About The Foreign Policy & Civil Society Program

GMF  contributes to enhancing cooperation between North America and Europe by actively strengthening civil society and democratic institutions in Europe’s post-communist countries.  The Belgrade office, established in 2003, is responsible for GMF programming throughout the Balkan region.  Since 2007, GMF’s Black Sea regional programming has been run from its Bucharest office.  The Belgrade and Bucharest offices also run the Balkan Trust for Democracy and the Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation, respectively.  These grantmaking mechanisms provide small-scale support to indigenous civil society and democratic local governments and together total nearly $6 million each year.  In addition, the Bratislava office continues to lead GMF’s programming in Central and Eastern Europe. GMF’s Ankara office was established in 2005 in order to oversee the organization’s Turkey programming, which is complimented by GMF’s Mediterranean program, organized out of Washington, DC.  GMF’s Paris Office is responsible for France programming as well as keeping the pulse of U.S.-European relations.  GMF’s Russia program aims to bring together Americans and Europeans to discuss options about how best to approach Russia. And GMF’s Asia program focuses on promoting transatlantic cooperation on issues in Asia, including Afghanistan/Pakistan and the rise of China.