Events
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Sep 8
September 8, 2003
5:00 a.m. until
December 15, 2003
5:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkPost-Graduate Course in International Education Policy Studies
The Education Support Program, OSI–Budapest, and Columbia University (Teachers College) offered a joint post-graduate course on international education policy studies.
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Sep 4
September 4, 2003
3:00–7:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkA Turning Point in Human Rights
Panelists including Mark Danner, staff writer for the New Yorker and author of The Massacre at El Mozote: A Parable of the Cold War discussed the 1981 massacre of civilians by government soldiers in the village of El Mozote, El Salvador.
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Sep 4
September 4, 2003
4:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m. (EDT)
Carnegie Institution, Washington, D.C.Science and Technology in the New World of International Intellectual
U.S. and international experts assessed the implications of international IP for science and technology, offered new solutions for reform, and answered participants' questions.
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Aug 29
August 29, 2003
5:00 a.m. until
September 6, 2003
5:00 p.m. (EDT)
Island of Vis, CroatiaSummer Source: Software Camp for Open Source Developers + NGOs
The Tactical Technology Collective Amsterdam and Multimedia Institute Croatia, in partnership with the OSI Information Program, hosted Summer Source Camp, a nine-day gathering of individuals and organizations working to implement open source...
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Jun 26
June 26, 2003
4:30–10:00 a.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkPetroleum and Poverty
This panel discussion focused on the "resource curse"—a pattern in which poor countries become poorer when they start selling lucrative oil exploration rights.
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Jun 25
June 25, 2003
3:00–7:00 p.m. (EDT)
OSI-BaltimoreAfter School Matters
On June 25, 2003, Baltimore non-profit and city officials attended an OSI-Baltimore forum about After School Matters, an innovative after-school program created in Chicago that gives thousands of youths apprentice opportunities in workforce,...
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Jun 25
June 25, 2003
5:00 a.m. until
June 27, 2003
5:00 p.m. (EDT)
Yerevan, ArmeniaOSI Seminar Series: Population-Based Approaches to Graduate Level Public Health Education
A conference organized by the Public Health Program as part of ongoing efforts to provide public health professionals throughout Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union with advocacy-skills development, network and coalition...
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Jun 17
June 17, 2003
5:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. (EDT)
OSI-BaltimoreNo Child Left Behind Act
Baltimore educators and others had the opportunity to learn more about the No Child Left Behind Act and how they could qualify for funding to provide additional academic support, called Supplemental Services, in so-called failing schools at a...
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Jun 13
June 13, 2003
3:00–7:00 p.m. (EDT)
New York CityBusiness Interests and the Corruption of Law Enforcement in Uzbekistan
Nikolai Mitrokhin, a human rights activist working in Uzbekistan, discussed the deep-rooted corruption of Uzbekistan's Interior Ministry.
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Jun 11
June 11, 2003
3:00–7:00 p.m. (EDT)
Open Society Foundations–New York
New YorkThe USA Patriot Act's Effect on Civil Liberties
Experts on immigration and homeland security discuss the U.S. Justice Department's detention policies and related antiterrorist legislation.
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Jun 3
June 3, 2003
5:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. (EDT)
OSI-BaltimoreLawyering for Social Change
Penda D. Hair, co-director of the D.C.-based Advancement Project, spoke at an OSI-Baltimore Lawyering for Social Change forum on June 3rd about her organization's efforts to develop and support lawyer-activist partnerships that advance racial and...
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Jun 2
June 2, 2003
5:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. (EDT)
OSI-BaltimoreJob Opportunities Task Force
A panel of workforce development experts discussed strategies for partnering with employers to move Baltimore's low-skill workers up the career ladder at a forum sponsored by the Job Opportunities Task Force (JOTF) and OSI-Baltimore on June 12th.
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