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BE RESPONSIBLE! 2011 Donors and Partners Since 2005 Annua l Re p o rt and Pro g ram Overview BE RESPONSIBLE! 2011 Donors and Partners since 2005 Over $ 100,000 Under $100,000 BP Access Carnegie Corporation of New York Azerphone CASALS Bakcell Delegation of the European Union to British Embassy in Armenia ENGAGING Georgia CARE International in the Caucasus East West Management Institute (EWMI) Central Election Commission (CEC) CITIZENS, Government of Finland Council of American Overseas Research National Democratic Institute (NDI) Conciliation Resources (C-R) EMPOWERING Norwegian Government Czech Republic Development Partnership for Economics Education and Cooperation COMMUNITIES Resources (PEER) Danish Refugee Council (DRC) Statoil Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale The Federal Government of Belgium Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) UK Department for International Embassy of Canada in Georgia Development (DFID) Embassy of Netherlands UK Foreign and Commonwealth Oi ce EU Tacis (FCO) European Training Foundation (ETF) FOUNDING PARTNERS UN Association of Georgia (UNAG) European Commission (EC) United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF) Garadah Cement Unite d Sta te s Ag e nc y fo r Inte rna tio na l United Nations Development Program GARANTS De ve lo pme nt (USAID) (UNDP) Gulbekian Foundation US Department of State International Foundation for Electoral Swe dish Inte rnational De ve lopme nt Volkswagen Foundation Systems (IFES) Cooperation Agenc y (Sida) International Finance Corporation (IFC) Eurasia Foundation, a me mbe r o f the International Research & Exchanges EF Ne two rk, o ve rse e s the d isb urse me nt Board (IREX) o f c o re USAID fund s to EPF Jinishyan Foundation Mercy Corps National Council for Eurasian and East European Research (NCEER) National Opinion Research Center (NORC) Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy (NIMD) Open Society Institute (OSI) Open Society Georgia Foundation (OSGF) Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Philip Morris/Altria Polish Aid Robert Bosch Foundation/THK Saferworld Transparency International (TI) The Civilitas Foundation The Lodestar Foundation United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) Western Union Foundation World Bank (WB) This publication is made possible be the support of the American People through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). The contents are the responsibility of Eurasia Partnership Foundation and do not necessarily represent the views of USAID, the U.S. Government, Sida or the Swedish Government. Annua l Re p o rt and Pro g ram Overview 2011 Letter of the President Dear Friends, At Eurasia Partnership Foundation (EPF), we believe that people need household survey, known as the Caucasus Barometer. The Caucasus to acquire the necessary skills and seize all opportunities to improve Barometer is widely used by researchers, academics, journalists, and their communities, their countries, and the conl ict-prone South analysts in writing articles and devising policy recommendations both Caucasus region as a whole. Through our work, we encourage local inside and outside of the South Caucasus. We have been excited to see ownership in the processes of identifying problems, devising solutions, that in 2011, important policy debates frequently included CRRC’s data and establishing a positive feedback loop between responsible civic as a basis for discussion. engagement and tangible improvements for the public. Our data has also been tracking an important phenomenon: people We design our programs to address the root causes of the obstacles working together to achieve common aims, across society. This that prevent people from recognizing and addressing the problems phenomenon, known as social capital, is vital for sustaining democratic they face in their communities. For example, after some unsuccessful institutions and for transforming the conl icts in the South Caucasus. attempts to give grants to think tanks to draft evidence-based public Using our own data, we design programs that seek to promote policy recommendations, we recognized that one of the underlying greater civic engagement, foster personal involvement, and engender problems was the lack of available quantitative data from households collective responsibility. These programs range from engaging youth on demographic, social, economic, and political issues. What data did to improve their own communities, through supporting constructive exist was either unpublished or unreliable. In addition to the lack of linkages via new media across boundaries to broaden perspectives data, researchers didn’t know how to integrate the data into their and open borders, to improving the institutional capacity of other research papers and policy