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Program Results - August 1999
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- Overview
- Awardees and Project Descriptions
- Recipients by Category
- Recipients by Country
- Recipients by Program
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 August 1999 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 over 330 proposals submitted this round, 54 were carefully selected by a bi-national panel of experts in each country. Grant amounts ranged from $170 to $5,000 and approximately one-third 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 August 1999 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) [NIS only];
- The Curriculum Development Exchange Program (CDEP) and;
- The Curriculum Consultant Exchange Program (CCEP).
During the August 1999 round, the ECA Alumni Small Grants Program allowed
alumni to do the following:
- create websites;
- organize training programs or conferences for other alumni and ECA constituencies;
- attend conferences in the NIS or Baltics region;
- publish materials;
- extend memberships to professional organizations relative to their fields;
- purchase modems to allow for greater access to information and colleagues abroad;
- make research trips in the NIS or Baltics region;
- fund travel to the NIS or Baltics region for US colleagues for conferences, professional consultations or collaborative research projects;
- conduct other projects judged to be in the interest of the program goals by the selection committee and/or 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.
Awardees and Project Descriptions
Mumtaza Abdurazzakova
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
RSEP - 1994
Project Description: Publication of handbook for Uzbek-speaking
students, teachers, and the public, entitled "Contemporary Issues of 20th
Century World History."
Sulaimon Aliev
Dushanbe, Tajikistan
RSEP - 1996
Project Description: Research trip, publication of findings, and organization
of a training seminar on "Curriculum Development and its Realization in
the Educational Process in American Universities."
Nailya Almagambetova
Almaty, Kazakhstan
FSA/GRAD - 1996
Project Description: Research trip to Ukraine to study recent reforms
of family medical practice.
Andrias Ambartsoumian
Yerevan, Armenia
CI - 1996
Project Description: Professional membership dues to the American
Society of Clinical Oncology, the American College of Gastroenterology,
the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, European Society for
Medical Oncology, and the International Union Against Cancer.
Larissa Belichenko
Birobijan, Russia
RSEP - 1996
Project Description: Organization of a Consulting Center for English
Language teachers, learners, and their parents.
Valeria Bondareva
Samara, Russia
CCEP - 1997
Project Description: Development of teaching English as a second language
curriculum through a research trip and TESOL membership renewal.
Arcadie Capcelea
Chisinau, Moldova
CI - 1996
Project Description: Publication of a book entitled "Environmental
Law"
Yuri Cheryachukin
Volgograd, Russia
RSEP - 1999
Project Description: Participation in a conference entitled "Law
and Legal Doctrine on the Boundary of the Centuries," and a conference
entitled "Human Rights: Results of the Century."
Irina Chikalova
Minsk, Belarus
RSEP - 1997
Project Description: Organization of a workshop entitled "Strengthening
the Ideas of Open Society through Women's Political Empowerment and Women's
Integration into Politics."
Nurlan Djenchuraev
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
CI - 1998
Project Description: Professional membership dues to the Air &
Waste Management Association.
Olena Dzhedhora
Lviv, Ukraine
CDEP - 1998
Project Description: Publication of a reference book entitled "Dictionary
of the World History: People, Countries and Ideas."
Alexander Galchin
Moscow, Russia
FSA/Grad - 1997
Project Description: Professional membership dues to the Society
for Human Resource Management and book purchases.
Arusiak Gevorkian
Yerevan, Armenia
RSEP - 1993
Project Description: Publication of a book entitled "Textbook of
Eastern Armenia."
Oleg Goldenstein
Chisinau, Moldova
FSA/Grad - 1995
Project Description: Participation in "Internetcom 99" Information
Technology/Telecommunication Conference and creation of a geographic information
system on the ecological conditions of major rivers in Moldova.
Renata Guobuzaite
Vilnius, Lithuania
Muskie - 1996
Project Description: Participation in the Chartered Finance Analyst
(CFA) Level II exam.
