The Azerbaijani NGOs Coalition held an international conference on Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative: Pilot Countries Experience in Baku on April 6 – 8 as part of the "Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative" project supported by the World Bank, the Open Society Institute-Assistance Foundation (OSI-AF) and the Fredrick Ebert Foundation.
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"News Reporting and Writing" textbook will be published in Azerbaijani for use in a course at the Baku State University on the OSI-AF financial support. Although based on the American journalism experience, the textbook will at the same time emphasize the Azerbaijani experience. The textbook will lend weight to the argument that this course should be added to the curriculum of the Journalism Department, Baku State University. The goal of the project is to facilitate curriculum development by publishing an Azerbaijani language textbook for students of the Baku State University Journalism Department titled "News Writing and Reporting" based on Western professional journalism standards. This will be the first Azerbaijani language journalism practical skill textbook authored by Azerbaijanis in our country.
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The Najaf Najafov Fund realized the Public TV (PTV) monitoring project for 05/08/05-05/02/06 with the financial support of OSI- AF. Official information on this was provided in September 11, 2005. All the mass media structures, local and international NGOs, EC and OSCE Baku Offices have been informed of the project. The monitoring’s current and monthly results on CDs were posted to 50 adresses, including the Office of President, the TV and Radio Broadcasting Council, PTV, political parties and NGO’s through the Royal Express mail service. The results have also been displayed on the NNF’s web site www.najafovfund.org and spreaded via news releases.
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Ruzgar Environmental Society launched the project titled the Environmental Impact of Oil Industry and Its Revenues this January with support of the OSI-AF. According to Ruzgar, the research outcomes can be of help to the democratic reforms aimed at establishment of the system of tax paying (for the use of nature) for environmental damage.
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On March 3, Public Union named after Mushvig for Support to disabled children of Garadagh presented two books - "Logopaedics" by Salekh Sadiyev and "The secrets of Down's syndrome" by Ulviyye Akhundova in Youth Support Fund.
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"Alatoran" independent literary journal founded by the Free Writers Union has started the "Journal in the journal" project with support of OSI-AF. The first issues introducing "Gashgar" journal of Iran and "Yarpag" journal of Turkey were prepared in early May. "Alatoran" will now represent as well several literature journals of Iran and Turkey. Each issue of the "Journal in journal" will allocate 20 pages to one Iranian and one Turkish journal (not changing own individual design). Thus, Azerbaijani readers will get acquainted with 8 journals of the mentioned countries within a year.
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Taking into consideration the multi-topic proposal of the OSI-AF Ganja office, the Asian Bank of Development intends to provide grants to NGOs in 2007 as a support for the civil society programs in Ganja. Initial agreements to this end have already been achieved. It is worth noting that the Bank is getting ready for the first time to allocate financial support to the civil society programs.
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The role of club-like organizations in the regions for efficient organization of the youth leisure time is intended to increase as part of the OSI-AF Local Self-Governance and Public Management Reform Initiative Program. Therefore, youth public activism is to be increased in Fizuli, Barda, Masally, Gabala, and Salyan regions. For this end, different campaign activities will be held including the protection of youth interests in establishment of local youth organizations, development of the means of communication and others.
Law program:
The "Young Human Rigths Defenders" Public Union with the
suppot of the OSI - AF is realizing a project on" "Freedom
of information awareness among youth". According to the
Union public relations department, they will conduct educational
activity among youth in the order to solve the lack of information
problem. Young lawyers will organize 4 traininqs for youth
and students working in NGOs, internatiional organizations
and mass media representatives. A comment to the "Asses
to Information Law" will be published in the framework of
the project.
