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Druzhkivka librarian helping to register a patron

Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the central bank was dissolved and millions of citizens of the former USSR lost their savings.  The Ukrainian government has subsequently made...

Posted on July 23, 2012 - in Research Support
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Seventeen scholars and professionals are set to advise the U.S. government on key policy issues. From a look at "corporate raiding" in Ukraine to understanding why some of Russia's young Muslims...

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Across Azerbaijan there are 19 Community Information Centers newly graduated from United States government support to being fully operated by local NGOs. Although Internet access in Azerbaijan is...

Posted on July 18, 2012 - in Center for Collaborative Technology
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Children Use Computers

IREX is very pleased to announce the launch of its new Center for Collaborative Technologies (CCT) to better serve our beneficiaries by enhancing our existing skill set in our seven...

A librarian assists a patron at a Bibliomist-supported library

As more and more librarians use ICT and internet in their daily work, their vision of their role shifts from traditional book-lending to community-centered knowledge management. This change is...

Posted on June 26, 2012 - Julia Hon in Research Support
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Human trafficking, drug trade, police reform, and corporate graft were among the diverse topics debated and discussed by ten up-and-coming scholars at the 2012 IREX/WWC Regional Policy Symposium...

Posted on June 22, 2012 - in International Education, Education
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Among the nearly fifty recipients of the CAPS award over the last five years, Omurbek Ibraev of Kyrgyzstan stands out as an innovative leader promoting effective use of technology in the public...

Posted on June 18, 2012 - in International Education, Education
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IREX congratulates Lia Putkaradze, a 2009 Global UGRAD student, on being honored as the June 2012 State Alumni Member of the Month. Putkaradze, one of more than a million State Department alumni,...

“Strangers used to scare me, and it usually took quite awhile before I would talk to new people,” explains Jarkynay Yrysbek kyzy, a high school student from Tokmok, Kyrgyzstan, a city that...

Posted on June 13, 2012 - in Media Development
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Hennadiy Serheyev

Hennadiy Serheyev and his crew at TV Chernivitsi have come a long way to become one of the premiere news resources in their city, thanks to a partnership with WFIE in Indiana. It's just one of 28...