based on cooperation and partnership with national and international

agencies (scientifi c, government, and non-government agencies). Th e projects managed by CERD

are implemented in close cooperation with the relevant national institutions, e.g. Ministry of

Education and Sports or Ministry of Science and Technology.

CERD also acts as a centre for the knowledge accumulated in Croatia, a meeting place for

cooperation of academic and research institutions, pedagogical faculties, teacher colleges and

other institutions concerned with education in the country and neighbouring countries and

international donors. Furthermore, CERD is a country node of the project “South East Eu ro pe an

Educational Cooperation Network”, sponsored by Stability Pact.

Dissemination Activities

Th e various activities of the Centre as well as results of projects were covered in over 30 news pa per

articles. Th e members of CERD were also in a number of TV programmes on the Croat ian

National Television on the educational reform.

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CROATIAN LAW CENTRE(CLC)

A d d r e s s : Croatia, 1000 Zagreb, Svacicev Trg. 12

Telephone/Fax: (+385 1) 4856 575

Fax: (+385 1) 4835 013

E-mail: [email protected]

W e b - s i t e : www.hpc.hr

Croatian Law Centre (CLC) is non-governmental, not-for-profi t and non-partisan or ga ni za tion

established in 1994 with the support of the Open Society Institute. Th e main goal of the CLC

is establishment and promotion of the rule of law in Croatia.

From its establishment, the CLC acts as an independent think-thank, gathering legal experts,

but acting in the broader public. In the past period, CLC performed various projects in the

following legal fi elds: legal consequences of the dissolution of the former SFRY (citizenship,

property rights, labor and social welfare law), work of the judiciary (State Judicial Council),

fi ght against corruption, alternative sanctions, access to justice in Croatian legal system, access

to European Court of Human Rights, legal position of religious communities, legal status of

na tion al minorities, electoral law, protection of environment, status of NGO’s in Croatian legal

system, work of International Criminal Tribunal for the former SFRY and establishment of

permanent International Criminal Tribunal, reform of the system of labor and social welfare

law, independence and impartiality of judiciary in Croatia, alternative methods o settling the

labor disputes, the status of local self-government.


Decentralization of Public Administration

Th is project was launched in September 2000 and aimed at the reform of local self-government.

First phase of the project was fi nished at the beginning of 2003. Gathered expert groups de vel oped

policy proposals in six project components: territorial organisation, competence of local self-

government, fi nancing of local self-government, decentralisation of culture, social services and

education. In 2003 the work will be focused on legitimisation of policy proposals and marketing

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activities aimed at several target groups (politicians, general public, professional pub lic), in order

to assure support to policy proposals.

Legal Assistance for Asylum Seekers

Project carried out in February 2003 in cooperation with UNHCR and Croatian Red Cross.


April 2002—Round Table: Establishment of Permanent Arbitrary Institutions for Labour

Dis putes, Zagreb, in cooperation with Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare.

May 2002—Th e Right to access the Justice, three professional discussions.

June 2002—Round Table: Draft Law on Political Parties, professional discussion, Zagreb, co

organised by Croatian Helsinki Committee.

September 2002—Realisation of the Right to Return in the Homes: problems and possible

solutions, in cooperation with Croatian Helsinki Committee and Serbian Democratic Forum.

October 2002—Conference: Decentralisation in Croatia, professional discussion, Zagreb.

November 2002–March 2003—Training for judges, organized in cooperation with Ministry of

Justice Administration and Local Self-Government—Center for Training of Judges and Other

Judiciary Offi cials, Croatian Supreme Court and Attorney General’s Offi ce.

January/February 2003—Modernisation of local self-government, Karlovac, training for

local employees, in cooperation with Foundation Hanns Seidel and Government’s Offi ce for

As so ci a tions.

March 2003—International conference: From Dependence to Autonomy, Zagreb, co or ga n ised

with OSI / LGI.

Publications

Report: Local Government in Croatia, May 2002.

Integral Report on the Project: Decentralisation of Public Administration, February 2003.

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Other Activities

CLC carries out the following activities on permanent bases:

• Legal Counseling Offi ce—permanent service aimed at rendering legal aid in the cases of

concrete violation of human rights.

• Legislative work—monitoring of the legislative initiatives and the implementation of new

laws, Constitutional Court Initiatives, amendments, legislative drafting.

• Participation in Croatian Helsinki Committee project: Legislature and Citizens.

• Participation in the project of establishment of the House of Human Rights with Croatian

Helsinki Committee and B.a.b.e.

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S M E P O L I C Y C E N T E R

SME Policy CenterCEPOR

A d d r e s s : Trg J.F. Kennedya 7, HR–10 000 Zagreb, Croatia

Te l e p h o n e : (+385 1) 2305 363

F a x : (+385 1) 2345 577


W e b - s i t e : www.cepor.hr

CEPOR SME Policy Centre was started in November 2001 with the goal to advance SME

development process in Croatia by creating a favourable policy environment, developing eff ec tive

capacity for SME policy formulation, design and implementation. Its activity is focused on

three main areas:

• Research: independent policy research in the fi eld of SME sector to provide objective

assessment and policy recommendations;

• Policy development: to promote capacity of the legislative and executive government bodies

to design and implement eff ective and equitable SME policies;

• Advocacy: to provide opportunities for SME to voice their interest and infl uence SME

policies.


At the present moment CEPOR is engaged in three big projects developing policy recom-

mendations for improving the level of entrepreneurship and SMEs sector in Croatia:

Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Project

In 2002 Croatia was participating for the fi rst time in this international project involving 36

other countries. It has been fi nanced by the Ministry of SMEs jointly with the CEPOR and

continues its activities in the year 2003. Developed policy recommendations include: education

(how to focus on enterprising culture), government policies (how to achieve more consistent and

coherent policies: education, science, fi scal), and professional services infrastructure issues (how

to develop new business development services, like clusters, networking etc.).

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Designing SME Training Model

Th is project is meant to provide the Ministry of SMEs with the policy recommendations regarding

training of small business entrepreneurs. It is co-fi nanced by the European Training Foundation

and the Ministry of SMEs and will be fi nished by the end of the year 2003.

Developing Statistical Basis for SME Sector

CEPOR is starting the discussion with relevant stakeholders (Croatian Statistical Offi ce, Ministry

of SMEs, World Bank Mission) how to develop a comprehensive statistical basis for identifying

life cycle of small businesses.


July 2002—Seminar: Designing SME training model for SME in Croatia. Speakers: Prof. dr.

Allan Gibb, Durham University, UK, Robert Teunissen, European Training Foundation, Tori no,

Prof. dr. Slavica Singer, CEPOR.

September 2002—two workshops: Training model for growing SME’s, held in Economic

In sti tute. Speakers: Prof. dr. Allan Gibb, Durham University, UK, Robert Teunissen, European

Training Foundation, Torino, Prof. dr. Slavica Singer, CEPOR.

HTV, Croatian National Television, talk show with Ms. Slavica Singer, on entrepreneurship

and universities, April 9, 2003.

HTV, Th e World of entrepreneurship, interview with Ms. Slavica Singer, March 17, 2003.

Hrvatski radio (Croatian National Broadcast), 30 minutes talk show with Ms. Slavica Singer on

GEM 2002 Croatia project results, February 3, 2003.

Publications

Singer Slavica, Pfeifer Sanja, Borozan Djula, Sarlija Natasa,Oberman Suncica, What makes

Croatia a (Non) Entrepreneurial Country? Zagreb 2002.

Other Activities

Fellowship Program

CEPOR has developed a fellowship program for high ranked government offi cers whose job is

focused on SME issues. Th e program will be put in action after the election, i.e. at the beginning

of 2004.

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E U R O P E U M – I N S T I T U T E F O R E U R O P E A N P O L I C Y

Europeum—Institute for European Policy(EPF)

A d d r e s s : Czech Republic, CZ–11000 Prague, Rytirska St. 31

Te l e p h o n e : (+420 2) 216 10 207

F a x : (+420 2) 216 10 204

E - m a i l s : [email protected]

W e b - s i t e : www.ieuropeum.org

EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy is a non-profi t, non-partisan and independent

in sti tute. Since 1998 it existed as a civic association and in 2002 became a policy centre.

It focuses on the issues of European integration and its impact on the transformation of

po lit i cal, economic and legal milieu in the Czech Republic. EUROPEUM strives to contribute

to a long-lasting development of democracy, security, stability, freedom and solidarity across

Eu rope. EUROPEUM formulates opinions and off ers alternatives to internal reforms in the

Czech Republic with a view of ensuring her full-fl edged membership and respected position in

the European Union.

EPF fi elds of activity:

• Public policy programmes: EU policies, economic and social programme, law pro-

gramme;

• Project activities: PHARE, Communication strategy;

• Publications: on-line portal “Integrace”, policy papers, books, articles, dissemination acti-

vities in other media;

• Training: technical assistance, especially to public administration.


European Policy Forum

A series of roundtables focused on addressing the topical issues of EU accession and relevant

policy recommendations. Funded by OSF Prague. Outputs—11 round tables in 2002, 11 pol i cy

papers, 2 publications.

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PHARE Human Resources Development

Increasing the absorption capacity of the Moravia-Silesia region for European Social Fund.

Developing the manual for European Social Fund and training of 60 potential recipients.

Out puts—three training modules, each consisting of a general part and practical simulation,

man u al for European Social Fund.

PHARE Civil Society

Improving the NGOs access to structural funds. Development of an interactive website plus

information seminars in 14 regions of the country. Outputs—guidebook for NGOs through

structural funds, seminars in 14 regions.

Integrace Policy Portal

Maintaining and development of webpage www.integrace.cz.bringing the latest news and anal y ses

from the EU, the enlargement process; special sections devoted to the Institutions, Politics,

Economics, Law, Interviews, Presidency, Convention etc.

Projects Carried Out in Cooperation with OSI Related Policy Centers Network

Impact of the Schengen Acquis on the New Borderland Regions of the EU

Common project of 9 members of RCN led by the Institute for Public Aff airs, Warsaw. PPCI

budget. Outputs: policy paper covering 9 countries participating in the project.

International Conference in Sofi a: Role of Bank Intermediation in the Accession Countries

April 2003, Sofi a. Implemented together with European Institute, Sofi a and IPA, Warsaw.

Fi nanced from EU PHARE Small Projects Budget.

EU Gateway—Development of a Policy Website in Bulgaria

—under preparation, funded by OSI.


March 2003—International conference: Convention and European Constitution. It was or ga n ised

in co-operation with the Senate Committee for European Integration. 130 participants, including

Mr Cyril Svoboda, Minister of Foreign Aff airs, Mr Jan Kohout, Government Del e gate to the

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Convention, Mr Elmar Brok, Head of the Foreign Committee of the European Parliament and

Member of the Convention, Mr Alojz Peterle, Convention Presidium, Mr Jiøí Skalický, Head of

the European Committee, Senate, Mr Sören Lekberg, Riksdag, Member of the Convention.

Workshops and Seminars

March 2002—Ratifying the Czech Membership in the EU.

April 2002—Preparation of Czech Republic Administration for EU Membership.

May 2002—Th e Czech Republic and the Euro.

May 2002—Th e Czech Elections to the European Parliament.

June 2002—Th e Impact of the Schengen System in the Czech Republic.

June 2002—Method of the Convention on the Future of the European Union.

October 2002—Reform of the Judicial System of the Czech Republic and the Accession to the

European Union.

October 2002—Th e Czech Republic and EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy.

November 2002—Czech Republic and the European Employment Strategy.

November 2002—Preparation of the Czech Republic for the EU regional policy.

December 2002—Institutional Preparation of the Czech Republic for EU Membership.

January 2003—Meeting of the European Policy Institutes Network: “Debate on the State of

Convention—Diverging or Converging Perspectives?”—50 participants.

February 2003—“Regional Policy of the EU after the enlargement”—workshop organised within

the framework of a Visegrad project “New Community—Old Policies?” together with partners

from Slovakia (AI Nova), Poland (CASE), Hungary (Institute of World Economics, Hungarian

Academy of Sciences).

April 2003—“EU Social Policy and Its Impact on Seniors Lives”—round table with the senior

citizens, in co-operation with Young Europeans.

April 2003—Implementation of the Lisbon Agenda in the Czech Republic. Round table in clud ing

the participation of Minister of Labour and Social Aff airs Mr Škromach, Director of Na tion al

Training Fund Ms Kopicová, Mr Goebbels, Member of the European Parliament.

19 June 2002—Th e Integration Process to the EU could suff er after the elections, experts say.

Czech Press Agency.

June 2002—Discussion on the legal eff ects of EU membership—Brno, within the framework

of discussion series with the citizens, organised by Eurion civic association and Municipality of

Brno (Ivo Šlosarčík)

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October 2002—Discussion on the proposed Referendum Act on EU Accession—Brno, within

the framework of discussion series with the citizens, organised by Eurion civic association and

Municipality of Brno (David Král).

December 2002—Czech Republic before Copenhagen—comments on the fi nal stage of acces-

sion negotiations (David Král, Ivo Šlosarčík)—Czech Radio I Radiozurnal (series of short com-

ments/interviews).

February 2003—Ivo Šlosarčík—Czech Television—short comments about the EU.

February 2003: Ivo Šlosarčík—Iraq crisis—interview in Hospodarske noviny.

February 2003—Marek Havrda—interview in the Czech Radio I Radiozurnal about Pensions

in the Czech Republic after the EU Accession.

February 2003—Ivo Šlosarčík—Priorities of Greek Presidency (Czech Television).

February 2003—Ivo Šlosarčík—discussion in the Czech Television—topic—the EU problems

(one hour discussion TV programme).

April 2003—Seminar with the members of the Governing Board of the Czech National Bank

and their advisors “Current Developments in the EU—future governance in the light of the

Convention Deliberations”.

March 2003—Slovak NGOs in the EU Labyrinth. Two-day training session and simulation,

Senec, Slovakia.

Publications

Europeum-European Policy Forum Analyses. Current Issues of Integration of the Czech Re pub lic

into the European Union, March—June 2002.

Šlosarčík, Ivo: Legal Framework of the European Integration, January 2003.

European Social Fund Guidebook, March 2003.

Czech Public Policies in the Light of EU Enlargement. Series of policy papers, October

2002—January 2003.

Integrace portal: everyday updates of latest EU developments, printed version coming up in

April 2003.

Articles

David Král: Institutionalisation of the Czech Membership in the EU. Parliamentary Observer,

January 2003.

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Magdalena Pokludová: European Union, Future of the EU External Relations and the Czech

Republic. Parliamentary Observer, January 2003.

Radomír Špok: Enterpreneurship, free movement and the EU. Lidové noviny, March 2003.

Radomír Špok: Th ere will be a referendum in June. Říčanský kurýr, February 2003.

Tereza Hořejšová: Art and the fate of Scandinavians. Respekt, January, 2003.

Lukáš Pachta: EU Attitude Towards the Conflict Prevention and Resolution in Africa.

In ter na tion al Politics, November 2002.

David Král: How much will the EU accession cost us? Hospodáøské noviny, October 2002.

Lukáš Pachta: How to become an EU offi cial. Dnes, 30 July 2002.

Ivo Šlosarčík: Referendum on the Czech Membership in the EU. Parliamentary Observer, May

2002.

David Stulík: European Parliament Elections in 2004—A Chance for the Czech Republic?

Parliamentary Observer, May 2002.

Alexandr Hobza: Czech Republic and the Eurozone Membership: Timing and Methods of

Accession. Parliamentary Observer, May 2002.

David Král: Will the Convention Decide on the Future of the EU? Parliamentary Observer,

February 2002.

Vladimír Sodomka: Regions, countryside and EU Funds. Lidové Noviny, April 2003.

Marek Havrda and David Král: Professions, Employment and Salaries after EU Accession.

Lidové Noviny, April 2003.

Radomír Špok: Health Care in the EU. Lidové Noviny, April 2003.

Ivo Šlosarčík: Security, Criminality and Borders. Lidové Noviny, April 2003.

Hana Kabeleová: Study Abroad and EU Education Programmes. Lidové Noviny, 13 May

2003.

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PRAXIS Center for Policy Studies(PRAXIS)

A d d r e s s : Estonia Avenue 3/5, Tallinn EE10143, Estonia

Te l e p h o n e / F a x : (+372 6) 409 000

F a x : (+372 6) 409 001


W e b - s i t e : www.praxis.ee

PRAXIS Center for Policy Studies is an independent, non-profi t public policy think tank.

PRAX IS mission is to improve public policy in Estonia by identifying crucial public policy

problems in society, carrying out innovative and quality policy analysis and research, building

policy making capacity within public sector institutions, fostering public policy debate and

civic participation.

PRAXIS is working closely with top-level decision-makers from Parliament and Government

and is recognized as strong player and partner in the policy making process in Estonia. It has

developed its expertise and opinion leader status in the following policy areas:

• Innovation Policy;

• Labour and Social Policy;

• Education Policy;

• Modernizing Public Administration and Regulatory Reform;

• Public Finance and Economic Development;

• Health Policy.

Th e Center is governed by the Supervisory Board, advised by the honorary Advisory Board and

has full-time staff of 10 people. In addition, PRAXIS has a network of 30 consultants/experts

that participate in PRAXIS projects in various degrees. PRAXIS collaborates with experts in

universities, NGO-s and public sector.

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P R A X I S C E N T E R F O R P O L I C Y S T U D I E S


Innovation Policy Program

Innovation Policy Program aims to contribute to the elaboration of the Estonian Innovation

Policy as Industrial Policy with the engagement of leading world experts in this fi eld, but also

the dissemination of Estonian practice all over the world, in particular to other CEE countries.

Recent research: analysis of techno-economic paradigm shifts; national innovation systems;

dig i tal divide; biotechnology and information society technologies foresight.

Project: Digital Divide in Estonia

PRAXIS, in co-operation with the leading Estonian public opinion research institute, Emor,

launched a study on social aspects of information and communication technology use in Es to nia.

Outcome: an expert forum on digital divide in Estonia; E-book; policy analysis. Look@World

Foundation and the Ministry of Economic Aff airs and Communications are reviewing their

information society action plans based on the results of the project.

Creative Destruction Management in CEE

Th e original aim of the project was to produce a theoretical framework of principles and general

policy recommendations concerning socio-economic transformation in light of the new info-

technological age, to apply framework to the CEE countries, to look at individual CEE coun tries

and to formulate concrete policy recommendations—was modifi ed in the course of the project

due to the political setting of the framework and late 2002 Estonian case was studied in depth

and policy recommendations developed. Main outcomes: paper on techno-economic par a digm

shift, book on the competitiveness of the Estonian economy, articles in various journals.

Elaboration of the Estonian National Development Plan for 2004–2006

PRAXIS has been involved in the elaboration of the Estonian National Development Plan for

2004-2006 by proposing recommendations and assisting the Ministry of Economic Aff airs

and Communications and Ministry of Finance in drafting the respective information society

tech nol o gies programme.

ICT Infrastructure and E-Readiness Assessment

Th e aim of the project is to analyze Estonian information society developments, especially the

aspects related to Internet banking and development of mobile telecommunications market,

and presentation of Estonian experience to developing countries. Th e outcomes of the project

in 2002–2003: Th e Estonian E-readiness Assessment Report, Policy Analyses (Internet banking

in Estonia; Mobile infrastructure and value added services in Estonia; Financial Innovation).

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Biotechnology Foresight in Estonia

Aim of the project is to analyse and forecast the innovation and industrial policy development

in the context of technology advancement in the coming 10–15 years and to develop the

in no va tion and industrial policy measures in discussion and cooperation with stakeholders

from bio tech nol o gy industry, academic and political institutions. Joint project by Institute of

Baltic Stud ies and PRAXIS Center for Policy Studies. Outcomes: workshop on how are ICT

and Bio tech nol o gy Related; Conference on Foresight on Biotechnology in Small Candidate

countries in co op er a tion with European Commission, Institute of Baltic Studies, PRAXIS and

R&D Council of Estonia.

Information Society Technologies Foresight in Estonia

Th e objective of the project is to analyze the innovation and industrial policy development in the

context of technology advancement in the coming 10–15 years and to develop the in no va tion and

industrial policy measures in discussion and cooperation with stakeholders from ICT industry,

academic and political institutions. Joint project by Institute of Baltic Studies and PRAXIS. Th e

outcome of the project contributes to development and implementation of spe cifi c action plans

adopted by the Government of Estonia (with strong involvement of Estonian R&D Council,

Ministries of Education and Economic Aff airs).

eVikings II: Establishment of a Virtual Centre of Excellence for IST RTD in Estonia

Th e aim of the project is to facilitate the development of an ICT cluster in Estonia, which would

underpin considerably international co-operation in the everyday activities of leading Estonian

information society technologies (IST) research and development labs and companies for these

purposes. Outcome: A Virtual Centre of Excellence for IST-related R&D which will primarily

act as competence-building platform for establishing critical mass in this sector and will perform

top-level integrated national and international research initiatives in the fi eld of information

society technologies. Th e Project is co-ordinated by the Institute of Cybernetics at the Tallinn

Technical University.

e-Awareness for Europe: Digital Awareness and Security for the Citizen in Europe

Th e goal of the project is to raise public awareness of the security issues aff ecting information

and communication technologies. Th e issues are considered to be crucially important to the

development of the European Information Society and notably to the e-Europe Action Plans

2002 and 2005.

Core Team of the project includes RAND Europe Stichting, NL (co-ordinator); Harrier Group

plc, UK; Computing Software and Services Association (CSSA), UK; Research Centre of Ath ens

University for Economics and Business, GR; Associazione Italiana per la Sicurezza In for mat i ca

(CLUSIT), IT. Partners include: Danish Technological Institute, DK; ; TimeKontor AG, DE;

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Electronic Commerce Platform Netherlands, NL; PRAXIS Center for Policy Studies, EE;

INFOLAB, PL; SIG Security, SE; Universiteca Politica de Catalunya, ES.

Follow-up to ICT Infrastructure and E-Readiness Assessment

Th e original project ICT Infrastructure and E-Readiness Assessment had the aim to analyze

Estonian information society developments and present them to other developing countries.

However, taking a closer look at Estonian developments and elaborating Estonia-specifi c

policy recommendations still needs to be done. Th e current follow-up project, building on the

already developed materials, analyzes developments in Estonia’s information society and makes

rec om men da tions. Outcomes: publication, a corresponding seminar and media campaign.

Labor and Social Policy Program

Labor and Social Policy Program is focusing on both identifying key developments in the labor

market as well as assessing the impact of diff erent possible policy interventions. Recent research:

tax/benefi t systems and work incentives, evaluating the impact of active labor market policies,

local labor markets and local employment policy, labor market fl exibility.

In 2002, the fi nished project “Social Benefi ts and Work Incentives” brought extensive feedback.

Th e conclusions and policy recommendations have been widely referred by media channels and

by politicians. Political parties have addressed the results of the project during their election

campaigns. Media asks often our expert opinions.

Evaluation of the Impact of Active Labor Market Programs in Estonia

Aim of the project is to analyze the eff ectiveness of the labor market training program, sub si dized

employment program and business start-up program in Estonia using quasi-experimental research

methodology. Outcomes: Pilot survey and cross-country survey executed in co op er a tion with the

National Labor Market Board; Book and Policy Analysis—Evaluation of the Im pact of ALMP

in Estonia, Statistical database, Final Seminar and Roundtable, articles in media

Implementing the ILO’s Social Budgeting Model in Estonia

Aim of the project was to apply the Social Budget Model elaborated by International Labor

Organization in Estonia. Outcomes: Database, User Manual—ILO Social Budgeting Model,

Final Seminar

Taxation, Employment and Unemployment

Th e aim is to analyse fi rstly the impact of labor taxation on labor demand and policy options for

shifting taxation from labor to other tax bases will be discussed. Secondly, the concept of labor

market fl exibility is introduced and Estonia’s fl exibility index according to OECD methodology

will be calculated. Outcomes: 2 Policy Analyses—Labor Taxation; Labor Market Flexibility:

concepts and measurement, Final Seminar.

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EU Enlargement and Its Impact on the Social Policy and Labor Markets of Accession and Non-accession Countries

Th e aim is to develop the national labor market policies and social security systems for mit i gat ing

the tensions and social costs related to free movement of workers. Also the impact of EU

labor migration policy towards accession and non-accession countries is examined. Outcome:

comparative report; policy recommendations on how to develop national labor market policies

and social security systems for mitigating the tensions and social costs related to labor migration

and free movement of workers; policy forum. Participating countries: Center for Economic

Development, Bulgaria (Coordinator); PRAXIS Center for Policy Studies, Estonia; Center for

Economic Development, Slovakia; Euro-Balkan Institute, Macedonia.

Mapping of Preconditions and Object of the Long-term Wage Agreements between Gov ern ment and Estonian Employees Unions’ Confederation

Th e project aim is to do research on wage agreements in order to map the preconditions and

object of the agreement between government and Estonian Employees Unions’ Confederation.

Outcome: expert evaluation on following issues:

• government authorization in the negotiations of the wage agreement;

• justifi cation of the wage rates and annual rise based on diff erent factors (regional labor

market, organizational wage system, consumer price index, GDP)

• quality of the wage data and its collection methods.

Education Policy Programme

In early 2002, PRAXIS started a new program on education policy. Educational Policy Program

focuses on the needs of the knowledge-based society. Research areas: education and social

ex clu sion, forecasting competencies and skills in knowledge based society, assessment of the

eff ec tive ness of education.

Study on the Reasons for not Fulfi lling the Compulsory Education Requirement, and the Lengthening Education Path in Estonia

Th e objective of the project is to identify the depth of the problem and the actual infl uence

of diff erent factors and to assess the content and implementation of existing legislation and

reg u la tions and to make recommendations on the basis of the conclusions for changing the

situation. Outcomes: Report and recommendation.

Study on Training Needs in Food Processing Industry

Th e objective of the study will be to investigate the factors supporting progress in the food

processing industry in Estonia and to identify the skills needed for 2004–2006. Training needs

assessment will be supported with in-depth analyses of training possibilities on all educational

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levels and in continuing education. Outcome: Analysis of possible developments within the

Estonian food processing industry in the context of EU accession.

Comparative study of Estonian and Croatian Education in the Area of Curriculum Reform and National Strategy of Education

Study of examples of good practice in Estonia in the area of curriculum development to establish

cooperation with Estonian experts and advise Croatia in designing a national strategy in ed u ca tion

and establish cooperation with Croatian experts. Partners: PRAXIS Center for Policy Stud ies;

Center for Educational Research and Development, Croatia. Outcome: dissemination of the

good practices, comparative report on curriculum reform and national strategy on education

in transitional countries.

Public Finance and Economic Development

Th e focus of this project is on the role of government policies in balancing economic de vel op ment.

Topics range from issues of short-term macroeconomic stabilization to long-run growth and

aspects of sustainability. Recent research has included analysis of local government in vest ment

programs and industrial relocation, planned future projects will deal with topics like au to mat ic

stabilizers, long-term growth and implications of the aging society.

Investment Grants and Financial Management

Th e project aims to give a comprehensive overview of the volume, structure and impact of local

government investments. Defi ciencies of existing principles of local government investment

grants, procedures, coordination etc. will be outlined. Th e study will propose a streamlined capital

grant allocation system focusing on multi-year investment programming, and an im ple men ta tion

of socio-economic criteria for grant allocation across sectors and projects.

Industrial Relocation to Rural Areas (Contract Research)

Th e aim of the project was to map problems faced by production enterprises contemplating

relocation of production away from Tallinn. Th e project was commissioned by Kalev AS, Es to nian

leading confectionery manufacturer and was completed in June 2002.

Housing Policy

Th e project aimed to give an overview of principles and recent trends of housing policy in

Western Europe, describe trends in Estonia and off er solutions for problems in the housing

sector. Outcome: seminar and a book.

Access to Housing for Vulnerable Groups in Estonia

Th e project will examine housing situation of vulnerable groups and processes that lead to social

exclusion in the housing market. Project identifi es the weaknesses of the current housing and social

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policy system which leads to housing-related social exclusion and to propose new mech a nisms to

improve accessibility to a decent housing in a good environment for all social groups. Th e study

is aimed to contribute to the preparation of the Joint Inclusion Memorandum (Com mu ni ty

Action Programme on Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion) and to the de vel op ment of the

housing policy at the national and local level in Estonia.

Modernizig Public Administration and Regulatory Reform

Th e main focus here is on regulatory reform (regulatory impact assessment and “red tape”), on the

use of ICT in public administration and between citizens and the state in forming a par tic i pa tory

model for Estonian policy making. Recent research: ICT and public administration, checklists

as tools for impact assessment, improving NGO statistics.

Checklists and Regulatory Impact Assessment as tools for the Parliament and Government

Aim of the project is to introduce a new procedure of legislative checklists as a regulatory impact

assessment (RIA) tool for work in four standing committees of the Riigikogu (Parliament).

Outcome: content analysis of explanatory letters submitted as a part of draft legislation; seminar in

Riigikogu; international seminar for introduction of the RIA concept to the Estonian civil servants

and policy makers. RIA as a tool for achieving better quality of regulations; exclusive seminar for

top politicians and civil servants Recommendations for parliamentary committees.

