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s o r o s f o u n d a t i o n - m o l d o v aSHOLARSHIPS IN HUMAN RIGHTSThese scholarships are offered within the program“Human Rights Advocacy Program” of the Utica College,Syracuse University, USA. The program was launchedin 1992 by the lawyers Theodore Zang, Esq. andTheodore Orlin, Esq. Its offers consulting and trainingfor NGOs and lawyers specializing in Human Rightsfrom societies in transition. The program collaborateswith the Helsinki Committees for Human Rights andNGOs for Human Rights in projects of monitoring,defending and educating about human rights.Scholarships for a semester at Utica College are createdfor young lawyers from Eastern and Central Europe,which have working experience with NGOs. Theregistration fee ($ 7,103.00) is paid by the University.The first scholarship in Moldova was won by SergiuOstaf, member of the Helsinki Committee for HumanRights from Moldova.Expenditures: $ 5,283.00TRAVEL TO CONFERENCES, SEMINARS,MEETINGSNGO Forum in Romania, $ 894.78June 26-30 1996, BucharestPetru COCIRTAPro Natura AssociationLudmila TURCANU Foundation ForumIlie ROTARUStock Owners AssociationVasile ROTARUSIEDO AssociationMariana PETERSEL Save the ChildrenNicolae ESINENCU Union of WritersIgor BOTANIFESThe forum was organized by CENTRAS (Centre ofAssistance for NGO and GFF (Gestion sans frontieres).At the Forum Cartes Blanches were elaborated for eachdomain represented, were organized round tables anddiscussions about creating an information network ofNGOs.Visit to Bucharest, $ 1,232.00March 26 - April 3 1996A group of 36 children and 4 professors from the schoolNr 20 (Tiraspol) were invited to Bucharest by the SorosFoundation Bucharest for an Open Society The childrenwere hosted with families. The Romanian foundationorganised a program of entertainement (city tour,museums, trips on the moutain, etc.) for them.Internship - Bulgrarian Language, $ 1,300.00Didactic Centre in GabrovoA group of 24 students and 2 professors from thePedagogcal University in Chisinãu, with the specialty“Bulgarian Language and Literature”Study Visit in Romania, $ 1,187.00July 22-30 1996A group of 31 children and 4 professors from thegeneral school Nr 19 (Bender) were invited to a studyvisit by a Romanian cultural foundation.Five students, studying Braille at the State PedagogicalUniversity “Ghertzen” (Russia), visuallyimpaired,members of the Society for the Blind, havegot financing for travel to Russia in order to pass theexams and get diplomas as specialists in Braille.This specialty is very important and necessary forpersons with impaired vision. $ 1,630.43Seminar “Intercultural Training for EuropeanTrainers”, $ 1,089.00March 30 - April 6, 1996Natalia Sucevean is a member of the Association“European Youth Exchange - Moldova” (EYE), which isa branch of the EYE Network. The Association initiates,promotes and sustains the structures, activities andevents in the field of the European Youth Exchange.Natalia Sucevean is responsible for relation with otherorganizations and this seminar has offered her thepossibility to establish relations with youth organizationsfrom Portugal, Belgium, Austria, Germany etc.Conference “Regional Social Policy -Youth Aspect”,Nijny Novgorod, Russia, $ 150.00April 17-20, 1996Vladimir BLAJCO, researcher at the Institute forPhilosophy, Sociology and Law, Academy of SciencesThe conference synthesized contemporary studies insocial, political and criminology studies concerningregional social policy for youth (models of regionalsocial policy, entrepreneur spirit and employment46a c t i v i t y r e p o r t ‘ 9 6
problems, family and psychological adaptation, crimeproblems, army, political orientation of young people).Mr. Blajco presented a report on “Youth and entrepreneurship:problems of unemployment”.VI Congress of the World Association for mentalhealth of children, Tampere, Finland, $ 2,190.00July 24-28, 1996Aurelia RACU, Ludmila SCOREATINA, Petru ROSCA(Humanitas Association)At the conference were discussed problems concerningsurgical intervention at fragile ages; TV and radioprograms were showed within the workshops. Therepresentatives of Moldova, members of he Associationfor Handicapped Children HUMANITASpresented reports about the situation of Mother andChild Protection in Moldova.World Chess Championship, juniors, Menorca,Spain, $ 700.00October 17 - November 5, 1996Sergiu NISTERIUC, Chess Champion of Republic ofMoldova, member of the National TeamInternship in International Law and PoliticalSciences, Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Bordeaux$ 450.00Dan BELICOVPUBLIC ADMINISTRATIONDuring 1996 the coordinators of the Soros Foundationconducted researches to analyse the problemsof the local public administration. Meetings wereorganised with representatives of non governmentalorganisations (Viitorul, Centre for Social Innovations,Association of the Maires from Republic of Moldova,Federation of Local and Regional Authorities) andinternational organisations (PNUD, TACIS) workingin the field.The results of these activities helped create thestrategy for the Public Administration Program of theSoros Foundation. An experts commission wascreated and began its activity in November 1996, dueto the help of the Institute for Local Government andPublic Service (ILGPS), Budapest, Hungary.International Conference “Students-from Revolutionto Stagnation?”, Innsbruc, AustriaOctober 24-27, 1996.Mihai VASILACHE, Radu DUSCEACOver 400 students from different countries of Europeparticipated at the conference, interested in actualproblems concerning their role in the society, educationprocess and employment, problem solving andstudents movements.The experts conceived five directions for the PublicAdministration Program for 1997:- Developing a modern system of local publicadministration in Moldova- Raising the influence of local public administrationin developing the local social- economic potential- Facilitating the dialogue between local publicadministration and citizens, their participation inadministrating the local interests- Assistance for non governmental organisations,public associations and initiative groups in the fieldof public administration- TrainingIn 1996 the program were the following activities:The First POLIS East-West Seminar “Mobility anda c t i v i t y r e p o r t ‘ 9 6 47
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