Changing Not-for-Profit Mentality: Case of Ukranian
NGOs 
Oleksander Sydorenko
Consortium for Enhancement of Ukranian Management Education (CEUME)
WDI Policy Brief No 24, January 2005.
Examines the different activities undertaken by Innovation Development Center to become less dependent on donors’ support and to introduce “for fee” services. Describes challenges that have involved this strategy.
Building Self-Sustainable Humanitarian NGOs in Belarus: Challenges of Finding Income at Home
Ina Ramasheuskaya
Belarusian Red Cross Society
WDI Policy Brief No 23, January 2005.
Discusses the major constraints on the development of financially viable non-governmental organizations in Belarus and the existing models of economic activity. Hightlights a first-aid training program operated by the Belarusian Red Cross in which services are exchanged for donations as one example of generating income.
NGO Strategy for Survival in Central Asia: Financial Sustainability
Anara Alymkulova and Didara Seipulnik
Counterpart International - Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan
WDI Policy Brief No 22, January 2005.
Describes the social enterprise strategy that has been implemented by Counterpart International as part of the Civil Society Initiative Support Program in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
Between Dependency and Sustainability
Cornelia Predoiu
The Princess Margarita of Romania Foundation
WDI Policy Brief No 21, January 2005.
Examines different forms of fundraising and various strategies to achieve financial sustainability for NGOs in Romania.
Development of the NGO Sector in Urkraine, 2002-04: Changing Patterns of Ensuring Financial Support and Achieving Sustainability
Olga Maksymenko
EuroRegio Ukraine
WDI Policy Brief No 20, January 2005.
Examines existing trends and methods for attracting financial support and ensuring long-term sustainability of the NGO sector in Ukraine.
Promoting Social Enterprise Development in Bulgaria
Tania Kapoor
Counterpart International - Bulgaria
WDI Policy Brief No 19, January 2005.
Analyzes a model being implemented in Bulgaria by Counterpart International, which focuses on providing social enterprises with the business skills necessary to build and operate a successful self-sustaining business.
How Can NGOs Reach Sustainability in Crisis Surrondings?
Aleksandar Janakievski and Vladimir Pandovski
Center for Civil Motivation and Cultural Management - AKTIVA
WDI Policy Brief No 18, January 2005.
Suggests several strategies that seek to encourage cooperation between Macedonian NGOs and the business sector.
New Approaches for the Mobilization of Local Resources
Tony Dimov
Bulgarian Center for Not-for-Profit Law
WDI Policy Brief No 17, January 2005
Identifies potential funding sources for Bulgarian NGOs that will help them reduce their dependency on foreign donors. These sources are addressed from a legal point of view.
Macedonian Business Lawyers Association: On the Road to Financial Independence
Liljana Cekovska
Macedonian Business Lawyer Association (MBLA)
WDI Policy Brief No 16, January 2005
Explains activities that the MBLA has implemented to achieve financial independence including the launch of several magazines and seminars. Identifies key factors of their success and offers recomendations.
All for One: the Bulgarian Face of Payroll Giving
Elitsa Barakova
Bulgarian Charities Aid Foundation (BCAF)
WDI Policy Brief No 15, January 2005.
Describes the development of payroll giving in Bulgaria and highlights the BCAF program as one of the best organized programs.
NGOs Based on Professional Groups: the Advantages for Development and Cross-Sector Partnerships
Elena Afanasyeva
Kherson Center of Youth Innitiatives or "Totem"
WDI Policy Brief No 14, January 2005.
Discusses the methods and advantages of creating public organizations based on professional groups by analyzing the experience of Ukrainian non-governmental organizations, in particular Totem. Highlights how this professionally based structure promotes the formation of effective and long-term cross-sector partnerships and innovative strategies of income generation.
Community-Based Organizations: Strategies for
Sustainability
Yulia Antonian
Eurasia Foundation
WDI Policy Brief No 13, January 2005.
Analyzes experiences of community-based organizations in Armenia which have built partnerships with local goverments as a way to achieve commercial sustainability.
The Strategic Partnership Between NGOs and SMEs in
Serbia
Robert Molnar
Technical College in Zrenjanin
WDI Policy Brief No 12, January 2005.
Argues that NGO and SME partnerships are natural linkages in Serbia, explains how this process has evolved and ways for furthering these relationships.
Innovative and Commercially Sustainable Approaches to Poverty Alleviation
Lea Uhrinova and Allan Bussard
Integra Foundation
WDI Policy Brief No 11, January 2005.
Examines opportunities and challenges facing microenterprise development strategies in Central and Eastern Europe. Highlights the need to assit microenterprises in gaining access to markets and explains how Integra Foundation is providing this assistance.
Social Enterprises: An Eastern European Experience
Jo Lucas and Arman Vardanyan
WDI Policy Brief No 10, January 2005.
Examines lessons learned in Albania, Armenia and Ukraine by local NGOs that seek to create employment opportunities for people with disabilities. Describes how the creation of social enterprises could be an innovative, commercially sustainable approach to income diversification.