Eurasia Foundation names Kyiv director

KYIV - The Eurasia Foundation has announced the appointment of Nick Deychakiwsky as director of its Kyiv Regional Office.

Mr. Deychakiwsky, born in Cleveland, Ohio, has been working in Kyiv for the past five years. His experience includes positions as MBA Program Director at the International Management Institute, executive secretary of the Council of Advisors to the Parliament of Ukraine, and most recently, deputy general director of the International Renaissance Foundation (the Soros Foundation in Ukraine).

The Eurasia Foundation, established in 1993, is a privately managed, non-profit grant-making organization. Funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the foundation has been able to establish and implement several grassroots campaigns, including a small business lending program, a management training and education program, a media and communication program, an economic education and support program, and finally, a research and governmental reform program.

Headquartered in Washington, the foundation has opened field offices in Kyiv, Moscow, Saratov, Tashkent, Vladivostok and Yerevan. The Kyiv Regional Office supports grants and programs for Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova. Since its establishment in late 1993, the Kyiv office has made close to 200 grants totaling approximately $25 million.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, January 7, 1996, No. 1, Vol. LXIV

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