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Transparency of oil revenues and public
finance program: (see the begining on
the 1st page)
 Foriegn and local representatives |
Starting from the end of 2003, right after establishment of the State EITI Committee, Azerbaijan began intensive work on EITI implementation. In 2004, negotiations were conducted among the state committee, companies working in the extractive industry and a coalition of civil society organizations. These negotiations have led to the signing a Memorandum of Understanding. On March 15, 2005 the first EITI report on State revenues from oil industry was published, followed by the second report published in August of the same year, and the third one in January 2006. Thus, Azerbaijan has started to accumulate experience of the joint work of state oil companies and NGOs in providing oil revenues transparency. |
Local delagates, foreign countries representatives and ambassadors, representatives of fianancial and international oil companies, public oraganizations and mass media attended the conference on the first day. Reports were delivered on "Piloting EITI: Case of Azerbaijan", "International Perspectives of EITI Implementation". The second and third days of the conference were dedicated to the role and problems of NGOs in Inititave. On the second day, local and foreign NGOs’ repesentatives also reported on "Pilot Countries NGOs".
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Public Health program:
The project on publishing books that are reflecting psychological and pedagogical approaches, as well as the new systemic approach to the activity technologies was implemented by the "Mushvig" Center with the support of OSI-AF and Garadag Cement Open Joint Stock Company. Realization of the principle is of help for not only the personality development and social integration of a "special" child (having speech problems), but also for improvement of pedagogues, parents and the family in general from professional and personality standpoints.
On March 24, a round table discussion
titled "Expertise of the existing legislation on prevention
of HIV/AIDS, development of relevant suggestions, recommendations
and interpretations" was organized at the International
Press Center by the Azerbaijani Health Association with
the OSI -AF financial support. The event was joined by Non-Governmental
Organizations engaged in the field of public safety, collaborators
of the HIV/AIDS center, narcologists, municipality representatives,
lawyers dealing with the corresponding field and other representatives.
The Council of Experts will be elected from among the event’s
participants for the project of "Expertise of the existing
legislation on prevention of HIV/AIDS, development of relevant
suggestions, recommendations and interpretations".
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Mass Media program: (see
begining on page 1)
At the same time, most important findings
of the American and Azerbaijani mass media comparison would
be highlighted under the title "America versus Azerbaijan."
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The following steps have already been taken:
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For example, the course trainers will
interview representatives of Azerbaijani media and foreign
guests on various topics and compare the answers. The key
points of guests’ comments will be reflected in the textbook.
Such terms as "hard" news, "soft" news, feature story and
beat reporting used in Western journalism do not have equivalents
in Azeri. The similar Azeri terms and their explanations
will be provided in the textbook glossary.
The Azerbaijan Press Council (PC) from
October 20th, 2005 till October 20th, 2006 with the financial
support of OSI-AF is conducting a project on Mass Media
problems monitoring, their analysis and public information.
The total budget of the grant is USD 19 000.
In order to inform the public on the Council’s
activities there was establsihed a web-site within the project.
In the same time, the Press Council is working over the
regular bulletins concerning its activities.
To solve problems between the Mass Media and state agencies,
competent representatives of the Republican Prosecutor’s
Office, Ministries of Interior and Justice have been included
in the Council’s Permanent Commission (PC). During the accounting
period, the Commission in cooperation with the General Prosecutor’s
Office conducted a seminar for the Media representatives
writing on legal issues.
According to the PC chairman Aflatun Amashov,
the PC is drawing its special concept in order to strengthen
the free press in the country. The document will include
proposals on privatization of all official newspapers with
the exception of "Azerbaijan", amendments and improvements
to the law on advertisement, transparency of the distribution
and advertisement market, activities for increase of the
journalists’ professionalism, and the State support to Mass
Media (direct budget allocations, grants, tax and tarriff
regulations, and organizational support). The concept has
already been discussed at 2 meetings of the Council Board.
After the extensive public discussion, the document will
be presented to the relevant agencies.
Presentation ceremony for the Stimulating
Independent Journalist Investigations Project prepared by
the Technical and Legal Assistance to Independent Journalists
Public Union with financial support from OSI-AF took place
at the International Press Center on February 7.
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The project author Asaf Guliyev: "If to consider the situation with independent Mass Media journalists, who call themselves independent, we will witness a quite gloomy picture. Well-known journalists having played a certain role in building of different Mass media outlets' influence in last years, have frequently been forced to change their working places. We start the project taking all of this into consideration. Every journalist can approach us for investigation of any topic. We have both the technical basis and can pay for the prepared materials". |
10-month project costs USD 12, 000 (see the begining on page 1)
After the Fund revealed the September results
to the press, PTV dispersed information on the monitoring
and Ismayil Omarov came up with an initiative to meet with
the project leadership.
