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Open Society Initiative for Europe: Our Grantees OPEN SOCIETY INITIATIVE for EUROPE | 1 2015 Open Society Initiative for Europe: Our Grantees OPEN SOCIETY INITIATIVE FOR EUROPE | 1 THE OPEN SOCIETY INITIATIVE FOR EUROPE WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2013 TO CONTRIBUTE TO MORE VIBRANT AND LEGITIMATE DEMOCRACIES IN THE EUROPEAN UNION BY SUPPORTING THE ACTIVISTS AND CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CONFRONTING EUROPE’S MANY CHALLENGES. THIS REPORT PRESENTS THE ORGANIZATIONS WE WERE PROUD TO SUPPORT IN 2015. This list includes grants of the Open Society Initiative for Europe, which is the largest but not the only Open Society program operating within Europe. The list also includes grants from the Open Society Think Tank Fund, which currently forms part of the Open Society Initiative for Europe but which still operated as an independent program in 2015. Additionally, it includes grants that were provided through Solidarity Now (currently an independent Greek organization), to run Solidarity Centers in Athens and Thessaloniki and provide support to Greek NGOs that are addressing the effects of Greece’s sovereign debt crisis and the refugee emergency. A small number of grants have been omitted at the request of the grantee. This document presents grants awarded in 2015. The award date is the date that the grant letter was first signed by an Open Society Foundations signatory. This means that a grant that was approved in 2014 but only officially awarded in 2015 will feature in this list, whereas a grant that was approved in 2015 but officially not awarded until 2016 will not. Only the name of the grantee with which we signed a grant letter is listed, even if the grantee was working in a collaborative or served as a fiscal agent for another organization. All of the grants listed in this report were made by independent European members of the Open Society Foundations network, except the following seven grants which were made by the US-based Foundation to Promote Open Society: PILnet: The Global Network for Public Interest Law; openDemocracy Limited; European Center for Non-for- Profit Law; Global Detention Project; Médicos del Mundo; Chancellor, Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxford; and the European Stability Initiative. Some of the grants listed here may be co-financed by other Open Society programs. The total amount of the grant is listed. 2 | DEMOCRATIC PRACTICE DEMOCRATIC PRACTICE DEMOCRACY CAN SUCCEED ONLY IF CITIZENS’ PARTICIPATION IS FULLY SECURED. ACROSS EUROPE, WE SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORK TO PROMOTE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND TO IMPROVE DEMOCRATIC POLICY. “PRAKSIS” PROGRAMS OF “PRAKSIS” PROGRAMS OF DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL SUPPORT AND MEDICAL SUPPORT AND MEDICAL COOPERATION COOPERATION $112,456 $772,593 Humanitarian support via Support of first reception actions to interventions at the Korinthos new comers/third country nationals in Detention Center Greece 7 MONTHS 16 MONTHS “PRAKSIS” PROGRAMS OF “PRAKSIS” PROGRAMS OF DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL SUPPORT AND MEDICAL SUPPORT AND MEDICAL COOPERATION COOPERATION $11,856 $13,423 Extended medical services in Employability services within Athens Solidarity Centre Frourarhio”– Solidarity Centre