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Through an extensive

international network of

representatives and field

offices from Prague to

Vladivostok, IREX administers

a range of programs between

the United States and the

countries of Eastern Europe,

the New Independent States

(NIS), Central Asia, the

Caucasus, Asia, and the

Near East.

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I R E X g l o b a l n e t w o r kThe span of

IREX worldwide

T h e s p a n o f I R E X w o r l d w i d e

IREX is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to the

advancement of knowledge. Central to its mission is the empowering

of individuals and institutions to participate meaningfully in civil

society. IREX administers programs between the United States and

the countries of Eastern Europe, the New Independent

States, Asia, and the Near East.

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IREX can look to many successes

in 2000. For instance, we provided

over 350 academic and research fellow-

ships, trained over 6,000 individuals in

Internet and computer use, and made

190 institutional subgrants, including

several to independent Serbian and

Kosovar media. We are also proud of

continuing to streamline our administra-

tive expenses, making IREX a more pro-

fessional and competitive organization.

Past accomplishments alone, how-

ever, are not sufficient. We need to look

ahead and continue to improve. To

enhance our leadership role, we are

engaged in strategic planning and

developing innovative programming

that draws on IREX’s extensive aca-

demic resources and experience in

running exchanges, training programs,

and technical assistance efforts. Let

me cite two examples.

IREX has been

in the vanguard of

redefining traditional area studies

models. Recently we introduced a bold

new program—the Black and Caspian

Sea Collaborative Research

Program—that examines the political,

economic, and cultural interactions

among the littoral states. At its core, this

is an academic program, providing

grants for joint regional research by

American and international scholars.

But it also extends the impact of the

research by directly addressing policy

matters, business development, and

social issues.

Just as regional distinctions are

changing, so too are the lines between

program areas. For example, the divide

between media and the Internet or the

Internet and academia is becoming

less pronounced. To explore this new

phenomenon, IREX is organizing a

conference entitled, “Russia in the

Information Age: Balancing Regulation

and Freedom,” that will analyze the dig-

ital divide, Russian law and the Internet,

and the impact of the Internet on

research, media, and business. The

conference will be followed by an

interactive on-line Center for Internet

and Governance.

IREX administers many different

programs, ranging from policy forums

to independent media and NGO devel-

opment. Our goal for the coming year

is to continue integrating our tradition-

al focus on academic work and research

with our programs that build civil

society, making sure all programming is

mutually reinforcing. This is a big

challenge, and we’re ready to meet it.

L e t t e r f r o m t h e P r e s i d e n t

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Academic and research programs are

at The development of a civil society

relies upon the knowledge and skills of

its citizens and institutions. For over

thirty years IREX programs have

advanced the education and expertise of

thousands of students, scholars, and pro-

fessionals in over 30 countries. Through

exchange programs, research grants,

conferences, and alumni support servic-

es, IREX cultivates informed societies

and cultural understanding between and

among the United States, Eastern

Europe, the New Independent States,

the Near East, and Asia.

In 2000 IREX: � Awarded individual fellowships to

110 US and 250 international students,

scholars, and professionals for study,

research, and collaborative projects; � Organized nearly 250 alumni

events attended by over 7,000 scholars,

students, policymakers, and business

and NGO leaders; and� Provided information on US study

opportunities to over 100,000 students

seeking to pursue an education in the

United States.

PUTTING KNOWLEDGE TO WORK

Svetlana Pouchkareva has invigorat-

ed a small foundation in her hometown

of Togliatti, Russia by developing and

implementing new fundraising strate-

gies, recruiting volunteers, and giving

training sessions on community devel-

opment to other local NGOs. She

developed the skills for this position in

Oxford, Ohio while participating in the

Russian-US Young Leadership

Fellows for Public Service Program

(YLF), where she assisted a local foun-

dation in its fundraising efforts and

established a Russian club as a language

and cultural resource for college stu-

dents and the community.

HELPING ALUMNI MAKE AN IMPACT AT HOME

Citizens of Georgia came a step

closer to overcoming the country’s seri-

ous hepatitis problem when 2,000

copies of the booklet Hepatitis C: The

Hidden Epidemic were distributed free of

charge to public health workers and

blood banks across the nation. The

booklet, which details disease preven-

tion, diagnosis, and treatment, was pub-

lished through an ECA Alumni Small

Grant awarded to Georgia native

Ketevan Stvilia.

