Alliance of Universities for Democracy

 is a consortium of Western institutions of higher education and universities in the former Soviet Union and Central and Eastern Europe formed to enhance the role of education in promoting democratic institutions, and economic development.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Center for Citizen Initiatives

pioneered "citizen diplomacy," taking thousands of Americans to the USSR to create "irreversible human links" between our two societies.

Center for Civic Education

has run many projects in the UK promoting education for democracy and democratic citizenship.

Center for Democracy

Eurasia Foundation

is a privately managed grantmaking organization dedicated to funding programs that build democratic and free market institutions in the twelve Mild88 New Independent States (NIS) of the former Soviet Union -- Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.

Freedom House

is a nonpartisan human rights organization dedicated to promoting political rights and civil liberties internationally.

IDEE

Founded in 1986, the Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe (IDEE) is a not-for-profit organization  dedicated to "the promotion of democracy in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union." Today, IDEE believes, "The most severe threat to democracy in the region is the Russian government’s unrelenting war against Chechnya. Russia, while claiming to be acting against 'terrorists,' has been engaged in a genocidal assault on Chechnya’s civilian population, killing tens of thousands, destroying cities and villages, eradicating Chechens’ cultural heritage, and driving nearly one million people from their homes."  (16 Feb '03)

IFES-International Foundation for Electoral Systems

International IDEA (Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance)

Based in Stockholm, and founded in 1995, the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) is an intergovernmental organization that seeks to "nurture and support sustainable democracy world-wide."

International Republican Institute

IRI is "a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization dedicated to advancing democracy worldwide." It was established in 1983 and receives mostof its funding from the National Endowment for Democracy and USAID.

IREX

IREX (the International Research & Exchanges Board) is "the premier US nonprofit organization specializing in higher education, independent media, Internet development, and civil society programs in the United States, Europe, Eurasia, the Near East, and Asia."

ISAR

ISAR, the Initiative for Social Action and Renewal in Eurasia, is a nonprofit organization whose mission is "to strengthen the ability of citizens and social change organizations in Eurasia and their colleagues in the US to influence decision-making, advance social justice, and promote environmentally sound stewardship of the earth's resources." ISAR has eight field offices in the nations of the former Soviet Union and has exceptional experience in the development of local NGOs in the region.

National Democratic Institute

"Calling on a global network of volunteer experts, NDI provides practical assistance to civic and political leaders advancing democratic values, practices and institutions. NDI works with democrats in every region of the world to build political and civic organizations, safeguard elections, and to promote citizen participation, openness and accountability in government." Like IRI (above), NDI was established in 1983 and receives most of its funding from the National Endowment for Democracy and USAID.

National Endowment for Democracy

is "a private, nonprofit organization created in 1983 to strengthen democratic institutions around the world through nongovernmental efforts. The Endowment is governed by an independent, nonpartisan board of directors. With its annual congressional appropriation, it makes hundreds of grants each year to support pro-democracy groups in Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and the former Soviet Union."

Partners for Democratic Change

provides conflict and change management training, commercial and community mediation, and ethnic conciliation programs. Also promotes government policies which create procedures for dispute resolution.

Robert Schuman Foundation

is based in Paris and has among its goals supporting all who work for democracy in Europe and in the rest of the world and "promoting the study of European thought, by establishing scholarships, developing research programs, and supporting publications which pertain to European construction, its past and its future."