Frourarhio”– operational grant operational grant 26 MONTHS 26 MONTHS OPEN SOCIETY INITIATIVE FOR EUROPE | 3 “PRAKSIS” PROGRAMS OF ANALITIKA–CENTER FOR DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL SOCIAL RESEARCH (BOSNIA SUPPORT AND MEDICAL AND HERZEGOVINA) COOPERATION $179,922 $65,594 Organizational Development Grant: “Break the Chain”: Two-day Festival Analitika against Human Trafficking; Expert 2 YEARS Officer in Field of Human Trafficking 7 MONTHS ANALITIKA–CENTER FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH (BOSNIA 54°+ AND HERZEGOVINA) $1,444 $6,960 Peripheralizing Europe: an east/south Analitika–Think Tank Young encounter of translocal politics and Professional Development Program practices: travel grant 2015 1 month 8 MONTHS A BUON DIRITTO ONLUS ARSIS–ASSOCIATION FOR THE $165,000 SOCIAL SUPPORT OF YOUTH (ATHENS) Multi-project three-year grant $50,330 3 YEARS Youth Support Centre (KYN) 14 MONTHS ACCOGLIERETE–ASSOCIAZIONE PER LA TUTELA DEI MSNA $17,494 ARSIS–ASSOCIATION FOR THE SOCIAL SUPPORT OF YOUTH AccoglieRete: una buona pratica da (ATHENS) far conoscere e replicare $22,660 6 MONTHS Syn/Parastasi Athens: extension of operation ALTER-EU 9 MONTHS $100,000 Alter-EU lobby register campaign in EU member states 23 MONTHS 4 | DEMOCRATIC PRACTICE ARSIS–ASSOCIATION FOR THE ASSOCIATION BALKAN SOCIAL SUPPORT OF YOUTH INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING (ATHENS) REGIONAL NETWORK (BIRN) $24,686 $26,242 Syn Parantasi Legal Aid Fourarhio: Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic operational grant Excellence Alumni Initiative 26 MONTHS 1 YEAR ARSIS–ASSOCIATION FOR THE ASSOCIATION BONDY BLOG SOCIAL SUPPORT OF YOUTH $150,000 (ATHENS) Bondy Blog core support 2015-2017 $246,395 3 YEARS “Sym-Parastasi” legal assistance provision Thessaloniki renewal ASSOCIATION FOR THE 1 YEAR CONTRIBUTION TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF DISABLED ARTISTIC WORKSHOP PEOPLE (MOTOVUN FILM FESTIVAL) $33,392 $24,950 Improvement of and Training In So Help Us God Independent Living for Disabled 2 MONTHS People Program 8 MONTHS ASOCIACIÓN CULTURAL COMENZEMOS EMPEZEMOS ASSOCIATION INSTITUTE FOR $24,992 PUBLIC POLICY Video on trust in politicians in Europe $33,550 2 MONTHS Money vs. Beauty: A Political Saga of State Capture in the City Outdoor Advertising Industry ASOCIACIÓN CULTURAL 10 MONTHS CONSERVAS $100,000 Core support for Xnet 9 MONTHS OPEN SOCIETY INITIATIVE FOR EUROPE | 5 ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE BERTELSMANN FOUNDATION DE TECHNICIENS EXPERTS ET $80,000 CHERCHEURS Transatlantic Policy Lab $22,000 2 YEARS Improving transparency in French political decision-making processes BOROUME SAVING FOOD– 1 YEAR SAVING LIVES $38,502 ASSOCIATION LAB 53 ONLUS We are Family Food Aid Programme– $16,333 Athens Strategic litigation to ensure 6 MONTHS implementation of refugees’ rights’- Lab 53 BOROUME SAVING FOOD– 1 YEAR SAVING LIVES $35,182 ATHENS BIENNIAL We are Family Food Aid Program– $1,000 Thessaloniki OMONOIA presents The School of 6 MONTHS Kyiv 1 MONTH BUDAPEST INSTITUTE FOR POLICY ANALYSIS LTD. BELGRADE CENTRE FOR $8,608 SECURITY POLICY This fellowship program supports $24,655 young Roma researchers in the fields Belgrade Security Forum 2015 of social sciences and humanities 6 MONTHS from Central and South Eastern Europe to develop new skills under the guidance of experienced research BELGRADE OPEN SCHOOL staff at