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Russian and East European Institute 
Non-profit Internships
The following organizations frequently offer internship opportunities
to students and recent graduates.
- Academy for Educational Development
AED works in most countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet
Union, focusing on improving education, health, and economic opportunities.
They offer paid and unpaid internships on an on-going basis.
- Agency for
Technical Cooperation and Development
ACTED offers international internships. They work on Emergency Relief,
Food Security, Health and populations, Economic Development, Natural
Disaster Prevention and Cultural promotion in Central Asia and Eastern
Europe.
- Alfa
Fellowship Program
Alfa Bank offers a year-long program that includes three to six months
of Russian-language training. Designed for those with graduate degree
or equivalent training and 2 years of experience in business administration,
economics, journalism, law, public policy or government, the program
aims to provide experts in the U.S. with direct, meaningful experience
in the modern business, government, public policy and cultural environment
of the New Russia.
- American Councils for
International Education, ACTR-ACCELS
ACTR implements programs in education, community outreach, and scholarly
research and sometimes offers internships at their DC office. (Internships
are listed under employment)
- Angel
Coalition
This network of over 40 Russian nongovernmental organizations works
to combat the trafficking of women and children for the purposes of
sexual exploitation abroad. They offer internships in legal support
and research, grantwriting, graphic design, translating; 1-6 months
in Russia
- The Atlantic Council - John A. Baker Internship Program
Offers unpaid internships in DC working on issues such as global security
and transformation in the newly independent Slavic and Eurasian states.
- Baikal
Environmental Wave
This environmental NGO is located in Irkutsk and works to promote sustainable
environmental practices in Russia by educating Russians about the existing
environmental problems and risks and lobbying local and national lawmakers.
They provide unpaid internships year-round and can assist interns with
housing.
- Brookings Institution
Offers unpaid internships both in the various departments of the institute
and also assisting researchers, in fields such as economics, governance
and foreign relations.
- Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs
Offers internships assisting scholars with research in areas such as
Ethics & International Affairs, Human Rights Initiatives, and Global
Policy Innovations. Typical intern responsibilities include conducting
research tasks, maintaining and collecting information on foundations
and fundraising, proofreading and fact-checking written work, and assisting
with administrative duties for seminars and conferences.
- Catholic Relief Services
In Eastern Europe and the Caucasus, this organization promotes the protection
of human dignity and tolerance, the reduction of socio-economic and
civic exclusion, and peaceful interactions. Their programs include microfinance
loans to small businesses, housing and infrastructure improvements and
civic education.
- Center for Interethnic Cooperation
This center works mainly in educating ethnic minority leaders about
their rights and enforcing cooperation between the state and ethnic
minorities. Unpaid interns perform duties such as translating from Russian
to English, communicating with English-speaking partner organizations,
assisting with conference and seminar preparation, and helping to maintain
their English-language web page.
- Civilian Research and Development Foundation
CRDF promotes scientific collaboration between the US and the countries
of the Former Soviet Union. They offer paid internships that may involve
providing research assistance, assisting with the review of research
proposals or with financial administration of grants and contract management.
- Earth
Island Institute
The Institute, which is based in San Francisco, develops and supports
projects that counteract threats to the biological and cultural diversity
that sustain the environment. Website lists a number of internship opportunities
in areas such as editing, trail building near Lake Baikal, or wilderness
training.
- EastWest Institute
This non-profit organization works to build civil society in Eastern
Europe and the former Soviet Union. They offer several internships in
their NY office.
- Eurasia
Foundation
Eurasia Foundation is an international non-profit organization supporting
the development of civil society and private enterprise in the countries
of the former Soviet Union.
- European American
Business Council
The Council serves in an advocacy role on behalf of European and American
companies engaged in Trans-Atlantic trade and investment. Internship
opportunities are not listed on their website.
- The Foundation for Russian American Economic Cooperation
FRAEC often has internship opportunities available depending on the
needs of each program, and internship tasks can include research and
report writing, writing for FRAEC's weekly News Digest, or assisting
with events and member services.
- Freedom
House
Freedom House offers internships in their NY office and abroad that
support their global goals of evaluating human rights conditions, sponsoring
public education campaigns, facilitating training and free market reforms,
and providing support for the rule of law, free media, and effective
local governance. Freedom House arranged an internship in Serbia for
a past REEI grad student for which they covered housing and some travel
costs.
