Re: CEE/NIS Education Development Consultant Database

Shiv Satchit (mailto:sshiv@mcmail.com)
Sat, 27 Jun 1998 03:21:33 +0300

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Date:         Sat, 27 Jun 1998 03:21:33 +0300
From: Shiv Satchit <mailto:sshiv@mcmail.com>
Subject:      Re: CEE/NIS Education Development Consultant Database
To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU

Dennis McConnell, Maine Business School wrote:
>
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> The attached announcement was received from Lucinia Bal, of the
> Open Society Institute in Budapest. The announcement is a call
> for education development consultants/experts to send listings
> for inclusion in a consultant database being created for the
> Soros Foundations Network and other education development organi-
> zations in the CEE/NIS regions. Perhaps some list members will be
> interested in submitting information for the Directory. I am
> posting this note to several lists, so let me apologize in ad-
> vance to list members who receive multiple copies of the note.
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> IEP/OSI Creating Education Development Consultant Database
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> We are the Institute for Educational Policy (IEP), recently
> established within the Open Society Institute (OSI) in Budapest.
> The aim of our organisation is to assist/support the education
> development programmes within the network of Soros Foundations in
> Central/Eastern Europe (CEE) and the Newly Independent States
> (NIS) of the former Soviet Union.
>
> We will soon launch an IEP web-site containing informational
> resources and a discussion forum for education development and
> reform experts. The website will include a database with names of
> experts/consultants in the field of education development.
>
> The primary purpose of the database is to provide education
> development consultant support to Soros Foundations Network
> offices (for background, please visit http://www.soros.org/)
> initiating large-scale education reform projects in CEE/NIS
> countries. The database may also be helpful to development agen-
> cies and government organizations involved in education develop-
> ment, and to researchers seeking joint project collaboration. The
> database will be available to any organisation or institution
> involved in education development projects.
>
> To be included in the Directory, please complete the attached
> form, and send the information to the e-mail address provided at
> the end of the announcement.
>
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> Directory Information
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> Name:____Shiv Satchit___________________________________________
> Organization/Institution:Global Media Network(UK) Ltd
> Postal Address: Global House, 107-115 Seven Sisters Road,
> Islington, London, UK N7 7QG
> _________________________________________________
> _________________________________________________
>
> Tel:______+44 171 561 1020_____ Fax:+44 171 263 0060_______
> E-mail:mailto:shiv@journalist.com___________________________
>
> Field(s) of expertise:Journalism, Multi-media Production and Publishing, Satellite Broadcasting, Projects, Development
Economics ___________________________________________ >
> Countries/Regions in which expertise has been applied:
> India Himachal Pradesh
> ____________________ _____________________ ____________________
> Mauritius La Laura
> United Kingdom London & Manchester
>
> Experience in CEE/NIS (projects or agencies involved):
> _________________________________________________________________
> NO Experience in CEE or NIS _________________________________________________________________
> _________________________________________________________________
> _________________________________________________________________
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>
> We would be grateful if recipients of this announcement would
> forward it to interested/qualified individuals and institutions.
>
> Thank you for your co-operation. Please let me know if you have
> any questions, or need additional information.
>
> Lucinia Bal, Development Officer
> Institute for Educational Policy
> Open Society Institute
> Budapest, Hungary
> E-mail: mailto:lbal@osi.hu
> Web: http://www.osi.hu/
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