The recently launched Open Development Mekong (ODM) website has added an informative map tour of what’s in store for the Mekong River’s mainstream if construction plans for hydroelectric dams continue as currently...

Increasing judicial independence and transparency was a goal of the Georgian legal reform community for years. With the support of EWMI’s USAID-funded Judicial Independence and Legal Empowerment Project (JILEP), civil society groups were able to organize themselves into a coalition large and...

Working in partnership with local organizations is key to EWMI’s successful implementation of programs and ensures sustainable results. EWMI takes pride in its commitment to its local partners, and established the Partner Legacy Support Program in 2013 as a mechanism to continue to fund its...

The Niyazabad community in Khachmaz rayon, Azerbaijan, is home to one village school that is located in a building that belonged to the former village’s farm (sovkhoz) and consists of 13 rooms. The building was constructed in 1965 and does not comply with modern education and safety requirements...

On June 2-6, the US Embassy and USAID organized the American Days celebration in four different regions of Georgia. The East-West Management Institute presented its programs at the Information Fair in all four regions (Zugdidi, Akhaltsikhe, Gori and Tbilisi), which promoted its previously...