US AID/Russia On-Going Activities

US AID/Russia On-going Activities

as of January 1st, 2001 Table of Contents

SO 1.3 Accelerated Development and Growth of Private Enterprises ...... 1

IR 1.3.l Policies, Legislation and Regulations Conducive to Broad Based Competition and Private Sector Growth Adopted IR 1.3.2 Successful Models of Private Ownership and Modern Management Widely Replicated IR 1.3.3 Sustainable Network of Business Support Institutions Rendering Services to Entrepreneurs and Enterprises

1. Entrepreneurial Business Services - East ...... 2 2. Entrepreneurial Business Services - West...... 3 3. Novgorod SME Suppo1t and Development Project (NSDP)...... 4 4. Khabarovsk Regional Micro Lending Program...... 5 5. Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Business Climate Survey (SMEBCS). . . . . 6 6. Samara Regional Micro Lending Program ...... 7 7. Sakhalin Regional Micro Lending Program ...... 8 8. Tomsk Regional Microfinance Program...... 9 9. Russian Initiative for Self-Employment (RISE)...... 10 10. Small Business Opportunities ...... 11 11. Printing of Economic Materials and Teachers Training (Junior Achievement Russia)...... 12 12. Business Education Project (BEP)...... 14 13. Morozov Project, Phase II...... 15 14. Business Development in the Russian Far East...... 17 15. Small Business Working Group Action Plan Implementation...... 18 16. Tomsk Regional Initiative Administrative Barriers Analysis...... 19 17. Program to Revitalize Agriculture through Regional Investment (PRARI) ...... 20 18. Mbbilizing Agricultural Credit (MAC) Program...... 21 19. The Farmer to Farmer Program (FtF) ...... 22 20. Implementation of Innovative Technologies Program (INTECH) in the Samara Oblast...... 23 21. Implementation of Innovative Technologies Program (INTECH/Tomsk) in the Tomsk Oblast ...... 24 SO 1.4 Improved Economic Infrastructure to Support Market- Oriented Growth ...... 25

IR 1.4.1 Tax System Fair and Efficient IR 1.4.2 Legal and Regulatory Framework for Financial Sector Established and Strengthened IR 1.4.3 International Accounting Standards (!AS) Properly Match Revenues and Expenses to Improve Existing Operations and Make Financial Reporting Transparent for Banking Sector Supervision IR 1.4.4 Economic Think Tanks' Analytical and Policy Advice Capabilities Strengthened to Support Sound Policy Formulation

1. Intergovernmental Fiscal Reform ...... 26 2. Financial Viability Analysis ...... 27 3. Technical Assistance to Support the Development of Sound Financial Infrastructure ...... 28 4. Technical Assistance for Banking Reform Through Russia' s Inter Agency Coordinating Committee (IACC) ...... 29 5. Development Credit Authority Program ...... 30 6. Loan Po1tfolio Guarantee Program (LPG) ...... 31 7. Bank Training Program ...... 32 8. Regional Economic Policy and Investment Strategy (REPAIS) ...... 33 9. Alaska Sakhalin Working Group ...... 34 10. Institute for the Economy in Transition (IET) ...... 35 11. Strengthening Pro gram for Economic Think Tanks ...... 36 12. Accounting Standards (Tomsk) ...... 37 13. Regional Initiative Promotion of International Accounting Standards (Tomsk) 38

SO 1.6 Increased Environmental Management Capacity to Support Sustainable Economic Growth ...... 39

IR 1.6.1 Increased Capacity to Deal with Environmental Pollution as a Threat to Public Health IR 1.6.2 Improved Management of Natural Resources and Biodiversity Protection IR 1.6.3 Improved Economic Mechanisms for Natural Resources Management and Environmental Protection

1. Environment Roll-Out (ROLL) ...... 40 2. Replication of Lessons Learned (ROLL-2000) ...... 41 3. Forest Resources and Technologies (FOREST) Project...... 42 4. Biodiversity Conservation in the Russian Far East...... 43 5. Sustainable Forest Management Initiative in the Russian Far East (RFE) .... 44 6. EcoLinks in the Russian Far East ...... 45

ii so 2.1 Increased, Better Informed Citizens' Participation in Political and Economic Decision-Making...... 46

IR 2.1.l Free and Fair Elections Administered Nationally and Locally IR 2.1.2 Increased Public Access to Information which is Needed for Informed Political and Economic Choices IR 2.1.3 NGO Sector Provides Alternative to Ballot Box for Participating in Economic and Political Decision-Making

1. Promoting and Strengthening Russian NGO Development (Pro-NGO Activity)47 2. ISAR - NGO Support Program in the Russian Far East (RFE) ...... 48 3. Suppmt to Women's Crisis Centers...... 49 4. Program to Promote and Defend Women's Rights in Russia (Phase II)..... 50 5. Trade Union Development Program ...... 51 6. Independent Television ...... 52 7. Political Participation: Patties and Civic Patticipation ...... 54 8. Political Institutions in a Democratic Society ...... 55 9. Electoral System Development ...... 56 10. Strengthening Democratic Institutions and Civil Society ...... 57 11. Strengthening Democracy through Public Awareness...... 58 12. Citizen Participation in Samara ...... 59

SO 2.2 Strengthened Rule of Law and Respect for Human Rights . 60

IR 2.2.1 Independent Russian Judicia1y IR 2.2.2 Judicial Decisions are Uniform, Predictable, Applied Equally and Made without Delay IR 2.2.3 Competent Counsel Available in Russia IR 2.2.4 Presence of Enforcement Service Induces Better Execution of Civil Judgements IR 2.2.5 Effective Advocacy for Adherence to International Human Rights Commitments Increased

1. Judicial Exchange Program Between the Russian and US Judiciaries ...... 61 2. Enforcement of Judgments ...... : ...... 62 3. Development of the Legal Profession...... 63 4. Strengthen Corporate Governance ...... 64 5. Eurasia Foundation/Anti-Corruption Grant Program...... 65 6. Strengthen Human Rights NGOs ...... 66 7. Human Rights Monitoring ...... 67

iii SO 3.2 Improved Effectiveness of Selected Social Benefits and Services ...... 68

IR 3.2.a.l New Approaches to Service Delivery Adopted IR 3.2.a.2 Response to Irifectious Disease Improved IR 3.2.b.l Social Service Delivery Systems Improved IR 3.2.b.2 Targeted City Services Move Towards Full Cost Recove1y

SO 3.2.a

1. Women and Infant Health (WIN) ...... 69 2. Women's Reproductive Health Operations Research...... 70 3. HIV/AIDS Prevention...... 71 4. World Health Organization Tuberculosis Activities...... 72 5. PASA with the U.S. Depaitment of Health and Human Services Office of International and Refugee Health ...... 73 6. AIHA Health Partnerships ...... 7 4 7. Health Care Quality Assurance ...... 7 5 8. Legal Regulatory Reform ...... 76 9. Assistance to Russian Orphans (ARO)...... 78 so 3.2.b

10. Accelerating Russian Restructuring at the Local Level: Housing, Communal Services, and Real Estate Reform ...... 79 11 . Improving Social Service Delivery Systems (ISSDS) ...... 80 12. Regional Public Finance and Investment Project in Russia...... 81 13. Real Estate Association and Industry Development ...... 82 14. Heat Efficiency Leveraging Programs in Regional Initiative Sites (Samai·a, Magadan, Tomsk) ...... 83 so 4.2 Cross-Cutting Initiatives ...... 84

1. Sustaining Partnerships into the Next Century (SPAN) ...... 85 2. Russia Training for Development (TFD) Activity ...... 86 3. Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS)...... 88 4. Eurasia Foundation, Grant-making Institution in the NIS ...... 89

iv so 1.3 Accelerated Development and Growth of Private Enterprises

Key Implementation Activities as of October 31, 2000

1. Entrepreneurial Business Services - East ...... 2 2. Entrepreneurial Business Services - West ...... 3 3. Novgorod SME Suppmt and Development Project (NSDP) ...... 4 4. Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Business Climate Survey (SMEBCS) ...... 5 5. Khabarovsk Regional Micro Lending Program ...... 6 6. Samara Regional Micro Lending Program...... 7 7. Sakhalin Regional Micro Lending Program...... 8 8. Tomsk Regional Microfinance Program ...... 9 9. Russian Initiative for Self-Employment (RISE) ...... 10 10. Small Business Opportunities ...... 11 11. Printing of Economic Materials and Teachers Training (Junior Achievement Russia) ...... 12 12. Business Education Project (BEP) ...... 14 13. Morozov Project, Phase II ...... 15 14. Business Development in the Russian Far East ...... 17 15. Small Business Working Group Action Plan Implementation ...... 18 16. Tomsk Regional Initiative Administrative Baniers Analysis ...... 19 17. Program to Revitalize Agriculture through Regional Investment (PRARI) ...... 20 18. Mobilizing Agricultural Credit (MAC) Program ...... 21 19. The Farmer to Farmer Program (FtF) ...... 22 20. Implementation of Innovative Technologies Program (INTECH) in the Samara Oblast...... 23 21. Implementation of Innovative Technologies Program (INTECH!fomsk) in Tomsk Oblast ...... 24 22. Business Development Through Energy Partnerships Pro gram ...... 25

1 Entrepreneurial Business Services - Recent hnplementation Accomplishments . East During the past 6 months, ACDI/VOCA program managers provided individual training to each of the 10 Local Russian Partners (LRPs) located in 8 cities across Siberia and the Russian Far East. Individual This activity promotes the acceleration of training sessions focused on administration of volunteer assistance development and growth ofprivate enterprise programs, drafting scopes of work for volunteer assignments, and in the RFE and Siberia by: program management. The 10 LRP' s also participated in ~oup training • enhancing the sustainability of small and seminars in Moscow, organized by IRIS, that focused on micro medium-sized enterprises (SMEs); crediting, human resources management and legal issues. • strengthening a group of selected Russian business support institutions (BSls) across Since the beginning of the project in May 1999, the 10 LRPs have the regions to deliver high-quality submitted 519 SOWs requesting the assistance of 214 American demand-driven, fee-based business Business Volunteers for SME clients in their respective regions. support services to SMEs; and Furthermore, during this period, 103 US Business Volunteers have • developing indigenous capacity among completed 285 assignments with Russian firms located in eight regions Russian BSis to administer similar throughout Siberia and the Russian Far East. volunteer technical services in the future. Over the two years of this activity, During the past 6 months, many success stories were added to the EBS ACDIIVOCA will assist 725 clients in the East East web site (www.ebs.ru). The BBS-East web site is linked to the of Russia with the help of 290 volunteers and BBS-West web site. Through the web site, Russian firms can learn how will strengthen 10 local Russian partners. to request a US Business Volunteer, receive information about the 10 Participating BBS-East LRP organizations and project porgress. Geographic Location: Offices: Novosibirsk, Tomsk, Omsk, Beneficiaries Khabarovsk, Magadan, Yuzhno This activity directly benefits the development of small and medium Sakhalinsk, Amur and Primorski Krai sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Russian Far East and Siberia by Regions: Novosibirsk, Tomsk, Omsk, providing SMEs with the services of US Volunteer Bus~~ss Experts. In Khabarovsk, Magadan, Sakhalin, Amur addition, the program provides individual and group trmmng to ten Local and Primorski Krai Russian Partner BS Is that have been selected to administer the program in conjunction with ACDI/VOCA. US Implementing Partners: ACDI/VOCA; Winrock International; and Activity Contributions to Targets IRIS Tue BBS-East project supports USAID's Strategic Objective 1.3, accelerating development and growth ofprivate enterprises. Start: May 1999 Completion: April 30 2001 Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months Contractor anticipates that over the next six months 76 American Russian Partners: Business Volunteers will complete 198 additional consulting Center of Foreign Trade and Investment assignments for SME's located in the Russian Far East and Siberia. Support (Prognoz); Russian American Education Center; Far Eastern Chamber of Additional information will be added on the BBS-East web site. Commerce and Industry; Russian American Business Education Center; the International Consulting Center; Sibetian Professional and Pedagogical College Business Center; Tomsk Innovations Suppmt Center; Far Eastern Center for Economic Development; Corps of Executives Far East Russia; and Russian American Business Training Center

2 Entrepreneurial Business Services - West Recent Implementation Accomplishments CDC began the project by selecting 11 Russian Business This activity promotes the development and growth of Support Institutions (BSis) in 8 cities across Western Russia to private enterprise in Western Russia by: serve as Local Russian Partners (LRPs) under this activity. • enhancing the sustainability of small and medium Since the beginning of the program in May 1999, 308 American sized enterprises (SMEs); Business Volunteer Experts have completed 1,220 assignments • strengthening a group of selected Russian business for SME clients in western Russia. support institutions (BSis) to deliver high-quality demand-driven, fee-based business support To date, fourteen training seminars have been conducted for the services to SMEs; and 11 BSis in various topics including strategic planning, business planning, marketing, fundraising, financial management, etc. • developing indigenous capacity among Russian BSis to administer similar volunteer technical services in the future. In order to promote the EBS-west program, and to provide Over the two years of this activity, Citizens Democracy SMEs with information on financing opportunities and business links, CDC developed an EBS web site in both Russian and Corps (CDC) will assist 700 clients in the West of Russia with the help of 350 volunteers and will English (www.ebs.ru). The project web site also contains a strengthen 11 local Russian partners. section on EBS success stories and a database for tracking business volunteer and volunteer assignments. Geographic Location: Offices: Moscow, St.Petersburg, Tver, Ekaterinburg, Beneficiaries Novgorod, Nizhniy Novgorod, Rostov-on-Don, This activity directly benefits the development of small and Samara, Volgograd, Taganrog, Sochi, medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in Western Russia by Novocherkassk, Volgodonsk, Krasnodon, Salsk, providing SMEs with the services of American volunteer and Voronezh business experts. In addition, the program provides individual Regions: Moscow, St.Petersburg, Tver, Sverdlovsk, and group training to eleven Local Russian Partner BSis that Novgorod, Nizhniy Novgorod, Rostov, Samara, have been selected to administer the program in conjunction Voronezh and Volgograd with ACDI/VOCA.

US Implementing Partners: Activity Contributions to Targets Citizens Democracy Corps (CDC), and Counterpart The EBS-West project supports USAID Strategic Objective 1.3, International accelerated development and growth ofprivate ente1prises.

Start: May 1999 Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months Completion: April 2001 Over the next six months CDC, which has already met its project volunteer target, will field 31 volunteers to complete 80 Russian Partners: assignments, conduct three training sessions for the LRPs on Commerce; International Consulting Center; business conference facilitation skills, HR management and Modem University for the Humanities; Nizhny GAAP and continue working on its web site. Novgorod SME Chamber; Novgorod Technopark; Pro-invest Consulting; Regional Economic Development Agency; Rostov Enterprise Support Center; St-Petersburg SME Development Foundation; Upper Volga Consulting Center; Variant Consulting Agency; and Volgograd Chamber of Trade

Other External Partners: None

3 Novgorod SME Support and Recent Implementation Accomplishments . . . Development Project (NSDP) The survey that was conducted by MSI in April 2000 to highlight maJor impediments for small business development in Novgorod city and oblast helped the small business environment, local government and This activity promotes the growth of small and business support institutions to start reforming this sector. The project medium-sized enterprises (SME) within and results of this survey were presented at the international conference Novgorod Oblast and city by: "Novgorod experience to Russian regions" and the participants • assisting members of the Novgorod expressed interest in this project. The initial objective of the ~roject ':'as business community and officials from completed by creation of the Novgorod SME ~dvisory ~ouncll that will Novgorod Oblast and city administrations lobby interests of small business. In the meantime, the 1mtiat1ve.~oup to identify impediments to growth within of the Advisory Council is restructuring the Council, and deterrru.mng. the Novgorod SME Sector; new regulations and priorities. The Council started a sur_vey o~ hcensmg • developing an SME Action Plan for the problems, and prepared a manual on operating small busmess m Novgorod Adminish·ation that will outline Novgorod to be released in November. steps to eliminate administrative barriers and promote growth within the Novgorod Beneficiaries: SME sector; and This activity directly benefits the development of S~s in Novgor?d by • establishing an SME Advisory Council to working with local government officials and the busmess community to oversee implementation of the SME eliminate barriers to growth within Novgorod's SME sector. Action Plan and to serve as a mechanism for promoting dialogue between the SME Activity Contributions to Targets community and the government The NSDP supports USAID Strategic Objective 1.3, accelerated administration in Novgorod. development and growth ofprivate enterprises.

Geographic Location: Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months Office: Novgorod Tue contractor will fully complete work on this project in January 2001 Region: Novgorod in accordance with the terms and conditions of the contract. US Implementing Partners: Management Systems International (MSI)

Start: January 2000 Completion: January 2001

Russian Partners: Novgorod Business and Training Center; and Novgorod Regional Agency for SME Support

Other External Partners: None

4 Small and Medium-Sized Recent Implementation Accomplishments Enterprises Business Climate During the first 4 months of the activity the project team conducted a comprehensive analysis of relevant statistical data, designed and field Survey (SMEBCS) tested a survey questionnaire at 10 SMEs in Moscow, made relevant changes and conducted field-interviews in the regions. Also, the project The main aim of this activity is collection and team worked in close cooperation with USAID on selection of the analysis of the relevant statistical data regions for the survey. The selection was preceded by thorough study of pertaining to the small and medium-sized the regions based on the statistical information available and contractor's ente1prise (SME) sector within selected knowledge and experience. regions of the Russian Federation Specific outcomes are expected to be: Beneficiaries • collection of data through fonnal and The results obtained during this survey will benefit the small business informal interviews with 125 ente1prises community in the selected regions, policy makers, investors, donor in 8 regions; community members and others seeking to support small and medium • preparation of a study containing a business. Also, it will assist USAID/Russia in structuring its future SME comprehensive analysis and assessment of support activities. the economic and institutional enviromnent for small and medium Activity Contributions to Targets businesses in 8 selected regions of Russia; This activity contributes to the Strategic Objective 1.3, accelerated • presentation of survey results to USAID; growth and development ofprivate ente1prise. and • publication and dissemination of results Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months among policy makers, investors, donor Interviews in the regions will be completed in the beginning of community members, and others seeking November. After that, data processing and analysis will start, which will to support small and medium business. be followed by preparation of the final report and presentation of the survey results to USAID and the US Community. Geographic Location: Office: Moscow Regions: Irkutsk, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Novgorod, Rostov-on-Don, Samara, Tomsk, and Yekaterinburg

US Implementing Partners: None

Start: June 26, 2000 Completion: February 2001

Russian Implementing Partners: Institute for Private Sector Development and Socio-Economic Analysis (IPSSA)

Russian Partners: Business Thesaurus

Other External Partners: None

5 Khabarovsk Regional Micro Recent Implementation Accomplishments . Lending Program This program was initially funded by TUSRIF and has been oper~t10nal . since May 19, 1997. USAID provided funding in August 1998 with the. rum to finance program operation for two more years. In 2000 USAID provided This activity emphasizes the development more funding and extended the program for two more years to compensate of a sustainable micro finance institution for the set back of the 1998 financial crisis and to bridge the program to self- operating in Khabarovsk Krai in the sustainability by July 2002. . Russian Far East, providing group loans to An indigenous micro finance institution (MF!). With TUSR.IF fundmg, a micro and small entrepreneurs having no fully operational and fully staffed micro finance institution (MFI) was access to the formal banking sector. established. It disburses loans to micro entrepreneurs usmg the group Specifically, the activity will result in: lending and individual lending methodologies. The progr~~ is well known • an indigenous operationally in the Khabarovski Krai, has the support of the oblast adrmmstrallon. In the sustainable micro finance institution fall of 2000 the program has re-registered as Counterpart Enterprise Fund (MFI) established in Khabarovsk (CEF) - an independent indigenous non-commercial organization . . . Ifrai; and Credit to over 3,000 microentrepreneurs. Since the start of the act1v1ty, • credit to over 3, 000 micro Counterpart has distributed over 350 loans totaling over $540,000 and enh·epreneurs otherwise having no created and sustained over 370 jobs and 184 businesses in the region. access to the formal banking sector. The program will reach the capacity of Beneficiaries about 500 outstanding loans with the Grassroots micro and small entrepreneurs and economically disadvantaged portfolio size of over $1,100,000. population groups in the Khabarovsk Krai having no access to credit ~om the formal banking sector benefit from this activity. Counterpart's Micro Geographic Location: Lending Activity helps create the new layer of viable micro and small Office: Khabarovsk businesses in Khabarovski Krai. Region: Khabarovsk Krai Activity Contributions to Targets US Implementing Partners: This activity contributes to Strategic Objective 1.3, accelerated development Counterpart International, Inc., and The and growth ofprivate ente1prises, by focusing on creating lending models U.S. Russia Investment Fund (TUSRIF) and sustainable institutions for financing micro and small entrepreneurs having no access to the formal banking sector and creating/sustaining Start: August 1998 businesses and jobs in the region of operation. Completion: July 2002 Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months . . . . Russian Implementing Partners: Counterpart has developed a three-year business plan md1catmg its goal to Union of Business Women, and attain sustainability by July 2002. This plan will be adjusted toward~ th~ Khabarovsk Krai Regional Fund for latest developments, and then will be considered a reference for momtormg Small Business Support the program's success. . After all the restructuring efforts CEF has demonstrated a growth m the Other External Partners: number of loans disbursed per month from 15 in September to 25 in October None 2000, and the expected normal lending capacity to be reached by Spring 2001is 60-80 loans per month. To increase its client base, Counterpart is also considering expansion into other areas of Khabarovski Krai, in particular to Komsomolsk on Amur.

6 Samara Regional Micro Recent Implementation Accomplishments Lending Program A model micro finance institution (MF!). FINCA runs a fully operational MFI in Samara with 24 staff members, 11 of whom are lending officers and two are senior loan supervisor. FINCA Samara has expanded into seven smaller towns in Samara This activity will result in: oblast. • a model for self-financing Promotion of an Enabling Regulatory and Legislative Environment. FINCA has locally managed micro finance sponsored several publications about the microfinance sector in Russia: "The Legal institutions (MFis) that can be and Regulatory Environment for Micro and Small Enterprises in Russia: Survey replicated throughout Russia; Evidence from Samara," 'Tue State of Microfinance Activity in Russia: A • promotion of an enabling Selective Review of Operational, Registration, and Regulatory Issues," and regulatory and legislative "Analysis of Microfinance Supply and Demand on Russia's Market." FINCA has environment for MFls; held three seminars on microfinance policy, legal framework, and MFI operation in • preparation of FINCA Samara Russia. The leading implementers of micro finance programs in Russia have for an eventual transfonnation formed an informal Microfinance Policy Working Group (WG) with the aim of into a regulated formal improving the legal and regulatory climate for MFls in Russia. FINCA monitors financial institution; and microfinance developments in Russia and circulates a monthly microfinance • provision of $8 million in loans newsletter. It is also developing a Russia microfinance internet site. to over 5,000 micro and small Preparation of FINCA Samara for transformation into a regulated.financial entrepreneurs having no access institution. FINCA Samara maintains superior credit quality, advanced financial to the formal banking sector. systems, adequate oversight and internal control with a view to be given a status of a specialized credit institution supervised by bank regulators. Geographic Location: FINCA plans to disburse over $8 million in loans to over 5,000 micro and small Office: Samara entrepreneurs in the region. FINCA Samara began lending in June 1999 and has Region: Samara Oblast cumulatively delivered 1,690 loans (90% to women) for a total amount of over $903,300. Of the current outstanding portfolio of $208,300 only 2.3% is at risk. US Implementing Partners: FINCA Samara has cumulatively created and/or sustained over 1,890 jobs and over Foundation for International 920 micro businesses in Samara Oblast. FINCA Samara demonstrates exponential Community Assistance (FINCA) growth of its outreach: the cumulative number and amount of loans disbursed International, and The Ohio double every 4-5 months. State University (OSU) Beneficiaries Start: August 1998 Beneficiaries of this activity include grassroots micro and small entrepreneurs and Completion: October 2001 economically disadvantaged population groups in Samara Oblast having no access to credit from the formal banking sector. FINCA will also create a basis for Russian Implementing Partners: setting up a network of self-sustainable micro lending institutions providing access Foundation for International to finance for fledgling micro entrepreneurs in other regions of Russia. Community Assistance (FINCA) Samara (to be created) Activity Contributions to Targets This activity contributes to Strategic Objective 1.3, accelerated development and Other External Partners: growth ofprivate ente1prises by focusing on the creation of lending models and None sustainable institutions for financing micro and small entrepreneurs having no access to the formal banking sector.

Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months FINCA will intensify its Microfinance Policy work. On December 7-8, 2000 it will sponsor a major microfinance conference in Moscow with participation of indigenous MFis, Russian government agencies and donor organizations with the aim of increasing the support for the MF sector in Russia and developing a long term strategy for this support. FINCA is also preparing an inventory of all private and public microfinance programs in Russia, and plans to open a Russian microfinance internet site. FINCA is planning to hire 6 more loan officers and further expand their program to the area of Syzran in Samara Oblast and increase the number of active clients to 1, 100.

7 Sakhalin Regional Micro Lending Recent bnplementation Accomplishments Program Sakhalin Small Enterprise Development Foundation (SSEDF). The Foundation has been registered in Sakhalin as of November 4, 2000. A fully operational office has been established and key staff hired - This activity emphasizes the development ofa Deputy Project Director, Chief Accountant, MIS support staff, nehvork of sustainable micro finance Marketing Manager, two Joan officers (two more to be hired when institutions on Sakhalin Island in the Russian lending starts). ACDl/VOCA has established strong contacts with Far East, providing group loans and individual regional and local administration and business community and loans to micro and small entrepreneurs having negotiated a formal agreement with the American Russian Center no access to the f onnal banking sector. (ARC ), run by the University of Alaska , Anchorage, to provide training Specifically, the activity will result in: and consulting to its clients. • the f onnation of the Sakhalin Small In the summer 2000 ACDl/VOCA arranged an intern ship of SSEDF Entel]Jrise Development Foundation staff in Kazakhstan where ACDl/VOCA runs a successful microfinance (SSEDF), an indigenous self-sustainable program. In the fall 2000 ACDI/VOCA bad its Kazakhstan manager nehvork of micro finance institutions travel to Sakhalin to conduct a training course for the Joan officers in (MFI) in Sakhalin - Yuvmo-Sakhalinsk, Yu zbn o-S akb alin sk. Korsakov, and Klwlmsk; and Acc ess to Credit Resourc es of over $18,000 ,000 for ov er 8,000 • access to credit resources of over micro entrepreneurs. The program plans to start lending in $18,000,000 for over 8,000 micro November, 2000. entrepreneurs in the period ofthe program. At the end of the program SSEDF will Beneficiaries have 3,500 active clients, a portfolio size Micro and small entrepreneurs and economically underserved of over $2,000,000 and a delinquency rate population groups on Sakhalin Island having no access to credit from of under 5%. the formal banking sector will receive loans under the program. The program also benefits businesses and entrepreneurs that provide goods Geographic Location : and services to loan clients. Finally, the programhelps create new Office: Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk employment opportunities for Sakhalin residents, both in micro and Region: Sakhalin Oblast small businesses financed by the program.

US Im plem en ting Partners: Activity Contributions to Targets Agricultural Cooperative D evelopm en t This activity contributes to Strategic Objective 1.3, accelerated International and Volunteers in Overseas development and growth ofprivate ente1prises, by specifically focusing Cooperative Assistance (ACDl/VOCA), on creating models and sustainable institutions for financing micro and and the Russian American Business small entrepreneurs who have no access to the formal banking sector Training Center (RAB TC) of the and creating/sustaining businesses and jobs in the region of operation. University of Alaska, Anchorage (UAA) Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months Start: September 1999 ACDl/VOCA plans to begin lending in November 2000. On November Completion: September 2002 20, 2000 SSEDF will hold a ceremony to register the first lending group borrowers and disbursing the first set of loans to the group. Russian Implementing Partners : The SSEDF expects to begin its lending operations in November 2000 Sakhalin Small Enterprise Development and demonstrate significant growth of its portfolio over the next months. Foundation (SSEDF) and several credit Two more loan officers will be hired for this purpose. In view of the nine consumer cooperatives. month delay of the initial program stage, and depending on the program's ability to generate accelerated growth of the lending operation Other External Partners: in the spring-summer 2001, USAID plans to consider the possibility of a No11e no-cost extension of this CA for one year.

8 Tomsk Regional Microfinance Recent Implementation Accomplishments Program A locally managed selfjinancing microfinance institution (MF!.) By August 2004 FINCA Tomsk will become a self-sustainable locally This activity will result in: managed MFI in Tomsk Oblast. FINCA has been establishing contacts with the regional government, negotiating office space, hiring staff, • a locally managed self-financing conducting marketing. micro.finance institution (MFI) that can . Over the four years, provision of over $5.0 million in loans to over 7,000 be replicated throughout Russia; micro and small entrepreneurs. FINCA Tomsk plans to establish a fully • provision of over $5. 0 million in loans to operational office and start lending in the first half of 2001. The Tomsk over 7,000 micro and small entrepreneurs Program Director has been hired by FINCA and will relocate to Tomsk having no access to the formal banking in December 2000. sector, and, at the end of the program, attainment of an outstanding portfolio of Beneficiaries over $2.0 million serving over 2,200 active Beneficiaries of this activity include grassroots micro and small clients. entrepreneurs and economically underserved population groups in Tomsk Oblast having no access to credit from the formal banking Geographic Location: sector. FINCA will also create a basis for setting up a network of self Office: Tomsk sustainable micro lending institutions providing access to finance for Region: Tomsk Oblast fledgling micro entrepreneurs in other regions of Russia in conjunction with its program in Samara and the microfinancing policy networking. US Implementing Partners: Foundation for International Activity Contributions to Targets Community Assistance (FINCA) This activity contributes to Strategic Objective 1.3, accelerated International development and growth ofprivate enterprises, and, specifically, intermediate results 1.3.2, successful models ofprivate ownership and Start: September 1, 2000 modem management widely replicated, and 1.3.3, sustainable network of Completion: August 31, 2004 business support institutions (BSI's) rendering services to entrepreneurs and ente1prises, by focusing on the creation of lending models and Russian Implementing Partners: sustainable institutions for financing micro and small entrepreneurs FINCA Tomsk - a Russian MFI (to be having no access to the formal banking sector. created) Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months Other External Partners: FINCA plans to consolidate its two microfinance programs in Tomsk None and Samara by introducing a stronger management effort at the initial stage of the Tomsk program. A Russia regional director will facilitate coordination and transfer of knowledge between the two programs. FINCA Tomsk intends to start lending in the first half of 2001.

9 Russian Initiative for Self Recent Implementation Accomplishments Light lndust1y Support Center (LlSC). The center was f01med as the Apparel Innovation Employment (RISE) Center/Incubator in 1999. The Center is gradually moving into the new building, which has much more convenient location and has more beneficial rental te1ms . The Center continues its This activity contributes to the production and distributes its products to the city stores. The LISC is self-sustainable since development of the small business October 2000. The small p1int shop is also self-sustainable. sector through the facilitation of a Business training program. A well thought-out training program with various degrees of support center, business h·aining complexity and completeness for clients with various needs has been developed and programs and a credit program. successfully implemented. Eleven training programs on product merchandising, gaiment The Center for Citizen Initiatives constmction, women and children cloth technology, and professional training of sewers have been delivered dming the reported period. has secured funding for this Credit program. The credit program was suspended and only disbursed loans ai·e being activity from other sources to managed. The average loan size for the pmtfolio is $6,000. The repayment rate on loans and continue this project through May leases has dropped to 86%. Presently, 118 loans and 5 leases for $300,000 are outstanding. 2001. The activity is organized to The Apparel Librmy. CCI has a unique fashion librai·y in the n01thwest region. The librai·y is achieve three major outcomes: located in the Center and provides high quality up-to-date inf01mation on cml'ent fashion and • establishment and appai·el industry trends. The librai·y staff holds seminai·s generating enough revenue to cover development of the Light its salaiy. Industry Support Center RISE has a strong public relations component, including regulai· business aiticles in the newspaper Profession, radio presentations, and ai·ticles in local newspapers. In the last quaiter (LISC); CCI/RISE served about 600 clients (including training 186, work spaces for 7 companies, 403 • development of a business visitors of the Appai·el Librai·y). About 70% of these ai·e repeated customers. This represents training program; and good retention rate. In addition to that, 119 new clients were served. • development of a credit In October 2000, USC's cloth collection won a prize for the best youth fashion collection. program for small businesses. Beneficiaries Geographic Location: The RISE program focuses on helping new business owners, pai·ticulai1y women, through Office: Saint Petersburg access to credit and practical business skills development. In more specific te1ms, over 9,000 persons (63,000 person-hours), 85% of whom ai·e women, have been trained orreceived Region: Saint Petersburg consulting services since the start of the activity. CCI reports that over 52,000 jobs have been either sustained or created as a result of this activity since 1995. US Implementing Partners: Center for Citizen Initiatives Activity Contributions to Targets (CCI) This activity contributes to Strategic Objective 1.3, accelerated development and growth of private ente1prises, through suppmt to business associations, provision of space and consulting Start: April 1995 to small businesses, consultations with regional administrations on small business Completion: May 2001 development, and providing access to credit. Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months Russian Partners: CCI plans to continue its expansion in the city's appai·el industry exhibitions in the northwest Educational Organization region to promote its products. In addition to that, in November 2000 RISE plans to negotiate Training Center Russian business development issues with a very famous Moscow youth appai·el production fum that Initiative for Self has a nationwide sales network. Some of the RISE' s components are sustainable now, and Employment (RISE), and RISE is now hiring a Business Development director who will work on comprehensive after Russian entrepreneurs grant sustainability strategy implementation.

