The East East: Partnership Beyond Borders Program supports initiatives which inform and empower the development and expansion of good citizenship and civic participation, specifically through collaborative work among civic society organizations in more than one country, i.e., "beyond borders."

Through the Program, financial support is awarded to civil society actors and organizations which seek to engage beyond borders to
· share ideas, best practices, lessons learned, experiences and knowledge;
· build and/or strengthen resources, expertise and capacity; and,
· collaborate on innovative solutions to common challenges.

The Subprogram for European Integration prioritizes sharing experiences of the processes of EU accession in Central Europe with future EU member countries and EU neighbors.

The East East: Partnership Beyond Borders Program and the Subprogram for European Integration are implemented by the foundations of the Soros foundations/Open Society Institute (OSI) network in Central and Eastern Europe, Turkey, Central Asia, and Mongolia and with institutional partners in Slovenia, Croatia and Russia. The Program does not plan or implement activities centrally. Rather, the Program supports initiatives as determined by each foundation and partner in consideration of its comprehensive strategies and priorities as outlined in a yearly vision statement.

The Southeast Asia: Beyond Borders Program is a joint program of the OSI Southeast Asia Initiative and the East East: Partnership Beyond Borders Program. The Southeast Asia: Beyond Borders Program prioritizes support for civil society as a force for dialogue, information and knowledge networking, especially among youth and young people, in Southeast Asia.

Examples of initiatives which received Program support in 2006 follow.

Civil Society Monitoring of Democratic Processes
Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation-Armenia

Facilitating Civil Society Networking in the Western Balkans
Fund for an Open Society-Serbia

Barrier Free Open Cities: Protection of the Rights of People with Disability
Soros Foundation-Kazakhstan

Capacity Building for Working with Socially Excluded Young People
Open Society Fund-Lithuania

Engaging Civil Society Organizations to Promote Responsible Citizenship
Soros Foundation-Moldova, International Renaissance Foundation (Ukraine), Open Society Foundation-Romania

Overcoming Discrimination and Marginalization of Disabled Children and their Families
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)

100 initiatives have received/are receiving Program support to date in 2007, examples of which follow.

Citizen Engagement and Public Participation: Transparency in Decision-Making
Open Society Forum Mongolia

Charitable Activity Strategies for NGOs: Experiences in Azerbaijan and Romania
Open Society Institute Assistance Foundation-Azerbaijan

Start Negotiating/Developing Intercultural Dialogue: University Students in Serbia, Kosovo, Macedonia
Fund for an Open Society-Serbia, Kosovo Foundation for Open Society

Building Capacity of NGOs: Monitoring Gender Equality Standards
Stefan Batory Foundation (Poland)

Please note that OSF London programs form part of the wider program operated by OSI. For further details please use the following link: http://www.soros.org/initiatives/east