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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.

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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

Good Governance Grantee List


Organization: Access – Sofia Foundation
Project Name: Monitoring Municipal Economic Activities
Description: To monitor and evaluate the financial activities of the municipality of Sofia and advocate for greater transparency and accountability in the management of municipal finances.
Website: www.access-sofia.org

Organization: Association NAIA
Project Name: Civil Observation of the Local Authority Performance – as a Guarantee for Good Governance
Description: To increase civic participation and introduce gender mainstreaming to the municipal decision-making in Targovishte.

Organization: Association of Rhodope Municipalities
Project Name: Good Governance in the Rhodope Region of Bulgaria
Description: To improve state-civic cooperation, municipal services, and socio-economic development in 21 municipalities in south-central Bulgaria.
Website: www.arm-bg.org

Organization: Black Sea NGO Network
Project Name: Initiative for Effective Citizens’ Control on Governments: Practical Aspects of Transparency, Accountability and Efficiency
Description: To train the civic organizations and media outlets in north-eastern Bulgaria to exercise effective civic control of their local and central government officials and agencies.
Website: www.bseanetwork.org

Organization: Blue Link Information Network
Project Name: The Power of IT in Combating Illegal Logging
Description: To support state-civic cooperation in the fight against illegal logging with the creation of an advocacy network and a web portal for the reporting of illegal logging.
Website: www.bluelink.net

Organization: Broadcast Training Center Pro Media Foundation
Project Name: Fighting Corruption through Investigative TV Programming
Description: To continue to produce a successful television program that exposes cases of corruption at the local and national level, focusing on new areas of corruption.
Website: www.btcpromedia.org

Organization: Bulgarian Center for Not-for-Profit Law
Project Name: Building Up an Effective Cooperation between Civic Organizations and Public Administration in the Decision–Making Process
Description: To create and consolidate a mechanism for state-civic consultations at the national executive level.
Website: www.bcnl.org

Organization: Bulgarian Energy Forum
Project Name: Energy Broad Information Unit (Energy Think-Tank)
Description: To support civic involvement in Bulgarian energy decision-making processes by creating a specialized web portal and forum for public and expert debates on energy related issues and state-civic cooperation in policy development.
Website: www.bulenergo.com

Organization: Bulgarian Institute for Legal Initiatives Foundation
Project Name: Improvement of the Quality of Legal Education as a Guarantee for Successful Judicial Reform
Description: To assess the quality of legal education, develop reform recommendations, and advocate for the adoption of said recommendations.
Website: www.bili-bg.org

Organization: Centre for Educational Programs and Social Initiatives
Project Name: Civil Participation in Development and Making Local Policy
Description: To strengthen civic control of local authorities and increase civic participation in the development and implementation of local policies in three municipalities in central-eastern Bulgaria.
Website: www.cepsi95.org

Organization: Centre for South East European Studies
Project Name: Enhancing the Role of Civil Society in Emergency Management on Local Level
Description: To increase civic participation in local emergency management in five municipalities in south-central Bulgaria.
Website: www.csees.net

Organization: Center for the Study of Democracy
Project Name: Monitoring of Anti-Corruption Reforms in Bulgaria
Description: To identify the level of corruption in public administration, develop national anti-corruption policy-recommendations, and advocate for the adoption of said recommendations.
Website: www.csd.bg

Organization: Civic Association against Corruption and Illegal Construction
Project Name: Advocacy for the Improvement of the Bulgarian Condominium Bill
Description: To facilitate civic involvement in the preparation of proposals for the amendment of the legislation governing the operations of condo and homeowner associations in Bulgaria.
Website: www.antisofcor.org

Organization: Economic Policy Institute
Project Name: Transparent Governance on Central and Local Level in Bulgaria – Raising Administrative Capacity and Enhancing Cooperation to Reduce Corruption Risks and Practices in Public Procurement
Description: To identify corruption risks in the distribution of EU cohesion and structural funds and find adequate mechanisms to reduce and manage these risks.
Website: www.epi-bg.org

