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Program Results - February 2001
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- Introduction
- Project Descriptions
- Recipients Listed by Project Category
- Recipients Listed by Country
- Recipients Listed by Program
INTRODUCTION
The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) of the United States Department of State, together with the International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX), is pleased to provide a directory of ECA Alumni Small Grant recipients and their projects from the February 2001 competition. One of the primary objectives of ECA's academic exchange programs is to strengthen civil society and provide participants and alumni with the expertise and resources needed for democratic and economic development. Of the 220 proposals submitted this round, 54 were carefully selected by a binational panel of experts in each country. Grant amounts range from $200 to $1,000 and approximately three-fourths of the total project costs were cost-shared by the recipients and/or their institutions. Alumni from the following ECA programs were eligible to apply for an ECA Alumni Small Grant in the February 2001 competition:
- The Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship Program (Muskie);
- The Freedom Support Act Graduate Fellowship Program (FSA/Grad);
- The Benjamin Franklin Fellowship Program (BFF);
- The Freedom Support Act Fellowships in Contemporary Issues Program (CI);
- The Regional Scholar Exchange Program (RSEP); and
- The US-Russian Young Leadership Fellows for Public Service Program
During the February 2001 round, the ECA Alumni Small Grants Program allowed alumni to do the following:
- Organize training programs or conferences for other alumni and ECA constituencies;
- Attend conferences in Eurasia;
- Publish self-authored materials;
- Extend memberships to professional organizations relative to their fields;
- Make research trips in the Eurasia;
- Fund travel to the Eurasia for US colleagues for conferences, professional consultations, or collaborative research projects; or
- Conduct other projects judged to be in the interest of the program goals by the selection committee and ECA.
Through innovative and responsive alumni-driven programming, ECA and IREX are multiplying the impact of knowledge and expertise acquired in the US and enabling alumni to directly benefit their local colleagues and neighbors. As demonstrated by the following list of projects, the investment in each of these program participants continues to bring enormous returns for them personally and for their countries.
PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS
Gulnara Abikeyeva
Almaty, Kazakhstan
CI 1998
Project Description: Publication of 500 copies of the book Central Asian
Cinema in a Transition Period: 1991-2001.
Vakhtang Amaglobeli
Kutaisi, Georgia
CI 2000
Project Description: Publication of a book of translated American and
British short stories.
Victor Avksentiev
Stavropol, Russia
RSEP 2000
Project Description: Publication of 240 copies of the book Ethnic Conflict
Studies: Searching for a Theoretical Paradigm.
Djamila Babadjanova
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
FSA/Grad 1998
Project Description: Membership in the International Society for Third
Sector Research (ISTR) and the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations
and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) and the organization of the roundtable "The
Local NGO Classification System."
Olexander Babanin
Kyiv, Ukraine
Muskie 1992
Project Description: Organization of the roundtable "The Lost Decade:
Problems of Ukraine's Economic Growth" for ECA alumni and both private
and public representatives, including government officials.
Ainura Cholponkulova
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
CI 1998
Project Description: Organization of a training seminar entitled "NGOs
and the Decision Making Process" for ECA alumni and various NGO representatives
and the publication of a brochure detailing the seminar results.
Lyudmila Erokhina
Vladivostok, Russia
RSEP 1997
Project Description: Organization of the educational public relations
campaign "Stop the
Women Slave Trade," which will include posters and lectures in
local schools on the trafficking of women.
Gaplan Essenamanov
Ashgabad, Turkmenistan
RSEP 2000
Project Description: Publication of the book American Higher Education:
Past, Present and Future in the Turkmen language.
Oleg Galuschenco
Chisinau, Moldova
RSEP 2000
Project Description: Publication of the brochure "The Population
of the Moldovan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (1924-1940)"
in both Russian and Romanian.
Tatiana Glukhova
Barnaul, Russia
CI 2000
Project Description: Collaboration with American colleague at the conference
"The World of Language and Intercultural Communication" in Barnaul,
Russia.
Nerses Hayrapetian
Yerevan, Armenia
RSEP 1995
Project Description: Attendance at the Crimea 2001 library science conference
"Libraries and Associations in the Transient World: New Technologies
and New Forms of Cooperation" in Sudak, Ukraine and membership renewal
in the American Library Association (ALA.)
Vera Ivanova
Selo Maima, Russia
RSEP 1995
Project Description: Attendance at the conference "Chinese Nationalism
in the History of China Since 1644" in Blagovezhensk, Russia.
Armen Jugurian
Yerevan, Armenia
CI 1995
Project Description: Development of new accounting curriculum for Armenian
universities and the publication and dissemination of 500 copies of a
manual on new accounting teaching technologies.
