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Russian and East European Institute 
Nonprofit Organizations/NGOs
- Abt
Associates
Abt Associates is one of the largest for-profit consulting firms in
the world, applying rigorous research and consulting techniques to issues
in social and economic policy, international development, business research
and consulting, and clinical trials and registries. They work in 30
different countries and have undertaken projects to rebuild health systems
in the former Soviet Union.
- ACTR-ACCELS
Lists employment openings in DC and abroad with ACTR-ACCELS and also
many funding, research, and study abroad opportunities that they administer.
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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.
- Alliance
for Conflict Transformation (ACT)
Has a useful job forum that requires a membership fee in order to access.
If you'd like to view the treasure trove of conflict resolution jobs
that ACT advertises, you can access it for free in the REEI office (Ballantine
565).
- American
International Health Alliance
This international non-profit health organization has offices in 11
Eastern European and former Soviet countries and works to create partnerships
with local health providers as a means for addressing health challenges.
- American
Refugee Committee (ARC)
ARC is an international nonprofit, nonsectarian organization that has
provided multisectoral humanitarian assistance and training to millions
of beneficiaries for more than 20 years.
- Ashoka
Ashoka's mission is to develop the profession of social entrepreneurship
around the world by investing in people. The have projects in several
countries in Central Europe.
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Brookings Institution
The Brookings Institution, one of Washington's oldest think tanks, is
a nonpartisan organization devoted to research, analysis, and public
education with an emphasis on economics, foreign policy, governance,
and metropolitan policy. They offer positions as conference or research
assistants to those with bachelor's degrees.
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Care International
CARE works with poor communities in a number of Eastern European countries
to find lasting solutions to poverty. Other areas that they focus on
include agriculture and natural resources, education, health and nutrition,
small economic activity development, and water, sanitation and environmental
health. Their employment resources include a consultants' database and
a listing of permanent positions and internships with the organization.
- Carnegie
Council on Ethics and International Affairs
Hires individuals with bachelors and masters degrees as research assistants,
working in areas such as Ethics & International Affairs, Human Rights
Initiatives, and Global Policy Innovations.
- Carnegie
Endowment
This nonprofit organization is dedicated to advancing cooperation between
nations and promoting active international engagement by the United
States through research, publishing, convening, and creating new institutions
and international networks. The Endowment also runs the Carnegie Moscow
Center and publishes Foreign Policy, one of the world's leading magazines
of international politics and economics.
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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. One of our alumni worked with CRS in Armenia.
- Cato
Institute
The Cato Institute seeks to broaden the parameters of public policy
debate to include the principles of limited government, individual liberty,
free markets and peace. They hire for positions such as trade policy
analyst, intern coordinator, and staff writer; vacancies are listed
on their website.
- Center
for Citizens' Initiative
The U.S. Department of State chose this San Francisco-based organization
to support the development a sustainable free-market economy in Russia.
- Center for Defense Information
CDI is a non-partisan think-tank that focuses on military and security
issues.
- Center for
Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
CSIS is dedicated to providing world leaders with strategic insight
on and policy solutions to current global issues. Their research focuses
on three subject areas: challenges to national and international security,
building expertise on all of the world's major geographical regions,
and developing new methods of governance for the global age. Several
of their research projects relate to Eastern Europe and the NIS.
- Chemonics
Chemonics is a global consulting firm that promotes economic growth
and higher living standards in developing countries. They offer an entry-level
training and employment program that targets recent graduates with foreign
language skills, including Russian.
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CHF International
CHF is an international development non-profit that offers domestic
and international positions. They work abroad to create jobs that generate
income and build local economies, strengthen businesses through loans,
job training and the development of business associations, improve living
conditions through housing loans and the repair or construction of public
infrastructure, and increase access to education and medical services.
- Civic
Jobs and Internships
This page is mainly for those seeking public service jobs in, or related
to, the countries of the former Soviet Union or Central and Eastern
Europe. Also has an extensive list of links to other international job
resources.
- Civilian
Research and Development Foundation
This nonprofit has offices in Virginia, Russia and Ukraine and is a
public-private partnership that promotes international scientific and
technical collaboration between the United States and Eurasia, through
grants, technical resources, and training. The positions they offer
include grants managers and nonproliferation project managers.
- Council
on Foreign Relations
With offices in NY and DC, this center for scholars is dedicated to
disseminating ideas so that its members, as well as policymakers, journalists,
students, and interested people around the world, can better understand
the world and the foreign policy choices facing the US and other governments.
- Counterpart
International
Works around the world, including the former Soviet Union, in the following
areas: Humanitarian Assistance, Civil Society, Environment & Conservation,
Enterprise Development, Global Health & Nutrition, Food Security & Sustainable
Agriculture.
- Doctors
of the World
This organization works to provide essential healthcare and training
to healthcare professionals both domestically and abroad. They have
offered program management positions in Russia, Moldova, and Romania
in the past.
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EurasiaNet
Eurasianet is a news web site that focuses on Central Asia and the Caucasus,
Russia, the Middle East, and Southwest Asia. Their employment opportunities
page lists many jobs in international development related to these regions.
- 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.
- The
European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI)
Headquartered in Germany, ECMI works to stabilize areas of ethnopolitical
conflict and enhance the capacity of civil society actors and governments
through action, research and documentation.
- Foundation
for Russian-American Economic Cooperation (FRAEC)
FRAEC strives to expand economic ties between Russia and the United
States, with a special focus on building bridges between the Russian
Far East and U.S. West Coast. Their job postings specify that they seek
employees with a strong interest in Russia.
