AGENCY FOR SOCIAL INFORMATION
Provides information support and promotes civic initiatives.
ASI covers news with a "human face", featuring the work of non-profit organisations (NPOs), charitable and social activities of business companies, as well as events that have an impact on society and affect individual lives. As a rule, ASI does not report on politics, business or crime.
As well as gathering and disseminating information, ASI initiates and manages a wide range of social projects, provides non-profit organisations with information support and collaborates with them in organising special events. Through the media, ASI plays its part in shaping public opinion and helps people to understand their role in society.
BACKGROUND
ASI was founded in 1994 by the charities Human Soul House and No to Alcoholism and Drug Addiction (NAN), the Rainbow education group and a number of like-minded individuals. At that time, the independent voluntary movement in Russia was only just beginning to gather momentum.
Today the number of registered non-profit organisations is approaching the half-million mark, and their increasingly professional work is making a real impact. This has been accompanied by an increase in demand amongst NPOs for information support.
ASI is a specialist agency reflecting the interests of a third sector which comprises hundreds of thousands of non-governmental organisations (NGOs): human rights and environmental groups, charitable foundations, women's and youth groups, academic collectives, and associations for employees from the culture, heritage and education sectors.
ASI runs its own network of correspondents in Moscow and has representatives in a large number of Russian cities.
OUR SERVICES
Information
Daily and weekly bulletins with up-to-date information about the work of non-profit organisations and civic initiatives in Moscow and the regions.
Announcements of forthcoming events
Analytical bulletins focusing on particular social problems
Public Relations
PUBLISHING
§ ASI publishes books, reviews and brochures on social issues
SOCIAL RESEARCH
ASI works in collaboration with a social study group conducting research on current social problems.
ADVICE AND TRAINING
ASI offers consultations, workshops and training programmes in public relations, journalism.
ASI NEWS - FREE ACCESS
· On ASI's updated websites:
http://www.tak-prosto.org
http://www.nkozakon.ru
· Subscription by email
Daily news
Subscription on the website through the "news subscription" link. Here the subscriber can choose from a selection of headings, including news headlines (with hyperlinks to full text reports). News is sent in a daily text letter containing up to 30-40 reports. Receipt of news can be on an hourly, daily or weekly basis. A text letter containing all reports for the day is sent between 9 and 10 pm (Moscow time).
ASI DONORS:
· Federal Agency for Press and Mass Communications
· US Agency for International Development
· National Endowment for Democracy
· Open Society Institute
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Mail: Agency for Social Information,
Russia, Moscow, 1905 year street, 10A, office 310
Postal Address: 127006, Russia, Moscow, P.O. box 58
Telephone/fax: (495) 799-55-63
E-mail: asi@asi.org.ru
Internet: www.asi.org.ru
Director:
Elena Topoleva
elena@asi.org.ru
Co-Director:
Andrei Topolev
asi@asi.org.ru
Public Relations:
Maria Propper
maria@asi.org.ru
Chief Editor:
Liubov Gribanova
redactor@asi.org.ru