Other External Partners: The training program is one of the most essential components of the RISE programs and CCI None will expand it through involvement of retired militaiy personnel and development of training programs for the clients in other cities of the region.

10 Small Business Opportunities Recent Implementation Accomplishments Micro lending. Nizhny Novgorod and Rostov-on-Don lending/leasing This activity emphasizes the development of institutions have graduated and operate independently. Current micro the small business sector in Nizhny Novgorod, lending programs operate in Voronezh and Novgorod as a part of Fund Rostov-on-Don, Voronezh, Saratov and Opportunity-Russia (FOR A). In October 2000, OI started new program Novgorod by facilitating re-employment, in Saratov. Microlending in Voronezh and Novgorod has been business start-up and expansion, and public successful using a group lending approach with 5-8 members per group. recognition of the role of small businesses. In all lending programs, 97 % of the loan portfolios are paid back Specifically, this activity is planned to result in according to the original schedule. The Novgorod and Voronezh the: programs have added an individual loan component to their lending • establishment of small business program. Novy Soyuz (Voronezh) and Perspectiva (Novgorod) have incubators in Nizlmy Novgorod and disbursed 4,780 loans for $4,6 million from the start of the activity, 70% Rostov-on-Don; and of which are to women. As of September 2000, in Nizhny Novgorod, • operation of self-sustaining 4,933 loans, 72% of which are to women, have been disbursed totalling lending/leasing programs in Nizhny more than $5,1 million. In Rostov, more than 916 loans have been Novgorod, Rostov-on-Don, Voronezh and completed for a cumulative value of over $2,1 million (51 % of the Novgorod. clients are women.) Training and consulting under all program components have been provided to more than 23,000 entrepreneurs since Geographic Location: the beginning of the activity. Office: Nizhny Novgorod Regions: Nizhny Novgorod, Rostov-on-Don, Beneficiaries Saratov, Voronezh, and Novgorod oblasts This activity primarily supports two credit organizations (Novy Soyuz (Voronezh) and Perspectiva (Novgorod)) and development of FORA. US Implementing Partners: All FORA-member credit organizations will benefit from the activity. Opportunity International (OI) FORA focuses, but does not limit its lending activities, on the most underprivileged groups, e.g. single mothers, and unemployed women. Start: September 1994 Completion: June 2002 Activity Contributions to Targets This activity contributes to Strategic Objective 1.3, accelerated Graduated Russian Partners: development and growth ofprivate enterprises, through creation and Vozmozhnost (Nizhny Novgorod), development of Russian partner NGOs, training, consulting services to Soprichastnost (Rostov-on-Don), and small businesses. Doveriye (Arzamas) Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months Current Russian Partners: 01 will continue FORA development and promotion. Transfer of assets Novy Soyuz (Voronezh), and Perspectiva and funds of three partner agencies to FORA is expected by the end of (Novgorod) 2000. 01 will focus on building strong and professional FORA management team and developing FORA' s image at the federal level Other External Partners: and policy advocacy measures for the next year. In addition, OI will US Russia Investment Fund (TUSRIF) work on securing FORA's funding for its growth in 2001. As a result of (ended 6/2000) these efforts, 01 has negotiated a grant for expanded loan operations from the British Department for International Development (DIFD) that will be available in early 2001.

11 Printing of Economic Recent hnplementation Accomplishments Materials and Teachers JAR has completed the adaptation and printing of Economics textbooks under the "Seven Steps into the World Economics" for the 1'1 -1 lfu grades, and the materials Training (Junior are being delivered to the regions. Seminars for teachers on how to use the new Achievement Russia) materials are being conducted each quarter. About 4,000 new jobs for teachers have been created and about 7,000 sustained since the start of the activity. The purpose of this activity is to JAR continues its "Student Company" program where students discover the promote economic education in challenges of entrepreneurship and develop leadership skills, observe business role schools through publishing of models and explore career opportunities. education kits on a market economy JAR students actively participate in global economic contest. Examples include for Russian school students from Hewlett-Packard Global Business Challenge, Laws of Life, and Young Enterprise 1 the 1' to 11'" grade, and, through 41 Europe Student Company Competition. JAR teams traditionally win one of the regional centers, train teachers who first three places in these competitions. will educate students on these U.S . Peace Corps expressed interest in assisting JAR in conducting lessons in the materials. schools using anew English-Russian language version of the educational materials. JAR has completed the purchase, delivery, and installation of the computer and Geographic Location: networking equipment in 30 regional centers under the "JAR On-line" component. Office: Moscow Each of these regional centers has at least one server and five workstations with Regions: Please see attached list communication and peripheral equipment and dial-up or dedicated line connections to the Internet. The Internet classrooms are becoming real Internet centers in the US Implementing Partners: regions, since in some areas it is the only opportunity for students and teaches to None access the Internet.

Start: September 1998 Beneficiaries Completion: August 2002 Over 600,000 school students will be trained through schools using the funded educational kits. Over 4,500 teachers will be trained to apply the ·educational Russian Partners: materials. JAR overall has now exceeded one million students. Junior Achievement Russia (JAR) Activity Contributions to Targets The activity contributes to Strategic Objective 1.3, accelerated development, and Other External Partners: growth ofprivate enterprises. It focuses on the training of the younger generation None of potential entrepreneurs through producing and disseminating educational kits, and teacher training.

Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months JAR is working on the next phase of the economic educational textbooks printing program. These new textbooks will include the materials in both English and Russian languages, which will help students to understand the language of the international economy when they study economics. Russia regions expressed great demand for this type of educational materials. JAR will continue to focus on the recruiting of Russian corporate sponsors for its programs, to further its progress toward self sustainability. JAR will actively promote its programs among Russian corporations especially in the regions. JAR has contacted the CDC, USAID/BDI grantee, and JAR will receive the services of a volunteer expert on corporate fundraising, who will conduct two week consultancy in Moscow during the JAR regional directors meeting. The consultant will also visit one of the regions, and with local advisory boards, to help encourage corporate sponsorship of JAR, to provide a clear strategy to JAR to achieve this.

12 Printing of Economic Materials and Teachers Training Geographic Location

Regions:

1. Khak:assia Republic 2. Irkutsk Oblast 3. Chuvash Republic 4. Ivanovo Oblast 5. Udmurt Republic 6. Tatarstan Republic 7. Khabarovsk Krai 8. Kirov Ob last 9. Krasnoyarsk Krai 10. Chelyabinsk Oblast 11. Murmansk Oblast 12. Nizhny Novgorod Oblast 13. Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District 14. Novgorod Oblast 15. Kemerovo Oblast 16. Bryansk Oblast 17. Novosibirsk Oblast 18. Penza Oblast 19. Perm Oblast 20. Pskov Oblast 21. Stavropol Krai 22. Rostov Oblast 23. Ryazan Oblast 24. Samara Oblast 25. Saratov Oblast 26. Leningradskaya Oblast 27. Komi Republic 28. Tula Oblast 29. Chukotka Autonomous District 30. Bashkortostan Republic 31. North Ossetian Republic 32. Vladimir Oblast 33. Maritime Ten-itory 34. Volgograd Oblast 35. Vologda Oblast 36. Voronezh Oblast 37. Yaroslavl Oblast 38. Sverdlovskaya Oblast 39. Sakhalin Oblast

13 Business Education Project Recent Implementation Accomplishments (BEP) Training. l. Since the beginning of the project the BEP has conducted training needs assessment of more than 200 Russian and U.S. firms with operations in Russia. 2. Every month 10-15 firms are provided with This project conducts a range of activities brokering services resulting in finding relevant training for their employees. designed to enhance the perfonnance of 3. Eight workshops on training strategies for more than 360 HR managers and Russians employed in the private sector directors of local training institutions were conducted in Moscow, St. through the provision of brokering Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara and Perm. 4. Site visits to 9 regions services for training courses and the were made to assess regional training needs and design training modules and design and delivery ofprofessional professional workshops. development workshops and seminars. Materials. l. The BEP regularly updates an interactive web site for HR and Specific areas offocus are: training managers (www.usrbf.org). 2. The third edition of the Directory of • U.S. and Russian companies' Business Training Resources (in English and Russian) containing information training needs assessments; on course offerings in Russia was published and placed on the Internet via a • workshops for human resources database on the BEP web site. The Directory contains information on more managers and training providers; than 200 training institutions. 3. New manuals on Training Strategies in • advanced training modules; Russia (in English and Russian) were produced. 4. The BEP continues to • production and distribution of the sponsor the publication and distribution of paper and electronic versions of Direct01y of Business Training Kadrovy Vestnik, a journal for professional HR managers in Russia. Resources in Russia; Other: The BEP has introduced fee for service as an initial step to self • development of the interactive BEP sustainability web site; • production of workshop manuals Beneficiaries and training publications; and Business skills training facilitation benefits business community, especially • expansion of regional outreach. managers and employees of both Russian and U.S. companies in 12 Russian regions. This activity also contributes to the strengthening of existing training Geographic Location: facilities and organizations, including those funded by the USG. As a result of Office: Moscow this activity, some 1200 businesses and more that 1360 jobs were sustained. Region: Moscow, St-Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Sverdlovsk, Activity Contributions to Targets Novgorod, Pskov, Perm, Tomsk, and This activity contributes to Strategic Objective 1.3, accelerated development Novosibirsk and growth ofprivate ente1prises by strengthening the progress in human resource management that Russia has made over the past eight years of US Implementing Partners: fostering market reform. US-Russia Business Forum Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months Start: August 1997 Training. l. The BEP will conduct training needs assessments of 20-40 U.S. Completion: September 2001 and Russian firms, including small and medium enterprises. 2. The BEP will conduct one more workshop on HR management issues. 3. The BEP will Russian Partners: further provide advisory services to firms to find relevant training to their HR Club" SUPER," International employees and work with training providers to develop demand driven Institute of Market (MIR), and training modules for these firms . various training organizations Materials. l. The third edition of the Directory of Business Training Resources will be distributed to U.S. and Russian companies. 2. The BEP Other External Partners: will continue to produce and distribute the monthly HR professional None development journal in cooperation with the HR Club " SUPER" and make it widely available on the BEP website.

14 Morozov Project, Phase II Recent Implementation Accomplishments Training and Consulting. 1. Through Moscow-based skill upgrade train-the The main aim of this activity is to trainer courses, 3,228 MRC specialists and consultants were trained. 2. More disseminate business education than 95,000 entrepreneurs, managers, students, government officials, and through a network of Morozov unemployed people were trained through the MRCs in different aspects of Regional Centers (MRCs) and to management. 3. About 25,000 individuals, including entrepreneurs, were reach.financial sustainability. provided with consulting services. Specific outcomes are expected to be: Credit and Financing. 1. Since September, 1998, 396 out of 1, 160 investment • total client base of 10,000 small projects presented to the Central Office for consideration in the "lnvestproject" and micro businesses served; competition were funded totaling $11.8 million from a variety of public and • skill upgrade training provided to private sources (Funds for Entrepreneurial Support, private banks and 1,350 MRC staff; companies). Partnerships. 78 partnerships between the MRCs and foreign companies are • training provided to 90,000 being established. entrepreneurs and regional/local Self-sustainability. AMM recognizes this as a critical issue. Currently, the government officials; general revenue from the Morozov project self-financing portion is 40% of that • consulting services provided to planned for the LOP, and 17% of the annual budget. 16,500 individuals; • 75 projects receiving $13 million Beneficiaries in financing through the The Morozov project benefits the Russian business community in 53 regions by Investproject; supporting regional entrepreneurial development. To date, Morozov training and • 110 business partnerships business support services have spurred the creation of 5,700 enterprises and established; and 54,600 jobs. By the end of the project, the Morozov network will serve a total • franchise fee structure improved. client base of 10,000 small and micro businesses.

Geographic Location: Activity Contributions to Targets Office: Moscow This activity contributes to Strategic Objective 1.3, accelerated growth and Regions: Please see attached list development ofprivat e ente1prise. At present a network of 60 Morozov Regional Centers coordinated by its central office is a self-sustainable and is contributing to US Implementing Partners: small business development and enterprise restructuring in Russia's new None economy.

Start: September 1998 Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months Completion: March 2001 AMM will develop and implement a management plan to achieve the following goals: 1. Work on a strategy for the future AMM and Morozov Project self Russian Implementing Partners: sustainability; 2. Coordinate and expand the network of MRCs and its Academy of Management and subsidiaries; 3. Harmonize the quality of MRCs throughout Russia; 4. Generate Market (AMM) training courses for use by MRCs; 5. Conduct training for MRC instructors and consultants with the aim of increasing their productivity and professionalism; 6. Russian Partners: Attract outside funding to the project; and 7. facilitate cooperation with other 60 Morozov Regional Centers business development projects and USAID funded initiatives. (MRCs)

Other.External Partners: T ACIS, Eurasia Foundation, World Bank, and State University of New York (SUNY)

15 Morozov Project, Phase II Geographic Location

Regions:

1. Irkutsk Oblast 31. Orenburg Oblast 2. Altai Krai 32. Republic of Buryatia 3. Belgorod Oblast 33. Ulianovsk Oblast 4. Novgorod Oblast 34. Penza Oblast 5. Bryansk Oblast 35 . Perm Oblast 6. Chelyabinsk Oblast 36. Ryazan Oblast 7. Sverdlovskaya Oblast 37. Stavropol Krai 8. lvanovo Oblast 38. Samara Oblast 9. Udmur Republic 39 . Saratov Oblast 10. Kaliningrad Oblast 40. Smolensk Oblast 11. Republic of Tatarstan 41. Leningradskaya Oblast 12. Republic of Bashkiria 42. Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District 13 . Kemerovo Oblast 43. Republic of Karelia 14. Khabarovsk Krai 44. Tambov Oblast 15. Kirov Oblast 45. Republuc of lngushetia 16. Kostroma Oblast 46. Republuc of Kalmykia 17. Krasnodar Krai 47. Tomsk Oblast 18. Krasnoyarsk Krai 48. Tula Ob last 19. Kurgan Oblast 49. Tver Ob last 20. Kursk Oblast 50. Vladimir Oblast 21. Lipetsk Oblast 51 . Primorski Krai 22. Murmansk Oblast 52. Voronezh Oblast 23. Moscow Oblast 53. Yaroslavl Oblast 24. Kabardino-Balkarian Republic 25. Nizhny Novgorod Oblast 26. Rostov Oblast 27. Novosibirsk Oblast 28. Tyumen Oblast 29. Kaluga Oblast 30. Omsk Oblast

16 Business Development in the Recent Implementation Accomplishments Training and Consulting. 1. ARC successfully operates three training centers in the Russian Far East RFE (Khabarovsk, Magadan and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk) and conducts outreach business programs in 15 cities in the RFE, including Yakutsk, Kornsomolsk and This activity focuses on four related Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, etc. 2. Since July 1999 ARC conducted 264 outcomes: courses/seminars, including 14 U.S. based, for more than 5,5 thousand • developing the concept of entrepreneurs, managers and regional government employees in different business entrepreneurs/zip and promoting small related areas, such as : business planning, finance, and business infrast:mcture business development in the Russian development. More that 200 of these courses/seminars were self-financed or funded from other than USG funds . 3. Initial and advanced business counseling were Far East (RFE) by providing training provided to approximately 1,500 entrepreneurs and managers. Two SME counselors and technical assistance through the in Sakhalin and Khabarovsk continue to provide regular consulting services to SME American-Russian Centers (ARC) owners and managers. 4. Since July, 1999, 40 businesses and organizations network in the RFE; received loans and grants totaling $1,6 million from the following funding sources: • enhancing Russian-American Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Supervisory Board, Targeted Grant Program, Soros, EBRD, business connections; Dalcombank, and ROLL. 5. Since July 1999, ARC training and business support • facilitating educational and cultural services have already spun-ed the creation and/or strengthening of 2,747 enterprises exchanges between Alaska and the and 75,092jobs. Over the life of project (1993-2000) approximately 14,900 enterprises have been created or sustained; and more than 183,000 jobs have been RFE; and created or sustained. • building institutional relationships Materials. ARC provides materials and inst:mctors to support 34 different business between universities in Alaska and the related courses, e.g. , accounting, management, marketing, finance, strategic Russian Far East. planning, and infonnation technology. Self-sustainability. ARC' s three field centers have transfen-ed all management Geographic Location: functions to the Russian side with no decrease in effectiveness. To date ARC Office: No office in Russia centers income covers 30-40% of their operating costs, and 30% of the costs of U .S. Regions: Magadan Oblast, Khabarovsk based training program are paid by paiticipants. Krai, and Sakhalin Oblast Institutional Partnership. Under the agreement with ACDJ/VOCA ARC provides small business training to loan clients of the microcredit program. Moreover, Eurasia Foundation, International Reseai·ch and Exchanges Boai·d (IREX), and US Implementing Partners: CARANA use ARC facilities, support and administrative resources to enhance their American Russian Center (ARC) at the programs and deliver quality services in the ai·ea of small and medium business University of Alaska-Anchorage suppmt. (UAA) Beneficiaries Start: July 1999 This project benefits RFE entrepreneurs and managers by helping them statt and/or sustain their businesses. This activity also cont:J.ibutes to the strengthening of local Completion: May 2001 Russian and USG funded t:J.·aining and business support institutions. Russian Partners: Activity Contributions to Targets ARCs in Magadan, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, This activity contiibutes to Strategic Objective 1.3, accelerated development and Khabarovsk, and Yakutsk growth ofprivate enterprises. It specifically focuses on strengthening local business suppmt institutions in the RFE and broadening the range of se1vices and products, Other External Partners: which the business sector can access. Three business centers were strengthened and International Executive Service Corps their level of self-sufficiency was increased. (IESC), Citizen's Democracy Corps (CDC), Agricultural Cooperative Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months Development International - ARC will continue to develop the three existing centers, proceed with the establishment of three new centers, and conduct out:J.·each t:J.·aining utilizing Volunteers in Overseas Cooperative additional resources in the FY 01 budget. ARC plans to conduct approximately 80 Agriculture (ACDl-VOCA), Eurasia training programs for more than Foundation, Federal Aviation 1,000 Russian entrepreneurs and managers. ARC will also provide initial and Administration (FAA), and Peace advanced counseling to 400 entrepreneurs. Corps

17 Small Business Working Group Recent Implementation Accomplishments Action Plan Implementation 1. On September 1999 an Action was signed. In October, 2000 Small Business Working Group (SBWG) Action Plan was successfully The main aim of this activity is the reviewed, accomplishments were acknowledged and a second year implementation of measures to support small Action Plan was initialed. AMM took a key role in the preparation and coordination of Action Plan. 2. Under the first Action Plan AMM and medium business development in Russia developed a criteria for selecting small business development success under the framework of the U.S. - Russia stories in Russia to be presented at the Interregional Conference for 150 Joint Bi-National Commission's - Small Business Working Group regional entrepreneurs to exchange their views and experience on small business development issues. The criteria were based on: creativity, Specific outcomes are expected to be: potential to decrease administrative barriers, and possibility to replicate • collection and summary of the most the experience. AMM collected and summarized SME success stories valuable and interesting success stories in using mass media, internet resources, information obtained from the area of small and medium business entrepreneurs, business associations and regional administrations. AMM development in Russia; developed the concept of the conference and criteria for selecting • organization of an Interregional participants. The Interregional Conference was held in May-June 2000 Conference for 150 Russian regional and was found very successful by its participants - more that 150 entrepreneurs; regional entrepreneurs, regional government officials, and members of • implementation of ad hoc requests to be the SBWG. 3. AMM prepared a draft report containing all relevant received from SBWG expert groups; and findings from the Interregional Conference. It will be distributed in • publication and dissemination of selected early 2001. 4. AMM developed criteria for reviewing ad hoc requests, reference materials to a broad range of which are being received from SBWG expert groups. The criteria is regional BSis and entrepreneurs. based on: level of contribution to the Action Plan implementation; potential impact; and time and cost effectiveness. AMM cleared and Geographic Location: implemented several ad hoc requests received from SBWG expert Office: Moscow groups: (1) AMM experts drafted proposals for State Duma hearings Region: Moscow devoted to improvement of legislation for stimulating small entrepreneurship development in Russia; (2) AMM experts drafted US Implementing Partners: proposals on business training development in Russia; (3) AMM created None and updates SBWG web-page; (4) AMM arranged an exhibition at Duma premises devoted to small business development in Russia. Start: April 2000 Completion: April 2001 Beneficiaries Tue implementation of the SBWG will benefit the entire Russian small Russian Implementing Partners: business community by: (1) more appropriate state and regional Academy of Management and Market legislation; (2) development of a rational credit policy with respect to (AMM) small business; and (3) development of business training for entrepreneurs in the regions. Russian Partners: Ministry for Antimonopoly Policy and Activity Contributions to Targets Support of Entrepreneurship This activity contributes to the Strategic Objective 1.3, accelerated growth and development ofprivate ente1prise. The successful Other External Partners: implementation of the SBWG Action Plan will further contribute to U.S. Small Business Administration, small business development and enterprise restructuring in Russia's new Ministry of Economic Development and economy. Trade of the Russian Federation, the Chamber of Commerce of the Russian Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months Federation, and the Federal Fund for SME 1. AMM will publish a report (3000 copies) containing all relevant Development findings from the Interregional Conference. 2. AMM will distribute the report to a wide range of entrepreneurs, business support institutions and regional/local administrations through business associations and regional funds for SME development. 3. AMM in cooperation with U.S. Small Business Administration will organize a trip to the U.S. for a delegation of Russian high level officials working in small business support area. The delegation will be lead by I. Yuzhanov, Minister for Antimonopoly Policy and Support for Entrepreneurship. 4. AMM's cooperative agreement will be extended to cover the new Small Business Action Plan for 2000 - 2001.

18 Tomsk Regional Initiative Recent Implementation Accomplishments Administrative Barriers Analysis The grant with FIAS was recently signed, and a letter was obtained from the local administration agreeing to publicly disclose the results of the study, necessary for any meaningful public discussion of the work and This activity enhances the understanding of the process of reform. ' regional officials and business associations of the investment process, and the importance Beneficiaries putting in place a rational and simplified set of Th~s~ activity be~~fits Tomsk Oblast, and all of the population impacted requirements for invest11~ent. The activity will pos1t1vely by add1t10nal investment. Strengthened business associations undertake a detailed analysis of the inveshnent :Vill help to improve the climate for investment, and the effort to jointly process in the region, of various policies, laws, lillprove t~e legal and regulatory climate will also encourage investment, and regulations that investors must deal with, thus creatmg more employment opportunities in the region. and then work through the regional administration and the business associations Activity Contributions to Targets to help implement some of the changes to This activity contributes to Strategic Objective 1.3, accelerated improve the process. development and growth ofprivate enterprises, through support to The activity stimulates and helps formalize policies, legislation, and regulations conductive to broad-based and sustain a dialogue between government, co~pe~ition an? private sector growth. It also contributes to Strategic the private sector, and the business O~Jecttve 1.4, unproved economic infrastructure to support market associations on issues of sustainable economic onented growth, by improving the access to trade and investment. This growth by sh·engthening the ability of business ~ctivity also contributes to Strategic Objective 2.1, increased, better associations to participate more fully and informed citizens' participation in political and economic decision effectively in public debate and economic making. decision making through their participation in the process. Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months Geographic Location: FIAS will. co.nduct its initial fieldwork for the effort in early December, and a prelimmary draft of the Analysis of Administrative should be Office: no office in Russia ready by the end of the reporting period. Region: Tomsk The program will then begin to organize a roundtable to discuss the effort with public and private sector representatives. US Implementing Partner: The Foreign Investment Advisory Service (FIAS)

Start: September 2000 Completion: March 2002

Russian Partners: None

Other External Partners: None

19 Program to Revitalize Recent Implementation Accomplishments The PRARI activity was extended to May31, 2001. By November 2000, PRARI Ag1iculture through Regional prepared oblast, sector and company profiles for the second Investment Mission, Investment (PRARI) scheduled for April 2001. PRARI placed a regional website for Rostov and Lipetsk oblasts, and Republic of Chuvashia. The website will serve as a means of infonnation The objectives of PRARI are: exchange berween the participating PRARI regions and potential investors, and will • to improve the agribusiness contain updated infonnation about business and investment climates. Advocacy: In July-August 2000, PRARI consultants advised Rostov and Lipetsk oblast investment climate in selected administrations on Amendments to the Law on Support to and Regulation of Investment; regions via the development of Law on investment Credits; Law on Prope1ty Conservation, a draft law on fmm land critical policies and institutions lease legislation, and a draft law "On development budget of Lipetsk oblast" which conducive to inveshnent and trade; describes investment gum·antees. In Chuvashia, PRARI assists in prepm'ing the • to identify viable inveshnent investment section of the republic Agriculture Development Program for 2001-2005. opportunities at the regional level The experience in conducting investment conferences in Lipetsk and Rostov in June and facilitate partnerships behveen 2000, was analyzed and PRARI recommendations were used to prepm·e an infmmation U.S. and Russian private package on the Lipetsk oblast for the exhibition "EXP0-2000" in Hannover, Ge1many. Business links: PRARI continues to track on the results of the last yem"s Investment agribusinesses; and Mission and assists in finding business pmtner opportunities for local companies. With • to create tangible examples of PRARI technical assistance, J.D. Watkins Enterp1ise strengthened and expanded potato investor-friendly regions and draw production venture in the Rostov oblast, which included development of operational attention to inveshnent benefits in plans for 2001, sem·ch for new potential potato test sites, and launching of a pilot order to drive policy reforms in popcorn project. other regions. PRARI continued its technical support to AGRO Union (American-Canadian investment) in its custom fmming operations in the Rostov oblast and Krasnodm· Geographic Location: tenitory. AGRO Union has also established a strategic pmtnership with Vasiurinski Office: No office in Russia integrated meat production complex in Krasnodm·, which enabled the complex to receive foreign faim machinery and equipment. Priority Regions: Republic of PRARI assisted the Yantai"Voye freezing company in the Rostov oblast in developing Chuvashia, Lipetsk/Voronezh, and business and investment paitnerships with the McDonalds company. WithPRARI Rostov; assistance, Yantamoye received a loan from the Rostov regional fund to support Secondary Regions: Omsk, Vologda, businesses, purchased equipment for freezing fruits and benies, and signed contracts Saratov with the McDonalds company. The companies also negotiated onion delive1ies in 2001 . PRARI continued to facilitate relationship between the Vancouver-based company, U.S. Implementing Partner: North American Reishi Ltd, and Vologda Phaimaceutical Company (VPC) for the export .A.bt. .A.ssociates of chaga (birch polypore). PRARI facilitated infmmation exchange between the paities and encouraged the timely prepai·ation of the second shipment in August. Training: In November 2000, fourteen PRARI regional representatives paiticipated in a Start: July 1997 U.S.-based training course in investment promotion strategies and practices. Completion: May 2001 PRARI website was launched at www.prari.ru.

Russian Partners: Beneficiaries Oblast administrations and regional Nineteen local businesses ai·e direct beneficiai·ies of this activity. Indirect beneficiaiies ministries of agriculture and include agribusiness as a whole in the three PRARI oblasts which m·e developing economics in Rostov, Voronezh, environment for investment. Chuvashia, Lipetsk, Saratov, Omsk, and Vologda Activity Contributions to Targets Activities relate to Strategic Objective 1.3, accelerated development and growth of private enterprises. Other External Partners: None Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months 1. Preparation of the second Investment Mission in April 2001. 2. An intell'egional conference on agribusiness investment promotion strategies in January 2001. 3. Fu1ther development of regional PRARI websites. 4. Paiticipation in a U.S.-based agiibusiness fair in Februaiy-Mai·ch 2001.

20 Mobilizing Agricultural Recent bnplementation Accomplishments By September 30, 2000 RCCDF received funds from the US food aid program totalling Credit (MAC) Program $4.3 million, which has been invested in commercial bank short-te1m deposits. Later these funds will be employed in cooperative lending. In September, both USDA and USAID This program supports the fmmally extended the supervision role of ACDI/VOCA of the Russian-American Lending establishment ofprivately-managed, Program funds, and the te1m of the grant to ACDI/VOCA for technical assistance (TA) to farmer-owned credit cooperatives. December 31 , 2001. The additional $300,000 TA money was added to the grant. The The objectives of the program are: lending program continues to experience no defaults and zero delinquency with all • to establish and support a self- cooperatives repaying principal and capital contributions on time and according to the terms of their loan agreements. sustaining fund for lending to Lending: Since the beginning, the program issued a total of $1.3 million in loans. A total agricultural credit cooperatives of $0.3 million has been repaid in accordance with the loan agreements. The program has whose members are private an active portfolio totalling $0.9 million, lent to 22 mral credit cooperatives, which in tum farmers; have lent to 417 members of the cooperatives and private faimers. The average loan size • to promote a legislative and from RCCDF to each mral credit cooperative is $52,027, and the average individual loan is policy environment that is more $3,160. conducive to the formation and $1.17 million was lent in 2000. 28% of the funds available were lent in 2000, while $1.8 operation of credit cooperatives million was transfened to RCCDF after June 2000, thus missing the production lending and investments in agriculture; cycle. The Financial Directorate and Supervisory Council reviewed the Loan Limits and adjusted and downwai·ds the capital contribution (interest rate), based on the te1m of a loan, inflation, • to support the establishment of a the Central Bank refinancing rate, dollar/111ble rate, and inter bank lending rate. network of democratically One new credit cooperative was accredited in Udmurtia. managed cooperative financial Advocacy: The MAC program continued to encourage the RCCDF and the Union of Rural institutions. Credit Cooperatives to take an active role in the f01mulation of a law on mral credit cooperatives. The draft was submitted to the Duma for review and vote. Geographic Location: Training: Two training courses in Fundamentals of Credit and Small Business and Rural Office: Moscow Enterprise Lending were conducted for financial directors and chief accountants of the accredited cooperatives. Ajoint USDA Cochran/MAC training program was conducted in. Regions: Volgograd, Rostov, Saratov, U.S. for six representatives of the cooperatives. The group visited cooperative banks and Perm, Kaluga, Penza, Yaroslavl, agiicultural credit operations, as well as their respective faimand agiibusiness bmrnwers Novosibirsk, Tomsk, Republic of and clients. Chuvashia, Vologda, Mari-El, and During the yeai· one of the Faimer-to-Faimer (FtF) program nine volunteer assignments Moscow complemented the MAC progi·amin Vologda, Sai·atov, Chelyabinsk, Rostov-the-Great, Rostov-on-Don regions. The FtF volunteers assisted the cooperatives in credit US Implementing Partners: administration, improving loan policies, procedures, and internal controls. ACDl/VOCA Beneficiaries Twenty three regional 111ral credit cooperatives and 417 cooperative members ai·e direct Start: October 1998 beneficiaii es of this activity to date. All of the bonowers in the system of twenty three Completion: December 2001 rnral cooperatives in twelve regions of the country who paiticipate in the training and institutional activities benefit from this activity. Russian Partners: Rural Credit Cooperative Activity Contributions to Targets Development Fund (RCCDF) with Activities under this progi·am fall under USAID/Russia' s Strategic Objective 1.3, the Ministry of Agriculture and accelerated development and growth of private enterprises. Food of Russia (MOAF) Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months 1. Full credit authorization for 111ral credit cooperative advances within the approved loan Other External Partners: limits will be delegated to the Financial Director on all individual loans less than $5,415. USDA 2. For the 20001-lending season credit authorization will be delegated to 111ral credit cooperatives. 3. New cooperative legislation is advocated in the Duma for spring 2001. 4. Long-te1m strategic planning for RCCDF will be initiated.

21 The Fanner to Fanner Program Recent Implementation Accomplishments (FtF) In October 1999, the Consortium led by ACDUVOCA and two sub grantees, LOL and Winrock, started a new Farmer-to Farmer (FtF) program with 592 planned volunteer assignments. The Consortium's USAID manages a U.S. Department of strategy is focus F.tF activities in the largest agricultural producing Agriculture initiative that provides volunteer t? regions, while targetmg meat and dairy processing, post-harvest specialists who respond to requests for short activities related to grain and vegetables, and farm credit and finance. term t.echnical assistance. Assistance is given This program effectively uses volunteer technical assistance to provide in areas related to farm production, food short-term assistance to farm organizations, and also to support the processing and marketing, agriculture USAID activities, of Mobilizing Agricultural Credit (MAC) and extension, and agriculture finance. Program to Revitalize Agriculture Through Regional Investment Following the recommendations of a July (PRARI). 1996 evaluation, the program focuses on fewer The FtF Consortium fielded 148 volunteer consultants during year one of geographical areas and on fewer types of program implementation. 93 volunteers provided assistance at the firm activities. The main emphases are: level in meat and dairy processing and post harvest activities in the grain organizational development, agribusiness, and and vegeta~le sectors. Volunteer assignments focus on new production, finance. ~anufacturmg . techniques and technologies, new product development, mcreased efficiency and quality control, strategic planning, marketing, Geographic Location: management, and accounting. Offices: Moscow, Saratov, and Novosibirsk The HF Russia Program builds the capacity and sistainability of Regions: Moscow, Leningrad, Republic of Agricultural Support Organizations (ASOs), focusing on institutional Udmurtia, Krasnodar Territory, Smolensk, ~evelopm~nt and provision of services. 15 volunteers in year one were Kaliningrad, Belgorod, Volgograd, fielded to rmprove financial sistainability, operational policies, service Rostov, Republic of Tatarstan, Pskov, provision, information dissemination, and advocacy. 30 volunteers were Kursk, Vologda, Republic of Chuvashia, fielded to improve ASOs capacity in business services and technology Kaliningrad, Perm, Tomsk, Ekaterinburg, transfer. Novosibirsk, Altai Territory, Voronezh, 9 volunteer consultants from the U.S. farm credit system worked at the Penza, Saratov, Volgograd, Mari-El, grass-roots level with rural credit cooperatives on credit policies and Ulyanovsk, Kaluga, Yaroslavl, and Samara procedures, loan accounting, internal controls, member-board relations borrower training, use of collateral, and marketing. ' US Implementing Partners: volunteer was fielded to work with a Russian agribusiness on potential ACDUVOCA, Land O'Lakes (LOL), and ! mvestment opportunities. Winrock International !11 Oc~ober. 2000 the FtF Consortium conducted a retreat training for all its offices m Russia and recruiting offices in the U.S. Start: September 1999 Completion: September 2003 Beneficiaries 198 Russian clients received direct assistance from the FtF volunteers. Russian Partners: A total of 30 ASOs provide services to 6,000 farmers and agribusinesses. Private farmers associations, farmers In cooperation with Russian NGOs, the FtF program worked on 2 federal training institutes and colleges, reorganized laws on bankruptcy and liquidation, and warehouse receipts. farms, and local governments Activity Contributions to Targets Other External partners: The program activities relate to Strategic Objective 1.3, accelerated None development and growth ofprivate enterprises.

Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months Within the next six months, the FtF Consortium plans to field about 80 volunteers, and continue to provide short-term volunteer expertise to the MAC and PRARI activities in selected regions of Russia.

22 Implementation of Innovative Recent Implementation Accomplishments Technologies Program (INTECH) in Activity I - 17ie preparato1y stage: a) A survey was conducted to assess innovative potential and the needs of the technology-based enterprises the Samara Oblast for technical assistance in the Samara Oblast. b) A written report on the results of the research identified the key areas of technical assistance The main aim of the INTECH is to develop a required. c) U.S. advisors with Russian experience in innovative model of technology commercialization of technologies were selected for conducting the training courses. d) Two small and medium-sized technology-based training programs developed. e) An intensive two-week training session, enterprises in the region with a high with a core group of 18 Russian trainers selected from local BSis, innovative potential with the view of its authorities, consulting and educational institutions, was conducted by the replication in other regions. The expected U.S. and Russian consultants. f) Three in-depth three-day workshops deliverables are as follows: for 54 Russian managers of the technology-based enterprises conducted. • at least two joint ventures will be g) A Round Table conducted on the results of the work carried out under established; Activity I. • one hundred entrepreneurs and Activity II -An exhibition and International Conference: Both representatives of Russian BSis will be exhibition and conference were held from May 25 - 27, 2000. Over 150 consulted on the issues of technology innovative, investment and infrastructure projects were presented by 80 commercialization; organizations and businesses. More than 131 registered delegates • working relations with IRIS and CDC participated in the conference. The exhibition and the conference were established. attended by 5,000 participants.

Geographic Location: Beneficiaries Office: Moscow and Samara The small and medium-sized technology-based enterprises and Russian Regions: Moscow and Samara Business Support Institutions (BSls) of the Samara Oblast are direct beneficiaries of this activity. US Implementing Partners: None Activity Contributions to Targets The activity contributes to the Strategic Objective 1.3 of accelerated Start: August 1999 development and growth ofprivate enterprise and associated Completion: August 2000 Intermediate Results 1.3.2 and 1.3.3 successful models ofprivate ownership and modem management widely replicated and sustainable Russian Implementing Partner: network of business support institutions rendering services to Academy of Management and Market entrepreneurs and businesses. The activity will also support the (AMM) Regional Initiative (RI). As a result the INTECH implementation will assist in reaching the following goals: Russian Partners: • Increase the number of small and medium-sized enterprises in Ministry of Science and Technologies of Russia; the RF, Administration of the Samara • Increase the number of jobs created and sustained particularly in the Oblast, and Venture Fund of the Samara technology-based enterprises; Oblast • Strengthen the Business Support Institutions (BSis) in the area to serve technology-based enterprises. Other External Partners: Eurasia Foundation; CDC, and IRIS Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months The model developed and experience gained will be used in a similar program to be implemented in the Tomsk Oblast.

23 Implementation of Innovative Recent hnplementation Accomplishments Technologies Program None. The project is in the very initial stage of implementation. (INTECH/Tomsk) in Tomsk Oblast Beneficiaries The small and medium-sized technology-based enterprises and Russian The main aim of INTECH/Tomsk is to use a Business Support Institutions (BSis) of Tomsk Oblast are direct model of technology commercialiwtion of beneficiaries of this activity. small and medium-sized technology-based enterprises developed in the Samara Oblast Activity Contributions to Targets with the view of its further replication in other The activity contributes to the Strategic Objective 1.3 of accelerated regions. The expected deliverables are as development and growth ofprivate ente1prise and associated follows: Intermediate Results 1.3.2 and 1.3.3 models ofprivate ownership and • at least two joint ventures will be modem management widely replicated and sustainable network of established; business support institutions rendering services to entrepreneurs and • one hundred entrepreneurs and businesses. The activity will also support the Regional Initiative (RI). representatives of Russian BSis will be As a result the INTECH/Tomsk implementation will assist in reaching consulted on the issues of technology the following goals: commercialiwtion; • Increase the number of small and medium-sized enterprises in • working relations with IRIS and Russia; ACDIIVOCA will be established. • Increase the number of jobs created and sustained particularly in the technology-based enterprises; and Geographic Location: • Strengthen the Business Support Institutions (BSis) in the area to Office: Tomsk serve technology-based enterprises. Regions: Tomsk Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months US Implementing Partners: • At least two joint ventures will be established to serve the Russian None market. • Eight Memorandums of Understanding are expected to be si~ned for Start: September 2000 future cooperation. Completion: September 2002 • An international conference will be held with at least 200 Russian Implementing Partners: participants. Academy of Management and Market • Entrepreneurs and representatives of BSis will be trained on the (AMM) issues of technology commercialization.

Russian Partners: Ministry of Industry, Science and Technologies of the RF, and administration of Tomsk Oblast

Other External Partners: ACDl/VOCA, and IRIS

24 Business Development Through Recent Implementation Accomplishments Energy Partnerships Program In December 1999 the first exchange visit of representatives of lrkutskenergo and Novosibirskenergo to the Cinergy utility took place. From May 3 -5, 2000 Pennsylvania Power & Light (PP&L) conducted a This activity fosters partnerships between three-day seminar on project management and procurement for both Russian and U.S. counterparts in the energy Russian utilities in Irkutsk as a follow-up of the first exchange. sector by: From June 18-26, 2000 senior officers of each Russian utility • sponsoring general study tours and participated in the Edison Electric lnstitute's (EEi) annual meeting in exchanges; Canada with a three day exchange visit to PP&L in the U.S. to follow-up • developing customized U.S.-based energy on financing questions. The results achieved by the program are as industry study tours; and follows: • establishing partnerships between Irkutskenergo privately-owned regional power utilities. • Conversion tables and forms were developed for transformation of Russian accounting balances into U.S. GAAP. Geographic Location: • Corporate Procedures on Internal Investment Planning were Office: Moscow developed to decrease project procurement costs. Regions: Moscow, Irkutsk, and Novosibirsk Novosibirskenergo U.S. Implementing partner: • A new corporate strategy was developed U.S. Energy Association (USEA) • A Budgeting Department was established. • A pilot metering project was initiated to improve billing and Start: August 1999 collections procedures. Completion: February 2001 Beneficiaries Russian Partners: Irkutskenergo and Novosibirskenergo (privately owned regional power IrkutskEnergo, NovosibirskEnergo - utilities) are direct beneficiaries of this activity. regional power utilities Activity Contribution to Targets Other external partners: These partnership activities contribute to the achievement of Strategic Objective 1.3, accelerated development and growth ofprivate World Energy Council (WEC) enterprises.

Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months A six-month no-cost extension is being granted to USEA through February 17, 2001. A second phase of the program will build on the management changes initiated by the Novosibirskenergo management as a result of its participation in phase one of the partnership program. PP&L will conduct a second visit to introduce new procedures and staff training for the treasury management department to access international capital markets.

25 so 1.4 Improved Economic Infrastructure to Support Market-Oriented Growth

IR 1.4.l Tax System Fair and Efficient IR 1.4.2 Legal and Regulatory Framework for Financial Sector Established and Strengthened IR 1.4.3 International Accounting Standards (!AS) Properly Match Revenues and Expenses to Improve Existing Operations and Make Financial Reporting Transparent for Banking Sector Supervision IR 1.4.4 Economic Think Tanks' Analytical and Policy Advice Capabilities Strengthened to Support Sound Policy Formulation

Key Implementation Activities as of October 31, 2000

1. Intergovernmental Fiscal Reform ...... 26 2. Financial Viability Analysis ...... 27 3. Technical Assistance to Support the Development of Sound Financial Infrastructure ...... 28 4. Technical Assistance for Banking Reform Through Russia's Inter Agency Coordinating Committee (IACC) ...... 29 5. Development Credit Authority Program (DCA) ...... 30 6. Loan Portfolio Guarantee Program (LPG) ...... 31 7. Bank Training Program ...... 32 8. Regional Economic Policy and Investment Strategy (REPAIS) ...... 33 9. Alaska Sakhalin Working Group ...... 34 10. Institute for the Economy in Transition (IET) ...... 35 11 . Strengthening Program for Economic Think Tanks ...... 36 12. Adoption of International Accounting Standards (IAS) ...... 37 13. Regional Initiative Promotion of International Accounting Standards (Tomsk) ...... 38

25 Intergovernmental Fiscal Reform Recent Implementation Accomplishments Since the activity began in June 2000, the following results have been The program provides technical assistance to achieved: the federal, regional and local governments • Assistance to regional governments in the development of !GR. in the area of intergovernmental fiscal The Center for Fiscal Policy (CFP) updated transfer allocation and relations (IGR). In addition, the program is revenue-forecast models for its pilot regions: Leningrad, Novgorod, building local Russian capacity in Tomsk, Vladimir, Rostov, and Tumen oblasts. This work was intergovernmental fiscal relations by undertaken for the 2001budget process at the request of these regional strengthening a local Russian organization, administrations. Currently CFP experts are selecting 2-3 additional the Center for Fiscal Policy (CFP) that regions to assist. In June 2000 the CFP presented the Ministry of specializes in this area. Finance (MOF) with interim recommendations for reforming IGR. MOF adopted these recommendations which will make transfers more Geographic Location: predictable, reduce arbitrary negotiating between regional and local Office: Moscow government and create incentives for local governments to increase Regions: Moscow, Leningrad Oblast, Novgorod revenue collections and rationalize spending. Oblast, Tomsk Oblast, Vladimir Oblast, • Assistance to the federal government in the development of the 2001 Rostov Oblast, Tumen Oblast, Stavropol f ederal budget. Krai, Republik of Karachaevo-Cherkessya, Experts from CFP provided Duma deputies with analytical papers on and Astrakhan Oblast IGR reforms in Russia, tax-sharing options, federal mandates and an equalization transfer formula. At the request of MOF, CFP continued to US Implementing Partners: improve and refine its simulation computer model for allocation of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu equalization transfers. CFP helped the IGR Subcommittee of the State Duma to prepare and conduct hearings of the Tripartite Working Group. Start: May 2000 • Assistance in drafting new legislation Completion: May 2003 CFP drafted the preliminary version of the Model Law on Regional IGR, which was discussed at the Duma IGR Subcommittee meeting. At the Russian Partners: Duma's request, CFP staff prepared a draft law on the Budget Chamber, Center for Fiscal Policy, Moscow describing its goals, functions and duties.

Other External Partners: Beneficiaries None A more effective and transparent fiscal system will improve the Russian government's ability to more efficiently and equitably provide public services. In tum, this will benefit all Russian citizens relying on social and public services.

Activity Contributions to Targets This activity contributes to Strategic Objective 1.4, improved economic infrastructure to support market oriented growth. The following indicators are supported: 1.4.3 Objective Criteria and System Developed for Transfer of Resources from Center to Regions and 1.4.1 Tax System Fair and Efficient.

Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months During the next 6 months CFP will continue to provide technical assistance to regional and local governments, Duma, MOF and the Presidential Administration. In addition 2 new pilot regions will be selected. CFP will also conduct an interregional conference for regional officials to discuss IGR issues and present results of its work.

26 Financial Viability Analysis Recent Implementation Accomplishments PWC has conducted three financial viability analyses. At the beginning Under this activity, due diligence analyses are stage of the DCA program, PWC conducted CAMEL analyses of Far conducted on businesses and.financial Eastern Bank (FEB) and the National Bank of Alaska (NBA). These institutions seeking to participate in analyses were used to assure the financial soundness of NBA and to USAID!Russia's credit guarantee programs. calculate the subsidy cost for the two approved DCA transactions: NBA Under the activity, Price Waterhouse Coopers portfolio and NBA liquidity guarantees. (PWC): • assesses the eligibility of banks wishing to In September 2000, PWC conducted a CAMEL analysis of the Bank of participate in USA/D's banking programs Investments and Innovations (BIN bank) which became the first Russian (e.g. the Loan Portfolio Guarantee (LPG) and bank since the August 1998 financial crisis to be selected to participate Development Credit Authority (DCA) in USAID/Russia's LPG program. programs), • assesses the eligibility of Russian Beneficiaries businesses, Russian banks, Russian-American Russian businesses, Russian banks, Russian-American joint venture joint venture companies, municipal or companies, municipal or regional utilities (or special purpose companies regional utilities (or special purpose created by the regional and local administrations) operating in the RFE companies created by the regional and local benefit from this activity. administrations) operating in the RFE for the Development Credit Authority (DCA) Activity Contributions to Targets program, and This activity contributes principally to SO 1.4, improved economic infrastructure to support market oriented growth, by assisting USAID in • Provides input for calculation of the evaluating potential partners for credit guarantee programs. subsidy cost for LPG and DCA programs.

Geographic Location: Noteworthy plans Over the Next Six Months Office: No office in Russia USAID/Russia is identifying other potential LPG bank candidates . Regions: During the next 6 months it is envisioned that PWC will conduct Primorski Krai and Sakhalin Oblast financial viability analysis of 2-3 prospective LPG partner banks. In addition, it is anticipated that PWC will conduct financial viability US Implementing Partners: analyses on banking institutions and companies seeking to qualify for Price Waterhouse Coopers the DCA program.

Start: August 2, 1999 Completion: October 15, 2001

Russian Partners: Russian banks participating in USAID' s banking programs, and Russian-American joint venture companies municipal or regional utilities (or special purpose companies created by the regional and local administrations) operating in the RFE

Other External Partners: None

27 Technical Assistance to Support the Recent Implementation Accomplishments Development of Sound Financial In July 2000, FSVC signed a new three-year cooperative agreement with Infrastructure USAID. FSVC is continuing activities in the following areas: Central Government Policy Reform. FSVC provides technical assistance This activity supports the creation of a sound to CBR officials to strengthen internal banking infrastructure and financial infrastructure in the broad areas of operations, to better manage and track collateral accepted from central banking, commercial banking and commercial banks and to further the development of the payments capital markets. Through this activity, U.S system. In addition, technical assistance has been provided to the financial experts provide consulting and Agency for Restructuring of Credit Organizations (ARCO) in the area of training to Russian counterparts on a internal/external audit procedures. Commentary on draft amendments to volunteer basis. the Federal Law "On Restructuring Credit Organizations" was also provided to ARCO. The activity also provides: • expe1t review and commentary on draft Regional Work and Commercial Bank Training. During the past 6 legislation and regulations; months, FSVC consultants conducted training for commercial banks on • specialized seminars for financial sector topics such as internal controls, audit procedures, crisis management, audiences; and credit risk management, bank strategic and tactical training, international • consultations with selected commercial trade finance and international accounting standards. In addition, banks, the Central Bank of Russia and FSVC' s regional office in Samara organized seminars for banks in Regional administrations. Samara, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Perm Saratov, and Tatarstan on crisis management, mortgage lending, and development of plastic card Geographic Location: operations and international accounting standards. Several workshops Office: Moscow and Samara and seminars were also held in Novosibirsk and Vladivostok. Regions: St. Petersburg, Samara, Primorski Krai, Ryazan, Omsk, Novosibirsk, Tula, Capital markets. FSVC continued work with the Federal Security Penza, Kursk, and Lipetsk Commission (FSC), NAUFOR, and the Depository Clearing Corporation by providing assistance in drafting a code of corporate governance US Implementing Partners: practices. Financial Services Volunteer Corps (FSVC) Beneficiaries A transparent banking system is an integral part of a market economy. Start: September 2000 Assistance designed to stabilize the banking system will contribute to the Completion: August 2003 growth of small and medium businesses, stimulate trade and investment and promote broad-based economic growth. Russian Partners: Central Bank of Russia (CBR), Activity Contributions to Targets private banks, St. Petersburg and The activity contributes to Strategic Objective 1.4, improved economic Yekaterinburg stock exchanges, infrastructure to support market-oriented growth, particularly by Association of Russian Banks (ARB), improving regulatory capacity. National Association of Securities Market Participants (NAUFOR), and Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months Agency for Restructuring of Credit FSVC will continue its regional work and focus its central government Organizations (ARCO) activities on priorities outlined by the Inter-Agency Coordinating Committee, that coordinates technical assistance among donor agencies, Other External Partners: through its technical working groups. A series of corporate governance IMF, World Bank, EBRD and U.S. workshops and seminars in various regions will be held. Department of Treasury

28 Technical Assistance for Banking Recent Implementation Accomplishments Reform Through Russia's Inter Through this activity, USAID became the first donor organization to receive the CBR' s permission to place a Resident Advisor in the main Agency Coordinating Committee office of the CBR. USAID' s long term Resident Advisor to the CBR (IACC) began work in March 2000. 1. 171e technical component. Through this activity USAID is assisting the During the past eight months, the Resident Advisor conducted an Central Bank of Russia (CBR) and Russian extensive review of materials on Russian Accounting Standards (RAS), commercial banks to adopt International the Tax Code, and regulations of the CBR and Ministry of Finance. As a Accounting Standards (IAS). result, several new IAS compliant regulations and proposed changes to existing accounting instruction were developed. In addition, 30 CBR Geographic Location: reporting instructions are currently being revised and brought into Office: Moscow compliance with IAS. A time line to phase in IAS adoption developed Regions: Nizhny Novgorod and Moscow and agreed upon by the CBR. 2. The pilot bank component US Implementing Partners: Two Russian commercial banks were selected to participate in the IAS Development Alternatives Incorporated pilot banks project. Starting in November, DAI consultants will begin to (DAI) assist the pilot banks in converting their financial statements to IAS. 3. The training component Start: September 24, 1999 Two training sessions were conducted for employees of the CBR' s Completion: May 31, 2001 accounting, supervision and general economic departments. In addition, DAI provided training to ARCO personnel and assisted with two FSVC Russian Partners: workshops in Novosibirsk and Omsk. Central Bank of Russia (CBR), Ministry of Finance, Agency for Beneficiaries Restructuring of Credit Organizations, and A stronger and more transparent banking sector will benefit Russian selected commercial banks citizens by increasing economic growth. Because IAS is a transparent financial reporting system based on globally accepted accounting Other External Partners: standards and financial procedures, adoption of IAS is an essential step None in improving transparency and confidence within the Russian banking sector.

Activity Contributions to Targets This activity contributes principally to SO 1.4, improved economic infrastructure to support market oriented growth, by promoting transparency and accountability within the Russian banking sector.

Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months The long-term advisor will continue to address specific concerns of the CBR and develop new IAS compliant reporting requirements. After the CBR approves the two pilot banks, short-term technical advisors will start to assist these banks with conversion to IAS. Additional IAS training for selected commercial banks and members of the CBR accounting department will be conducted.

29 Development Credit Authority Recent Implementation Accomplishments Program (DCA) In September 1999, USAID signed two related Development Credit Authority (DCA) agreements with the National Bank of Alaska (NBA). Under the terms of the first agreement USAID was to provide NBA with DCA is a broad, general funding authority a 50% guarantee on a portfolio of loans made by the NBA to Russian enacted by Congress that allows USAID to businesses, Russian-American joint venture companies, or municipal and make loans or issue loan guarantees for regional utilities operating in the RFE. Under the second DCA commercially viable development purposes. agreement, USAID was to provide NBA with a 50% guarantee on a Geographic Location: liquidity loan that NBA was to make to Far-Eastern Bank. Office: n/a Region: n/a Unfortunately, after both of these agreements were signed, Wells Fargo Bank acquired the NBA Because lending in the Russian Far East was US Implementing Partners: not part of Wells Fargo overall business strategy, Wells Fargo decided to Have not been identified yet cancel both DCA agreements. Therefore at the current time the DCA program is inactive. However, USAID/Russia staff has currently Start: September 1999 identified a number of possible projects in the RFE that may be eligible Completion: September 2006 for the DCA in coming year.

Russian Partners: Beneficiaries Have not been identified yet Russian businesses, Russian-American joint venture companies, municipal or regional utilities (or special purpose companies created by Other External Partners: the regional and local administrations) operating in the RFE, will bebefit None from this activity. Activity Contributions to Targets This activity contributes principally to SO 1.4, improved economic infrastructure to support market oriented growth, by ensuring financial markets operate more efficiently to meet the needs of market participants.

It also contributes to SO 1.3, accelerated development and growth of private enterprises by creating and/or sustaining businesses and jobs in the Russian Far East.

Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months Analysis of existing opportunities for the use of DCA in the RFE will be continued.

30 Loan Portfolio Guarantee Program Recent Implementation Accomplishments: (LPG) In the wake of the August 1998 financial crises, Russian banks suffered sever financial losses and drastically back on lending to the SME sector. Due to these, USAID was temporarily forced to suspend the Russia LPG This activity encourages Russian commercial Program during 1999. However, given recent improvements in the banks to extend credit to small and medium Russian economy and banking sector, USAID was recently able to re size businesses by providing participating start the LPG program. banks with a 50% guarantee on the potential loss of a portfolio of loans designated for the On September 29, 2000 USAID signed a five-year $2 million loan SME sector. In addition, participating banks portfolio guarantee agreement with Moscow based Bank of Investment receive specialized training in various aspects and Innovations (BIN Bank). BIN bank is the first Russian bank since of small business lending and risk the August 1998 financial crisis to be selected to participate in the management. program. As of November 14, 2000, BIN Bank had already used the guarantee to cover 5 loans, totaling $190,000, made to small and Geographic Location: size businesses in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Kaliningrad. In Office: Moscow me~i~m add1t10n, there are currently 10 additional loans before the bank's credit Regions: Moscow Oblast, Leningradskaya review board. Oblast, Kaliningrad Oblast, Republic of Buryatia, and Chita Oblast Beneficiaries: This program will benefit Russian small businesses and entrepreneurs by US Implementing Partners: encouraging Russian commercial banks to extend financing to the SME None secto~ . In .addition, this program will strengthen partner banks by reducmg nsks related to SME lending and providing partner banks with Start: September 29, 2000 Completion: September 30, 2005 training in small business lending.

Russian Partners: Bank of Investments and Activity Contributions to Targets: This activity contributes principally to Strategic Objective 1.4, improved Innovations (BIN bank) economic. infrastructure to support market oriented growth, by assisting commercial banks to operate more efficiently and meet the needs of Other External Partners: market participants. This activity also contributes to SO 1.3, accelerated None development and growth ofprivate ente1prises by providing entrepreneurs and small businesses with greater access to credit.

Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months: USAID will identify additional banks to participate in the LPG Program. In addition, a training program for BIN bank will be designed and implemented.

31 Bank Training Program Recent Implementation Accomplishments In July-August 2000, DAI conducted the first training program under This activity strengthens Russian commercial this contract for Far Eastern Bank (Vladivostok). Far Eastern Bank is a banks participating in USAID's Loan potential USAID DCA partner bank. The training program contained the Portfolio Guarantee (LPG) and Development following primary components: Credit Authority (DCA) programs by providing partner banks with training on various aspects 1. International Accounting Standards of bank lending and risk management. 2. Management of problem loans 3. Assets-liability management Geographic Location: 4. Bank Executive Course Office: No office in Russia Region: Primorski Krai This training enabled Far Eastern Bank to more efficiently allocate the bank's credit resources, improve the quality of banking services offered US Implementing Partners: to clients, and enhance the professional skills of the bank's employees. Development Alternatives Inc. (DAI) Beneficiaries Start: September 30, 1999 Through this activity, USAID helps selected commercial banks Completion: September 19, 2001 participating in USAID's Loan Portfolio Guarantee (LPG) and Development Credit Authority (DCA) programs move closer to Russian Partners: becoming commercially viable banks. Russian commercial banks Activity Contributions to Targets Other External Partners: This activity contributes principally to SO 1.4, improved economic None infrastructure to support market oriented growth, by assisting commercial banks to operate more efficiently and meet the needs of market participants.

Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months USAID/Russia is planning to conduct a training program for Moscow based BIN Bank in February 2001. BIN Bank was recently selected to participate in USAID' s LPG Program.

32 Regional Economic Policy and Recent Implementation Accomplishments Investment Strategy (REPAIS) In both Samara and Khabarovsk, the project formulated a tailored investment strategy suitable to each region. Both oblasts established an Investment Promotion Unit (IPU) by decree, pursuant to the advice in This activity enhances the understanding of the investment strategy. In addition, in both cities the investment regional officials and business associations of promotion advisory councils composed of representatives of both the techniques for inveshnent promotion and government and private business were created to advise government on the importance of various policies, laws, and measures to improve the business climate affecting both local and reg11lations in attracting investors, by foreign business. In January of this year activities shifted to Sakhalin providing analytical and advisory services to and the contract was extended through November, 2001. ' governmental and private institutions in the A formal and detailed work plan for the new activity in Sakhalin was areas ofpolicy and program analysis, and prepared and agreed to in May, and activities began under the agreement. advisory services and training in inveshnent In conjunction with the beginning of activities, a survey of the promotion. perceptions of the Sakhalin business climate of businesses on the US West Coast was conducted. The results demonstrated a negative The activity stimulates and helps formalize perception of conditions on the island. The Diagnostic Workshop was and sustain a dialogue between government, held in Sakhalin on August 24 and 25. The overall assessment of ' business, and the non-governmental ~vestment co~?itions was presented, and a draft Action Plan to help community on issues of sustainable economic rmprove cond1t10ns was also agreed to by the participants. growth by strengthening the ability of business Work also began to strengthen the business associations. Officials from associations and NGOs to participate more the Khabarovsk associations were brought to Sakhalin to work with the fully and effectively in p11blic debate and fledgling business associations, and to show themhow the very economic decision making. successful Khavarovsk Entrepreneurs Association worked, and to create formal linkages between associations in the two regions. On October 28 Geographic Location: a workshop was held with representative of the business associations to Office: Moscow present the draft Investment Strategy. The administration requested a Regions: Samara, Khabarovsk, and Sakhalin formal public-private sector "task force" to work together on the Investment Strategy, and this is now being set up. The task force will US Implementing Partner: become the foundation for the Investment Advisory Council when it is Carana Corporation formed in early 2001. Start: April 1998 Beneficiaries Completion: November 2001 This activity benefits Samara, Khabarovsk, and Sakhalin regions. A professional and fully functioning IPU can help encourage investment Russian Partners: and employment creation in the region, and an active Investment None Advisory Committee can serve as an effective tool to encourage reforms necessary to further stimulate growth. Both of these organizations can Other External Partners: serve as a model for other regions throughout the Russian Federation None thus benefiting all investors, both large and small. '

Activity Contributions to Targets !his activity contributes to Strategic Objective 1.4, improved economic infrastructure to support market-oriented growth, by improving the access to trade and investment. It also contributes to SO 1.3, accelerated dev.el.opmen'. an~ growth ofprivate enterprises, through support to policies, legislation, and regulations conductive to broad-based competition and private sector growth. This activity also contributes to SO 2.1, increased, better informed citizens' participation in political and economic decision-making.

Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months The ~o:mal _acceptance of the Investment Strategy and Roadmap by the ad~stration, and the constitution of the Investment Advisory Council, to mclude both public and private sector officials.

