BEARR News
Moldova against COVID-19: solitary or solidary?
By Petru Negura, 18 June 2020 See here for the original article on IOS Ostblog Spezial. The COVID-19 pandemic revealed, as in a drop of water, a series of weaknesses but also unsuspected strengths of the Moldovan state and society. At a population of fewer than 3 million inhabitants (and 3.5 million with Transnistria), Moldova …
Visiting two recipients of BEARR Small Grants in Armenia
Sophie Vandyck, BEARR Information Officer In August 2019 I had the privilege of visiting and evaluating two organisations working to make a difference to vulnerable groups in the Kotayk and Yerevan regions of Armenia; the ISHR and Improve Our Village. The International Society for Human Rights, Armenia, is connected with ISHR organisations in other countries, …
The Impact of COVID-19 on rural communities in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
7 August 2020 A report by Nathan Dampier, BEARR Trust volunteer COVID-19 Statistics in the EECA region as of 15:43 GMT – 04/08/20 (in parentheses – comparison to 12/06/20) EASTERN EUROPE Confirmed Cases Confirmed Recoveries Confirmed Deaths Cases per 1M pop Deaths per 1M pop Tests per 1M pop BELARUS 68,250(+15,730) 61,163(+35,403) 574(+276) 7,223 61 …
The BEARR Trust Annual Lecture 2020
7 July 2020 ‘Europe’s Eastern Partnership/Russia’s ‘Near Abroad’ – Living with Powerful Neighbours’ Speaker: Tom de Waal In case you missed it, you can watch the lecture online here. For many years, at about this time of year the BEARR Trust’s friends and supporters and others with an interest in our region get together at …
From Tuberculosis to COVID-19 in Russia’s Prisons
15.7.2020 BY OLGA ZEVELEVA A blog: https://blogs.helsinki.fi/gulagechoes/2020/07/15/lessons-of-the-recent-past-from-tuberculosis-to-covid-19-in-russias-prisons/ Lessons of the Recent Past: From Tuberculosis to COVID-19 in Russia’s Prisons BY JUDITH PALLOT, PI “GULAGECHOES” The Russian prison system is no stranger to epidemics. Faced with COVID-19, Russia has had a wealth of experience to draw upon. In this blog, and following on from the history of the …
June 2020 Newsletter
COVID-19 is still sadly dominating all our activities. At BEARR we are trying to do as much as we can working from home, and hope you find our information, publications and other services a useful resource at this time. In this issue we have two articles on aspects of COVID-19 in EECA:Our BEARR Volunteer, Nathan …
The BEARR Trust Small Grants Scheme 2020: Provisional Outcome
Strengthening the Position of Women in Rural Communities in Central Asia and the South Caucasus The BEARR Small Grants Scheme 2020 invited applications from civil society organisations (CSOs) including non-government organisations (NGOs), voluntary associations and other non-profit organisations for grants for projects aimed at strengthening the position of women in rural communities. Projects had to …
How The BEARR Trust evaluates projects
The BEARR Trust usually awards ten or more small grants (of up to £3,000) each year to small civil society organisations working in partnerships to try out new approaches to health and social welfare problems in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. How do we assess the impact of the projects we fund? Initial feedback BEARR …
The BEARR Trust Annual Lecture 2020
“Europe’s Eastern Partnership/Russia’s ‘Near Abroad’ – living with powerful neighbours” The BEARR Trust’s Annual Lecture 2020 was given by Thomas de Waal, senior fellow with Carnegie Europe, on 7 July. The Eastern Partnership (EaP) is a joint initiative involving the EU, its Member States and six Eastern European Partners: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and …
How COVID-19 has affected migrant workers in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
A report by BEARR Trustee Janet Gunn 12 June 2020 Origins and destinations of migrant workers Migration for work is widespread across Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Globally, an estimated 7.6 million international migrants are from Central Asia. The main countries of destination for them are the Russian Federation, Turkey, and Kazakhstan. Around a million out of a …