Follow-up of the Checklists and Regulatory Impact Assessment: Regulatory Impact Analysis and Its Techniques

Th e project aims to achieve overall better quality of regulations and to improve the policy anal y sis

via enhancing the knowledge of Estonian public sector about regulatory impact analysis, its

techniques and international experience. Outcomes: seminars on techniques, policy analysis,

strategy document for RIA in Estonia.

Improving NGO Statistics

Aim of the project is to design a systematic method for collecting periodic statistics on non-profi t

organizations in Estonia. Outcomes: workshop with NGO support-centers to introduce and

discuss survey-questionnaire for NGO statistics project; methodological material; ques tion naire

and study.

Draft Law on Databases

Due to the PRAXISes expertise, the goal is to prepare draft legislation about databases involving

all possible stakeholders in the preparation process. Outcomes: workshops, draft law, con clud ing

publications.

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Health Policy project

Health Policy Project focuses on the access and quality of health care services and public health

issues (TB, HIV/Aids, mental health, health of the children and women).

Developing a Framework Document for Mental Health Policy in Estonia

Aim of the project was to develop a comprehensive mental health policy document, which will

defi ne priority areas in the fi eld as well as recommend ways of building an eff ective mental health

infrastructure. Th is document was discussed in the government in February 2003 and culminated

with the decision to form a government commission. Th e mental health com mis sion has an aim

to develop a mental health policy and to develop comprehensive action plan to tackle with the

problems in the society.

Mental Health Systems Finance Reform Initiative

Aim of the project is to study further mental health issues, especially fi nancing systems for mental

health services—to review and analyse a range of established mental health systems fi nanc ing

models with reference to the economic and social and context in which they function. Outcome:

workshop with the participants from Latvia and Lithuania, a reader reviewing in ter na tion al best

practices in mental health service systems fi nance and a consensus document out lin ing general

principals and strategies of systems level fi nance reform and associated ad min is tra tive reform.


April 2002—Seminar: Checklists and regulatory impact assessment in the Parliament.

April 2002—Seminar: Social benefi ts in Estonia: effi ciency and impact on work incentives.

May 2002—Roundtable seminar: Th e impact of the EU Schengen regime on Estonia.

May 2002—International Seminar: Regulatory Impact Assessment as a tool for achieving bet ter

quality of regulations. Organized in cooperation with Estonian Law Center, European In te gra tion

Bureau and British Embassy in Tallinn.

May 2002—Seminar: Th e impact of labor costs on labor demand in Estonian manufacturing

enterprises.

June 2002—Workshop: Th e digital divide in Estonia.

August 2002—Workshop: Statistics and NGOs.

August 2002—Workshop: Mental Health Policy In Estonia.

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September 2002—Conference: Foresight on Biotechnology in Small Candidate Countries, in

cooperation of European Commission, Institute of Baltic Studies, PRAXIS and Research and

Development Council of Estonia..

September 2002—Workshop: How are ICT and Biotechnology Related? Policy Implications for

Estonia, organized by the Ministry of Economic Aff airs and PRAXIS. Th e workshop in clud ed

presentations from Carlota Perez, Erik S. Reinert and Wolfgang Drechsler.

November 2002—Seminar: Housing Policy in Europe and Estonia.

November 2002—Final seminar on mental health policy document. Future perspectives of

Mental Health Policy, in cooperation of Ministry of Social Aff airs.

November 2002—Praxis and Tallinn Technical University co-organized a guest lecture by

Pro fes sor Nicholas Balabkins form Lehigh University on Entrepreneurship in a small country:

Latvia in 1930s and 1990s.

December 2002—Exclusive Seminar for top politicians and top civil servants: Enhancing the

Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) system in Estonia—how to make good laws? in cooperation

with the Ministry of Justice, Chancellery of the Estonian Parliament, European Integration

Bureau and Estonian Law Centre Foundation.

February 2003—Workshop: Competitiveness of Estonian Economy and its future outlooks in

the Ministry of Economic Aff airs, followed up by meeting with the advisor of the minister and

on March 24, 2003 in the Bank of Estonia.

November 2002 and March 2003—a series of three Workshops on Draft Law on Databases.

March 2003—PRAXIS and Institute of Baltic Studies co-organized fi rst biotechnology fore sight

meeting in Tartu.

April 2003—Conference on Mental health fi nancing in Baltic countries.

Publications

Tarmo Kalvet, Mari Kalkun. “Digital Divide in Estonia and How to Bridge It”. E-book. Emor

and PRAXIS 2002.

Tiits, M., Kattel, R., Kalvet, T. “Competitiveness of Estonian Economy and its Future Out looks”.

R&D Council, forthcoming in spring 2003.

Anneli Kährik “Policy in Europe and Estonia” (in Estonian). PRAXIS, 2002.

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Policy Analysis No. 3/2002. How to assess Genuine Progress of Estonia. Tea Nõmmann, Lauri

Luiker, Paavo Eliste.

Policy Analysis No. 4/2002. Digital Divide in Estonia and How to Bridge It. Executive Sum ma ry.

Tarmo Kalvet, Mari Kalkun.

Policy Analysis No. 5/2003. Th e impact of Family Benefi ts on Family Planning and for State

Budget. Reelika Leetmaa, Andres Võrk.

Articles

Tarmo Kalvet and Rainer Kattel. Economic Development, Innovation and Techno-Economic

Paradigm: Challenge for Central and Eastern Europe Countries, Riigikogu Toimetised (Th e

Journal of Estonian Parliament) 5/2002.

Tarmo Kalvet, Tarmo Pihl, Marek Tiits, Analysis of the Estonian ICT Sector Innovation Sys tem.

Executive Summary. Tartu: Archimedes Foundation. 2002.

Mari Kalkun and Tarmo Kalvet. Estonia’s Digital Divide and Ways of Bridging It. Baltic IT&T

Review, No 26.

Janno Järve. Lower taxes will not lose the unemployment. Eesti Päevaleht, 24.05.2002.

Reelika Leetmaa. Th e Impact of Labor Costs on Labor Demand. Äripäev, 31.05.2002.

Reelika Leetmaa. Benefi ts and Work Incentives. Sotsiaaltöö no. (Magazine: Social Work),

3/2002.

Tiina Annus. How to decide for right speciality. Postimees, 02.07.2002.

Kaja Kuivjõgi. Estonians could enjoy the life. Eesti Päevaleht, 15.10.2002.

Tiina Annus. Today it is also possible to educate good skilled workers. Äripäev, 24.10.2002.

Reelika Leetmaa. The share of employment subsidies could be higher. Eesti Päevaleht,

21.11.2002.

Sten Anspal. Labor Taxation and employment. Riigikogu Toimetised (Th e Journal of Estonian

Parliament) December 2002.

Ruta Kruuda. Lack of systematic approach in research contracted by the state. Riigikogu

Toime tised (Th e Journal of Estonian Parliament) December 2002.

Reelika Leetmaa. What work among active labor market policies: lessons learned in OECD

countries. Riigikogu Toimetised (Th e Journal of Estonian Parliament) December 2002.

Sten Anspal. Load of labor taxation in Estonia and Europa. Äripäev, 31.01.2003.

Tiina Annus. All declare money to the education. Eesti Päevaleht, 11.02.2003.

Reelika Leetmaa. More babies with 0,3-2,8 billion. Eesti Päevaleht, 14.02.2003.

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Reelika Leetmaa, Andres Võrk. Family benefits on the circle of election. Postimees,

14.02.2003.

Sten Anspal. Which promises to believe. Postimees, 18.02.2003.

Sten Anspal, Sweden and Estonian tax schedules. Äripäev, 27.02.2003.

Tiina Annus. Similar promises to the education. Postimees, 27.02.2003.

Interview with Tiina Annus for the magazine Yrkesläraren no.1. 2003 (Swedish magazine for

teachers).

Reports

Daimar Liiv. Licensing system in Estonia: recommendations. Report, 2002.

Sten Anspal. Industrial Relocating to Rural Areas. Report, 2002. (Contract research).

Jürgen G. Backhaus, Leonardo Burlamaqui, Ha-Joon Chang, Wolfgang Drechsler (Chair), Jan

Kregel, Erik S. Reinert, Tarmo Kalvet, Rainer Kattel Creative Destruction Management in

Cen tral and Eastern Europe: Meeting the Challenges of the Techno-Economic Paradigm Shift.

Th e o ret i cal framework and general policy recommendations, Report, 2002.

Lauri Leppik, Ruta Kruuda Study on Social Protection Systems in the 13 Applicant Countries.

Estonian Country Report. European Commission. Brussels 2002. Forthcoming in February

2003.

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I N S T I T U T E F O R P O L I C Y S T U D I E S

Institute for Policy Studies(IPS)

A d d r e s s : Chavchavadze Ave.,

6th Entr., 2nd fl oor, 10., Tbilisi, Georgia

M a i l : PO Box #158 (4) Tbilisi 380008, Georgia

Te l e p h o n e / F a x : (+995 32) 22 00 60/912743

E - m a i l s : [email protected]

W e b - s i t e : www.ips.ge

Th e Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) is an independent not-for-profi t research organisation

focused on promoting contemporary public policy concepts and practices in Georgia. IPS is

commit ted to providing a forum for substantive dialogue between representatives of the diff er ent

branches of the government, the civil sector and the Georgian public.

IPS was launched in Tbilisi in the spring 2002, with the support of the Open Society Institute–

Budapest and the Open Society–Georgia Foundation. Th e concept behind launching the

In sti tute was to create a think tank that could bring together available resources, international

experience and technologies in order to deal with the tasks of studying, analysis, monitoring

and initiating public debate focusing on the most solvent social and political issues, developing

re spec tive policy recommendations and initiatives, promoting the ideas of good governance and

democratic state-building. IPS concentrates its research and discussion on the key issues of the

social domain, on development of respective policies, legal initiatives and recommendations.

IPS intends to cover not only Georgian issues, but to create a comparative framework for the

whole area of the Southern Caucasus and the Black Sea–Caspian region.

Currently, the policy research work of the IPS concentrates along some of the following priority

directions:

• Poverty and vulnerability; Strategy for sustainable development and poverty reduction;

Generation and gender in the society; Social discrimination/ equity, affi rmative action;

Health care and education opportunities for all;

• Good governance on national, regional and local levels; Harmonization of centre-periphery

relations; Local governments, decentralization and federalization; Effi cacy and adequacy

of in ter na tion al assistance programs;

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• Prospects of involvement in European and Euro-Atlantic integration process and related

policy changes; Monitoring and implementing European standards in human and

minority rights, freedom of information and judiciary, social services and environment

protection;

• Georgia and the Caucasus in international aff airs; Regional stability and co-operation;

Models of security arrangements in new geopolitical environment, vis á vis the emergence

of global terrorism;

• Regional confl icts and minorities issue in state building; Democratic participation and

in te gra tion of minorities; Population migration, repatriation and adaptation of forced

migrants, Problems of IDPs and refugees;

• Future of business-labour relations and social contract; Trade-unions and labour protection

institutions and mechanisms; Human resources, unemployment and development.


Regular Panel Survey

Th e project is aimed at gathering, analysing and making accessible the information on public

opinion, perceptions and preferences of the country’ s population in order for decision makers

and executive bodies of all levels to base their activities on reliable data. Th e project implies the

conduct of regular (semi-annual) panel survey of the Georgia’s population, focusing on the study

of popular attitudes toward key issues of Georgia’s social, economic and political reality. Th e

survey is carried out in all 11 regions of Georgia under the jurisdiction of the government. Th e

fi rst round of the panel survey was carried out from 14 October till 9 November 2002 on most of

the territory of Georgia, with exception of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Th e total of 1100 persons

have been interviewed, selected so as to take into account demographic variables such as urban/

rural settlement type as well as gender and age groups, considered to be a rep re sen ta tive sample

of the Georgia’s population. Funded by the OSI Local Governments Initiative, 2002–2003.

Community Input into the Poverty Reduction and Economic Growth Program (PREGP) in Georgia

Th e project was carried out in coalition with Partnership for Social Initiative and the Georgian

Association for Innovative Technologies. Th e activities within the framework of the project

im plied meeting community based organisations (CBOs) in various parts of Georgia, in order

to enhance civic participation in the PREFGP process. Th e meetings were focused on the

offi cial PREGP discussion materials published in October 2001, as well as more recent materials

pro duced by the Governmental Sub-commissions and submitted to the Secretariat. Community

feedback was presented to the Government Commission for PREGP, as well as supplementary

information such as interests expressed by community representative in respect to participation

in the PREGP (both in preparation and implementation phases), their suggestions concerning

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community involvement in the M & E of the PREGP implementation. Funding: MerciCorps

International, USAID: July-September 2002.

Support of Civil Participation in the Work of the Local Council of Vale, Georgia (in Partnership with the Centre for Social Development of Maskheti)

Th e project intended to strengthen the role of the local council of Vale township in development

of one of the southern regions of Georgia, and at the same time to promote civil participation of

the population groups, in particular teachers and medical doctors. Funding: GOCISP (Geor gian

Governance and Civil Society Project), DfID UK, 2002–2003.

Needs Assessment and Conceptual Outline of the Development Strategy for Two Rayons of Samtskhe Javakheti

IPS plans to work on a conceptual model of economic development for a mountainous and

multi-ethnic region of Samtskhe-Javakheti, characterized by extremely broad spectrum of burn ing

problems, where ongoing withdrawal of Russian military base, as well as developments linked

to major transportation projects may totally change the economic picture and need thor ough

and cautious planning. At the same time we hope to utilize experience acquired during this

work, in order to consider broader task of economic development policies on national level..

We have already initiated within the framework of the Council of Europe a concrete project for

international cooperation between diff erent regions of Europe, and we hope to use in ter na tion al ly

available experience in order to proceed with above-mentioned development concept. Th e format

and the funding of the project is currently discussed with the OSGF.

Democratic Participation and Local Governance

Local elections in Georgia of June 2002 and public opinion: Socio logical survey in the city

of Tbilisi. Th is was a priority topic due to elections of the local governments held in Summer

2002, hence the time restrictions were imposed by the timing of the elections. During previous

parliamentary and presidential elections the members of the IPS had carried out several opinion

surveys related to political and democratic culture, political attitudes and preferences, and the

political participation of the population. IPS carried out similar survey immediately after the

elections, using this opportunity to better understand the direction of democratic transition in

the society and social and political activity of the population, consider policies to be chosen by

the civil society and the international pro-democracy actors in order to strengthen participation,

democratic attitudes and skills among the population. No external funding, June-July 2002.

Economic Prospects for Specialised Tourism in Samtskhe Javakheti Ecomuseum

Th is project was implemented in partnership with the Centre for Social Development of Maskhe ti.

It implies to carry out a feasibility study and assess the aplicability of the model of EcoMuseum

as a means to boost tourism in of Georgia’s South—the region of Samtskhe-Javakheti. Funding:

OSGF, 2003.

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Quo Vadis: Georgia: Publications Series, Debates and TV Talk Shows

Th e project aims at stimulating public discourse on burning issues of Georgian politics,

focused in the fi rst place at in depth discussion of the issues in question but also at revealing

the view points and programmatic priorities of the leading political parties in Georgia in the

process of their pre-electoral campaigns. Active TV campaign is supposed to be at the core of

the project implementation. Submitted for funding to Save the Children/USAID: Citizens

Advocacy Pro gram: 2003–2004.

Integration of the Minorities into Political and Economic Life Moving Towards European Standards

Although there is a long way until Georgia could be considered as eligible for full integration

into European structures, due to general orientation of both the population and the political

élites toward the West, this serves as a strong incentive for adjusting to European standards in all

spheres of life, including the human rights area, legislation, minority issues, social and economic

statistics, technological norms, and many other aspects. We intend to start monitoring this pro cess

of adjustment in a number of specifi c areas linked to democratisation process. Th e idea is to

follow the same line and cover the same topics as the OSI initiated EU Accession Monitoring

Program (Minorities protection, Judicial independence, etc.), thus relying strongly on expertise

and methodological assistance available in the framework of this program, elaborated during the

work on country reports for accession states—Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, and others.

In particular, the fi rst area we plan to cover will be the minority rights and their protection in

Georgia (possibly later we could expand to cover other countries of South Caucasus—Armenia

and Azerbaijan), preparing a comprehensive publication on this issue. Th e project is at the early

stage of development.


March–August 2002—Series of Workshops: Poverty and development in Georgia: Public

Participation in Developing the Government’s Program.

One of priorities of IPS—developing a systemic approach to poverty reduction in Georgia,

is considered as priority by the Government as well as by leading international organizations

in volved in the region—the World Bank, the IMF, the UNDP, EU TACIS, USAID, and others.

Th e government made an attempt to develop a conceptual framework for such process, the

National Program for Overcoming Poverty and Economic Growth, published recently in order

to initiate public debate around it. Together with a number of non-governmental organizations,

the IPS was actively involved in preparing the draft document, in order to make it more logically

consistent and adequate, through a sequence of general and sectoral workshops organized by the

Partnership for Social Initiative, and the National Expert on Participation, Dr. David Gzir ish vili.

Th e activity was funded by the British Department for International Development (DfID).

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IPS intends to carry out in 2003–2004 intensive TV campaign within the framework of the

project Quo Vadis, related to forthcoming parliamentary and presidential election in Georgia.

Publications

Sumbadze, N. and Tarkhan-Mouravi, G. Panel Survey of the Georgia’s Population: October

2002: Brief outline of results. IPS, Tbilisi, 2003 (In English and Georgian).

Hentschel, U. and Sumbadze, N. Individual diff erences in mindscapes and attitudes. Social

Be hav ior and Personality, 2002.

Sumbadze, N., Muslim Population of Southern Georgia: Challenges of Repatriation. In Eth nic-

Confessional Groups and Challenges to Civic Integration in Georgia. Tbilisi. CIPDD, 2002.

Sumbadze, N., Social Assessment in EIA. In Proceedings of the CENN Workshop: En vi ron men tal

Impact Assessment, 2002 (In English and Russian).

Sumbadze, N. and Kitiashvili, A. Pupils’ attitude towards smoking. Georgian Journal of

Psy chol o gy, 5. pp.41–52, 2002.

Sumbadze, N., Pirtskalava, E. and Hentshhel, U. 2002. Th e congruence of the perception of

family members and factors determining it. In Caucassian Messenger, No.6. pp.198–206. (In

Georgian).

G. Tarkhan-Mouravi, Around Georgian-Ossetian Relations, Iber-Iron, #1, January 2003 (in

Russian).

G. Tarkhan-Mouravi, From Independence to Independence: 70 Years of Soviet Georgia, Ben nett

& Bloom Publ., London (in print, draft text available at: http://rolfgross.tripod.com).

G. Tarkhan-Mouravi, Georgia’s unsteady step westward, Perihelion, European Rim Policy and

Investment Council (ERPIC), December 2002, http://www.erpic.org/Georgia’sunsteadystepw

estward.html

G. Tarkhan-Mouravi, Some considerations related to the resolution of Georgian-Ossetian con fl ict,

paper at the conference “Georgian-Ossetian Confl ict: Analysis and Search for Regulation Paths”,

Tbilisi, 2002.

G. Tarkhan-Mouravi, A “Realistic” Approach to Regional Security in the South Caucasus, Pol i cy

Paper, International Policy Fellowship Program, 2002: http://www.policy.hu/mouravi

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Center for Policy Studies(CPS)

A d d r e s s : Nádor St. 9–11, 1051 Budapest, Hungary

Te l e p h o n e : (+36 1) 235 6183

F a x : (+36 1) 235 6170


W e b - s i t e : www.ceu.hu/cps

Th e Center for Policy Studies (CPS) is an academic unit within the Central European Uni ver si ty

(CEU) that is dedicated to identifying, analyzing and disseminating policy issues. It is com mit ted

to strengthening local capacity for critical policy analysis and work closely with institutes and

researchers from the region. It also develops education programs in public policy, and, in

conjunction with the Open Society Institute, provides an annual policy fellowship program. As

an academic unit within the Central European University (CEU), CPS pursues in ter dis ci pli nary

research carried out with partners in the wider policy community.

Public Policy Research Projects

Blue Bird: Agenda for Civil Society in South-East Europe

Th e “Agenda for Civil Society in South East Europe” is a three years long research project, which

was started in 2001. It is co-funded and coordinated by the CPS, and involves the New Europe

College in Bucharest, the Centre for Liberal Strategies and the Centre for Advanced Studies in

Sofi a, the Wissenschaftskolleg in Berlin and others. Th e project is fi nanced by an international

consortium of donors.

Th e project started with the assumption that the invention of the region requires the con struc tion

of a common regional vision and the emergence of a regional public debate, and attempts to

formulate such a vision and to assist the emergence of civic regional debate in Southeastern

Europe. Research was organized into four interdisciplinary research groups, each consisting of

up to six scholars from the region, each focusing on a specifi c theme. CPS acts as the resource

center of the project by coordinating the communication between the various research groups,

gathering and circulating relevant information to the groups, organizing group gatherings and

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C E N T E R F O R P O L I C Y S T U D I E S

public events connected to the activities of the research groups, maintaining and editing the

internet site of the project, and supporting the project in preparing its publications.

In 2002, the policy debate on the reconstruction of South East Europe has entered the stage

of silent disappointment. Th e regional public opinion survey conducted by IDEA-Stockholm

in January and February this year indicates alarmingly high levels of pessimism and mistrust in

public institutions. Th e economic performance of the economies in the region is not impressive.

Th e violent combination of state weakness and criminality is a permanent threat to the societies.

In this context consensus grows that there is a need to re-think the policies off ered to the region.

Th ere is a need for policies that are sensitive to the invisible constraints imbedded in the Balkan

environment.

In the search for better-informed policies, Blue Bird researchers off er after the fi rst two years of the

project three sets of ideas that are particularly relevant to the current policy debate. Th e individual

research projects are not completed and some of the ideas need a new round of discussion but

nevertheless Blue Bird has reached some important conclusions with respect to the conditions

for sustainable economic growth in the region, with respect to the importance of culture for

policy debates, and fi nally regarding the specifi city of nation states in the region.

Website: http://www.ceu.hu/cps/bluebird

Social Diversity and Equal Opportunities

Th e CPS considers the management of diversity as one of its priority areas. It’s current and past

research projects and international workshops related to this fi eld focus especially on policy

research dealing with gender inequalities and policies relating to national, ethnic or racial

mi nor i ties.

Policy Frames and Implementation Problems: Th e Case of Gender Mainstreaming

Within the 5th Framework Program of the European Union the CPS has successfully applied

for a grant to carry out this research project. Th e project runs for 3 years (2003–2005), it is

coordinated by the Institut für Wissenschaften vom Menschen (IWM), Vienna, Austria; part ner

organizations: University of Nijmegen, School of Management, the Netherlands; Uni ver sidad

Complutense de Madrid, Spain; Peace Institute, Ljubjana, Slovenia; National Centre for Social

Research, Institute of Urban and Rural Sociology, Athens, Greece. Th is research project adopts

an innovative approach to examining gender inequality as a political problem at the EU and

national level. Th e project will include a comparative analysis of gender equality policy frames

for the EU, Th e Netherlands, Austria, Greece, Spain, Slovenia and Hungary. Country reports

and their comparison will highlight inconsistencies within these instruments, using the EU

frame as reference point. In addition, the country reports will employ a common meth od ol o gy

for assessing these inconsistencies.

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Women, Integration, and Prison. Analysis of the Processes of Socio-Labour In te gra tion of Women Prisoners in Europe

Th e CPS has successfully applied for a grant to carry out this research project within the Eu ro pe an

Union’s 5th Framework Program. Th e project runs for 2.5 years (November 2002—April 2005).

Th e project focuses mainly on identifying and analysing the impact of social and labor integration

policies on women in prison in Europe in order to develop more advanced and eff ective policies

in the related countries. Th e investigation will be based on comparative studies in 5 Member

States of the European Union (Spain, France, Italy, United Kingdom and Ger ma ny) and one

accession country (Hungary).

Social Capital

Social capital, with its broad focus on social networks and norms of mutual obligation, has proved

a very attractive concept for researchers and policy makers. Although by no means uncontroversial,

it appears to be able to illuminate specifi c dynamics of social change as well as inspiring concrete

proposals for action. Much of the recent body of applied research addresses questions of direct

relevance for the post-socialist environment. In the context of welfare re forms, for instance,

understanding everyday ‘survival’ techniques that enlist kin or friendship networks can be a vital

tool for social and economic policy making. To enthusiasts, social capital is the ‘missing link’

in development studies off ering a social scientifi c basis for the better un der stand ing of issues

such as ‘participation in development’, ‘local partnerships’, and the ‘own er ship’ of programs. At

the same time, researchers have highlighted a ‘dark side’ to social capital. Like other forms of

capital, social capital can be used for bad as well as good ends, for example, furthering criminal

activities or maintaining social exclusion.

CPS aim in this initiative is to contribute to ongoing debates on the conceptual and practical utility

of social capital through carrying out comparative research in the region and by pub li ciz ing the

fi ndings at workshops, conferences and in publications. Initially our interests lie in developing

two areas of research—social capital and health care and social capital and rural development.

Administrative Remedies

Th e fall of communism in 1989 focused the attention of academics and policy makers on

con sti tu tion al issues. Th e new democracies in Central and Eastern Europe urgently needed liberal

basic laws for the protection of individual rights and for the creation of government accountable

to the people. A decade after the start of the reforms, there is a growing awareness that the

constitutional framework alone cannot guarantee the protection of rights and governmental

accountability; other areas of legal regulation and practice are also of key importance for the

achievement of these goals. One such area is undoubtedly the administrative process. Ob ser va tion

of procedural rules, limitation of judicial discretion, democratic oversight of the ad min is tra tion,

and citizens’ participation in the decision-making process will contribute to the quality of

democracy in the post-communist region. In light of these considerations, CPS has launched a

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project with the following goals:

• Monitor the protection of administrative procedural rights, and administrative ac count-

abil i ty;

• Compile research on the workings of the administrative system;

• Pursue certain cases in court, or through other means of complaint procedure, in order to

speed up administrative reforms;

• Lobby for the introduction or improvement of procedural rights and legal remedies in case

of their violation;

• Help reform the way administrative law is taught in the region;

• Set up bureaus providing legal assistance for citizens in cases of violation of administrative

procedural rights;

• Start radio talk-shows with hot-lines for administrative violations;

• Surveys of citizens’ attitudes towards the administration.

CPS will co-operate with OSI Justice Initiative, and with other members of the Soros network in

the realization of this project; also, local NGOs will be invited to carry out some of the activities,

such as monitoring. Th e CPS will act as a co-ordinator, and will supervise and conduct the

research-oriented parts of the project.


May 2002—Workshop: Ethnic Violence and Justice. Organized by the CPS in co-operation with

Open Society Institute, New York. Th e primary aim of the workshop was to present and discuss

the work of six OSI New York Fellows whose research focuses on ethnic violence and genocide

around the world. Th e workshop shed light on the complexity of problems raised by ethnic

violence and genocide, trying to defi ne responsibility for it, to account for it and come to terms

with it. On the other hand it showed that the issues that were discussed are very much similar

around the world, and responses to them should be looked for globally. Th e transcript of the

workshop with an introduction by Mr. Aryeh Neier will be published by the CPS in 2003.

June 2002—Workshop: Bio-Social Transformation? Law in the Genetic Era., convened by

Dr. Judit Sándor (IPF Faculty Fellow, CEU Department of Political Science). Th is workshop

at tempt ed to address some of the many policy-related implications of genetics using a pluralistic

and multidisciplinary approach. Th e development of new genetics-based medical treatments,

genetic testing and screening, and the establishment of genetic databases all have an impact on

fundamental legal issues, such as privacy, the equal treatment of individuals, and access to health

care. Th is workshop was a unique opportunity for experts to share and discuss their views on

the complex biological and social impacts of the “genetics revolution.” With the participation

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of prominent biologists, medical doctors, lawyers, anthropologists, philosophers, sociologists,

theo lo gians and media experts from the European Union and the accession countries, the

workshop intended to make valuable contributions to a broad range of scientifi c and political

discussions. A volume of selected papers will be published by CPS in 2003.