- Foundation
for International Community Assistance (FINCA)
FINCA utilizes the village banking method to offer small loans to local
groups of entrepreneurs in developing countries. They employ staff in
the US and worldwide, including Russia, the Caucasus and Central Asia.
- Human Rights Information
and Documentation Center
Located in Tblisi, Georgia, this organization administers projects relating
to human rights, minority and children's rights, migration and trafficking,
human rights education and conflict prevention. They sometimes offer
internships.
- Human Rights Watch
(HRW)
Working all over the world monitoring human rights, HRW offers job opportunities
in areas including development and fundraising, or dealing with issues
such as land mines, children's rights, or NGOs in the former Soviet
Union.
- Human Rights
Job Board
Lists of jobs relating to human rights from around the world.
- Idealist.org
A search engine for finding internships and jobs with nonprofit organizations,
both domestic and international.
- The
Institute for International Education
The Institute's goals are to promote closer educational relations between
the people of the U.S. and other countries. They administer the Fulbright
programs and have offices in NY and DC, as well as several other US
locations.
- International
Crisis Group
This organization has projects in the Balkans, the Caucasus and Moldova
that focus on democratisation, conflict resolution, refugee return,
the economy and the need for accelerated economic and structural reform.
In Central Asia its offices focus on the region’s main security challenges:
drug smuggling, border and resource disputes, corruption, extremism
and heavy-handed repression of opponents.
- International
Foundation for Election Systems (IFES)
IFES works in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe to provide
targeted technical assistance in strengthening transitional democracies.
They hire specialists in rule of law, civil society, good governance,
election administration, applied research, human rights, gender issues
and public information technology solutions.
- International
Organization for Migration (IOM)
IOM helps facilitate migration, combats human trafficking, help provide
health services to migrants and work to build local capacity. Web site
advertises vacant positions at headquarters in Brussels and at posts
around the world.
- International
Rescue Committee
Volunteer and employment opportunities in humanitarian aid domestically
and abroad. Sometimes they have positions in the Balkans and the Caucasus.
- IntJobs.org
Website posts worldwide job vacancies at numerous large international
organizations; organized by country, organization and type.
- IREX
IREX is an international nonprofit organization specializing in education,
independent media, Internet development, and civil society programs.
Job and individual internship openings are listed on their website.
- MacArthur
Foundation
This private, independent grantmaking institution is dedicated to helping
groups and individuals foster lasting improvement in the human condition.
They maintain a list of openings in their domestic and international
offices, including one in Moscow.
- Mental
Disability Advocacy Center (MDAC)
Promotes and protects the rights of people with mental health problems
and/or intellectual disabilities in 28 countries of central and eastern
Europe, NIS and Central Asia. Posts employment and internship opportunities.
- Mercy
Corps
Works in the Balkans, the Caucasus, and Central Asia to provide humanitarian
aid, assist countries in transition with combating civil, religious
and ethnic conflict, and build strategic partnerships with in-country
organizations to strengthen leadership and institutional capacity. Website
posts current internship and job opportunities.
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National Democratic Institute
NDI works in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union to strengthen
and expand democracy by collaborating with local citizens to build political
and civic organizations, safeguard elections, and to promote citizen
participation, openness and accountability in government. Two recent
REEI grads work here.
- NGOnet
An electronic networking source for nongovernmental organizations in
Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, this site lists
a few employment opportunities and also includes links to other sites
that post job openings with NGOs in the region.
- Open
Society Institute (OSI)
OSI is a private grantmaking foundation based in New York City that
implements a range of initiatives that aim to promote open societies
by shaping government policy and supporting education, media, public
health, and human and women's rights, as well as social, legal, and
economic reform. They have domestic and international positions.
- Project
Harmony
Project Harmony is a Vermont-based nonprofit that works in the areas
of professional, community and educational development and extending
the use of Internet technology in the countries of the former Soviet
Union. Job postings for positions in Vermont, and internationally in
Russia, Ukraine, and the Caucasus.
- Project
on Ethnic Relations (PER)
PER is dedicated to preventing ethnic conflict in Central and Eastern
Europe, the Balkans and the former Soviet Union. They conduct high-level
intervention and dialogue and have served as a neutral mediator in several
major disputes in the region. PER also conducts programs of training,
education, and research at international, national, and community levels,
focusing on issues such as Roma rights.
- 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.
- The
Stanley Foundation
The Stanley Foundation is a nonprofit organization located in Iowa that
promotes constructive dialogue and cooperative action on critical international
issues. They have several programs involving Eastern Europe and Russia,
and a few recent IU grads have obtained jobs there.
- 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.
- Winrock
International
A nonprofit organization that matches innovative approaches in agriculture,
natural resources management, clean energy, and leadership development
with the unique needs of its partners. Currently website lists only
domestic positions, but they do periodically run programs in countries
of the former Soviet Union.
- World
Learning
This nonprofit organization has four program units -- The Experiment
in International Living, School for International Training (SIT), World
Learning for International Development, and World Learning for Business.
They are a leader in the fields of international exchange, study abroad,
sustainable development, teacher education, language training, peacebuilding,
and NGO management.
- The
Urban Institute
This independent non-profit, non-partisan policy research and technical
assistance organization offers research assistant positions for individuals
with bachelors and masters degrees in disciplines such as economics,
sociology, public policy, math and other related fields. Several REEI
alumni work with the Urban Institute, a USAID contractor.
- Zdrav Plus
Works in Central Asia to improve the health of the local populations
with projects such as public education and efforts to improve medical
practices and mothers' health.
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