Preparing Independent Russian Media for the 21'' Century:

Final Renort on Coo~eratlve Agreement 118-A-00-97-00274-00, December 2000 page 4
Topics Covered in This Report
USAID Cooperative Agreement #118-A-00-97-00274-00 with New York
University (NYU) provided $3,949,402* over a three-year period for NYU's Center for
War, Peace, and the News Media (CWPNM) and its Russian partner - the National Press
Institute (NPf) - to provide a range of assistance and services to Russia's independent
media.
This report describes the work undertaken under the Cooperative Agreement from
October 1997 through September 2000, the short-term measurable results of that work,
the anticipated long-term benefits, and some of the processes involved.
Section 2.2 briefly describes NPI's work from its founding in May 1992 until the
Cooperative Agreement with USAID began in October 1997 in order to establish
the context in which the Cooperative Agreement began.
Sections 2.3 and 2.4 describe in detail the CWPNM and NPI strategy of media
assistance that informed their work since NPI's founding in 1992 - and in particular
since 1996, when NPIYs current mission statement was formulated.
Section 2.5 quantifies NPI's activities under the Cooperative Agreement and some
of the short-term measurable results.
Chapters 3-6 describe NPIYs programmatic work. Each chapter covers a particular
NPI "department" and includes: a summary of results achieved, a review of NPI's
approach, and detailed descriptions of work undertaken.
Chapter 7 describes NPI's efforts to establish the institut~onal, financial, procedural,
and management prerequisites of an independent Russian organization able to
comply with the fill range of requirements of Russian law and USAID and other
fbnders. It also describes the Cooperative Agreement closeout process as well as
the process by which the parties involved worked together to establish the Press
Development Institute in order to carry on the USAID-funded parts of NPI's work
after the Cooperative Agreement between USAID and NYU ended.
Chapter 8 examines the institutional and human resource legacies of NITS work.
* Thls amount breaks down as follows: $549,000 in October 1997 for NPI Instltut~onal Development
($220,000) and the Newspaper Financial-Strengthening Program ($329,000), $1,200,000 in June 1998 f o~
general NPI programs; $1,900,000 ln June 1999 for general and "antl-crisls" programs; and $300,402 m
July 2000 for closeout and transtion cosrs.
Center for War, Peace, and the News Media -New York University Chapter 2. Introduction