- Human Rights
Watch
Offers internships in their US and London offices, in areas including
development and fundraising, or dealing with issues such as land mines,
children's rights, or NGOs in the former Soviet Union.
- Idealist.org
A search engine for finding internships and jobs with nonprofit organizations,
both domestic and international.
- Institute
for Humane Studies
Lists summer opportunities with the Institute and also maintains a small
database of available internships with other organizations.
- Institute
for Women's Policy Research
IWPR is a public policy research organization that offers internships
in their DC office in Research, Communications and Outreach, and Development.
Internships provide a modest stipend.
- International
Fund for Agricultural Development
IFAD works to encourage agricultural development through loans, grants
and technical assistance as a means of increasing economic development
and eradicating poverty. They offer partially-paid internships.
-
International Research and Exchanges Board
Internships do not seem to be listed clearly on their site. Contact
them directly.
- ISAR
ISAR: Resources for Environmental Activists supports practical and collaborative
solutions to the environmental threats faced by communities in the former
Soviet Union by providing training, technical, and informational resources
to individuals and organizations working on environmental issues in
the region. Internship opportunities are listed on their website.
- MiraMed Internship Program
MiraMed is a nonprofit organization located in Russia that provides
internship opportunities working on women's rights, prevention of international
sexual trafficking, social adaptation of orphans, and computer education.
Internships are unpaid, but the program provides housing, orientation
and training.
- National Democratic Institute
NDI works in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union to strengthen
democracy by collaborating with local citizens to build political and
civic organizations, safeguard elections, and to promote citizen participation,
openness and accountability in government. They offer paid internships
in their DC office; two recent REEI grads work there.
- National Endowment for Democracy
This non-profit organization works to strengthen democratic institutions
around the world through nongovernmental efforts, such as working with
a Ukrainian NGO to train future Ukrainian leaders. Their website lists
a number of different internships in their DC office.
- Organization for Security & Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
Offers unpaid internships in their offices and centres in Western and
Eastern Europe in areas including Economic and Environmental Activities,
Conflict Prevention, and Management and Finance.
- RAND
The RAND Corporation works with the public and private sectors to provide
analysis and solutions for challenges facing the world, including the
social and economic issues of education, poverty, crime, and the environment,
as well as national security issues. They hire recent graduates as research
associates and for administrative positions.
- Search
for Common Ground
Works towards conflict resolution, prevention and transformation by
focusing on mediation and training people in mediation skills, strengthening
the capacity of individuals, organisations, and institutions to respond
to conflicts, and court-based mediation, including a project in Ukraine.
Offers internships in their DC offices working in areas such as web
design, communications/public relations, or researching responses to
terrorism in the US.
- SEAF (Small Enterprise Assistance Funds)
SEAF provides business and management services and loans to local small
and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in underserved markets, including
those in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Sometimes offers
international internships.
- Tahoe-Baikal Institute
Helps preserve Lake Tahoe in California and Lake Baikal in Siberia,
as well as other significant and threatened natural areas around the
world through environmental education programs, research, and international
exchanges of students, scholars, and practitioners in science, policy,
economics, and other related disciplines. Web site lists jobs and internships
with their organization and with other related organizations.
- Transatlantic
Partners Against Aids
A non-governmental organization that works to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS
in Russia, Ukraine and their neighboring countries. They offer unpaid
internships in their NY office.
- Transparency
International (TI)
TI works worldwide to combat corruption by raising awareness of its
damaging effects, advocating policy reform, working towards the implementation
of multilateral conventions and monitoring compliance by governments,
corporations and banks. They are currently offering several internships
at their headquarters in Berlin.
- Try Ukraine
For a minimum fee the program will assist people in finding internships
or English teaching opportunities in Ukraine. In the past, this organization
successfully placed an REEI grad student with an anti-trafficking NGO
in Kyiv.
- The
Urban Institute
Offers students paid positions as Research Assistants, who assist senior
researchers in policy areas such as housing, welfare, population studies,
health, and education policy.
- Washington
Internship Program
For a fee, the program assists students in finding 'high-profile' internships
in Washington, D.C. and provides help in finding housing, and other
part-time employment during the internship.
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Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Offers students internships as research assistants in areas such as
development, financial management and at the Kennan Institute, which
focuses on Russia and surrounding states.
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