Promoting Public Citizenship in the 21st Century: Russian and American Perspectives on Public Oversight of the State
This discussion featured three Russian experts who have each spent time at the ˻ֱ Center (with support from the U.S. Embassy, Moscow’s “Peer-to-Peer Program”). The panel compared the Russian and American experience and practice of public oversight. The results of their study include both expected and unexpected findings. For example, while U.S.-based organizations that work on government oversight are older and operate in a freer environment, there are areas where Russian groups and individuals are able to access state information faster and more reliably.
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Speakers
Expert, Regional Social Programs Fund "Fund Our Future
Projects Coordinator, Transparency International – Russia
Online Media Editor, Freedom of Information Foundation
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Kennan Institute
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