June 2002—Public Seminar: Against all Odds. Th e Lack of Probabilities in the Strategic

In tel li gence Assessments of the Early Cold War Period. Lecturer: Dr. Tamás Meszerics (IPF Faculty

Fellow, CEU Department of Political Science). Discussants: Prof. Cees Wiebes (Department of

International Relations and International Public Law at the University of Amsterdam); László

Borhi (Institute of History of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

June 2002—Workshop: Understanding Xenophobia in Eastern Europe.Organized by the CPS

in co-operation with the Humanities Center at Central European University. Th e workshop

compared in-depth analyses of the process underlying the growth of xenophobia in the region over

the past decade, explored the meanings of the various manifestations of xenophobia and considered

the major policy relevance of comparative social research in the topic. During the workshop a

public discussion was held at the CEU entitled Marketing tolerance inviting mar ket ing experts,

senior offi cials and political scientists, who presented good practices from West ern European

countries. An adjacent poster exhibition was held, which will tour universities in the region in

2003. Th e papers as well as the workshop report are available on the CPS web-site.

September 2002—Public Seminar: Our “sequenced future.” Using genetic data beyond the

medical domain. Lecturer: Dr. Judit Sándor (IPF Faculty Fellow, CEU Department of Political

Science). Discussant: Prof Dr. jur. habil Jürgen Simon (Department of Legal Science, Uni ver si ty

of Lüneburg)

January–February 2003—Workshop: Social Capital in the Balkans: Th e Missing Link?, or ga nized

by the Blue Bird. Th e event brought together academics, practitioners and policy-makers from

Romania, Bulgaria, United Kingdom, United States, Slovenia and Yugoslavia. Th e aim of the

meeting was to provide a critical but practical assessment of the utility of social capital in

explaining post-socialist phenomena. Th e workshop fi rst addressed controversies concerning

the defi nition, measurement and applications of social capital, before exploring government or

donor funded projects inspired by social capital approaches. For example: developing state-civil

sector partnerships in local government reform in Bulgaria, multiethnic communities in Ro ma nia

and the strengthening of the civil sector in former Yugoslavia. Other speakers provided case

studies concerning popular attitudes towards local institutions, the role of social capital among

politicians and the importance of networks in maintaining corrupt relations. Th e workshop

was very useful for furthering relations and understandings between academic researchers and

those seeking to incorporate social capital approaches into development projects. To that end,

a full conference report has been prepared and selected papers from the workshop are available

on the CPS web-site.

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Publications

Reinventing Media: Media Policy Reform in East Central Europe. Edited by Miklós Sükösd and

Péter Bajomi-Lázár. Spring, 2003.

Reshaping Globalization: Multilateral Dialogues and New Policy Initiatives. Edited by Andrea

Krizsán and Violetta Zentai. Spring, 2003.

Ethnic Violence and Justice. Edited transcript of the workshop. To be published in Summer,

2003.

Party Funding and Corruption in Eastern Europe. Edited by Daniel Smilov. To be published

in Summer, 2003.

Law in the Genetic Era. Edited by Judit Sándor. To be published in September, 2003.

Postcommunism—Nationalism. Lessons Learned. Edited by Ivan Krastev and Alina Mungiu-

Pippidi. To be published in Fall, 2003.

Other Activities

Masters of Public Policy

In 2004, the Central European University (CEU) intends to launch a Master’s Degree in Public

Policy (“the MPP”). Th e aim is to train a new generation of policy-makers, whether from na tion al

governments, local authorities, international institutions or the private sector. In the post-socialist

countries, the MPP will be unique in combining academic excellence with policy rel e vance.

High quality teaching will be a major feature of the MPP. Staff with established regional and

international reputations for policy expertise and/or scholarly excellence will be drawn from:

CEU, i.e. CPS and other departments such as Political Science, Economics, and Legal Studies;

visiting professors from other universities; staff from international organizations, think-tanks,

and academic institutions with specifi c expertise in the policy context.

International Policy Fellowship

Th is program was launched in April 1998. It identifi es and nurtures the next generation of

open society leaders worldwide. Open Society Institute provides funding and administrative

man age ment to the program, while OSI Staff as well as CEU Faculty and CPS Staff provide

pro fes sion al mentoring.

Over the course of the 14-month fellowship, Policy Fellows participate in four training seminars

in Budapest conducted by professors of public policy from around the world. Training is off ered

to policy fellows to help them develop their capacity to write professional policy documents,

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identify appropriate policy instruments, and eff ectively advocate policies—skills that remain

underdeveloped in countries where the Soros foundations is active. On successful completion

of these courses, fellows earn a certifi cate in public policy. Th e product of each fellowship is a

detailed analysis of a major public policy issue, published in English and translated into other

languages.

Policy Documentation Center (PDC)

Th e Policy Documentation Center (PDC) will be a virtual library of English language policy

papers produced in Central and Eastern Europe and the countries of the former Soviet Union.

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P U B L I C P O L I C Y R E S E A R C H C E N T E R

Public Policy Research Center(PPRC)

A d d r e s s : 65 Kazybek bi, Offi ce #421

480091 Almaty, Kazakhstan

Te l e p h o n e / F a x : (+7 3272) 62 80 60, 62 88 12


W e b - s i t e : www.pprc.kz

Public Policy Research Center is a non-governmental organization established in De cem ber

2001. Th e founders of PPRC are the Soros Foundation–Kazakhstan and the Public Foun da tion

“Center for analysis and prognosis”. Mission of the Center is the search for effi cient decisions

of public problems considering the long-term strategic interests of the society.

To implement its mission the Center puts forward the following objectives:

• assisting with application of concepts and procedures of public policy in Kazakhstan;

• conducting independent policy studies;

• formulating alternative solutions for existing problems, organizing public debates;

• providing authentic, reliable information to all interested parties—government, the general

public and international organizations;

• developing communication lines between society and governmental authorities;

• creating public environment and political culture favorable for democratic reforms;

• creating a training base to be used as a resource center on public policy issues in Kazakhstan

and Central Asia.

Currently, the Center’s activities cover the following areas:

• Socio-economic policy;

• Public Finances: a transparency of budget policy as a factor of economic growth;

• Decentralization of government authority and development of local self-governance;

• Educational policy;

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• Publishing materials (policy papers, periodicals, public events proceedings);

• Spreading awareness of public policy, along with techniques and strategies of public policy

analysis.


Decentralization and Development of Local Self-government

Th e goal of this project is to assist with development of legal and institutional base for

es tab lish ment of local self-government in Kazakhstan. It is implemented in partnership with Local

Gov ern ment Program / Soros Foundation-Kazakhstan, ICMA/USAID, Urban Institute/USAID.

Results for the moment: several public events were held, draft of the Concept on formation

and development of local-self-government in Kazakhstan was worked out, cooperation with the

Parliamentary committees was established, publications were prepared and addressed to central

and local governments, NGOs and other interested parties. Th e Center initiated parliamentary

hearings on decentralization issues and provided expert assistance to this event that was held

on February 28, 2002.

Informational and Analytical Provision of Land Reform in Kazakhstan

Th e aim of the project consists in providing information and analytical support for the land

reform in Kazakhstan and ensure transparency of the process. In the framework of this project

several public events were held and their proceedings were published and disseminated among

central and local government and all interested parties, policy paper on land policy was pre pared,

expert group was created and its members were included in the Working Group of the Parliament

of RK, cooperation with the parliamentary committees and such international or ga ni za tion as

OSCE and USAID was established to promote the project. Currently, the Center is going to

initiate public expertise of draft Land Code and in collaboration with USAID offi ce to provide

expert assistance to the parliamentary working group. Partner: USAID.

Publication “Quarterly Predictions”

Within the framework of its socioeconomic direction the Center launched publishing the

pe ri od i cal economic review with short and middle term forecasts. To prepare the journal a group

of co-authors from distinguished experts-economists was created. Methodological assistance

was provided by International Center for Policy Studies (ICPS, Kiev), which had engaged in

pub li ca tion of similar journal for fi ve years. In December, 2002 the fi rst issue of “Quarterly

pre dic tions” had been published. PPRC plans to attract additional funds and promote the

project.

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April 2002—Public Forum: Th e Local Self-Government Development—an initial stage on

the establishment of Civil Society, oganized by PPRC in cooperation with Soros Foundation-

Ka za kh stan and ICMA/USAID. Content: discussion on draft of Concept on Local self-

government, prepared by the Working group of PPRC. Participants: deputies of the Parliament

of RK; rep re sen ta tives of Ministries and State Agencies of RK, international organizations, NGOs,

local experts. Draft concept had been approved and recommendations on its improvement had

been suggested.

September 2002—Public Forum: Private ownership on Land: consideration of the Land Code

project. Organized by PPRC in cooperation with National Federation of Kazakhstani farmers and

“Akzhol” democratic party. Participants: representative of the Administration of the Pres i dent of

RK, deputies of the Parliament of RK, representative of International organizations, parties and

public associations, farmers of Almaty oblast and other regions, experts and sci en tists. Content:

the last version of the Land Code had been discussed. Outputs: Materials of the forum had been

published and disseminated.

December 2002—Public Forum: Decentralization and perspectives of local self-government

development in Republic of Kazakhstan. Organized by PPRC in cooperation with the Par lia ment

of RK Participants: deputies of the Parliament of RK, representatives of international organizations

and NGOs, International Organizations, mass media, and experts. Draft concepts on delineation

of power between level of public Administration prepared by the State Com mis sion and draft

concept on local self-government, prepared by PPRC working group had been presented.

Recommendations on local self-government reforms had been developed.

February 2003—Parliamentary hearings: Improvement of Public Administration and in ter bud get

relations. Organized by the Parliament of RK under initiative and expert support of PPRC.

Participants: deputies of the Parliament of RK, representatives of International Organizations,

local and foreign experts. Diff erent attitudes on decentralization and local self-government in

Kazakhstan had been presented.

May 2002—Roundtable: Development of party system in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Par tic i pants: deputies of the Parliament of RK; leaders of political parties, representatives of the

Ad min is tra tion of President of RK, international organizations, and local experts. Draft laws

on political parties in RK, proposed by propresidential party “Otan” and democratic party

“Akzhol” had been discussed on which bases recommendations on improvements of the drafts

had been suggested.

October 2002—Roundtable: Private ownership on Land: pros and cons. Participants:

rep re sen ta tive of the Administration of President of RK, deputies of the Parliament of RK,

rep re sen ta tives of International Organizations, political parties and public movements, and local

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experts. Content: diff erent opinions on land ownership had been presented. Materials of the

roundtable proceedings had been published and disseminated.

December 2002—Roundtable: Private property on Land: a mechanism of realization.

Participants: representative of the Administration of President of RK, deputies of the Parliament

of RK, representatives of International Organizations, political parties and public movements,

local experts. Ways of implementation of the land reform had been discussed. Materials of the

roundtable proceedings had been published and disseminated.

August 2002—Roundtable: Contemporary public policy technologies. Participants: deputies

of the Parliament of RK, representatives of International organizations, political parties and

public movements, mass media and universities. Diff erent attitudes concerning public policy

im ple men ta tion had been presented and discussed. Recommendations had been developed.

August 2002—Roundtable: Private ownership on Land: consideration of the draft of Land

Code. Participants: deputies of the Parliament of RK, representatives of the State Commission

on drafting the Land Code, International organizations, parties and public associations, experts

on land reform. Th e second draft of the Land Code had been discussed. Recommendations on

improvement of the Land Code; materials of the Roundtable proceedings had been published

and disseminated.

October 2002—Roundtable: Th e role and place of parties in political system of Kazakhstan.

Organized by PPRC in cooperation with National Democracy Institute (NDI). Participants:

representatives of political parties, international organizations and experts. Impacts of the new

Law “On political parties” on political system in Kazakhstan had been discussed. Policy paper

“Party policy of the state on the present stage” had been published and disseminated.

February 2003—Seminar-training On budget work for NGOs. Organized by PPRC in

co op er a tion with Eurasia Foundation, International Budget Project (IBP) and Center on Budget

and Policy Priorities (CBPP), analytical center “Strategy” (Saint Petersburg). Content: methods

and techniques of civil society participation in budget process.

All activities organized by the Center, such as forums, roundtables, were covered by television

and mass-media. All published materials are disseminated among deputies of the Parliament

of RK, central and local government offi cials, NGOs, International Organizations, parties and

public associations, and other stakeholders.

Publications

Materials of Public Forum “Decentralization and Local Self-Government in the Republic of

Kazakhstan: identifying priorities”. Almaty, 2002.

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Materials of Roundtable “Private Ownership on Land: pros and cons”. Almaty, 2002.

Materials of Roundtable “Private Ownership on Land: a mechanism of realization”. Almaty,

2002.

Materials of Roundtable “Private Ownership on Land: consideration of the draft of the Land

Code”. Almaty, 2002.

Materials of Public Forum “Private Ownership on Land: consideration of the draft of the Land

Code”. Almaty, 2002.

Translation: “Techniques and methods of Public Policy Analysis” by Katarina Staronova. Al maty,

2002.

Party policy of the state on the present stage. Almaty, 2002.

Quarterly predictions Vol.1. Almaty, 2003.

M. Makhmutova. Chapter “Local Government in Kazakhstan. ”Developing New Rules in the

Old Environment. Ed. by I. Munteanu, and V. Popa. Budapest. LGI/OSI, 2002.

Manuals for participants of Public Forum “Decentralization and development perspectives of

Local Self-government in RK” as of December 20, 2002.

Manuals for participants of seminar-training on budget work for NGOs as of February 4–7,

2003.

Manuals for participants of the parliamentary hearings as of February 28, 2003.

Applied public policy study series (in cooperation with Eurasia Foundation):

Akchurin, A. Abdina. Creation of Career system in Public Administration of RK. Ed. by M.

Makhmutova. Almaty, 2002.

C. Vanner, O. Didenko. Infl uence of Legislation and audience preferences on participation of

mass media in public life of RK. Ed. by M. Makhmutova. Almaty, 2002;

E. Zhumabayev, A. Esenbayev. Improvement of Quality of decisions made by Antitrust Agency

through civic expertise. Ed. by M. Makhmutova. Almaty, 2002.

G. Iskakova, A. Krasin. Problems of choice and adaptation of Local Government model in

Kazakhstan. Ed. by M. Makhmutova. Almaty, 2002.

M. Makhmutova. Conceptual bases of regional fi scal policy in the modern conditions. Almaty,

2002.

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Latvian Centrefor Human Rights and Ethnic Studies

(LCHRES)

A d d r e s s : Alberta St. 13, Riga, Latvia

Te l e p h o n e : (+371) 703 9290

F a x : (+371) 703 9291

E - m a i l : offi [email protected]

Th e Latvian Centre for Human Rights and Ethnic Studies was founded in October 1993 with

the aim of monitoring human rights and ethnic relations, conducting policy advocacy and

re search in the realms of human rights and ethnic relations, conducting human rights education

and training, and providing legal aid to victims of human rights violations. Th e LCHRES is a

member of the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights.

In November 2002 former LCHRES director Nils Muiznieks was confi rmed as a Special Task

Minister on Aff airs on Social Integration by the parliament of Latvia. Th e new director, Ilze Barnds

Kehris was appointed on 4 December 2002 by the LCHRES Board and Members’ Assembly.


Monitoring Minority Rights in Latvia

Th e project involved organising two seminars with minority representatives, preparing a “shad ow

report” on Latvia’s compliance with the not-yet-ratifi ed Framework Convention for the Protection

of National Minorities, and conducting advocacy work for ratifi cation. Lead re search er: Ilze

Brands Kehre. Sponsor: British Embassy. Outputs: seminars, monograph (forthcoming in

2003).

EU Accession Monitoring Program: Minority Protection

Th e project consisted of research on the role of minorities in the government’s Social integration

program. Lead researcher: Svetlana Diachkova. Sponsor: Open Society Institute. Outputs:

seminar, monograph was published in autumn 2002.

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L A T V I A N C E N T R E F O R H U M A N R I G H T S A N D E T H N I C S T U D I E S

Th e Radio and TV Council and Social Integration

Th e project consisted of research on the regulatory role of the Radio and TV Council, an anal y sis of

the national remit with regard to social integration issues, and an analysis of the impact of language

restrictions in the law on Radio and Television. Lead researcher: Signe Martisune. Sponsor: Soros

Foundation–Latvia. Outputs: seminars, monograph (forthcoming in April 2003).

Education, Media and Respect for Diversity in Latvia

Th e project consists of research, training and advocacy on the role of the education system and

the media in Latvia in perpetuating ethnic stereotypes and prejudices. Researchers: Marina

Krup ni k o va, Signe Martisune. Sponsor: US Embassy Democracy Comission. Outputs: policy

paper on ethnic stereotypes in school textbooks, a diversity resource brochure for journalists, a

round table discussion for journalists (forthcoming in autumn 2003).

Study of the Situation of Roma in Latvia

Th e project will carry out in-depth analysis whether and to which extent Roma have en coun tered

discrimination in the following areas: access to education and health care institutions and

programmes; employment; criminal justice; social security benefi ts; living conditions; political

participation. Lead Researcher: Dace Lukumiete. Sponsor: Society Integration Foundation,

joint funding of EU PHARE programme and Latvian Government. Outputs: Articles in the

media, survey and focus group research, report with policy recommendations (forthcoming in

August 2003).

Ethnic Dimension of Public Participation in the Social Assistance-related Decision-making at the Riga City Council

Lead Researcher: Svetlana Diatchkova. Sponsors: LGI and Soros Foundation–Latvia. Outputs:

policy paper (fothcoming in October 2003).

Projects Carried Out in Cooperation with OSI Related Policy Cen ters Network

Th e Impact of Schengen on Candidate Countries, analysis of the impact of Schengen on migration

policy and politics in Latvia. Sponsor: Open Society Institute, outputs: policy papers, discussion

in Brussels.


October 2002—the LCHRES and Vilnius regional offi ce of Geneva initiative for Psychiatry

(the Netherlands) organised the 3rd Baltic Mental Health Forum in Jurmala (Latvia). Around

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80 participants, including delegations from Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Kaliningrad district and

St. Petersburg participated, as well funding organizations from Sweden, Canada, OSI–Lithua nia

and Soros Foundation-Latvia.

May 2002—the LCHRES organised a seminar in Riga for specialists and minority rep re sen ta tives

on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities.

June 2002—in cooperation with the Museum of the Occupation, the LCHRES organised a

Roundtable on Ethnic Reconciliation.

June 2002—the LCHRES organised an international seminar on “Monitoring and Combating

Extremism in Central and Eastern Europe” attended by teams from all the EU candidate coun tries.

Around 25 participants attended, outputs: country reports, book (forthcoming in 2003).

June 2002— the LCHRES in cooperation with OSI’s EU Accession Monitoring Program

or ga n ised a roundtable specialist discussion to discuss a draft report on minority protection in

Latvia, which analyses the integration programme. Around 25 participants attended. Outputs:

the re port in Latvian, English and Russian was published in 2002.

June 2002—the LCHRES in cooperation with the Geneva Initiative on Psychiatry organised

a seminar “On Respect” for users and professionals in mental disabilities. 15 participants

at tend ed.

June 2002— the LCHRES in cooperation with the Mental Disability Advocacy Centre (Budap est)

organised a “Seminar for Lawyers and NGOs on the European Convention on Human Rights in

Relation to Persons with Mental Disability.” Around 39 participants attended, out put: train ing

materials pack.

July 2002—the LCHRES organized a seminar in Daugavpils on the Framework Convention for

the Protection of National Minorities for representatives of ethnic minorities.

August 2002—the LCHRES organised the seminar “CoE Committee for the Prevention

of Torture (CPT) and Latvia—Cooperation in the Past and Future.” Around 77 persons

par tic i pat ed.

August 2002—the LCHRES organised the seminar “CPT Standards Regards Mental Health

Care Institutions”. Around 46 persons participated.

November 2002—the LCHRES and the Council of Europe Information Bureau organised the

seminar “Social Integration in Latvia and the ratifi cation of Framework Convention for the

Protection of National Minorities in Latvia.”

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November 2002—the LCHRES in co-operation with Swedish East European Committee

or ga n ised the seminar “Human Rights in Psychiatry”. Around45 persons attended the

seminar.

November 2002—the LCHRES organised the seminar “Electronic Mass Media and Social

In te gra tion”. Around 72 participants attended including representatives of national and re gion al

radio and TV broadcasters, minority organizations, NGO experts on minority rights, state

offi cials, members of parliament and journalists. All the speakers’ presentations were pub lished

in policy portal www.politika.lv.

February 2003—the LCHRES organised the seminar On Development of Self-help and Sup port

Groups of Mentally Disabled in Latvia. 86 participants attended the seminar.

6 Apri 2002—Nils Muzinieks was the person of the week in the newspaper Panorama Latvii.

10 April 2002—Nils Muiznieks was interviewed on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

10 April 2002—Nils Muiznieks gave a 30 minutes interview to the TV programme “Fu ture shock”

regarding human rights and tolerance 50 years from now.

12 April 2002—Nils Muiznieks was interviewed by Dutch TV and Latvian TV5.

17 April 2002—Nils Muiznieks met with 3 Portuguese journalists.

26 April 2002—Nils Muiznieks was the featured guest on Latvian TV regarding right-wing

political parties in Europe.

23 May 2002—Artis Pabriks was interviewed by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

5 June 2002—Nils Muiznieks participated in an hour-long TV show called “What is Hap pen ing

in Latvia” devoted to extremists.

7 June 2002—Artis Pabriks was interviewed by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

7 June 2002—Ieva Leimane gave an interview on human rights in Latvia to Austrian Radio.

27 June 2002—Artis Pabriks was interviewed by TV5 on the election campaign.

28 June 2002—Nils Muiznieks was interviewed by TV5 on a racist advertisement in the elec tion

campaign.

26 August 2002—Nils Muiznieks participated in LNT/TV5 programme “Russkij vopros”.

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4 September 2002—the LCHRES organized a press conference to launch its six-month report

on human rights and the policy paper of Artis Pabriks “Occupational Representation and Eth nic

Discrimination in Latvia.”

10 September 2002—Nils Muiznieks participated in LNT TV discussion on world politics a

year after terrorists attack on 11 September.

17 September 2002—Nils Muiznieks participated in TV5 programme on Framework Con ven tion

for the Protection of National Minorities.

22 November 2002—Signe Martisune was interviewed in the TV5 programme “Dienas cil veks”

(“A Person of the Day”) on the role of electronic media in the process of social integration and

necessity to abolish the language restrictions in the Law on Radio and TV.

July–November 2002—LCHRES continued to work actively with mass media. Nils Muiznieks

gave interviews to several foreign media, for example, Radio Free Europe (Prague), “Rzec poli ti ka”

(Poland), “Neue Zuricher Zeitung” (Switzerland), “Le Monde” (France), “Dagens Nyeter”

(Sweden), Swedish TV, Danish Radio, German/French TV ARTE and Canadian TV.

Publications

Ilze Brands Kehris, Partnership, Pressure, Hand-holding. (in Latvian), www.politika.lv, 3 April

2002.

Ilvija Bake Puce, Review of the government’s report on compliance with the International

Cov e nant on Civil and Political Rights (in Latvian) on www.politika.lv on 15 May 2002.

Latvian Centre for Human Rights and Ethnic Studies, Integration Monitor, daily press on issues

of ethnic minorities and integration on www.policy.lv, since 24 May, 2002.

Artis Pabriks, “Th e European Union: A Second Christening?” (in Latvian) Diena 4 June

2002.

Nils Muiznieks, “Extremism in Latvia,” (in English) on www.policy.lv on 10 June 2002.

Artis Pabriks, “Viva la Res Publika,” (in Latvian) Diena 17 June 2002.

Ilze Brands Kehris, Public Awareness and Promotion Campaign for Latvian Citizenship.

Eval u a tion, Commissioned by UNDP, June 2002.

Nils Muiznieks, Private and Public Prejudice, Social Research (Vol. 69, No. 1, Spring 2002),

195–200.

Nils Muiznieks, Accession and the Politics of Language in Latvia, (in English), Open Society

News, Spring–summer, 2002, pp.14–15.

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Ieva Leimane, Th e Implementation and Protection of the Rights of Mentally Disabled and the

Mentally Retarded in Latvia During Last Decade, (in Latvian), Socialas Palidzibas Vestis, No.

5, July, 2002.

Signe Martisune, Future Citizens of Europe—on Democracy, (in Latvian) on www.politika.lv,

on 6 August, 2002.

Nils Muiznieks, Are Our Rights Consolidating?, (in Latvian), Diena, 24.08.2002.

Dace Lukumiete, Interim Report on the Offi cial Language Commission, (in English), on

www.policy.lv/monitor, on 3 September, 2002.

Nils Muiznieks, The Issues of Social Integration and the 8th Saeima, (in Latvian), on

www.politika.lv, on 3 September, 2002.

Artis Pabriks, Occupational Representation and Ethnic Discrimination in Latvia, (in English),

(Riga: Soros Foundation-Latvia, Nordic Publishing House, 2002).

Signe Martisune, How to Integrate Radio and TV?, (in Latvian), on www.politika.lv, on 19

November, 2002.

Dace Lukumiete, Report on the Education Reform in 2004, (in English), on www.policy.lv/

monitor, on 11 December, 2002.

Svetlana Diatchkova, Minority Protection in Latvia. An Assessment of the National Programme

“Th e Integration of Society in Latvia” (in Latvian, Russian and English), Monitoring the EU

Accession Process: Minority Protection, Volume I, An Assessment of Selected Policies in

Can di date States, (Hungary: OSI EU Accession Monitoring Programme, October 2002), on

www.politika.lv, www.eumap.org.

Other Activities

LCHRES staff lawyer Ilvija Puce (Bake) provided free legal assistance to 112 clients in 2002.

Signe Martisune worked as a member of an expert group under the National Broadcasting Council

drafting a new National Development Programme for Electronic Media for 2003-2005.

Nils Muiznieks worked as an expert in a working group devoted to planning research and

mon i tor ing of societal integration set up by the Justice Ministry’s Integration Department.

Angelita Kamenska served on a Justice Ministry working group on the creation of Probation

Services.

Nils Muiznieks wrote an expert opinion for the Security Police on a case of defamation brought

against a right-wing extremist.

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April–June, Ieva Leimane acted as a consultant in a research project on the “Protection of Hu man

Rights in the Baltic States with Special Relevance to Irregular Migration” commissioned by the

International Organisation for Migration.

In 2002 Angelita Kamenska was the editor of research “Alternatives to: Experience of Local

Governments” (researchers—Ilze Trapenciere un Ritma Rungule), issued by UNDP.

Ilze Brands Kehris participated in two working groups on discrimination issues and on the issue

of non-citizens in context of EU convened by the Special Task Minister on Aff airs of Social

Integration.

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C E N T R E F O R P U B L I C P O L I C Y P R O V I D U S

Centre for Public PolicyPROVIDUS

A d d r e s s : Alberta 13, Riga LV-1010, Latvia

Te l e p h o n e : (+371) 703 9251

F a x : (+371) 703 9244


Th e Centre for Public Policy PROVIDUS was established in December 2002, as an in de pen dent

policy center focusing on criminal justice, rule of law and educational policy issues in Latvia.

PROVIDUS hosts a policy website www.politika.lv, providing both a resource for policy analysis

in Latvia and an interactive web magazine for policy debates and public involvement in policy

issues.

PROVIDUS provides not only policy research and analysis, but also takes on an activist role in

promoting implementation of particular policy alternatives.

PROVIDUS interests lie in the following areas:

Criminal Justice

• alternative sentencing and community service;

• alternatives to pre-trial detention;

• sentencing policy;

• police reform, including human rights aspects of police work.

Quality of Governance

• campaign fi nance reform;

• political party system;

• administrative procedure and citizen’s right of redress;

• monitoring of use of assistance monies in Latvia (EU assistance and others).

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Education Policy

• bilingual education;

• multicultural education;

• combating racism and xenophobia in the education system;

• education fi nance reform;

• second chance education.


Promoting Alternatives to Pre-trial Detention

Latvia ranks 17th place in the world in the measure of prisoners per 100 000 inhabitants.

Particularly alarming is the fact that 43% of Latvia’s prisoners are in pre-trial detention. 63%

of juveniles in prison are in pre-trial detention. Th is astronomical level is due to a number of

defi ciencies in the criminal process. For example, cases are slow to move from prosecutors to

court while individuals are in detention. Once cases have been turned over to court, courts are

so backlogged that trials are scheduled several years in advance, with individuals remaining in

pre-trial detention for the duration. After a guilty verdict, the appeal process is quite lengthy, but

individuals remain in pre-trial detention for the duration. PROVIDUS is assisting the gov ern ment

in assessing the causes of high levels of pre-trial incarceration via studies in pre-trial de ten tion

cases, promotion of alternatives to pre-trial detention, promotion of access to qualifi ed counsel,

assisting in the establishment of bail supervision mechanisms, and improving public awareness

of the realities of pre-trial detention and the social cost of this measure.

Monitoring Campaign Finance

PROVIDUS analysts have monitored campaign fi nance during the last election cycle, bringing

into public view and public debate the real costs of political campaigns, the sources of these

funds and the susceptibility of the political system to money-driven infl uence via these cam paign

funds. PROVIDUS has been successful in introducing a number of transparency and control

measures into the political fi nancing system, and in ensuring active government en force ment

of oversight measures for political party fi nancing. PROVIDUS eff orts have created a replicable

model in East Europe for civil society oversight of campaign fi nancing.

Web-site www.politika.lv

PROVIDUS hosts a website, which is the focal point for public policy debate on the internet.

www.politika.lv provides a library of policy analysis covering a broad range of issue areas, as well

as a weekly magazine of articles and opinion pieces on topical policy issues in the country. Th e

site attracts approximately one third of Latvia’s internet users, and provides an interactive debate

possibility on issues of public concern.

