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The Eurasia Fund opened a new office on Sakhalin Island, officials announced recently. The organization hopes the office will foster growth in the region by dispersing grants and working closely with grant sponsors.

The new office started by appointing Oksana Stepanyuk project sales specialist. The Fund also approved grants for five projects proposed by Sakhalin organizations:

The Sakhalin-Alaska College will create a Web server called Science on the Internet, with the goal of posting information on economic development of Sakhalin Oblast, use of natural resources, and disaster protection measures. The project is partially funded by oil drilling company Sakhalin Energy.

The Contemporary Humanities Institute will establish a remote home-study center for young Sakhalin residents who study economics, business, management, law, information technology, and office administration. Sakhalin Energy also helped fund this grant.

The information technology center Systema plans to create an integrated information network of learning institutions on Sakhalin. The project will set up a unified education server with news and education databases, as well as other on-line services.

A final grant was given to Sakhalin Oblast’s Department of Education, Culture and Sports to implement the “Training for Trainers” project. The program will help Marshak Fund trainers teach management to 20 business educators from Sakhalin and Khabarovsky Krai.