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Call for Proposals for ESP’s RE:FINE grant
The Education Support Program is seeking proposals for its fund “Researching Education: Fund for Innovations and Networking” (RE: FINE),
which supports projects in the general education sector that further open-society goals in priority areas. The fund provides strategic grants
for networking opportunities between NGOs and other organizations that support gains already made in the education sector in order to
maximize the impact and enhance the capacity of civil-society actors in bringing about school reform. RE:FINE supports initiatives in countries
where OSI is involved in education, including countries in South-Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Mongolia, Russia, and Ukraine.
The priority areas of the fund in 2006 are: public accountability (which includes management, governance and transparent policy processes);
equity, which includes minority rights, gender, equal access to information, and equal education opportunities; quality, which includes learning
processes that lead to outcomes that further the objectives of an open society; and anti-corruption initiatives that intersect with issues of
accountability and equity. Deadline: 14 March 2006.
For more information about the latest call for proposals, please click here.
Update on the Network of Education Policy Centers
The Network of Education Policy Centers (NEPC) met in Vilnius, Lithuania on 11-13 November 2005 to discuss “Education Policy Transformations
and the Role of Education Policy Centers.” This was the third annual meeting of its kind, after gatherings in Bratislava in 2003 and in Tbilisi in 2004.
Initially the network comprised members of the OSI Related Education Policy Centers, but new members that share open-society values have been
joining the network each year. The aim of these meetings is to reflect on past activities and their achievements, as well as to find out about common
interests and the possibilities for future cooperation. Regular information-sharing is helped by a bi-monthly newsletter called “Education Policy.”
Among others, a major discussion at the meeting in Vilnius addressed the issue of how to maintain the network and allow for continued information
and experience sharing. NEPCs mission is to provide and share expertise with decision-makers and the wider public, to support joint monitoring
processes, and develop analytical skills across the region. To learn more about this network please visit: http://epc.objectis.net/.
Link to Education and Development Journal (RE:FINE Grantee Publication)
The Society for the Development of South-Eastern Europe (GESO) in Bosnia and Herzegovina has received a grant from ESP to develop and
publish the “Education and Development Journal” dedicated to the reform of education at all levels (elementary, secondary and university level)
in Southeastern Europe. The journal focuses on the implementation of educational reform processes and of modern pedagogical methods and
techniques in the region. The journal has four main sections: education reform in the region, education and the economy, innovations, and
achievements in the field of education. The magazine is published in Serbian, Croatian, and Bosnian, depending on the authors’ origin and
preferences. All articles are translated into English and published in parallel to the local version. The education journal is currently published
quarterly. The electronic version is available at: http://www.bos.org.yu/obrazovanje/ (in Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian and English).
Online Database of OSI-Related Education NGOs Now Available on the Soros Network Website
ESP has developed a comprehensive, continually updated database of education NGOs that have been supported by OSI and ESP in Central
and South Eastern Europe and the Central Asian region. The database is available here.
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