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T H E E U R O - B A L K A N I N S T I T U T E

The Euro-Balkan Institute

A d d r e s s : Bul.Partizanski odredi 63

1000 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia

Te l e p h o n e : (+389 2) 375 570

F a x : (+389 2) 390 731


W e b - s i t e : www.euba.org.mk

Euro-Balkan is a non-governmental, non-partisan and non-profi t think-tank institution. Its

mission is dissemination, consent and implementation of European Union ideas and policies,

and promotion of transatlantic cooperation and interdependence. Its activities are focused on:

• Provision of expert assistance (analyses, projections and recommendations) on de vel op ment

issues in general to governmental and non-governmental organizations in the Republic of

Macedonia;

• Promotion of action projects strategy design and institutional building in the Republic

of Macedonia as well as in the region for implementation of European projects and

programs;

• Facilitation and improvement of communication between governmental and non-

gov ern men tal institutions in the Republic of Macedonia and in the region in order to

accelerate and sustain regional development as a prerequisite for individual European

integration, but also for mutual transatlantic integration;

• Creation and development of regional research network aimed at increasing mutual

com mu ni ca tion, leading towards building a common European regional identity;

• Personnel and institutional networking with European and transatlantic research in sti tu tions

aiming at implementing joint research projects.

Th e fi elds of the Institutes activity are complex and they consist in:

• Research and analyses department of the Euro-Balkan Institute, provides daily information

briefi ng (“Daily news”) about the most important events in the world during 24 hours,

weekly analyses of the international relations and monthly preview of news, selected by

diff erent cat e go ries (international politics, international economy and fi nance, defence

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and security, energy and natural resources, transport and telecommunications, advanced

technology and IT, en vi ron ment);

• Drafting individuals or group projects commissioned by clients;

• Rendering specialized courses, seminars and workshops, aimed at providing advanced

train ing for governmental and non-governmental offi cials and specialized institutions;

• Performing specialized 3-month courses on leadership for various political parties and

or ga ni za tions to acquaint them with the latest events and trends in the region;

• Organizing regional and international conferences aiming towards defi nition of action and

methodology for building sustainable internal and regional development;

• Publication of quarterly magazine;

• Creating a data-base of daily and weekly newspapers published in Macedonia on Mace -

donian and Albanian languages;

• Weekly analysis of daily newspapers.


Training of Civil Servants

Th is project aims at providing support to the process of public administration reform in Re pub lic

of Macedonia and thus contribute to the development of democratic, eff ective and citizen’s

oriented public administration. In the framework of this project the following training’s for

civil servants were conducted:

• Program and project management—Th is training was organized in cooperation with the

Civil Servants Agency of RM and the target group included the managerial and expert

civil servants from the civil service of RM, who are responsible for certain programs and/or

projects.

• Civil Servants Performance Assessments Systems—Th e primary aims of the training were

to introduce the civil servants with the diff erent performance assessment systems used

in the other coun tries with a more developed civil service system and to emphasize the

diff erent determinants and conditions that are crucial for the (diff erent) level of success in

the application of these systems in the specifi c conditions for the diff erent countries.

• Th e Adequacy of the Positions in the Local Administration with the System of Positions

from the Law on Civil Servants—Th ese series of 5 workshops were organized with the

aim to introduce the representatives of the units of local self-government with the system

of positions according to the Law on Civil Servants and to discuss its implementation in

the units of local self-government.

Supported by: FOSI–Macedonia, OSI/LGI Budapest and the French Embassy in RM.

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Macedonian Government Communications Training Program

Th e Institute was a local partner in the implementation of this program of Freedom House,

which was organized with the objectives to strengthen the Macedonian national and local

gov ern ment’s public relations capabilities i.e. to increase the transparency within the national

and local governments, to strengthen their capabilities for internal and external communication,

to build and expand the skills of the government spokespersons and to strengthen the capabilities

of the national and local governments to provide timely and accurate information to the public.

Th e program, which was fi nancially supported by Bureau of Educational and Cultural Aff airs of

the United States Department of State includes two series of in-country workshops, a U.S.-based

two-week study tour, and a two-week study visit trip to Budapest, Hungary.

Intellectuals for the development of the Republic of Macedonia

Th e main goal of this project is to initiate permanent dialog between Albanian and Macedonian

intellectuals regarding the method of dialog as a most effi cient way of fi nding permanent so lu tions

for joint problems.

Around 50 intellectuals have participated at each of the four round tables that were held in

2002:

• Civil Society in Multi-ethnic Society , March 15–17, Ohrid;

• Th e Use of the Languages in the Associations and the Other Forms of Citizens’ Self-

or ga niz ing / Civil Organizations, May 17–19, Ohrid;

• Th e Responsibility of the Elite, November 22–14, Struga;

• Th e Priorities in the Development of Republic of Macedonia, December 20–21, Skopje.

Supported by: FOSI–Macedonia.

Macedonia and Albania toward Better Mutual Understanding and Recognition

Joint project of Euro-Balkan Institute and Institute for Democracy and Mediation from Tirana.

Th e main goal of the project was to contribute to the enhancing of cooperation between the

two neighbouring countries within the framework of regional stability and Euro-Atlantic

in te gra tion.

Research Projects in Gender Studies

Th is project was realized during 2002. It included carried out research on status of woman in

the mixed marriages: gender and ethnicity’s in the Balkans; gender deconstruction in mace donian

theatrical concept; the part of women in heretic surroundings in byzantine and western Europe

etc.

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School for Gender and Politics

Informal gender (women’s/feminist) studies intended to bring closer together theory and ac tiv ism,

knowledge and political action and thus critically contribute to the introduction of au then tic

gender awareness.

Th e prospective students were invited to apply through a public announcement for the fol low ing

courses.

I Semester (February–May 2002)

• Introduction into Feminist Th eory with basics of the Feminist Philosophy;

• Women’s Narratives (Identities and Gender; Women in Arts; Gender and Memory);

• Feminist Literature Th eory;

• Construing and Performing of the Identities and Identifi cations: Nation/ethnos/class/race

/sexuality and gender;

• Politics of the Body (Introduction into the feminist reading of the theoretical concepts of

the body).

II Semester (October–December 2002)

• Women’s Discourses and Interpretation Strategies;

• Psychoanalysis and Gender;

• Feminist Literature Th eory 2;

• Methodology of Gender Studies;

• Masculinities .

Th e School hosted 47 students (chosen out of 100 applicants). Supported by: Olof Palmes

International Center

Training and Dissemination Activites

November 2002—Regional forum:Ethics in the Civil Service: Current Status, Eff orts and

Mech a nisms to Enhance Ethics. Organized by the the Institute Euro Balkan in cooperation

with the Civil Servants Agency of RM. Th e Forum included 54 participants from the country

and abroad. Beside Republic of Macedonia, as host country, it included representatives of the

central civil service policy-making and coordination agencies from Serbia, Croatia, Albania,

Bulgaria, Po land and Romania. Active participation at the forum took also 4 experts from the

DFID Project for Public Administration Reform team, and there were also present representatives

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of UNDP, European Agency for Reconstruction and the Embassy of United Kingdom in RM.

Th ese three-day event was designed with an aim to provide a forum for exchange of experience,

information, ideas and best practices on the issue of ethics in the civil service and to boost

cooperation among the countries-participants through development of networks for co op er a tion

and to resume joint activities.

Supported by: FOSI-Macedonia and the program East-East.

January–February 2003—Seminar: Th eory and Practice of Feminism and Psychoanalysis: Gender

in the Politics of the Clinic. Th e seminar for gender and psychoanalysis is con cep tu al ized as an

eff ort to open a debate on the contemporary links between psychoanalysis and gender —two

disciplines that share a century old dialogue. By bringing together the experts from Mace donia and

abroad, it intents to highlight the theoretical and practical dimensions of the links between these

two disciplines. From the practical point of view, the Seminar should open a debate on gender

aspects of the clinical life (the possible gender oppression, the review of the clinical legislation

and laws) in order to rethink the strategies for gender sensitivity in the clinics.

October –November 2002—Short Course: Women’s Oral History: Biography and Narrative. Th e

course explored the theory and methodology of oral history and women’s narratives, in tro duced

feminist methods, analyzed ongoing researches and results from a feminist point of view. Oral

history is a technique and a way of constructing histories so the course tried to off er an overview

of diff erent ways how to construct information and how to analyze it in a wider meth od olog i cal

context. Lecturer: Andrea Peto ELR, Ethnic and Minority Studies, University of Miskolc, Research

Center in Gender Studies. 25 participants attended the course.

Publications

Identities: Journal for Politics, Gender and Culture, Vol. 1, no. 2, published May 2002; Vol. 1, no.

3, published December 2002. Editor in Chief: Katerina Kolozova.

One of the main aims of the project is to contribute to the feminist theoretical and political

debate in Macedonia. Each issue of the Journal consists of three parts (Politics/Identities; Gen der/

Sexualities/Identities; Culture/Identities).

Th e three parts of the Journal provide space for the following topics:

• Politics/Identities (Gender identity politics; Gender aspects of [other] identity politics; Th e

main issues and currents of feminist political thought; Th e infl uence of various gender

aspects of political identity, e.g. Is citizenship always already gendered?);

• Gender/Sexualities/Identities (Sex-gender distinction and the personal identity; Di ver si fy ing

sexual identities; Sexual identities versus political identities);

• Culture/Identities (Cultural identity through gender lenses; Multiculturalism and fem i nism;

A feminist approach to cultural politics).

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Th e rest of the Journal off ers a signifi cant number of succinct, summarizing reviews of the latest

books and journals that appear in the rest of the world (notably in Western Europe and USA).

It will also provide space for authors from Macedonia and the region.

Identities: Journal for Politics, Gender and Culture is published bilingually, Macedonian / En glish

(French or German) in order to communicate regionally and be visible internationally. From the

second issue on the reviews were published also bilingually, in Macedonian and Al ba nian. Th e

idea was to attract various domestic publics, since the reviews are meant to address Macedonian

scholars, researchers and theorists.

Collection: Research Projects in Gender Studies, Vol. 1, Editor: Katerina Kolozova Euro-Balkan

Press, Skopje, 2002. It includes 12 research projects conducted during year 2000, ini ti at ed by

the Research Center in Gender Studies:

• Vitomir Mitevski: Th e Woman in the Hellenic and Macedonian Heroic Epics;

• Slavica Srbinovska: Between Biological and Aesthetical Creativity: Th e Stereotypes of the

“Feminine” in the Oral Literature;

• Katica Kulavkova: Building in the Shadow: Milky-white powder Coitus Methaphysicus—

the lyrical con-textualisation of the woman in the oral tradition;

• Lidija Stojanovic-Lafazanovska: Innocently Departed Heroine—A model or an impe-

rative?

• Dobrila Milevska: Women-Saints in South-Slovenian Written Tradition;

• Elka Jaceva-Ulcar: Th e Treatment of Woman in the Every-day Life and in the Macedonian

Folklore;

• Maja Bojadzievska: Imaginary Women: Coming out of the Shadow?

• Nikolina Kenig: Parents and Daughters: Might(less) of the Sexual Role in the Modeling

of the Gender Identity;

• Marionka Veleva, Jadranka Vladova: Educated Women in Macedonia;

• Liljana Gushevska: Th e Status of Macedonian Woman in the Family;

• Mitko Cheslarov: The Gender Stereotypes among the High School Students in

Macedonia;

• Zarko Trajanoski: Th e Ideology of Women’s Nongovernmental Organizations in Mace -

donia.

Translations in Macedonian

RCGS initiated a series of translations of basic readings in gender studies into Macedonian. Th e

project follows from the mission of the Center to promote and introduce gender studies as a

legitimate fi eld of research, not only at the Academia, but also into wider theoretical circles:

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Gender Trouble, by Judith Butler. Euro-Balkan Press (edition of the Research Center in Gender

Studies), Skopje, 2002. Translated from English by Elizabeta Sheleva, Robert Alagjozovski.

Sup port ed by FOSI–Macedonia.

Speculum de l’autre femme, by Luce Irigaray. Euro-Balkan Press (edition of the Research Cen ter

in Gender Studies), Skopje, 2002.Translated from French by Despina Angelovska, Elisaveta

Popovska, Irena Pavlovska. Supported by FOSI–Macedonia.

Classical Readings in Feminism: A Reader. Th e reader will include 10 gender theory texts by

Judith Butler, Luce Irigaray, Donna Haraway, Julia Kristeva, Sandra Harding, Anne Koedt,

Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Nira Yuval Davis, Nancy Hartsock, and Hélène Cixous, translated in

Mace donian and commented by a group of scholars affi liated to the RCGS. Edited by Katerina

Kolo z o va. Supported by FOSI–Macedonia.

Th e Exodus of the Macedonians from Greece: Women’s narratives about WWII and their Ex o dus.

Th e authors Lidija Stojanovic-Lafazanovska and Ermis Lafazanovski conducted the re search during

year 2001. Two separate books in Macedonian and in English were published by Euro-Balkan

Institute (edition of the Research Center in Gender Studies), Skopje, 2002.

Translation of the English version by Ognen Chemerski and Anastasija Kirkova. Th e pub li ca tion

was preceded by the research conducted during year 2001. Th e oral history of the Exodus as

narrated through the autobiographies of women reveals another view of the world, a diff erent

picture of the power de-concentrated or decentralized by the mother fi gure, power that acts on

itself, subjectively and as such resists the ordeals of the Exodus. It seems that despite their his tor i cal

invisibility, in times of crisis, particularly in times of war, as this research proves, women carry

the burden of truth, the truth that neither the victors nor the defeated write, the truth written by

those who are responsible for the continuation and the salvation of progeny, culture and future:

women. Supported by FOSI–Macedonia.

Other Activities

Ohrid Summer University (OSU) 2002June 10–30, 2002, Ohrid

Four summer schools were organized within this summer University:

• United People, Divided Nations. Journey through History of Arts, in cooperation with

HESP–Budapest, Hungary and FOSI-Macedonia. In the scope of this summer school

there were 3 courses off ered: Constantinople and the Borderlands: Cultural, Political and

Artistic Relationships between the Byzantine Capital and its Provinces, Th e Cross-Cultural

Relations of the Balkans‘ Population in the Byzantine Period, Byzantine Art and the West.

Th e Role of Mediation of Art Production in the Balkan Region and the Questions of Its

Originalities within these Transfers.

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• Confl ict Management, in cooperation with Institute of Sociological, Juridical and Political

research-Skopje, Pax Christi and FOSI-Macedonia. In the scope of this summer school

there were 3 courses off ered: Defi ning Confl icts, Main Th eories and Methodology, Confl ict

Pre ven tion and Confl ict Management and Confl ict Resolution.

• Critical Debates in Contemporary Philosophy: Historicism and Difference versus

Uni ver sal ism, in cooperation with HESP-Budapest, Hungary and FOSI-Macedonia. In

the duration of 3 weeks, the School off ered the following two courses: Universalism and

Universality as Subjects to Post-structuralist Critique: Investigating the Possibilities for

their Non-Meta phys i cal Re-conceptualizations, Performative Subjects: Developments of

the Post-structuralist Th e o ries of Subjectivity in the Context of Feminist Philosophy.

• Contemporary Demographic Processes and the Future of the Balkans, in cooperation

with Institute of Economic-Skopje, Th e University of St. Cyril and Methodius, Republic

of Mace donia, Centro Per L’europa Centro-Orientale e Balcanica, Th e University of

Bologna—Forli Campus, Italy,FOSIM, Skopje. Th e school off ered a three-week program

with three courses: Relation between Population and Socio-economic Development,

Changes in the 1990s and Demographic Ffuture of the Balkans, Demographic-economic

Perspectives and Possible Ac tions at Micro Level.

As a part of the Summer University there were four seminars: Science Fiction and Philosophy,

Teaching to learn or learning to teach, Law, Rights and Civil Society, Th e Black Sea: A Gate to

Euroasia (Medieval Ethnic History and Culture).

Ohrid Summer University: Religion, Identities and Politics1–21 July, Ohrid

Organized in cooperation with Transeuropeenes, Paris, France. Ohrid Summer University was

programmed for young opinion-makers from South-East Europe to meet and work together on

urgent problems, which today are stifl ing their societies and which threaten long-term peace,

and to provide them with the tools for critical refl ection and comparative analysis.

Experts from Croatia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Romania, Greece and France covered a wide range

of issues on the Identity, Religion and Politic infl uence through off ered lectures, workshops and

round tables. Th e initiative was to promote to the students (31) from Montenegro, Kosovo,

Macedonia, Bulgaria, Albania, Bosnia, Slovenia, Romania, Croatia, and from Turkey, Greece

and Cyprus the process of a social dialogue. In addition, building network between people of

younger generations—the decision makers of tomorrow—and generation currently in charge.

Sponsored by FOSI–Macedonia.

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Institute for Development and Social Initiatives (IDIS) ‘Viitorul’

A d d r e s s : 10/14, Iacob Hincu Str.

Chisinau 2009, Republic of Moldova

Te l e p h o n e / F a x : (+373 2) 21 09 32; 22 71 30


W e b - s i t e : www.iatp.md/viitorul

Th e Institute for Development and Social Initiatives (IDIS) was set up in 1993 as Viitorul Foun-

dation by a small team of young intellectuals. In 2001 IDIS revised its bylaws and es tab lished

itself as an independent international corporative nonprofi t Institute. It is is becoming a strong

organization and in its ambitious plans is to transform the Institute into a main pro-democracy

and pro-European integration force in Moldova.

Since its creation, the executive staff and volunteers of Viitorul targeted the following areas:

• transparency of public institutions, viewed as a pillar for the political changes occurring

in the country;

• reformation of the local public administration, by means of training of the elected coun cil ors,

members of municipal and district councils, mayors and other local government offi cials;

• rural and local development strategies provided to the targeted underdeveloped areas of

the country.

IDIS provides its technical assistance to the Moldovan National League of the Associations of

Mayors, representing 340 of freely elected Mayors or 45% of the elected executive chiefs of the

local governments in Moldova.


Evidence Based Policy Development and Formulation in the Field of Social Pro tec tion of Children, Women and Young People at Risk

Th e aim of this project (December 2002–June 2003) is to build and enhance the sub-national

government’s capacity for strategic planning and local policy development in relation to

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chil dren, women and young people by providing regional authorities with the necessary tools

for establishing evidence based priorities. IDIS carried out a socio-economic assessment based

on quantitative and qualitative community surveys, complemented by soft-design, strategic

plan ning and institutional analysis. Project is fi nanced by UNICEF–Moldova.

Training and Dissemination Activites

June 2002—Priorities and mechanisms of decentralization in Moldova—National Conference

organized by IDIS Viitorul. Over 70 participants—local government experts, practicians,

ac a demia, think tanks and central government offi cials. National survey results were provided

to the participants and resolution on recommendations for the establishment and promotion of

a national concept of local/regional governmental reform in Moldova was developed.

September 2002—Economic Development and Public Finances in Moldova—National

Con fer ence organized by IDIS Viitorul. Over 60 participants—local government experts,

prac ti cians, academia, think tanks and central government officials. The output of the

conference—res o lu tion on the main recommendations for planning decentralization in the

fi scal sphere and sub na tion al governments.

February 2003—Decentralization Agenda in Moldova—National Conference organized by

IDIS Viitorul. Over 60 participants—local government experts, practicians, academia, think

tanks, politicians and central government offi cials. National Survey results (Local Government

in Tran si tion) were provided to the participants and mass media. Final resolution on the main r

ec om men da tions for governmental policies and main directions of involvement in 2003–2005.

IDIS held over 30 of interdisciplinary weekly seminars for local government offi cials and grass

roots organizations organized between March 2002–March 2003. Th e main topics of the sem i nars:

Local Finances and Property Reform, Local Development and Community Strat e gies, Municipal

Services: Costs and Strategies, Local Politics and Local Policy-Making, Ac count abil i ty and

Transparency in the Local Governments. Over 700 of participants trained by IDIS Experts.

Over 12 regional workshops and seminars were conducted between August 2002–January 2003

by the IDIS Experts on Budgetary Process.

Intensive coverage in the printed mass media (non-governmental), in particular related to the

Advocacy Program was implemented by the IDIS Viitorul between 2002–2003: Advocating for

the Values and Scope of Autonomous Local Government in Moldova; Monitoring of the mass

media and regular coverage in the main non-governmental publications (Romanian and Russian

language) with a monthly Mass Media Statewatch (published in April 2003 as an An thol o gy of

Monitoring Reports of the main mass media on local government reforms and pol i cies). Regular

TV and Radio Coverage (mostly—non-governmental).

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Publications

Regular Quarterly Reports on the Statute of the Local Autonomy in the Republic of Moldova

(Romanian and English language).

Enterprise Policy Performance Assessment Report on Moldova, prepared by IDIS Experts at

the end of 2002 on SME Development (within the OECD Investment Compact Programme:

South East Europe for Reform, Investment, Integrity and Growth).

7 Policy Papers prepared by IDIS Experts in 2002–2003:

• Rethinking the process of reforms of the local and regional governments in Moldova;

• Analysis of the local public fi nances;

• Regional authorities in transition: best practices and bad practices;

• Patrimonial autonomy of the local governments;

• Advocacy and lobby activities: conceptual analysis;

• Local public services: questions and recommendations, Finances and Municipal Ob li-

ga tions;

• Book: Best Practices of democratic auditing in preventing Corruption in the Local Gov ern -

ments (Romanian language).

Other Activities

Activities Carried Out to Strengthen the Institutional Capacity of the Associations of Mayors and Local Governments

Project launched in March 2003 in cooperation with VNG (Netherlanden)—Local Gov ern ment

reinforcement in the Republic of Moldova—to strengthen the cooperation and rep re sen ta tion

of the Associations of local governments, to improve transparency of local governments and

disseminate best practices and strategies as an instrument to improve the policy making process

on this sphere in Moldova.

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The Institute for Public Policy

A d d r e s s : 28 Bulgara Str., MD 2001, Chisinau, Moldova

Te l e p h o n e : (+373 2) 276 785

F a x : (+373 2) 276 786


W e b - s i t e : http://www.ipp.md

Th e Institute for Public Policy (IPP) is an independent, nonpartisan and nonprofi t or ga ni za tion,

committed to the values of individual liberty, democratic society, rule of law, free market economy.

Th e Institute for Public Policy was established in April 2000 by Soros Foundation Moldova and the

Euro-Atlantic Center from Moldova. Institute mission is to improve the de ci sion making process

throughout the country, by way of evaluating public policies and pro duc ing recommendations,

as well as to circulate the outcomes of conducted researches and to sup port public debates on

top issues confronted by the public.

Th e purpose of the Institute is to perform, publish, circulate and discuss analyses of public policies

on European Integration, Education System Reforms, Internal Confl ict Management, as well as

on other areas considered being of priority for the country. Its objectives consist in:

• Developing analytical studies and recommendations;

• Organizing workshops, seminars, and conferences to familiarize public opinion, decision-

makers, and mass media with outcomes of analyses and recommendations;

• Publishing the results of performed studies;

• Issuing a periodic magazine “Public Policies”;

• Maintaining and regularly updating of Institute Web page;

• Participating in public debates, media and cultural events.


European Integration Program

Th e mission of this project is meant to contribute to the speeding up of the process of Moldova’s

European integration in the context of new internal and external situation. It’s objective is to

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deepen the analyses of the common EU policies relevant for Moldova, and to contribute to

more active involvement of Moldova in the Stability Pact projects and initiatives, to promote the

idea of European Integration. Th e activities of the project include the conducting of analytical

re search on following issues: Common agricultural policy of the EU; Industrial policy in the

EU; Social policy in the EU; Labor migration in the EU; Free movement of people between

Moldova and Schengen area; New Free Trade Agreements and implications for the economic

de vel op ment of the country.

Moldova’s Way to the European Union

Th e studies was dedicated to the Stability Pact in the South-Eastern Europe as an opportunity

for the rapprochement of Moldova to the EU, and also to the relationship between the interests

of Moldova and EU, Russia, Ukraine and Romania. January–December 2002. Project Di rec tor

Dr. Valeriu Gheorghiu. Sponsored by OSI.

New borders in South Eastern Europe and Th eir Impact on the Stability in the Central European Initiative (CEI) Region

Th e project aim was to develop studies on various aspects of frontier operating and, pursuant to

discussions on the studies, draw conclusions and make suggestions on how to reduce the neg a tive

impact and improve the frontier operation under new conditions. December 2001-De cem ber

2002. Project Director Dr. Valeriu Gheorghiu. Sponsored by OSI and CEI.

Public Opinion Barometer

In order to promote correct and transparent mechanisms of political and economic refl ection of

life, and to ensure, at the same time, public access to information in a civil society IPP launched

a public opinion research program—Public Opinion Barometer, supported fi nancially by Soros

Foundation Moldova. Project Director Dr. Viorel Cibotaru.

Educational Policies Program

Th e activities of the Institute in the framework of this programme are oriented towards reaching

the following objectives:

• improvement of the management of the education system in general and, in particularly,

of the education institutions;

• assurance of equal chances to high-quality education;

• implementation and extension of inter-cultural education, decrease of effects of

frag men ta tion of educational system on social and political criteria;

• working out several public policies which would assure the reorientation of education

to wards the values of an open society.

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In the framework of this programme analytical research works were carried out on the following

subjects: Psycho-social dimensions of the inter-cultural education in the Republic of Moldova;

Education policies in the sphere of instruction using the computer and of distance education;

Reform of professional training system and its harmonization with the European standards;

Working out and implementation of the modern methods of assessment of the education

sys tem.

Program Director Prof. Anatol Gremalschi.

Internal Confl icts Management Policies Program

Th e main goals and objectives of this programme consist in:

• Th e analysis of all aspects of the Transnistrian confl ict and the issue of Gagauz Yeri

Ad min is tra tive–Territorial Unit (ATU) and of relevant processes;

• Development of new scenarios for the resolution of the Transnistrian confl ict and to

over come the discrepancies between the legislation of the Republic of Moldova and the

Ad min is tra tive-Territorial Unit;

• Publicity of diff erent aspects of the separatism issue in the new political conditions;

• Propagation of the results of the studies accomplished by the IPP in this fi eld.

• Development of strategy for the resolution of the Transnistrian confl ict and post-confl ict

rehabilitation;

• Raising interest within society regarding the issue of the Transnistrian confl ict;

• Increase of the competency of the Moldovan political elite in relation with the issue of

Transnistrian confl ict;

• Provision of consultative assistance in the process of harmonisation of legislation of the

Republic of Moldova with regard to ATU Gagauz Yeri.

On the bases of the implemented activities, the following analytical researches were carried out:

• Th e possible options for the internal organisation of the Republic of Moldova in the

per spec tive of resolution of the Transnistrian confl ict (comparative study);

• Th e Transnistrian confl ict and the issue of conservation of negative stereotypes in the men-

tal i ty of the population from the confl ict area;

• Th e role of church in political processes in the Republic of Moldova and in regional

con fl icts;

• Th e priorities of the post-confl ict rehabilitation process in the Republic of Moldova in the

eventuality of Transnistrian confl ict resolution;

• Issues of harmonization of Moldovan legislation and the local normative acts passed in

ATU Gagauz Eri;

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• Form of organization of the Republic of Moldova (unitary state, federation or con fed er a tion)

and the prospects of sustainable resolution of internal confl icts.

Program Director Oazu Nantoi.


New Schengen Borders and Th eir Social and Human Impact on the “Outsiders” of the Re-integrated Europe—the Moldovan Case

Project (June–November 2002) was implemented under the leadership of the Institute for Public

Policy (Romania). Th e goal of this project was to contribute to the improvement of activities in

securing the border between Romania and the Republic of Moldova, to the benefi t of stability

in both countries and regional security.

Impact of EU Enlargement and Implementation of Schengen in the CEE Region

Th e project aims to systematise the perception of the government and the public opinion of the

enlargement and implementation of Schengen rules in participating in this project states. Th e

area for analysis include: economic, social, legal and political perspectives in order to identify the

likely consequence and recommended solutions on the future EU borders. Th e project also had

the goal to identify bilateral and/or specifi c regional problems that may appear as a consequence

of the EU enlargement and implementation of the Schengen regime. It is implemented (January

2002–May 2003) with participation of think-tanks from 9 CEE countries, under the lead er ship

of Institute for Public Aff airs (Poland).


May 2002—International Conference: New borders in South Eastern Europe, Chisinau. Th e

conference assembled over 100 participants from the Republic of Moldova, Romania, Ukraine,

international experts from the European Commission and Center for European Policy Studies

(Brussels), diplomats from Hungary, Poland, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine, Russia and Belarus to

discuss the political, economic, and social aspects of new international borders in the region.

October 2002—International Conference: Introduction to EU Structures—Moldova, Chi sinau.

Th e conference was initiating activities in the frame of the 2-years training programme on

EU-issues and had the goal to promote the program among the Moldovan decisions-makers,

to evaluate the relations between Moldova and EU, to identify the central EU issues, that are

important for Moldovan society and to recruit the potential participants to the program. Among

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some 80 participants there was the minister of Foreign Aff airs of Moldova, representatives of

the MFA of Germany, diplomats, civil servants from the Ministries, representatives of the civil

so ci ety.

