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GMF celebrates its 40 year history and Founder and Chairman, Dr. Guido Goldman at Gala Dinner May 09, 2013 / Washington, DC

GMF held a celebratory gala dinner at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, Wednesday May 8.

Audio
Deal Between Kosovo, Serbia is a European Solution to a European Problem May 13, 2013

In this podcast, GMF Vice President of Programs Ivan Vejvoda discusses last month's historic agreement to normalize relations between Kosovo and Serbia.

Andrew Small on China’s Influence in the Middle East Peace Process May 10, 2013

Anchor Elaine Reyes speaks with Andrew Small, Transatlantic Fellow of the Asia Program for the German Marshall Fund, about Beijing's potential role in brokering peace between Israel and Palestine

Success Stories


The Balkan Trust for Democracy awards grants in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, and Serbia, and also gives regional grants to organizations promoting the benefits of a pan-Balkan network. Below are examples of the work being done.

 

BTD-Funded Documentary The Second Meeting Brings Former Adversaries Face-to-Face

Film tells the story of reconciliation between the Serbian anti-aircraft officer and the U.S. pilot he shot down during the NATO intervention in Kosovo.


Report on Effectiveness of Use of EU Structural Funds in Romania and Bulgaria

The Institute for Public Policy (Romania) and its partner, Green Policy Institute (Bulgaria), have published a comparative report on the transparency and effectiveness of the use of EU Structural Funds in Romania and Bulgaria, available here.  Despite large allocations from EU Structural Funds for the period 2007-2013


Publication: Index of Transparency at Municipal Level in Kosovo

The Speak Up! Movement (FOL) has published the Index of Transparency at Municipal Level, a report on the implementation of the Law on Access to Public Documents at local level in Kosovo, as part of the BTD-supported project “Promoting Greater Transparency of Public Institutions in Kosovo.”


New Youth Workers Graduate in Novi Pazar

On June 30, twenty young people completed an intensive ten-month course in Leadership Development and Youth Work, organized by Urban In (Novi Pazar) and the Center for Youth Work (Novi Sad) with support from BTD and the British Embassy in Belgrade.