BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

16/11/2006

Prague to subsidise pro-democracy projects in Belarus, Cuba

Prague, Nov 15 (CTK) - The Czech Foreign Ministry wants to continue subsidising projects in support of democracy in Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Iraq, Cuba, Moldova, Burma, Serbia and Ukraine next year.

Draft projects can be submitted to the ministry by December 29. The ministry has earmarked a total of CZK 18 million for this purpose.

The campaign is aimed at the development of civil society and human rights protection, the ministry said.

The projects should focus on education, spread of information, exchange of experiences and cooperation between organisations and individuals.

The subsidies can go to projects concerning consultancy services, know-how, seminars, training, student scholarships, transformation cooperation, building of NGOs and others.

The ministry will present the selected projects on February 15.

According to previous information, the Czech government has earmarked more than CZK 32 million in support of democracy in the world this year.

(USD1=21.882 crowns)

Source:

http://www.praguemonitor.com/ctk/?story_id=w45924i20061116;story=Prague-to-subsidise-pro-democracy-projects-in-Belarus-Cuba

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