1. East East: Partnership Beyond Borders Two or more countries Mutual beneficial projects Countries in transition from closed to open societies

2. www.soros.org/initiatives/east and the websites of national Open Society Foundations

3. East (countries in transition) 1990-2011: Central and Eastern Europe, former Soviet Union, Turkey, Mongolia Coming soon: ALSO in South Asia, Africa and Latin America (actually, it’s already here)

4. East East: Partnership Beyond Borders Open call for proposals, no agenda setting Around 1,000 proposals (concept notes or projects) each year 250-300 initiatives supported yearly In the last 10 years, no more than 20 supported projects that look at Black Sea as a region and identify regional issues

5. Regional issues (Black Sea) Resource exploitation and transit Peace building and conflict resolution Radical movements Security threats Hydrocarbon Conflicts

6. Questions Is there a real space of BSR co-operation for NGOs, independent of donors’ agenda? What are the common issues to look at? … except conflicts and hydrocarbon! Will the new pipelines change anything?

7. www.soros.org/initiatives/east and the websites of national Open Society Foundations