A d v a n c i n g A c a d e m i a & R e s e a r c hThe span of

IREX programs

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HELPING CORPORATIONS STAY ON TOP

Over 50 Romanian and internation-

al companies and 170 Romanian young

professionals gathered in Bucharest to

participate in the first Return to

Romania Career Development Project

(RTR) Job Fair. The fair presented a

unique opportunity for employers and

job seekers to meet face to face and

match corporate strategies with indi-

vidual career plans. As a direct result of

the conference, over a dozen RTR par-

ticipants secured employment.

SUPPORTING INNOVATIVE RESEARCH

Graduate student Mark Zimny

spent his nine-month Individual

Advanced Research Opportunities

(IARO) scholarship in Warsaw study-

ing the social consequences of post-

communist democratization in Poland,

Russia, and Lithuania. Specifically, he

examined the development and preva-

lence of severe alcoholism within

groups of youth and adults and the

resultant effects on mortality rates and

social problems, such as increases in

violent crime. Although these issues

have been studied in other contexts,

Zimny’s work was innovative in how it

considered the extent that these prob-

lems are sociological effects of transi-

tioning nations.

DEVELOPING NEW AREA STUDIES

In the last decade, the area of the

Black and Caspian Seas has developed

as a crucial geopolitical region. To

address this issue, IREX hosted the

“Regional Dynamics of the Black and

Caspian Sea Basins” conference in

Odesa, Ukraine. Approximately 60

participants from Armenia, Azerbaijan,

Bulgaria, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova,

Romania, Russia, Turkey, Turkmenistan,

Ukraine, and the United States con-

vened to discuss the current body of

knowledge on this area and the increas-

ing trend toward regional integration.

The conference also launched a series of

IREX initiatives—including the

Collaborative Grants Program—to

bring scholars together to research in

more depth issues affecting the region.

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SIrina Aervitz, Russian YLF

fellow 1999-2000, interned in

the office of Senator Voinovich

(R-OH), where she learned

about US government firsthand,

complementing her formal

study of international relations.

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P i o n e e r i n g i n t e r n e t a c c e s s

Providing open access to informa-

tion is central to IREX’s mission.

Through its innovative Internet and

computer training programs, IREX

empowers academics, professionals, and

other NIS citizens to use the opportuni-

ties of the Internet to transform their

societies. IREX works to bridge the dig-

ital divide between east and west

through its management of more than

50 public access sites, part of the ECA-

funded Internet Access and Training

Program (IATP), and through its spe-

cialized grant programs. In 2000 alone

IREX provided e-mail accounts and

Internet access to 6,000 individuals per

month; trained more than 6,200 people

to use computers; and hosted more than

460 web sites and 30 mailing lists.

CREATING ACCESS TO INFORMATION

IREX opened its groundbreaking

IATP site in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, pro-

viding the only free access to the

Internet in the entire country. The site

has been essential to scholars like

Fulbright alumnus Kamoludin

Abdullaev who used the site’s resources

to exchange research with Tajik experts

worldwide and complete the book

Politics of Compromise: The Tajikistan

Peace Process.

PROVIDING SPECIALIZED TRAINING

The conclusion of the Internet

Training for Journalists program

(ITJ) in Bosnia and Herzegovina yield-

ed impressive results following two years

of hard work. IREX conducted 33

training seminars, instructing 118 jour-

nalists how to conduct on-line

research to access more accu-

rate and more timely infor-

mation. Support for

journalists in the region also

included donations and instal-

lations of computer and satel-

lite equipment at selected

media outlets and the devel-

opment and launching of an

ITJ web site for journalists.

IREX continues to provide

support for journalists in the region

through its ProMedia programs.

OPENING DOORS

In 2000, IREX opened three new

IATP sites in Belarus, creating a total net-

work of five sites spread across the coun-

try with hundreds of e-mail users, newly

created web sites, and a broad computer

training portfolio. In politically repressive

countries such as Belarus, IREX Internet

programs represent an unrestricted win-

dow to Western media and democratic

thinking via the World Wide Web.

Alumna of US-government sponsored program using a computer at

the opening of the Dushanbe, Tajikistan IATP site, the only free

Internet access source in the country.

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S u p p o r t i n g i n d e p e n d e n t m e d i a

Independent media are essential to

citizen decision-makers in democratic

societies. IREX has been supporting

independent print and broadcast media

in new democracies of Central, Eastern,

and Southern Europe for over six years

by producing change in four areas: busi-

ness performance, media law, profession-

al standards, and institutional support.

