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Civic Education Project records, C0109, Special Collections and Archives, George Mason University Libraries.
Donated by T. Mills Kelly in 2009.
Processed by Deborah Kathman in 2009. EAD markup completed by Tom Duncan in 2010.
The Civic Education Project was a non-profit organization that provided Western-trained teachers and lecturers in the social sciences to universities in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union after the fall of communism. Beginning in 1991 with the support from George Soros through his Open Society Institute (OSI), lecturers were sent to teach at eight universities in Czechoslovakia. This Visiting Lecturers program was expanded throughout Eastern Europe over the next several years. In 1996 the mission of the CEP was enhanced by the addition of the Eastern Scholars program, which assisted regional universities by funding local scholars and encouraging them to stay in academia. The CEP was successful, but in 2003, the OSI, the major funding source of the CEP, suggested that the CEP and Higher Education Support Program-HESP, a similar organization created by the OSI, merge. An independent evaluation was completed and recommendations for a possible merger made, but the Board of Directors did not move ahead with the merge and, in the absence of their major funding source, decided to cease operation of the CEP in 2004.
The Civic Education Project records contain subject-arranged materials pertaining to the work of the Civic Education Project.
Series 1 contains material from the Board of Trustees, including minutes of the meetings and correspondence among its members.
Series 2 contains administrative information, including by-laws, policies, and certificates of incorporation and withdrawal.
Series 3 contains information about the Civic Education Project program, including a description of the program, information on book donations and statistics.
Series 4 includes financial information, budgets, accounts, tax information and correspondence with attorneys and the U.K. Charity Commission.
Series 5 contains correspondence between George Soros, the Civic Education Project and the Open Society Institute.
Series 6 contains information on funding and various grants, including grant applications.
Series 7 contains information on the Civic Education Project's foreign offices, including charters and legal documents from a number of countries in Europe and Asia.
Series 8 contains publications by the Civic Education Project, including annual reports, newsletters and directories.
Series 9 contains conference materials.
Series 10 contains photos and slides from conferences and meetings held between 1991 and 2004.
Series 11 contains power points, VHS and CDs from conferences and orientations.
Series 12 contains memorabilia, including a T-shirt and a corporate seal.
Organized into twelve series.
Series 1: Board of Directors Information, 1993-2004 (Boxes 1-3) Series 2: Administrative Information, 1992-2003 (Boxes 3-4) Series 3: CEP Program Information, 1992-2002 (Box 4) Series 4: Finance Information, 1992-2003 (Box 5) Series 5: George Soros/Open Society Institute/HESP, 1992-2004 (Box 6) Series 6: Funding/Grants, 1995-2004 (Boxes 7-9) Series 7: Foreign Country Office Information, 1997-2004 (Boxes 9-10) Series 8: Publications, 1994-2004 (Boxes 11-14) Series 9: Conference Materials (chronological), 1995-2003 (Boxes 14-17) Series 10: Photos/Slides, 1991-2004 (Boxes 18-25) Series 11: Other Media, 1994-2004 (Boxes 26) Series 12: Memorabilia, 1992-2004 (Boxes 27)Special Collections and Archives also holds the George Mason University archives, which include files on international education.
Russia 5th Anniversary Student Conference, St. Petersburg (May 15-17, 1999), Poland-Baltics Orientation and Romania Orientation (Sept. 2000), and Bulgaria Macedonia Orientation (Sept. 2000)
Student Conference Budapest (May 5-10, 2000), CD Meeting (Oct. 25-30, 2000) and Anglo American College Student Conference, Prague (Dec. 1-3 2000)
5 SEE Roundtable and Orientation, Bulgaria (2001) and EU Studies Roundtable, Sofia, Bulgaria (Feb., 2001)
Caucasus Debate Forum, Tbilisi (March 2001), CD Meeting (March-April 2001)
Czech/Slovakia Orientation (Sept. 2001), Albania/Montenegro/Serbia Orientation (Sept. 2001) and Belgrade, Serbia and Balkan Debate Forum, Romania (2001)
Orientation (2001), Conference, "Critical Sociology: Perspectives on Society and Sociology, Tbilisi, Georgia (June, 2002) and SEE Orientation, Budapest, Hungary (Sept. 2002)
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Radio Interview with Gasan Guseinov about the CEP-Bosch Conference theme St. Petersburg, March 2003
Sofia, Bulgaria, Debate Sessions: "Political and Economic Globalization Has Positive Effects on Balkan Countries", and "NATO's Action In Yugoslavia Resulted in Deeper Cleavages within the Balkan Region"
Sofia, Bulgaria, Debate Session: "The Creation of Ethnically Homogenous States In the Balkans is the Only Way to Achieve a Peaceful Co-existence in the Region", and "Changes on the 90s Have Increased Opportunities for Young Women in Balkan Countries"
Sofia, Bulgaria, Debate Session "Balkan Countries' Economic Prosperity is Impossible without Substantial Foreign Aid", and Final Country Presentations
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