Thus, the authors of the project discussed the monitoring
results during the meeting with PTV leadership, including
I. Omarov, President of PTV.
The PTV leadership was informed that more time was provided
to entertainment programs, partiality took place, education
and information programs got less time, and entertainment
and educational programs were mostly in foreign languages,
not in Azerbajani.
Despite of making some comments, I. Omarov expressed his
positive attitude to the project and said the monitoring
results will be considered, evaluating them as objective
in general.
During the report period, there were conducted the PTV broadcasting
quality monitoring in Ganja, Lankaran, Masally, Sheki, Shamakhi,
Guba, and Mingachevir.
It was revealed that PTV was not broadcasted or signal reception
was bad in 80% of the regional villages with exception of
the regional centers. The name list of these settlements
was submitted to the TV and Radio Broadcasting Council,
Ministry of Communications & Information Technologies,
and PTV.
According to the Fund's information, around 43 relevant
articles were published as a result of the information reveal
to Mass Media. In general, the articles published during
the report period and other materials contained no criticism
of the results.
This confirms the project was implemented in an impartial
and highly professional way. The project's term has been
extended for one more year.
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Women's Network Program:
In February and March 2006, the Competent
Education Center held a two-stage training for the special
group aimed at coaching of gender examination and monitoring
experts with financial support from the OSI-AF Women Network
Program:
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The expert group mainly comprised of the Competent Education members was established as a result of the training.
The project's main objective is assisting in development and preparation of the textbooks reflecting the gender data and views, and to achieve formation and development of the gender views and gender sensitivity among the students.
The experts will choose one humanitarian subject text book from the primary, middle and higher schools and conduct 6 months gender analysis on them. The textbooks are divided to create a general understanding of the problem in the three groups. The humanitarian subjects are chosen since they reflect gender issues more vividly.
Later on, the experts' report will be presented
to the Ministry of Education in the form of booklet. Along
with that, trainings will be arranged in Baku and the Competent
Education groups, which have been formed in the regions
so far.
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Future plans The country's Constitution and other laws guarantee rights and freedoms of men and women. However, violence, the main obstacle for equal development of women in the democratic society, is significantly limiting women's rights. The gender analysis on execution of the laws necessitates development of the law against family violence based on that, and establishment of the working group on monitoring women's status and violence against women, including the situation with women trafficking. Preparation of the law against family violence and establishment of the working group is one of the 2006 strategic directions for the GSP. |
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Arts & Culture
The Canadian expert Jaquileen Trafford visited Baku to advise
local theaters and entertainment companies on theater management
and marketing. During the visit funded jointly by OSI-AF
and CESO (Canadian Executive Service Organization), Ms Trafford
held a seminar for the state and private theater representatives,
association of independent theater directors and other relevant
specialized organizations.
This year, there was a record number
of 12 grant applications from Azerbaijan for the regularly
announced Art Program within the "Cooperation program"
of the OSI-AF Central Budapest Office: 2 film projects,
2 literary journals, 3 music or film festivals, 2 conferences,
2 visual art related events. According to the competition
requirements, collaborators from Caucasus, Central Asia,
Mongolia, Russia, Iran, Turkey,and Afghanistn should take
part in the project. The winner of the competition is Azerbaijani
Rock Art Center (ARAC).
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East-East program (see the begining on page 1)
Development of the oil industry in Azerbaijan
and revenue increase in this sphere creates opportunity
for strengthening economic potential and integration into
the world economic system. This also creates social problems
stemming from the oil pollution, deterioration of the ecosystem
and spread of deseases. Use of the environmentally friendly
technologies, clean up of the oil product and oil polluted
areas can significantly diminish the harm on nature. This
work can be funded from the very oil revenues.
