Encouraging Development of Non-Governmental Organizations in Belarus
Association for International Education and Exchange
- Program Civil Society
- Program Area Strengthening Civic Space
- Grant Amount $155,000
- Grant Period October 1, 2007–September 30, 2010
- Location Dortmund, Germany
- Geographic Focus Belarus
About this grant
The program goal is to support civil society development in Belarus by building the capacity of Belarusian nongovernmental organizations. The grantee, a German nonprofit organization with more than ten years’ experience supporting civil society in Belarus, will work in partnership with United Way Belarus, the country’s leading support center for nonprofit organizations. The program will include the provision of a wide array of informational, training, and consulting services to Belarusian civil society groups. The Association for International Education and Exchange, registered in 1990, and the Minsk city administration own the IBB-Minsk Center, a social and conference facility in Minsk. Since 2001, it has managed the German government-financed Support Program for Belarus, a small grants program fostering civil society partnerships between Germany and Belarus.