Orlyk Institute receives $150,000 grant (10/20/96)

Orlyk Institute receives $150,000 grant

by Olenka Dobczanska

WASHINGTON - The U.S.-Ukraine Foundation has received a two-year grant for $150,000 from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation for partial support of the Pylyp Orlyk Institute for Democracy in Kyiv.

The Pylyp Orlyk Institute for Democracy (POID), an independent public policy research institute created in 1991 by the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, has gained a reputation as a reliable, non-partisan information resource on democracy and civil society among Ukrainians.

The institute provides objective informational support to a growing number of policy-makers and media analysts in Ukraine. it also maintains a library on public policy issues and implements several U.S.-Ukraine Foundation programs, such as an NGO development project and a local government training program.

The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, based in Flint, Mich., was established to support efforts that promote a just, equitable and sustainable society in several program areas including civil society, environment, and poverty.

Besides its special commitment to Flint, the Mott Foundation has over the years refined and broadened its grant-making to other selected areas of the world. Many of the Mott Foundation's Civil Society programs focus on Central Europe and the newly independent countries of the former Soviet Union.

The grant to the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation will support POID activities such as publishing, translations, workshops, the NGO Resource Center and the Local Government Project. These funds are critical in helping POID advance public debate and foster the development of a strong democratic civil society in Ukraine.

The U.S.-Ukraine Foundation is a not-for-profit, non-governmental organization whose goal is to foster democratic and free-market development in Ukraine.

For more information about the activities of the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, write to 1511 K St., NW, Suite 1100, Washington, DC 20005 (telephone, 202-337-4264; fax, 202-347-4267; e-mail, ukraine@access.digex.net).