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There are 50 oil companies from 20 countries working in Azerbaijan today. Their environmental policy and methods are different from those of local companies. Therefore, monitoring of these companies is difficult for the local organizations, and especially the NGOs. At the same time, it should be noted that those companies are using cleaner technologies than those used during the Soviet Union time. Nevertheless, our nature is a subject of environmental harm and it should be diminished. |
Azerbaijan Political Technologies Center
is organizing the Democratic Development project
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Azerbaijan's integration into Europe started with joining the European Neighborhood policy (ENP) in 2004. From that time, ENP and European Union (EU) relations entered into a new stage. |
Democratization in Azerbaijan and neighboring
countries and its influence on the European integration,
difficulties faced by the nations in this process and measures
to overcome the difficulties will be discussed within the
project. At the same time, ways of benefiting from the researches
on the above-mentioned processes in the like-cultured countries
(Turkey and Azerbaijan) and like-historied countries (Ukraine
and Georgia) and experience of the European policy and such
EU members as Czech Republic will be sought. Another goal
of the project is to establish cooperation between the Government
structures, NGOs and Media for the sake of transparency
in the European integration in the democratization process.
The other goal is to strengthen the cooperation between
the NGOs through discussion of this issue with experts from
Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Georgia, Turkey, Bulgaria and Czech
Republic, discussing the situaions in our countries and
establishing the European NGO network for the future joint
activities.
Participation of the Government officials in the project
is also envisaged.
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Ganja Open Society Initiatives Center (GOSIC) www.qitc.aznet.org has the main task of education and therefore it mostly implements educational programs.
In 2005, Ganja Open Society Initiatives Center implemented several exchange programs poviding opportunity to study abroad.
In order to prepare and inform the youth
going to study in Europe and the US, Ganja Open Society
Initiatives Center conducts regular information sessions,
seminars and individual consultance in the framework of
the exchange programs. The lectures are conducted by GOSIC
employees, studied abroad graduates and the teachers who
came to Azerbaijan within the exchange programs.
 Eddy Mckey (who took the nick-name "Genjevi" ) teaches English in Ganja within the Peace Corpse program.  Ganja students studied abroad |
Due to this, both the pupils of high schools and students, as well as teachers of higher educational establishments take a successful part in the competitions held for receiving free education in USA. So far, 100 youths from Ganja have studied in the USA and returned to the region. The Center is working on provision of grounds for them to take active part in the re-formation of society. Subjects of the seminars held in GEIC:
Prior to the exams, the applicants are taught rules of registration to the TOEFL, GRE, GMAT examinations. Before the competition, they are taught the methods of preparing to the interview. |
GOSIC application form and various announcements on the programs can be found on www.gitc.aznet.org/Administartion web site.
At present, ten women and twenty man are working at the Open Society Institute-Assistance Foundation. So, women make the minority. Does it mean that women are losing to men in work?
Let's start the "monitoring" of an issue from …. the Executive Director. Though it doesn't make sense, as he is a men. Whereas, we are interested in our ladies' opinion. We are not going to reflect men's thoughts this time. Then… Financial Director! This person knows the answer to the main question - how much money the organization spends and why? Therefore, this person is suppose to be quite wise.
Zara - Head of the Finance Department:
How does your being a woman help when getting into any
kind of difficulty at work?
When there is a psychological confrontation, of course, women solve it in a more successful way. Nevertheless, gender doesn't make any difference in professional issues; the main thing here is a work.
Who are the best finance specialists - women or men?
In our society, men do not like any superiority of women: this stems from our mentality. However, I believe that if women want, they can do any job better than men. The difficult state of our women is changing them. Women used to be gentler in the past. Now, they have to achieve everything counting on themselves. So, we are hardening. We are definitely not weaker financers than men. We can even leave them behind in the future.
Gultekin - Technical Director:
What do you think, whom can a woman manage better -
another women or men?