Currently managing Professional Media

II (ProMedia) in ten countries, IREX’s

media programs combine many of

IREX’s traditional strengths—profes-

sional training, institution building,

exchange of experience and knowl-

edge—and focus them on this single,

critically important sector.

BUILDING MEDIA RESOURCES

In Kosovo, IREX’s USAID-funded

ProMedia program led the internation-

al effort that built the Kosovo

Terrestrial Transmission Network

(KTTN), making independent radio

and television available to the majority

of the province’s 1.8 million inhabi-

tants. Having met the technical

challenges of building this multi-tower

system on hilly terrain in a brief

amount of time, IREX’s next task is to

assist the transfer of administration to

an independent Kosovar nongovern-

mental organization.

PROMOTING NEW SOURCES OF INDEPENDENT NEWS

IREX worked through all stages of

design, launch, and expansion of the

independent Croatian Commercial

Network (CCN), which has now com-

pleted its first year of broadcasting. In

this short time it has developed a solid

reputation for objective, informative

news reporting.

PROTECTING JOURNALISTS

Through the Legal Defense and

Education Program (LDEP) in Ukraine,

IREX has had real impact on the ability

of public officials to use defamation

actions to silence journalists. LDEP has

educated Ukraine’s supreme and lower

court justices on their own “public fig-

ure doctrine” and free-speech rights,

resulting in more victories for media in

libel and defamation cases.

ADVOCATING MEDIA LEGISLATION

With IREX’s guidance, Bulgarian

media NGOs and free speech advocates

were able to get the Access to Public

Information Law passed in the country’s

parliament. With the threat of

incarceration for libel charges gone,

the Bulgarian media are able to print

and broadcast more balanced and

honest news.

As a result of IREX’s

assistance through the

ProMedia program,

Belarusian journalists

are better able to

cover national and

international events.

IREX capacity-building and training

programs empower individuals and

organizations to promote democratiza-

tion and economic growth, the building

blocks of a strong civil society. IREX

manages targeted grants to support com-

munity-based organizations that respond

to local needs and deliver practical servic-

es. Sectors and organizations receiving

direct support from IREX include

women's crisis centers that fight domestic

violence, environmental and human

rights organizations, and associations for

the disabled, homeless, and children.

ATTAINING PRACTICAL RESULTS

There is an urgent need to raise pub-

lic awareness of domestic violence in the

Russian Federation and to provide servic-

es such as psychological and legal coun-

seling to victims. IREX addresses this

need through the USAID-funded

Program to Support Crisis Centers

for Women in Russia (WCC), provid-

ing training and small grants to more

than 40 grassroots women’s crisis centers.

The Voronezh Social Movement and

Crisis Center, for example, used a grant

to establish a hotline that has assisted

1,640 individuals in its first six months.

Outreach efforts by the center have fur-

ther resulted in the local government’s

decision to set aside part of a new local

homeless shelter for battered women and

their children seeking refuge.

CREATING POSITIVE CHANGE

The quality of life for city residents

in Nizhnii Tagil, Russia has been

improving since Clean Home of Nizhnii

Tagil and The Institute for Sustainable

Communities of Montpelier, VT began

working together through the USAID-

funded Sustaining Partnerships into

the Next Century (SPAN) program.

Together they are working to create a

path of undeveloped, protected land,

known as the Greenway, that provides a

natural environment where people can

get away from the smog and pollution of

this heavily industrialized city.

SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONAL NETWORKS

IREX has begun to support a

network of more than 6,000 nongovern-

mental organizations (NGOs) through

the Promoting and Strengthening

Russian NGO Development Program

(Pro-NGO), awarded by USAID in

2000. Over the course of the three-year

program, IREX will provide core fund-

ing to approximately 22 NGO resource

centers in 19 regions of Russia focusing

on social welfare, political advocacy,

youth, and health care.

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Subgrantees of the Clean

Home-ISC partnership, “Young

Naturalists,” plant flowers along

the Greenway in Nizhnii Tagil,

Russia. The youth, as part of a

larger alliance being formed for

the maintenance of public

spaces, have already planted

over 1,000 trees and shrubs

and 8,000 flowers.