Natalia Khisamutdinova
Vladivostok, Russia
CI 1998
Project Description: Organization of a series of radio seminars for the
elderly in the Primorye region, entitled "The School of Surviving."
Alexander Kravchenko
Irkutsk, Russia
RSEP 1993
Project Description: Publication of the book, Sign, Meaning, Knowledge:
An Essay in the Cognitive Philosophy of Language.
Vyacheslav Kui-Beda
Samara, Russia
CI 2000
Project Description: Attendance at the tenth annual conference of the
European Association for Psychotherapy "Psychotherapy of West, Psychotherapy
of East" in Moscow, Russia and membership in the American Music Association
(AMA).
Pavlo Kutuev
Kyiv, Ukraine
RSEP 1997
Project Description: Publication of the textbook Key Problems of Political
Sociology.
Natalia Lakiza-Sachuk
Kyiv, Ukraine
CI 1995
Project Description: Publication of the handbook Non-Military Aspects
of Ukraine's National Security Issues.
Petr Lapo
Minsk, Belarus
Muskie 1997
Project Description: Organization of a series of seminars on digital libraries
and modern library concerns for Belarusian librarians, the creation of
a library consortium, and membership renewal in the American Library Association
(ALA.)
Rashyd Latypov
Birsk, Russia
RSEP 2000
Project Description: Research trip to Moscow, attendance at the Russian-American
International Studies Association Seminar in St. Petersburg, Russia and
publication of the seminar proceedings.
Eldar Mamedov
Ashgabad, Turkmenistan
Muskie 1998
Project Description: Organization of a series of seminars on fundamental
business topics offered by American MBA programs for ECA alumni and potential
US government exchange participants.
Narine Matinian
Yereven, Armenia
Muskie 1996
Project Description: Membership in the Public Relations Society of America
(PRSA) and the purchase of several books on public relations.
Khabiboullo Mirzoev
Dushanbe, Tajikistan
RSEP 1995
Project Description: Organization of the seminar "Budget, Fiscal
and Terminology Reform in Tajikistan" in Dushanbe, Tajikistan and
the publication of glossaries of economic terms.
Kubat Moldobaev
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
CI 1998
Project Description: Organization of the workshop "Democratic Governance
in the Multiethnic Society of Kyrgyzstan" for local government authorities,
cultural representatives, and researchers and the publication of the workshop's
results.
Boris Morozov
Moscow, Russia
RSEP 1995
Project Description: Research trip to St. Petersburg to further the development
of the Muscovite Biographical Database.
Islam Mustafayev
Baku, Azerbaijan
CI 1998
Project Description: Ecological monitoring of the sources of environmental
pollution on the western route pipeline that transports oil from the Caspian
Sea and publication of research results.
Yelena Nakaznaya
Chita, Russia
RSEP 1998
Project Description: Membership renewal in the Modern Language Association
of America (MLAA) and the American Studies Association (ASA) and participation
in a conference devoted to American Studies in Minsk.
George Nozadze
Tbilisi, Georgia
RSEP 1995
Project Description: Organization of a three-day training seminar for
community leaders on themes such as children's health, conflict management,
and human rights.
Munavvara Nuridinova
Dushanbe, Tajikistan
CI 1999
Project Description: Organization of the seminar "Improvement in
the Delivery of Economic Courses in the Tajik System of Higher Education"
for ECA alumni and university faculty and the publication of the seminar
proceedings.
Victor Orindas
Chisinau, Moldova
RSEP 1997
Project Description: Publication of 600 copies a book on Moldovan criminal
law and procedures.
Sayyora Rahmankulova
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
CI 2000
Project Description: Publication of the book What is Distance Learning
Technology?
Serhiy Riabov
Kyiv, Ukraine
CI 1998
Project Description: Publication of Civis, a newsletter devoted to civic
education.
Tatiana Shakleina
Moscow, Russia
CI 2000
Project Description: Organization of the seminar "Scientific Exchanges
and Academic Research in Russia: Contemporary Issues in Security Studies"
for both ECA alumni and young scholars in the Moscow region.
Victor Shevchuk
Lviv, Ukraine
Muskie 1994
Project Description: Publication of the monograph "The Impact of
Balance Payment Restrictions Upon Macroeconomics Equilibrium: The Experience
of Ukraine."
Andrei Silantiev
Moscow, Russia
FSA/Grad 1995
Project Description: Purchase of books on International Relations for
the Moscow State University Library.
Zaza Skhirtladze
Tbilisi, Georgia
RSEP 1995
Project Description: Publication of the results from the international
conference "Desert Monasticism: Gareja and the Christian Far East"
held in Tbilisi, Georgia in September 2000.