I think there is no difference here. It depends on the professionalism of the manager. I have been working here since 1997. We have 12 people working at the Technical Department. Before coming here, I used to control over a bigger number of employees at MSF- Holland. If a manager is able to differentiate between the priorities at work and plans his work, then he will manage the employees in a proper way. It is very important to understand deeply the problem of every employee, direct him, not to demand to do more than he can, to create a good working condition for him, render the necessary assistance for increasing his competency, to explain to every employee that his job is of certain importance in the organization, and finally, to understand the employee. Both the women and men. Because, if an employee has some difficulty, he will deviate from his job, be thoughtful, which leads to the shortage in job quality. Therefore, some gentleness, sometimes a compromise is needed at work along with exactingness in order to create the spirit of team.
Narmina - Reception:
How do you think, is a woman director better, or a man?
ACI-YF is my seventh work place and the directors in all my previouis work places were men. I think, this is the right course of things. In general, genders must be different in this type of relations. On the other hand, my present director is a woman, and one of the reasons of my staying here is this. I think, she creates the comfort. Yes, comfort - this is what defines my staying. Gender is a very important issue. I cannot say a reason of why I would leave this work place... maybe, if I had much extra-money at home...
What if a young man would work instead of you? Would
it change the quality of this job?
Do you really think that a young man would sit here? I personally don't think so. This job requires a lot of patience. You sit down here all day long and answer everybody's questions… Also, men have more ambitions, while this position has no prospects…
Shahkhanum - Member of the Technical Staff:
What is the main difference between women's and men's neatness?Our guys are all the same for me. They are all very neat. I cannot complaint of them. Some of them are even too neat. This is my job. And everybody is accountable for a certain area of work in our orghanization. I wouldn't say that there is a big difference between men and women, let's say, fifty to fifty.
Gulnara - Coordinator of Women's Network Programs:
Can the gender inequality be seen among the OSI-AF employees?There are no big differentiations in our office. Professionalism of people is more important. Both the women and men can do their job.
And how does the gender problem display itself among
the guests coming to your office and generally, other persons
whom you meet during the work process?
To my mind, presently women are more constructive. Life
makes them to take many steps. Finally, they harden. While
men, on the contrary, still cannot give up their patriarchal
habits and sometimes the new provisions introduced by gender
confuse them. Equality with women is hard for them. However,
some time passing, they look around and change their mind.
At the same time, it should be taken into account that equality
of women and men is an issue of law and does not differentiate
between these two genders.
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At the end, we do not want to make any conclusions. Just adding one more fact that in this term of 2006, OSI-AF has ensured individual grants to 20 women and 26 men. The number of women here is also big. Let us believe them. Women have been the actual heads of our families for already several centuries. Their successes are evident: have they been unable to do this, their reign would not have lasted so long. Though we are living in a "patriarchat:. |
Program Statistics
| APPLICANT | PROJECT TITLE | Sum red ones are needed |
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Mass Media |
| Journalists` Union | "Publication of the Trade Union's field newspaper" | 9,720.00 |
| Ilgar Mammad Huseynov | Media Diversity Institute organized seminar for the Caucasus Mass Media in Amsterdam, March 28-29 | 685.00 |
| Elchin Ismayil Shikhlinski | Media Diversity Institute organized seminar for the Caucasus Mass Media in Amsterdam, March 28-29 | 685.00 |
| Rustam Gadim Aliyev | Media Diversity Institute organized seminar for the Caucasus Mass Media in Amsterdam, March 28-29 | 685.00 |
