Eurasia Foundation
Encyclopedia
Eurasia Foundation is a publicly funded, privately managed grantmaker and program implementer working to strengthen civil society
, advance private enterprise and promote public policy
and administration
in the successor states of the former Soviet Union
—Armenia
, Azerbaijan
, Belarus
, Georgia
, Kazakhstan
, the Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova
, Russia
, Tajikistan
, Turkmenistan
, Ukraine
and Uzbekistan
.
A public-private partnership, EF is managed by a board of trustees of private citizens and is supported by the United States Agency for International Development
(USAID) as well as other governments, private foundations, corporations and individuals.
Eurasia Foundation espouses a goal of building organizational sustainability by strengthening the infrastructure of grass-roots organizations and facilitating the development of internal processes and procedures. Eurasia is also launching local institutions built on its organizational model.
Examples of local institutions the Eurasia Foundation has helped to create include: a self-sustaining small and medium business loan fund in Armenia, the only Western-style school of economics
in Ukraine, the New Eurasia Foundation in Russia, and the Eurasia Foundation of Central Asia based in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. EF most recently launched the East Europe Foundation (EEF) in Ukraine in November 2007. Eurasia Foundation has managed to attract millions of dollars of local or international support for all of these initiatives.
EF is expanding this growing network of affiliates by establishing similar institutions in the Caucasus and Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova to bring greater geographic reach, financial investment and social entrepreneurship
to the Eurasia region.
Civil society
Civil society is composed of the totality of many voluntary social relationships, civic and social organizations, and institutions that form the basis of a functioning society, as distinct from the force-backed structures of a state , the commercial institutions of the market, and private criminal...
, advance private enterprise and promote public policy
Public policy
Public policy as government action is generally the principled guide to action taken by the administrative or executive branches of the state with regard to a class of issues in a manner consistent with law and institutional customs. In general, the foundation is the pertinent national and...
and administration
Public administration
Public Administration houses the implementation of government policy and an academic discipline that studies this implementation and that prepares civil servants for this work. As a "field of inquiry with a diverse scope" its "fundamental goal.....
in the successor states of the former Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
—Armenia
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
, Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...
, Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
, Georgia
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
, Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
, the Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova
Moldova
Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, Tajikistan
Tajikistan
Tajikistan , officially the Republic of Tajikistan , is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders it to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east....
, Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan , formerly also known as Turkmenia is one of the Turkic states in Central Asia. Until 1991, it was a constituent republic of the Soviet Union, the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic . Turkmenistan is one of the six independent Turkic states...
, Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
and Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....
.
A public-private partnership, EF is managed by a board of trustees of private citizens and is supported by the United States Agency for International Development
United States Agency for International Development
The United States Agency for International Development is the United States federal government agency primarily responsible for administering civilian foreign aid. President John F. Kennedy created USAID in 1961 by executive order to implement development assistance programs in the areas...
(USAID) as well as other governments, private foundations, corporations and individuals.
Eurasia Foundation espouses a goal of building organizational sustainability by strengthening the infrastructure of grass-roots organizations and facilitating the development of internal processes and procedures. Eurasia is also launching local institutions built on its organizational model.
Examples of local institutions the Eurasia Foundation has helped to create include: a self-sustaining small and medium business loan fund in Armenia, the only Western-style school of economics
Economics
Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
in Ukraine, the New Eurasia Foundation in Russia, and the Eurasia Foundation of Central Asia based in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. EF most recently launched the East Europe Foundation (EEF) in Ukraine in November 2007. Eurasia Foundation has managed to attract millions of dollars of local or international support for all of these initiatives.
EF is expanding this growing network of affiliates by establishing similar institutions in the Caucasus and Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova to bring greater geographic reach, financial investment and social entrepreneurship
Social entrepreneurship
Social entrepreneurship is the work of social entrepreneurs. A social entrepreneur recognizes a social problem and uses entrepreneurial principles to organize, create and manage a venture to achieve social change . While a business entrepreneur typically measures performance in profit and return, a...
to the Eurasia region.