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Board of Trustees OPLEADERSHIPEN WOR CENTERLD As of December 31, 2009 The President of the Senate Chairman The Speaker of the House of Representatives The Honorable James H. Billington Librarian of Congress Dear Mr. President and Madam Speaker: Ex Officio On behalf of the Open World Leadership Center Board of Trustees, Appointed by the President it is my privilege to submit to you Pro Tempore of the Senate the Center’s 2009 annual report. The Honorable Carl Levin (Mich.) Congress founded the unique Open United States Senate World program 10 years ago as a bipartisan and bicameral initiative, The Honorable Roger F. Wicker (Miss.) United States Senate recognizing the historical opportunity and significance of a congressionally driven effort that introduced Appointed by the Speaker of the House emerging leaders from Eurasia to their counterparts throughout the The Honorable Robert E. (Bud) Cramer, Jr. United States. Since then the Open World program has linked more than 16,500 emerging leaders from countries of Eurasia to 6,100 1 Ex Officio Congressional Members host families in every state of the Union. The Honorable Ben Nelson (Neb.) As Open World marks its 10th anniversary, it is fitting that Chairman this report focuses on the program’s accomplishments and role in Subcommittee on Legislative Branch supporting the U.S. Congress and its constituents. More than half Committee on Appropriations of program participants in 2009 met with Members of Congress United States Senate or senior staff. Seven Members of Congress from the Helsinki The Honorable Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Fla.) Commission met with 59 participants from countries where they Chairwoman have oversight. Chairs of various congressional caucuses met Subcommittee on Legislative Branch with parliamentarians to discuss key issues, ranging from water Committee on Appropriations management, prevention of human trafficking, and nonproliferation United States House of Representatives to long-standing sovereignty issues.Through such engagement, participants welcomed the opportunity to deepen their understanding of how the U.S. legislative branch represents, influences, and benefits Appointed by the Librarian of Congress for the lives of the American people. 2009–2012 The Honorable James F. Collins Our first decade has brought extraordinary results: institutional collaborations such as sister courts, varied new exchanges between The Honorable Amo Houghton civic organizations, and concrete issues like e-governance in both the U.S. and the Eurasian region.The next 10 years will provide valuable Appointed by the Librarian of Congress for opportunities to build on a powerful alumni network, while bringing 2008–2011 together a new generation of young leaders from our respective The Honorable George L. Argyros countries for peace and prosperity in Eurasia. Mr. Walter Scott, Jr. Sincerely,

Honorary Chairman James H. Billington The Honorable Ted Stevens Chairman of the Board ofTrustees

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What does it mean to be a legislative branch agency? It means that the U.S. Congress has a resource that promotes “Constituent Diplomacy” among its citizens. It means that U.S. lawmakers and other leaders have an unfiltered and firsthand account of their Eurasian counterparts’ issues and problem-solving techniques. It means that Americans in every state in the Union make a difference at the grassroots level and affect positive change in their communities as well as their “sister” communities in Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia.

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Sen. Alexander Shkolnik and State Duma DeputiesValery Chereshnev and Akhmat Erkenov were part of a seven-member Russian delegation that visited Washington, D.C., and Maryland on an environmental exchange cohosted by the Open World Leadership Center and the International Conservation Caucus Foundation, which supports the work of the House International Conservation Caucus (ICC). Open World representatives, including Executive Director John O’Keefe, accompanied the delegates during most of their April 27–29 visit.The Russians met with ICC cochairs Reps. Norman Dicks (Wash.), Harold Rogers (Ky.), and Ed Royce (Calif.); ICC member Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (Calif.); Sens.To m Udall (N.M.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (R.I.); and executive branch and nongovernmental organization officials.The talks covered ways in which to build support in Russia’s parliament for environmental protection, encourage U.S.-Russian environmental partnerships, and protect forests and fisheries.The Russians also reviewed state and local natural resources management in meetings with Maryland officials in Annapolis and during a visit to a landfill, a surprising highlight for the delegates.

California Rep. Ed Royce, right, cochair of the 5 House International Conservation Caucus, meets with Russian delegates during an April environmental exchange cohosted by the Caucus and Open World.With Rep. Royce are, from left, Deputy Akhmat Erkenov, State Duma of the Russian Federation Federal Assembly, Committee on Education; Valery Chereshnev, chair of the State Duma Science and Te chnology Committee; and Gennady M. Inozemtsev, chair of the Russian Salmon Fund and Russia program manager at the Wild Salmon Center/U.S.