33 Alaska Sakhalin Working Group Recent Implementation Accomplishments This grant was signed on July 1, 2000. Under the new grant, work is continuing on the Development Finance Project. This project is assisting the Sakhalin This activity supporls the efforts of the U.S. Regional Administration to create a financial institution, modeled after the Russia Bi-National Committee U.S. West Alaska Industrial Development and Exp01t Auth01ity (AIDEA). This new Coast/Russian Far East ad hoc Working institution will provide financing for the development of infrastrncture and will Group (Alaska Sakhalin Working Group.) offer business loans to qualifying residents of Sakhalin. Under the previous The State ofAlaska Department of Commerce grant, the project team worked closely with the Sakhalin Administration to and Economic Development, in cooperation conduct a legal and regulatory analysis of the AIDEA model in Sakhalin and to with the Alaska Sakhalin Working Group, develop business plan to establish the Sakhalin Development Agency (SDA). work with the oblast administration and The cutTent program supports the implementation of this business plan which private sector businesses in Sakhalin to includes the following: finalization and adoption of the SDA chatter and Sakhalin Oblast laws; approp1iation of the initial chaiter capital; organization provide sustainable, environmentally sensitive, and registration of the SDAjoint-stock company; application to the Central Bank natural resource and infrastructure of Russia for a non-banking license; and administration of regional guai·antees. development and to support the transfer of In July, the SDA project team briefed representatives of the State Duma, Central U.S. technology and techniques. This will Bank and investors' community on the status of the SDA. In September, the enhance the development of the energy, Advisory Council conducted a working session in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk to finalize transportation, environmental, legislative and SDA programs and policies. In addition, the project teamhad a briefing with the financial sectors of Sakhalin through four Sakhalin banking community and testified at the Sakhalin Duma on the status of coordinated programs. This activity is a the SDA. follow-on to a previous set ofprojects There ai·e three new projects under the new grant program: implemented under ASWG during the past two Fund for Future Generations project - is designed to demonstrate to Sakhalin years. officials the operations of the Alaska Pe1manent Fund as a state trnst for future generations, using resource revenues. Geographic Location: Region: Workforce Development project - will help assess the industry needs for skilled Sakhalin Oblast workers in the oil and gas developments in Sakhalin with the aim of creating and providing training to meet those needs. US Implementing Partners: State of Alaska Department of Commerce Sakhalin Environmental Management project - will provide Sakhalin with the requested technical assistance in key ai·eas of environmental policy-making, and Economic Development (DCED), regulatory management issues, waste management, and spill prepai·ation and Alaska Industrial Development and Export prepai·edness. Authority (AIDEA), Alaska Permanent Capital Management, Alaska Department These projects ai·e scheduled to stait in spring 2001 . In the meantime, the project of Revenue, University of Alaska Mining teams are in the process of finalizing individual workplans for each of these and Petroleum Training Service, U.S. projects. Minerals Management Service, and Alaska Department of Environmental Beneficiaries Conservation Sound financial infrastrncture development, which is environmentally sensitive but which is d1iven by the oil and gas industries, will benefit the population of Sakhalin and the adjacent regions in the Russian Fai· East. This ai·ea of Russia is Start: July 2000 also important as a focal point for U.S. investment and trade. Completion: July 2002 Activity Contributions to Targets Russian Partners: This activity contributes to Strategic Objective 1.4, improved economic Sakhalin Oblast administration and Duma, infrastructure to support market-oriented growth. Sakhalin Alaska Technical College, and Sakhalin Shelf Department of Natural Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months Resources Pending the adoption of the enabling legislation, the project team will apply to the Central Bank of Russia for a license as a non-bank lending institution. Obtaining this license will represent a major milestone for the project, given that Other External Partners: this is the first time an agency of this nature is being developed in Russia. American Russian Centers, and American Business Center in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

34 Institute for the Economy in Recent Implementation Accomplishments Transition (JET) In August 2000, IET signed a new three-year Cooperative Agreement (CA) with USAID. Under the previous CA, JET produced dozens of policy papers in the following important areas: the role of the state in This activity provides assistance to a leading Russia's transitioning economy; taxation; financial crises; corporate market-oriented economic think tank in control; social sector, pension reform and property rights. Russia, the Institute for the Economy in Transition (JET). Assistance targets In August 2000, critical tax legislation developed in large part by JET institutional development and sustainability. was passed by the Duma $1d signed into law by President Putin. These Under this Program, reputable international tax measures included long sought changes in value added taxes, excise experts assist JET in conducting economic taxes, individual income taxes, and the unified social tax (i.e. the payroll research and in disseminating results among tax). These changes in tax law will take effect in January 2001. key policymakers and the Russian public.

Geographic Location: During the past six months, JET staff and western counterparts developed several draft amendments to the federal Constitution Office: Moscow pertaining to regional economic policy and economic regulation. Region: n/a In addition, JET published several economic works by well-known Russian US Implementing Partners: experts. The newsletter Russian Economy: Trends and Perspectives is Horst, Frisch, Clowery & Finan published in Russian and English on a monthly basis. The collective Incorporated, Washington monograph (ed. by Ye. Gaidar) "The Transition Economy" was published in the U.S. Start: July 2000 Completion: June 2003 Beneficiaries Russian policy makers within the Duma, Government, regional Russian Partners: government, and the public at large use the policy analysis and applied ZAO Salans, Hertzfeld & Heilbronn economic research produced by the JET. International, Moscow Activity Contributions to Targets Other External Partners: This activity supports Strategic Objective 1.4, improved economic None infrastructure to support market-oriented growth, particularly by strengthening the institutional capabilities of JET, a leading market oriented economic think tank.

Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months JET will develop policy recommendations pertaining to the Federal Budget Code, the Land Code, Customs issues, and corporate governance. JET will also publish a volume of selected papers on Russia's economic transition.

On December 1-2, 2000, JET will hold an international conference to review the first ten years of economic transition in Russia. World renowned economists and policy-makers from Europe, Asia, and the US will attend. The conference is entitled "Post-Communist Russia in the Context of World Social and Economic Development."

35 Strengthening Program for Recent Implementation Accomplishments Economic Think Tanks During the first six months of this activity, grant selection criteria and guidelines for funding proposals were developed by the activity Program Board. Three types of grants are available through the program: The goal of this activity is to increase the individual awards for independent policy analysts; institutional grants for capacity of Russian think tanks and analysts existing and emerging think tanks; and quick response grants for prompt to produce quality research on economic development of policy proposals on economic issues that are priorities in policy issues. The activity also increases the the economic reform process. To date, over 300 grant applications have scope and depth of topics analyzed by the been received from various locations across Russia. In April 2000, the Russian economic research community. Program Board awarded 11 individual grants ranging in value from $5,000 to $10,000 and 10 institutional grants ranging in value from Geographic Location: $25,000 to $50,000. In addition, from May through October 2000 14 Office: Moscow quick response grants were awarded. ' Regions: St.Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Khabarovsk, Perm, Kemerova, Samara, A round table on intergovernmental fiscal issues was held on October Tambov, Rostov-on-Don, Voronezh, 11 , 2000. Grantees from several regions throughout Russia attended. Krasnoyarsk, Tomsk, and Republic of Tatars tan Beneficiaries US Implementing Partner: The program provides critical institutional support and grant funding to The Center for Institutional Reform and the Russi~ anal~sts and think tanks. By providing support to a broad array of Russian think tanks and analysts, the program is working to ensure Informal Sector (IRIS) (Subcontractor to that Russian policy makers have sufficient local capacity to develop theMPSF) sound free market economic policies long after international donor assistance ends. Start: September 1999 Completion: September 2002 Activity Contributions to Targets This activity supports Strategic Objective 1.4, improved economic Russian Partners: The Moscow Public Science Foundation ~nfr~st1.·ucture to support market-oriented growth, by strengthening msl1tut10nal and research capabilities of Russian economists and think (MPSF) tanks. Other External Partners: Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months None ~November 2000, a second round of institutional and individual grants will be awarded. Round tables on Pension Reform and Exchange Rate Policies will be held in December 2000. Participants will include Russian policy makers, western experts, and grantees that will provide results of their analysis.

36 Adoption of International Recent Implementation Accomplishments . . Accounting Standards (IAS) During the past 6 months ICAR completed the RuSSlan translation and publication of the 1999 futemational Standards on Auditing and IFAC Code of Ethics. fu November the publication was presented at a two-day This program supports the adoption of conference held in Moscow. Approximately, 200 representatives from international accounting standards (IAS) to the Russian Government, futernational Donor Community and private help Russian enterplises attract foreign or domestic investment and manage their existing sector attended. resources more effectively. It is implemented in partnership with the International Center ICAR increased distribution of its bimonthly newsletter, 17te Accounting Report, to over 20,000 copies. ICAR continues to coordinate accounting for Accounting Refonn (/CAR), the Foundation for International Accounting reform efforts among donor organizations, the Russian Government, and Russian accounting associations. Both ICAR and FIAR participated in Reform in Russia (FIAR), and the American the All Russian Accounting Conference in November. Both Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) in Russia. This program emphasizes: organizations made presentations to the body and exhibited their . activities. FIAR completed training of accountants through the fustitute • preparation and publication of an of Professional Accountants (IPA) . authenticated Russian translation of IAS; • international donor coordination in the On May 29, 2000, officials from the futernational Accoun~ing Standards realm of accounting standards definition, Committee, ICAR, business leaders and top-managers testlf1ed before a implementation and training; Parliamentary Hearing of the Russian State Duma on the issue of • preparation of a series of implementing Russia's transition to IAS. instructions for ·application of IAS in Russia; and Effective December 16, 1999, AmCham's grant with USAID was • seminars to facilitate the transition to full extended for an additional year. fu addition to ICAR, FIAR will also be implementation of IAS. working with AmCham as a sub-grantee under the grant. Under its s~b grant agreement with AmCham, FIAR has initiated a program to provide Geographic Location: IAS training through the local fustitute of Professional Accountants Office and Region: Moscow (IPA) . Because IPA is connected to the Russian Minis tr~ of Finance, FIAR' s training program presents an important opportunity to mvolve . US Implementing Partners: the Russian government directly in IAS training. FIAR will also post all AmCham, and ICAR IAS training materials and project information on its web site: www.consulting.ru. Start: March 1998 Completion: July 2001 Beneficiaries Businesses preparing financial statements on the basis of IAS are Russian Partners: Foundation for futernational expected to more easily find partilers, attract investors or qualify for Accounting Reform (FlAR), Ministry of credits and provide transparency to shareholders. Finance futerAgency Commission for Accounting Reform, and fustitute of Activity Contributions to Targets Professional Accountants The IAS project supports USAID's SO 1.3, accelerating development and growth ofprivate enterprises. Other External Partners: UK Know How Fund and TACIS Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months The program was extended till July 2001.

37 Regional Initiative Recent Implementation Accomplishments Promotion of International During the first month of this activity Carana conducted an assessment of the Tomsk environment with the purpose of identification of Accounting Standards (Tomsk) companies and professional associations interested in International Accounting Standards (IAS). Carana team reported that there's a strong This program supports the promotion of interest to IAS from the side of the organizations they visited. international accounting standards (/AS) in Discussions were held with director of the Tomsk Territorial Institute of the Tomsk Region to help enterprise Professional Accountants (IPA) , the head of the Tomsk Audit management and financial officers learn new Association and representatives of local accounting and audit firms. management techniques based upon open market financial practices. The foUowing Also, Carana identified the appropriate facilities for hosting the activities• • • • • • focus upon the various management seminars and began working on preparation of the first aspects of /AS introduction and application seminar. Carana also has leased the office space and hired relevant staff. are being organized under this program: • seminars for high-level management; Beneficiaries • workshops for trainers; The !AS-based accounting framework will benefit managers, investors • workshops for accountants/auditors; and lenders by providing them with understandable and useful financial • strengthening the capacity of local reports and will make it possible for stocks and bonds of Tomsk accounting associations; and enterprises to be traded with confidence on both national and • assisting select local enterprises to prepare international stock exchanges. In addition, the introduction of IAS in financial statements based on /AS Tomsk will serve as a model for other Russia regions that are only beginning to consider the use of IAS. Geographic Location: Offices: Tomsk Activity Contributions to Targets Regions: Tomsk The Carana IAS project supports USAID's Strategic Objective 1.4, improved economic infrastructure to support market-oriented growth. US Implementing Partners: CARANA Corporation Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months Over the next six months Carana will conduct 10 one-day management Start: October 1, 2000 seminars, which will start on the last week of November and 2 three Completion: May 31, 2002 week workshops for trainers, followed by testing and certification of trainers. Also, in January will start the process of identification of Russian Partners: Tomsk enterprises and audit and accounting firms willing to participate Tomsk Audit Association and Tomsk in the transformations. Territorial Institute of Professional Accountants (IPA)

Other External Partners: None

38 so 1.6 Increased Environmental Management Capacity to Support Sustainable Economic Growth

Key Implementation Activities as of October 31, 2000

1. Enviromnent Roll-Out (ROLL) ...... 40 2. Replication of Lessons Learned (ROLL-2000) ...... 41 3. Forestry Resources and Technologies (FOREST) Project...... 42 4. Biodiversity Conservation in the Russian Far East ...... 43 5. Sustainable Forest Management Initiative in the Russian Far East (RFE) ...... 44 6. Eco Links in the Russian Far East (RFE) ...... 45

39 Environment Roll-Out (ROLL) Recent Implementation Accomplishments Since its inception the ROLL Project has awarded nearly 200 grants (totaling $5.6 million) to Russian organizations to support replication Through a subgrants program, the ROLL activities in 78 of 89 regions of the Russian Federation. ROLL's impact project is supporting Russians to identify the for resolving Russian's environmental problems is illustrated in the best methodologies, technologies, practices following examples during the last several months: and policies and replicate them in other In the field of Pollution Prevention, due to implementation of ROLL regions and cities, with federal, regional and projects, harmful emissions and discharges from enterprises of various local agencies and organizations in Russia. branches of industry (metallurgy, construction materials, energy, oil Working in such areas as pollution reduction, production) were remarkably reduced in highly polluted areas of Russia. sustainable development, health risk For example, the introduction of the new fuel combustion technology in assessment, environmental education, and Novokuznetsk decreased emissions of solid particles from boilers by land use planning, this activity helps to share almost 2 times. In several cities, ROLL supported the development of successful initiatives among government, systems of air quality monitoring. As a result, the Voronezh monitoring business, indust1y, NGOs, and educational system was adopted in the Federal Air Monitoring System. and health institutions. The new Environmental Health Risk Assessment methodology has been Geographic Location: tested in 26 cities in Russia and resulted in prevention of threat to public Office: Moscow health from environmental pollution. With ROLL assistance, the method Regions: to monitor and reduce lead in children's blood was tested and introduced. Republics and Teiritories: Altai, Basbkortostan, Based on this activity, a new Lead Monitoring Strategy was developed Buryatiya, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkatia, and adopted by the Federal Health and Ecology Authorities. Over 600 Kai·achai·ovo-Cherkesiya, Kai·elia, Khabai·ovsk, professionals have been trained in the use of Health Risk methodology Komi, Krasnoyai·sk, Mai·y-El, Mordovia, through the entire country and a new curricula has been developed and Northem-Ossetia, Primorsk, Stavropol, Sakha introduced in Russia's top medical universities. Yakutiya, Tatai·stan, Tuva, Khakasia, ROLL has a total of 41 Environmental Education projects that have Chuvashiya, and Udmmtia; introduced environmental curricula into schools and trained teachers. Oblasts: Altai, Amur, Arkhangelsk, Astrakhan, For example, ROLL established a network of children using the Internet Belgorod, Bryansk,Vladimir, Volgograd, to share environmental experiences in 140 cities across Russia. Vologda, Voronezh, Yevreyskaya, Ivanovo, frkutsk, Kaliningrad, Kaluga, Kalmykija, In the Biodiversity and Land-Use Planning area, ROLL helped draft new Kamchatka, Kemerovo, Kirov, Kostroma, forestry codes for the sustainable management of the extensive forest Krasnodat", Kurgan, Kursk, Leningrad, Lipetsk, regions of Siberia and the Far East. The new legislation, viewed by the Magadan, Moscow, Moscow oblast, Munnansk, public, is resulting in more effective forest management thereby NizhnyNovgorod, Novgorod, Novosibirsk, reducing forest fires, pest outbreaks and improving timber utilization. Omsk, Orenburg, Oryol, Penza, Pe1m, Pskov, ROLL continued to work with regional administrations to improve forest Rostov, Ryazan, Satnara, Saint-Petersburg, management, ensure sustainable forestry, protect biodiversity, and Sai·atov, Sakhalin, Sverdlovsk, Smolensk, reduce the threat of global climate change. As a result, some forests are Tatnbov, Tver, Tomsk, Tula, Tyumen, not cut because they are more valuable for the production of berries, Ulyanovsk, Chelyabinsk, Chita, Chukotka, Khanty-Mansiysk, and Yai·oslavl mushrooms, medicinal herbs and teas, and watershed protection. One recent practical example in this area occurred in Khabarovsky Krai, US Implementing Partners: where ROLL works on reforestation of land burnt by recent forest fires . Institute for Sustainable Communities Experience gained from USAID-funded program was replicated and two (ISC) green houses were built and nearly half a million seedlings were planted.

Start: September 1996 Beneficiaries Completion: February 2001 Approximately 700 organizations have been supported by this activity. They include regional environmental committees, non-governmental, Russian Partners: private, industrial and business organizations schools universities State Committee for Environmental libraries and hospitals in 78 regions of Russi~. ' ' Protection Other External Partners: Activity Contributions to Targets USEPA, USPS, Russian Ministry of This activity contributes to SO 1.6 increased environmental management Natural Resources, NGOs, and private capacity to support sustainable economic growth. organizations Noteworthy plans Over the Next Six Months As this activity reaches completion in February 2001, ROLL-2000 will continue the successful replication of environmental programs across Russia. The next ROLL Coordinating Council meeting will be held in February 2001 to evaluate ROLL's results, and adopt a work plan ofROLL-2000 for the period 2001-2005.

40 Replication of Lessons Learned Recent Implementation Accomplishments (ROLL-2000) The "kick-off' meeting, which officially launched the ROLL-2000 Project, was held in September 2000, in Moscow. The interest and demand for this grant making program was confirmed by more than 60 From 1996 to 2000 USAID has implemented part.icipants, representing federal and regional environmental agencies, the ROLL program, which assists various environmental NGOs, public and business communities. The Russian organizations (governmental, non participants discussed and adopted the main conceptual and governmental, educational, commercial, organizational principles of this new activity (priority areas, regional business, etc.) in addressing environmental structure, administration and coordination, grant application format and protection and public health problems. procedu~e , etc.). The ~onclusions and recommendations of the meeting USAID has funded activities that support the form an important basis for the further successful implementation of the transfer and wide dissemination in Russia of ROLL-2000 Project. best practices and positive experiences gained in the U.S.A. and Russia in the above The first grant round of ROLL-2000 will be completed by February problems. As ROLL reaches its completion 2001_. The ROLL-2000 Coordinating Council meeting in February will date, USAID initiated a new project- ROLL consider grant proposals, and approve projects for funding in 200lfor a - 2000, which continues the successful total of $1.5 million. The six Regional Centers of ROLL-2000 will replication of model environmental programs coordinate the work with applicants on drafting and collecting grant across Russia. The new project has been proposals across the Russian Federation. improved based upon experience with ROLL, and adapted to the rnrrent environmental Beneficiaries situation in Russia. It is expect~d that in 2001 about 60 grants will be awarded. On average, Geographic Location: Each gran~ ill~ludes ~hree-four organizations; therefore, approximately 200 orgamzallons will be supported. They include regional and Office: Moscow and Khabarovsk Environmental Committees, non-governmental and private, industrial Regions: All Russia '.lld busi~ess organizations, universities, schools, libraries and hospitals ill all regions of the Russian Federation. US Implementing Partners: Institute for Sustainable Communities (ISC) Activity Contributions to Targets This a ~tivity contributes to SO 1.6 increased environmental management capacity to support sustainable economic growth. Start: June 2000 Completion: May 2005 Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months The first grant-round of the ROLL-2000 will be completed by February Russian Partners: Ministry of Natural Resources, NGOs, and 2001 . .In ~ebruary 2~01 the meeting of the ROLL-2000 Coordinating Council will be held ill Moscow. It will approve projects for funding in private organizations 2001, totaling $1.5 million. Other External Partners: US Environmental Protection Agency, US Forest Service, Russian Federation Ministry of Health, and Russian Federation Ministry of Natural Resources

41 Forestry Resources and Recent Implementation Accomplishments Technologies (FOREST) Project This is a new activity. As a first step, the Winrock Consortium traveled to the Russian Far East (RFE) and Siberia during September-November to consult with U.S. government implementers and Russian The overarching goal of this program is to counterparts. This process included: research on existing initiatives and reduce the threat of global climate change opportunities to enable the cooperators to start developing a draft work through promoting sustainable forestry plan; identification of Russian project implementers; formation of an management and preserving Russian forests advisory committee; and establishing a project office in the region. as a globally important carbon sink. The principle objectives to achieve this goal Tue first Advisory Committee meeting was held on October 25-26 in are the following: Khabarovsk to officially launch the FOREST Project and to discuss a • preserve and expand Russia's carbon sink draft workplan for this initiative. through more effective fire and pest management; Beneficiaries • encourage more effective and innovative Five regional forestry administrations in the Russian Far East, hundreds use of timber and non-timber forest of private and public sector organizations involved in harvesting and resources in the RFE and Siberia; processing timber and non-timber forest resources, dozens of protected • raise public awareness to reduce the areas, NGOs and the general population of the RFE are beneficiaries of number offorest.fires caused by man; this activity. • introduce renewable energy options as altematives to fossil fuels; and Activity Contributions to Targets • strengthen regional forest policy and This activity supports USAID's S.O. 1.6, increased environmental legislation in the RFE and Siberia to management capacity to support sustainable economic growth, in promote sustainable forestry Russia. management. Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months Geographical Location: The 2nd Advisory Committee meeting will be conducted on December 6- Office: Khabarovsk 7, 2000 in Krasnoyarsk to approve the project workplan and to finalize Regions: Khabarovsk Krai, Primorskii Krai, by-laws for the Advisory Committee. Strategy and action plan for fire Krasnoyarsk Krai, and Sakhalin and prevention public educational campaign will be finalized in Novemb.er Irkutsk oblasts 2000. An analysis of the causes and reasons for man-caused forest fues and target group behavior will be completed by the end of December US Implementing Partners: 2000. Baseline audience research will be conducted by March 1, 2001. Winrock International, Chemonics Project sites for pest monitoring will be identified by November 2000. International, the Heron Group, LLC, and Summary of input on Russian Energy Strategy will be provided to the The Russian American Education Center Ministry of Energy on December 12, 2000. The RFE Biomass Report is due March 22, 2001. Start: July 2000 Completion: June 30, 2004

Russian Partners: The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR), the administrations of Khabarovsky, Primorsky, and Krasnoyarsky krais, Sakhalin and Irkutsk oblasts,the Sukachev Forestry Institute, the Russian Academy of Science, small business associations, media, and NGOs

Other External Partners: World Bank, and U.S. government implementers in the RFE

42 Biodiversity Conservation in the Recent Implementation Accomplishments Russian Far East Ecological tourism. 12 grantees were competitively selected and . provided with funds to implement specific activities such as renovat10n in nature reserves that enable them to host tourists and generate income, This activity is designed to increase long-term as well as marketing and public relations, training and business sustainability of nature conservation in the development. Working relations are being established with leading Russian Far East (RFE) by: international ecotourism companies to attract tourists from the U.S., • developing ecological tourism at nature Europe, Asia and other regions of Russia. Programs on the Far Eastern reserves and strengthening environmental nature reserves are included in their advertising campaigns for education for promoting public awareness forthcoming seasons. To provide information about nature reserves in for forest fire prevention and biodiversity Primorsky Krai, advertising brochures were published and distributed conservation; among travel agencies in the region. illustrated information brochures • generating income for nature protection for seven RFE nature reserves were developed and placed on the Internet activities; and (www.traveleastrussia.com). Several demonstration tours were • increasing local capability to effectively conducted in the summer and fall of 2000. prevent and combat forest fires through Sustainable forestry. In March 2000, 437 two-way radios and antennas purchasing necessary equipment, public were donated to the Forestry Administration to improve forest fire education, personnel training, and response capability. Based on a needs assessment, a list of a required improved interagency coordination. fire fighting equipment was developed to strengthen capability of fire fighting brigades in Khabarovsky and Primorsky krais. All equipment Geographic Location: was purchased and delivered to 7 fire-fighting brigades in both krais. In Office: Vladivostok order to increase public awareness on fire prevention, a national strategy Regions: Khabarovsky and Primorsky krais, on forest fire prevention education was developed and approved by the Sakhalin Oblast, and Jewish Autonomous MNR. A five-year implementation plan for the strategy was also Republic developed. Small Grants Program (SGP). Since January 2000, the SGP awarded 26 US Implementing Partner: grants in its first round, and 31 grants in second round, averaging USD World Wildlife Fund (WWF/US) 4,000 to Russian organizations to protect the unique biodiversity and strengthen protected areas network in the RFE. Start: October 1995 Environmental Education. Ecological museums have been renovated Completion: September 2001 and modernized with USAID funds and are now used for environmental education, public awareness and ecotourism development purposes in Russian Partners: four Far Eastern nature reserves. This summer an air conditioner was Ministry of Natural Resources of the RF purchased for the ecocenter and the museum of Lazovsky nature reserve (MNR), Federal zapovedniks (nature to maintain the center's exhibition in good condition. reserves), Krai zakazniks (refuges), Biodiversity Conservation. A census of the Far Eastern leopard Wildlife Foundation, Zov Taigi, and krai population was carried out. A final report of the snow leopard census is administrations being developed.

Other External Partners: Beneficiaries International Procurement Agency, Regional governments, citizens, environmental NGOs and activists, WWF/lnternational teachers, schoolchildren, ecological tourists, tour operators, and nature reserves in the RFE are beneficiaries of this activity.

Activity Contributions to Targets This activity contributes to S.O. 1.6, increased environmental management capacity to support sustainable economic growth, S.O. 1.3, accelerated development and growth ofprivate ente1prises.

Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months The third round of the Small Grant Program will be conducted in late December 2000. A draft ecotourism analysis and strategy will be developed by mid-November 2000. An ecotourism working group meeting will be held in December 2000. The second round of grant funding for the Ecotourism project will be conducted in December 2000. Additional radio communication equipment will be purchased for the Zapovednik Association. A final report of the census will be published in December 2000.

43 Sustainable Forest Management Recent Implementation Accomplishments Initiative in the Russian Far East Forest Fire Prevention. An assessment of fire-fighting equipment needs was conducted in the RFE and resulted in development of detailed (RFE) specifications that were provided to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) for procurement of fire-fighting trucks and other equipment for the amount The overarching goal of this program is to of $800,000 to improve fire-fighting capability in the forests of help mitigate global climate change by: Khabarovsk and Primorskii Krais. On September 27, 2000, this improving the carbon balance in forests of the equipment was officially donated to the RFE representatives of the NMR Russian Far East (RFE) and Siberia through in Khabarovsk. On -site advice was provided for installation of new improving reforestation; learning more about radios in Khabarovski Krai and radio/fire-fighting equipment needs the ecology and management of wildfires; and assessment was undertaken for Krasnoyarski Krai to assist the WB in by other measures that promote sustainable, designing the Forest Pilot Project in Siberia and the RFE. A study tour ecologically sound forest management in the U.S. was conducted for Russian fire-fighting officials to learn practices. Work under the on-going fire about advantages of developing a fire-fighting coordination center in management activities also supports this goal. Khabarovsk Krai. Training CDs, and other fire prevention guides and The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) works with publications were provided to the Santa Cruz Institute for conducting a USAID and its contractors and cooperators forest fire prevention study tour in the U.S. for Russian participants who to conduct activities to support sustainable educate the public on these issues. forestry practices primarily through the Reforestation. The first year results of the demonstration plots were implementation of demonstration projects in assessed in Khabarovsk Krai. These outplanting plots in outdoor Khabarovsk and Primorsk Krais, as well as nurseries were established to compare different species and planting participation in Replication of Lessons methods and to demonstrate U.S. seed sowing methods. Installation of Learned (ROLL) projects, and completion of planting demonstration plots was also completed in Primorskii Kraii. In the fire management projects started earlier. May 2000, the US Forest Service conducted a reforestation study tour to the Great Lakes area for four Russian foresters from Khabarovsk Krai. Geographical Location: The proceedings for the Korean Pine Conference sponsored by USAIJ? Office: No office in Russia were published, printed and distributed, as well as placed on the Web m Regions: Khabarovsk Krai, Primorskii Krai, May 2000 (www.fs.fed.us/pnw/pubs.htm). Krasnoyarsk Krai, and Irkutsk Oblast Beneficiaries US Implementing Partner: Four regional forestry administrations in the Russian Far East and TheUSFS Siberia, hundreds of private and public sector organizations involved in harvesting timber and non-timber forest resources, dozens of protected Start: October 1998 areas, and the general population of Khabarovsk, Primorskii, and Completion: September 2002 Krasnoyarsk Krais are beneficiaries of this activity.

Russian Partners: Activity Contributions to Targets Ministry of Natural Resources of the This activity supports USAID's S.O. 1.6, increased environmental Russian Federation (MNR), the management capacity to support sustainable economic growth. administrations of Khabarovsk and Primorsky Krais, and the Pacific Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months Geographic Institute of the Russian In November 2000, a study tour on "Smokey the Bear" public awareness Academy of Sciences campaign will be conducted in the U.S. for WWF representatives raising fire prevention public awareness in the RFE. Assistance will be Other External Partners: provided in developing a workplan for the Forestry Resources and World Bank (WB), and U.S. Government Technologies Project (FOREST), especially in a part related to public Implementers in the RFE awareness campaign on fire prevention education. USFS representative will participate in the Advisory Committee meetings for the FOREST Project. Assistance will be provided on as needed basis to Russian partners implementing forestry activities under the ROLL Project.

44 EcoLinks in the Russian Far East Recent Implementation Accomplishments (RFE) Under the third EcoLinks grant cycle, three Challenge Grants, totaling $143,429 were awarded to Russian organizations in This regional activity is funded and managed September 2000 to implement projects together with their American through the Environment and Natural Resources Partners. These are projects on modernization of the hot water Division of the Europe and Eurasia Bureau in supply system in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, waste disposal control at USAIDI Washington. EcoLinks is a partnership Sinegorskaya coal mine on Sakhalin, and minimization of waste program for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) products at a Vladivostok Power Station. These three new Challenge and New Independent States (NIS). Grants awarded in the third cycle bring the total number of awarded The program objectives are: Challenge Grants in Russia up to six, totaling $299,751. • to promote market-based solutions to Twenty-three Quick Response Awards have been awarded to date (as environmental problems, with emphasis on of September 30, 2000). The majority of these were awarded to urban and industrial sectors; Russian companies to travel to the US to meet potential partners and • to create lasting environmentally focused develop Challenge Grant applications. partnerships between CEE/NIS businesses Eight information workshops and eleven proposal writing seminars and local governments and their counterparts in the US and in other were conducted for potential grant applicants from the RFE regions CEEINIS countries; to the date. • to facilitate trade and investment in Beneficiaries environmental goods and services; and Under the three grant rounds, this activity directly benefited 26 • to provide environmental professionals with Russian private and public sector organizations in Khabarovsk, information about environmental laws, Vladivostok, and Sakhalin to implement environmentally focused policies and regulations, best practices initiatives in partnership with cross-boarder partners. Among these environmental technologies and are the Administration of Khabarovsk; Krai, "Spetszavod Nl" and management systems. Electric Power Station N2 in Vladivostok; MP "Spetsavto", As a part of the program, competitively awarded, Sinegorskaya Coal Mine and Department of Housing in Yuzhno cost-shared grants are provided to local Sakhalinsk. The number of beneficiaries will be substantially organizations to support projects or activities that increased as this project continues. solve priority environmental problems and are jointly managed by partners from the CEEINIS Activity Contributions to Targets region and the U.S. The EcoLinks Program supports USAID's Strategic Objective 1.6, increased environmental management capacity to support Geographical Location: sustainable economic growth. Office: Khabarovsk Regions: Sakhalin Oblast, and Primorsky and Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months Khabarovsky Krais A Selection Panel for the fourth EcoLinks grants round will meet in Hungary on January 22, 2001 to review and approve the full grant US Implementing Patmers: applications. The fifth EcoLinks grant round will start on March 12, Institute of International Eduction (IIE), US 2001. A series of grant writing seminars will be held in Khabarovsk, Department of Commerce, USAID's Global Vladivostok and Sakhalin in early 2001. Technology Network, and Devtech

Start: August 1998 Completion: July 2002

Russian Partners: Local Administrations (municipalities), and businesses

Other External Partners: U.S. Government Implementers in the RFE

45 S02.1 Increased, Better Informed Citizens' Participation in Political and Economic Decision-Making

IR 2.1.1 Free and Fair Elections Administered Nationally and Locally IR 2.1.2 Increased Public Access to Information which is Needed for Informed Political and Economic Choices IR 2.1.3 NGO Sector Provides Alternative to Ballot Boxfor Participating in Economic and Political Decision-Making

Key Implementation Activities as of October 31, 2000

1. Promoting and Strengthening Russian NGO Development (Pro-NGO Activity) ...... 47 2. ISAR - NGO Support Pro gram in the Russian Far East (RFE) ...... 48 3. Suppmt to Women's Crisis Centers ...... 49 4. Program to Promote and Defend Women's Rights in Russia (Phase 11) ...... 50 5. Trade Union Development Pro gram ...... 51 6. Independent Television ...... 52 7. Political Participation: Parties and Civic Participation ...... 54 8. Political Institutions in a Democratic Society ...... 55 9. Electoral SystemDevelopment ...... 56 10. Strengthening Democratic Institutions and Civil Society ...... 57 11. Strengthening Democracy through Public Awareness ...... 58 12. Citizen Participation in Samara ...... 59

46 Promoting and Strengthening Russian Recent Implementation Accomplishments NGO Development (Pro-NGO Activity) The a.ctivi~y.just began in October 2000. A new Chief of Party has been identified and will start on December 1, 2000. This program seeks to contribute to NGO development and stimulate grass-roots citizen Beneficiaries The program's beneficiaries will include: involvement in 17 Russian Federation regions. It 1. thirty-two NGO resource centers serving approximately 5,000 will: grassroots NGOs in over one-third of the territory of Russia; and • strengthen grassroots NGOs with a view to 2. grassroots NGOs and NGO networks receiving information increase citizen participation, especially resources and small grants. participation ofyouth, in the economic, political, and social life of their communities; Activity Contributions to Targets and This.activity contributes to the acbievement of Strategic Objective • assist 32 NGO resource centers (RCs) and 2.1, mcreased, better informed citizens' participation in political and their networks in those regions to improve the economic decision-making. environment in which NGOs operate, specifically in the areas of organizational Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months capacity, financial viability, and the public The draft workplan will be presented to USAID by December 15. image of NGOs. Agreements with the NGO resource centers will be concluded to Building on the successes ofprevious NGO ensure their smooth transition from World Learning to IREX. programs, it will contribute to the sustainability and outreach ofRussian NGOs by disseminating information and networking among all NGOs.

Geographic Location: Office: Moscow Regions: Krasnodar, Stavropol, Rostov, Republic of Adygeya, Novosibirsk, Republic of Buryatia, Altaisky Krai, Republic of Altai, Chita, Tomsk, Omsk, Kemerovo, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tyumen, Novgorod, and Samara

US Implementing Partners: IREX

Start: October 2000 Completion: November 2003

Russian Partners: Siberian Civic Initiatives Support Center (SCISC), Southern Russia Resource Center (SRRC), Health and Life Charity Foundation, Novgorod, and Povolzhye Association, Samara

Other External Partners: The Eurasia Foundation, ISAR, Open Society Institute, UNHCR, Institute for Sustainable Communities, and Agency for Social Information

47 ISAR - NGO Support Program in Recent Implementation Accomplishments the Russian Far East (RFE) ISAR is completing its third year and provides assistance to the NGO sector in the RFE by building up its infrastructure and developing networks of NGO Resource Centers (RCs). ISAR's program fosters the growth and Small grants: ISAR provides financial support to new NGO initiatives professionalization of NGOs in the Russian that result in increased numbers of stronger NGOs in the RFE providing Far East. The Program centers on.five core direct services or conducting advocacy. During the reporting period, activities: ISAR awarded 48 small grants ($500-$3,000) totaling $146,379 in fifth • a small grants program to support new and sixth rounds of competition (May 2000, September 2000). Twenty NGO activities in social service provision, five previously funded small grant projects were completed, resulting in youth movement, human rights, women's the provision of 4,310 direct services to NGO clients and marking three issues, and environmental health; cases when NGOs had input into the legislative process. • training and technical assistance to NGO Resource Centers operated in Vladivostok, Khabarovsk, Magadan, Resource Centers in the RFE; Blagoveshchensk, Birobidjan, Yakutsk, and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski. • formation of a network of NGO trainers RCs provide support to NGOs through quality consultations on all in the RFE; aspects of management and organizational development. During the • publication of a journal for the region's reporting period, RCs rendered 2800 consultations, technical and nonprofit community; and information services to local NGOs. In August 2000, a working meeting • creation ofpublic-access databases on of managers and key consulting personnel of the regional RCs was held NGOs and NGO resources. to discuss programmatic, organizational, and financial development issues. Geographic Location: Training: The RFE training team conducted sixteen training events for Office: Vladivostok 250 NGO participants from both capital and rural cities. A "Guidebook Regions:Primorsky Krai, Magadan, Republic of for trainers" has been completed and distributed to RFE team of trainers. Sakha, Amur, Jewish Autonomous Journal: ISAR-RFE's Editorial Team published and distributed four Republic, Khabarovsk, Sakhalin and editions of Notes from the Far East and prepared for printing the 5th Kamchatka issue. These bi-monthly publications focus on third sector development, public relations, philanthropy, NGO/Government relations, successful US Implementing Partners: NGO experiences, and NGO advocacy. Initiative for Social Action and Renewal in Database: ISAR-RFE's public access database assists in the provision Eurasia (ISAR) and electronic distribution of information vital to NGO management and networking. Access to the NGO Far Eastern Virtual RC is open at Start: May 1998 http://isarrfe.trainet.org. This database contains basic information about Completion: April 2001 2,302 NGOs from 9 RFE regions.

Russian Partners: Beneficiaries "Culture Fund," Khabarovsk; "Living At least 13 NGO Resource Centers serving over 1,000 grassroots NGOs Arctic," Magadan; "Amur-Batyushka," in the Russian Far East benefit from this activity. Through services Blagoveshchensk; "Eige," Yakutsk; provided by these NGOs, Russians throughout the RFE benefit. "Sigma," Birobidjan; "Strategy'' Foundation; ''Firn" NGO; "Inter-Training", Activity Contributions to Targets and other NGO Resource Centers in the This activity contributes to the achievement of Strategic Objective 2.1, Russian Far East, Siberia, and Central increased, better informed citizens' participation in political and Russia economic decision-making.

Other External Partners: Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months The Eurasia Foundation, Ford Foundation, ISAR plans to expand its activities as a Resource center for NGOs in Mott Foundation, World Leaming/Center Primorsky Krai. ISAR will also compile and publish a list of the RFE for NGO Support, Mercy Corps, and IR.EX regional legal acts influencing NGO activities. USAID expects to extend the ISAR program for an additional year.

48 Support to Women's Crisis Centers Recent Implementation Accomplishments IREX administers this thirty-four month activity which supports Russian This activity: institutions that provide crisis counseling and legal services to victims of • improves and increases the delive1y of domestic violence. These institutions raise awareness on domestic services to crisis center clients (extended violence issues among specialists and the general public. The primary hours of hot-line operation, increased focus of this activity is direct support to existing crisis centers through counseling and legal services, increased small grants for immediate needs, training, network development, data number of trained crisis center volunteers collection, outreach, and other programs. IREX will run three different and staff); grant competitions. Information can be found at: • increases access to information on (http://www.irex.ru/programs/women/firstround.html) domestic violence issues (an increase in In the first two rounds of competition, 35 proposals of 28 centers were the number ofpublications distributed supported. The total grant pool was $200,000. These projects have and in the number ofpublic awareness already produced encouraging results and the centers involved are campaigns); and institutionally stronger and now more effectively meet the needs of their communities. • supports organizational development of Russian Association of Crisis Centers. On November 1, 2000, IREX announced a third round of small grant competition. Geographic Location: In May 2000, the Program to Support Crisis Centers in Russia was Office: Moscow amended with additional funding of $100, 000, and a new component has Regions: Moscow Oblast, Smolensk Oblast, been added to the program. Under this component, assistance and Tula Oblast, Krasnoyarskii krai, Norilsk support for organizational development is being provided to the Russian Oblast, Republic of Karelia, Murmansk Association of Crisis Centers (RACC). Also, it allows the crisis centers Oblast, Krasnodarskii krai, Sverdlovskaya to procure badly needed training in basic NGO development and Oblast, Saratov Oblast, Voronezh Oblast, management skills, as well as specific technical areas relating to violence Sverdlovskaya Oblast, Altai Krai, Niznhy against women. Novgorod Oblast, and Ulyanovsk Oblast Beneficiaries U.S. Implementing Partner: As many as fifty Russian crisis centers for women will receive grants International Research and Exchange during the life of the project. Women in these communities, who are Board (IREX) suffering as a result of domestic violence, will benefit from improved and expanded center services. Start: July 1999 Completion: May 2002 Activity Contributions to Targets This activity contributes to Strategic Objective 2.1, increased, better Russian Partners: informed citizen participation in economic and political decision Crisis centers for women, registered as making, and IR 2.1.3.2, NGOs and Russian Organizations Institutionally non-governmental organizations Strengthened.

Other External Partners: Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months None IREX will solicit applications for the third grant round and sign grant agreements with centers; the winners in mid January 2001. The next meeting of the Coordination Committee of RACC will be held on December 4-5, 2000. IREX staff will conduct site visits to Round III grant recipients.

49 Program to Promote and Defend Recent Implementation Accomplishments Women's Rights in Russia (Phase 11) Women's Consortium started this one-year activity on October 1, 2000. Members of the Consortium have participated in the Parliamentary Hearings on the 4th draft of the Labor Code. In October, a roundtable This activity will: discussion of pension reform was conducted. • plan and organize an all-Russia advocacy campaign to support the draft law on Beneficiaries equal rights and equal opportunities for Tue Consortium, a membership organization of women's leaders and men and women; women's NGO in Russia, significantly contributes to promoting and • raise public awareness on gender issues defending women's rights, and increases women's participation and though gender education of activists of influence in economic, political, and civic life in Russia. The political parties and movements (up to 80 Consortium consists of 99 NGOs that directly benefit from this activity. people will be trained); and • organize two training sessions on Activity Contributions to Targets advocacy for regional women's This activity contributes to Strategic Objective 2.1, increased, better organizations. informed citizen participation in economic and political decision making. Geographic Location: Office: Moscow Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months . Regions:St.-Petersburg, Leningradskaya Oblast, Women's Consortium will organize seminars on gender equality at the Moscow Oblast, Kaluga Oblast, Smolensk training center for journalists in Nizhny Novgorod. The Consortium Oblast, Republic of Tatarstan, Perm plans to conduct gender analysis of the Saratov local elections. . Oblast, Republic of Buraytia, Volgograd Women's Consortium will participate in the meeting on gender equality Oblast, Kemerovo Oblast, Rostov Oblast, legislation of the State Duma Committee on Social Associations and Krasnodar Krai, Stavropol Krai, Republic Religious Organizations. of Tyva, Tula Oblast, Republic of Karella, Udmurt Republic, Irkutsk Oblast, Republic of Bashkortostan, Murmansk Oblast, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Saratov Oblast, Novosibirsk Oblast, Sverlovskaya Oblast, Republic of Altai, Kurgan Oblast, and Primorski Krai

Russian Implementing Partner: Consortium of Women's Nongovernmental Associations

Start: October 2000 Completion: September 2001

Russian Partners: Women's NGOs

Other External Partners: None

50 Trade Union Development Recent Implementation Accomplishments Program Tue Trade Union Development Program is the second phase of USAID assistance to strengthen trade unions in Russia. The first phase, "Support for Independent Unions" was implemented from 1996-1998. The Solidarity Through this activity: Center works with selected trade unions that have democratically elected • democratic trade unions respond more leadership to represent worker interests. Management cannot becom~ effectively to requests for assistance members. It provides key support to unions in more than 10 Federation from ente1prises or members; subjects and also works with pro-reform structures and officials within the • union activists use litigation to enforce old official state union, Federatsija Nezavisimykh Profsoyuzov Rossii adherence to the legal contractual (FNPR). obligations of enterprise management The Solidarity Center focuses on 3 areas: and the government; J. Union organizing/assistance. The Solidarity Center works to improve • workers' knowledge and the capacity of independent trade unions to communicate and mobilize its understanding of individual and members. Training programs include: basic organizing and union building collective rights increases as does their skills; collective labor dispute resolution; understanding of enterprise trust in trade union leadership; and financial documentation; workers' rights during staff cutbacks; civic • a cadre of rmion activists have the litigation of labor cases; health and safety; and trade union actions in capacity to educate union members. response to wage arrears. During this six-month period, the Solidarity . Center sponsored 35* seminars for 1,281 trade unioniSt.-All of the sennnars Geographic Location: were led by Russian trainers. In May 2000, the Solidarity Center co Office: Moscow sponsored the International Forum on Trade Union Education attended by Regions: Leningradskaya Oblast, 443 trade unionist from 51 Russian regions and 15 foreign countries. Novosibirsk Oblast, Kamchatka Oblast, 2. Outreach and increased activism. The Solidarity Center facilitated Voronezh Oblast, Primorski Krai, and communication between Russian trade unions and international and Sverdlovskaya Oblast American trade unions. Increased cooperation with other international labor organizations active in Russia resulted in the Solidarity Center U.S. Implementing Partner: becoming an important resource to labor programs throughout the CIS. American Center for International 3. Public Interest La.w Centers (PJLCs ): The Solidarity Center held Labor Solidarity (the Solidarity Center, discussions with regional trade union centers and concluded agreements to ACILS) open new PILCs in Voronezh and Novosibirsk. The staff at seven PILC provided 3,039 consultations on civil and labor rights and represented 3000 Start: June 1999 civic activists in 1,020 court hearings. The courts awarded a total of Completion: May 2002 USD43 557 in relation to labor violations. The PILC staff provided 9 legal comme~taries on draft laws and new legislation. PILC lawyers issued 3 new Russian Partners: brochures on labor and civic rights and distributed them to trade unions Democratic trade unions and trade throughout Russia. During the reporting period, 43 students interned at the union organizations, including PILCs. Independent Miners' Union of Russia; Seafarers' Union of Russia; Mining Beneficiaries and Metallurgical Union of Russia; Trade union activists are direct beneficiaries of this activity. Participation at Federation of Air Traffic Controllers of the Solidarity Center's training programs helps them advocate more Russia; Russian Union of Aviation, effectively on behalf of trade union members. Radio, Navigation, and Communication Workers; Union of Activity Contributions to Targets Flight Personnel of Russia; Russian This activity contributes to Strategic Objective 2.1, increased, better Trade Union of Aviation Engineers; informed citizen participation in economic and political decision-maki~g, and the Russian Dock Workers' Union, and Strategic Objective 2.2, strengthened rule of law and respect for human among others rights.

Other External Partners: Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months National Endowment for Democracy, In the next six months, the Solidarity Center plans to continue the survey of and International Labor Organization trade unionists' attitudes and practices in Voronezh, Sverdlovsk, and Novosibirsk Oblasts.

*All data corresponds to the period January 1, - June 30, 2000

51 Independent Television Recent Implementation Accomplishments Local station training support. lnternews has nurtured almost 550 emerging This activity provides training that is independent regional television stations, helping raise their audiences from integrated with other assistance, non-existence in 1991 to an estimated reach of 60% of Russia's population by including program production, news 2000. Up to 20% of the population now watches regional non-state television competitions, infonnation services, small during a 24-hour period, reflecting a trend toward increased audience equipment grants and individualized preferences for local broadcasts. consulting to independent (non-state) Independent local news. From 1996 to 2000, the share of regional private commercial television stations. These stations producing local news programs jumped from 17% to 87%; 50% of all coordinated activities: stations studied produce daily newscasts. In addition to regular news • develop the technical capacity of broadcasts, more than half of all non-state stations also produce public affairs independent TV broadcast stations to and/or other local information programming. In 2000, local TV stations have produce news and public affairs been named as finalists in five different categories in the prestigious national broadcasting in infonnative and television TEFI awards, Russia's equivalent to Emmys, for the first time in interesting ways, using modern their history. In addition, a special TEFI award named after Internews' annual professional technologies; and local news competition "News - Local Time" was created this year to • foster economic sustainability of recognize achievements in local news. independent television stations in a Network development. The growing professionalism and local success of competitive market environment, regional stations have made them attractive potential partners for new Russian which involves introducing survival networks -- offering local stations added financial and programming support. techniques to these stations during Since the beginning of this activity, Internews placed "Open Skies" periods of market instability. programming on TNT, a network owned by Media-Most that functions on the American model of locally owned affiliates. At present "Open Skies" Geographic Location: distributes 2 hours of weekly syndicated documentary films and educational Office: Moscow programs to 382 cities in Russia (with a potential audience of 63 million) and Regions: Please see attached list to 487 cities NIS-wide, reaching a potential audience of 124 million viewers. Technical development. With lnternews assistance, 650 stations share US Implementing Partners: technical and substantive information via a list server and Internet Internews Network connections. Approximately 35% of all independent TV stations use Betacam and digital technology; but even 2 years after the financial crisis, most stations Start: August 1998 are still not in a position to make new capital purchases . . Completion: April 2001 Economic sustainability. Internews provides extensive business training to advertising and station managers. As part of its Ad Industry Support Activity, Russian Partners: the Russian Advertising Federation of the Regions (RFR) was created to ANO Internews/Russia promote the growth of advertising in support of information media in the regions. The RFR currently boasts 78 members from 35 cities. Other External Partners: Glasnost Defense Foundation, Beneficiaries Pozner School of Broadcast In 2000, staff from over 250 regional TV stations throughout Russia received Journalism, Moscow Media Law and training in 1,870 seminars. Overall, 6,600 TV professionals representing 548 Policy Institute, National Association stations have received professional training and other related assistance since of Telebroadcasters, Russian 1992. Television Development Foundation, and other media assistance NGOs Activity Contributions to Targets This activity contributes directly to Strategic Objective 2.1, by promoting increased, better-informed citizens' participation in political and economic decision-making.

Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months Internews will undertake a needs assessment of regional television industry and send questionnaires to 300-400 local stations. Other plans include the development of a new computerized program to help TV stations improve and automate their financial management systems, and the continuation of some projects initiated under Emergency Media Assistance Program.

52 INDEPENDENT TELEVISION Geographic Location (AMR attachment): Regions: 33. lvanovo Oblast 34. Kaliningrad Oblast 1. Republic of Mordovia 35. Kaluga Oblast 2. Republic of Nothem Osetia-Alanya 36. Kemerovo Oblast 3. Republic of Sakha-Yakutiya 37. Khabarovsk Krai 4. Republic of Tatarstan 38. Krasnodar Krai 5. Republic of Udmurtia 39. Krasnoyarsk Krai 6. Sakhalin Oblast 40. Kursk Oblast 7. Khanty-Mansiysky AO 41. St-Petersburg 8. Yamalo-Nenetsky AO 42. Kirov Oblast 9. Altaisky Krai 43. Leningrad Oblast 10. Amurskaya Oblast 44. Lipetsk Oblast 11. Primorsky Krai 45. Magadan Oblast 12. Republic of Altai 46. Kostroma Oblast 13. Republic of Bashkortostan 47. Moscow 14. Republic of Buryatia 48. Murmansk Oblast 15. Republic of Chuvashia 49. Nizhny Novgorod Oblast 16. Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria 50. Novgorod Oblast 17. Republic of Karelia 51. Novosibirsk Oblast 18. Republic of Komi 52. Omsk Oblast 19. Republic of Mari El 53. Orenburg Oblast 20. Jewish Autonomous Oblast 54. Orel Oblast 21. Khabarovsky Krai 55. Penza Oblast 22. Volgograd Oblast 56. Perm Oblast 23. Voronezh Ob last 57. Pskov Oblast 24. Yaroslavl Oblast 58. Vladimir Oblast 25. Ulyanovsk Oblast 59. Rostov Oblast 26. Tyumen Oblast 60. Samara Oblast 27. Arkhangelsk Ob last 61. Saratov Oblast 28. Belgorod Oblast 62. Smolensk Oblast 29. Bryansk Oblast 63. Sverdlovsk Oblast 30. Chelyabinsk Oblast 64. Tambov Oblast 31. frkutsk Oblast 65. Tula Ob last 32. Chita Oblast 66. Tver Oblast

53 Political Participation: Parties and Recent Implementation Accomplishments Civic Participation Political parties: NDI develops and nurtures contacts with democratic parties and provides training and technical assistance to decision This activity increases citizen involvement in the makers at the national, regional and local levels. NDI helps political parties strengthen their long-term organizational capacity through electoral process and govemance by as developing strengthening political parties and citizen links training courses which cover diverse topics such platforms; leadership recruitment and preparation; membership and to them. The activity accomplishes this by: volunteer recruitment; the role of parties in local government; • enabling civic groups to promote the coalition-building; outreach; fundraising and organizational openness and accountability of management. Over the last six months, NDI conducted post-election govemmental institutions; assessment roundtables with both Yabloko and Souz Pravikh Sil in • fostering communication and consensus cooperation with the Institute for Humanities and Political Studies and building among various political groups; IRI. NDI also conducted routine sessions of its School for Political and Education for youth. The intensive courses cover such topics as • encouraging political parties to develop as separation of powers, the role of the executive, legislative and judicial institutions. branches and the importance of free press, rule of law and human rights. Later courses covered more practical matters of political Geographic Location organization. Office: Moscow Civic organizations: ND I's goal is to enhance citizens' ability to Regions: St-Petersburg, Astrakhan, Sverdlovsk, participate in the political process both through NGOs as well as Chelyabinsk, Krasnod' ar, Yaroslavl, political parties. Over the last six months, NDI has facilitated the Kaliningrad, Vladimir, Nizhni Novgorod, creation of an NGO coalition "Voice" with national membership that and Saratov promotes free and fair elections through domestic election monitoring and voter education. NDI supports the institutional development of the US Implementing Partner: organization and assists its training efforts. Recently, during a local National Democratic Institute (NDI) election in Samara Oblast, the local affiliates of "Voice" organized and trained over 500 volunteer election observers to cover over 95% of Start: June 1994 polling stations, as well as conducting an independent voter education Completion: February 2001 drive. Parliamentmy training: NDI is also working with the State Duma to Russian Partners: increase responsiveness to constituent needs and to increase the Center for Applied Political Research transparency of the legislative process. Recently, NDI has worked (INDEM); reform political parties (Yabloko, with the Duma Ethics Committee to increase its standing in the Duma Russia's Democratic Choice, Our Home- and its efforts to fight corruption and has presented a Russian language Russia (NDR), Voice of Russia and Soyuz textbook on budget transparency and analysis of anticorruption efforts Pravikh Sil) ; local governments and civic in various countries. As part of the Library of Congress' Russian advocacy organizations in target cities, Leaders Program, NDI hosted a group of Duma deputies which took including the New Perspectives Foundation part in the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles. (NPF), Mothers of Soldiers Committee, Forum of Migrants, Moscow Helsinki Beneficiaries Group, Union of Young Lawyers, Socio NDI' s programs have directly benefited Russia's major "pro-reform" Ecological Union. Women's Information political parties in the targeted regions, and over 8,000 political party Network, NIS-US Women's Consortium, and civic activists since 1992. Information Center of The Independent Women's Forum, Memorial, and Civil Activity Contributions to Targets Society and Elections '99 This activity contributes to Strategic Objective 2.1, increased better-, informed citizens' participation in political and economic decision Other External Partners: making, by supporting the development of political parties and building National Endowment for Democracy (NED;) links between civic organizations and political parties that enable Konrad Adenauer Stiftung; Freiderich Ebert NGOs to be more effective advocates of citizens' needs to local Stiftung; Freiderich Naumann Stiftung; government. International Republican Institute (IRI) Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months USAID will begin a new political process program in early 2001.

54 Political Institutions in a Recent Implementation Accomplishments Democratic Society IRI activities focus on political party development, NGO strengthening and parliamentary training. This activity supports the development of Political party development. Major Russian reform parties have moved to political institutions, focusing on political establish stronger regional organizations and local party chapters with IRI party development, NGO development, assistance. Over the last six months, IRI conducted post-election assessment training-of-trainers programs and roundtables with both Yabloko and Soyuz Pravikh Sil in cooperation with NDI increasing the role of women and youth and the Institute for Humanities and Political Studies. In cooperation with its in politics. Russian partner in Voronezh, the United Democratic Center, IRI conducted a multi-party post election seminar. Geographic Location NGO development. IRI has developed an effective NGO strengthening Office: Moscow program through which it supports the institutional development of a core Regions: SL-Petersburg (city), group of six Russian NGO partners. IRI bas conducted training for Russian Leningradskaya Oblast, Karelia, NGOs in financial management, fundraising, marketing and public relations. Murmansk, Arkhangelsk, Voronezh, In the last six months, IRI conducted Internet training for NGO partners from Rostov, Novosibirsk, Perm, Tomsk, Perm, Voronezh, Rostov, Arkabngelsk, SL-Petersburg and Moscow with two Omsk, Penza, Volgograd, Tver, experts from the US.AID-funded NGO Support Center in Moscow. The Novgorod, Irkutsk, Kemerovo, and training covered uses of Internet communication for networking, fundraising Krasnoyarsk and expanding services to the NGOs' local constituents. Most of the NGOs are now developing their own websites as a component of their IRI subgrants. US Implementing Partner: Women and youth. IRI programs aim to increase participation of women and International Republican Institute youth in the political process through its Local Party Campaign Academy (IRI) (LPLA) and NGO development programs. In conjunction with the League of Women Voters (LWV), IRI conducted training for twenty women candidates Start: June 1994 from SL-Petersburg and Leningradsky oblast who expect to run for local office this coming year. IRI bas traditionally worked with party-affiliated Completion: April 2001 youth organizations, and over the last six months trained thirty-one youth activists from Perm, Sverdlovsk, Tartarstan, Bashkortorstan, Nizhny Russian Partners: Novgorod, Omsk, Barnaul, Kami, Kirov and Chuvashia. Training topics Political parties (Democratic Choice of Russia, Our Home--Russia, Yabloko, included youth organization development, campaign headquarters Democratic Russia, Russia Forward, management, public relations, door-to-door campaigning and election Soyuz Pravikh Sil, independent regional observation. IRI is also implementing a US.AID/Washington program which organizations in vruious target cities will expand the LWV of SL-Petersburg into a regional and eventually a (Moscow - Moscow School of Political national organization to increase women's participation in governance as both Studies, Russian Association of Political citizens and elected officials. Consultants, Fund for Development of Parliamentary training. Over the last six months, IRI trained 160 Duma Pru·Iiamentruianism in Russia, Institute for Deputy staff from the Unity, Fatherland/All Russia, Yabloko and Union of Humanities and Political Studies, Fund for Right Forces, in the roles and responsibilities of Duma staff, the legislative the Development of Russian Federalism; New Perspectives Foundation (NPF); St. process, constituent relations and communications. Among the participants Petersburg -League of Women Voters and were 60 staff from Duma representatives' home districts. IRI also hosted a Nevsky Reseru·ch Foundation; group of State Duma deputies observing local election campaigns in the US as Arkhangelsk - For Free and Fair part of the Library of Congress' Russian Leadership Program. Elections; Munnansk - Congress of Women of the Kola Peninsula; Rostov - Beneficiaries Don Center for Political Technologies, IRI' s activities have directly benefited Russia's major "pro-reform'' political Civic Accord; Voronezh- United parties and the Russian partners already noted. Thousands of party and Democratic Center; Pe1m - Center for political activists from more than 20 Russian regions have benefited. IRI' s Electoral Technologies; and Yru·oslavl - Center for Foreign Investment) assistance supports the establishment of a competitive multi-party political system and transparent election process that benefits all Russian voters. Other External Partners: National Endowment for Democracy Activity Contributions to Targets (NED); Konrad Adenauer Stiftung; The IRI activity contributes to Strategic Objective 2.1, increased, better Freiderich Ebert Stiftung; Freiderich informed citizens' participation in political and economic decision-making, by Naumann Stiftung; National ensuring that national and regional political party infrastructure is better Democratic Institute for International developed, and key groups (women and youth) are active participants in the Affairs (NDI); and British Know process. How Fund Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months IRI is moving its party training activities away from campaign training and strategizing, and focusing instead on strengthening parties as institutions and equipping them with the actual tools and platforms necessary to perform well during elections. IRI will continue its party-building sessions, holding at least 10 during its extension period. It will also award 5 subgrants to NGO partners for seminars in late 2000 and early 2001.

55 Electoral System Development Recent Implementation Accomplishments . . . IFES closed its Moscow office in August 2000, but program act1v1tles This activity strengthens the capacity of the continued in the following areas: Russian Central Election Commission (CEC) NGO development. The creation and development of sustainable and Subject Election Commissions (SECs) to Russian NGOs able to assume the work currently being conducted by administerfree and fair elections, by providing U.S. groups is central to the USAID/Moscow strategy. IFES' transfer of support that fosters: responsibilities to its Russian partner, the Institute for Election Systems • openness and transparency in the Development (IESD), constitutes a notable success in this regard. IFES' electoral process; primary focus over the last six months has been IESD's development, in • better administration of, and compliance order that they will continue to provide elections technical assistance with, electoral laws and regulations; after IFES operations have closed. IFES has provide IESD with a range of institutional development assistance, including technical and • balanced media coverage of elections; managerial training, assistance in maintaining transparent budget • stronger voters' rights; and processes, and support in developing a strong and effective Board of • better informed voters. Directors. IESD has also used these funds to implement its own programs, which have included a series of media seminars conducted Geographic Location: jointly with IFES, a voter education project that targeted women ~d Office: Moscow first-time voters, and continued consultation with the Central Election Regions: Arkhangelsk, Krasnayarsk, Moscow Commission (CEC) and various Subject Election Commissions (SEC). City, Tver, Cheliabinsk, Samara, Nizhni In cooperation with Internews, IFES also produced a training video on Novogorod, Novosibirsk, Rostov, investigative journalism, to be distributed to Russian NGOs and press Yekaterinburg, SL-Petersburg, Astrakhan, outlets and used in future IESD media training programs. Kostroma, Moscow Oblast, Leningrad Roundtable on Election Reform: In July, IFES conducted a roundtable Oblast, Irkutsk, Tula, Perm, Kaliningrad, on election reform in Irkutsk. The meeting included several Kaluga, and Republic of Dagestan representatives from each of 25 regional SECs, as well as CEC Chairman Veshnyakov and several other CEC members. Highlights US Implementing Partners: were the presentation by IFES persollllel of their Technical Assessment International Foundation for Election of the 1999-2000 elections (see below), and the comments by Chairman Systems (IFES) Veshnyakov on the state of the Russian elections process. Technical Assessment of Duma and Presidential Election/Materials Start: June 1994 Development: During this reporting period, IFES completed its. Completion: June 2001 Technical Assessment of the Federal Elections Cycle. A reflection of IFES' years of work and experience in Russia, this assessment offers Russian Partners: specific suggestions for the legal and procedural reform of ~ussia ' s Central Election Commission of the electoral process, based on analysis of the 1999 Duma election and the Russian Federation (CEC), Subject 2000 presidential election. IFES has also continued to produce Election Commissions (SECs) and information packets to lawmakers, election officials, the media, and Territorial Election Commissions (fECs), others involved in the electoral process, in order to help them make Center for Electoral Technologies (CET), better-informed decisions. In addition, IFES has continued to produce a New Perspectives Foundation (NPF), Press range of original documents and reports on Russia's recent elections and Development Institute (PDI), and Institute other issues related to Russian elections law. for Election Systems Development (IESD) Beneficiaries Other External Partners: The IFES activities benefit voters, the NGO community, election British Know-How Fund, Ford Foundation, officials, and members of the press. Further, IFES' efforts to build and TACIS Democracy Programme, IESD today will have a continuing impact for all of Russia's voters'. as Canadian Election Fund, and the the latter continues to develop strong institutional and legal foundations Organization for Security and Cooperation for the conduct of free and fair elections. in Europe Activity Contributions to Targets The IFES activity contributes to the achievement of Strategic Objective 2.1, increased, better informed citizens' participation in political and economic decision-making, and to Strategic Objective 2.2, strengthened rule of law and respect for human rights.

56 Strengthening Democratic Recent Implementation Accomplishments Institutions and Civil Society Strengthening Democratic Institutions and Civil Society is a follow-on project to a three-year project "Development of a Democratic Political Culture" completed by MSPS in December 1999. During that time, This activity promotes the development of a MSPS trained over 2, 156 Russian politicians, published fourteen issues democratic political culture among Russian of the journal "Sapere Aude" ("Dare to Think") and compiled a series politicians and policy makers. It supports a of twenty books entitled "The Library of the School." The Library growing nehvork of democratically minded consists of books, written by foreign and Russian experts and young Russian political, administrative, distributed free of charge among Russian legislators, local intellectual and business leaders in the regions administrations, public libraries, universities and training centers. through intensive seminars that: The current program, which began in May 2000, focuses on training, • reinforce the basic tenets of a democratic publishing and organiztion's institutional development. society and increase participants Training program. Over the last six months, MSPS conducted two understanding of the workings of modern federal level and two regional seminars, in Irkutsk and Astrakhan, for liberal political and economic systems; over 360 participants. These seminars brought together legislators, • encourage discussion of how liberal political party activists, entrepreneurs and journalists. Speakers at political and economic systems can be best these seminars include influential international and Russian policy adapted to conditions in Russia; makers, political scientists and leaders of international bodies, • encourage closer and more durable businesses, media and universities. Topics included the relationship cooperation between Russian policy makers between politics, economics and mass media; regional policy and local of different political persuasions; self-government; and the democratic institution of the ombudsman. • encourage regular working exchanges Publishing. MSPS just completed publishing "From Opinion tofu behveen Russian and foreign policy depth Understanding" a book written by Yuri Levada, Director of the makers; and Russian Center for Public Opinion Studies (VTSIOM). The book is • publish works by international academic based on results of VTSIOM research. Another book, "Power as a leaders and practitioners on democracy and Problem", written by Russian practitioner Yuri Senokosov, Chairman democratic theory. of M. Mamardashvili Foundation for Interdisciplinary Studies, will be published by March 2001. These books will become a part of the Geographic Location: Library of the School. Books will be distributed free of charge among Office: Moscow the alumni network, government institutions, public libraries, and Regions: Irkutsk, Astrakhan, and Moscow universities. Oblasts Institutional Development. USAID and World Learning assisted MSPS with its organizational pevelopment. World Learning hired a US Implementing Partners: consultant to assess MSPS organizational needs and develop a None fundraising strategy. Based on the result of the assessment, MSPS is now conducting the following several activities. MSPS selected a Start: May 2000 secretary of the Board of Directors. By March 2001, MSPS will hire Completion: May 2003 an US-based consultant to build a network of MSPS supporters in the U.S., and expand the Board of Directors through recruiting American Russian Implementing Partner: Board members. In the near future, MSPS will launch its new website Moscow School of Political Studies (MSPS) (www.msps.ru), which will increase public awareness of its activities and further strengthen links between MSPS alumni. Other External Partners: British Know-How Fund, European Beneficiaries Commission and the Council of Europe MSPS' s program directly benefits the next generation of influential Joint Program, Carnegie Corporation, Russian politicians at the local and federal level. MSPS' 1,900 active Swedish futernational Development Agency alumni include parliamentarians from Federal, regional, and local (SIDA,) National Endowment for assemblies, civil servants, businessmen, and journalists. These alumni Democracy (NED,) Soros/Open Society include 35 State Duma Deputies, 2 deputy governors, 1 member of the fustitute (OSI,) Higher Education Support Federation Council, and 7 vice-ministers. All program participants are Program (HESP,) and futernational under age 35. Republican fustitute (IR.I) Activity Contributions to Targets The MSPS activity contributes to Strategic Objective 2.1, increased, better informed citizens' participation in political and economic decision-making.

Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months The institutional development component of the project is critical for the sustainability of MSPS. USAID together with other MSPS donors are working to strengthen MSPS ' institutional capacities including internal management and strategic planning capabilities.

57 Strengthening Democracy through Recent Implementation Accomplishments Public Awareness IESD began its cooperative agreement with USAID on September 30, 2000 and has since that time been preparing its first semi-annual workplan. In October, IESD completed production on an ~ormation This activity sh·engthens democracy and guide for first-time voters (in cooperation with ~he Interreg10~al promotes transparency in the Russian Association for Civic Education), and is preparmg to lead a tnp for election system by providing reliable, several members of the Central Election Commission to observe the U.S. unbiased information and technical Presidential election in November. Prior to beginning its cooperative assistance to all participants in the electoral agreement, IESD was operating under a subgrant from the Inte~ational process. Foundation for Election Systems (IFES). Their recent accomplishments under that subgrant are as follows : Geographic Location: Election Administration and Electoral Law Reform: The Election Office: Moscow Resource Center inherited from IFES continues to be the only resource Regions: Ryazan, Kursk, Rostov-on-Don, center of its kind in Russia, with approximately 3,000 items on election Kaliningrad, and Tartarstan law and administration, as well as democracy development materials which are easily accessible through the center's database and website: US Implementing Partners: www.democracy.ru. IESD has also provided independent commentary None on election legislation, including draft election legislation that is currently being debated in the Duma. Start: October 2000 Institutional Development: IESD has worked closely with IFES, Completion: January 2004 institutional development professionals, and USAID to ensure that IESD will continue to provide election administration and electoral law Russian Implementing Partner: assistance as well as nonpartisan elections information following the end Institute for Election Systems of USAID assistance. IESD has already taken steps to improve its Development (IESD) management systems. Other Russian and External Partners: Beneficiaries International Foundation for Electoral Beneficiaries include election commissions, NGOs, training Systems, Central Election Commission of institutions, TV and radio stations, and newspapers. Public officials the Russian Federation (CEC), Subject and voters alike have enjoyed access to the IESD website and Election Election Commissions (SEC) and Resource Center. Past and future IESD programs particularly target Territorial Election Commissions (TECs,) historically marginalized voting groups, including the blind or disabled, Duma Committee on Legislation, Center first-time voters, and women. More broadly, strong institutional and for Electoral Technologies (CET,) legal foundations for the conduct of free and fair elections benefit Interregional Association for Civic Russian citizens. Education, National Press Institute (NPI), and Canadian Election Fund Activity Contributions to Targets The IESD activity contributes to the achievement of Strategic Objective 2.1, increased, better informed citizens' participation in political and economic decision-making, and to Strategic Objective 2.2, strengthened rule of law and respect for human rights.

Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months IESD will conduct regional programs to coincide with anticipated upcoming elections in Ryazan (December 2000) and Tartarstan (March 2001). These programs will include voter education programs, seminars for local party representatives in election commissions, handbooks for local election administrators, and seminars for local media personnel.

58 Citizen Participation in Samara Recent Implementation Accomplishments Citizen Task Force Development: After surveying the interests of This activity promotes citizen participation in government, business, and NGO' s in Samara, NDI brought together regional and local decision-making. The representatives of these groups in the cities of Samara and Togliatti to activity emphasizes three main outcomes: evaluate and improve the local environment for tourism. Tue Samara • strengthen democratic institutions and task force met regularly and issued a final report in the fall, while in procedures; Togliatti, the task force produced a tourism development plan. Initial • create links between govemment, steps have also been taken to develop advisory committees to local business, and community-based government departments, which would include citizens as well as organizations; representatives of industry and NGOs. Budget Transparency: NDI is in the initial stages of setting up focus • establish sustainable citizens' task forces, groups and a citizen advisory committee which would work with the focused on specific issues, that will local government to increase the transparency of the budget process. provide for citizen participation in local Already, as a result of NDI efforts, the Samara government has updated decision-making; and the budget information in its website. • improve the climate for economic growth Training and Education: NDI has conducted seminars for current and and political reform in the Samara region. future city administrators on budgeting and finance, service delivery, performance measurement, and transparency. To engage local youth, Geographic Location NDI has also conducted classes on government and democracy for high Office: Samara school students in Samara, which has paralleled the development of a Regions: Samara student government association. US Implementing Partner: Beneficiaries National Democratic Institute (NDI) ND I's programs have benefited the stakeholders brought together by its advisory committees: the representatives of government, business, and Start: May 1999 NGOs who now have a coherent plan for tourism development. As a Completion: March 2001 blueprint for further citizen participation, this will have ripple effects for all Samara's citizens. Other beneficiaries include the students and Russian Partners: administrators who have received NDI training. Samara oblast and municipal administration, Togliatti municipal Activity Contributions to Targets administration, Volga-II, Samara Eco This activity contributes to Strategic Objective 2.1, increased better Security, Gera Handicrafts, Politra artists' informed citizen's participation in political and economic decision union, Samara International Airport, making, by supporting the involvement of citizens in local government. Volga hotel, National hotel, Russian Hotel, Zarechie hotel, and Under Sail Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months restaurant Du~g the balance of their cooperative agreement period, NDI will contrnue to develop Samara oblast administration advisory committees, Other External Partners: work with a Samara city official to develop a new city charter, and None implement its budget transparency project in other Samara municipalities. Project Number: 0007

59 S02.2 Strengthened Rule of Law and Respect for Human Rights

IR 2.2.l Independent Russian Judiciary IR 2.2.2 Judicial Decisions are Uniform, Predictable, Applied Equally and Made without Delay IR 2.2.3 Competent Counsel Available in Russia IR 2.2.4 Presence of Enforcement Service Induces Better Execution of Civil Judgements IR 2. 2.5 Effective Advocacy for Adherence to International Human Rights Commitments Increased

Key Implementation Activities as of October 31, 2000

1. Judicial Exchange Program Between the Russian and US Judiciaries ...... 61 2. Enforcement of Judgments ...... 62 3. Development of the Legal Profession ...... 63 4. Strengthen Corporate Governance ...... 64 5. Eurasia Foundation/Anti-Conuption Grant Program ...... 65 6. Strengthen Human Rights NGOs ...... 66 7. Human Rights Monitoring ...... 67

60 Judicial Exchange Program Recent Implementation Accomplishments Between the Russian and US In November, a small delegation of Russian judges and judicial administrators visited both the Administrative Office of the U.S . Courts Judiciaries in Washington and the U.S. District Court in Chicago and courts in the Illinois state system. The delegation was headed by the Chief Judge of This activity builds upon already established the Astrakhan Oblast Court, accompanied by the head of the Judicial partnerships and cooperation between the Department for the Oblast and a local court administrator, and by two Russian and U.S. judiciaries through a high-level officials from the Judicial Department of the Supreme Court focused and targeted exchange and training of the RF. The visit stressed the topic of the interrelations of judges and program involving: court administrators. • the Judicial Department of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation (with the Judicial Administration. Participants of the above-mentioned study involvement of the Council of Judges) and tour will participate with other colleagues in a follow-up workshop on the Administrative Office of the US issues of judicial administration to be held in early 2001 in Russia, with Courts (AOUSC) to promote the involvement by U.S. counterparts. independence of the courts of general jurisdiction and strengthen the internal Judicial Ethics. An activity is planned for 2001 in cooperation with the governance of the cowts; Supreme Qualifying Collegium of the Russian judiciary, with • the Academy of Justice of the RF and the participation of U.S. judges representing the Judicial Conference of the Federal Judicial Center (FJC) to improve United States' International Judicial Relations Committee. the system for continuing judicial Approximately half the positions on the Supreme Qualifying Collegium education and support the development of are up for election by the Congress of Judges that meets at the end of the academy; and November in Moscow, after which planning for the upcoming ethics • the Supreme Qualifying Collegium and activity will proceed. foreign experts to support judicial ethics. Beneficiaries Geographic Location: Direct beneficiaries under this program include employees of Russia's Office: Moscow Judiciary Department, the Supreme Qualifying Collegium, and the Region: Moscow Academy of Justice.

US Implementing Partner: Activity Contributions to Targets Chemonics International This activity contributes to Strategic Objective 2.2, strengthened rule of law and respect for human rights, and to IR 2.2.1, an independent Start: August 2000 Russian judiciary. Completion: May 2001 Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months Russian Partners: In January 2001 , a small delegation representing the Academy of Justice Council of Judges, Supreme Commercial will visit the Federal Judicial Center and the National Center for State Court, Judicial Department, Academy of Courts and learn about both organizations' judicial training methods. Justice, and Supreme Qualifying Collegium The delegates will participate in a follow-up event later in 2001 to be held in Russia. Other External Partners: U.S. federal judiciary

61 Enforcement of Judgments Recent Implementation Accomplishments IRIS continued to deliver support to the Bailiffs (Court Marshals) This activity promotes improvement in the Service of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation. From Bailiffs (Court Marshals) Service's ability to October 23 to 24, 2000 IRIS held a seminar for over 80 senior bailiffs, enforce judicial decisions. at the Law Academy of the Ministry of Justice of the RF in Moscow, on the subject of "Bailiffs' recovery of taxes, charges, or customs levies Geographic Location: from taxpayers' property." This seminar addressed an issue of Office: Moscow immediate urgency for the Bailiffs Service. It has recently been Regions: Moscow and Samara Oblast assigned the task of collecting tax arrears and customs charges as well as civil judgments, and coordinating these multiple tasks has presented US Implementing Partners: an array of complex problems for the agency. In addition, the seminar IRIS Center (Institutional Reform and the organizers made available teaching materials for senior bailiffs to Informal Sector--University of Maryland) enable them to train line bailiffs. The project conducted another and Vermont Bar Foundation - seminar in Samara from November 13 to 14, focusing on child-related Vermont/Karelia Rule of Law Project services, including child support collections, which constitutes a major (VBF) portion of the typical bailiff caseload. Publications based on both the Moscow and Samara workshops are being prepared. Start: September 1998 IRIS continued to work on development of a curriculum plan for the Completion: February 2001 training of both newly hired line bailiffs and experienced line bailiffs. The Bailijf's Deskbook, written and published with the project's Russian Partners: assistance earlier in 2000 and distributed by the Bailiffs Service to Bailiffs (Court Marshals) Service of the bailiff' offices through the RF, continues to be the only comprehensive Ministry of Justice of the RF, Law source of the information of its type. Academy of the Ministry of Justice of the RF, and RF Court Marshals Service for Beneficiaries Samara Oblast This program directly benefits the Bailiffs Service of the Ministry of Justice of the RF. By enhancing the effectiveness of enforcement of Other External Partners: court judgements in civil cases, it benefits the Russian judicial system, The U.S. Department of Justice addresses corruption, and indirectly benefits both Russian citizens and foreign businesses in Russia.

Activity Contributions to Targets This activity contributes to Strategic Objective 2.2, strengthened rule of law and respect for human rights.

Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months IRIS has proposed a two-month no-cost extension of this contract. Two curriculum publications and two publications based on the recent Moscow and Samara seminars are expected within the next three months. Additional surveys of bailiffs on the key issues that arise in the work of Bailiffs work also planned to be conducted during the next three months.

62 Development of the Legal Recent Implementation Accomplishments Profession ABA/CEELI achieved the following accomplishments in its 3 focus areas: I. Commercial law, including continuing legal education (CLE). CEELI continues to sponsor a CLE program on commercial law topics in Moscow, which weekly This activity supports the attracts about 30 commercial lawyers. In addition, monthly CLE seminars are held in development of the legal Samara. Topics in Samara cover the full spectrum of issues, including enforcement profession through establishing of judgments, real property issues, international trade regulations, and many others. continuing legal education (CLE) CEELI continued to hold one- and two-day workshops on commercial law (including and legal clinics, and addresses taxation) and law firm management in cities including Samara, Kaliningrad, and legal issues affecting women in Kislovodsk. During the last 6 months such workshops were held in Irkutsk and Russia through technical Abakan. Both the lectures and workshops rely almost exclusively on Russian assistance and training support. presenters. CEELI's commercial law program has been managed by a Russian Geographic Locations: lawyer since 1999. A group of business lawyers meets regularly on topical issues, Office: Moscow and now has the potential to become an indigenous CLE provider. 2. CEELI fostered clinical legal education programs and practice Regions: Moscow, Kaliningrad, Law schools. Kislovodsk, Tomsk, based teaching methods. Through workshops and numerous training programs, CEELI reached a large number of professors and students interested in applying Novosibirsk, Abakan, practice-based teaching, and developed and distributed materials for starting legal Arkhangelsk, Irkutsk, Dubna, clinics and training clinical law professors. CEELI helped create nine legal clinics to and Samara date. A CEELI short-term Clinical Legal Education specialist designed an assessment protocol to collect objective information on the level of the development US Implementing Partners: of clinics in Russia, including information on whether the clinic has adequate space, The American Bar enough trained supervisors, whether the clinic is integrated into the academic Association and the Central program of the institution, etc. Based on this protocol CEELI assessed 6 clinical and East European Legal programs over the reporting period, permitting each institution to get a clearer picture Institute (ABA/CEELI) of the areas of development that it needs to focus on. The tool has also helped CEELI to target its assistance and to implement more effectively the clinical Start: September 30, 1999 program. Completion: August 2002 3. Legal issues affecting women. CEELl's Russian gender specialist took over full direction of the program in July and continued to organize seminars on legal issues Russian Partners: that effect women, focusing on finding legal solutions for domestic violence and defense attorneys, practicing combating trafficking of Russian women. In order to improve the legal environment lawyers, and law schools for the protection of the rights of women in the Russian Federation, CEELI conducts workshops and conferences on domestic violence for prosecutors, judges, police and Other External Partners: U.S. Department of Justice lawyers in provincial cities, and holds roundtables for NGOs, lawyers, and activists and Vermont Bar Foundation on domestic violence and related issues. Seminars and other training events were held in Kaliningrad, Dubna, Samara, and elsewhere. The 3rd International Forum "Women from Siberia and Far East for the Survival of the Planet" took place in Irkutsk from July 7th - 13th. The session on domestic violence brought together 53 representatives from 15 cities in Siberia and Russia's Far East. CEELI has also begun to address the legislative needs of Russian women and has actively assisted its local partners to advocate for the adoption of a responsible labor code, criminal procedure code, housing code, and family code. The NIS Association of Women Lawyers held their second annual conference from May 25-27 in Moscow.

Beneficiaries Thousands of Russian practicing lawyers, legal instructors, judges, students, and other legal professionals directly benefited from participation in CEELI programs. Russian society indirectly benefits from an active legal profession.

Activity Contributions to Targets This activity contributes to SO 2.2, strengthened rule of law and respect for human rights and IR 2.2.3 competent counsel available in Russia.

Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months CEELI will continue its monthly calendar of activities.

63 Strengthen Corporate Governance Recent Implementation Accomplishments The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), This activity supports the dissemination of key with assistance from USAID, held the third meeting of the Russian principles of corporate governance to Russian Corporate Governance Roundtable in Moscow in November 2000. The policy makers and officials by: Roundtable focused on 'Tue Role of Disclosure in Strengthening • familiarizing Russians with the main Corporate Governance and Accountability." The conference followed issues surrounding co1porate governance two previous Roundtables, held in May 1999 and February 2000. The and investor sensitivities; chief participants were high-level Russian and Western policymakers, • providing expert review and businesspeople, investors, lawyers, and other interested parties. The recommendations based on OECD and World Bank also assisted with the conference. other transition economies' experiences; and The Roundtable, co-hosted by the Russian Federal Commission for the Securities Market, and the Supreme Commercial [Arbitrazh] Court of the • supplying Russian policy makers with an Russian Federation, builds on the dialogue initiated at the previous two influential policy forum. Roundtables. That dialogue centers around the OECD Principles of Geographic location: Corporate Governance. Senior experts, and officials from OECD Office: Moscow member countries and Russia participated. Representatives of the Regions: Moscow private sector, such as major Russian companies and foreign direct investors, also participated, both in planning the program and during the US Implementing Partner: Roundtable itself. In organizing the program, OECD built on previous None activities funded by USAID, TACIS and other donors. As a result of this conference, the Russian Federal Collllllission for the Securities Markets Start: August 2000 recognized an important role that the adoption of OECD principles of Corporate Governance may play in Russia for the improvement of Completion: August 2001 investment climate. Currently based on OECD principles, the Federal Commission is working on the development of Corporate Governance Russian Partners: Federal Securities Collllllission, Supreme principles for Russian companies. Commercial Court (SCC), and various Russian experts Beneficiaries Russian Federation government officials responsible for promulgating Other External Partners: policy in this area, foreign investors, Russian corporate officials, judges who apply Russian corporate law, and Russian and Western lawyers are Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and The World direct beneficiaries of this activity. Both foreign and Russian investors desire improved corporate governance and are therefore indirect Bank beneficiaries of this activity.

Activity Contributions to Targets This activity contributes to SO 2.2, legal systems that better support the rule of law and human rights.

Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months The OECD will continue the dialogue with its Russian partners. A White Paper on corporate governance issues will be prepared by a working group, based on the discussion at the third Roundtable and previous work. It will be anon-binding, consultative document containing a set of recommendations for future action on such issues as shareholder rights and equitable treatment of shareholders. A special website will be developed to share information on the latest regulatory and practice developments in this area. Seminars will be organized in Russian regions to help disseminate the findings of the Round table.

64 Eurasia Foundation/Anti Recent Implementation Accomplishments Corruption Grant Program This is the third phase of a program specifically targeted to preventing corruption in Russia's regions. During Phase II (from September 1998 to June 2000) the Eurasia Foundation awarded $205,953 in small anti The purpose of this program is to support corruption grants to 15 organizations in selected regions of Russia. anti-corruption efforts of grass roots Grantees included human rights organizations, a lawyers' group, a organizations through a competitive, small journalists' association, a taxpayers' organization, and educational grants program, targeting Russian NGOs, institutions. Many of the grantees' activities supported increasing citizen which address issues of corruption prevention. participation in government decision-making, improving local laws, and increasing transparency and accountability in local government. By the Geographic Location: end of Phase II, all but two of the Corruption Prevention Program Offices: Moscow, Vladivostok, and Saratov grantees had successfully completed their grant projects. An informal Regions: Ekaterinburg, Irkutsk, Khabarovsk, network of the Corruption Prevention grantees within Russia was created Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk, Perm, Amur, and linked to the OECD-created International Anti-Corruption Network Chila, Kaluga, Primorski Krai, and for Transition Economies. Sakhalin Beginning in July 2000, Eurasia started implementing Phase III of its US Implementing Partner: Anti-Corruption Program. This small grants program builds on an Eurasia Foundation (EF) earlier activity with a focus on intensifying efforts in successful areas, and developing linkages and partnerships among the grantees and other Start: September 19, 1996 organizations involved in anti-corruption efforts. Completion: June 30, 2002 At the beginning of November, Eurasia distributed invitations to Russian Partners: participate in a closed competition. The invitations were distributed None .among the organizations that participated in the previous rounds of the program. An open small grants competition was also recently launched. Other External Partners: None Beneficiaries Fourteen organizations and programs are recipients of Round II funds under this activity and are therefore direct beneficiaries. These grants indirectly benefit local communities by increasing the level of citizens' legal awareness and reinforcing interaction among officials, the mass media and the public on anti-corruption issues.

Activity Contributions to Targets These activities contribute to SO 2.2, strengthened rule of law and respect for human rights.

Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months An Expert Committee is expected to meet on December 12 to review proposals from the organizations participating in the closed competition to replicate successful anti-corruption programs throughout the RF.

65 Strengthen Human Rights NGOs Recent Implementation Accomplishments The Center sponsored, organized and hosted a number of conferences, This activity supports the development of civil training seminars and other events. Topics included grassroots work by society and increases awareness and respect NGOs on the following topics: society building; protecting human rights for human rights through technical assistance in contemporary Russia; the life of Andrei Sakharov; rights of citizens to for the Sakharov Center (the Center), a alternative military service; and justice in Russia. The group "Common human rights NGO consisting of a museum, Cause," consisting of the directors of numerous human.rights and other public cente1~ library and archive. The Center NGOs, meets regularly and holds press conferences at the Center. The presents expositions and carries out research, focus has recently centered upon NGO registration problems, issues publishing and educational programs related to Dagestan and Chechnya, and ecological problems. From April stmctured around three topics: to August 2000, over 15,000 people visited the museum and the library • the totalitarian past; to participate in the events at the Center, conduct research, or view • Russia's contempora1y problems; and exhibits. Important events at the museum during the last several months included: an evening devoted to Joseph Brodsky; the opening of the • the life and work ofAndrei Sakharov. "Walls" exhibition; the Andrei Sakharov Concert; a performance by a Geographic Location: folk group; a press briefing on visa-related issues; the Moscow Rotary of the "Walk through Grozny" Office: Moscow Club directors meeting; the opening photographic exhibit; and the opening of an architectural exhibition. Regions: Moscow Additional information about the Center's activities can be found at the US Implementing Partners: following web-site: http://www.wdn.com/asf. None The Center received intense institutional development assistance from USAID and continued to implement an institutional development plan. Start: December 1997 An American development and fundraising specialist continued to work Completion: November 2001 with the Center to improve its fundraising and outreach activities Russian Partners: including improvement of the Center's relationships with the press and Sakharov Museum and Public Center potential sponsors and partners.

Other External Partners: Beneficiaries Andrei Sakharov Foundation (USA) Direct beneficiaries of this activity are the more than 100 Russian NGOs which participate in the events held at the Center and over 50,000 people over the Center's life who have visited the museum and library to participate in events, conduct research, or view exhibits.

Activity Contributions to Targets The Sakharov Center's activities, by continuing its work in the area of human rights, will contribute directly to Strategic Objective 2.2, strengthened rule of law and respect for human rights and SO 2.1, increased, better informed citizens' participation in political and economic decision-making.

Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months USAID awarded the Center a small follow-on grant with a substantive portion of in-kind and counterpart contributions from the Sakharov Center. The grant is to keep the Sakharov Center open and continue the Center's monthly calendar plan of activities.

66 Human Rights Monitoring Recent Implementation Accomplishments Reports on the human rights situation in sixty subjects of the Russian This activity supports increased awareness Federation (RF), as well as 1999 countrywide report, were published in both and respect for human rights through Russian and English. These were then broadly disseminated to regional technical assistance and training to: Administrations, State Duma, embassies, mass media, and the human rights • improve human rights advocacy, community, including regional human rights NGOs. The English version of monitoring and reporting on the the report was sent to the United Nations, the Council of Europe, foreign and human rights situation by regional international human rights organizations, and a number of American human rights NGOs; libraries. The Russian versions of the reports are available on the web-site • establish regional human rights of the Human Rights Network (www.lrro.org) and the English version of the monitoring and reporting networks national report is available on the web-site of the Union of Councils for and cooperation among human rights Soviet Jews (www.ucsj.org.) In September 2000, MHG conducted a press NGOs, media and government officials conference for Russian and foreign journalists to discuss the human rights in selected regions of the Russian situation in Russia and the development of human rights monitoring. MHG Federation; and also presented reports to the human rights community including RF Ombudsman and Human Rights Commission under the President of the RF. • produce and disseminate an all-Russia report on human rights abuses. The publication of these reports resulted from the establishment of a regional human rights monitoring network consisting of trained and US Implementing Partners: equipped regional human rights NGOs supported and coordinated by the None Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG). During the last year the network covered 60 regions throughout Russia. MHG has provided organizational, technical, Geographic Location: and financial support to 60 selected regional NGOs. Each NGO received Office: Moscow training on techniques for monitoring and documenting human rights Regions: All 89 Russian regions violations, advocating the adoption of human rights policies to local and national governments, and interacting with media and disseminating human Start: September 1998 rights data. MHG provided the NGOs with common standards for preparing Completion: September 2001 annual reports and set of methodological and training materials, legal literature and other materials on human rights protection. During the last Russian Partners: year, all 60 human rights NGOs, in cooperation with other regional human Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG) rights NGOs, media and government officials have been collecting and analyzing information and preparing reports on human rights situation in Other External Partners: 1999 in their regions. Based on these reports the MHG prepared and Union of Councils for Soviet Jews translated into English final report. Beginning October 2000, the network (UCSJ) was extended to cover the remaining 29 regions, bringing the total number to 89.

Beneficiaries Improved human rights advocacy and monitoring practices, as well as producing and disseminating an all-Russia report on human rights abuses, will increase people's understanding of their rights. It will also promote the compliance of human rights practices in Russia with international human rights norms and thus benefit the entire Russian population.

Activity Contributions to Targets This activity contributes to Strategic Objective 2.2, strengthened rule of law and respect for human rights and SO 2.1, increased, better informed citizens' participation in political and economic decision-making.

Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months MHG will provide organizational, technical, and financial support to an additional selected 29 NGOs. In December MHG is planning to conduct a workshop for 29 new NGOs to train their representatives on techniques for monitoring and documenting human rights violations.

67 S03.2 Improved Effectiveness of Selected Social Benefits and Services

IR 3.2.a.1 New Approaches to Service Delivery Adopted IR 3.2.a.2 Response to Infectious Disease Improved IR 3.2.b.1 Social Service Delivery Systems Improved IR 3.2.b.2 Targeted City Services Move Towards Full Cost Recove1y

Key Activities Being Implemented as of October 31, 2000

SO 3.2.a

1. Women and Infant Health (WIN) ...... 69 2. Women's Reproductive Health Operations Research ...... 70 3. HIV/AIDS Prevention ...... 71 4. World Health Organization (WHO) Tuberculosis (TB) Activities ...... 72 5. PASA with the U.S. Depaitment of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Office of International and Refugee Health (OIRH) ...... 73 6. American International Health Alliance (AIHA) Health Paitnerships ...... 7 4 7. Health Cai·e Quality Assurance ...... 7 6 8. Legal Regulatory Reform ...... 77 9. Assistance to Russian Orphans (ARO) ...... 78 so 3.2.b

10. Accelerating Russian Restructuring at the Local Level: Housing, Communal Services, and Real Estate Refo1m ...... 79 11. Improving Social Service Delivery Systems (ISSDS) ...... 80 12. Regional Public Finance and Investment Project in Russia ...... 81 13. Real Estate Association and Industry Development ...... 82 14. Heat Efficiency Leveraging Programs in Regional Initiative Sites (Samai·a, Magadan, Tomsk) ...... 83

68 Women and Infant Health Recent hnplementation Accomplishments (WIN) The Russian Ministry of Health sent an official letter of support and promotion for WIN to Novgorod and Perm Oblast authorities. A number of workshops on breastfeeding counseling and baby-friendly hospitals, reproductive health, family This activity aims to reduce maternal centered maternity care (FCMC), essential new-born care and data collection and and infant morbidity and mortality by monitoring have been conducted for the staff of the project sites in Perm and improving the effectiveness of Novgorod. Over 300 people were trained in these workshops. Both population selected women and infant health and facility-based baseline surveys have been completed. A qualitative study of services, with special emphasis on women's attitudes, knowledge and practices on breastfeeding and childbirth was reducing repeat abortions and completed. A number of qualitative research studies on reproductive health and unwanted pregnancies, in selected breast-feeding, which aim to inform the development of related information sites. Specific focus areas include: materials, were accomplished in Novgorod and Perm. Two maternities in Perm • family-centered maternity care; and one maternity in Novgorod have introduced rooming-in and breast-feeding on • perinatal and newborn care; demand. The maternity in Novgorod stopped offering infant formula and used • post-abortion and postpartum the saved funds to create separate individual delivery rooms. A system of family planning counseling; continuous training on breast-feeding and baby-friendly hospital initiative has • integrating sexually-transmitted been established in all facilities. Each facility developed a policy, an action plan infections (STis)IHIV counseling and protocol on breastfeeding. The monitoring system, which is based on the into family planning programs; project's monitoring indicators, was introduced in each project facility. 150,000 • micronutrients; each of brochures on IUD, injectable and oral contraceptives, have been printed • adolescent reproductive health and shipped to the demonstration sites, as well as 2,000 sets of nine contraceptive services; cue cards. Population Reports on injectable contraceptives, female sterilization • violence against women; and and IUD were revised and shipped to the sites. Cue cards for clinicians on • healthy life-styles. breastfeeding and STis have been developed and pretested, while the brochures on post-abortion care and breastfeeding are under development. The book Geographic Location: "Essentials of Contraceptive Technology" was translated and is currently being Office: Moscow edited. A draft communication strategy on breast-feeding was developed. Regions: Novgorod and Perm Oblasts WIN is continuing its collaboration with other projects working in the area of maternal and child health. One outcome of such collaboration was that the Open US Implementing Partners: Society Institute provided funding to pay WIN trainers on family planning Prime Contractor: counseling. Exchange of participants at various USAID-supported training John Snow, Inc. (JSI) workshops takes place on a regular basis. WIN has received requests from other Subcontractors: Johns Hopkins regions to implement the program; USAID is seeking additional funds from other University, Center for resources. Communication Programs; University Research Corporation; Beneficiaries and An estimated 800 Russian health care workers from Novgorod and Perm oblasts, Association for Voluntary and as well as an estimated 800,000 Russian women ofreproductive age and their Safe Contraception International infants, benefit from this activity. (AVSC) Activity Contributions to Targets Start: June 1999 . This activity contributes directly to Strategic Objective 3.2, improved Completion: June 2002 effectiveness of selected social benefits and services, by introducing new approaches to health service delivery for women and infants, contributing directly to IR 3.2.1, new approaches to service delive1y adopted. Russian Partners: Local medical facilities and Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months health administrators/care In December project activities will begin in Berezniki, Perm Oblast, with a providers; and the Ministry of seminar on family planning. A number of training workshops will be conducted Health of the Russian Federation in Novgorod and Perm; topics include childbirth education, antenatal, postpartum care and healthy lifestyle. FCMC centers will be established in project maternities. Educational materials on breastfeeding, FCMC, healthy life-styles and family planning will be finalized and distributed. A campaign to promote exclusive breast-feeding will start in February 2001. It will include a logo and slogan, four television and three radio public service announcements. Breast feeding hotlines will be set up in the sites. Population-based survey and facility based survey final reports will be published and disseminated. Subcontracts with the Perm Center Against Violence and Human Trafficking will be finalized.

69 Women's Reproductive Health Recent Implementation Accomplishments Operations Research Operations research on increasing the use of family planning following abortions will be conducted in conjunction with the Women and Infant Health (WIN) project (see page 69). The This activity supports operations research to objective of the research is to document reduced repeat abortions due improve post-abortion family planning to changes in service delivery practices. The study will compare the counseling. Research results will be used to effect on future repeat abortions among women who receive provide program managers and policy counseling and information about family planning after an abortion, decision-makers with the information needed and women who receive the same services plus access to to improve existing services and plan for the contraceptive supplies. Experts from FRONTIERS and A VSC made future. assessment trips to WIN project sites and developed a project proposal on post-abortion care (PAC). It has been approved by Geographic Location: Population Council's International Research Board. In the city of Office (subcontractor): Moscow Perm, the selected project sites are outpatient and inpatient facilities Region: Perm Oblast of two maternity houses where abortions are performed.

US Implementing Partner: Beneficiaries Prime contractor: The direct beneficiaries include approximately 30 health care FRONTIERS (Population Council) workers at the local service delivery sites who will participate in the Subcontractors: Association for operations research project and the researchers who will be involved Voluntary and Safe Contraception in data collection and analysis. Indirect beneficiaries include Russian International (AVSC) policy makers, such as those involved in the WIN project, who will receive research results and be involved in developing new standards Start: June 1998 and guidelines for post-abortion care for family planning services. Completion: June 2002 The ultimate beneficiaries, however, are an estimated 2,000 Russian women ofreproductive age who will visit the research sites each Russian Partners: month and receive additional information on modern contraceptives Local health administrators and national following an abortion. policy makers Activity Contributions to Targets This activity contributes to Strategic Objective 3.2, improved effectiveness of selected social benefits and services, by introducing new approaches to family planning service delivery and improving service delivery skills, particularly in the area of post-abortion care.

Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months Existing communication materials on post-abortion care and the Operation Research instruments will be finalized for use in the project sites. After baseline assessments, two types of interventions, post abortion counseling and post abortion counseling and contraceptive provision, will be performed in the two project sites in Perm. Interviews of 500 pre- and 1000 post-intervention women will be completed.

70 HIVI AIDS Prevention Recent Implementation Accomplishments Social Marketing and Youth Communications: 1. PSI developed and piloted three video ads promoting use of condoms as a pait The objective of this activity is of caiing relationships. The slogan of the Federal Safe Sex campaign is "Take it to improve service delivery capacity to reduce with you". On November 1, 2000, broadcasting of ads began on six federal and HIV/AIDS/Sexually transmitted diseases regional TV stations. It will continue until Mai·ch 2001. (STDs) transmission in selected vulnerable 2. PSI continued the distribution of educational brochures and leaflets in populations through social marketing of collaboration with the Open Society Institute. Over 20 haimreduction sites condoms, improved interpersonal within Russia will use these materials with youth engaged in high-risk behaviors. communication and counseling skills among 3. PSI identified and trained 20 youth peer educators in Saiatov. These service providers, outreach to high-ri$k educators were instrnmental in providing infmmation and guidance to other populations, and increased collaboration youth during vaiious youth events, such as sports festivals, summer camps and the Street Festival. among key stakeholders in HIV/AIDS 4. On September 9, 2000, PSI conducted the first Inter-Regional Festival of prevention efforts. The activity incorporates Street Culture (graffiti) in Sai·atov. The festival gathered about 8,000 young two components: social marketing and U.S. - people. While youth watched perfmmers, PSI volunteers distributed materials on Russian partnerships. safe sex and condom samples among the audience. A total of 1200 brochures, 1350 booklets and 15000 condom samples were handed out. Geographic Location: 5. In the summer PSI/Sai·atov began collaborating with the Russkoie Radio on Offices: Moscow and Saratov its radio program, Minus Viius. A thllty-minute program, which is broadcast Regions: Moscow City and Saratov Oblast every Saturday, highlights such themes as safe sex and history of condoms; interviews populai· people; and discusses findings from an eai·lier youth survey. 6. In April PSI made an assessment hip to Tomsk and prepai·ed an outline of US Implementing Partners: potential activities for this site, which includes youth events, distribution of Population Services International leaflets and booklets, and an establishment of a Russia-to-Russia NGO (PSI)/AIDS MARK paitnership. Research and Targeted Communications: PSI completed a selies of fmmative and evaluative reseai·ch on: U.S. NGO partners: 1. Injecting Dmg Users (IDUs) practices and behavior in Sai·atov; Lower East Side Harm Reduction Center 2. Commercial Sex Workers (CWS) survey and focus groups in Saratov; (LESHRC), Metro TeenAIDS (MTA), 3. KAPB survey on youth to dete1mine personal risk assessment and HIV/AIDS Whitman-Walker Clinic (WWC), Helping awai·eness; and Individual Prostitutes Survive (HIPS) and 4. Testing effectiveness of video ads. Stonewall (SRS) Partnerships: 1. On June 12-14, 2000, the first annual paitnership conference was conducted in Moscow. The conference summed up the first-year activities and lessons Start: October 1998 leained. PSI invited other NGOs working in the ai·ea of HIV prevention for a Completion: October 2003 joint discussion of potential ai·eas of collaboration and future activities. 2. In October 2000, a new (thi.J.·d) partnership was established in Moscow. PSI Russian Partners: selected Stonewall (SRS), a Seattle-based NGO, to paitner with Accent. On Ministry of Health of the Russian November 13-17, 2000, Stonewall and Accent had a one-week discussion in Federation and Saratov governmental and Moscow aimed at the development of the workplan for the upcoming yeai". non-government organizations (NAN, Beneficiaries Center for International Understanding, In demonstration sites, Russian youth, especially vulnerable groups - young Accent) people aged 15-25 - and high-risk groups - Men Who Have Sex with Men, Injecting Dmg Users, Commercial Sex Workers - will leain more about Other External Partners: HIV/AIDS/STD transmission risks and prevention; hai·d-to-reach groups will Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF), UNAIDS, have more access to specially tlained health-cai·e providers; while relevant health Open Society Institute (OSI), Centers for specialists will improve theii' capacity to design and implement HIV/AIDS/STD Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), prevention programs. and SANAM (a Russian STD NGO) Activity Contributions to Targets This activity contributes to Strategic Objective 3.2, improved effectiveness of selected social benefits and services.

Noteworthy Plans Over the next Six Months On December l, 2000, World AIDS Day, PSI will begin a se1ies of youth events in Moscow to support the Federal Safe Sex campaign. It will stait with a festival in DK Gorbunova, continue with a number of promotional events in 9 populai· youth clubs, and result in a photo exhibit to reflect young aspiiing aitists' views of cai·ing relationships. Tai·geted communications will continue in Moscow and Sai·atov.

71 World Health Organization (WHO) Recent Implementation Accomplishments Tuberculosis (TB) Activities WHO signed a sub-grant with the International Federation of the Red Cross in August, and social support activities in Orel began in This grant is designed to support WHO's TB October. Office equipment and cars were delivered to Ivanovo in June and to Vladimir in September. Procurement of crucial activities in Orel, lvanovo, and Vladimir oblasts, laboratory equipment ($380,000) has been made, and delivery to all as well as activities at the federal level. Through three sites will take place in December. The program started in its office in Moscow, WHO will provide: Vladimir in October. All three sites are now implementing the • activity management, outreach, and follow "DOTS Protocol for Tuberculosis Demonstration Projects in Russia" up services in the three oblasts; issued in September and jointly developed by WHO, CDC, CTRI, • on-site monitoring, training and technical Orel, and Ivanovo. Incentive schemes for patients and staff were assistance; introduced in lvanovo in June, resulting in a significant reduction of • a sub-grant to a non-governmental default rates. Treatment success rates in lvanovo have improved organization (NGO) to provide social support from 63% before program implementation to 74% for the cohort of services to TB patients and their families; and the second quarter of 1999 (latest data available). Treatment success • a logistical support framework and rates for the first two cohorts in Orel are approximately 83%, mechanism by which goods and services can approaching the WHO 85% standard minimum. be procured in support of activities in the three oblasts. Beneficiaries Russian patients and oblast health care administrations in Orel, Geographic Location: lvanovo and Vladimir oblasts are direct beneficiaries. A total of Office: Moscow more than 2,500 patients per year will be treated in the three oblasts. Regions: Orel, lvanovo, and Vladimir oblasts The Russian MOH is an indirect beneficiary, as these three oblasts will become models for broad dissemination. US Implementing Partners: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Activity Contributions to Targets Division of Tuberculosis Elimination (CDC This activity contributes to Mission Strategic Objective 3.2, improved DTBE) effectiveness of selected social benefits and services, specifically Intermediate Result 3.2.2, improved responses to infectious disease. Start: October 1999 Completion: August 2002 Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months The Vladimir program will expand to cover at least one-half of the Russian Partners: oblast, including introduction of patient and staff incentives. Russian Ministry of Health (MOH), Institute Responsibility for the program in the prisons in Ivanovo and of Phthisiology and Pulmonology of the Vladimir will be assumed by WHO starting January 2001. MOH, and Central TB Research Institute of Preparation for start of DOTS Plus in Orel will take place in the the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences second quarter of 2001: three Orel staff physicians - the TB control (CTRI) program director, the chief treatment physician, and one additional staff clinician - will be attending DOTS-plus training in January 2001 Other External Partners: at the Center of Excellence for the Treatment and Management of MDR-TB in Riga, Latvia. An active monitoring and supervision of None at this time -- NGO TBD the Ivanovo project will be continued to ensure that improvements are maintained. Training will be provided to the bacteriological laboratories in the three sites. A study tour to the U.S. will be organized for the DOTS case managers from each site.

72 PASA with the U.S. Recent Implementation Accomplishments STDs. In collaboration with Russian partners, CDC continued work on a survey of high Department of Health and risk groups (the LIBRA study), including commercial sex workers, adolescents and Human Services (DHHS), homeless people, in order to provide data and infonnation for targeted interventions. Office of International and The proposed study documents were reviewed and preliminarily approved by CDC's Institutional Review Board; in November the study was approved by the Ethics Refugee Health (OIRH) Committee at the Moscow Medical Stomatological University. Training for SANAM' s interviewers has been provided as well as necessary equipment and reagents. CDC team This activity supports priority areas conducted a feasibility study visit to Saratov in May. CDC, in cooperation with Russian identified by the Health Committee of professionals, continues a congenital syphilis study in five regions of Russia. P ASA the U.S. - Russian Commission on funds suppmt the activity in Novgorod. Economic and Technological AQHC. Phase I of three demonstration projects on primary care, maternal and child Cooperation. health in Tula and Tver oblasts have been completed. Evidence-based clinical Through aPASA withDHHS, USAID guidelines, redesigned systems of care and quality monitoring, and modern data-based quality management approaches are in use. In July 2000, health care leaders and supports technical assistance, training, clinicians in Tula and Tver joined with U.S. and Russian colleagues to discuss the and infonnation exchange in the success of the QAP demonstrations in Tula and Tver over the past two years, and to plan priority areas of Access to Quality for the future expansion of the projects oblast-wide. A representative from the Moscow Health Care (AQHC) and Infectious Medical Academy (MMA) completed training in the theory and practice of evidence Diseases (tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and based medicine (EBM) at Duke University and developed an action plan for the EBM sexually transmitted diseases [STDsj). center to be established at the MMA. TB. CDC continued to provide clinical suppmt and expertise to the program in Orel and Geographic Location: Ivanovo. A CDC Public Health Adviser resided in Vladimir and Moscow between July Office: No office in Russia and October, providing assistance to the startup of the program in Vladimir and to WHO in Moscow. In November, CDC completed a dmg resistance survey in Orel oblast Regions: Ivanovo, Orel, Vladimir, Tver, (civilian and p1ison) following the guidelines of the WHO/International Union Against Tula, Novgorod oblasts, Moscow Tuberculosis and Lung Disease new global surveillance project on mug resistance in TB. City, and Saratov Assistance to the Ministry of Health in revision of the national surveillance system continued, resulting in changes in some national reporting forms which will be field US Implementing Partner: tested in Novgorod oblast in early 2001. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Office of Beneficiaries International and Refugee Health Primary beneficiaries include the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, the (OIRH); and agencies of DHHS: Russian Academy of Medical Sciences (Central TB Research Institute) and SANAM (an STDs NGO). Secondary beneficiaries include hypertension, TB, and STD patients and Centers for Disease Control and people at risk of these health problems in project sites. Prevention (CDC), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Activity Contributions to Targets and others This activity contributes to Mission Strategic Objective 3.2, improved effectiveness of selected social benefits and services, specifically Inte1mediate Result 3.2.2, improved Start: October 1998 responses to infectious disease. Completion: September 2001 Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months Russian Implementing Partners: STDs. CDC plans to begin the full-scale LIBRA study in November-December 2000. In January-Febmary 2001 CDC will organize a study tour to the U.S. for eight Russian Ministry of Health of the Russian STDs professionals from Moscow and Saratov. In accordance with USAID/Russia Federation (MOH), Central HlV/AIDS/STD Strategy 2001-2003, CDC will provide technical assistance to the Tuberculosis Research Institute MOH, SANAM and the Institute of Skin and Venereal Diseases of the MOH (CNIK.VI) (CTRI) of the Russian Academy of in improvement of STI treatment guidelines, surveillance system and dissemination of Medical Sciences, and SANAM (a infmmation on research findings. CDC in cooperation with Becton Dickinson Russian STDs NGO) Foundation will provide training and equipment to CNIK.VI for improvement of laboratory capacity of STDs service. Other External Partners: AQHC. A research plan for establishing the Evidence-Based Medicine Center at the Oblast administrations in project Moscow Medical Academy will be developed; a conference on USAID' s Quality Assurance Project in Russia will be conducted. sites TB. CDC will continue providing clinical support and expe1tise to the programs in Orel, Ivanovo, and the startup effort in Vladimir. A CDC Public Health Adviser will reside in Vladimir for two months in order to assist with development of the case management and organization of the program. CDC will provide clinical assistance with startup of the DOTS Plus program in Orel, planned for the second qua.it er of 2001. Fmther assistance to the MOH for refmm of the smveillance system is planned.

73 American International Health Recent Implementation Accomplishments Alliance (AIHA) Health Partnerships This three-year activity encompasses: (a) seven community-based primary health care (PHC) partnerships and one partnership focused on This activity, which creates community-based infection control, (b) eleven one-year sustainability grants to qualified primary health care partnerships between U.S. existing AIHA partners, which graduated in June 2000; and (c) several and Russian partners, inc01porates a healthy essential cross-cutting initiatives. community methodology that brings together (a) new partnerships: In October 2000, the seventh primary health care all key community stakeholders in a partnership was established between Tomsk oblast and Bemidji, collaborative health assessment and Minnesota. Six on -going PHC partnerships continued their activities in intervention process. Each of the six new Russia. The first year of the partnership activities included intensive partnerships will: exchange visits and in-country training provided by the US partners or organized by AIHA in collaboration with other agencies. Some • adapt and disseminate cost-effective highlights include: Substance Abuse Prevention training for primary preventive and curative techniques; and health care providers (in collaboration with SAMSHA and Dubna-La • improve outcomes for the average citizen Cross partners) in April; Domestic Violence workshop and Health through enhancement of basic primary Management training in May; Mental Health workshops in June and services. !' ' ' ' ' ' • Clinical Guidelines seminars. AIHA actively Sustainability grants to earlier medical collaborated with another USAID-funded activity-Women and Infant partnerships graduating from assistance will Health- and coordinated a series of training activities in the area of enable them to complete or replicate their women's reproductive health and infant care. By October 2000 all the ongoing activities and make their programs partnerships developed and submitted their workplans for year two. sustainable. b) cross-cutting initiatives: Emergency Medical Services training centers Directors met in June to review their centers' curriculum; a Nursing Geographic Location: leadership and association building conference was held in July; a series Office: Moscow of information and communications technology workshops were Regions: Sakhalin oblast, Khabarovsk Krai, conducted in April -October. (Please see attached list of Learning Kurgan oblast, Samara, Stavropol, Nizhni Resource Centers.) Novgorod oblast (Sarov), Tomsk oblast, ( c ) annual conference: A mid-term annual conference was held on July Chelyabisnk oblast (Snezhinsk), Saint 17-19 in Budapest, Hungary. The conference focused on several key Petersburg, and Moscow issues, such as community mobilization, measuring partnership success, health promotion and disease prevention strategies. The conference US Implementing Partners: included several regional meetings, where Russia partnerships discussed American International Health Alliance issues of common importance. (AIHA) and U.S. institutions from (d) dissemination: On October 2-4, 2000, AIHA organized a Russia Lexington, Kentucky; Appleton, wide conference on Newborn Care and Neonatal Resuscitation. The Wisconsin; Los Alamos, New Mexico; conference was supported by the Ministry of Health, which actively Houston, Texas; Des Moines, Iowa; and collaborated in its preparation and implementation. Samara, one of the Bemidji, Minnesota leaders in this area and a site of one of AIHA's training centers hosted the conference that gathered about 120 neonatalogists and pediatricians Start: September 1998 from 79 regions of Russia. Completion: September 2001 Beneficiaries Russian Partners: Russian patients, Russian health-care providers, and Russian health Regional and municipal health-care organizations in partnership sites benefit from this activity. institutions in the above locations Activity Contributions to Targets Other External Partners: This activity contributes broadly to Strategic Objective 3.2, improved Department of Health and Human Services effectiveness of selected social benefits and services. (DHHS) and World Health Organization (WHO) Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months Partnership exchange and training activities will continue. AIHA will organize several follow-up training activities, e.g., on newborn care, STD case management. An annual conference will be held in April in Washington. A continuing evaluation panel will submit its mid-term report on AIHA's activities in February 2001. AIHA will also continue its cross-cutting initiatives - emergency medical services training, nursing, infection control and information and communication technology training.

74 American International Health Alliance Geographic Location of Learning Resource Centers

Continued Assistance 1. Dubna Health Care Department (Dubna-LaCrosse, Wisconsin Partnership) 2. Bolshaya Volga Hospital (Dubna-LaCrosse, Wisconsin Partnership) 3. Pereyaslavka Rayon Hospital and Polyclinic (Khabarovsk-Lexington, Kentucky Partnership) 4. Korsakov Rayon Hospital and Polyclinic (Sakhalin-Houston, Texas Partnership) 5. Kurgan Maternity House (Kurgan - Fox Cities, Wisconsin Partnership) 6. Schuche Rayon Central Hospital (Kurgan - Fox Cities, Wisconsin Partnership) 7. Association of Educational Programs in Health Administration Resource Center (Moscow/AUPHA) 8. EMS Training Center (Moscow-Austin, Texas Partnership) 9. Medical Center of the General Management Depaitment of the President of the Russian Federation (Moscow-Chicago, Illinois Paitnership) 10. Medical-Sanitai·y Unit No. 50 (Sai·ov - Los Alamos, New Mexico Paitnership) 11. Central Medical Unit 15 (Snezhinsk - Livermore, California) 12. Stavropol Hospital No. 2 (Stavropol-Cedar Rapids, Iowa Paitnership) 13. Samara Oblast Medical Information-Analytic Center (Samai·a - Iowa Partnership) 14. Stavropol Krai Regional Hospital (Samara - Iowa Partnership) 15. St-Petersburg Medical University in the name of Academician Pavlov (St-Petersburg-Atlanta, Georgia Partnership) 16. St-Petersburg Infection Control Training Center (St-Petersburg - Boston, Massachusetts Partnership) 17. City Hospital No. 2, EMS Training Center (Vladivostok-Richmond, Virginia Partnership)

Received Assistance 18. City Clinical Hospital No. 1 (Pirogov Hospital) (Moscow-Boston, Massachusetts Partnership) 19. Moscow Institute for Pediatrics and Children's Surgery (Moscow-Norfolk, Virginia Paitnership) 20. Moscow Municipal Hospital No . 70/Savior's Hospital (Moscow-Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Paitnership) 21 . Murmansk City Public Health Depaitment (Munnansk-J acksonville, Florida Partnership) 22. Stavropol Oncology Center (Stavropol-Cedai· Rapids, Iowa Partnership) 23. Medical Center of St-Petersburg in the name of Sokolov (Hospital No. 122) (St-Petersburg Louisville, Kentucky Paitnership)

Resources Available from each Learning Resource Center: • Internet I E-mail Access • Training and Supp01t • Medline I Full-Text Journal Database • Institutional and Partnership Web Pages • Various health CD-ROMs

75 Health Care Quality Assurance Recent Implementation Accomplishments Three demonstration projects have been completed on hypertension, This activity is a part of the Access to Quality pregnancy induced hypertension, and neonatal respiratory distress Health Care priotity area of the Health syndrome in Tula and Tver oblasts. Tangible results include Committee under the U.S.-Russian Joint evidence-based clinical guidelines in the three clinical areas, Commission on Economic and Technological redesigned systems of care, and quality monitoring systems. Cooperation. It is aimed at measuring and Improved prevention and treatment practices led to a 90% decrease in improving pe1fon11ance, in particular in the hospitalizations for hypertension, the leading cause of death in Tula Women and Infant Health Program (see page 69). region; while in Tver region the changes implemented led to a 63 % Specifically, this activity focuses on development reduction in neonatal mortality related to respiratory distress, the and dissemination of Quality Improvement principal cause of death for newborns. An important concepts, techniques, and activities; development accomplishment is the visible reduction in cost of implementing and testing of a core set of quality indicators; improved systems of care, particularly in pregnancy-induced targeted quality improvement demonstrations; hypertension. training of health professionals and policy makers The main Russian counterpart, the Central Research Institute for in the ptinciples and application of quality Health Care Organization and Information of the Ministry of Health improvement activities. of the Russian Federation (CRI), has been designated by the Ministry of Health as the Methodological Center for Quality Assurance in the Geographic Location: Russian Federation. Activities under this project are being closely Office: Moscow (Mother and Child Care coordinated with related efforts on quality being undertaken by the Foundation - subcontractor) U.S. Agency for Health Research and Quality and under the DHHS Regions: Tver and Tula Oblasts PASA (see page 73). A Phase I final conference in Moscow in July 2000, opened by the US Implementing Partner: Russian Minister of Health Yuri Shevchenko and the U.S. Secretary University Research Corporation (URC) of the Department of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala launched the second phase of USAID's technical assistance, whi~h Start: February 1998 will expand this approach to all appropriate health facilities in the Completion: September 2001 two regions and create a model for national application. Plans for a roll-out phase to train all service providers in both regions were Russian Partners: developed. Tver and Tula health administrations, hospitals Beneficiaries and out-patient clinics In general, Russian physicians and patients benefit from this activity. More specifically, at least 300 medical personnel have participated in Other External Partners: workshops under this program, and it is estimated that over one U.S. Agency for Health Research and Quality million patients will benefit. (AHRQ), and Central Research Institute for Health Care Organization and Information of Activity Contributions to Targets the Ministry of Health of the Russian This activity contributes to the achievement of Strategic Objective Federation (CRI) 3.2, improved effectiveness of selected social benefits and services. In particular, it supports IR 3.2.1, new approaches to service delive1y adopted.

Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months Oblast-wide content training in hypertension, pregnancy-induced hypertension, and neonatal respiratory distress syndrome will be continued. Oblast-wide baseline data collection will be carried out.

76 Legal Regulatory Reform Recent Implementation Accomplishments BU made three grants on the oblast-level projects in alternative forms This legal reform activity provides technical of governance and organization in July 1999 to St-Petersburg support to regional and federal legislative bodies Institute of Medical Social Research and Administration, the Moscow engaged in the drafting of health refonn NGO "Family Doctor," and the Tula medical insurance company legislation and administrative regulations. The Ver Med. As the result of the grant in St Petersburg, one outpatient objective of this technical assistance is to support department in the hospital is operating replacing the narrow the codification of national and oblast-level specialists in polyclinics. This change will lead to a better use of health refonn experiments into supporting scarce diagnostic equipment located in the hospital as well as legislation and regulatory acts. increases to the quality and accessibility of primary care. The Moscow NGO "Family Doctor " is creating more effective provider Geographic location: and beneficiary contracts and reimbursement mechanisms. The Tula Office: Moscow experiment will create a partial fund-holding scheme in which the Regions: Moscow, Novgorod, Kaluga and Samara polyclinic will benefit from the reduced cost of hospitalization and oblasts. referrals. The scheme to be tested is an example of the reimbursement methodologies encouraged in draft federal guidelines US Implementing Partner: which also drew on BU technical assistance. Boston University Center for International Beneficiaries Health (BU) Russian legislative bodies, health leaders, insurance companies and health practitioners benefit from this activity. Start: September 1998 Completion: August 2001 Activity Contributions to Targets This activity contributes to the achievement of Strategic Objective Russian Partners: 3.2, improved effectiveness of social benefits and services. State Duma Health Protection Committee; Federal Fund for Compulsory Health Noteworthy plans over the Next Six Months Insurance; Russian Central Public Health BU is planning to continue working together with the Russian Research Institute; Kaluga Oblast Health Care Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Economics on the National Administration; Kaluga Oblast Territorial Alternative Organizations in Health Care draft law. Fund For Compulsory Health Insurance; In Samara work will be conducted on malpractice insurance Novgorod Oblast Administration; Moscow regulations under the new Private Practice Law. Oblast Health Administration; and Samara BU will provide technical assistance on drafting the Moscow Oblast Oblast Health Care Administration. appropriation law on Excess Capacity Lease Revenue in Health Care. Data collection will be continued on the impact that a St-Petersburg experiment has on reducing the number of hospitalizations for gastro intestinal diseases. Preparation for close out of the project in September 2001 will take place.

77 Assistance to Russian Orphans Recent Implementation Accomplishment (ARO) Holt International (ARO/West) has conducted three rounds of grant competition for Service Delivery resulting in 23 successful grant recipients from This activity promotes community-based 12 different regions across Russia to provide services in abandonment family-centered services to improve the prevention, family-based alternatives to institutionalization, and in social current state of Russian orphans. integration of older orphans. The fifth round of grant competition for projects Specifically, the project will help: in four program areas, including promotion of children rights protection • prevent child abandonment and practices, is currently underway. To date, ARO/West has 31 grantees and institution aliza tio n; maintains a database of over 600 international and Russian child welfare • develop community-based assistance organizations. Since April, the Consortium has provided three social work for 01pha11s, including disabled and trainings for 120 current and potential grantees in abandonment prevention, older 01pha11s; and social integration, and individual case work. Realizing a need for serious • promote networking and sharing of project development assistance on a regional basis with a focus on the RI sites, lessons learned. Holt International has conducted 8 seminars in Tomsk, Novgorod, Samara, and The two consortia provide training and technical assistance to Russian non Nizhni Novgorod regions to increase cooperation of governmental and non governmental organizations (NGOs), governmental sectors and help local NGOs develop their projects. In Novgorod manage grants programs, and monitor and oblast the seminars resulted in a large-scale project of early intervention evaluate the overall ARO activity. services for children with special needs. The Tomsk Regional Social Welfare and Administration authorities invited Holt to provide training in abandonment Geographic Location: prevention and de-institutionalization to shelter and orphanage directors. In Offices: Moscow (Holt International); October/November the representatives of nine child welfare organizations in Vladivostok, Magadan (Mercy C01ps) Tomsk, Novgorod and Arzamas had a three-week U.S.-based training on Regions: Western Russia including services and practices of orphans prevention sponsored through USAID's Tomsk (Holt International); Primorskii Training for Development (TFD) Program. Krai and Magadan (Mercy C01ps) Mercy Corps (ARO/East) has conducted the first and second grant competitions for Service Delivery in Primorskii Krai and Magadan. Nine NGOs from five US Implementing Partners: different regions have received grants to provide services to families at risk, and Holt International Children's abandoned and institutionalized children. A joint grant round for Primorskii Services in consortium with Krai and Magadan is now underway with the finalists to be identified by Charities Aid Foundation (CAP); December. All nine grantees and their government counterparts have received and Mercy Corps International in basic social work and NGO development training. In October/November the partnership with European representatives of four grant recipient organizations in Primorskii Krai and Children's Trust (ECP) and World Magadan had a three-week U.S.-based training on services and practices of Association of Children and Parents orphans prevention sponsored through USAID's Training for Development (WACAP) (TFD) Program.

Start: August 1999 Beneficiaries Completion: September 2002 Russian orphans, children at risk of abandonment and families in crisis across Russia are beneficiaries from this activity. Russian Partners: child welfare NGOs in Regional Activity Contributions to Targets Initiative (Rl) sites This activity contributes to the achievement of Strategic Objective 3.2, improved effectiveness of selected social benefits and services. In particular, it supports IR 3.2.l, new approaches to service delivery adopted.

Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months Starting in September, Holt International will conduct grant competitions on a quarterly basis. Two large comprehensive social work seminars for 100 government and NGO service providers will be held in the Tomsk region in January/February. Selected Tomsk social work providers recruited through a competitive process will receive social work internships with the stronger ARO program grantees. Regional social service development seminars are planned in the regions of Moscow and Arzamas. Starting in December, Mercy C01ps will hold quarterly networking roundtables with the grantees and community stakeholders. In December selected participants from both regions will travel to Russian model projects to learn about child-centered, community-based services; in January/February basic social work training for the grantees and their counterparts will be continued.