December 2002—International Conference: Th e Outlook for the Transnistrian Confl ict

Set tle ment by the Federalisation of Moldova, Chisinau. During 2000-2002, the experts of the

In sti tute for Public Policy have conducted a series of studies, which allow developing various

sce nar i os of solving the confl ict from the East zone of the Republic of Moldova. In the frame work

of the International conference “Th e Outlook for the Transnistrian Confl ict Settlement by the

Federalisation of Moldova” the prospects for the existence of the Republic of Moldova’s state hood

were analyzed and discussed in accordance with these various scenarios.

April 2002—National seminar: Concept of Foreign Policy of the Republic of Moldova. Th e

Project of new Concept was discussed, special emphasis being put on the European integration of

Moldova. 30 participants took part at the discussion—president of the parliamentary com mis sion

for foreign policy, current and former diplomats, political analysts, journalists.

November 2002—Seminar on relationship Moldova-EU, 30 participants—leaders of political

parties, former Prime-Minister of the Republic of Moldova Mr. Ion Sturza, diplomats, political

analysts, journalists, prof. Wim van Meurs (Netherlands).

May 2002—International Seminar: Connections of the university education with the labor

market, Chisinau. Seminar participants: decision-makers and representatives of the Ministry of

Education, Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Labor, Ministry of Finances, National Council

of Academic Evaluation and Accreditation; leadership and teaching staff from higher education;

scientifi c researchers; representatives of student NGO’s. Invited experts: Council of UNESCO

for higher education; International Association of Universities; University representatives from

Romania, Poland, Hungary, France, Germany, and USA.

Gremalschi Anatol, Fiºer Tatiana. Higher Education Institutions Management. National Ra dio,

TV Program ALMA MATER, 22 February 2002.

Gremalschi Anatol. Educating tolerance in a multicultural society. Radio Nova, 5 March 2002.

Gremalschi Anatol, Roºca Tatiana. A student in the labor market. Radio ANTENA C, TV

program VIVAT ACADEMIA, 21 March 2002.

Gremalschi Anatol. Computerization of the Education. National Radio, TV program ALMA

MATER, 29 March 2002.

Gremalschi Anatol. Computerization of the Education. National TV, 20 March 2002.

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Gremalschi Anatol, Vasilache Grigore. Computerization of the Education. National TV. 26

April 2002.

Gremalschi Anatol, Alecsandri Mariana. Educational policies. Radio ANTENA C; program

VIVAT ACADEMIA, 9 May 2002.

Gremalschi Anatol. Education for All. National Radio, Program School and Community, 14

May 2002.

Liviu Matei. Connection of the Education System with the Labor Market. Radio ANTENA C,

VIVAT ACADEMIA, 17 May 2002.

Gremalschi Anatol, Eva Ericsson. Connection of the Education System with the Labor Market.

Radio National, ALMA MATER, 17 May 2002.

Gremalschi Anatol. Equal chances for education. National Radio, Program School and

Com mu ni ty, 30 May 2002.

Barbăroşie Arcadie, Gremalschi Anatol. Children educational enrolment. PRO TV 9 Sep tem ber

2002.

Gremalschi Anatol, Mocanu Iurie. Computerization of society. National Radio, ALMA MAT ER,

13 September 2002.

Gremalschi Anatol. New informational technologies in university education. National Radio,

ALMA MATER, 22 September 2002.

Barbăroşie Arcadie, Gremalschi Anatol. Education for human development. National Radio,

ALMA MATER, 18 October 2002.

Oazu Nantoi. An impossible scenario.

Oazu Nantoi Th e round-table: dead from the very birthday. www.azi.md.

Oazu Nantoi. Waiting for re-integration. www.azi.md.

Oazu Nantoi Paid off Federation? “Jurnalul de Chişinău”.

Oazu Nantoi Raising against the clock, www.ipp.md.

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Publications

New borders in South Eastern Europe. Th e Republic of Moldova, Ukraine, Romania, book, 312

pages, editors dr. A. Barbarosie, dr. V. Gheorghiu, Chisinau, “Stiinta”, 2002.

Noile frontiere in Europa de Sud-est. Republica Moldova, Ucraina, Romania, book, 288 pages,

editors dr. A. Barbarosie, dr. V. Gheorghiu, Chisinau, “Stiinta”, 2002.

Th e Republic of Moldova and the European Integration, book, 261 pages, editors dr. A.

Barbarosie, dr. V. Gheorghiu, Chisinau, “Cartier”, 2002.

Th is is not a mockery, this is just a transit visa!, V. Gheorghiu, “Jurnal de Cisinau”, 9 August

2002.

Pâslaru Vlad, Cara Angela. Th e Educational system in Moldova in a transition to a democratic

society.//nr. 4, 2002 (Anul VIII, nr. 32). Fundaţia Culturală Românã, Chişinău-Bucureşti, pp.

78–98.

Porubin Natalia. Diploma enterprises or centers of acknowledge.//Moldova Suverană, nr. 101–102

(20049–20050), 21 mai 2002, p.5.

Pâslaru Vlad. Modern times and curriculum//Didactica Pro, 2002, nr. 3–4 (13–14), pp.20–

21.

Palade Gabriel. Distance learning—an imperative of the time.//Didactica Pro, 2002, nr. 3–4

(13–14), pp.28–31.

Chicu Valentina. Summer school in the framework of Learning through Co-operation Project.

// Didactica Pro, 2002, nr. 3–4 (13–14), p.34.

Spinei Ion. Remarks on the evaluation process.//Didactica Pro, 2002, nr. 3–4 (13–14),

pp.41–46.

Gremalschi Anatol. Computer science Curricula.//Didactica Pro, 2002, nr. 3–4 (13–14), pp.

87–89.

Eremia Anatol. Romanian language as a primary factor in the civil society consolidation process.

//Ţara, nr. 106, 25 septembrie 2002; nr. 107, 27 September 2002.

Gremalschi Anatol. Educational policies//Făclia, nr. 45 (2789), 21 December 2002.

Studies

Alexandru Cerbu, Public health of the nation as a sum of individual health.

Raisa Dogaru, Labor market, internal and external migration, brain-drain.

Evlampie Donos, Assurance system in Moldova in transition period to free market economy.

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Gheorghe Rusu, Health system in Moldova.

Domnica Gînu, Th e current status of institutionalized children in Moldova.

Andrei Isac, Civil society and ecological policies.

Larisa Turea, Cultural dimension of development.

Vlad Pâslaru, Reforming educational system.

Serghei Ostaf, Human rights in Moldova.

Maria Vrânceanu, Education and early development of the children and their access to it.

O. Nantoi, “Transnistrian confl ict in Moldova—attempting a new attitude”.

Stela Suhan, Natalia Cojocaru, sept.2002, Th e common memory and identity structures in

Transnistria.

Ira Rurac, sept., 2002. Separatism and its impact on the process of emerging statehood in

Mold o va.

Igor Botan, sept.2002, Th e harmonization of inter-ethnic relations in Moldova

Vitali Catan, July, 2002, National minorities’ rights.

PAPERS presented at the Conference: Th e Outlook for the Transnistrian Confl ict Settlement by

the Federalization of the Republic of Moldova, 6-7 December 2002. www.ipp.md :

Anatol Gudim, Gheorghe Balan, Th e Federalization idea and premises for Moldovan and

Tran snis tri an economic systems integration.

Igor Muntean, Transnistrian Nationalism: the invisible actor of “rmn” secession.

Vitali Catan, A federative state: principles and provisions.

Andrei Safonov, Federalization of the Republic of Moldova as a way of confl ict settlement.

Julie Novak, Th e Canadian Experience with Federalism and its applicability to the Case of

Moldova.

Other Activities

Th e EU and Moldova—Transition Processes and Strengthening the Partnership

In October–December 2002 IPP implemented the fi rst part of this project sponsored by the

Government of Germany. Th e project’s overall objective is to support Moldova strengthening

its relations with the European Union and to spread know-how on EU issues in the Moldovan

society. Th e program consists of a series of combined workshops (4 of them were conducted

in 2002, and the remaining 4 will be organized in 2003). Th e main purpose of the program is

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to qualify trainers on EU-related topics and to build up a pool of EU Trainers and consultants

who will be able to provide training activities on EU issues in all fi elds of the Moldovan society

(state administration, business, media, academia, NGO’s).

Th e project is implemented in cooperation with InWEnt—Capacity Building International,

Germany (Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung gGmbH, which has been established

in 2002 through a merger of Carl Duisberg Foundation (CDG) and German Foundation for

International Development (DSE) .Th e second partner is the Institut für Europäische Politik

(Berlin).

Elaboration of Strategy of Pre-accession of Moldova to the EU

Starting from November 2002 the representative of the IPP, dr. Valeriu Gheorghiu was nom i nat ed

as a member of the National Commission of the Republic of Moldova for European Integration.

Th e Commission, including practically all the ministers, and lead by Prime Min is ters, is the

main co-ordination body of the country in the fi eld of EU integration.

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I N S T I T U T E O F P U B L I C A F F A I R S

Institute of Public AffairsIPA

A d d r e s s : Flory St. 9, Warszaw, Poland

Te l e p h o n e : (+48 22) 845 68 58

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W e b - s i t e : www.isp.org.pl

In 2002, the Institute of Public Aff airs strengthened its position as an important centre of re search

and debate, both in Poland and abroad. Th e IPA is currently a signifi cant source of opinions on

the situation in Poland and in the region for Polish and foreign media, diplomatic agencies and

international organisations, whose representatives regularly refer to IPA’s pub li ca tions.


Th e European Programme and the General Programme

In 2002, the European Programme was the Institute’ fl agship, and a dominant factor behind IPA’s

visibility in the media and its strong presence in the Polish public life. Th e European Programme

played an important role for the Institute as such, since many of its component activities cannot

be restricted to individual projects, such as active participation of the IPA staff and experts in

various types of advisory bodies and civic initiatives. Th is includes the par tic i pa tion of Professor

Lena Kolarska-Bobiñska, IPA’s Director, in the National Council for Eu ro pe an Integration, an

advisory group to the Prime Minister, and in the President’s advisory Re fl ec tion Group, or the

participation of Dr. Jacek Kucharczyk, IPA’s Director for Programming, in the Council for NGO

Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Aff airs and the management board of the Delegation

of Polish Non-Governmental Organisations in Brussels. Apart from that, IPA’s representatives

take an active part in numerous international and domestic seminars and conferences and have

frequent contacts with the media on matters of current interest in public and political life.

• Th e Image of Poland and Poles in Europe

2002 saw the publication of Th e Image of Poland and Poles in Europe (edited by Lena

Kolar s ka-Bobiñska), a book summarising many years of IPA’s research on the perception

of Poland and Poles abroad. Th e book is based on the fi ndings of opinion surveys in

Austria, France, Spain, Germany, Sweden, United Kingdom, Ukraine and Poland and is

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the fi rst publication presenting such a broad spectrum of issues related to the perception

of Poland and Poles by other nations. Th e authors discuss sociological aspects of research

on stereotypes, the historical and cultural background of Poland’s image in European

countries, analyse the fi ndings in detail and discuss them against a comparative context.

As part of the project, IPA representatives took part in a series of seminars in Poland and

abroad (Germany, France, Ukraine), where they presented their research fi ndings. Th e IPA

was also involved, through their presence in the media, in the debate concerning eff ective

ways of im prov -ing the image of Poland abroad. Funding: Polish Chamber of Commerce,

PEKAO S.A.

• Lobbying in the European Union. Lessons for Poland

Lobbying is one of the most eff ective ways of exerting pressure on the decision-making

processes within the European Union. For representatives of government and self-

government bodies, NGOs, business groups, etc., Poland’s membership of the EU will

also mean the need to start lobbying activity. Th e aim of the IPA project was to prepare a

practical guide for future Polish lobbyists in Brussels. Th e book was published in December

2002. On this occasion, a press conference with the participation of the authors and

experts was organised. Project Manager: Malgorzata Molęda-Zdziech, Urszula Kurczewska;

Funding: Konrad Adenauer Foundation.

• Farmers and Rural Residents on the Future of Polish Agriculture

in View of Poland’s EU Integration

Th e aim of the project was to survey the views of Polish farmers and rural residents on the

future of Polish agriculture in the face of European integration. A qualitative survey on a

representative sample of rural residents and farmers was summarised in the report (edited

by Lena Kolarska-Bobiñska) entitled: Poland’s Rural Residents on European Integration:

Opinions, Knowledge, Information. A major conference was organised, hosting Agriculture

Minister Jaroslaw Kali nows ki, leaders of farmers’ organisations, experts and journalists

specialising in agriculture-re lat ed issues. Th e research fi ndings and the discussion at the

conference received wide media coverage.

• Decline of Decentralisation in Poland? Regional Development Policies

in View of Eu ro pe an Integration

Th e outcomes of the programme include: Tomasz Grosse’s publication (issued in 2002)

en ti tled: Decline of Decentralisation in Poland? Regional Development Policies in View

of Eu ro pe an Integration, a policy brief (“Analyses and Opinions”) and numerous press

articles. In synergy with other institutional and private activities, they contributed to the

modifi cation of pro ce dures concerning the future utilisation of structural funds.

In his comprehensive publication, the author analyses the functioning of “regional contracts”

in the voivodships (regions) and the utilisation of EU assistance funds. He puts forward

the thesis on the “decline of decentralisation” in Poland. Th e book is concluded with

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detailed rec om men da tions concerning the formulation, implementation and coordination

of regional policy at the central and regional levels, systems for the processing of Community

funds and the role of local governments.

Funding: Industrial Development Agency, Office of the Committee for European

Integration (UKIE).

• Polish–German Border. Opportunities and Th reats in View of Poland’s EU Accession

Th ere is a heated discussion currently going on in the European Union about the economic

development of border areas and the relevant role of structural funds. In Poland, there

have been no publications so far about development perspectives of the western border

regions and the long-term economic development strategy in those areas. Th e IPA report,

published in De cem ber 2002, is the fi rst such comprehensive publication. It is concluded

with extensive rec om men da tions concerning the formulation of future policies for this

region and the utilisation of Community funds. Th e issues discussed in the report received

wide coverage in the national and regional press.Funding: Friedrich Ebert Foundation.

• Th e Polish Eurodebate

Th e project is aimed to expand the public debate on key issues related to Poland’s accession

to the EU. It involves the organisation of conferences, meetings, seminars, publication of

books and pamphlets concerning reforms of the European Union and the future shape of

the EU. Activities undertaken in 2002 included in particular initiatives related to the work

of the Con vent, reform of the Common Agricultural Policy and the economic reform of

the EU (the so-called Lisbon Agency).

• Public Debate: Enlargement and Reforms in the European Union

Th e Institute of Public Aff airs, in collaboration with the President’s Offi ce and the Ministry

of Foreign Aff airs, organised a debate on the EU enlargement and work of the Convent

on the future structure of this organisation. Among the key participants of the debate

were: Pierre Moscovici, France’s European Aff airs Minister, and Danuta Hübner, Poland’s

European Min is ter.

• Lecture: Th e Future of Europe

by Jean-Luc Dehaene—Deputy Chairman of the Eu ro pe an Convent

Th e lecture, combined with the presentation of a report by the so-called Refl ection Group,

headed by Dehaene, discussed the work of the European Convent. Th e text of the lecture

was published separately.

• Seminar: What Europe do Poles Need?

Th e seminar, organised as part of the Schuman Europe Days, was aimed to familiarise

the young with the topic and goals of the debate on the future of the European Union.

It was attended by experts in European matters (Jan Kulakowski, former Poland’s chief

negotiator) as well as rep re sen ta tives of the young generation—members of the so-called

Youth Convention and Eu ro pe an student movements.

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• Conference and Seminar: Next Generation Democracy

An international conference organised by the Institute of Public Aff airs in collaboration

with the London-based think tank, Th e Foreign Policy Centre, under the auspices of the

British Council. It was attended by Roger Liddle, Tony Blair’s Foreign Policy Adviser,

politicians, rep re sen ta tives of academic and experts’ circles, journalists. Th e topic of the

conference was the infl uence of the enlargement and reform of the European Union on the

quality of democracy and governance at the Community and Member States levels. Th e

discussion also focused on the issue of the legitimisation of public bodies (both national

and European) based on their eff ectiveness in the delivery of policies up to the general

public’s expectations.

• Conference: Europe for the Young

Th e conference Europe for the Young, organised in cooperation with the Ministry of

Foreign Aff airs, a part of the FUTURUM cycle, dealt with the role and prospects for the

young in the uniting Europe. It was attended by Poland’s representatives to the Convent:

Minister Danuta Hübner, Józef Oleksy MP, and Senator Edmund Wittbrodt, and by the

delegates to the Youth Convention. Th e audience included university students and NGO

activists as well as secondary and primary school students from across Poland.

• Conference: Th e Lisbon Agency: A Competitive Europe?

Th e conference was organised under the auspices of the British Embassy. Th e main papers

were delivered by: Melanie Johnson, UK Deputy Secretary for Competition, Consumers and

Mar kets, and by Janusz Kaczurba, the Economy Minister. In addition, a panel discussion

was held on the competitiveness of the European economy, in which representatives of

major trade unions’ headquarters and employers’ organisations took part.

• Report: Th e Lisbon Strategy—Conclusions for Poland

Th e report, prepared by Mariusz Jan Rad³o and published by the IPA, sought to present

the Lisbon Strategy—its origin, objectives, the current stage of implementation and its

anticipated consequences for Poland.

• Survey of the Attitudes of Catholic Priests to European Integration

Th e project sets out to investigate the attitudes of the Catholic clergy to Poland’s integration

with the EU. Th e IPA carried out a survey on a representative group of parish priests and

curates at the parish level. Th is was a partial repeat of the 1998 survey, to which new

questions were added. Th e research report was published in Polish and English and a

large conference was organised to disseminate its fi ndings. Th e research fi ndings informed

a broad-scale discussion and received wide coverage in the media. In 2002 we plan to

publish a book summarising the debate on the role of the Church in the process of Europe’s

unifi cation. Funding: Delegation of the European Commission in Poland

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• Analyses and Opinions

A new publication series entitled “Analyses and Opinions”, presenting policy briefs on

major issues concerning Poland, is intended as another contribution of the Institute to the

public debate. Th e analyses in Polish are sent via e-mail to approximately 1,800 recipients,

and in English—to an audience of about 250–300. In addition, 100 copies in Polish are

printed. In 2002, the following titles were published:

– Tomasz Grzegorz Grosse: Local Government Election and the Prospective Utilisation

of EU Structural Funds by Poland, 2002;

– Bartlomiej Nowak, Ireland’s NO and EU Enlargement;

– Waldemar Guba, What Direct Payments System Should Be Selected by Poland—

Standard or Simplifi ed? (also available in English);

– Marzenna Guz-Vetter, Will SMEs of Western Poland Withhold the Single Market

Com pe ti tion? (also available in English).

Social Policy Programme

In 2002, the Social Policy Programme focused on the issues of unemployment in Poland, ways

of its alleviation, and on counteracting unemployment through the promotion of new solutions

in fi nding and creating jobs and through conducting systematic research aimed to diagnose the

situation in diff erent social milieus, particularly in county-level local communities and rural

communities. Special attention was given to the young, their professional and educational

pros pects, particularly in the underdeveloped and rural regions, with a high unemployment

rate.

• Career Prospects for the Young in the Polish Local Labour Market

Th e project aimed to analyse the ways of coping with social problems in selected local

com mu ni ties. Th e researchers’ interest focused on the issue of youth employment in the

local market in Poland. As a result of the project, programmes for unemployed youth and

youth threatened with unemployment were developed, in collaboration with the local

partners (local gov ern ments, labour offi ces and local NGOs). In October 2002, a national

conference was organised to disseminate the fi ndings of the body of research carried out

by the IPA in 2002 on the ed u ca tion al and career prospects for young people. Owing

to the topicality of this issue in Poland (the genuinely high unemployment rate and the

formulation of the government programme for the young, “Th e First Job”), the research

fi ndings were extensively discussed in the national press.

• Project: Ageing of the Polish Society and Its Consequences for the Social Policy of the State

Th e aim of the project was to attempt a diagnosis of the current situation of old people

in Poland. As part of the project, a survey was conducted on the lifestyles of old people,

their family situation and fi nancial standing as well as socio-economic transformations.

Th e research fi nd ings were presented in the book entitled Th e Ageing of the Polish Society.

Social and Health Consequences of the Population Ageing. Th is publication analyses all ways of

solving the problems of old people that could be applied in our country. Th e authors made

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an attempt to relate the fi ndings of empirical research to a wider context, making use of

domestic and foreign statistical data, policy documents of the World Health Organisation

and the Council of Europe as well as fi ndings of other surveys concerning old age issues.

Funding: SOCO IWM programme in Vi en na, Ford Foundation.

• Youth from Former State Farms and the Th reat of Inherited Poverty and Social Exclusion

Th e aim of the project was to explore the current situation and future outlook concerning

children from the families of former state farms (PGR) workers. Based on the interviews,

Prof. Elżbieta Tarkowska and Dr. Katarzyna Korzeniowska prepared a report, which is

the only com pre hen sive analysis of the situation of such youth thus far. Th e report was

published in the spring of 2002. Funding: Agricultural Property Agency of the State

Treasury (AWRSP).

• Social Partnership and Social Dialogue in Poland

In collaboration with the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, a conference was organised in order

to present the fi ndings of the research carried out by the IPA in the years 2000-2001 on

the trade unions, social dialogue and industrial confl icts in Poland. Th e issues explored in

the research project were frequently discussed in the trade union press and in the national

newspapers and magazines. Funding: Ebert Foundation, Ford Foundation.

• Employment Strategies of the EU, ILO and the OECD

and the Problems of the Labour Market in Poland

As part of this project, an expert’s opinion was elaborated. It was aimed to familiarise the

Polish readers with the employment strategies of three international organisations that

have a sub stan tial bearing on the shape of the European labour markets. Owing to the

fact that Poland is a member of the ILO and the OECD and aspires to EU membership,

the strategies of those institutions have, and will continue to have, a lasting infl uence on

the employment policies in Poland. Funding: Ford Foundation, Batory Foundation.

• Consolidation of Local Communities in Order to Counteract Poverty

and Unemployment at the County Level

Th e project was aimed to explore and popularise local initiatives counteracting poverty

and unemployment at the local level. Th e research focused on the operation of civic

organisations striving to off er support to people and communities threatened with the

negative consequences of the systemic transformation in Poland. Th e initiatives selected

for the project were those that were established as autonomous organisations in the period

of the transformation, whose founders and activists could freely express and manifest their

values, preferences and interests. Th e key questions posed in the survey related to the nature

and specifi city of organised social response that was observable among the groups suff ering

unemployment and poverty. As part of the project, a national conference was organised

and a book was published, which was then dis trib ut ed among all county (powiat) offi ces

in the country. Th e fi ndings of the research were widely discussed in the local and national

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press, in addition to being debated in four Radio BIS pro grammes. Funding: Phare Access

Programme

• Poverty in Post-Communist Societies

An increasing sphere of poverty has been a characteristic trait of the 1990s in Eastern and

Central Europe. Poverty has in fact become an inherent component of new hierarchies and

barriers based on capitalist market relations, and is becoming a lasting trait of individuals,

which may lead to the emergence of glaring divisions.

Th e aim of the project was to present those issues in a book in which the author, drawing

on an international study conducted in 2000 in Bulgaria, Poland, Russia, Rumania and

Hungary, analysed the role of poverty in the social structure. As compared to other countries,

Poland is favourably positioned in terms of an average standard of living, but is also a

country with the sharpest, persistent contrasts in the stratifi cation hierarchy. Th e book

was reviewed in the Pol i ty ka opinion weekly and in TVN24 and TV4 channels. Funding:

Ford Foundation.

• Th e Model of Penitentiary and Post-penitentiary Care for Poland

Th e project aims to provide a diagnosis of the system of penitentiary and post-penitentiary

assistance in Poland, to formulate a cooperation strategy for public administration and

third sector organisations involved in the process of re-socialisation and re-education of

prisoners and ex-prisoners, and to popularise proven forms of post-penitentiary assistance,

particularly among local governments and local welfare institutions. As a conclusion to

the project, a comprehensive publication will be prepared, the detailed topical content

of which was elaborated in detail in December 2002. Funding: Phare Access Programme

2000.

• Life Ambitions of the Rural Youth in View of EU Integration

Th e project aimed to investigate the attitudes, life aspirations and plans of the young rural

generation. Th is topic was considered of utmost importance in view of the forthcoming

Po land’s integration with the EU and incorporation of the Polish agriculture into the

CAP struc tures. Also importantly, the phenomenon of poverty and penury in rural areas

aff ects children and youth to a more considerable degree than is the case in towns. Th is

is a dangerous situation since the young generation, brought up in such conditions, will

become the core of the nascent Polish subclass, born into the culture of poverty.

Following the survey, a report was elaborated; it discussed life aspirations and plans of rural

youth, the functioning of the family, the local community and broader rural communities,

issues related to the presence of rural youth in the public life of the country and the question

of the participation of this social group in the debate on Poland’s integration with the

European Union. Funding: Foundation for the Support to Rural Areas, Farmer’s Social

Security Offi ce.

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• Th e Role of Social Services in the Promotion of Entrepreneurship

Th e main objective of the project is to draw the attention of the public at large to the

possibility of including social services in the processes of socio-economic development by

means of ac tiv i ties preparing the traditional addressees of welfare programmes (marginalised

groups and com mu ni ties and those threatened with marginalisation) to business activity.

Th e project assumes that this objective will be attained through the presentation of the

opinions of Polish experts, publicising similar experiences of NGOs and presenting

European experiences in the de vel op ment of social economy.

In 2002, a series of three seminars was organised, aimed to initiate a public debate on the

need for the support and promotion of entrepreneurship among the economically weakest

social groups and for an active role of both public services and civic organisations. Funding:

National Bank of Poland.

• Th e Polish Centre of Monitoring Industrial Relations

Th e aim of the project is to monitor the course of industrial relations in Poland through

the preparation of expert’s opinions, analyses as well as comparative studies with other

countries. Th e project implemented by the Institute is a part of a wider programme, the

European In dus tri al Relations Observatory (EIRO), carried out by the European Foun-

dation for the Im prove ment of Living and Working Conditions. Th e programme’ main

objective is to provide in for ma tion and analysis on the course of industrial relations

(social dialogue, collective bargaining, social consultations) in the EU Member States,

Norway and, as of 2002, in the four candidate coun-tries: Slovenia, Slovakia, Poland

and Hungary. Th e programme is addressed to gov ern ment representatives as well as

organisations of employers and employees at the national and European levels.

In 2002, the Institute, as an EIRO correspondent to Poland, prepared 16 short papers on

the events concerning the labour world in Poland, 23 longer analytical papers and also

participated in the preparation of four comparative studies between the countries. Funding:

European Foun da tion for the Improvement of Working and Living Conditions.

• Use of the European Social Fund in Combating Unemployment

In view of the forthcoming Poland’s integration with the European Union structures, it is

cru cial ly important that Poland is adequately prepared to making use of structural funds

earmarked for the development of EU member states.

Th e project publication was intended to familiarise Polish readers with one of the structural

funds, the European Social Fund (ESF). Th is Fund, as an instrument co-fi nancing the

Member States’ initiatives in the sphere of employment policy and human resources

development, seems to be of special importance in the context of problems aggravating

the Polish labour market. Currently the publication is in its editorial stage and will be

disseminated in 2003. Funding: Offi ce of the Committee of European Integration.

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Th e Education Programme

In 2002, the major undertaking of the Education Programme was the monitoring of changes

taking place in the educational sector and proposing recommendations concerning educational

policy.

• Th e Second Year of Monitoring the Reform of the Educational System

—Research, Pub li ca tion and Conference

Th e project was a follow-up to the research started in 2000/2001, monitoring the reform

of the educational system in Poland, which was aimed to evaluate the ongoing changes

and to provide the information needed to review the reform of the educational system.

Th e scope of the re search was delimited by the main goals of the reform, viz.:

– popularisation of secondary and tertiary education,

– equalising opportunities in education,

– enhancing the quality of education,

– improving the eff ectiveness of expenditure on education.

Th e monitoring survey brought the answers to the question to what extent the existing

ed u ca tion al system accomplishes these goals.

In 2002, as part of the second research series, seven reports were prepared:

1) Th e middle school after two years—aspirations and results.

2) Middle school curricula and textbooks.

3) Recruitment procedures and division of students into middle school classes—

evaluation from the perspective of social inequalities in education.

4) Counselling work in the second year of the middle schools’ operations—conditions

and eff ects.

5) Class repetition in the second year.

6) Educational infrastructure and investment needs of the compulsory educational

system.

7) Pre-schools in the educational system.

Th e reports provided the ground for the preparation of a publication entitled: Changes

in the Educational System. Findings from Empirical Research. Th e fi ndings from the

research were presented at the conference: “Changes in the Educational System and EU

Integration”. Both the publication and the conference enlivened the debate on the positive

and negative consequences of the instituted changes and on the future shape of the Polish

educational system, particularly in the context of European integration. Th e conference

proceedings were published in the fi fth issue of the new series, “Analyses and Opinions”.

Funding: Ministry of National Education and Sports.