Volodymyr Skoblyk Svitlana Slava
Mukachevo, Ukraine Uzhgorod, Ukraine
RSEP 1998 RSEP 1998
Project Description: Joint project to research local development practices
by conducting case studies, organizing roundtable discussions, and publishing
case study results.
Aleksei Skrebniow
Vitebsk, Belarus
Muskie 1995
Project Description: Organization of a series of seminars entitled "Message
Across Gender Barriers" on the aspects of gender in human communication
for young people of the Vitebsk region.
Sergeui Slobodine
Magadan, Russia
RSEP 1997
Project Description: Publication of 500 copies of the monograph "The
Archaeological Culture of Kolyma."
Oleg Stiopca
Chisinau, Moldova
CI 2000
Project Description: Membership in Agriculture Communicators in Education
(ACE) and attendance at annual ACE conference in Moscow, Russia.
Yuri Stulov
Minsk, Belarus
RSEP 1998
Project Description: Publication of The American Studies Yearbook 2001,
a collection of the proceedings of the 9th, 10th and 11th International
American Studies Conferences held in Minsk 1997-2000.
Saule Tazhibaeva
Taraz, Kazakhstan
RSEP 1993
Project Description: Research trip to Novosibirsk and the publication
of a monograph on the typology of conditionals (or adverbial clauses)
in languages of different systems, such as English, Kazakh, Altai, Tuvinian,
and Russian.
Nurbek Teleshaliev
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Muskie 1997
Project Description: Attendance at the fifth annual conference "Reading
and Writing for Critical Thinking: From Evocation to Reflection"
in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Tatiana Tregoubova
Kazan, Russia
RSEP 2000
Project Description: Attendance at the "All-Russian Conference on
Socio-Pedagogical Work" in Moscow, Russia and publication of 500
copies of the book Social Work with Students: A Multi-Country Comparison.
Maria Tysiachniouk
St. Petersburg, Russia
RSEP 1995
Project Description: Organization of the roundtable "NGO-Governmental
Partnerships: Cooperation and Conflict" for representatives from
the Russian Regional Department of Nature Protection, scientists, and
citizen volunteers and the publication of 200 copies of the handbook Nonprofit-Governmental
Interaction in Russia and the US.
Petr Vaganov
St. Petersburg, Russia
CI 1996
Project Description: Publication of 400 copies of the textbook Ecological
Risk.
Yuri Vaitukevich
Grodno, Belarus
RSEP 1999
Project Description: Professional membership in the Project Management
Institute (PMI) as well as the organization of a workshop devoted to the
management of international education affairs and the publication of workshop's
results.
Anna Veretennikova
Omsk, Russia
RSEP 1996
Project Description: Collaboration with an American colleague and the
organization of the workshop "Writing Across the Curriculum"
for teachers of English as a Second Language classes and ECA alumni.
Siarhei Vetokhin
Minsk, Belarus
CI 2000
Project Description: Publication and dissemination of 300 copies of the
book Higher Education in Belarus.
Tetyana Yakhontova
Lviv, Ukraine
RSEP 1995
Project Description: Publication of the textbook English Academic Writing:
A New Book for New Scholars.
Gulnora Yakubova
Almaty, Kazakhstan
FSA/Grad 1997
Project Description: Publication of 1,500 copies a technical term glossary
in the Kazakh language to be used by educators to end the incorrect translation
of terms and the misunderstandings of double translations.
Tatyana Yeryomenko
Ryazan, Russia
Muskie 2000
Project Description: Publication of a book on modern information technologies.
Zemfira Zeynalova
Baku, Azerbaijan
CI 1999
Project Description: Membership in the Society for Information Technology
and Teacher Education (SITE) and to Teachers of English to Students of
Other Languages (TESOL).
RECIPIENTS BY CATEGORY
| ATTEND CONFERENCE/SEMINAR/WORKSHOP COLLABORATIVE PROJECT WITH US COLLEAGUE(S) DEVELOP CURRICULA MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION ORGANIZE CONFERENCE/SEMINAR/ |
PUBLISH/DISSEMINATE MATERIALS RESEARCH TRIP IN EURASIA OTHER |
RECIPIENTS BY COUNTRY
| ARMENIA AZERBAIJAN BELARUS GEORGIA KAZAKHSTAN KYRGYZSTAN MOLDOVA |
RUSSIA TAJIKISTAN TURKMENISTAN UKRAINE UZBEKISTAN |
RECIPIENTS BY PROGRAMS
| FSA FELLOWSHIPS IN CONTEMPORARY ISSUES (CI) REGIONAL SCHOLAR EXCHANGE PROGRAM |
EDMUND S. MUSKIE GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM FSA GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM |