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Encouraging Development of Non-Governmental Organizations in Belarus

Association for International Education and Exchange

www.ibb-d.de

  • Program Civil Society
  • Program Area Strengthening Civic Space
  • Grant Amount $100,000
  • Grant Period October 1, 2012–September 30, 2014
  • Location Dortmund, Germany
  • Geographic Focus Belarus

About this grant

The program goal is to support civil society development in Belarus by strengthening Belarusian nongovernmental organizations. The Association for International Education and Exchange, a German nonprofit organization with experience in Belarus, will work with United Way Belarus, the country’s leading support center for nonprofit organizations, to provide a range of Internet-based information and capacity building resources. The grantee and its partner will also provide an array of training and consulting services to Belarusian civil society groups. In 2010-2012, the grantee supported United Way Belarus in its efforts to continue development and operation of its Internet portal for Belarusian civil society (www.ngo.by). Overall usage increased fourfold, and usage from outside Minsk — where there has always been a lack of relevant legal, financial, and programmatic information for nongovernmental organizations — increased by over 50 percent. Registered in 1990, the grantee, together with the Minsk city administration, own a facility in Minsk that is used for meetings that bring together civil society organizations, business people, and government officials. Since 2001, it has managed the German government-financed Belarus Support Program, a small-grants program fostering civil society partnerships between Germany and Belarus.