• Youth Lifestyles and Drugs—Publication

In mid-2002, the book Youth Lifestyles and Drugs. Findings from Empirical Research was

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published. It is the outcome of the research project “Young People and Drugs. Drugs and

Lif e styles and the Concept of Norm in Youth Communities” (1999–2000). Th e research

dealt with the threats related to the spreading of lifestyles involving drug taking among

young people. Th e book is the fi rst comprehensive portrayal of the lifestyles of middle

school students in Poland.

Th e Education Programme organised a press conference at which the key research fi ndings

were presented. It was followed by numerous press articles as well as radio and TV interviews.

Fund ing: Ford Foundation.

• Project: Success Begins at Pre-school—Pre-school Education in Poland

Th e project was aimed to encourage the public discussion on the condition of the pre-school

education in Poland and to develop an eff ective strategy of popularising pre-education

seen as an important factor in the equalising of educational opportunities from the very

outset.

As part of the project, the IPA Pre-education Team was established, which was composed

of the representatives of NGOs, researchers and a Ministry representative. Th e Team

members share a fi rm view on the great (and still unappreciated) signifi cance of the impact

of pre-school ed u ca tion on the development, school performance and future prospects

of children, and a concern about the penetration rate of pre-schools, one of the lowest in

Europe.

Th e task of the Team was to work out a common position on this topic and to present it

during the conference organised jointly by the IPA and the Polish Children and Youth

Foundation: “Success Begins at Pre-school—Th ose Th reatened at the Start”. In addition,

the IPA Team pre pared a pamphlet outlining the diagnosis regarding the popularisation of

pre-school ed u ca tion in Poland, and an outlook for the future, information concerning pre-

school education based on international research and experiences, pre-school operational

standards and examples of alternative forms of pre-school education. Funding: Ministry

of Education and Sports.

• International Donor Activities in Poland—Publication

Th e publication, dealing with the scale and the scope of non-returnable foreign aid off ered

to Poland in the years 1990-2000, was to a large extent based on the research conducted

as part of the project “Information Collection and Assessment of International Donor

Activities in Poland and Ukraine”. Th e project, commissioned by the Local Government

and Public Service Reform Initiative (LGI)/Open Society Institute in agreement with the

Ukrainian International Centre for Policy Studies (PPCI), was implemented at the turn of

2001. As part of this exercise, a report analysing trends in the programming of aid strategies

for local governments and public ad min is tra tion in Poland and Ukraine was prepared in

an electronic form (in English).

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In the modified Polish-language version, information collected from the research

was pro cessed and supplemented, primarily with data concerning EU assistance, the

increasingly dom i nant source of foreign assistance to Poland. Th e report’s conclusions and

recommendations will be useful for all those who work towards a more eff ective utilisation

of foreign aid. Funding: Open Society Institute.

• Non-public vs. State Schools in Poland—a Comparison of the Educational Off er

Th e emergence of the non-public education sector in 1989 was the fi rst indication of changes

in the Polish educational system. Since then, non-public schools have been fi rmly established

and they provide a distinct alternative to education off ered in the public sector.

Th e aim of the project is to investigate and compare the assumptions, structures, teaching

cur ric u la and educational practices of public and non-public primary, middle and secondary

schools. Th e study strives to answer the question whether the educational off er of non-

public schools represents any viable alternative to that of the public educational system.

Th e project will be concluded by the publication of a report providing a description of

the structures and ed u ca tion al activities of non-public schools. Funding: Stefan Batory

Foundation.

• Th e Glass Ceiling—Barriers and Constraints to the Careers of Polish Women

Th e project deals with the phenomenon of the “glass ceiling”, which has never before been

investigated in Poland. Th e “glass ceiling” is an invisible barrier to career promotion, which

eff ectively denies access to top managerial positions to women. Th e aim of the project is

to capture/reconstruct the factors responsible for this phenomenon.

Th e survey is both qualitative and quantitative in nature. In December 2002, qualitative

surveys were carried out, which included interviews with councillors and managers of both

sexes, who were asked about the course of their professional careers, milestones in their

careers, factors facilitating/impeding career and career prospects. Based on the in ter views, a

report was elaborated. Th e second stage of the project will comprise a national quantitative

survey, publication of a book and organisation of a conference aimed to spark off a public

debate on removing barriers to the professional promotion of women. Funding: Friedrich

Ebert Foundation, Batory Foundation.

• Children in Audio-visual Culture

Th e project is intended as a multi-aspect analysis of the child, prevailing in the contemporary

media culture: TV, advertising, press, movies, etc. No less interesting than the image of

children in the media is what the contemporary culture can off er children, what is the

position of chil dren as the target audience of culture and as clients of various institutions.

Experts will strive to answer the question what content, values and personal patterns are

off ered to children by the media, whether they are understood by children, whether they

impart educational or merely entertainment values and if so, at what level this is done.

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One of the proposed hypotheses is that the world of children is now entering spheres that

have heretofore been reserved for adults.

On the basis of analyses conducted, a collective publication by nine authors will be put

out. Funding: National Radio and Television Council [KRRiT], Polityka.

Th e Law and Public Administration Programme

IPA’s Law and Publication Administration Programme (PPAP) was initiated in January 2002 and

continues the projects started as part of the General Programme, the Centre of Con sti tu tion al ism

and Legal Culture and the Public Administration Reform Programme. As compared to its

predecessors, the Law and Public Administration Programme undertakes broader-scale activities

and is based on more diverse sources of funding. At the same time, the Programme supports

eff orts which have remained within the Institute’s area of interest since its very be gin ning (such

as for example preventing corruption, strengthening the rule of law and eff ective, citizen-

friendly public administration, reform of the judicial system). Th e continuity of the Institute’s

operations will also be ensured by maintaining contacts with the experts of the former Centre

of Constitutionalism and Legal Culture and the General Programme.

• Legal Regulations Concerning the Financing of Political Parties

and Precluding Confl icts of Interest

Th e aim of the project was to exchange experiences in the sphere of the fi nancing of political

parties and preventing confl icts of interest between Poland, the United Kingdom and

Ukraine. Th e adopted comparative perspective permitted to confront the model British

solutions with arrangements used in the sphere of fi nancing political activity by post-

communist countries. Th e project focused not only on theoretical solutions applied in

individual countries, but also dealt with the practical functioning of such regulations and

their infl uence on specifi c com po nents of the political system. As part of the project, a

workshop (October 2001 in Warsaw) and two conferences (Warsaw, December 2001 and

Kiev, April 2002) were organised. Th e book summarising the results of the project was

published in Polish and Ukrainian. Funding: Th e British Embassy.

• Systemic and Constitutional Aspects of Poland's Accession to the European Union

Th e aim of the project was to determine the infl uence of planned Poland’s membership of

the EU on the national constitutional order. Th e project dealt with such issues as: necessary

reforms of Polish institutions in light of the Community requirements, the future role of the

Polish Parliament in the European Union, controversies concerning possible constitutional

amend ments in connection with the planned EU accession. Th e project conference (April

2002), hosting politicians as well as international and constitutional law specialists, was

the Institute’s contribution to the public debate on the positive and negative aspects of

EU membership for Poland. In July 2001, a book summarising the results of the project

was published. Funding: Neumann Foundation, Ford Foundation.

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• Th e Future of the Polish Judicial System

Th e aim of the project was to develop and compare various concepts related to the solving

of the problems existing within the Polish judicial system, which could be presented to

the general public and to the political decision-makers as viable development strategies

and components of relevant state policies. As part of the project, a questionnaire was

prepared concerning the access to courts for citizens, the practice of court proceedings and

enforcement of court orders, or gan i sa tion of the court system and its problems, which was

circulated among professors of law, judges and lawyers—practitioners of law. In September

2002, the proposals of changes for mu lat ed on the basis of the sent-in questionnaires were

discussed at a conference hosting rep re sen ta tives of the legal profession and theoreticians of

law, politicians, the media and representatives of the Ministry of Justice, including Minister

Grzegorz Kurczuk. Th e results of the project, comprising the report authored by Prof.

Zieliñski and Dr. Zubik and the expert’s opinions, were published as a single publication.

Funding: Th e Dutch Embassy.

• Polish State Administration on the Eve of EU Accession

Th e conference discussed such issues as: effi ciency and eff ectiveness of the functioning

of offi ces and their accessibility to citizens as well as eff ectiveness in the performance of

public services. It aimed to provide a forum for the discussion of basic problems related to

the alignment of Polish public administration in view of the planned EU accession and of

possible viable options. Spe cial emphasis was devoted to legal and practical problems in the

functioning of the civil service and its development prospects in view of the forthcoming

EU membership. Th e conference hosted experts of SIGMA, an international organisation

established by the OECD and the European Union with a view to monitoring and fostering

administrative reforms in the Central and Eastern European countries. Th e project was

delivered in collaboration with the Civil Ser vice Offi ce. Funding: Civil Service Offi ce,

SIGMA and the Ford Foundation.

• Th e Citizen and the Law

Th e programme, implemented in collaboration with the Polish-American Freedom

Foun da tion, aims to support non-governmental initiatives that expand citizens’ access to

free legal aid, particularly in rural and small town communities. Th is is done by providing

co-fi nancing to specifi c projects that were awarded special grants and by establishing the

so-called Cooperation Platform for NGOs off ering legal aid. Th e fi rst cycle of the project

will end in May 2003, with a likely follow-up, supplemented by a research component,

planned for the years 2003–2004.

• Human Rights—A Series of International Monographs

Th e main objective of the project is to enhance awareness of the law through the disse-

mination of knowledge about the origin, scope and exercising of three human rights:

freedom of con science and religion, freedom of speech and freedom to establish political

parties. Under the project, three monographs on those topics are planned, whose authors

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include: Prof. Cole Durham of Bringham Young University, Prof. Andras Sajo of Central

European University and Prof. Miros³aw Wyrzykowski of Warsaw University, Justice of

the Constitutional Tribunal. Th e mono graphs will be published in English and Russian

and will be distributed in Central and Eastern European countries, also through the

Soros foundation network. Th e project’s implementation is planned for November

2002–November 2004.

• Evaluation of Legal Arrangements Preventing Confl icts of Interest

Th e aim of the project is to describe and analyse the existing regulations preventing confl icts

of interest and to propose relevant recommendations. Special attention will be given to

the prin ci ple under which holding more than one public function is banned, which in

the democratic countries is regarded as a cornerstone minimising undesirable penetration

of the public, political and economic spheres. During the fi rst project phase, completed

in 2002, a map of legal reg u la tions was drawn up and pertinent expert opinions were

gathered. On these grounds, a report will be prepared, whose publication is planned for

mid-2003. Funding: World Bank.

• Evaluation of the Reform of the Financing of Political Parties in Poland 1999–2002

Th e aim of the project is to analyse and evaluate the existing system of the fi nancing of

political parties in Poland, particularly in the context of preventing corruption in public

life. Th e results of the project will draw on the analyses of legislation and several dozens

interviews conducted by the project’s experts with politicians, persons responsible for

the party fi nances, representatives of the State Electoral Committee, non-governmental

organisations and journalists. By the end of 2002, the phase of collecting materials was

completed. On this basis, a report will be pre pared, proposing recommendations for

further reform of the fi nancing of political activity in Poland. Th e project is planned to be

completed in summer 2003. Funding: World Bank.

Th e Migration and Eastern Policy Programme

International migrations and their consequences belong to the gravest problems of con tem po rary

and future Europe. Until recently, this issue has been limited to the movement of em ploy ees

between the future and current EU neighbours. At the moment, however, such challenges facing

Europe as for example the movement of people (migrations), should be seen in the con text of the

enlarged Europe that has to take into consideration its diversity, situation on the labour markets,

demographic changes both in the Member States and in the candidate countries bordering on

new neighbours.

Poor coordination between two concurrent and interrelated processes is well visible: that is,

between the shaping of the Community migration policy, of such policies in the candidate

countries and the process of EU enlargement. Th e Migration and Eastern Policy Programme,

in its many projects dealing with many aspects of the movement of people, strives to take up

the challenges related to geopolitical aspects. It tries to respond to the dilemmas that the Polish

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migration policy is bound to face in the coming years, when Poland will be slowly transforming

from a country of emigration to a country of net immigration and transit.

• Return Migrations to Poland from the US, Great Britain and Germany

Th e results of the project indicate that Poland is slowly evolving from being a country

of em i g-ra tion into a country of net immigration, with return migration as one of its

characteristic com po nents. Based on the empirical part (interviews with representatives of

Polish organisations abroad and with return migrants), an analysis was carried out of the

return strategies and the impact of return migrations on the development of local markets

and their role in the regional de vel op ment processes. An attempt has been made to assess

the volume of returns and main im mi gra tion countries. Th e fi ndings were presented

in the publication entitled: Return Migrations of Poles. Comebacks of Success or of

Disenchantment? Funding: GMFUS, M.B. Grabowski Fund and SSEES UCL.

• Th e Migrations Forum

In 2002, as part of the project, the seminar “A New Decade in Aliens and Refugees

Protection—International and Domestic Aspects” was organised. Th e Director of the

Programme was in vit ed to sit on the working group to formulate Polish migration policy,

which was set up at the Repatriation and Aliens Offi ce.

Th e IPA, in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Aff airs and the Delegation of the

High Commissioner for Refugees in Poland, issued a book entitled: Protection of Refugees,

also avail able in English. Funding: IPA’s own funds (Ford Foundation).

• Free Movement of Labour, Unemployment

and Charitable Organisations in the Context of EU Enlargement

As part of the project, an expert’s opinion commissioned by Caritas Polska was prepared.

It discussed the issue of international migration—one of the most serious problems

that Europe is facing now and is very likely to face in the future. Th e existing problems

demonstrate that common migration policy is an absolute must. In the light of the

Amsterdam Treaty, the pro vi sions of such a policy ought to be agreed by 2004 at the latest.

At the moment, there is not consistent migration policy within the EU, not to mention

the candidate countries. Th erefore three reports were prepared under the project, which,

when compiled together, give an account of the current trends and likely future directions

of the migration policy. Funding: Caritas Pol s ka—commissioned an expert’s opinion.

• Models of Integration and Counteracting the Discrimination of Immigrants in Poland

Th e aim of the project is to analyse the necessary actions on the part of state institutions,

which should facilitate the integration of the fi rst and second wave of immigrants in a

situation of the slow transformation of Poland from an emigration into a net immigration

and transit country. An empirical survey has been conducted: in-depth interviews with

selected immigrant groups in Poland (Poles from Kazakhstan, Vietnamese, asylum-seekers,

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migrants whose status is not reg u lat ed). Th e analytical survey: based on the collected

empirical material and expert’s opinions (to be prepared), it will involve the formulation of

recommendations concerning future trends of the integration policy towards immigrants.

Th e project will be concluded with an in ter na tion al conference, at which experts from the

EU, Germany and the US will discuss the models and experiences of integration policy in

their countries. Finally, a book summarising the project results will be published. Funding:

the German Marshall Fund of the United States.

• Consequences of EU Enlargement and the Schengen Treaty for the Candidate Countries

IPA is the coordinator of the project involving research centres from nine countries. Th e

out come of the project so far is the systematised knowledge about the consequences for

Central and Eastern Europe of the EU enlargement and implementation of the Schengen

Treaty both at the macro- (expert’s analyses) and micro-level (in the border regions of the

nine countries; the project proved so interesting that OSI in Budapest made a decision on

the allocation of additional funds. Also, the Kaliningrad District, where the survey was

conducted, was included in the project). Th e project takes into account the economic,

social and legal dimensions.

In 2002, an international seminar was organised (another is scheduled for 2003), attended

by experts from the nine centres. Th e IPA experts took part in a study visit in the Kaliningrad

District (English version). Several dozens domestic reports were produced, which can be

down load ed from the IPA website (in English). Th e research report, “Th e Consequences

of the Implementation of the Schengen Treaty. Findings from the Research of the Eastern

Border Communities”, was published in a book form. In addition, a press conference

was organised, which in eff ect produced numerous press reports on the fi ndings of the

Migration Programme research, while IPA experts were invited to press and TV interviews.

Furthermore, Dr. Jacek Kucharczyk presented a briefi ng from the project at the Ministry

of Foreign Aff airs. Funding: Public Policy Centres Initiative at the Open Society Institute,

Budapest.

• Migration Policy Dialogue

Th e project aims to prepare expert’s opinions on the planned amendments in the legislation

concerning citizenship, border traffi c and emigration, in view of the need to prepare, by

April 2004, a programme document on Poland’s migration policy. Funding: IPA’s own

funds (Ford Foundation).

• Do We Really Need Immigrants?

Th e aim of the project is to identify key problems and formulate recommendations

concerning Poland’s migration policy in the context of labour market needs in Poland

and Ukraine (the country from which the majority of illegal long-term and temporary

immigrants originate). Funding: Th e British Embassy.

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Seminars and Conferences

April 2002—Conference: Systemic and Constitutional Aspects of Poland’s EU Accession

(PPAP).

April 2002—International seminar of the project: Consequences of EU Enlargement and the

Schengen Treaty for Candidate Countries (PMiPW).

April 2002—Conference: Financing of Political Parties—Lessons from Poland and Ukraine,—

Kiev (PPAP).

April/May 2002—Workshop for local governments: Career Prospects for the Young on Local

Markets in Poland—Pulawy, Lidzbark Warmiński, Skierniewice (PPS).

May 2002—Seminar: What Europe do Poles Need?—as part of the Schuman Europe Days (PE).

May 2002—Conference: Migration Policy of the European Union—Kiev (PMiPW).

May 2002—Seminar: A New Decade of Refugees and Aliens Protection—International and

Domestic Aspects (PMiPW)

May 2002—Meeting Main Negotiation Problems in Agriculture (PE).

June 2002—Seminar: Th e Role of Th ink Tanks in the Process of Reforming the Polish State,

for students of the Public Administration School in Kiev (PO).

June 2002—Press conference: Local Government Election Law: Green Light for Corruption

(PPAP).

June 2002—Workshop: Consolidation of Local Communities in Order to Counteract Poverty

and Unemployment at the County Level (PPS).


and Unemployment at the County Level (Elbląg).

June 2002—Conference: Rural Residents on European Integration (PE).


and Unemployment at the County Level (PPS).

July 2002—Seminar: Common Agricultural Policy of the EU. (PE with the Foreign Policy

Centre).

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July 2002—Conference: Local Communities and the Problem of Poverty and Unemployment

(PPS).

August 2002—Seminar: Poland’s Transformation and Integration with the EU, for Danish

students (PE).

August 2002—Seminar: Cooperation of the State, Local Governments and Non-governmental

Organisations: Towards New Regulations (PPS).

September 2002—Conference: Th e Future of the Polish Judicial System (PPAP).

September 2002—Seminar: Consequences of Schengen for the Kaliningrad District—Kali-

n in grad (PMiPW).

September 2002—Seminar: Next Generation Democracy” (PE with the Foreign Policy Centre)

October 2002—Conference: Return Migrations of Poles. Comebacks of Success or or Dis -

en chant ment? (PMPW).

October 2002—Press conference—Presentation of the report: Consequences of the Im ple men-

ta tion of the Schengen Treaty—Findings from the Research of the Eastern Border Communities

and fi ndings of the research in the Kaliningrad Dsitrict (PMPW).

October 2002—Conference: Local Communities and Youth Unemployment (PPS).

October 2002—Seminar: Consequences of Schengen—Summary of the Project—Tallin, Es to nia

(PMiPW).

October 2002—Conference: Polish State Administration on the Eve of EU Accession (PPAP).

October 2002—Working meeting on the study of the third sector in Poland (PPS).

October 2002- Conference: Europe for the Young (PE).

November 2002—Conference: Changes in the Educational System and EU Integration (PED).

November 2002—Conference: Th e Future of Public Healthcare Centres (PPS).

November 2002—Seminar: Promotion of Entrepreneurship and Social Employment (PPS).

November 2002—Seminar: Social Work and Promotion of Entrepreneurship: Towards New

Professional Roles of Social Workers (PPS).

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December 2002—Conference: Pre-school Education (PED and the Polish Children and Youth

Foundation).

December 2002—Seminar on IPA’s reports concerning structural funds and regional policy

December 2002—Seminar: Th e Non-profi t Sector as a Potential Employer (PPS).

December 2002—Press conference: Lobbying in Brussels (PE).

Publications

Books

Urszula Kurczewska, Malgorzata Molêda-Zdziech, Lobbying in the European Union, 2002.

Janusz Halik, Old People in Poland. Social and Health Consequences of Population Ageing,

2002.

Józefi na Hrynkiewicz, Against Unemployment and Poverty: Local Civic Initiatives, 2002.

Henryk Domański, Poverty in Post-Communist Societies, 2002.

Adam Zieliński, Marek Zubik, Th e Future of the Polish Judicial System, 2002.

Krystyna Iglicka,. Return Migrations of Poles. Comebacks of Success or of Disenchantment,

2002.

Barbara Fatyga, Jolanta Rogala, Youth Lifestyles and Drugs. Results from Empirical Survey, 2002.

Malgorzata Fuszara, Women in Poland at the Turn of the Century. A New Gender Contract?

2002.

Jacek Kucharczyk, Europe—America. Trans-Atlantic Dimension of the EU Reforms, 2002.

Marcin Walecki, Protection of Refugees in Poland (in collaboration with the Ministry of For eign

Aff airs and the UNHCR, 2002.

Jan Barcz, Should the Constitution Be Changed? Systemic and Constitutional Aspects of Po land’s

EU Accession, 2002.

Expert’s opinions, research reports, recommendations

Marzenna Guz-Vetter, Th reats and Opportunities of the Polish–German Borderland in View

of Poland’s EU Accession.

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Hanna Bojar, Joanna Kurczewska, Consequences of the Implementation of the Schengen

Trea ty—Results from the Survey of the Eastern Border Community.

Lena Kolarska-Bobińska, Poland’s Rural Residents on EU Integration: Opinions, Knowledge,

Information.

Mariusz-Jan Radlo, Th e Lisbon Strategy. Conclusions for Poland.

Beata Roguska, Michal Strzeszewski, Social Interest, Knowledge and Information about Po land’s

Integration with the EU.

Elżbieta Tarkowska, Katarzyna Korzeniewska, Youth from Former State Farms.

Lena Kolarska-Bobińska, Th e Future of the Polish Political Scene After 2001 Parliamentary

Election.

Michal Warchala, Th e Image of Poland in the Press of EU Member States.

Irena Boruta, Employment Strategies of International Organisations: EU, ILO, OECD.

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C E N T E R F O R R U R A L A S S I S T A N C E

Center for Rural Asisstance(CAR)

A d d r e s s : 6 Istria Square, 1900 Timisoara, Romania

Te l e p h o n e : (+40 256) 221 470

F a x : (+40 256) 221 469


W e b - s i t e : www.rural-center.org

Th e Center for Rural Assistance (CAR) started its activity in January 2002, as a non-gov ern men tal

organization set up by the Open Society Foundation Romania. CAR is a member of the Soros

Open Network, located in Timisoara, Romania.

Th e mission of the Centre is to create and consolidate local capacities for the sustainable

de vel op ment of rural communities. It’s main interests are concentrated on Community and

In sti tu tion al Development in rural areas issues.

Th e team of CAR consists of 10 employees and over 50 collaborators: consultants, experts and

trainers. CAR maintains long run partnership relations with NGOs, public administrations

and various institutions and organizations from Romania, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Moldova, Th e

Czech Republic, Slovakia, Russia, Ukraine, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain,

the UK and the USA.


March–November 2002—Two training Workshops: Exchange of Experience for Training for

Public Administration in Rural Areas. Th ese workshops were organized with the aims:

• To develop conditions for mutual relationships and exchange of experience and best

prac tic es among people who deliver trainings for the public administration in rural areas

in the South East Europe;

• To improve the quality of the Romanian civil servants working in the town halls from

rural areas, mainly those coming from the Timis county;

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• To set up a network of active partners who will deliver training in the future Training

Centre for Rural Development;

• To provide opportunity for direct regional dialogue and exchange of ideas within the

de vel op ment fi eld.

Financing: East East program.

Participants: representatives of CEE and Central Asia NGOs active in rural development

Outputs: ROAD—Rural Opportunities and Approaches. Discussion group with NGOs in

ru ral development.

Publications

Specialized newsletter: ROAD (Rural Opportunities and Approaches).

Regional coverage (CEE and Central Asia).

Form: printed & on line at the Web page: www.rural-center.org.

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T H E R O M A N I A N C E N T E R F O R E C O N O M I C P O L I C I E S

The Romanian Center for Economic Policies(RCEP)

A d d r e s s : Bucharest, Blvd. Natiunile Unite no. 6,

bl.105, entrance B, 2nd fl oor, suites 32–33

Te l e p h o n e : (+40 1) 335 89 70; 335 89 71; 335 89 72

F a x : (+40 1) 336 15 94


W e b - s i t e : www.cerope.ro

Th e Romanian Center for Economic Policies (RCEP) is a non-profi t, non-governmental and non-

political organization, founded on October 30, 1998. Th e initiative of founding the Ro ma nian

Center for Economic Policies belongs to the Romanian Society of Economics, the “Open

Society Institute” Foundation, “Pro Democratia” Foundation Geneva and to the Foundation

for Economic Reforms. At present RCEP has diversifi ed the fi nancial sources for its activities

having private as well as public funding. EU PHARE programs provided the main fi nancial

source for the last two years but funding has also been obtained from USAID/IRIS, World Bank,

Bertelsmann Foundation, Romanian Commercial Bank, Raiff eisen Financial Advisers Romania

and other private sector companies.

Th e Center conducts research on policy issues and other topics of concrete economic im por tance.

It has worked extensively on budgetary, monetary and fi scal policies, privatization, re struc tur ing,

trade and foreign direct investment. Th e preparation for Romania’s accession to the EU has been

a continuing focus of these studies.

Th e Center also organizes and runs teaching and training programs in various applied economic

areas. In addition, the Center has notable expertise on regional development issues and is pur su ing

a number of projects on South Eastern European issues.

Th e Center is managed by a small, experienced staff , which works closely with the Management

Board, and draws on a network of outstanding young economists. Th is is a lean structure with

low costs but fl exible access to a carefully selected network of experts follows the model.

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Institutional Building for Economic Policy and Forecast for the Ministry of De vel op ment and Prognosis, PHARE

Th e general objective of this project (December 2002–February 2004), is to strengthen the

capacity of the Government of Romania, namely the Prime Minister’s Offi ce and key economic

ministries, to design economic policies complying with the European integration process and

to enhance the implementation of the policies undertaken, in accordance with the Government

Program, the EU, and IFIs. In this respect RCEP created a task force team of young economists

coordinated by a Senior foreign expert, capable to have a quick response or elaborate studies on

specifi c economic issues, as: tax administration and collection policy reform issues, the op por tu ni ty

of the establishment of a social pact, the creation of a friendly business environment in Romania

and other punctual issues requested by the Prime Minister as part of Romania com mit ments to

comply with functional market economy criteria. Main activities developed within the program

are:

• Assistance for the elaboration and updating of the Pre-accession Economic Program (PEP)

with the EU.

• Assistance in the negotiating process with international fi nancial organizations (IMF and

WB).

• Elaboration of studies based on in-depth research in order to identify causes and formulate

policy recommendations on specifi c issues, namely the current account defi cit, the arrears

sit u a tion and others.

• Elaboration of macroeconomic projections to be incorporated in the general provisions of

the governmental program and PEP requirements.

• Organization of seminars for the launching of the PEP updates.

• Organization of working sessions on macroeconomic forecast for 2002-2005

• Organization of visiting tours for sharing experience for interested Romanian parties in PEP

elaboration and updating (Slovenia, Czech Republic, Poland and Lithuania and others).

• Elaboration of an Action Plan for removal the administrative barriers in the Romanian

business environment.

• Assistance to the Ministry of Public Finance for improving the tax collection/tax

ad min is tra tion

• Formulating proposals for an Action Plan for fi ghting against corruption.

• Elaboration of paper on pension reform in Romania.

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T H E R O M A N I A N C E N T E R F O R E C O N O M I C P O L I C I E S

Local and Regional Development Strategies in the Globalization Framework

Project fi nanced by GMF—October 2002–June 2003.

Financial Services and Intermediation in the Context of the Internal Market Acquis

Th e project is organized by European Institute, Sofi a, April 2003 and fi nanced from EU Phare

Funds.

Th e Role of Local Governments in Local Economic Development

Funding: OSI Budapest.

Projects Carried Out in Cooperation with Other OSI Related Pol i cy Centers Network

Impact of EU enlargement and the Schengen treaty in the CEE region

January 2002–November 2002. The leading organization: Institute of Public Affairs—

War saw.


April 2002—Conference: Economic transformation through regional development in Ro ma nia,

Cluj-Napoca, organized by RCEP and fi nanced under a German Marshall Fund project. Th e

conference off ered an analysis of the dynamics and consequences of the process of regional

development in Romania.

April 2002—Workshops and seminars: Political Economy of Transition, Real and nominal

con ver gence from European integration perspective.

May 2002—Banking system: Reform dynamics, weaknesses and challenges, Capital market in

Romania.

June 2002—Budget constraints evaluation for 1999–2000 in Romania.

October 2002—Foreign Debt Sustainability.

Participants of the seminars: prominent representatives from academia, banking system, public

administration, economic ministries, business environment, international organizations, mass-

media and others.

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RCEP maintains a permanent dialogue with the public opinion by organizing presentations

(seminars) on a regular basis, for all the research works elaborated, inviting to debates the eco nom ic

community and authority representatives. Th e seminar works are refl ected in mass-me dia (central

press: Adevarul, Romania Libera, Curentul and economic specialized press: Ziarul Financiar,

Adevarul economic, Piata Financiara).

All the studies carried out within RCEP are published on the Center’s web site (www.cerope.ro)

for a large dissemination.

Publications

Structural changes and economies performance in Romania, February 2003, a collection of

research studies on the Romanian economy in transition which will be published, end of

2002, in two volumes (vol. I: Macroeconomic Stabilization and Structural Adjustment, vol. II:

In sti tu tion al Reform and EU Accession). Th e aim of these volumes, which authors are prominent

Romanian economists, is to off er a view on the economic transformations of Romania in the

post-communist period.

RCEP’s team of economic researchers and analysts contributes, on a regular basis, with opinions

and articles on pressing contemporary issues of the Romanian economy in the media as well

in economic publications (Oeconomica, Piata Financiara, Economistul, Nine O’clock, Ziarul

Fi nan ciar, Adevarul Economic).

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C E N T E R F O R L E G A L S U P P O R T T O L O C A L G O V E R N M E N T

Center for Legal Support to Local Government

A d d r e s s : Zemlianoy Val str., 27/2

Moscow 105064, Russian Federation

Te l e p h o n e : (+7 095) 916 36 23

F a x : (+7 095) 917 92 60


W e b - s i t e : www.lslg.ru

Th e Center for Legal Support to Local Government is autonomous, non-profi t organization set

up in June 2002 with the support of Open Society Institute in order to provide benefi cial legal

services to local governments in the Russian Federation oriented to socially constructive goals.

Th e essential need for creating such a service organization arose from several factors which

characterize Russia’s unique situation with respect to how municipal governments are run to day:

political, economic, and administrative reforms carried out in the country today expose the need

to strengthen local government and develop initiatives to increase the eff ectiveness of mu nic i pal

governments. At the same time, with the constantly changing legal framework and with the lack

of well-developed mechanisms that would allow newly-enacted legislation to be re al ized, it is

essential that smaller cities receive qualifi ed legal help in order to apply the laws in practice.

Th e Centre for Legal Support to Local Government was the fi rst organization in Russia to

specialize in rendering legal services and expertise to local governments. Th e goal of the Center

is to assist municipalities to strengthen their positions and to fully use their powers fi xed in the

Constitution by providing and ensuring the access to legal services and education. Th e main

activities of the Center comprise:

• Strategic legal defence;

• Legal consulting;

• Informational support to local governments;

• Educational activities;

• Publishing projects;

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• Participation in rule-making process;

• Research activity.


Strategic Legal Defence

Strategic legal defense is one of the Center’s priority areas of activity. In this way Center aims

to expose the most evident and at the same time the most typical instances of local government

rights violation and try to abate these violations by creating a legal defense. Center sets the

following practical goals:

• To protect local self-government’s rights;

• Create the base of precedent cases related to local self-government, which can be further

used as pattern or model cases in all similar law cases;

• To accumulate and disseminate information about the results of the program in order to

promote the defense of local self-government interests and empower local authorities and

offi cials to take independent action in defense of their rights.

Within the framework of the current grant from the Open Society Institute Center for Legal

support to Local Government provides free strategic legal defense services to the municipalities

participating in the OSI “Russian Small Towns” program. In November–December 2002 Cen ter

accepted claims for legal defense from 73 municipalities. Following the decision of the Ex pert

Committee of the Center, four of them were estimated as the most necessary and important

cases of the violation of local self-government’s rights. Th e acceptance of the claims depended

on the following criteria: the character of the local self-government’s rights violation; whether

there was an opportunity to form a precedent, whether it was possible to get the positive result

in the shortest time possible. All of the accepted claims for strategic legal defense object to the

insuffi cient fi nancing of some of the powers of local self-government.

At present Center’s advocates are evaluating these matters from legal prospective and preparing

for the legal defense in the Court, which will be free of charge for the municipalities.

Legal Consulting

Th e goal of this Open Society Institute sponsored project is to deliver legal consulting services

to the 73 municipalities—members of the OSI “Russian Small Towns” program. During the

last 6 months Center has delivered 25 extended consultations on multifarious legal problems,

related to the day-today practice of municipalities. Th e texts of all consultations prepared by

Center will be sent to all towns, members of the mentioned program.

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C E N T E R F O R L E G A L S U P P O R T T O L O C A L G O V E R N M E N T

In November 2002 Center’s experts conducted two practical research on several legal issues related

to local-self government, such as land and property rights regulations and municipal budgets

protection. As a result of this research work a reference books on the mentioned issues was prepared

and sent out to the 73 municipalities, members of the “Russian Small Towns” program.


December 2002—Seminar for municipal lawyers: Legal Regulations of the Economic De ve-

l op ment of the Municipalities.

In December 2002 Center for Legal Support to Local Government organized and conducted

practical seminar for the municipal lawyers from 43 towns throughout Russia. Th e seminar

was devoted to the most pressing legal issues related to the work of the institutions of the local

governing. Lectures were delivered by leading experts in the fi eld of municipal law, judges of

Th e Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, the Higher Court of Arbitration of the Russian

Federation, as well as public authority representatives, scholars, professional advocates. Fi nan cial

support for the organization of the seminar was provided by Open Society Institute.

Th e Center provides informational support to more then 1020 municipalities throughout Rus sia

(weekly news via e-mail, publication of announcements of the newly adopted legislation related

to the local-self government on the Center’s website www.lslg.ru; coverage of the ma te ri als related

to the upcoming reform of the local self-government in Russia).

Publications

Articles

Marina A. Yakutova, Impugnment by Local Governments of the Normative Acts of the Federal

Regions, M 2002;

Olga L. Savranskaya, On the system of public authority institutions in Moscow, M 2002.

Marina A. Yakutova, Jurisdiction of the judicial contests related to the fi nancial relationship

between municipalities, M 2002.

Olga L. Savranskaya, Does the Draft Law “On the General Principles of Organization of Local

Self-Government in the Russian Federation” provide means for the realization of the rights of

the public and development of the eff ective governance in the Russian Federation? M. 2002.

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Other Activities

At present the Center is preparing for publication a three-volume edition, which will be the

summary of the juridical practice, related to local-self government in the Russian Federation. Th e

tentative title of the book is “Th e Review of Judicial Practice Related to Local Self-Gov ern ment”.

Th e book will be disseminated by Center to municipalities; a part of the circulation will be sold

by retail. Th e expected date of publication is September 2003.

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Institute for Public Affairs(IVO)

A d d r e s s : Hviezdoslavovo nám. 15, 811 02 Bratislava, Slovakia

Te l e p h o n e : (+421 7) 5443 4030, 5443 4031

F a x : (+421 7) 5443 4041


W e b - s i t e : www.ivo.sk

Th e Institute for Public Aff airs is an independent public policy research institute founded in

February 1997. Th e Institute’s mission is:

• to analyse social, political, economic, foreign policy, legal, cultural, and other issues of

pub lic interest;

• to conduct research on public policies and their consequences, to publish and to dis sem i nate

widely its fi ndings, and to make practical recommendations for improved government

policy;

• to study, document, and help to promote Slovakia’s transition to a free, democratic and

open society;

• to stimulate public debate on important issues through lectures, seminars, workshops and

roundtables;

• to promote active involvement of informed citizens in public life.

IVO Research Programs

Th e Institute for Public Aff airs’ research program is conducted by a core staff of resident schol ars

and policy analysts, augmented by non-resident policy experts from a wide range of Slovak

institutions. Th e Institute publishes books, monographs, working papers, research reports

and documentary fi lms. Its scholars and analysts also contribute to Slovak and interna tional

news pa pers, magazines, and academic journals; give lectures before academic and pro fes sional

au di enc es; and appear in television and radio public aff airs programs.

Formally, IVO has a status of an independent, non-governmental organization; its legal form

is that of a civil association. It employs 13 people (resident scholars and policy analysts, public

I N S T I T U T E F O R P U B L I C A F F A I R S

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relations specialists, and administrators), with an additional 80 non-resident researchers and

experts as part-timers or contracted experts. In 2002, experts from 60 domestic and foreign

institutions (including research and educational organizations, civic associations, foundations)

cooperated with IVO.

Institute for Public Aff airs has six research programs:

• Domestic Politics;

• Global Report on Slovakia;

• European Integration and Transatlantic relations;

• Program Coordinator;

• Public Opinion and Political Culture;

• Civil Society;

• Studies on Ethnic Minorities.


Prognostic Study

In 2002 IVO elaborated a Vision of development of the Slovak Republic until 2020. Th e vision

is intended for the general public and professionals, it is an outline of the in fl u enc es that will

shape the development in the most important areas of life of the Slovak so ci ety, risks related

and the possibilities of how to tackle them. Book was published in March 2003. Number of

copies: 300.


April–December 2002—IVO organized series of workshops and presentations on the topic of

Slovakia before Elections 2002 for diplomatic community in Bratislava, representatives of non-

governmental organizations and other institutions.

February–April 2002—IVO organized a series of discussions (hearings) in the framework of

joint project Political parties and national security with the Institute of Defense and Security at

the Ministry of Defense of the Slovak Republic and Friedrich Ebert Foundation.

April 2002—IVO in cooperation with the Polish Institute and the Open Society Foundation in

Bratislava organized a panel discussion entitled Border Areas—Arts, Cultures, Nations.

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June 2002—IVO in cooperation with the American Chamber of Commerce in Bratislava

or ga nized a presentation with discussion for entrepreneurs and economic experts. At this

pre sen ta tion the analysis of the results of opinion survey of the Slovak economic elite was

presented and discussed.

June 2002—the public presentation of the documentary fi lm focusing on the topic of poverty

in Slovakia Hey, you Slovaks!, directed by Robert Kirchhoff took place. It is a mosaic of short

stories from various parts of Slovakia and refl ects author’s views on various phenomena, which

by their infl uence form the motivations of Slovak people and their notions of daily existence,

real or imaginary.

August 2002—IVO in cooperation with the Slovak Foreign Policy Association organized the

meeting of the American Senator John McCain, member of the Committee of the US Senate

for Trade, Science and Transport with the representatives of non-governmental organizations

and government representatives and journalists.

September 2002—IVO organized a workshop with the experts from think tank CESES (Pra gue)

on visions of developments of Slovakia and Czech Republic.

October 2002—IVO in cooperation with the German Marshal Fund and the Slovak Foreign

Policy Association organized a visit of Ronald D. Asmus, former adviser of the deputy of the

US Foreign Aff airs Secretary Madelaine Albright on the occasion of the issue of the Slovak

trans la tion of his latest publication: Opening NATO’s Door: How the Alliance Remade itself

for a New Era.

November 2002—IVO organized a photographic exhibition of pictures from the project Slo va kia

002: A Pictorial Report on the State of the Country. Th e show has been exhibited during the

annual festival Th e Month of Photography. Young Slovak photographer Jozef Ondzik was the

recipient of a scholarship from the Institute for Public Aff airs to travel around Slovakia during

the year and make a subjective pictorial story of the country of the year 2002.

November 2002—IVO in cooperation with the Polish Institute in Bratislava organized the

panel discussion of experts from Slovakia, Hungary, Poland and Czech Republic Public and

Visegrád cooperation.

December 2002—IVO organized a presentation of the publication Slovakia 2002. Global Re port

on the State of Society.

In June–July 2002—IVO carried out the publication project Evaluation of Fulfi llment of

Government Program. It was a set of 20 articles by IVO internal analysts and external experts,

evaluating the work of all members of cabinet. Articles were published in Sme daily.

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September 2002—IVO carried out the publication project Election Programs of Political Par ties.

It was a set of 6 articles by IVO internal analysts and external experts about parties’ po si tions in

select areas of social life (political system, policy toward ethnic minorities, social policy, environ-

mental policy, foreign policy and economic policy). Articles were published in SME daily.

September 2002—IVO prepared a series of 4 analytical studies on parties’ programs in areas of

democracy and rule of law; fi ght against criminality; ethnic minorities and culture. Television

TA3 has broadcast the analytical series.

IVO experts participated in dozens of conferences, seminars and workshops, organized by other

institutions in Slovakia and in abroad. Hundreds of their articles, interviews and statements

appeared in domestic and foreign media.

Publications

Public Administration Reform in Slovakia 1998–2000: Contexts, Actors, Elections, edited by

Grigorij Mesežnikov and Viktor Nižńanský. Collection of analytical studies on historical and

broader societal aspects of the reform, its institutional and regional background, activities of

political parties, public perception of the reform and results of regional elections in December

2001. Bratislava: Institute for Public Aff airs, 2002.

Elections 2002: Analysis of the Election programs of Political Parties and Movements, edited by

Grigorij Mesežnikov. Th e publication maps the positions of political parties and movements on

six topics—rule of law, democracy and constitutionalism; foreign and security policy; economy;

social policy; national minorities issue; environment and sustainable development. A handbook

for voters, who want to make a qualifi ed decision in the elections in September 2002. Bratislava:

Institute for Public Aff airs, 2002.

Slovak Elections ’02: results, consequences, contexts, edited by Grigorij Mesežnikov, Oľga

Gyár fáš ová and Miroslav Kollár. Analysis of the various aspects of the 2002 parliamentary

elections in Slovakia (transition comparative perspective, party system, election results, diff erent

aspects of voting behaviour, dynamic of public opinion, political communication, role of NGO

sector, media, pre-electoral discourse). Collection of 14 studies by 16 authors. 280 pages, March

2003.

Slovakia 2001. Global Report on the State of Society, edited by Grigorij Mesežnikov, Miroslav

Kollár, and Tom Nicholson. Th e English version of the book Slovensko 2001. Bratislava: In sti tute

for Public Aff airs, 2002.

Plans and Reality. Th e Evaluation of the program statement of Mikuláš Dzurinda Government,

edited by Miroslav Kollár and Grigorij Mesežnikov. Collection of short studies mapping in di vid u al

ministries and evaluating the level of the fulfi llment of plans as written in the program statement

of the cabinet. Bratislava: Institute for Public Aff airs, 2002.

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Slovakia 2002. A Global Report on the State of Society, edited by Miroslav Kollár and Grigorij

Mesežnikov. 35 essays from 61 authors on major developments in domestic politics, foreign

policy, economy, social policy, minorities, public opinion, culture, education etc. Bratislava:

Institute for Public Aff airs, 2002.

Slovakia 02. A Pictorial Report on the State of the Country, by Jozef Ondzik. Photographic

publication of everyday life pictures of Slovakia in the year 2002 Bratislava: Institute for Public

Aff airs, 2003.

Visegrád Countries in an Enlarged Transatlantic Community, edited by Marek Šťastný. Col lec tion

of studies written by experts from Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Austria, Italy, Ger man

and the United States on the regional cooperation in the context of EU and NATO en large ment.

Bratislava: Institute for Public Aff airs, 2002.

Security of the Slovak Republic and its Integration to NATO and EU by Vladimír Kmec. Work ing

paper in Slovak and English. A complex analysis of Slovakia’s security doctrine Bratislava: Institute


Transatlantic Economic Relations. Position and Prospects for the Slovak Republic by Ingrid

Brocková. Working paper in Slovak and English. A complex analysis of economic relations

between the United States and the European Union, assessing the extent to which these re la tions

play out on partnership versus competition scale. Bratislava: Institute for Public Aff airs, 2002.

Opinion Survey of the Slovak Economic Elites on the Current Economic Environment in

Slo va kia, by Oľga Gyárfášová et al. in cooperation with the American Chamber of Commerce.

Working paper published in Slovak and English language. Annual analysis of the results of the

survey conducted among decisive economic actors of the country. Bratislava: Institute for Public

Aff airs, 2002.

Views of the First Time Voters and the Voters of Change- on Elections 2002 by Oľga Gyár fáš ová

and Jozef Majchrák. Research report based on the qualitative survey Bratislava: Institute for

Public Aff airs, 2002.

Th e First Time Voters and the Second Time Voters in Elections Campaign 2002, by Oľga

Gyárfášová and Marián Velšic. Research report (parts 1, 2 and 3) based on the representative

survey. Bratislava: Institute for Public Aff airs, April–September 2002.

Women’s Voice/Votes. Report from the qualitative survey, by Oľga Gyárfášová. Bratislava: In sti tute

for Public Aff airs, July 2002.

Th e First Time Voters and the Second Time Voters before 2002 Parliamentary Elections. Report

from the qualitative survey] by Oľga Gyárfášová and Lýdia Marošiová. Bratislava: Institute for

Public Aff airs, August 2002.

Th e Potential of Active Women’s Participation in Public Life. Report from the sociological

survey, by Oľga Gyárfášová and Katarína Pafková. Bratislava: Institute for Public Aff airs, Au gust

2002.


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Th e First Time Voters in the Perview Mirror. Report from the qualitative survey, by Oľga

Gyárfášová, Katarína Pafková, and Katarína Hříchová. Bratislava: Institute for Public Aff airs,

October 2002.

We Will Decide.sk or 333 Good Reasons Why to Vote, edited by Pavol Demeš. A collection o

testimonies of the prominent personalities of Slovakia’s public, cultural, scientifi c, sport, spir i tu al,

academic and civic life. Th e pilot product of pre-electoral civic campaign. Bratislava: In sti tute


Th e Roma Voices/Votes, by Michal Vašečka, Martina Jurasková, Elena Krieglerová, Peter Puliš

and Jana Rybová. Study on electoral behavior of Roma in Slovakia based of data collected within

the survey in Roma communities, augmented by analyses of the Roma political parties’ programs.

Bratislava: Institute for Public Aff airs, 2002.

Global Report on Roma in Slovakia, edited by Michal Vašečka. A comprehensive analysis of

Roma issue in Slovakia (historical context, traditions, identity, demography, culture, education,

language, health, migration, legislation, social structure etc.). Bratislava: Institute for Public

Aff airs, 2003.

Other Activities

From April 2002 to January 2003 IVO conducted several representative public opinion polls,

including phone surveys.

Representative survey was carried out in April 2002 and focused on the election behavior of the

specifi c target groups.

In June–September 2002 IVO collected and compared the views of professionals and public

representatives on the current topics of the development of the Slovak society -What does the

public and professionals think, these opinions were periodically published in daily newspaper

Sme.

In June–July 2002 IVO conducted a large representative sociological survey „Current Prob lems

of Slovakia before Parliamentary Elections 2002“.

In June 2002 IVO carried out the sociological survey focused on the election preferences of

Roma, their participation in the elections 1998 and 2002, perception of Roma political scene,

opinions of Roma on the integration eff orts of Slovakia, their value orientation and re la tion ships

with the majority.

In September 2002 the pre-election project “Women—Relevant Target Group for the Civic

Pre-election Campaign” was carried out. Th e project results were intended for NGO and civic

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campaign prior to the parliamentary elections 2002, but also for the long-term use of the non-

governmental organizations focusing on women issues.

Shortly after September 2002 elections IVO carried out a survey on the citizen satisfaction with

the election results.

In October 2002 IVO conducted a sociological survey „Public perception of NGO pre-electoral

campaign“.

In November 2002 IVO conducted survey about attitudes of population toward local self-

government and local elections.

In November 2002 shortly after NATO Prague summit a phone survey was carried out on

reaction of population to the invitation of Slovakia to join NATO.

In December 2002 a phone survey was carried out about the satisfaction of Bratislava in hab it ants

with the results of local elections.

In January 2003 a representative opinion poll was conducted about the popular perception of

government performance during its fi rst 100 days in offi ce.


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Institute for Economic and Social ReformsINEKO

A d d r e s s : Bajkalská 25,827 18 Bratislava 212, Slovakia

Te l e p h o n e : (+421 2) 5341 1020

F a x : (+421 2) 5823 3487


W e b - s i t e : http://www.ineko.sk

Th e objective of INEKO is to study economic and social relationships at home and abroad, to

develop knowledge on economic processes in market economies focusing on their application

to the Slovak Republic’s economy. In particular, INEKO focuses on:

• analyses of economic processes occurring in Slovakia and abroad in the area of economic

and social development,

• suggestions of measures to secure long-term economic growth based on democratic

de vel op ment of the society,

• organization of seminars, conferences, creative workshops to interchange knowledge and

to enable creative confrontation between international and domestic economic experts,

• organization of educational programs and other forms of educational activities in the area

of business development, globalization, integration, access to information, regulation of

natural monopolies, spreading of information technologies, SMEs, privatization, etc., for

the purposes of continuous economic growth and democratic development of Slovakia,

• organization of study stays of young gifted individuals in the area of economy and de ve-

l op ment of international relationships, aiming at facilitating Slovakia’s integration into

in ter na tion al structures.

INEKO was formally founded at the end of 1999, its activities started in February 2000. IN E KO

runs projects focused on economic and social reforms, and simultaneously tries to maintain and

develop synergy ensuing from the co-existence of participated non-governmental or ga ni za tions

comprising the INEKO Group.

INEKO Group is an informal association of non-governmental organizations. Th e goal of the

association is to support implementation of economic and social reforms as well as eff ective use

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of fi nancial, personal, administrative and other capacities of its members. In 2001–2002, IN E KO

Group comprises the following organizations:

• AI NOVA,

• Junior Achievements,

• Center for Economic Development,

• INEKO,

• Slovak Governance Institute,

• Transparency International Slovakia.


Evaluation of Economic and Social Measures HESO

One of the main goals of the project is the distribution of information about public, mostly

economic reforms. Another, not less important aim of the project, is to help the citizens of the

given country to orient themselves in the tangle of good, progressive, but also populist and

destructive proposals, that various subjects—mostly political parties—make public. In one quar ter

a commission of journalists, academia and business people evaluate approximately two dozens of

measures. With the HESO-fi ndings the citizens of the given country are provided with a service,

that allows them an easier orientation in economic and social reforms.

Th e project was spread across the region to show us comparative results and to inform everyone

about all the measures introduced within Central Europe’s countries (Slovak and Czech re pub lic,

Hungary, Poland). Sponsor: OSI, Freedom House.

HESO—Regions

As of June 1, 2002 INEKO started the HESO—Regions project (Evaluation of Economic

and Social Measures Adopted on the Regional Level). A nominator group of around 20 local

jour nal ists from all regions of Slovakia was set up to provide quarterly selection of measures

pro posed and adopted at regional and local level. Th e evaluation committee (made up of local

government offi cial, NGO experts, academics and entrepreneurs) evaluates the measures based

on their impact on the quality of life of the citizens in the regions. Th e results were covered by

diff erent media, among others Municipal Journal (Obecne noviny), where the article on HESO

became the most read.

Best Annual Report

INEKO organizes the third year of the competition for the best annual report in Slovakia.

Enterprises from the fi nancial and non-fi nancial sectors participate. Sponsor: OSI.

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Building Social Capital

One of the obstacles to economic growth, social justice and growing quality of life is, according

to a growing body of literature, the local culture. Under culture we mean a set of informal rules,

values created, shared and respected by general public. INEKO started to work together with

experts from IVO to study the link between values shared in Slovak regions and their economic

and social situation. INEKO also collects information on social capital from international sur vey

to compare them with the results of our own survey. Sponsor: OSI.

Projects in Cooperation with Centre for Economic Development

National Human Development Report Slovak Republic 2001–2002

Th e main idea of the project is to promote the enlarging of people’s choices to lead a long and

healthy life, to obtain education and to have access to resources needed for a decent standard

of living. Special emphasis of this edition is put on the health situation and its determinants in

Slovakia, covering areas such as lifestyles, education, environment, health care policy. Th e re port

aims to raise general awareness about health and its factors and tries to contribute to the policy

dialogue about the improvement of people’s health status. Dates: May 2001—March 2003.

Sponsor: UNDP, INEKO, and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation.

Study on the Social Protection Systems in the 13 Applicant Countries

Th e project includes the preparation of 13 country studies by independent institutions and the

compilation of a comparative synthesis report on the social systems in EU candidate countries. Th e

studies describe and analyze the social protection systems on the basis of a common meth od ol o gy,

identifying the major challenges in the current social, economic and demographic context,

assessing recent reform eff orts and highlighting major current issues for further reform. Th e main

areas analyzed include demographic developments, pension system, poverty and social exclusion,

and health care. Th e national studies were presented at a high-level conference or ga nized by the

European Commission in Brussels on December 5-6. Dates: January 2002—Jan u ary 2002.

Sponsor: European Commission.

Projects in Cooperation with Transparency International Slovakia (TIS)

Education Initiative

Following the project of Transparency International Slovakia (TI–Slovakia) devoted to

im ple men ta tion of anti-corruption issue into curricula of secondary schools and universities

on No vem ber 26, 2002 TI-Slovakia organized the methodical workshop. Th e workshop was

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divided into two parts: 1st part was focused on the level of secondary schools and the 2nd part

was devoted to universities. Th e meeting was participated by the experts on the anti-corruption

issue in the area of education, teachers from the piloting schools (including secondary schools

and the Teacher’s Faculty, Comenius University, Bratislava and the University of Economics,

Brat isla va). TI-Slovakia appreciated the presence of a state secretary of the Ministry of Education

of the Slovak republic who expressed the support to further initiative in this issue. Dates: February

2002—ongoing. Sponsor: USAID.

Training for Employees of the Offi ce for Public Procurement

TI-Slovakia has functioned as a training center and developed its own training methodology.

In December 2002 in cooperation with experts of TI-Slovakia’s working group on public

pro cure ment TI-Slovakia prepared the training on the Anti-corruption Tools that was devoted

to em ploy ees of the Offi ce for Public Procurement. Dates: December 2002, Sponsor: USAID.

Th e Alliance—Stop Confl ict of Interest

Th e Alliance—Stop Confl ict of Interest (including TI-Slovakia as one of the leading members)

organized round tables with Slovak parliamentary political parties on amendments of the Con fl ict

of Interest Act. Dates: November 2002. Sponsor: USAID.

Study—Financing of political parties in Slovakia

TI—Slovakia prepared and published analytical study focusing on fi nancing of political parties

in Slovakia. In addition to the analysis of current situation the study comes with proposals

concerning improving current situation in campaign fi nances as well as general system of po lit i cal

parties fi nances. Sponsor: USAID, TI.

Projects in Cooperation with the Slovak Governance Institute (SGI)

SGI with INEKO have published, distributed and promoted National Report on Science and

Technology Policy. During the respective time period, they have also published, distributed and

promoted the publication Budgeting and Management of Public Finances—A Realistic Vision

of Reforms for the Next Four Years. Among other activities, one should stress:

• publishing, distributing and promoting the publication Public Policy Manual for civil

ser vants,

• completing the Needs Analysis and Action Plan for sub national statistical capacity building

in the joint World Bank/OECD/CDE project on Joint Sub national Statistical Capacity

Build ing,

• carrying out monitoring of university and secondary school entrance exams at selected

schools and analysis of data within the project Removing Barriers to Educational Mobility,


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• beginning analyses of several issues in educational mobility of minorities within the project

Removing Barriers to Educational Mobility,

• publishing and distributing a study on the Communication of the Slovak Government

with Citizens under a project with the same title,

• evaluating of political programs of parties before the election on the issue of willingness

to reform technical aspects of governing presented to the media within the project Policy

Options for Effi cient and Eff ective Governing,

• beginning monitoring of segregation of Roma in primary schools in cooperation with

Mi lan Šimečka Foundation,

• beginning work on an analysis of labor market policy in cooperation with the National

Labor Bureau and the Dutch institute SEOR,

• holding seminar on performance contracts at the Anti-Monopoly Offi ce in cooperation

with DFID,

• publishing and distributed English version of the publication Budgeting and Management

of Public Finances—A Realistic Vision of Reforms for the Next Four Years.

Projects in Cooperation with Junior Achievement Slovakia (JA SR)

Global Business Ethics Program—Educational Program Focused towards 16–18 year young people

Translation and local adaptation of “Textbooks for students”, “Didactic Tests”, “Pre-Tests”, “Post-

Tests”, “Manual for Teachers” and “Manual for Volunteer Business Consultants”.


Impact of EU Enlargement and Implementation of Schengen in the CEE Region

Th e goal of the project is to produce a policy paper consisting of recommendation on the EU

enlargement and the implementation of Schengen provisions. Th is paper will by published by

LGI in collaboration with the seven participating in this project agencies, based on the reports

prepared by the national experts in each participating country. Key task of the reports is to

identify bilateral and/or specifi c regional problems that may appear as a consequence of the

EU enlargement and implementation of the Schengen regime. Th e area for analysis includes

eco nom ic, social, legal and political perspectives in order to identify the likely consequence and

recommended solutions on the future EU borders.

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December 2002—Conference: Building social capital.

Approximately 600 articles in periodical press, 50 TV appearances, 1,000,000 hits on websites

of INEKO Group in 2002.

IVO publishes its own periodicals: Infocorp, “Under the magnifying glass”, Slovak Economic

Sheet.

Publications

Report on the State of the Business Environment in the Slovak Republic, Bratisava 2002.

Financing of Political Parties, Bratisava 2002.

