DEVELOPMENT PARTNER PROFILE NGO Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation - <strong>Tajikistan</strong> Contact: Ms. Zuhra Halimova Executive Director Tel: 441-07-29, 441-07-44, 441-07-45, 441-07-46-(7/8/9) Fax: 441-07-28 E-mail: osi@osi.tajik.net Wbi Organization Profile The goals and objectives of the Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation - <strong>Tajikistan</strong> are to promote the pr<strong>in</strong>ciples of an open society <strong>in</strong> <strong>Tajikistan</strong> by provid<strong>in</strong>g humanitarian and charitable assistance <strong>in</strong> the Republic of <strong>Tajikistan</strong>, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g, but not limited to the fields of human and civil rights, education, local governance, public health, economic and bus<strong>in</strong>ess development, humanity science, access to <strong>in</strong>formation, mass media, gender equality, arts and culture. The ma<strong>in</strong> activities of our organization are: • to support, on an open, free and non-discrim<strong>in</strong>atory basis, activities by <strong>in</strong>dividuals, organizations and programs that promote reform and development <strong>in</strong> the fields of human and civil rights, <strong>in</strong>ternational law, public health, education, local governance, economic and bus<strong>in</strong>ess development, humanity science, access to <strong>in</strong>formation, mass media, arts and culture, and other humanitarian endeavors; • to support <strong>in</strong>dividuals for educational purposes, educational <strong>in</strong>stitutions, and educational activities <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g, but not limited to, publish<strong>in</strong>g, sem<strong>in</strong>ars, symposia, conferences, computer education, science and competitions <strong>in</strong> these and related fields; • to select, coord<strong>in</strong>ate and support projects and grant programs on the basis of open, objective, and non-discrim<strong>in</strong>atory criteria, to uphold democracy, freedom, and human rights and to promote the pr<strong>in</strong>ciples of the open society, <strong>in</strong> the fields of human and civil rights, <strong>in</strong>ternational law, public health, education, local governance, economic and bus<strong>in</strong>ess development, humanity science, access to <strong>in</strong>formation, arts and culture, mass media. • to dissem<strong>in</strong>ate of <strong>in</strong>formation on OSI Assistance Foundation's grant projects, scholarships, educational and other activities and opportunities consistent with the pr<strong>in</strong>ciples of an open society. Past and Current Programmes Law Program Public Health Program Secondary Education Program Economic and Bus<strong>in</strong>ess Development Program Local Government Initiatives Program Informational Program High Education Support Program Scholarship Program Civil Society Program Media Program Arts and Culture Program Women Program Travel Grants Program Debates Program East-East Program USAID/OSI/Step by step and PEAKS Programs USAID/Drug Demand Reduction Program EU/Women economic empowerment <strong>in</strong> <strong>Tajikistan</strong> EU/M<strong>in</strong>ority Exclusion: Education for Social Justice <strong>in</strong> Central Asia Central Asian Regional HIV/AIDS Program Future Programm<strong>in</strong>g Direction Law Program Public Health Program Secondary Education Program Economic and Bus<strong>in</strong>ess Development Program Local Government Initiatives Program Informational Program High Education Support Program Scholarship Program Source: Aid Coord<strong>in</strong>ation and Project Monitor<strong>in</strong>g System Database © State Committee on Investments and State Property Management of the RT 84
Civil Society Program Media Program Arts and Culture Program Women Program Travel Grants Program Debates Program East-East Program DEVELOPMENT PARTNER PROFILE USAID/Drug Demand Reduction Program EU/M<strong>in</strong>ority Exclusion: Education for Social Justice <strong>in</strong> Central Asia ADB/ Local Government F<strong>in</strong>ance Capacity Build<strong>in</strong>g Source: Aid Coord<strong>in</strong>ation and Project Monitor<strong>in</strong>g System Database © State Committee on Investments and State Property Management of the RT 85