Civil Society in Central Asia

Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan Country Code: 993 Ashgabat (12) ACCElS Ashgabat FSAFlEX Maktymguly 104, kv. 2 744000 Ashgabat Tel: 39-71-54 E-mail: accels@tm.synapse.ru See profile for American Councils for International Education under Almaty, Kazakhstan. ACCElS Educational Information Center pro Turkmenbashi 31 Turkmen State University Building I, k. 40 744014 Ashgabat Tel/Fax: 39-89-89 E-mail: eac@eac.ashgabad.su ACCElS Global Office ul. Gogol 11, d. 12 744000 Ashgabat Tel: 35-02-23 Fax: 35-02-24 E-mail: gtdtk@tm.synapse.ru Association of Family Practitioners Central Railway Hospital ul. Makhtumkuli Ashgabat Contact: Kurban Seitnepesov Ayel legal Consulting Center Turkmenbashi shayely, 27 744007 Ashgabat Tel: 35-35-16,35-15-31 291 E-mail: ayal@cat.glasnet.ru Contact: Ludmila Petukhova The center assists people with issues of physical violence against women, internal conflicts in the family, and discrimination in public and personal life. Catena Ecological Club ul. Pavlova 7/2 744012 Ashgabat Tel: 35-35-16,35-15-31, 44-10-16 (home) Fax: 35-02-57,44-1381 E-mail: catena@glas.apc.org, catoffs@cat.glasnet.ru, catena@cat.glasnet.ru Web: www.ecostan.org Contact: Andrei Aranbaev, Vagif Zeynalov Catena was founded in February 1994 by eight local environmental activists. While its primary focus is "to find solutions to Turkmenistan's pressing environmental problems, the members appreciate that such solutions win only become realizable in a more democratic society." Catena's projects include: • Ecological and geochemical monitoring , in cooperation with several state and academic institutions • Developing and promoting recycling technologies • Campaigns to halt the hunting of endangered species • Environmental education in local schools. Catena is working with the International Economics School to develop an environmental education curriculum. The organization focuses on issues of water pollution, chemistry, air, soil, environmental education, sustainable agriculture, and environmental impact assessment. With support from ISAR 292 Organizations and Sacred Earth Network, Catena is establishing an e-mail server which win provide free e-mail for environmental organizations located outside of Ashgabat. Counterpart Consortium Academica Petrova St. 26 744006 Ashgabat Tel: 35-71-25,35-70-05 Fax: 35-71-20 E-mail: hotiine@cpart.org, root@cpart.org Web: www.cango.net.kg Contact: RoseHe Vasquez, Country Director Counterpart's Turkmenistan office was opened in 1997 as part ofa USAIDfunded project, Central Asian NGO Support Initiative: Counterpart organizes NGO training and ''train-the trainer" programs, and manages a small grant program which focuses on civic education, ecology, and women. For more information, see the profile for Counterpart under Almaty, Kazakhstan. The Eurasia Foundation Komsomolskaya St., 20a 744000 Ashgabat Tel: 39-36-95 Fax: 39-06-13 E-mail: eurasia@ef.cat.glasnet.ru See the profile for the foundation's Central Asia Regional Office under Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Gardener'S Society of Academy of Science ul. Bitarap Turkmenistan 15 Ashgabat Contact: Mukhamed Kerimi Information Consultative Center of Turkmenistan ul. Komsomolskaya 20a, kv. 28 744000 Ashgabat E-mail: dmitry@icctm.org Web: www.icctm.org Contact: Dmitry V. Shevkun ICC is a noncommercial organization founded with support from the Eurasia Foundation in 1995. It is active in promoting a market economy, democracy, and culture in Turkmenistan. The Center finds funding sources for NGO projects and provides information to grant makers about local organizations. Its ongoing projects include: • Compiling a database on various organizations in Turkmenistan, including NGOs and grantmaking organizations that work in CIS countries • The creation and maintenance ofan NGO Web site for and about local NGOs in Turkmenistan. This project includes educating organizations about the resources and possibilities available through the Internet and providing free access to e-mail for local and foreign organizations and private entities who work or reside in Turkmenistan. This network is available on a national level with node stations in such regional centers as Chardjev, Nebit-Dag, and Mary • A training program about modern network computer technologies for administrators and webmasters of local NGOs Twelve Turkmen organizations have received funding for their projects through the activities ofthe ICC in its two years of operation. "Ynam"Club Turkmenbashi shayely, 27 744007 Ashgabat Turkmenistan 293 Tel: 35-35-16 E-mail: ayal@cat.glasnet.ru Contact: Olga Mamedova, Tamila Islamova, Coordinating Board members Registered in September 1997, the Ynam Club is a public and volunteer organization uniting women in Turkmenistan. The club provides free psychological and legal services to women who have suffered from physical violence or discrimination. The goal ofYnam...