mainstream think tanks. $59,584 6 MONTHS Organizational development grant: BOS 1 YEAR 6 | DEMOCRATIC PRACTICE CARITAS ATHENS CENTER FOR MONITORING $66,329 (CEMI) Emergency poverty relief, social $5,662 guidance and integration for CeMI-Think Tank Young Professional vulnerable immigrants in Athens Development Program 2015 8 MONTHS 8 MONTHS CENTER FOR DEMOCRATIC CENTER FOR SOCIAL AND TRANSITION (CDT) ECONOMIC RESEARCH–CASE $50,000 UKRAINE Organizational Development Grant– $7,000 CDT CASE–Think Tank Young Professional 1 YEAR Development Program 2015 8 MONTHS CENTER FOR LIFE $22,602 CENTER FOR SOCIAL POLICY If I Was HIV Positive: Experiential $98,866 Campaign at the Public Means of Organizational Development Grant– Transport in Athens Center for Social Policy 4 MONTHS 2 YEARS CENTER FOR LIFE CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF $59,161 DEMOCRACY Psychosocial support for people $25,000 living with HIV/AIDS in Thessaloniki Impact Metrics: Towards Designing a and health-prevention for General State Capture Index population 11 MONTHS 8 MONTHS CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF CENTER FOR MONITORING DEMOCRACY (CEMI) $6,864 $50,000 CSD–Think Tank Young Professional Organizational Development Grant– Development Program 2015 CEMI 8 MONTHS 1 YEAR OPEN SOCIETY INITIATIVE FOR EUROPE | 7 CENTRAL EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR PUBLIC POLICY, UNIVERSITY PROVIDUS $50,000 $95,000 Civic Learning & Innovation Platform– Analyzing Signs of State Capture: The Consultation Meeting Case of Latvia 18 MONTHS 2 YEARS CENTRE DE CULTURA CENTRE FOR SOCIETY CONTEMPORÀNIA DE RESEARCH/CEDOS BARCELONA $56,699 $1,000 Organizational Development Grant– Individual travel grant to Ukraine CEDOS 1 MONTH 1 YEAR CENTRE DE CULTURA CENTRE FOR THE SUPPORT CONTEMPORÀNIA DE OF THE EMPLOYMENT AND BARCELONA THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP OF $250,000 WOMEN ERGANI Aging Democracies? Political $168,000 Participation and Cultural Values SO NEW–SOcial entrepreNEurship Among the Elderly in Europe noW 1 YEAR 1 YEAR CENTRE FOR LIBERAL CEP–CENTAR ZA EVROPSKE STRATEGIES POLITIKE/EUROPEAN POLICY $40,000 CENTRE More Complex Than You Think: $6,960 Spotlight on the Intricacies of State CEP–Think Tank Young Professional Capture Mechanisms and Processes in Development Program 2015 Bulgaria 8 MONTHS 2 YEARS 8 | DEMOCRATIC PRACTICE CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT LAB COOPERATIVA SOCIALE K-PAX EDUCATION FUND ONLUS $300,000 $24,850 OPEN Europe Access to Asylum 2 YEARS 1 YEAR CITIZENS UK COUNTER BALANCE $25,000 $90,000 Governance of the Nation 2015 Countering the capture of European Campaign: National Assemblies public financial Institutions 3 MONTHS 18 MONTHS CIVIC ORGANIZATION INSTITUTE COUNTERPOINT GLOBAL CIC OF WORLD POLICY $224,742 $80,029 Challenging Europe: Migration, public Organizational Development Grant– opinion and democratic practice in 5 Institute of World Policy IWP European countries 2 YEARS 2 YEARS CO-PLAN, INSTITUTE FOR DAY CENTRE BABEL HABITAT DEVELOPMENT $69,444 (ALBANIA) N.I.C.A Not Alone in Crisis Project: $6,951 renewal Co-PLAN–Think Tank Young 8 MONTHS Professional Development Program 2015 DICO GESELLSCHAFT FÜR 8 MONTHS COMMUNITY ORGANIZING IN DEUTSCHLAND GGMBH COALIZIONE ITALIANA LIBERTA $82,500 E DIRITTI CIVILI (CILD) Community organizing drive in Berlin- $80,004
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