NEWS

BY PROGRAM AREAS

August 2019
Protecting Natural Resources in the Lower Mekong
TDI announced the winners at an award cermony on March 1st. April 2019
Georgian Youth Spread Messages of Tolerance
Photo Credit: Cambodia floods 2011. Thearat Touch EU/ECHO Licensed under CC BY 2.0November 2017
ODC Selected for a UNDP Big Ideas Competition Country Prize
Mekong River, Photo: Allan MichaudJanuary 2016
ODM Provides Virtual Hydroelectric Tour of Lower Mekong
Giorgi Tshekhani, HSOJ Head of Administration, explains software content. February 2015
Magistrates’ School Unveils State-of-the-Art Website and Portal in Georgia
Photo: Allan MichaudJanuary 2015
EWMI Partners with WRI to Monitor Deforestation
Dereck Hogan, Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Baku during the ribboncutting ceremony in Garalar village, SabirabadDecember 2014
EWMI Increases Access to Medical Care in Azerbaijan
The 16 Days against Gender-Based Violence Campaign was launch in Kyrgyzstan with the "Orange Your Day" flash-mob, organized by UNiTE to End Violence Against Women and Girls national movement.December 2014
Kyrgyzstan Documents its 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence
EWMI convened a roundtable to address law and health issues impacting the LGBT community.November 2014
EWMI Supports Cambodian LGBT Health and Justice
PFL Staff improves sanitation within prisons.August 2014
Keeping Ebola Out of Prisons
Zaječar Commercial Court staff during their electronic filing training session with the Separation of Powers Program in April 2014.June 2014
Serbian Courts Introduce Electronic Filing of Documents
Sotheara Chhim, Executive Director of the Transcultural Psychosocial Organization Cambodia (right), consults with visitors Burma representives from the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners and Social Action for Women on mental health.March 2014
Burma Civil Society Leaders Join Regional Exchange Visits in Cambodia
Alzima Bano, one of the mediators at the training on dialogue facilitation, receives her certificate from Lead Facilitator Sylvia McMechan.October 2013
The Fiji Project Ends, but the Work of the Mediators Continues
The new ODC board is comprised of seven members with a vast range of knowledge and experiences in Cambodia’s development, particularly in the IT field.July 2013
Open Development Cambodia to Become an Official NGO
Mediators and dialogue facilitators from various parts of Fiji attended the Training of Trainers Workshop led by Sylvia McMechanJune 2013
Training of Trainers Workshop in Fiji
Residents of the Kazbegi region protest the construction of the Dariali HPP at the Ministry of Energy in Tbilisi.May 2013
EWMI Grantee Facilitates Greater Collaboration on Sustainable Energy Issues
Cambodian Ministry of Health provincial officials join with judges and prosecutors to plan a common response to the problem of counterfeit and substandard drugs, and illegal drug services.April 2013
EWMI Brings Together Health and Justice Officials to Improve Pharmaceuticals Enforcement
Montenegro launches new e-Registry for national level business licenses and permitsJanuary 2013
Montenegro Launches New Business Licensing e-Registry Portal
GIA’s research and advocacy, funded by EWMI, contributed to policy reforms aimed at making prescription drugs in Georgia more affordableJanuary 2013
GIA Research Influences Pharmaceutical Policy Reforms
MoJ trainingSeptember 2012
New Counterfeit Drug Program Builds on GBV Prosecution Success in Cambodia
Women investigators address court officals, explaining the difficulties with GBV prosecutions.March 2012
GBV Prosecution Clearance Rate Doubles
Cambodian Eng Vannak codes as Mozilla representative speaks with localization team.January 2012
EWMI-Mozilla Partnership Sparks Final Development of Khmer Firefox
National Dialogue ConferenceSeptember 2011
Facilitating Peace and Security in Fiji
Participants in the first Open Cambodia conference prepare for break-out groups [photo: Zuzana Sadkova]September 2011
Open Cambodia Conference Bridges Youth IT Sector and Human Rights NGOs
CCHR was able to use Sithi.org to share documentation of authorities disrupting a human rights training event.August 2011
SITHI.ORG Wins an ISIF 2011 Award
Training on the new software of budget and financial staff from 120 of Serbia’s 129 courtsJuly 2011
EWMI Introduces Budget Software to HCC and Courts
The PRAJ-supported MoJ Trafficking Database has been successfully expanded to track all GBV prosecutions.July 2011
PRAJ Counter-Trafficking Work with MoJ Leads to Foreign Pedophile Conviction
USAID Mission Director, Susan Fritz, and National Assembly Speaker Slavica Djukic-Dejanovic demonstrated the features of the new website at the launch eventJune 2011
Serbian National Assembly Increases its Transparency, Accessibility and Accountability
Water women report that when local government officials visit the village they are excluded from contact.March 2011
Health Equity Programs Address Legal Barriers to Disease Eradication
Mediation Specialist, Laurie Cooper, speaks with guards at the Firestone Prison GuardhouseJanuary 2011
Community Outreach in Liberia
Dialogue Fiji facilitators training, Suva, December 23-17, 2010December 2010
Dialogue Training Workshop in Fiji
Mediation Specialist, Laurie Cooper, speaks with guards at the Firestone Prison GuardhouseJanuary 2010
EWMI Launches Conflict Mitigation Program in Liberia
Very few prisoners in Liberia have access to beds or mattresses.February 2009
EWMI Awards Grant to Support Access to Justice in Liberia