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IREX’s broad programming efforts

reinforce each other in their joint objec-

tive to build democracy and provide

access to information. The capacity of

one program often strengthens the abil-

ities of another. Supporting independent

media organizations is more effective

when access to and knowledge of the

Internet is available; fellows and scholars

who return to their home countries

from exchange programs are often aided

in their professional efforts by NGO

strengthening projects; and other mutu-

ally overlapping efforts. Below are some

examples where IREX successes crossed

from one traditional range of program-

ming to another, proving that diverse

programming can be mutually reinforc-

ing, and that individual programs can

have far-reaching effects.

In Kosovo, IREX’s ProMedia proj-

ect helped found KosovaLive, an inde-

pendent news agency that provides a

new kind of domestic information serv-

ice to Kosovar citizens and the interna-

tional community. Providing real-time

news and information completely

on-line, KosovaLive has taken advan-

tage of the enormous benefits offered by

modern technology.

American Young Leaders Fellowship

recipient Kirill Shamin volunteers at the

Rostov Resource Center, which is part

of IREX’s Pro-NGO network. Shamin’s

work at the center, complemented by his

participation in multiple regional NGO

conferences, aids him in his efforts to

develop methods for strengthening

NGOs in southern Russia.

Mahbuba Ergasheva has made note-

worthy contributions towards women's

issues in her native Uzbekistan by

founding and managing the NGO

Center for Women Leaders, developing

a web site that addresses the challenges

facing women in Uzbekistan, and repre-

senting her country at international con-

ferences on gender issues. Her

experience in the United States as a

Contemporary Issues fellow and her fre-

quent use of the IREX Internet public

access sites in Tashkent have strength-

ened her organization and significantly

aided her efforts to raise awareness

of this topic.

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is from, and what she is studying

Fiscal year 2000 was an exceptional

year for IREX, marked by several signifi-

cant accomplishments including an

increase in revenue from the previous year

of 76% and an increase in net assets of

12%. During this period of unprecedent-

ed growth IREX was also able to reduce

its administrative expenses by 28%.

As shown by the chart on this page,

IREX’s revenue has grown from $5.5

million in 1991 to $32 million in 2000.

The challenge that IREX faces over the

next several years is to maintain revenue

at a consistent level while at the same

time keeping our administrative cost to a

level which will allow us to provide sup-

port to all of our program divisions

while remaining competitive.

The attached Statement of Activities

and Changes in Net Assets have been

audited by IREX’s long standing CPA

firm, Keller Bruner & Company, LLP.

Stephen S. WolkVice President for Finance & Administration

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S t r u c t u r e a n d p r o g r a m s

I R EX BOAR D O F D I R E CTO R SFY 2000 (July 1, 1999-June 30, 2000)

John J. Roberts, Chairman Barbara A. Anderson Naomi F. Collins Franz B. EhrhardtHerbert S. Levine John Maresca Daniel C. MatuszewskiEllen MickiewiczJames R. MillarMark G. Pomar, Ex OfficioSarah PrattDariusz K. RosatiJohn H. SchmidtRoman SzporlukKurt A. WimmerSusan L. Woodward Barry Zorthian

I R EX U N I V E R S IT Y C O U N C I L M E M B E R SFY 2000 (July 1, 1999-June 30, 2000)

Barbara A. Anderson, ChairwomanClifford G. GaddyStephanie PlatzSarah PrattAzade-Ayse RorlichNancy Roth RemingtonGilbert RozmanNazif ShahraniBen Slay

I R EX MANAG E M E NT STAFF 2 000

Mark G. PomarPresident

Stephen S. WolkVice President for Finance and Administration

Robert CroninDirector of Partnerships and Training Division

Nancy HedinDirector of Media Development Division

Randal MasonDirector of Development

Bryce E. RichDirector of Operations

Joyce WarnerDirector of Academic Exchanges and Research Division

I R EX CA LE N DAR YEAR 2 000 PR O G R AM S

Black Sea Regional Symposium (INR)Business for Russia (ECA)Centers for Corporate and Cultural Development (Starr)China Resident Fellows Program (Starr)Community Connections: Russia, Armenia,

Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan (ECA)Computer-Based Testing Centers (Prometric)Alumni Small Grants Program (ECA)Education Information Centers (ECA)Elementary-Level Teacher Training in Armenia

(ECA, The City of Alexandria, Virginia’s Gyumri Sister City Committee)

