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Finances and supporters

The Chechnya Justice Project is fortunate to have received generous support for its work from a variety of donors again in 2004. The project secured funding from both existing and new supporters and secured several important multi-year commitments from major donors.

New donors

  • The Global Conflict Prevention Pool, a consortium of United Kingdom government agencies, awarded the project its largest grant to date of 225.000GBP (ˆ322.000) for 2004-2007. A portion of those funds was distributed in late 2004 for 2004 and 2005 expenditures.
  • The Swedish Helsinki Committee, a new donor to the project, committed substantial support for the project for 2004-2006. A sum of ˆ65.000 was provided for 2004. This funding is made possible through a grant from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA).
  • The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Moscow office awarded the project US$20.959 for support of the Ingushetia office.
  • Secours Catholique (CARITAS- France) provided the project with a ˆ20.000 emergency grant in early 2004.
  • The Embassy of the Republic of Germany in Moscow awarded the project ˆ9.007 for training.

Continuing supporters

  • The Royal Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs granted the project ˆ210.000 for 2004-2006 project expenses.  ˆ47.250 was distributed for 2004.
  • The Royal Norway Ministry of Foreign Affairs renewed its funding from 2003 and provided ˆ60.000 for project expenses in 2004.
  • Renewing the 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 grants, the Open Society Institute awarded the project ˆ33.456 for 1 July 2004-30 June 2005 project expenses.
  • The United Nations Voluntary Fund renewed the 2003 grant and provided the project US$50.000 for work with victims of torture and their families in 2004.

Expenditures January-December 2004

  • TOTAL: ˆ 260.001,19
  • Personnel, including salaries, benefits, staff development: ˆ 123.703,08
  • Administration, including rent: ˆ 46.489,31
  • Equipment: ˆ 12.509,21
  • Consultants, Honoraria, Translations:  ˆ 32.070,05
  • Publications: ˆ 1.191,77
  • Travel: ˆ 26.986,77
  • Training: ˆ 351
  • Emergency: ˆ 6.700
  • Allocated to Liability Fund: ˆ 10.000

The Project is pleased to announce among its supporters for 2005: Amnesty International Netherlands, the Republic of France (for the Prix des droits de l’homme 2004), the Royal Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Open Society Institute, the Swedish Helsinki Committee (from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture.

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