How and Why NGOs are Created The result of a survey regarding the Moldovan third sector given to the general public, government agencies and NGOs themselves. In Russian and Moldovan. A brief introduction to a new report by the Regional Environmental Center in Hungary. Focuses on specific needs and problems of NGOs on a regional level, and on the national level in 15 CEE countries. Directories of NGOs in Russia and Ukraine Collected by CSI volunteer, Catriona Logan, on her recent trip to Russia.
Directories are in Russian and contact information is provided.
Also includes information on OMRI publications. An article by Randall J. Davis. The development of a strong, independent indigenous non-profit center is challenged by limited resources, inadequate legal structures, ideological remnants of communism, and attitudes of skepticism toward charitable endeavors. An article by Myron Kuropas, columnist for the Ukrainian Weekly , raises questions about the efficacy of US government policies supporting the creation of NGOs in post-Soviet societies. A paper by Valerie Sperling analyzing the impact of foreign funding on the internal dynamics of the Russian women's movement.