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|**BISNISHome PageSearchBISNISEmbassyReportsCountryReportsIndustryReportsPublicationsSourcesof FinanceLeadsand EventsExchangeRatesState ExportsOtherSources** |  | November 1997European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) The EBRD has
announced a Russian-government tender for a Russian Far East air navigation system
modernization project. The project, estimated to cost 50 million ECU, will enhance the present
procedural control capabilities in the Russian Far East and will include procurement of, among
other things: inter-facility satellite communications equipment, air/ground communications
equipment, air traffic control work stations, and ancillary equipment such as emergency power
supply systems, etc. Tendering is expected to begin in December, 1997. For more information on
this procurement, contact: Mr. Victor Galkin, First Deputy Director, Federal Aviation
Authority of Russia, at: +7 (095) 155-5931 (tel), or +7 (095) 151-3335 (fax). For information
about working with the EBRD, contact Dean Peterson, U.S. Department of Commerce Senior
Commercial Officer, EBRD, +44 (171) 338-6569 (tel.), or +44 (171) 338 6487 (fax).The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and theInternational Research & Exchanges Board (IREX) have announced the first of three
rounds of funding in support of strengthening existing partnerships between US and Russian
organizations as part of the Sustaining Partnerships into the Next Century (SPAN) program,
focusing on eight target sectors: civil society, rule of law, tax reform, financial sector, business
development, energy, environment, and health. Under Round I, applicants may request up to
$200,000 in USAID funding for projects a minimum of six months and a maximum of 30 months
long.  The deadline for Round I submissions is November 26, 1997.  It is expected that additional
competitions will be announced in January 1998, and in June 1998. For further information, please
contact Mr. Eugene Shekhtman at [email protected], or visit the IREX website at
http://www.irex.org.This report is provided courtesy of the Business Information Service for the Newly
Independent States (BISNIS)