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Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar, center, the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, meets on Feb. 27 with, from left,Turkmenistani parliamentary deputies Resulberdi Mammedov, Baymyrat Babaev, Batyr Berdyyev, and Yo ldash Sheripov.The visiting lawmakers were Open World’s first parliamentary delegation from Turkmenistan.

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Parliamentarians Have Working Sessions in Missouri Missouri Rep. Russ Carnahan, third from left, meets with deputies of Tu rkmenistan’s parliament on an exchange organized by the Academy for Educational Development.The four delegates, who spent Oct. 3–11 in St. Louis studying U.S. legislative processes and education, were surprised to learn from Rep. Carnahan that any Member of Congress can initiate legislation, which is not the usual practice in their country’s parliament, the Mejlis.The group also attended a city council meeting and met with a former state senator and an aide to Sen. Kit Bond.The host organization, the World Affairs Council of St. Louis, noted that the delegates were impressed by the openness of officials at all levels of government and by the decentralization of the U.S. education system.

“Open World has helped forge partnerships that benefit both sides, and often endure.”

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Open World Alumna Receives State Department’s ‘Women of Courage’ Award

On March 11, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and First Lady Michelle Obama presented Open World alumna Veronika Marchenko, head of the Russian NGO Mother’s Right, with one of the State Department’s eight 2009 International Women of Courage Awards. Established by Marchenko in 1990, Mother’s Right has grown into one of the most outspoken and effective NGOs fighting peacetime deaths and human rights violations in the Russian armed forces. Marchenko took part in a 2002 Open World rule of law exchange, which she described as a rare opportunity to learn about the U.S. judicial and political systems.The following day, Marchenko visited the office 9 of California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, where she spoke with Legislative Assistant Rich Harper about how the international donor community could support local NGOs in Russia, despite a 2006 Russian law that makes NGOs subject to much greater government scrutiny if they accept foreign funding.

First Lady Michelle Obama looks on as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton congratulates Open World alumna Veronika Marchenko on receiving a 2009 International Women of Courage Award, which is given annually by the State Department to women around the globe who have shown exceptional courage and leadership in advocating for women’s rights and advancement.

Conference on Nonproliferation Exchanges Draws Alumni from Across Russia

This summer, 27 of Open World’s then 59 Russian nonproliferation alumni attended a successful, privately funded conference in Moscow led by the two U.S. nonproliferation experts who conduct Open World’s nonproliferation exchanges.The June 16–17 event was designed to foster better understanding of the cooperative nonproliferation programs between the United States and Russia, and to identify positive results of the program and possible improvements. Conference attendees noted many benefits of the

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Alumna Provides Research Expertise to Russian Regional Legislature

ince 2004, alumna Tatyana Vechkutova has served as chief specialist at the Center of Research and Analysis of the legislature of Samara Region, in southwest Russia.The center provides research services and access to print and online information resources, including legal and legislative databases,S to 300 users from the regional legislature and the governor’s office.Two examples of its work from this year are an analysis of Samara’s participation in Russia’s 2008 national education project and an impact study of a 2004 regional law subsidizing school meals for poor children. At the time of her 2003 Open World “library leaders” exchange, hosted by the public library in Phillipsburg, N.J.,Vechkutova headed a children’s library. She credits her Open World activities and the “self-made” Americans she met with helping encourage her to seek a higher-level public service job. 11

Russian Delegates Study Accountable Governance in Massachusetts

State Duma DeputyViktor Antonov and three Pskov City Council members spent April 22–May 2 studying accountable governance in Boston, Amherst, and Plymouth, Mass. State Senate President Therese Murray and State Sen. Stan Rosenberg helped plan and conduct the exchange; both have long worked on health care and economic issues with officials in Pskov Region.The Open World delegation spent two days at Boston City Hall reviewing municipal operations, budgeting, and economic development with City Council President Michael Ross, City Chief Financial Officer Lisa Signori, and other officials.They also had joint sessions with an Open World delegation of Pskov city health leaders being hosted in Amherst at the same time, bringing together practitioners and public officials working to improve health care accessibility. On May 1, Sen. Murray had a working lunch with the entire accountable governance delegation to discuss health care policy and finance, and U.S. Rep. Bill Delahunt met one-on-one with Deputy Antonov.The Institute for Global Health at the University of Massachusetts Amherst coordinated both visits.

