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These are Bill Densmore's running notes of the 2012 U.S.-Russia Civil Society Partnership Program. As other examples of coverage turn up on the web, I'll try to provide links.

OPENING THOUGHTS

The key question for the U.S.-Russia Civil Society Partnership supporting kids transition from orphanages to foster care can ordinary citizens of both countries come together to share civil-action agenda items.


Dan Russell, deputy assistant secretary of state, bureau of european and eurasian affairs

decries end of USAID after 20 years of work.

"US Support for Russian civil society is going to continue."

now there are hundreds of thousands of civil society groups in Russia

Paige Alexander, assistant administrator of the bureau for europe and eurasia, USAID.

attempt to share opportunities and ideas.

=Some CSPP linkage projects underway

  • Sustainability of rural communities around issues such as lack of infrastructure, brain drain and outdated policies.
  • Study of wetlands degradation in both countries
  • Help with transition Russian orphanage residents to adoptive-home settings
  • Totem Necklace Project, Altai Republic and Glacier National Project
  • International Grassroots Collaboration for Sustainability Development (Lake Tahoe and Lake Baiku)
  • Forest-dependent communities in Russian Far East environmental compliance / Siberian Forest
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