78 Accelerating Russian Recent Implementation Accomplishments Restructuring at the Local Economic Development Planning. TIJE continued assistance to the city of Level: Housing, Communal Saratov in strategic economic development planning. A special seminar on creation of local Economic Development Agency was held, and consultations Services, and Real Estate were provided for local urban management specialists. Reform Housing Sector Reform. TIJE continued its comprehensive reform programs of the existing housing and communal services sectors adding the city of Magadan The objective of this activity is the to five cities where programs already have been undertaken. The programs broadening and deepening of reforms cover issues of competitive housing maintenance and management, in the above-mentioned areas of condominium formation, targeted housing subsidies, and increased cost Russia's social and economic sectors, recovery for communal services. Based on the continuing success of these and to provide continued financial programs, the Russian Government's short- and long-term strategies for reforms support to the Institute for Urban in the housing and communal sectors were formulated by the Grantee, on behalf Economics (JUE), a Russian NGO, to of GOSSTROY, and were approved by the Government on March 20, 2000. see it through the process of becoming Infrastructure Finance. TIJE's successful assistance efforts aimed at fully sustainable so that the expertise to development of effective tariff regulations system for heat and water supply promote and continue reforms will be resulted in the decision of GOSSTROY in June 2000 to recommend a set of preserved in Russia. tariff regulatory documents, developed through the program activities, to be used as model document forms in Russian municipalities. Geographic Location: Real Estate Reform. During the reporting period, Grantee's experts continued Office: Moscow to work on developing drafts of by-laws and local ordinances regulating Regions: Nizhny Novgorod, Saratov, property rights registration of specific real estate objects, such as Kaliningrad, Cheboksary, Samara, condominiums, land under privatized enterprises etc. Consultations were held Yaroslavl, St-Petersburg, with local officials in five cities on the development of a real estate rights Yekaterinburg, Ryazan, Novgorod, registration system within the framework of existing local laws and regulations. Novosibirsk, Kazan, Tyumen, The Grantee's experts finalized a brochure on formation of urban land markets. Omsk, Vologda, Volgograd, The brochure covers various aspects of land privatization, such as establishing Krasnoyarsk, Rostov, Tomsk and purchase prices, registration of primary state and municipal land rights, and Magadan Oblasts, Khabarovsk transparent land auctions. Krai, and Moscow and St. Russian Far East Program. A concept for decelopment of a housing mortgage Petersburg cities system was developed for Khabarovsk Oblast and was approved by the Khabarovsk Oblast Governor in June 2000. A seminar on Khabarovsk's Implementing Russian Partner: Strategic Economic Development Plan, attended by 150 participants, was held Institute for Urban Economics in the City of Khabarovsk in May 2000. In June 2000, the first public hearings were held in Khabarovsk City to review the new land use regulations based on Start: September 1998 legal zoning principles, developed under the Grantee's guidance. The public Completion: December 2001 hearings attracted 160 attendees and were widely covered by local TV and newspapers. During the reporting period, TIJE experts also continued Russian partners: consultations on implementation of housing and uWity sector reform programs Federal Committee on for the cities of Khabarovsk, and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. Construction, Housing and Samara oblast program. Public hearings on the Rules for Development and Land Communal Complex Use of the City of Samara were held in July 2000. (GOSSTROY), State Land Committee, Regional and Beneficiaries Municipal administrations, and The population in the selected cities, municipal and oblast administrations, and local NGO organizations in project local private companies in the housing management and real estate sectors sites benefit from this activity.

Activity Contributions to Targets This activity supports USAID's Strategic Objective 3.2b, improved effectiveness of selected social benefits and services, IR 3.2b. l, social se1vices delive1y systems improved, and IR 3.2b.2, targeted city services move towards full cost recove1y.

Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months In September 2000, the activity expanded to the Regional Initiative cities of Magadan and Tomsk, as well as to a number of smaller communities in Tomsk Oblast.

79 Improving Social Service Recent Implementation Accomplishments Delivery Systems (ISSDS) Better targeted social assistance: Three cities, Arzamas, Novgorod, and Perm agreed to implement targeting projects. The project objectives were clarified This activity provides technical for each city and program implementation issues were identified. Detailed assistance to Russian municipalities to recommendations were prepared for each decision point to be made by cities on improve the efficiency, efjectiveness, how the reform programs will be designed and implemented. and equity of their social support Social services delivery: All four cities agreed to implement a competition to services. procure social services from nongovernmental entities as part of this activity. The activity helps selected The project team conducted seminars in each city with city administrators and municipalities to assess the current NGO directors to discuss each city's proposal for the services to be procured conditions of their social service thro~~h competition. A small grants program was conducted in each city delivery structure, introduces means spec1f1cally for capacity building activities for NGO's to prepare them for testing as a way to improve the participation in the city competition. Grants were awarded to NGO's in all four h-ansparency and targeting of social cities. subsidy programs, and improves the Strengthening administrative procedures: A full assessment of the operations of effectiveness of locally provided social nine social service offices was completed in July 2000, in response to patterns services. It will also formulate and of administrative inefficiency that emerged early in the activity. Conclusions foster a policy dialogue behveen local and recommendation were provided to each administration. Additionally, at the authorities and citizens by expanding first technical seminar held in each city, city administrators and NGO leaders the information available to the public were encouraged to discuss administrative reforms that the city could on communal services and social implement to make client access to programs and services easier and to · subsidy policies, and will encourage streamline the eligibility and benefit delivery process. Two cities, Arzamas and public participation by making the local Novgorod agreed to implement administrative reforms as part of this project. government decision-making process Monitoring and evaluation: The pilot projects selected for evaluation represent on social services more transparent. the diversity of social programs, including two projects for better targeted social assistance (Arazams and Perm) and one project on strengthening administrative Geographic Location: reforms (Arzamas). Office (Subcontractor): Moscow Early Roll-out Initiatives: As the result of a visit to activity sites in Arzamas and Regions: Tomsk, Novgorod, Arzamas, Perm, Representative of the RF President in Volga Federal District Mr. and Perm Kirienko announced that Arzamas would be provided with a targeted Federal grant of 2 million rubles to develop their pilot project on a larger scale, US Implementing Partner: including new benefits for the city's poorest households. He also announced that a Volga District Fair on Social Projects, modeled after the local fair held Urban Institute (UI) annually in Perm, would be held in late November 2000. He further announced additional Federal funding for the city of Perm to conduct a competition for Russian Implementing Sub: matching grants to provide social services that would unite the efforts of local Institute for Urban Economics governments, NGO's, businesses, and other community organizations. (IUE) Beneficiaries Start: September 1999 Municipal administrations, social service providers, and low-income Completion: September 2001 populations in the four targeted pilot cities benefit from this activity. Russian partners: Activity Contributions to Targets Local municipalities, NGOs and The activity contributes to the sustainable achievement of Strategic Objective appropriate Federal Ministries 3.2, improved effectiveness of selected social benefits and services, and specifically LR. 3.2.3 improved cost recovery/equity in social service delivery. Other external partners: None Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months Our main foci for the second year will be the implementation of planned reforms in each city addressing better targeted social assistance programs, social service delivery and strengthening administrative procedures. The monitoring and evaluation component, as well as, an ambitious plan for the dissemination o.f project information and results through the implementation of a project web site and through conferences and seminars, were added to the project task order. Additionally, the project team will work on national policy issues in the area of social protection and will facilitate additional initiatives in the Volga Federal District.

80 Regional Public Recent Implementation Accomplishments Finance and This activity focuses on Regional fuitiative sites. Due to the differing economic Investment Project in conditions across geographic regions, customized technical assistance is undertaken for each targeted region. Recent work reveals an increasing desire of oblasts and cities to Russia improve their forecasting capacity and budget execution in a coordinated manner. Therefore, performance budgeting techniques and modernized accounting systems are key The purpose of this activity is elements of the program at all locations. to address the critical need Samara Oblast. RTI has now hired local staff and agreed with Oblast counterparts on a for improving public finance scope of work that should be undertaken for the upcoming six months. The program skills of regional and local activity in this region is built on a base of economic forecasting systems designed by local officials in the selected specialists and will allow local decision-makers to produce long-term sustainable impact in regions in Russia. the areas of accounting and transparency of public finances. Samara Oblast Government Specifically, the project will has agreed to co-sponsor a December 2000 public finance forum to discuss effective assist local administrators to management, performance-based budgeting, and intergovernmental fiscal policy. Best modernize budget processes practices and effective budget management models will be replicated in several cities. and increase transparency at Sakhalin Ob last. RTI' s project office in Sakhalin coordinates the overall program activity the regional and local levels throughout Russia. During the reporting period, the project team tested a new by implementing, to the comprehensive revenue projection tool for the use of Y-Sakhalinsk. The oblast extent allowable under government has indicated their interest to use such a model that demonstrates the use of current federal legislation, economic projection and budgetary trend analysis. Computer training on models used for the most cost-effective the city and oblast Finance Departments has been scheduled for mid-November. A policies for allocation of municipal economic database, developed by RTI, is now being used by the oblast in order locally generated revenues. to identify which cities have sustainable economic viability. Novgorod Oblast. A comprehensive treasury-based financial management system has been Geographic Location developed for the city of Novgorod, with final installation planned for December 2000. Office: Y ouzhno-Sakhalinsk This will support improved budget management and accounting operations. Training Regions:Novgorod, Samara, sessions continue for professionals of the city finance and economic departments. Jointly Tomsk, and Sakhalin with the City Administration, RTI is developing an Inter-Governmental Forum covering oblasts performance budgeting techniques, also planned for December 2000. A new Internet based purchasing tool is being developed by the project team in conjunction with the US Implementing Partners: Oblast Government to demonstrate the use and capacity of modern procurement Research Triangle techniques. Institute (RTI) Tomsk Oblast. Tomsk City and Oblast Government requested RTI to develop and apply both the budget projection and internet-based purchasing tools and to take these Start: September, 1999 applications from prototypes to live operation to allow them to manage regional finances Completion: September effectively. The BSS team is developing treasury-based systems for the cities of Tomsk, 2001 Kolpashevo, and Strezhervoi to improve budget management operations, reporting, and control in compliance with Federation treasury requirements effective January 2001. RTI Russian Partners: is working with municipal associations in Tomsk share system benefits and lessons Ministry of Finance of learned. Upon agreement with Tomsk Municipality, RTI will also focus on using Web the Russian Federation; technologies to deliver useful information and services to citizens, businesses, and Association of Siberian potential investors. and Far Eastern Cities (ASFEC); and Beneficiaries BankSoft Systems - Public officials in the four RI regions, who will be able to improve their technical skills Budgeting and Financial and analytical capacity to manage public finances in their jurisdictions, benefit from this Technologies (BSS) activity. Federal officials will also benefit from this activity by having an improved policy dialogue between governmental tiers.

Activity Contributions to Targets This activity suppmts USAID' s Strategic Objective 3.2b, improved effectiveness of selected social benefits and services, IR 3.2b.l, social services delivery systems improved, and IR 3.2b.2, targeted city services move towards full cost recovery.

Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months RTI will continue consultations with key decision-makers in all project sites. In the coming weeks, the public finance fmums will be held in Samara and Novgorod. Testing of the budget projection model will be completed in Sakhalin, Novgrood, and Tomsk regions. Follow-on training will be provided and data input will start as the cities begin to use the projection models as pait of their nmmal operations.

81 Real Estate Association and Industry Recent Implementation Accomplishments Development Expanding and Developing Regional Associations of the Russian Guild of Realtors (RGR) and Russian Society ofAppraisers (RSA.) The International Real Property Foundation In Russia, IRPF continued its program of regional 1-2 day workshops, in (IRPF) provides assistance in institution cooperation with RGR in Samara, St-Petersburg, Khabarovsk, Irkutsk, building within the framework of the Urban Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Vladivostok, Yakutsk, Astrakhan, Tyumen, Socio-Economic Development Program. Ufa and Izhevsk. The seminars were focused on association IRPF targets the development and management, running real estate brokerage firms, property management, strengthening ofprofessional real estate and real estate legislation issues. Two additional seminars were held in brokerage and appraisers associations in Omsk and Barnaul in April 2000. Brokerage Office Management, selected regions of Russia. Cooperation of Brokers in the Market Place, Property Management, and Training of Real Estate Agents were the major topics. There were 22 Geographic Location: students in attendance in Omsk and 32 in Barnaul. In most locations, the Office: No office in Russia seminars were accompanied by press conferences and meetings which Regions: Moscow, Tver, Vladivostok, Samara, helped to promote the RGR efforts in the development of a modem real St-Petersburg, Khabarovsk, Irkutsk, estate market in Russia; in establishing a closer relationship between Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Vladivostok, local government officials and the business community; in creating a Yakutsk, Astrakhan, Tyumen, Ufa, favorable climate for local markets; and finally, iri improving the public Izhevsk, Omsk, and Barnaul image of the Russian realtors. Many regions, such as Yakutsk, Ufa, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Barnaul, Tyumen had never been visited by the American experts or by the leadership of RGR. It is IRPF' s opinion that, US Implementing Partner: as a result of the seminars, the regional associations are now working International Real Property Foundation more closely with RGR and will continue to conduct other joint (IRPF) educational programs. The programs in the regions, in most cases, have been very well received and have created a demand for this kind of Start: September 1993 training that is beneficial to the growth of local real estate markets. Completion: December 2001 The Annual Congress of the Russian Guild of Realtors, which was held Russian partners: in St-Petersburg this summer, presented 12 sessions including brokerage Russian Guild of Realtors (RGR), Russian activities, code of ethics, consumer protection, insurance, business Society of Appraisers (RSA), and local development, appraisal, information technology, property management, boards of RGR and RSA licensing, education, registration, real estate cadastres, commercial financing, and government banking. 407 people attended the Congress Other external partners: which was the largest in RGR history and included 51 journalists who U.S. National Association of Realtors reported on the strength of the program. The organizers presented (NAR) awards for the best brokerage, appraisal, property management, newspaper journalist, and developer in Russia.

Beneficiaries Real estate associations, brokers, developers, property managers, and appraisers, representing more than 1,200 companies with an average of seven employees each, benefit from this activity.

Activity Contributions to Targets This activity supports USAID's Strategic Objective 3.2b, improved effectiveness of selected social benefits and services, IR 3.2b. l, social services delivery systems improved, and IR 3.2b.2, targeted city services move towards full cost recovery.

Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months IRPF will continue its "mini-grants" program for regional associations and continue to support extension of the Internet/Intranet capacity from RGR/RSA to the regional associations. IRPF will sponsor an advanced level Commercial Investment Real Estate Institute course for 30 participants who have already completed the first round of training and will receive their Certified Commercial Investment Manager professional certification.

82 Heat Efficiency Leveraging Programs in Recent Implementation Accomplishments Regional Initiative Sites (Samara, Samara Oblast: After collecting data both on technical and economic Magadan, Tomsk) problems of heat and on energy consumption at three selected private enterprises (Samara Aluminum Plant, the private district heating company Tevis, and Cheese factory), CENEf's experts developed The objective of the activity is to support energy feasibility studies for installation of measurement and management efficiency leveraging efforts in RI sites through systems as well as business plans for bank financing of their heating development ofprograms for improving the system upgrades. Jn March 2000 the drafts of business plans were energy efficiency of district heating systems submitted to top managers of selected enterprises for comments. In (Samara Oblast), reduction of demands for heat April and May the comments were received, and work was continued in the public building and residential sectors on finalization of business plans. In June 2000, final versions of the (Tomsk and Magadan Oblasts) as well as through business plans were passed to, and accepted by, top managers of implementation of heat conservation and counterpart enterprises. augmentation in vulnerable group institutions Magadan Oblast: Jn October 2000, the CENEf 's team visited the city (Magadan Oblast). of Magadan to commence work on development of a Magadan Oblast Energy Efficiency Improvement Program for Municipal Geographic Location District Heating Systems. Jn meetings with the Magadan Oblast Office: Moscow Administration, CENEf's experts presented the activity Regions: Samara, Magadan and Tomsk oblasts implementation plan, and agreed with their Magadan counterparts on the selection of the specific elements of heating systems and the types US Implementing Partner: None of buildings that would be assessed for their energy efficiency potential. Start: September 1998 Tomsk Oblast: In October 2000, the CENEf's experts visited the city Completion: June 2001 of Tomsk and met with Oblast Administration's officials to refine the Russian partners: main areas of activity implementation. An agreement was signed with a local energy efficiency organization selected as a counterpart Center for Energy Efficiency (0) for work on evaluation of energy efficiency improvements potential in district heating systems in Tomsk Oblast. Other External Partners: Local district heating companies, oblast and Beneficiaries city administrations and vulnerable group Jn Samara, Magadan and Tomsk Oblasts, this activity will develop institutions the capacity for local administrations and utility operators to identify and undertake energy efficiency improvements in various components of municipal district heating systems (boilers, district heating networks), as well as improve heat conservation in public and residential buildings. This, in turn, will allow local governments to not only reduce subsidies for this sector, but also to reduce the burden that the residents now bear, which currently does not accurately reflect actual usage. In Magadan Oblast, this activity will help administrators of vulnerable group institutions to identify approaches for rapid, low-cost heat conservation improvement in their institutions and enhance the quality of life for inhabitants.

Activity Contributions to Targets This activity supports USAID's Strategic Objective 3.2b, improved effectiveness of selected social benefits and services, IR 3.2b. l, social services delivery systems improved, and IR 3.2b.2, targeted city services move towards full cost recovery.

Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months CENEf 's team will continue its promotion of energy efficiency in Magadan and Tomsk oblasts.

83 S04.2 Cross-Cutting Initiatives

Key Implementation Activities as of October 31, 2000

1. Sustaining Partnerships into the Next Century (SPAN) ...... 85 2. Russia Training for Development (TFD) Activity ...... 86 3. Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS) ...... 88 4. Eurasia Foundation, Grant-making Institution in the NIS ...... 89

84 Sustaining Partnerships into Recent Implementation Accomplishments the Next Century (SP AN) During the reporting period, 13 partnership activities were closed-out. The sub agreements with 11 partners under the final round of competition have been signed. The SPAN program is an umbrella The SPAN partnerships significantly impacted civil society throughout the program of grants to support, deepen Russian Federation. In sectors including ecology, health, and business and expand existing partnerships development, SPAN partners were responsible for such varied activities as between Russian and US creating a cleaner environment in Nizhnii Tagil, developing technology and organizations in USAID!Russia's key resources critical for the treatment of burn victims, and teaching Russian youth priority areas. The program provides the basics of a democratic banking system. funding to sustain partnerships and The partnerships have had a solid impact on the quality of life for average exchanges between Russian and Russians, as well as in fostering development and change in local Russian American organizations for the next communities: century. The targeted sectors are Civil Society, • 450,000 citizens of Nizhnii Tagil benefited from the SPAN-funded Rule of law, Business Development, community development project (waste removal plan for the city officially Social Sector Reform, Environment, enacted); and Health. • 70 mentally challenged Russians received rehabilitation training and support through the Clubhouse model, thus bringing the total membership up to 127; Geographic Location: • 173, 709 students from 34 Russian regions participated in the Banks in Action Office: Moscow program and learned the concept of banking through regional and e-mail Regions: Moscow, Kaluga, Yaroslavl, competitions organized by Junior Achievement partnership; Vladimir, Leningrad, Nizhnii • 1,475 individuals received business training from the St. Petersburg Training Novgorod, Perm, Kemerovo, Center that enabled them to work under unstable conditions of the market Komi Republic, Krasnodar Krai, economy. As a result, 6 individuals established their own businesses, 180 Tomsk, Chila, Khabarovsk Krai, participants succeeded in getting employment, 20 entrepreneurs registered Magadan, Sakhalin, Kamchatka, their businesses, and 50 expanded their business and employed over 100 Amur, Nizhnii Tagil, Irkutsk, more people; Chelyabinsk, Vorkuta, Tula, • through the health partnership in Dubna, the education campaign on Smolensk, Tver, Ivanovo, prevention of alcoholism and toxicomania reached more than 23,000 Ryazan, and Republic of Karelia community members, especially youth. The partners developed over 100 new hours of curricula, 47 new social work topics, and added 150 fieldwork U.S. Implementing Partner: placement sites; International Research and • the Russian Guild of Realtors conducted advanced level courses, graduating Exchanges Board (IREX) 49 potential Certified Property Managers; • 200 indigent citizens in Karelia obtained free legal care and advocacy for Start: September 29, 1997 their civil rights, through the Union of Jurists of the Republic of Karelia and Completion: December 31, 2001 Vermont/Karelia Rule of Law Project. For the first time, students of the Legal Clinic in Karelia participated directly in proposing revisions for legislation; and • the new federal legislation on environmental impact assessments was adopted with input made by the Ecojuris Institute of Environmental Law. A small grants competition was announced for Round I-III partners with the goal of promoting sustainability of Russian partners and/or their activities.

Beneficiaries The successful implementation of the partnership program benefits various Russian institutions and communities through training and joint activities with American partners. In addition, it strengthens existing Russian NGOs and provides resources for social services development in Russia.

Activity Contribution to Targets This activity supports Strategic Objective 4.2, cross-cutting initiatives.

Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months In January 2001 a Small Grants Competition (up to 12 awards) will be carried out.

85 Russia Training for Development Recent Implementation Accomplishments (TFD) Activity Since 1997, 1,938 Russian professionals participated in 72 short-term training courses under this activity. In the last six months, 69 Russian This activity works to equip Russian leaders professionals received targeted training in the U.S., and 258 participants and professionals with skills needed to guide completed training programs in Russia. The following examples the transition to a free market economy and illustrate how training provided participants with the necessary skills and democratic govemance. Training programs knowledge to establish innovative mechanisms to bring about sustainable changes: are implemented in both the U.S. and Russia. • As a result of their participation in training on domestic violence, two Novgorod residents are utilizing strategies and practices used in the Geographic Location: Office: Moscow United States to combat domestic violence. One program graduate Regions: Participants come from many of succeeded in attracting funding from the city of Novgorod to provide Russia's regions. (please see attached list). crisis center services to women and children, focusing on domestic In 2000, training courses took place in violence and alcoholism prevention. Another graduate of this program various U.S. cities and the following initiated a pilot school program to focus on violence prevention Russian regions: Moscow, Samara, measures. Novgorod, and Tomsk. • One participant in a USAID-sponsored training program on securities and acquisitions subsequently engineered the acquisition of a US Implementing Partner: newly privatized 75-year-old factory in Nizhny Novgorod. The Academy for Educational Development knowledge and experience that he acquired during his intensive US. (AED) based training were instrumental in helping him gain control of the company, build a team of creative and energetic people and attract $10 Start: January 31, 1997 million of investments to secure the sustainable development of his new Completion: April 30, 2001 company. As a cross-cutting program, TFD also contributes to the implementation of the special initiative program -Presidential Management Training Initiative (PMTI). Business Management workshops in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Samara brought together 189 PMTI alumni who completed internships in the U.S. and other donor countries. The workshops emphasized networking and provided young business leaders from different economic sectors with opportunities to discuss a variety of management issues at sessions facilitated by high-ranking guests and at individual consultations.

Beneficiaries More than 9,000 Russian professionals have received training since the inception of the USAID training program in 1993. Approximately 50% of the participants are women.

Activity Contribution to Targets This activity supports Strategic Objective 4.2, cross-cutting initiatives.

Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months The current contract with AED ends on April 30, 2001. USAID/Russia conducted an external evaluation of the training activity to supplement its internal review. The evaluation team provided USAID/Russia with a number of recommendations that will be incorporated into the next training programs. For example: December 2000 Pilot workshops for alumni of USG training programs in Tomsk and Samara. January 2001 Small Cities Economic Development course in the U.S. February 2001 Thinking like Think Tanks course in the U.S. March2001 Advanced Training Techniques & Methodologies training for trainers in Tomsk.

86 Russia Training for Development (TFD) Activity Geographic Location CAMR attachment)

Regions:

1. Altay 29. Primorsky Krai 2. Arkhangel'sk 30. Pskov 3. Astrakhan' 31. Rostov 4. Bashkortostan 32. Ryazan 5. Bryansk 3 3. Sakhalin 6. Buryatia 34. Samara 7. Chelyabinsk 35. Saratov 8. Chuvashia 36. St.Petersburg 9. Irkutsk 37. Stavropol 10. lvanovo 38. Sverdlovsk 11. lvanovo 39. Tambov 12. Kaliningrad 40. Tatarstan 13. Kaluga 41. Tomsk 14. Kemerovo 42. Tula 15. Khabarovsk 43. Tver 16. Krasnodar 44. Tyumen 17. Krasnoyarsk 45. Udmurtia 18. Kursk 46. Ulyanovsk 19. Lipetsk 4 7. Vladimir 20. Magadan 48. Vologda 21. Moscow 49. Volgograd 22. Murmansk 50. Voronezh 23. Nizhniy Novgorod 51. Yaroslavl 24. Novgorod 52. Jewish Autonomous Republic 25. Novosibirsk 26. Omsk 27. Penza 28. Perm

87 Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Recent Implementation Accomplishments Survey (RLMS) Eight rounds of the RLMS have been completed. Rounds 1-4, conducted between 1992 and 1995, were carried out with the involvement of the This activity ensures that objective and State Statistical Agency, Goskomstat. Rounds 5-7, completed in late nationally valid information on Russian 1996, 1997 and 1998, were conducted independently and with anew economic and social conditions is routinely national sample. In both cases, the sample included about 4,000 available. Up to date survey information households and 10,000 individuals. Summary information in three topic allows policy makers to accurately monitor the areas (economic status, health conditions, and family planning/abortion) impact of economic and political refonns on are provided to USAID within two months of completion of the field Russian households over time. work. All data from Rounds 1-8 are available in SPSS (a statistical software package) files through the Internet at www.cpc.unc.edu/rlms. Geographic Location: The data obta~ed through the survey has been important in highlighting Office: No office in Russia issues concermng poverty, wage arrears, housing changes, incidence of Regions: Moscow, Leningrad, Novosibirsk, abortion, and confirming the movement of the labor force into the Smolensk, Kaluga, Krasnodarsky Krai, private sector. The OECD Labor Report on Russia and World Bank Stavropolsky Krai, Respublika Komi, Report on Poverty use RLMS data. The data has also been used in Krasnoyarsky Krai, Primorsky Krai, personal income tax models to assess potential changes in the Russian Orenburg, Altaysky Krai, Tambov, tax code. Saratov, Chelyabinsk, Penza, Chuvashia, Mariy-El, Kabardino-Balkaria, In April 2000, a new four-year grant with UNC was signed, which will Nizhegorod, Tomsk, and Tatarstan be funded on a sliding scale. Through this process, USAID hopes to develop a strong and sustained capability for reliable data collection and US Implementing Partners: dissemination in Russia. To date, UNC has completed preparations for University of North Carolina (UNC) the 9th survey round. A questionnaire for the 9th round has been Chapel Hill and Paragon Research completed and a set of instructions for the interviewers was also International finished. 38 Primary Sample Units (PSUs) were trained in data collection techniques and as of November 80% of the sample households Start: 1992 have been interviewed. Data collection will be completed in mid Completion: May 2004 December.

Russian Partners: Beneficiaries The Institute of Sociology and Sound analysis of household behavior will positively benefit the entire The Institute of Nutrition, Russian Russian population. Currently the President's Administration and Academy of Science ~umerous Russian think tanks use the data to help develop and lillplement social policy. Other External Partners: Stockholm Institute of Transition Economy Activity Contributions to Targets The RLMS information supports analysis of issues addressed in all strategic objectives. It is, therefore, considered to be part of Strategic Objective 4.2, cross-cutting initiatives.

Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months Data entry will begin in mid-November. After data collection is finished, UNC will start double data entry and the data cleaning process. Based on the results of the 9th round of the survey, the consolidated analytical reports will be put together and disseminated.

88 Eurasia Foundation, Grant Recent Implementation Accomplishments making Institution in the NIS Through its competitive grants program, the Foundation responds rapidly to on the-ground reform needs as seen by Russian citizens and institutions. It focuses on three program areas: Private Ente1prise Development, Public Administration The Eurasia Foundation is a major and Policy, and Civil Society through its three Russian regional offices and grass-roots grantmaking institution from EF DC in which Russian and US organizations collaborate on partnership that assists economic and social reform in Russia. The principal aim of the projects. As of October 31, 2000, total grants awarded in Russia come to $51 .1 million ($8.27 million from February to October 2000). Foundation is to provide small grants Office Total USD Total Grants Average Grant in a quick and flexible fashion to Russian organizations and US groups Moscow $18,769,033 1063 $ 17,657 in partnership with these organizations. Saratov $ 5,249,237 293 $ 17,915 Vladivostok $ 6,837, 123 389 $ 17,576 Geographic Location: DC Grants $20,286,190 310 $ 65,439 Offices: Moscow, Saratov, and TOTAL $51,141,584 2055 $ 24,886 Vladivostok In FYOO, the Foundation raised and leveraged over $4.48 million from non Regions:Please see attached list. USG sources for programs in Russia. These grassroots programs demonstrate tangible results in three areas of reform: US Implementing Partner: Private Ente1prise Development: 774 grants, totaling $23.70 million (Feb. l - Eurasia Foundation Oct.31 , 2000 - 70 grants totaling $2.94 million.) The Tomsk Business Support Partnership together with the regional entrepreneurship support fimd created a Start: May 1993 new loan guarantee fund. Sixteen projects worth more than $250,000 were Completion: April 2002 funded through local commercial banks and regional fimds for small business support. The program resulted in 158 new jobs and the volume of sales in the Other External Partners: ~u~ded companies increased twofold on the average. Twenty new companies C.S. Mott Foundation, the Ford JOmed the Tomsk Partnership and commercial banks have begun to recognize Foundation, the Open Society the small business sector as a strong potential client. Institute, and MacArthur Public Administration and Policy: 407 grants, totaling $9.40 million (Feb. 1 - Foundation Oct.31, 2000 - 56 grants totaling $1.2 million.) As a result of training and the purchase of new computer technology, the Archangelsk Oblast Land Resources The Eurasia Foundation works with Committee was able to more effectively survey remote regions and monitor more than 1,000 nonprofit land use. Over $35,000 in additional property taxes were determined, which organizations, educational had previously gone unpaid due to lack of effective monitoring. institutions, companies and local Civil Society: 874 grants, totaling $18.05 million (Feb. 1- Oct.31, 2000 - 192 governments throughout Russia and grants totaling $4.13 million.) The Tobolsk City Community Foundation was their counterparts in the U.S. created and attracted numerous indigenous funding sources, including major commercial companies operating in the city, and public and municipal organizations. Fundraising efforts in a 6-month period resulted in $1,700 of charitable giving which is to be distributed as grants to grass-root organizations. Eurasia's website address: \\Ww.eurasia.org links to the field offices sites.

Beneficiaries Over 2000 grassroots programs throughout Russia have received grants under this program, supporting a number of NGOs, local governments, independent media, private businesses, and their clients.

Activity Contributions to Targets This activity contributes to the achievement of Strategic Objective 4.2, cross cutting initiatives, and to other Strategic Objectives such as 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3.

Noteworthy Plans Over the Next Six Months In FYOl, the Moscow office will launch a program in support of rural credit cooperatives (up to $220,000 in grants). MRO will also begin a new program ai~ed at ~creasing the efficiency of Unions of Entrepreneurs and enhancing therr role m the development of a self-regulating private sector. In January 2001 MRO will enter the second year of its joint program with the Norwegian Government for grants targeted in Northwest Russia.

89 EURASIA FOUNDATION, GRANTMAKING INSTITUTION IN NIS Geographic Location (AMR attachement:)

Regions:

1. Republic of Adygeya 46. Nizhni Novgorod Oblast 2. Republic of Altai 47. Novgorod Oblast 3. Republic of Bashkortostan 48. Novosibirsk Oblast 4. Republic of Buryatia 49. Omsk Oblast 5. Republic of Kalmykia - Khal'mg Tangch 50. Orenburg Oblast 6. Karashay-Cherkessian Republic 51 . Orel Oblast 7. Republic of Karelia 52. Penza Oblast 8. Republic of Mariy El 53. Perm Oblast 9. Republic of Mordovia 54. Pskov Oblast 10. Republic of Saleha (Y akutia) 55. Rostov oblast 11 . Republic of Tatarstan (Tatarstan) 56. Ryazan Oblast 12. Republic of Tyva 57. Samara Oblast 13. U dmurt Republic 58. Saratov Oblast 14. Republic of Khakasia 59. Sakhalin Oblast 15. Chuvash Republic 60. Sverdlovskaya Oblast 16. Altai Krai 61. Smolensk Oblast 17. Krasnodar Krai 62. Tambov Oblast 18. Krasnoyarsk Krai 63. Tver Ob last 19. Maritime Krai 64. Tomsk Oblast 20. Stavropol Krai 65. Tula Ob last 21. Khabarovsk Krai 66. Tyumen Oblast 22. Amur Oblast - Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District 23. Arkhangelsk Oblast 67. Ulyanovsk Oblast 24. Astrakhan Oblast 68. Chelyabinsk Oblast 25. Belgorod Oblast 69. Chita Oblast 26. Bryansk Oblast - Aga Buryat Autonomous District 27. Vladimir Oblast 70. Yaroslavl Oblast 28. Volgograd Oblast 71. Jewish Autonomous Ob last 29. Vologda Oblast 72. Chukchi Autonomous District 30. Voronezh Oblast 73. Moscow 31. lvanovo Oblast 7 4. Saint Petersburg 32. Irkutsk Oblast 33. Kaliningrad Oblast 34. Kaluga Oblast 35. Kamchatka Oblast 36. Kemerovo Oblast 37. Kirov Oblast 38. Kostroma Oblast 39. Kurgan Oblast 40. Kursk Oblast 41. Leningradskaya Oblast 42. Lipetsk Oblast 43. Magadan Oblast 44. Moscow Oblast 45. Murmansk Oblast