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What Did We Learn in Chicago?May 23, 2012
Building an “Atlantic Bridge” across the MediterraneanMay 23, 2012
Finding the Pragmatism behind Hollande’s RhetoricMay 23, 2012
Seeking Better Support for Afghanistan’s Security ForcesMay 23, 2012
Events
GMF Celebrates 40th Anniversary with Berlin Gala May 22, 2012 / BerlinThe German Marshall Fund celebrated its 40th anniversary with a gala dinner at eWerk, an event space, in Berlin on Tuesday, May 22.
In this podcast, GMF Senior Transatlantic Fellow Bruce Stokes interviews Pawel Swieboda, President of demosEUROPA in Warsaw, Poland, about how the European debt crisis will change EU-Asia relations.
GMF Transatlantic Fellow Kati Suominen joined C-SPAN's Washington Journal to discuss the purpose of the G8 and NATO summits and what impact the outcomes of the meetings will have.
Civic Participation
Civic Participation provides dozens of small grants annually to initiatives and indigenous organizations that are engaged in the following types of activities:
* Facilitating public-private dialogues that engage outside experts and ordinary citizens in the reform of key state sectors, from education to health care to civil service reform
* Strengthening civic initiatives that encourage transparency, citizen participation, and government accountability
* Developing policy institutes capable of providing governments with policy ideas and training a new generation of civil servants
* Supporting community dialogues and local citizen fora and civic associations
* Promoting the value of public service and citizen engagement
* Enhancing the role of civil society in conflict management
Note: BST does not fund in-country projects in Bulgaria and Romania. The Balkan Trust for Democracy is fully engaged in Bulgaria and Romania. GMF encourages Bulgarian and Romanian organizations interested in-country work to visit the Balkan Trust for Democracy’s website for more information.
