BEARR News
August 2019 Bulletin
Read our latest bulletin in English here, or in Russian here.
Tell us what you think about our newsletter
The BEARR Trust invites you to share any suggestions and comments you might have, regarding our bi-annual newsletter. The BEARR Trust has been producing a biannual newsletter for a number of years, keeping readers in touch with our news and events, health and welfare updates from Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Caucasus, as …
Announcing the BEARR Trust Annual Conference for 2019
We are excited to announce that our 2019 Annual Conference on the theme of Violence and Coercion against Women and Girls in Eastern Europe and Central Asia will be held on Friday 15 November at CAN- MEZZ, 7-14 Great Dover Street, London, SE1 4YR. With speakers from Georgia, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and the UK, we will …
July 2019 Bulletin
Find our English language bulletin for July 2019 here, or in Russian here.
BEARR/ULIM April 2019 Conference in Chisinau – report
The Conference “Migration and Social Changes in Eastern Europe” took place on 11-12 April 2019 at the Free International University of Moldova (ULIM) on the basis of a partnership between The BEARR Trust and ULIM. The conference involved about 100 participants, including 33 speakers and moderators. Participants came from Moldova (69) and from the UK, …
BEARR Trust Annual Report 2018
Our Annual Report on BEARR Trust activities in 2018 is now available to read here.
Small Grants Scheme 2019 – outcome
The BEARR Small Grants Scheme 2019 invited bids for grants for projects dealing with violence against women and girls. Grants were offered to organisations in any of the countries which BEARR covers: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The Trust received a large number of applications for grants …
Bridget Kendall speaks at our June 2019 Annual Lecture
“Russia and the ‘no rules’ world of President Putin” This year’s Annual Lecture was once again kindly hosted once again by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on 6 June 2019. Bridget Kendall joined the BBC in 1983, serving as Moscow correspondent from 1989 to 1995, Washington correspondent from 1994 and diplomatic correspondent from 1998. …
April 2019 Bulletin
View our April bulletin in English or in Russian.
Trustee Charlie Walker runs the London Marathon for BEARR
Charlie’s message I’m running the London marathon in 2019 to raise money for the BEARR Trust, which supports vulnerable people in countries of the former Soviet Union. BEARR, of which I’m a trustee, runs an annual grants competition that provides funding for small NGOs operating across the Eurasian region, and this year’s scheme focuses on …