Nazim Hasan-zade
Baku, Azerbaijan
RSEP - 1998
Project Description: Trip to Moscow to collaborate with the Research
Institute on Addictions in the Russian Ministry of Health.
Hasan Huseynov
Ganja, Azerbaijan
RSEP - 1996
Project Description: Research trip to Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Latvia, Russia, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan to study the course of higher
education reform in the NIS.
Elena Ignatjeva
Riga, Latvia
Muskie - 1992
Project Description: Participation in human resource management
and management information systems classes as a non-degree student at
Riga Business Institute.
Geldi Ishankuliev
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
CI - 1998
Project Description: Organization of a conference entitled "Public-Private
Partnership for Reducing Losses from Natural Disasters."
Andrei Ivashov
Tomsk, Russia
RSEP - 1996Project Description: Development of a web site on theory
and new methods of conflict resolution.
Gulnara Jamasheva
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
RSEP - 1993
ProjectDescription: Organization of a conference about the state
language law of Kyrgyzstan.
Oleg Ken
St. Petersburg, Russia
RSEP - 1994
Project Description: Publication and Dissemination of the a study
entitled "Soviet Relations with Western Neighbor States: The Politburo's
Resolutions and Commentaries, 1929-1939, Part 1."
Sulushash Kerimkulova
Taraz, Kazakhstan
RSEP - 1998
Project Description: Professional membership dues and materials for
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL).
Igor Kisselev
Yaroslavl', Russia
RSEP - 1997
Project Description: Publication and dissemination of a revised textbook
entitled "Political Elite: Its Substance and Psychology."
Fatima Kukeyeva
Almaty, Kazakhstan
RSEP - 1998
Project Description: Publication of a series of lectures entitled
"The Transatlantic Relations (USA and EU) as a part of the World Integration
Process," and organization of a conference entitled "The Actual Problems
of US Foreign Policy at the Turn of the Century."
Anatoly Kulik
Moscow, Russia
CI - 1995
Project Description: Professional collaboration on an article for
a book entitled "Creating Political Parties in the Newly Independent States:
Studies from Eurasia and the Baltics."
Ludmila Kuznetsova
St. Petersburg, Russia
Muskie - 1994
Project Description: Publication of a reference book entitled "The
Encyclopedic Dictionary of Public Administration."
Elena Labkovskaya
St. Petersburg, Russia
CI - 1996
Project Description: Organization of St. Petersburg International
Conference on "Local Council as Agents and Subjects of Change: Actual
Problems of Self-Governance."
Arunas Leonavicius
Jieznas, Lithuania
Muskie - 1994
Project Description: Participation in the Chartered Financial Analyst
(CFA) Level II exam and professional membership dues to the Association
for Investment Management.
Yelena Levchenko
Almaty, Kazakhstan
FSA/GRAD - 1995
Project Description: Study tour to the central libraries in Moscow
and St. Petersburg to research the main factors that influence higher
education in Kazakhstan.
Larissa Loznova
Moscow, Russia
Muskie - 1997
Project Description: Participation in the Chartered Financial Analyst
exam.
Dmitriy Lukin
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
FSA/Grad - 1996
Project Description: Professional collaboration with US colleague
to provide consulting assistance to Uzbek Association of Entrepreneurs
with Disabilities.
Kristina Maiksteniene
Kaunas, Lithuania
Muskie - 1995
Project Description: Professional membership dues to the American
Management Association, modem purchase, and subscription costs for the
Harvard Business Review Magazine.
Narine Matinyan
Vanadzor, Armenia
FSA/Grad - 1997
Project Description: Organization of a two-day training seminar entitled
"News Writing and Reporting for Local Independent Media."
Natalya Minkova
Tomsk, Russia
RSEP - 1996
Project Description: Development of a project entitled "Federalism
on the Internet."
Yelena Morozova
Minsk, Belarus
RSEP - 1998
Project Description: Professional collaboration with American colleague
and the School of Architecture (Belarusian State Polytechinical Academy).