National Report on Science and Technology Policy, Bratisava 2002.

Study on the Social Protection Systems in the 13 Applicant Countries, Bratisava 2002.

Other Activities

Th e Business Alliance of Slovakia (PAS)—a Permanent Conference of the Center for Eco nom ic

Development (a joint project of INEKO and CED) on Business Environment Im prove ment

was engaged in the following regular activities in the second half of 2002:

• monitoring and commenting the economic policy of the government

• drafting comments to the amendments of legislation and changes of institutional structures

proposed by the government (we permanently study all the legislation changes that may

aff ect companies and business environment),

• monitoring the state of the business environment in Slovakia (every 3 month we update

the Business Environment Index that mirrors the opinions of the companies associated

with PAS on business environment in the Slovak Republic),

• cooperating with the World Economic Forum (WEF) on the Global Competitiveness

Re port making (Th e report is annually composed by the WEF in cooperation with 75

partner organizations all around the world that provide important information about the

local econ o mies. For this years Report, over 4,800 business leaders participated in the

Exclusive Opinion Survey. PAS conducted the survey for WEF in Slovakia this year and

collected data from 65 Slovak top-companies).


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Peace InstituteInstitute for Contemporary Social

and Political Studies

A d d r e s s : Metelkova 6, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

Te l e p h o n e : (+386 1) 234 77 20

F a x : (+386 1) 234 77 22


W e b - s i t e : www.mirovni-institut.si

Th e Peace Institute was founded in 1991 by a group of independent intellectuals: Sašo Gazdić,

PhD, Marko Hren, Mojca Hudolin, Vlasta Jalušič, PhD, Tonči Kuzmanić, PhD, Tomaž Mastnak,

PhD, Mojca Novak, PhD, Rudi Rizman, PhD, Stojan Sorčan, PhD, Darko Štrajn, PhD, and

Gregor Tomc, PhD.

Initially the Peace Institute focused it’s activity on peace studies and the issues of violence, war

and security. In 1994 and 1995 the fi eld of the Institute interest was extended to embrace a

wider range of contemporary social and political studies:

• Racism and political confl icts,

• Gender studies,

• Cultural studies,

• Political and social practice;

• Political extremism,

• Democratisation and equal opportunity politics in Central and Eastern Europe,

• Independent women’s and feminist movements in Slovenia, as well as issues of sexual

abuse,

• Refugees,

• Civil service in place of military service,

• Cultural industry.

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Towards the end of 2000 three additional programs formerly conducted by the Open Society

Institute—Slovenia were transferred to the Peace Institute: Media, Civil Society and East East

Cooperation programs. With the inclusion of these programs the Institute’s area of work was

further extended to the fi elds of human rights, media studies and topics related to the EU and

Stability Pact.


Research on Unaccompanied Minors in Central Europe

Executing agency: MENEDÉK Budapest

Country partner: Peace Institute Ljubljana

Despite statistical shortcomings on unaccompanied minors (UAMs) in central Europe, public

and social welfare authorities believe that the number of these children is growing, and that

traffi cking in unaccompanied children is on the increase. Although some research has been

conducted on the issue through the Separated Children in Europe Program (SCEP), the focus

of this research was limited in scope. Th e current project seeks to build upon these reports and

other available data by expanding the target group, focusing on legislative and institutional issues,

and examining central Europe as a region of destination for UAMs, rather than simply one of

transit or origin. Country Reports (for countries: Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary,

Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia) will be prepared based on desk research and in ter views with

relevant groups, which will be considered and fi nalized by experts from the region during a

two-day workshop in Budapest. In addition to fi nalizing the reports, the workshop participants

will draft recommendations for necessary policy and programmatic interventions to combat this

growing trend, which will be refl ected in the fi nal published report.

Nation-state and Xenophobia

Research in the framework of this contract is focused on the relation between the nation-state

and theoretical and phenomenological aspects of the formation and functioning of post-socialist

xenophobia.

Racism and Xenophobia in Post-Socialism, 2000, Ongoing

Xenophobic and racist discourses and certain aggressive forms of actions are ever wider-spread

in post-socialism. However they failed to elicit suitable (scientifi c and theoretical) analyses or

response from society and the political public so far. Th e end goal of this research is to formulate

social and institutional-political measures that could lead to the lowering of the threshold of

tolerance towards xenophobic and racist incidents. Th e goals of the project:

• to formulate the theoretical basis for the interpretation of racism and xenophobia in post-

socialist societies in order to assess the situation drawing on the historical developments

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and scientifi c knowledge in this fi eld;

• to analyze specifi c forms, practices and discourses of xenophobia and racism in post-

so cial ism at the turn of the century, particularly in Slovenia.

Philosophical, Political and Moral Implications of Social Contract Th eories

Th e research will examine the implications of social contract theories in individual authors and

defi ne their precise place, and will thus reveal the infl uence of their ideas on our political and

everyday understanding and activity. Th e fi ndings of the research should serve as a base not

only for the analysis of basic concepts, but also of deviations in political life, such as riots and

strug gles between convictional, religious or ethnic groups. Th erefore it will suggest conditions

under which they could be removed, as well as ways to predict and prevent them.

Th e research will attempt to show, that in contrast to exclusivist ideologies, precisely the tra di tion

of social contract theories off ers us the notion of a subject that could still serve as a model for

autonomous moral and political actions.

Th e research will also provide a systematic glossary of the fi eld and material for further political

and theoretic analyses, as well as for the translations of basic works from this area.

Publications

Intolerance Monitoring Group Report, selection of essays, 2002 (Slovene, English summaries).

Marjeta Doupona Horvat, Jef Verschueren, Igor Ž. Žagar, Th e pragmatics of legitimisation, Th e

rhetoric of refugee policies in Slovenia, second edition, 2001 (English–Slovene).

Sandra B. Hrvatin, Serving the State or the Public, Th e Outlook for Public Service Broadcasting

in Slovenia, 2002 (English–Slovene).

Gojko Bervar, Freedom of non-accountability, Self-regulation in the media in Slovenia, 2002

(English–Slovene).

Majda Hrženjak, Ksenja H. Vidmar, Zalka Drglin, Valerija Vendramin, Jerca Legan, Urša

Sku mavc, Making her up, Women’s Magazines in Slovenia, 2002 (English–Slovene)

European door-keepers, Asylum and Migration in Eastern Europe, selection of essays, 2002

(Slovene, English abstract).

Immigrants, who are you? Research on immigrants in Slovenia, by Mojca Pajnik, Marta Gre go rčič,

Petra Lesjak-Tušek, 2002 (English).

Xenophobia and Post-Socialism, selection of essays, edited by Mojca Pajnik, 2002, (English).

Privacy on the internet, by Matej Kovačič, 2002 (English–Slovene).

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Socila Inequality and social capital, by Srečo Dragoš, Vesna Leskošek, 2002 (English–Slo-

v ene).

Th e Euro and Slovene Companies, by Miranda Brataševec, forward by prof. Andrej Kumar,

2002 (English–Slovene).

Scenarios for Institutional refom in the EU, Before and after the Nice summit, by Matej Lozar,

forward by prof. Bojko Buèar, 2002 (English–Slovene).

Police, Media, Offi ce Interventions and WTC (Antiglobalism and terrorism), by Tonći A.

Kuz maniæ, 2002 (Slovene, partly in English).

No NATO—give us a Peace (No NATO—give us a break), ed. by Marta Gregorčič, Gorazd

Kovačič, 2002 (Slovene).

Stability Pact—Evaluation study, Damjan Lajh, 2002 (English–Slovene).

Changed roles in nongovernmental organizations, by Vesna Leskovšek, Majda Hrženjak, 2002

(Slovene).

NATO, for and against, Citizen’s Manual, by Nina Fabjančič, Marta Gregorčič, Gorazd Kovačič,

2002 (Slovene).

• Collection of the workers’—Punks University lectures (1—Revolution), 2002 (Slovene).

• Collection of the workers—Punks University lectures (2—Neoconservativism), 2002

(Slov ene).

• Human Rights Documents with Introductory Notes, 2002, in cooperation with Amnesty

International Slovenia.

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International Centre for Policy Studies (ICPS)

A d d r e s s : 13-A Pymonenka Str., Kiev 04050, Ukraine

Te l e p h o n e : (+38 044) 236 44 77, 236 43 77

F a x : (+38 044) 236 46 68


W e b - s i t e : www.icps.kiev.ua

ICPS was established in 1994 upon the initiative of the OSI as the fi rst Ukrainian in de pen dent

non-profi t research organisation whose mandate is to promote the introduction of public policy

concepts and practices in Ukraine. To this end, ICPS believes it is important to increase awareness

in the government and the general public of the need to analyse policy alternatives and to study

the possible consequences of adopting any given policy before adopting strategic decisions.

ICPS has several areas of activity that are crucial for Ukraine’s democratic development: (1)

independent policy analysis and forecast; (2) technical assistance to the Central and local

gov ern ments in developing their capacity for policy analysis and public consultations; (3)

fa cil i tat ing NGOs in acquiring the skills of participation in the policy making process; (4)

im ple men ta tion of European standards in diff erent spheres of public life and increasing public

awareness regarding the European integration process in Ukraine; and (5) improving policy

dialogue with in Ukrainian society, applying and promoting eff ective methods of communication

between interested parties in the policy development process.

ICPS engages more than 50 full-time permanent personnel (management and administrative

personnel, technical personnel, permanent consultants) as well as more than 40 temporary

con sult ants.


Evaluating Changes in Economic Legislation

ICPS annually carries out an independent and integral evaluation of changes in Ukrainian

eco nom ic legislation. Dates: August 2001–November 2002. Sponsor—Centre for International

Private Enterprise (CIPE).

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Audit of Public Finance

Th e goal of this project is to identify ways of increasing the effi ciency of management of

gov ern ment fi nances, to develop means of public control over the use of public resources, as

well as to raise public awareness about the Accounting Chamber and its activity. Outputs—policy

for mu la tion seminars in 4 Ukrainian cities; TV talk show presentations in 4 Ukrainian cities;

Policy papers on control over the use of public resources. Dates: 01.10.02-01.05.03. Sponsor—

GTZ-ADE-Planet E&Y Consortium, Accounting Chamber of Ukraine.

Secondment of ICPS Personnel to the Ministry of Foreign Aff airs of Ukraine

ICPS assists the Ministry of Foreign Aff airs in the creation of an inter-ministerial system for the

implementation of the Partnership and Co-operation Agreement (PCA) between Ukraine and

the European Community. In the framework of this project the Centre carried our the fol low ing

activities: public consultations and public hearings on European integration issues; technical

calendar of PCA implementation; green/white papers on European integration issues; twinning

system for the Ministry of Foreign aff airs; developed research system within the Ministry of

Foreign Aff airs. Dates: 02.04.02-02.04.03 Sponsor—Open Society Institute (Budapest).

Peoples Voice Project

Th e aim of this project is to implement mechanisms and procedures which promote public par-

ticipation in building an eff ective, responsible, and open government. Th e Activities include:

• service delivery monitoring (local service surveys, quarterly monitoring, “report cards”);

• NGO capacity development (coalition building, management training, international

con fer enc es, citizen engagement);

• municipal policy training (policy analysis training, service improvement initiatives);

• service delivery centres (procuring equipment, training local staff );

• public awareness (public relation training, open budget hearings/public consultations).

Dates: 01.10.99–31.12.02. Sponsor—CIDA, The World Bank, DFID, IREX, USAID,

As so ci a tion of Economic Development of Ivano-Frankivsk, Western Ukraine Resource Centre,

In ter na tion al Renaissance Foundation, LARGIS.

Analytical Support for Ukrtelecom Privatisation (Stage 3)

Content—to provide qualitative policy formulation in the telecommunications sector, in volv ing

all stakeholders, as well as enhancing the institutional capacity for the policy analysis and stra te gic

planning of the State Committee on Communications and Computerisation of Ukraine. Th e

outputs of the project:

• A draft paper on “Th e Development Strategy for Ukraine’s Communications Sector”,

which describes the state policy for the communications sector on the whole;

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• A draft paper on “Th e National Telecommunications Regulation Policy”, which shapes

the state policy with regard to the following key telecommunications regulation issues:

tariff reg u la tion; creation of the Fund for Universal Services; operators’ interconnection

regulation;

• A draft Law of Ukraine “On telecommunications”, based on the two previous papers;

Im ple men ta tion of the devised policy, by way of arranging consultations with stakeholders

and development of normative and legal acts;

• Ukrtelekom’s institutional capacity to contribute to public policy formulation (de vel op ment

and implementation of procedures, document standards, and skills).

Dates: 04.02.02-31.01.03. Sponsor—Ukrtelecom.

New EU Frontiers Following the Enlargement and Its Impact on Regional Relations

Content—to conduct an economic and sociological impact evaluation of the Schengen Treaty at

the regional level in the border territories of Poland, Ukraine, Latvia, Estonia, Romania, Bul gar ia,

Moldova, and the Czech Republic.

Outputs—a report on the analysis of economic, social, and cultural implications of the Schen gen

Treaty in CEE countries on relationships between members-to-be and countries which will

remain outside the EU; recommendations on how to prevent the adverse implications. Dates:

01.08.02-30.11.02. Sponsor—Open Society Institute (OSI).

Regional Statistics

Strengthening the process of policymaking in Bulgaria, Romania, Slovenia, the Slovak Re pub lic,

and Ukraine, with the help of reliable statistics at the regional level. Th e program ac com plish es its

goal through creating analytical capacity to collect regional statistics. Dates: 15.04.02-30.11.02.

Sponsor—Th e World Bank, OECD, the CDE.

Regional Trends

Content—to promote economic development of Ukraine’s regions by providing independent

analysis of economic trends in regions, collecting and presenting data, and facilitating dis cus sions

on regional development issues.

Outputs—government and general public are aware of the underlying reasons of problems in

regional development; businesses are informed about economic prospects across Ukraine’s re gions

in their investment decision-making process; foreign donors are advised about poverty levels

across regions and can streamline their aid to most depressed regions. Dates: 02.09.02-30.05.03.

Sponsor—East–West Management Institute, LGI.

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Th e Role of Local Governments in Local Economic Development

Th e aim of the project is to identify conditions and trends in changes to local Ukrainian

gov ern ments’ role in local economic development under the conditions of transformation from

the former planned centralised public administration towards a decentralised one. A research

report concerning the role of local government in stimulating local economic development in

Ukraine and recommendations on ways to improve the eff ectiveness of local development policies

in Ukraine will be produced. Dates: 01.10.02-01.07.03. Sponsor—LGI.

Projects Carried Out in Cooperation with Other OSI Related Policy Centers Network

Impact of EU Enlargement and Implementation of Schengen Treaty in the CEE region

Outputs—reports generated by experts from the eight partner organizations on: (1) Th e

Schen gen—implications for national migration policy; (2) Th e enactment of the Schengen

Treaty—direct impact on the social and economic reality; and (3) What will ensue from the EU

en large ment and the enactment of the Schengen Treaty: political prospects.

End output includes consolidated recommendations furnished by the eight partner or ga ni za tions

regarding the implications of EU enlargement and the enactment of Schengen Treaty provisions

for the EU and for countries preparing for EU accession and those which will remain outside

of the EU. Sponsor—Open Society Institute (OSI).

New EU Frontiers Following the Enlargement and Its Impact on Regional relations

Content—to conduct an economic and sociological impact evaluation of the Schengen Treaty at

the regional level in the border territories of Poland, Ukraine, Latvia, Estonia, Romania, Bul gar ia,

Moldova, and the Czech Republic. Outputs—a report on the analysis of economic, social, and

cultural implications of the Schengen Treaty in CEE countries on relationships between members-

to-be and countries which will remain outside the EU; recommendations on how to prevent the

adverse implications. Dates: 01.08.02-30.11.02. Sponsor—Open Society Institute (OSI).


May 2002—International Conference: Do We Need Immigrants? EU Immigration Policy ver sus

Employment Policy Development—Great Britain, Germany, Poland, and Ukraine; project—

Ukraine’s European Choice; partners—Instytut Spraw Publicznych (Poland), Embassies of Great


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Britain in Ukraine and Poland, Ministry of Foreign Aff airs of Ukraine, State Committee on State

Board issues, National Institute of International Security Problems.

April 2002—Training seminar: Program assessment; project—Network for Policy De vel op ment

in the Government of Ukraine.

April 2002—Seminar: Problems with data and changes in the macroeconomic model; project—

Economic Modelling and Forecasting in Ukraine.

April 2002—Seminar: Problems with data and changes in the macroeconomic model, project—

Economic Modelling and Forecasting in Ukraine.

April 2002—Working forecasting session, project—Economic Modelling and Forecasting in

Ukraine.

April 2002—Roundtable on VAT reimbursement in Ukraine: Challenges and solutions,

project—Quarterly Predictions.

April 2002—Working forecasting session, project—Economic Modelling and Forecasting in

Ukraine.

April 2002—Roundtable: Functioning principles of a professional public service: Canada’s

ex pe ri ence, project—Network for Policy Development in the Government of Ukraine.

April 2002—Training seminar: Change management” project—Network for Policy De vel op ment

in the Government of Ukraine.

April 2002—Seminar: Impact of monetary aggregates on infl ationary process in Ukraine in

2001-2002, project—Quarterly Predictions.

May 2002—Training seminar on The Role of the State Chancellery within the Public

Ad min is tra tion System (Latvia), project—Network for Policy Development in the Government

of Ukraine, consultant—Una Klapkalune, director of the Policy Coordination Department,

Latvia.

May 2002—Training seminar” Th e Work of Coalition Governments, project—Network for

Policy Development in the Government of Ukraine, consultant—Juris Smits, Head of the

Prime-Minister Offi ce, Latvia.

May 2002—Training seminar: Th e Policy Planning System, project—Network for Policy

De vel op ment in the Government of Ukraine; consultant—Baiba Petersone, consultant of the

Pol i cy Coordination Department, Latvia.

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May 2002—Roundtable on Prioritisation in the Government and the Budget Process, project—

Network for Policy Development in the Government of Ukraine; consultant—Baiba Petersone,

consultant of the Policy Coordination Department, Latvia.

May 2002—Presentation of the results of the “Institutional Capacity to Develop Economic

Programs” project in the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine, project—Institutional Capacity to

Develop Economic Programs, partners—Ministry of Economy of Ukraine, Canadian Bureau

of International Education (CBIE).

May 2002—Training seminar on Evaluating Approaches to Solving Data-Related Problems:

Input/Output Model, Defl ators in Trade, Other Issues, project—Economic Modelling and

Forecasting, experts—Paul Darby, Pedro Antunes—Conference Board of Canada.

May 2002—Training seminar on Mid-Term Forecasting, project—Economic Modelling and

Forecasting, experts—Paul Darby, Pedro Antunes—Conference Board of Canada.

June 2002—Presentation of the results of the “Institutional Capacity to Develop Economic

Programs” project, project—Institutional Capacity to Develop Economic Programs, partner—

Ministry of Economy and European Integration of Ukraine.

June 2002—Presentation of the results of the “Network for Policy Development in the

Gov ern ment of Ukraine” project, project—Network for Policy Development in the Government

of Ukraine, partner—Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.

June 2002—Seminar on arranging and holding public discussions, project—People’s Voice,

partners—Kupiansk and Chuhuiv NGO’s, consultant—Gina Holder—independent con sul-

t ant (USA).

June 2002—Seminar: Participatory methods for decision making at the municipal level,

project—People’s Voice, partners—Kupiansk and Chuhuiv city executive committees, ICPS

expert—Olena Houmenyuk.

June–September 2002: Training seminars: Development of Short-Term Forecasts, project—

Economic Modelling and Forecasting, experts—Paul Darby, Pedro Antunes—Conference

Board of Canada.

September 2002—Th e presentation of Ukraine’s macroeconomic model by project trainees from

the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine to ministry employees, project—Economic mod el ling

and forecasting in Ukraine, partner—Conference Board of Canada, experts of Ministry of

Economy—N. Horshkova, V. Pishcheiko, A. Rybianets.


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September 2002—Presentation of Ukraine’s macroeconomic model by project trainees from the

National Bank of Ukraine for NBU employees, project—Economic Modelling and Fore cast ing

in Ukraine, partner—Conference Board of Board of Canada, experts: E. Kornienko, I. Bol har yn,

Yu. Polovniov (NBU).

September 2002—Presentation of Ukraine’s macroeconomic model for a large audience of

eco nom ics, project—Economic Modelling and Forecasting in Ukraine, partner—Conference

Board of Canada, experts Minfi n: O. Shytko, D. Popov, experts NBU: E. Kornienko, I. Bol gar yn,

Yu. Polovniov, experts Minecon: S. Porytska, A. Rybianets, N. Horshkova. ICPS expert: O.

Bakun.

September 2002—Presentation of Ukraine’s macroeconomic model by project trainees from

the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine for ministry employees, project—Economic modelling and

forecasting in Ukraine.

September 2002—Participation in roundtable on “Problems of implementation of European

law norms into Ukrainian legislation”, joint project with the Ukrtelecom OJSC “Fostering the

Capacity to Devise Regulatory Policy”, partner—World Bank

September 2002—Presentation of the results of the project on “Economic Modelling and

Fore cast ing in Ukraine” at the Canadian Embassy, project—Economic Modelling and Forecasting

in Ukraine, partner—Conference Board of Canada, experts—O. Petryk (NBU), M. Shapov alov

(Minfi n), V. Pishcheiko (Minecon).

October 2002—Presentation of ICPS activity made for regional NGO’s by ICPS experts.

October 2002—European Integration and the reform of Excise taxes on cigarettes; project—

research on the middle class in Ukraine, partners—New marketing journal, GFK-USM, ICPS

experts: M. Mashlyakivsky, H. Vyshlinsky.

October 2002—Communal Housing Seminar in Ivano-Frankivsk, project—People’s Voice,

partners—Ivano-Frankivsk local state administration, NGO coalition, experts—P. Quaterman,

J. Fisher, ICPS experts—T. Monastyrsky, E. Zakharchenko.

October 2002—Public debate on Tax reform in Ukraine, project—public debate on “Tax re form

in Ukraine”, partner—DAI, Committee on Finance and Banking Activity of the Verkhov na

Rada of Ukraine, ICPS expert—V. Nanivska, T. Sytnyk.

October 2002—Public debate on Personal income tax: reform options, project—Public debate

on “Tax reform in Ukraine”, partner—DAI, Committee on Finance and Banking Activity of

the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, ICPS experts—V. Nanivska, H. Vyshlinsky.

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October 2002 —WB Civil Society Projects Evaluation Workshop, project—People’s Voice,

part ner—World Bank, ICPS expert—T. Monastyrski, E. Zakharchenko.

October 2002—US–Ukraine Foundation Workshop, project—People’s Voice, ICPS experts—T.

Monastyrski, E. Zakharchenko, V. Hnat, O. Houmenyuk.

October 2002—Macroeconomic forecasting seminar, project—Quarterly Predictions, partners—

Ministry of Economy of Ukraine, Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, NBU, IMF, ICPS experts:

O. Burlaka, O. Pindyuk, T. Sytnyk.

October 2002—Municipal Policy Handbook Seminar, project—People’s Voice, partner—Lviv

Branch of the Ukrainian Public Administration Academy, ICPS expert—O. Houmenyuk.

October 2002—Public hearings on European integration issues (Lviv), project—Ukraine’s

Eu ro pe an Choice, partner—Ministry of Economy of Ukraine, Lviv State Administration,

ICPS expert—O. Shumylo.

October 2002—Seminar for NGOs on the OECD structure, activities, and hidden rules,

part ner—OECD, Expert—Jean Guilmette.

November 2002—Public readings on European integration issues in regions, Ternopil, project—

Ukraine’s European Choice, partner—Ministry of Economy, the oblast state ad min is tra tion,

ICPS expert—O. Shumylo.

November 2002—Seminar-council on Strategic areas of economic and social development of

Ukraine: national and regional vision, organiser—Ministry of Economy; ICPS experts—O.

Remiga, M. Mashlyakivsky.

November 2002—Round-table: Fighting money laundering and Ukrainian business, project—

Evaluation of changes in the economic legislation, partner—coordination-Analytical Centre of

Business Association of Ukraine; ICPS experts—A. Blinov, E. Akhtyrko.

December 2002—wrap-up seminar of the Program on “Development of the policy for boosting

the effi ciency of local services”, project—People’s Voice, partners—the Lviv Institute of the

Ukrainian Public Administration Academy, the Ternopil and Ivano-Frankivsk local executive

committees, ICPS expert—O. Houmenyuk.

December 2002—Seminar training: Boosting the effi ciency of the regional press clubs on

Ukrai ni an Educational Program for Reforms, organiser—World Bank,

ICPS expert—V. Nikitin.


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January 2003—Seminar: Discussion of the telecommunications sector development strategy in

Ukraine” involving an international expert Garrett Locksley; project—Analytical support for the

privatisation of the Ukrtelecom OJSC: development of the capacity for regulatory policy making,

organiser—SCCCU, World Bank, ICPS experts—V. Nanivska, H. Vyshlinsky, T. Syt nyk.

February 2003—Quarterly seminar on macroeconomic forecast (consensus forecast), project—

Quarterly Predictions, organiser—Ministry of Economy and European Integration, ICPS

ex perts—T. Sytnyk, A. Blinov, O. Pindyuk, E. Akhtyrko, O. Bakun.

February 2003—Seminar: European Choice program and possible consequences for public

administration reform, project—European Choice of Ukraine, organiser—Ministry of Econ o my

and European Integration, World Bank, expert—Antonius Verheijen, Senior specialist on public

sector, World Bank, ICPS experts –V. Nanivska, O. Shumylo.

February 2003—Seminar: World Bank’s support of administrative reform in Ukraine, or ga n is er—

World Bank, ICPS expert—V. Nikitin.

February 2003—Seminar: Evaluation of electronic readiness of Ukraine, organiser—UN, ICPS

expert—V. Nanivska.

April 2002—press-release: Ukrainian consumer confi dence down for the fi rst time since 2000,

project—Consumer Confi dence.

May 2002—press-release: Ukraine’s economy: risks and opportunities”, ICPS forecast, project—

Quarterly Predictions.

August 2002—press-release: Consumer confi dence rebounds following temporary decline”,

project—Consumer Confi dence.

August 2002—press-release: ICPS dampens its economic development forecast for 2003–2004”,

project—Quarterly Predictions.

September 2002—press-release: Consumer Confi dence falls sharply”, project—Consumer

Con fi dence.

October 2002 —“Fighting Corruption Handbook for parliaments” presentation,

project—People’s Voice, partners—partnership for Transparent Society, Transparency In ter -

na tion al—Ukraine, ICPS experts—T. Monastyrski, E. Zakharchenko.

November 2002—Press-conference: Ukraine’s economy under political crisis conditions:

2003–2004 forecast, project—Quarterly Predictions, Consumer Confi dence, ICPS experts—H.

Vy sh lin sky, Ye. Yehorova, A. Blinov, T. Sytnyk.

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November 2002—Seminar-presentation for the clients on Ukraine’s economy under political

crisis conditions: 2003–2004 forecast, project—Quarterly Predictions.

November 2002—Presentation-discussion for potential clients: Research on Ukraine’s middle

class, project—Ukraine’s middle class, partners—“New Marketing” magazine, GFK-USM

com pa ny, ICPS expert—H. Vyshlinsky, M. Mashlyakivsky, A. Kosetsky, Ye. Yehorova.

January 2003—Presentation of the results of the Ukrtelecom’s project and the key provisions of

the draft law “On telecommunications” for Garrett Locksley, the World Bank Representative,

project—Analytical support for the privatization of the Ukrtelecom OJSC: development of the

capacity for regulatory policy making, ICPS experts: V. Nanivska, T. Sytnyk, H. Vyshlinsky, S.

Seheda, M. Melnyk, O. Tatarevsky, T. Ilyashenko, O. Shapovalov.

January 2003—Presentation of the survey results on “Technical Assistance: Two Views” for the

Ministry of Economy and European Integration, project—research of the work of international

donor organizations in Ukraine and Poland, ICPS experts: V. Nanivska, O. Shumylo.

January 2003—press-release “Consumer confi dence fl uctuations persist”, project—Consumer

Confi dence.

March 2003—Press-conference: ICPS remains pessimistic about Ukraine’s economy due to

delayed reforms: 2003–2004 forecast, project—Quarterly Predictions, Consumer Confi dence,

ICPS experts—A. Blinov, O. Pindyk, E. Akhtyrko, Ye. Yehorova.

Publications

People’s Voice project bi-monthly reports starting from April till December 2002 and fi nal report.

ICPS Newsletter (weekly).

Quarterly Predictions, # 18, 19, 20, 21, 22.

Consumer Confi dence, # 7,8,9,10, 11.

Economic Statistics, # 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29.

Policy Studies: Party Policy, #17; Technical Assistance: Two views, #18, New Economic

Leg is la tion, 2001–2002, #19.

Books

Citizen Participation Handbook, ICPS 2002.

Municipal Policy Resource Book, ICPS 2002.


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Ternopil Re-survey results, ICPS 2002.

Transportation Report card, ICPS 2002.

Communal Housing report card, ICPS 2002.

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