About host

2007 host organistaion

The 2007 GEF was hosted and financially supported by the Open Estonia Foundation (OEF). OEF promotes the values of open society in Estonia. It does this by encouraging democratic governance, equal opportunities, and citizens’ participation. The foundation also builds alliances with its regional neighbours, including Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine. Sharing experience of transition on educational reforms, e-democracy, citizens’ participation and preventing domestic violence has proven successful. OEF’s current programmes include East East Program: Partnership Across Borders, the Baltic-American Partnership Program, the European Program, Good Governance, and the Women’s Program.

OEF was established in 1990 to help Estonia make the transition from communism to democracy. OEF is a non-governmental not-for-profit institution, and its activities are supported by the investor and philanthropist, George Soros. In addition to support from Mr Soros, OEF receives funding from other sources, including the European Union, the Estonian Government, and foreign embassies in Tallinn.

For more information, please contact OEF at:
Open Estonia Foundation
Estonia pst. 5a
10143, Tallinn
Telephone (+372) 631 3791
Fax (+372) 631 3796
E-mail: info@oef.org.ee
www.oef.org.ee

Background

The Grantmakers East Forum, formerly The Grantmakers East Group (GEG) was created in 1992 by a group of European Foundation Centre (EFC) members active in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the Newly Independent States (NIS). The group first met as a side event at the EFC Annual General Assembly (AGA) and Conference. However, as interest for the group grew, in pace with developments of grantmaking in CEE and the NIS, the GEG was developed into an independent project resulting in the Annual Meeting (AM) which takes place in a different country each year.

Nominate Sessions

Do you have something you wish to discuss with fellow grantmaking colleagues working in the east? Then why not organise a session during the GEF! Submit your proposal on auction session page.