| "Najaf Najafov" Fund | Monitoring of the Public Television project | 15,000.00 |
| "Ganjabasar" independent newspaper | Increasing professionalism of Ganja and Western region journalists project | 5,000.00 |
| Baku State University | Textbook on collecting and writing information project | 7,863.00 |
| "Jenub Kheberlari" newspaper | For the civil society in the regional press" project | 8,000 |
| Civil Rights Protection Media Fund (CRPMF) | Journalist initiatives on women's rights project | 5,199.00 |
| total | 52,837.00 |
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Education |
| Center for Innovations in Education | Admin support to center for innovations in education | 55,000.00 |
| "Debate in Civil Society" Center | Youth Winter School organization | 14,570.00 |
| total | 69,570.00 |
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Women's Program |
| Gulnara Ahmad Rzayeva | Open World Film Festival, 2-6 March 2006 | 1,300.00 |
| Alina Ali Mehdiyeva | Alumnus participated in
the Fellows Retreat in Cairo, January 26-28, 2006 |
724.00 |
| Gulshan Yusif Agayeva | Alumnus participated in
the Fellows Retreat in Cairo, January 26-28, 2006 |
689.00 |
| Anar Gahraman Kazimov | Alumnus participated in
the Fellows Retreat in Cairo, January 26-28, 2006 |
724.00 |
| Anar Nizami Rahimov | Alumnus participated in
the Fellows Retreat in Cairo, January 26-28, 2006 |
689.00 |
| Lala Khalil Abasova | Alumnus participated in
the Fellows Retreat in Cairo, January 26-28, 2006 |
689.00 |
| D.Aliyeva Defence of Women's Rights Organization | Educational campaign on family code for young women | 3,000.00 |
| Afandiyeva Vafa | FCEM World Committee, 29 April-3 May 2006 | 2,790.00 |
| total | 10,605.00 |
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Civil Society |
| Initiative Women Society | Support to the social-ecological programs of the municipalities | 8,815.00 |
| Society for Human Rights | Organization of Civil control over municipalities in transparency | 9,320.00 |
| "Women Lawyers Forward the Legal Reforms" Social Union | Establishment and development of cooperation between municipalities and communities | 9,958.00 |
| Shirvan Human Rights Resource Center | Problems of social activism and transparency of the regional youth | 6,723.00 |
| Mahir Mirzahid Mushteid-zade | Alumnus participated in the Fellows Retreat in Cairo, January 26-28, 2006 | 700.00 |
| Jamila Adil Mammadova | Alumnus participated in the Fellows Retreat in Cairo, January 26-28, 2006 | 689.00 |
| Mahammad Guluzade | Alumnus participated in the Fellows Retreat in Cairo, January 26-28, 2006 | 689.00 |
| Socio-Economic Research Center | Azerbaijani language publication of the "International Standards of Financial Reports" | 8,636.00 |
| Arzu Ismayil Abdullayeva | To present Generalized Report of NGOs Coalitions at the PACE session in Strasbourg | 1,795.00 |
| Azerbaijani-American Youth Union | Increasing the role of club-like organizations at regions for efficient organization of the youth leisure time | 9,044.00 |
| "Third Sector" Journal | To run a conference supports local democracy studies and resume these studies | 1,759.00 |
| Young Human Rights Defenders | Winner of the SGC on FOI Law awareness campaign and ensuring accountability | 2,999.00 |
| Drivers Rights Protection Society+ | Winner of the SGC on FOI Law awareness campaign and ensuring accountability | 2,787.00 |
| Civil Initiatives Center (VTM) | Winner of the SGC on FOI Law awareness campaign and ensuring accountability | 2,980.00 |
| "Pragma" Barda Regional Youth and Democracy Center | Winner of the SGC on FOI Law awareness campaign and ensuring accountability | 2,660.00 |
| Sabirabad "Teshebbus" Public Union | Winner of the SGC on FOI Law awareness campaign and ensuring accountability | 3,000.00 |
| Shusha Union of the Martyr, Disabled and Veterans, and International Garabagh Fund, Azerbaijani Representation | Winner of the SGC on FOI Law awareness campaign and ensuring accountability | 3,000.00 |
| Democratic Reforms and Modern Society Public Union | Winner of the SGC on FOI Law awareness campaign and ensuring accountability | 2,965.00 |
| Helsinki Citizen's Assembly - Azerbaijan | Council for Free and Fair Election to Monitor additional election to the parliament on May 13, 2006 | 25,699.00 |
