Grants
Fiscal Year 2006
[April, 2006 - March, 2007]
The Fergana Valley Project
Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Amount for FY2006: $46,816 (Year 1)
Located in the heart of Central Asia, the territory of the Fergana Valley is currenly shared by Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan. This three-year project will produce an interdisciplinary book on the Fergana Valley's history and contemporary situation in order to assist regional governments and international agencies in creating well-informed policies that can reduce conflict and promote peaceful relations in the region. The 600-page book will be published in English and in the three national languages of the Fergana Valley. (3-yer project)
Implementing the United Nations Handbook on Nonprofit Institutions in Asia
Center for Civil Society Studies, Institute for Policy Studies, Johns Hopkins Univeristy, USA
Amount for FY2006: $65,000 (Year 2)
Efforts to encourage the development and recognition of the civil society sector have long been impeded by a basic lack of reliable data about these organizations. To correct this, the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies joined with the United Nations Statistics Division and an international team of statistical experts to produce a Handbook on Nonprofit Institutions in the System of National Accounts to guide national statistical offices in their treatment of nonprofit institutions in regular national economic statistics. This project promoted the implementation of the handbook in Japan and other countries in Asia. (3-year project)
Water Management Beyond 2020 For a Rapidly Changing World
Third World Centre for Water Management, Mexico
Amount: $80,000
Rapid changes in the global scene mean that it will no longer be possible to anticipate future global water problems, let alone to solve them, with historical knowledge, experience, and mindsets. This project very specifically considered how water should be managed efficiently and equitably during the post-2020 period so that the solutions formulated are technologically feasible, economically attractive, socially acceptable and environmentally friendly. To meet these challenges, a workshop was held in Zaragoza, Spain in November 2006 with a diverse group of water experts from around the world. The results of this workshop were published as a book as well as in international journals, and also were publicized through the media.