FSA Contemporary Issues Fellowships (ECA)Freedom Support Act Graduate Fellowship Program (ECA)

Fulbright Senior Scholar Program (subcontract to CIES) (ECA)

Huang Hsing Foundation Chun-tu Hsueh Lecture Series (Huang Hsing)

Individual Advanced Research Opportunities (NEH, INR, SSF)

Internet Access and Training Program: Caucasus, Central Asia, Western NIS (ECA)

Internet Training for Journalists: Bosnia and Herzegovina (ECA)

IREX Consortium for the Humanities and Social Sciences (Carnegie)

Media Internships for Southeastern Europe Program (ECA)Mongolian Language Training Program (Luce)Mongolia Research Fellowship Program (Luce)NATO Open Internet Exchange (NATO)Policy Forums (INR)The Promoting and Strengthening Russian NGODevelopment Program (Pro-NGO) (USAID)Program to Support Crisis Centers for Women

in Russia (USAID)Professional Media Programs (USAID)Regional Educational Advising Coordinator (ECA)Regional Scholar Exchange Program (ECA)Return to Romania Project (USAID)Ron Brown Fellowship Program (ECA)Russian-US Young Leadership Fellows

for Public Service Program (ECA)Short-Term Travel Grants Program (NEH, INR)Social Sciences and Curriculum Development (ECA)Sustaining Partnerships into the Next

Century Project (USAID)

IREX

MAJ O R FU N D E R SCarnegie Corporation of New YorkThe Henry Luce Foundation, Inc.National Endowment for the

Humanities (NEH)John J. and Nancy Lee RobertsThe Starr FoundationUnited States Agency

for International Development (USAID)United States Department of State,

Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA)

United States Department of State, Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR)

PU B L I C & PR I VATES U PPO RTE R SAmerican International Group, Inc.Anne Pendleton/Events InternationalArnold & PorterAT&T CIS Ltd.The Boeing CompanyCable News Network (CNN)The City of Alexandria, Virginia's Gyumri

Sister City Committee The Coca-Cola CompanyCovington & BurlingCouncil for the International Exchange of

Scholars/ Institute of International Education (CIES/ IIE)

Delphi Automotive SystemsDelta Airlines, Inc.

Dorothy Perlow FundFaciliCom InternationalThe Huang Hsing FoundationSamuel H. Kress FoundationThe Lucius N. Littauer FoundationMicrosoft CorporationNorth Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)Open Society Institute (OSI)O’Reilly AssociatesPrometric

2 000 CA LE N DAR YEARS C H O LAR S U PPO RT FU N D(SS F) D O NAT I O N S 8 Anonymous DonorsBarbara AndersonAnthony A. AnemoneJames BaileyDaniel BalmuthDavid BarsnessBurt BeynenRobert BlobaumJoseph BradleyJohn S. BushnellSharon M. CarnickeBogdana CarpenterTimothy CheekStephen Cohen Naomi F. CollinsJonathan CoopersmithRichard CrawfordGerald CreedRita Csapo-SweetRobert V. Daniels

Paul DebreczenyBarbara EngelElizabeth EnglishGeorge EnteenDianne FarrellRalph Jr. FisherAnne O. FreedJanice GintzlerSamuel Robert GoldbergerElizabeth Ann GoldsteinKatherine GraneyJo-Ann GrossRichard GustafsonBarbara Haggh-HugloDale E. HallMichael HammAlison HiltonWilliam HusbandPeter JuvilerFrederick KelloggDiane KoenkerWinfred KohlsMichael KrausKevin D. KrauseKatherine LahtiHerbert S. LevineElliot LiebermanNancy O. LurieClaudia MacdonaldHannah MandelRoberta ManningHomer MershonTimothy E. O’ConnorDonna Orwin

David OstBarbara ParteeEmil PolakPatricia PolanskyMark G. PomarSarah PrattRichard RobbinsJeffrey RossmanRobert RothsteinChristine RuaneBlair A. RubleChristine RydelJames P. ScanlanWilliam SchmalstiegLouise ShelleyDarrell SliderDouglas SmithSusannah SmithElena SokolJohn A. SternRichard StitesPeter SuzukiCharles H. SwordSarah TerryChristy G. Turner IIKatrina Vanden HeuvelGayle WimmerMarshall WinokurRichard WortmanSymond YavenerOlga YokoyamaOlga YokoyamaReginald E. Zelnik

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