http://www.netvouz.com/ipfwgweb/tag/soros?feed=rss&pg=1 ipfwgweb's bookmarks tagged "soros" on Netvouz http://www.soros.org/initiatives/information The Program aims at enhancing the ability to access, exchange, and produce knowledge and information for key open society constituencies and disadvantaged groups, especially in the poorer parts of the world. It also use new tools and techniques to empower civil society as a force for open society in national, regional and global arenas. These aims translate into projects in three focal areas, each with its own subset of initiatives: Aaccess to Knowledge; Civil Society Communication and Open Information Policy Soros Network Initiatives-ALL > Soros Network Initiatives-OSThreats ipfwgweb Wed, 16 Aug 2006 11:02:33 GMT http://www.soros.org/initiatives/information/focus/access/grants/reform Intellectual property rights (IPRs) are an important open society issue because they govern the ownership and control of knowledge. They are a powerful means to restrict access, exchange, and creation of knowledge and knowledge-based goods or, conversely, to enable equitable access and ensure continued creativity and innovation. Soros Network Initiatives-ALL > Soros Network Initiatives - Open Information Policy ipfwgweb Fri, 01 Sep 2006 15:35:16 GMT http://lgi.osi.hu/ The Initiative promotes effective democratic government in Central and Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, and Mongolia. It focuses on supporting local government and public administration reform and decentralization; improving the administration of public services; assisting in the formulation of public policy; and developing a comprehensive regional policy center. In cooperation with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), LGI provides technical assistance on designing decentralization reform strategies in Central Asia and has contributed to the redesign of local government legislation in Macedonia and Croatia Soros Network Initiatives-ALL > Soros Network Initiatives - Wider Europe ipfwgweb Sat, 26 Aug 2006 08:45:35 GMT http://www.soros.org/initiatives/mena Middle East & North Africa Initiative (MENA) acts as the primary contact point for OSI activity in the region. Its overall approach is to assist in assembling a network dedicated to open society issues such as transparency, rule of law, accountability, minority rights, strengthening and empowering civil society, empowerment of women, addressing the knowledge deficit, and fostering and supporting independent media. MENA supports a number of scholarships in law and other disciplines such as culture and the arts, as a means of fostering freedom of expression and critical thinking. The topics addressed by MENA programming are tailored to fit each country's needs Soros Network Initiatives-ALL > Soros Network Initiatives - Islam ipfwgweb Wed, 16 Aug 2006 10:17:13 GMT http://www.soros.org/initiatives/information/focus/policy The Open Information Policy initiative has two aims. First, to broaden communications access in the most disadvantaged countries, with an emphasis on new approaches using open standards and competitive access to resources; and second, to protect the freedom to communicate in the digital environment. Soros Network Initiatives-ALL > Soros Network Initiatives - Open Information Policy ipfwgweb Fri, 01 Sep 2006 15:27:24 GMT http://www.justiceinitiative.org/ The Open Society Justice Initiative, an operational program of the Open Society Institute, promotes rights-based law reform, builds knowledge and strengthens legal capacity worldwide. Justice Initiative projects seek to shape law reform policy and achieve concrete results through hands-on technical assistance; litigation and legal advice; knowledge dissemination and network building; and counsel to donor institutions. The Justice Initiative works in the following thematic areas: national criminal justice reform; international justice; freedom of information and expression; anticorruption; equality and citizenship. Its offices are in New York, Budapest, and Abuja Soros Network Initiatives-ALL > Soros Network Initiatives-OSThreats ipfwgweb Wed, 16 Aug 2006 10:49:20 GMT http://www.osi.hu/esp/rei/Network%20Key%20Partners.html The Roma Education Initiative (REI) was a project of the Open Society Institute - Budapest, run by the Education Support Program (ESP) in cooperation with Children and Youth Programs. It was designed to work in collaboration with National Soros Foundations, and/or closely allied spin-offs or NGOs. Soros Network Initiatives-ALL > Soros Network Initiatives- Roma Exclusion ipfwgweb Fri, 01 Sep 2006 13:48:26 GMT http://www.soros.org/initiatives/health/focus/roma OSI's Public Health Program is supporting efforts in Bulgaria, Macedonia, Romania, and Serbia to set the groundwork for pursuing a clear advocacy agenda to shape Roma health policies. Soros Network Initiatives-ALL > Soros Network Initiatives- Roma Exclusion ipfwgweb Fri, 01 Sep 2006 13:55:03 GMT http://www.romadecade.org The Decade of Roma Inclusion, 2005-2015, is an initiative adopted by eight countries in Central and Southeast Europe, and supported by the international community. It represents the first cooperative effort to change the lives of Roma in Europe. An action framework for governments, the Decade will monitor progress in accelerating social inclusion and improving the economic and social status of Roma across the region Soros Network Initiatives-ALL > Soros Network Initiatives- Roma Exclusion ipfwgweb Fri, 01 Sep 2006 10:37:46 GMT http://www.soros.org/initiatives/women The Network Women's Program (NWP) works to promote the advancement of women's human rights, gender equality, and empowerment as an integral part of the process of democratization. The program operates worldwide as a consultative and operational program, working directly with and providing technical assistance to entities inside the Soros foundations network on gender issues. Among the program's focus areas are gender sensitive education, violence against women, young women's human rights, mass media and gender policy, equal opportunities in the EU accession process, women's oral histories, Romani women's leadership, information initiatives, women's health, and women in conflict zones Soros Network Initiatives-ALL > Soros Network Initiatives-OSThreats ipfwgweb Wed, 16 Aug 2006 11:17:11 GMT