arguments. non-governmental organizations to increase their i nancial stability and programmatic ef ectiveness. These activities are described in this In response to this, and with the indispensible support from Carnegie 2011 Annual Report. Corporation of New York, we created three research and resource centers to re-focus the skills of social scientists in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Responsibility to change our communities starts with each one of us. and Georgia on quantitative research and better qualitative methods. We encourage you to join us in engaging individuals and empowering These centers, known as the Caucasus Research Resource Center communities to develop democratic institutions and promote peace (CRRC), also began undertaking data collection through an annual and stability in the South Caucasus! George Zarubin Preside nt EPF ANNUAL REPO RT 2011 / 1 MISSION STATEMENT: To empower people to ef ect change for social justice and economic prosperity, through hands-on programs, helping them to improve their communities and their own lives. elaborated by EPF-led initiatives have been fuli lled by the Mandates and Programs: Government of Georgia (GoG). The European Commission’s decision to launch negotiations on a deep and comprehensive free trade Be A Responsible Citizen … area with Georgia, which was oi cially announced in December 2011, rel ects the GoG’s success in aligning its economic policies In order to facilitate stronger EU-Armenia relations, EPF, in with those of the EU. cooperation with the Yerevan Press Club (YPC) disseminated Eastern Partnership (EaP)-related information among all interested parties in In 2011, EPF’s Transparency in Municipal Service Delivery Armenia. As a result, the EaP weekly newsletter was launched as the program in Azerbaijan continued to cooperate with nine partner blog www.eaparmenianews.wordpress.com. Issues of the newsletter municipalities to improve the public transparency and strategic are posted weekly, as well as disseminated through a mailing list planning capabilities of Azerbaijani local governance. EPF expanded to over 800 recipients. The subscription is open to the public, and the pool of specialists involved in the program and engaged the number of subscribers is growing. Twenty i ve issues of the EaP prominent experts in the i eld of local governance issues. This allows Armenia Newsletter were produced in 2011. EPF to extend its ef orts in promoting the Municipal Performance Management System (MPMS) as a viable public service measurement EPF’s Youth Initiatives strengthen civic engagement among young tool at the national level. EPF succeeded in compiling all the contact people in the South Caucasus. Because such projects are of a cross- details of all 1,718 municipalities. Moreover, EPF has an electronic border nature, participants get to know groups of their peers version of the municipal budgets from 2005–2010 and the income from neighboring countries and thereby acquire cross-cultural and expenditures in 58 districts of Azerbaijan. EPF will be placing communication skills. In 2011, EPF expanded its Youth Bank program these resources on the program website in order to provide public in all three South Caucasus countries. Twelve more Youth Banks in access to this information. eleven targeted regions have been established in Azerbaijan. The total number of benei ciaries in Armenia has now reached over a thousand. In Georgia, twelve additional YBs were launched in areas Be Responsible for Improved populated by ethnic minorities. Policy Making … & Keep Government The Caucasus Barometer (CB), the annual survey carried out nationwide in Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan, has been conducted Responsible! by the Caucasus Research Resource Centers (CRRC) since 2004. It explores the social, political, and economic dynamics in these three In 2011 EPF continued to promote positive reforms in the area of counties and of ers comparative data on individual and household food safety as part of its Toward European Integration program knowledge, attitudes, and practices. The Caucasus Barometer uses an in Georgia. Through its consistent and well-informed approach, identical methodological approach and survey instrument in all three EPF made a valuable contribution toward advancing Georgia’s countries. The collected data is open to all interested researchers and EU integration. A signii cant portion of the recommendations policymakers worldwide and is available for free on CRRC’s website EPF ANNUAL REPO RT 2011 / 2 at: www.crrccenters.org/caucasusbarometer/datasets/. The CB can also the border to collaborate. Most importantly, joint lobbying ef orts of be accessed via CRRC’s new online data analysis (ODA) tool at www. EPF’s Armenian and Turkish partners led to the Turkish government’s crrc.ge/oda. In
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