Muzhgan Nazarova
Baku, Azerbaijan
FSA/Grad - 1996
Project Description: Professional membership dues in the American
Library Association and the Special Libraries Association, and institutional
dues to the International Federation of Library Associations.
Oksana Panchuk
Kyiv, Ukraine
FSA/Grad - 1994
Project Description: Organization of training seminar entitled "The
Internet for You and Your Organization."
Mykola Riabchuk
Kyiv, Ukraine
RSEP - 1999
Project Description: Publication of a book on Ukrainian Society and
National Identity: "From 'Little Russia' to Ukraine."
Olga Salnikova
Omsk, Russia
FSA/Grad - 1997
Project Description: Library research trip to St. Petersburg to develop
materials for a course entitled "Pedagogy."
Lia Sanikidze
Tbilisi, Georgia
RSEP - 1996
Project Description: Organization of a workshop entitled "Advanced
Training for Trainers: Preparation of Facilitators in Conflict Resolution."
Iryna Sayenko
Kyiv, Ukraine
FSA/Grad - 1996
Project Description: Modem purchase for a pilot project that will
provide access to information for persons with disabilities.
Lyudmila Serykh
Samara, Russia
FSA/Grad - 1995
Project Description: Development of a web site entitled "The Internet
in Libraries."
Natalia Shakirova
Moscow, Russia
Muskie - 1997
Project Description: Organization of an advanced training session
for trainers and development of InterTraining Organization.
Evgenia Sharpataya
Vladivostok, Russia
FSA/Grad - 1994
Project Description: Participation in a workshop entitled "Delphi
4:Client/Server Techniques and Component Creation" to develop computer
applications skills.
Nino Shengelia
Tbilisi, Georgia
RSEP - 1994
Project Description: Publication of a book entitled "The General Linguistic
Theory of Auxiliary Words."
Yuri Sidorovich
Minsk, Belarus
Muskie - 1995
Project Description: Organization of the First Belarusian Banking
Conference, entitled "The Role of the Banking Sector in Buiding Socially
Oriented Marked Economy in Belarus."
Svitlana Slava
Uzhgorod, Ukraine
RSEP - 1998
Project Description: Publication of a book entitled "Modern Approaches
to Local Economic Development: How to Implement the US Experience in Ukraine"
and organization of a conference entitled "New Approaches to Promoting
Community and Local Economic Development."
Atanasia Stoianov
Chisinau, Moldova
CI - 1998
Project Description: Organization of a conference studying the state
program of social integration in Moldova.
Valeria Tarverdian
Yerevan, Armenia
CI - 1998
Project Description: Purchase books on Civil Air Transportation Law.
Vera Terekhina
Moscow, Russia
RSEP - 1995
Project Description: Organization of a Russian-American workshop entitled
"International Teachers for International Students: Building Bridges."
Suhrob Tursunov
Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Muskie - 1996
Project Description: Participation in the Chartered Financial Analyst
exam.
Oleg Zagnitko
Donetsk, Ukraine
Muskie - 1997
Project Description: Internet connection and webpage development fees,
and publication of law thesis.
Recipients by Category
| Web Site Production Irina Chikalova Organize Conference/Seminar/Workshop Sulaimon Aliev Attend Conference/Seminar/Workshop Valeria Bondareva Membership in a Professional Association Larissa Belichenko |
Modem Purchase Valeria Bondareva Publish/Disseminate Materials Sulaimon Aliev Research Trip in NIS/Baltics Collaborative Project with US Colleague(s) Geldi Ishankuliev
|
Recipients by Country
| Azerbaijan Belarus Georgia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Latvia Lithuania Moldova |
Tajikistan Turkmenistan |
Recipients by Program
| The Curriculum Consultant Development Program Valeria Bondareva The Curriculum Development Exchange Program The Freedom Support Act Fellowships in Contemporary Issues The Freedom Support Act Graduate Fellowship Program
|
The Regional Scholar Exchange Program |