| Local Government and Development Center | Public control over the budget of municipalities | 6,383.00 |
| Public Assistance Committee to Garabakh | Court appeal rules | 8,639.00 |
| Multimedia Information Systems and Technologies` Center | Support to Information openness of municipalities and emergence of the civil information freedom | 9,617.00 |
| Goychay Department of Afghanistan Veterans Union | Education work among the youth in order to increase the number of civil initiatives on fighting corruption in the Aran region | 9,080.00 |
| Civil Society Formation Assistance Center | Legal education of the displaced people | 9,950.00 |
| Multimedia Information Systems and Technologies` Center | To observe implementation of the access to information rules in oil companies | 19,968.00 |
| total | 167,855.00 |
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Arts & Culture |
| "Alatoran" Literature Journal | 3,350.00 | |
| total | 3,350.00 |
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East-East |
| "Civil Society Development" Center | Partnership between Communities: Azerbaijan and Ukraine, Ukraine, March 2006 | 7,775.00 |
| "Tomris" Women Society | Women's Rights: Azerbaijan and Czech republic, April-May 2006, Ganja, Azerbaijan | 3,500.00 |
| Center for Innovations in Education | Inclusive Education, Ukraine, April 2006 | 1,932.00 |
| Naiba Rahman Ahmadova | Road, Romania, March 2006 | 760.00 |
| Ayan Musayeva | Road, Romania, March 2006 | 760.00 |
| Center for Political Technologies | European Integration and Democratic Development, March 2006, Baku, Azerbaijan | 7,620.00 |
| Ruzgar Ecological Society | Environmental Impact of Oil Industry and Oil Revenues, January 2006, Baku, Azerbaijan | 3,980.00 |
| total | 26,327.00 |
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Transparency of oil revenues and public finance |
| Economic and Political Researches Center | International Conference on Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative: Pilot Countries Experience. April 6-8, 2005 | 88,640.00 |
| PFMC | Creation of methodology for monitoring of state projects execution funded by IFI loans, monitoring and reporting | $17,000 |
| "Saniye" Humanitarian Information Analytical Agency | Capacity building for journalists for covering issues related to oil revenues: needs assessment among journalists; translation into Azerbaijani and preparing a shorter guide book for journalists based on "Covering Oil" book"; trainings in capital and in the regions of Azerbaijan for journalists; publication of paper based and e-version of the "Oil and Development in the mirror of press" bulletin; regional Mass Media journalists competition for best articles and broadcasts on oil revenues; training for trainers by Rob Taylor (International Center for Journalists, USA); establishing a network of journalists covering oil revenue issues. | $25,000 |
| "Multimedia" Information Systems and Technologies Center | This organization has drafted the new version of the law on Access to Information and was one of the most active NGOs lobbing passing of this law and Monitoring of the "Access to Information Law" implementation by state budget offices, oil production companies and organization, as well as providing advocacy realization of the citizen's right to access to information in accordance with the law. | $20,000 |
| "EXPERT" magazine | Institutional support for NBG: development of logo, printing of banner, printing of a booklet, creating web-site, conducting NBG presentation for public and Mass Media | $2,639 |
| "EXPERT" magazine | Publications in the series of "Transparent Budget Library": "Budget guide for civil servant"; "Budget Control: State Auditors Chamber activities and civic participation"; "Budget calendars: table and wall versions" | $16,000 |
| Economic Research Center | To educate the population about procedures and norms adopted to calculate and issue compensations: seminars and dissemination published materials. ERC within NBG framework shall conduct a monitoring of the process of compensations allocation to the population, an NBG report is planned to issue including the monitoring results. | $16,000 |
| PFMC | Capacity building for NBG members and training for trainers | $18,000 |
| Independent Economy Center | Monitoring of budget allocation for infrastructure reconstruction: roads | $17,000 |
