Soros Foundations NewsFlash, August 14, 2003

NETWORK ANNOUNCEMENTS:

NATIONAL HOLIDAY IN HUNGARY: OSI-Budapest, the Soros Foundation - Hungary, and Central European University will be closed for a national holiday on Wednesday, August 20.

UPDATE - SUMMER HOLIDAYS IN THE NETWORK:

Open Society Foundation for Albania: Closed August 4 to September 1

OSIAF - Azerbaijan: Closed August 11 to August 22

OSI-Brussels: Closed August 11 to August 18

OSI-Croatia: Closed July 28 to August 25

Kosova Foundation for Open Society: Closed July 28 to August 25

Open Society Georgia Foundation: Closed August 18 to September 1

Soros Foundation - Moldova: Closed August 4 to 24, and August 25

OSI-Montenegro: Closed August 4 to September 1

International Renaissance Foundation: Closed August 4 to 29



ON THE INTERNET

OSJI NEWSLETTER AND WEBSITE

www.justiceinitiative.org

The Open Society Justice Initiative has launched its website with the first issue of the "Justice Initiatives" newsletter.

COUNTRY REPORTERS AND CONSULTANT EDITOR SOUGHT

www.osi.hu/hr/employ.htm

EUMAP is seeking Country Reporters and a Consultant Editor for monitoring reports focusing on access to education and employment for people with intellectual disabilities. Application deadline: August 31, 2003

"IS CIVIL SOCIETY A CAUSE OR CURE FOR CORRUPTION?"

www.eumap.org/articles

Four new feature articles are now available on eumap.org

STATUS REPORT ON CHANGES IN THE U.S. PROGRAMS

www.soros.org/news/transformation_memo.html

Gara LaMarche summarizes changes that have occurred over the past 18 months and discusses OSI's focus and strategy in the U.S. for the next few years.

U.S. PROGRAMS 2002 ANNUAL REPORT

www.soros.org/annual/2002_us/index.htm

The U.S. Programs' annual report is now available online.

"MURDER BY PUBLIC POLICY"

www.soros.org/ideas/summer03/

The August 2003 issue of "Ideas for an Open Society" examines the social and political conditions that contributed to the deaths of hundreds of Chicago residents during a heat wave in 1995.

"CEU GAZETTE" SUMMER 2003

www.ceu.hu/downloads/CEU_Gazette_Summer_2002_2003.pdf

The Summer 2003 issue of the "CEU Gazette" is now available online.

NEW ON THE OPEN SOCIETY POLICY CENTER SITE

www.opensocietypolicycenter.org/html/whats.html

Since mid-June six statements and papers have been posted on the Open Society Policy Center website:

- "Combating the Natural Resource Curse with Citizen Revenue Distribution Funds: Oil and the Case of Iraq": August 6, 2003

- "Legislative Update on Issues of Importance to the Open Society Policy Center": July 29, 2003

- "A Multinational Peacekeeping Force is Needed in Iraq: The Case for a New UN Security Council Resolution": July 18, 2003

- "A New National Security Strategy in an Age of Terrorists, Tyrants, and Weapons of Mass Destruction": June 20, 2003

- "Legislative Agenda Update": June 19, 2003

- "Tulia Convictions Should be Overturned": June 16, 2003



AND...

REMINDER: ERRC LEGAL DIRECTOR POSITION

www.errc.org/jobs.shtml

The European Roma Rights Center is seeking qualified applicants for the position of Legal Director. Application deadline: September 15, 2003

2003 KURT SCHORK AWARD WINNERS

www.columbia.edu/cu/news/03/07/kurtSchork_awards.html

Columbia University has announced the winners of the Kurt Schork Awards, which recognize "exceptional reporting that sheds new light on controversial issues."