Massachusetts Senate PresidentTherese Murray, fourth from left, hosts a delegation of Russian lawmakers at a May 1 luncheon in the Senate Reading Room at the State House.With her are, from left, Jay Curley, Vice President, Massachusetts Blue Cross/Blue Shield; Alexandra Proshina, translator;Grigory Storonenkov, Member, Pskov City Duma;Victor Antonov, Member, Federal Duma; Roman Masimenko, Member, Pskov City Duma; Sergey Gavrilov, Member, Pskov City Duma; Cheryl Bartlett, Mass. Department of Public Health; and Henri Rauschenbach, Government Affairs Specialist.

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Four high-level staffers of Tu rkmenistan’s Supreme Audit Chamber had sessions on Feb. 27 with the Library of Congress’s inspector general and a senior auditor from his office; the executive director and budget officer of the Library’s Office of Compliance; and Government Accountability Office senior staff. The Supreme Audit Chamber, which has wide-ranging jurisdiction, was only created in 2007 and, as Open World Program ManagerVera DeBuchananne noted, the Tu rkmen auditors wanted “to learn from our experiences to see if they are on the right track.”The delegates requested audit policy manuals and standards for future study, and asked their U.S. counterparts probing questions about the qualifications of their staffs, the oversight of and legislative basis for their offices, and the scope of their authority. Highlights of the Tu rkmen auditors’ community visit in Salt Lake City, hosted by UtahValley University in Orem, included meeting with the Utah state auditor and legislative auditor general to discuss and compare audit procedures and systems. National grantee:Academy for Educational Development

An Open World delegation of Turkmenistani 13 auditors join visiting parliamentary deputies from their country in a Feb. 26 meeting with Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs George Krol.The two delegations also met with House Office of Interparliamentary Affairs Director Kay King, former U.S. Ambassador to Turkmenistan Laura Kennedy, and National Security Council representatives.

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Ukrainian Delegation Visits New Sister City in Kansas

An Open World trip in June helped cement a new sister-city relationship between the centuries-old western Ukrainian town of Dolyna and PrairieVillage, a planned community outside Kansas City. With help from several PrairieVillage Sister City Committee members, Barbara Dolci, executive director of the InternationalVisitors Council of Greater Kansas City, which hosted the five-member Dolyna delegation, built individualized programming into the agenda. Museum director Te tyana Seniv, who is fluent in German, visited the 19th-century Shawnee Indian Mission with German-speaking committee chair Jim Hohensee.Two other committee members—architect Rod Atteberry and Ukrainian-AmericanVera Glywa—provided an architectural tour of PrairieVillage forYaroslav Shyyak, who oversees city architecture and construction for Dolyna District, and Dolyna City Council SecretaryViktor Hoshylyk. Dolyna City Comptroller Nadiya Popovych met with her PrairieVillage counterpart, Karen Kindle, and, in another peer-to-peer session,Volodymar Spodar, head of Dolyna 15 District Education Department, toured a local high school with the school district superintendent and the school principal. National Grantee: U.S.-Ukraine Foundation

Mayor Ron Shaffer, holding flags, of Prairie Village, Kan., welcomes Open World delegates from his community’s Ukrainian sister city, Dolyna. Highlights of the visit included tours customized for the delegation of four city and district officials and a museum director.

Rule of Law Delegates from RussiaVisit Maryland Court Maryland First Lady and Baltimore District Court Judge Catherine Curran O’Malley, left, welcomes a Russian rule of law delegation to the governor’s residence in Annapolis during a 2007 exchange.This year, Judge O’Malley met with three justices of the peace, a prosecutor, and a defense attorney from Russia during their Sept. 8–Oct. 3 visit, hosted by the Maryland/Leningrad Region Rule of Law Partnership; the Russian American Rule of Law Consortium served as national grantee.With District Court colleague Judge Jeannie Hong, Judge O’Malley held a working session on domestic violence issues with the Russian delegation, who then observed court proceedings involving the use of protective orders and temporary restraining orders. To date, the Maryland Sister States Program and the Maryland/Leningrad Region Rule of Law Partnership have hosted 81 participants from Leningrad Region on 15 Open World exchange visits to the state.