| "Public Union "Intellekt" | Project is aimed at running activities within NBG strategy in the regions of Azerbaijan: "Ganja City Budget Guide", propaganda clips and talk shows on regional TV channels, articles in regional periodicals, trainings for regional NGOs (by NBG members), production of documentary on budget spending in the regions and broadcast on local TV. | $18,000 |
| Economic Innovations Center | Project is aimed at running activities within NBG strategy in the Nakhchivan Autonomic Republic (western Azerbaijan): capacity building for local NGOs, working with Mass Media, monitoring of Azerbaijan state budget donation spending in Nakhchivan. | $17,000 |
| Khazar University, Economic and Business Research and Education Center | Creation of Teacher's manual for teaching Budget Transparency module in higher education institutions | $8,000 |
| International Ecoenergetic Academy | TV talk shows titled "Oil Revenues belong to all of us" to be aired in the capital and regions | $8,000 |
| Khazar University, Economic and Business Research and Education Center | Creation of Teacher's manual for teaching Oil Producing Countries Economy module in higher education institutions | $8,000 |
| Oil Workers Rights Protection Committee | Public Debates on issue
of transparency and lack of audit in the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan |
$7,900 |
| Economic and Political Research Center | EITI NGO coalitions media work | $6,000 |
| Investigative journalism
competition (11 grantees) |
$40,000 | |
| total | 333,179.00 |
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Public Health |
| "Reliable Future" Youth Organization+ | Bird flu informing for those living in regions with large water basins | 750.00 |
| Ziyad Aslan Nasibov | For participation on ARV therapy training in Kiev | 310.00 |
| Ilaha Jalil Bavarzad | For participation on ARV therapy training in Kiev | 310.00 |
| Zeynab Vagif Zeynalova | For participation on ARV therapy training in Kiev | 310.00 |
| Jeyhun Ayat Eminbeyli | For participation on ARV therapy training in Kiev | 310.00 |
| Ganira Aslan Guliyeva | For participation on ARV therapy training in Kiev | 310.00 |
| Zargalam Majid Omarova | For participation on ARV therapy training in Kiev | 310.00 |
| Arzu Jafar Mammadova | For participation on ARV therapy training in Kiev | 310.00 |
| Dilshad Abdulla Mahmudova | For participation on ARV therapy training in Kiev | 310.00 |
| Adilya Safar Gadirova | For participation on ARV therapy training in Kiev | 310.00 |
| Javahir Zaur Suleymanova | For participation on ARV therapy training in Kiev | 310.00 |
| Elbrus Jahangir Abdullayev | For participation on ARV therapy training in Kiev | 310.00 |
| Nazrin Ogtay Sadikhova | For participation on ARV therapy training in Kiev | 310.00 |
| Murad Movlud Aliyev | For participation on ARV therapy training in Kiev | 310.00 |
| Elchin Adil Mustafayev | For participation on ARV therapy training in Kiev | 310.00 |
| Gulnara Misir Rahimova | For participation on ARV therapy training in Kiev | 310.00 |
| Farida Filyar Huseynli | For participation on ARV therapy training in Kiev | 310.00 |
| Gulsum Dadashova | For participation on ARV therapy training in Kiev | 310.00 |
| Simmetriya Az. Gender Association | Assessment of HIV/AIDS state in prisons | 6,000.00 |
| Iqor Vasilenko with OSI-AF invitation | Harm reduction training for the HIV/AIDS-linked dangerous population groups | 3,854.00 |
| Harm reduction within HIV/AIDS reciprocal measures strengthening project | ||
| Azerbaijan Public Health Association | Harm Reduction | 41,200.00 |
| "Antinarkotizm" International Scientific Analytic Center | Harm Reduction and needs assessments | 22,000.00 |
| Democracy and NGOs Development Resource Center | Harm Reduction | 11,994.00 |
| Azerbaijan Public Health Association | The analysis of low in HIV/AIDS area | 48,187.00 |
| "Antinarkotizm" International Scientific Analytic Center | Harm Reduction | 48,187.00 |
| Lankaran Narcological Dispancer | Harm Reduction | 5,346.00 |
| "Juridical Assistance" Social Union | Harm Reduction | 3,476.00 |
| "Clean World" Human Rights Protection Social Union | Harm Reduction | 15,850.00 |
| "Struggle with AIDS" Public Union | Harm Reduction | 25,876.00 |
| Azerbaijan Republic Health Association | Harm Reduction | 20,200.00 |
| "Birliye Dogru"
Public Union |
Harm Reduction | 13,432.00 |
| total | 271,622.00 |
Total grants amount given by OSI-AF till present - 935.345.00