Organization: Euro-Atlantic Education Initiative Foundation
Project Name: Transparency in the Decision-Making Process in the Ministry of Defense of Bulgaria
Description: To establish a partnership relationship between the civil society and the Bulgarian Ministry of Defense and improve the transparency, accountability, and efficiency of the military decision-making process.
Website: eaei.wordpress.com

Organization: Foundation for Local Government Reform
Project Name: The Good Governance Principles: Bridging Citizens and Governments
Description: To test and promote a new local good-governance model.
Website: www.flgr.bg

Organization: Foundation “Partners for Effective Solutions”
Project Name: Benchmarking of Web Sites of Local Governments in Bulgaria
Description: To support the development of e-governance in Bulgaria by benchmarking all local government websites and formulating tailor-made improvement-recommendations.
Website: www.per-bg.org

Organization: Institute for Market Economics
Project Name: Regulatory Impact Assessment – A Tool for Better Regulation in Bulgaria
Description: To facilitate the application of regulatory impact assessment to all new government regulations and ensure efficient, transparent, and accountable governance and public spending.
Website: www.ime.bg

Organization: Journalists-against-Corruption Club
Project Name: The Prosecution Facing Society
Description: To increase the transparency and efficiency of the Chief Prosecutor’s Office and encourage and facilitate civic participation in the fight against corruption.
Website: www.nenakorupciata.org

Organization: Justicia Association
Project Name: Courts, Citizens, and Attorneys – Partnership for Monitoring the Civil Procedure Code
Description: To monitor the implementation of the new Civil Procedure Code in north-western Bulgaria.

Organization: National Association of Municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria
Project Name: Citizens and Municipalities Advocate together for Real Reforms in Public Service
Description: To support a joint public-private effort to develop and advocate administrative reforms that would improve the capacity of local authorities to deal with social, educational, and environmental issues.
Website: www.namrb.org

Organization: NGO Forum Association
Project Name: Capacity Building of Bulgarian Judiciary to Investigate, Prosecute, and Try Cases of Cultural Theft
Description: To improve the capacity of Bulgarian judiciary to investigate, prosecute, and try cases of cultural theft.
Website: N/A

Organization: Open Society Club Ruse
Project Name: Citizens Control upon the Real Estates of Ruse Municipality
Description: To make the public management of municipal property in the municipality of Ruse transparent and accountable by ensuring free public access to information and civic participation in the decision-making process.
Website: www.oscrousse.org

Organization: Open Society Club Sliven
Project Name: Supporting Judicial Reform in the South-East Planning Region through Enhancement of the Cooperation between Judiciary and Civil Society
Description: To set up watchdog bodies and train judges, jurors, and journalists in order to improve the efficiency, transparency, and accountability of court systems in three municipalities in south-eastern Bulgaria.
Website: N/A

Organization: Professional Association of Mediators in Bulgaria
Project Name: Get Ready to Settle – Sofia Regional Court ADR Program
Description: To train judges in the Sofia Regional Court in mediation and mediation referral techniques, and create a demand for mediation services in this and other Bulgarian courts.
Website: www.pamb.info

Organization: Program for the Development of the Judicial System
Project Name: Strengthening the Court System in Bulgaria
Description: To support the judicial reform process in Bulgaria by consolidating and expanding the USAID’s Model Courts and Courts in Partnership Program.
Website: www.prss-bg.org

Organization: Public Procurement National Institute
Project Name: Public Procurement Management for Transparent Government
Description: To improve public procurement by developing and instituting an integrated risk assessment and management system.
Website: N/A

Organization: Regional Association of Municipalities “Trakia”
Project Name: Active Civic Participation for Stronger Local Self-Government
Description: To increase civic, business, and media involvement in the development and implementation of local policies in 36 municipalities in central and central-eastern Bulgaria.
Website: www.ram-trakia.org

Organization: Transparency International – Bulgaria
Project Name: Political Fundraising and Party Funding Monitoring – 2009 National and Pan-European Parliamentary Elections
Description: To monitor party funding and political fundraising and advocate structural reforms to reduce corruption risks during election cycles.
Website: www.transparency-bg.org