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After an Oct. 15–16 orientation in Washington, D.C., 10 health care leaders from across Moscow Region traveled to Atlanta for an intensive weeklong program at Emory University conducted by the World Health Organization Collaborating Center in Reproductive Health. Georgia Rep.Tom Price, cochair of the new Congressional Russia Caucus, met with the delegates in Atlanta and discussed his ideas about the work of the Caucus.The program in Atlanta is part of a continuing project that Open World national grantee Future of Russia Foundation (FORF) initiated at the Moscow Regional Perinatal Center (MRPC) in Balashikha to provide specialized perinatal care for high-risk mothers and newborns, as well as postgraduate education for perinatal care professionals. Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev visited the MRPC in late 2007, after Open World hosted its first delegates involved in the center’s work, and said that the MRPC could serve as a nationwide model.

Georgia Rep.Tom Price, cochair of the Congressional Russia Caucus, third from right, meets with Open World partners and Russian 17 health delegates in Atlanta on Oct. 19.The delegates took part in a weeklong program on perinatal care at Emory University.

Boulder Welcomes Delegates from Sister City Dushanbe

In October 2009 four Tajikistani public- and private-sector water managers visited Boulder, Colo., for an exchange on potable water organized by the City of Boulder Utilities Division and Boulder- Dushanbe Sister Cities.The exchange was timely for Tajikistan, as a lack of coordination at the national level and an overreliance on international donors for technical assistance mean that potable water is not widely provided to the population and is often contaminated with industrial and agricultural runoff. The Tajikistani’s schedule included meetings with managers at large water treatment facilities in Boulder and smaller operations in surrounding communities.The delegates also had in-depth discussions with their counterparts from the City of Boulder’s Department of Public Works on utility rate structures, finance, and billing as well as on the city’s drought plan and water conservation program. National grantee:World Services

Open World delegates Gul Sharifov, left, and To ziddin Pirov and facilitator Gulru Sharofovna introduce themselves at a welcome reception on Oct. 5 hosted by Boulder-Dushanbe Sister Cities.The partnership between the two cities was initiated in 1982.

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Ukrainian delegates meet with Rep. John Olver, center, in Boston on Oct. 26.

19 Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz, left, discusses government transparency with Kyrgyzstani legal education delegates as he leads them through the National Statuary Hall Collection in the U.S. Capitol on June 11.

Pennsylvania Rep.Allyson Schwartz, right, meets with Georgian parliamentarians on Nov. 5 in her Capitol Hill office.

Rep. Corrine Brown of Florida meets with a delegation from Kyrgyzstan.

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Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich meets via video link with Russian officials visiting his Lakewood district office on Nov. 20. Also shown are President Lisa Purdy, far left, and Director of Programs Kate Windle, far right, of the Council of International Programs USA, the Russians’ Open World host organization, and Open World Program Manager Jeffrey Magnuson, third from left.

Educators in Oregon and Ukraine Lay Ground for Student Exchanges 21 During a spring 2009 exchange to Roseburg, Ore., education leaders from Uzhhorod National University and Kremenchuk State Polytechnical University in western Ukraine signed an agreement on educational cooperation with Umpqua Community College (UCC), one of their host organizations. The delegates and the host community representative identified a variety of common interests, including education collaboration, cooperation on issues related to viticulture and enology, and possible sister-city linkages. In late August, Open World host Pete Bober, director of UCC’s Small Business Development Center and Workforce Training, traveled to Ukraine, where he met with the delegates to discuss future projects. He also worked with representatives from the two universities to identify candidates for an April 2010 Open World delegation, which will help lay the groundwork for a visit by Ukrainian students to participate in a special summer business institute at Umpqua Community College in summer 2011. National grantee:Academy for Educational Development

Dr. Ross To mlin, left, vice president of Umpqua Community College, confirms an agreement on cooperation on April 23 with Аndriy Markevich, head of the International Relations Department at Kremenchuk State Polytechnical University, andYaroslav Lazur, dean for external relations, Uzhorod National University.The three educational institutions anticipate future collaboration on student exchanges, conferences, distance learning, and teacher training.

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President Dimitriy Medvedev joins principal Principal Olga Borutskaya 23 and students on the first day of classes at Moscow School #518.An alumna of Open World, Borutskaya’s became an advocate of individualized education plans for special needs students as a result of her 2008 exchange in Worcester, Mass.

‘I will support Open World “vyuma rukami” (with both hands).’

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev St. Petersburg, Russia, May 27, 2009

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Post-reception, attendees moved into the Great Hall of the Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building for a Eurasian-themed dinner. Pictured, from left, are Michael White, vice chairman of PepsiCo and CEO of PepsiCo International; Donald M. Kendall, former chairman and CEO of PepsiCo; former Alaska Sen.Te d Stevens; and Larry D.Thompson, senior vice president for government affairs, general counsel, and secretary of PepsiCo.

Chairman Billington hosted a small afternoon gathering in the Librarian’s Ceremonial Office for Open World trustees 25 and others to meet with Mr. Kendall and Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich, right, who had recently cofounded the bipartisan Congressional Russia Caucus with Georgia Rep.Tom Price.

Sen. Ben Nelson, left, toasts 10 years of the Open World Program with Hussein Chechenov, chair of the Committee on Education and Science of the Federation Council, the upper house of the Russian parliament.

Ambassador Abdujabbor Shirinov of Tajikistan, left, talks with Jeffrey Minear, counselor to the Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, during the dinner in the Great Hall.Ambassador Sergey Kislyak of Russia,Ambassador Oleh Shamshur of Ukraine, and Ambassador Nicolae Chirtoaca of Moldova also attended the celebration.

Th anks to the support of Congress, the vision of the Open World Leadership Center Board of Trustees, and the Center’s relationships with leaders throughout the United States and Eurasia, the Open World program continues to flourish in the 21stnt ce ury, promoting mutual understanding and grassroots partnerships that span much of the globe.

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Academy for Educational Development Washington, D.C. Brubeck Institute at the University of the Pacific Stockton, Calif. CEC ArtsLink NewYo rk, N.Y. Center for Safe Energy (Earth Island Institute) Berkeley, Calif. Council of International Programs USA Cleveland, Ohio Freedom House, Inc.Washington, D.C. Friendship Force International Atlanta, Ga. Future of Russia Foundation Huron, Ohio Institute for Global Health, University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, Mass. 27 Keystone Human Services International Harrisburg, Pa. League of WomenVoters Washington, D.C. Magee Womancare International Pittsburgh, Pa. Mississippi Consortium for International Development Jackson, Miss. National Peace Foundation Washington, D.C. Northcentral Te chnical College Wausau,Wis. Resource Foundation Carmel, Indiana Rotary International Evanston, Ill. Russian Rule of Law Consortium Burlington,Vt. State of Connecticut Judicial Branch Court Support Services Division Wethersfield, Conn. Supporters of Civil Society in Russia, Inc.St. Louis, Mo. Te rrorism,Transnational Crime and Corruption Center at George Mason University Arlington,Va. University of Iowa International Writing Program Iowa City, Iowa University of Louisville School of Music Louisville, Ky. U.S.-Ukraine Foundation Washington, D.C. Vista360° Jackson,Wyo. VitalVoices Global Partnership Washington, D.C. World Services of La Crosse, Inc.La Crosse,Wis.

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OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER Consolidated Statements of Net Costs For theYears Ended September 30, 2009 and 2008

FY 2009 FY 2008 Net Costs by Program Area: 31 Program Costs $14,643,577 $17,233,322 Less Earned Revenue 00 Net Costs of Operations $14,643,577 $17,233,322

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER Consolidated Balance Sheets As of September 30, 2009 and 2008 FY 2009 FY 2008 ASSETS Entity Assets: Intragovernmental Assets Fund Balance with Treasury (Note 2) $1,034,951$974,019 Investments (Note 3) 7,727,3806,938,700 To tal Intragovernmental 8,762,331 7,912,719 Property and Equipment 1,586 2,039 Prepayments (Note 4) 471,549 421,700 Other (Note 5) 01,615 To tal Assets $9,235,466$8,338,073 LIABILITIES Intragovernmental Liabilities Accounts Payable and Accrued Funded Payroll Benefits $160,080 $25,683 Advances from Others 406,729 119,967 To tal Intragovernmental 566,809 145,650 Accounts Payable and Accrued Funded Payroll Benefits 1,136,589 1,158,142 Unfunded Annual and Compensatory Leave 64,978 94,581 To tal Liabilities $1,768,376$1,398,373

NET POSITION Cumulative Results of Operations - Earmarked 7,467,090 6,939,700 To tal Net Position 7,467,0906,939,700 To tal Liabilities and Net Position $9,235,466$8,338,073

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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