Open Society Archives

Projects

Consequent with its mission OSA is dedicated to organizing public and educational programs and running international archival projects in order to

further the cause of informational rights,

function as an informational gateway linking East and West in the archival field,

support the scholarly work of researchers and educational institutes in the region and world wide, and

initiate public debates on the most sensitive and contested issues of Central and Eastern Europe 's recent past, including Fascism and Communism. This commitment is reflected in all projects initiated and run by OSA .

Paranoia Recycling Archive. The aim of the project is to digitize and make accessible through the Internet Hungarian training films on ABC (atomic, biological, chemical) warfare, produced for the Civil Defense Allience between 1961 and 1973.

Projects under the European Union Culture 2000 program
In 2004 the Open Society Archives received support from the European Union Culture 2000 program to realize its three year cooperation project, the "History After the Fall -- The Interdeterminacy of the Short Twentieth Century". The EU support was complemented by a grant from the Nemzeti Kulturális Alap (National Cultural Fund) www.nka.hu and the Nemzeti Kulturális Örökségvédelmi Hivatal (National Cultural Heritage Ministry) www.okm.gov.hu.

International Samizdat [Research] Association, an informal network of archives, museums, research centers and other institutions and individuals from all around world, who preserve, research, teach or study the samizdat phenomenon. Martus, the human rights tool in the ongoing fight against human rights violations, a global human rights reporting system, which creates, stores and retrieves abuse information, a system that addresses the specific technological needs of the human rights community, especially of those working under dangerous conditions.

Comintern (Communist International) Project
Archive of the Third, or Communist International, written in about 90 languages, 521 documentary units, 220 000 files and 22 million pages, 15 thousand linear meters the the Russian State Archive for Social and Political History (RGASPI), successor to the Central Party Archive, has been scanned and became available as a searchable database.
Annual International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival VERZIO is organized by Verzio Film Foundation, Open Society Archives and Hungarian Helsinki Committee. The principal aim of Verzio film festival is to highlight human rights issues and to create greater awareness in the public of current social and political affairs. The films address a wide range of issues affecting domestic and international affairs today: civil conflicts; war crimes; terrorism; political repression; free media; nationalism and racism; equal opportunities, women's rights, domestic violence; child abuse. Screenings are accompanied by debates with filmmakers, journalists, and film scholars. The festival program includes retrospective, screenings for high-school students, and thematic workshops. For more information visit www.verzio.ceu.hu

	Paranoia Recycling Archive. The aim of the project is to digitize and make accessible through the Internet Hungarian training films on ABC (atomic, biological, chemical) warfare, produced for the Civil Defense Allience between 1961 and 1973.		Projects under the European Union Culture 2000 program In 2004 the Open Society Archives received support from the European Union Culture 2000 program to realize its three year cooperation project, the "History After the Fall -- The Interdeterminacy of the Short Twentieth Century". The EU support was complemented by a grant from the Nemzeti Kulturális Alap (National Cultural Fund) www.nka.hu and the Nemzeti Kulturális Örökségvédelmi Hivatal (National Cultural Heritage Ministry) www.okm.gov.hu.
	International Samizdat [Research] Association, an informal network of archives, museums, research centers and other institutions and individuals from all around world, who preserve, research, teach or study the samizdat phenomenon.		Martus, the human rights tool in the ongoing fight against human rights violations, a global human rights reporting system, which creates, stores and retrieves abuse information, a system that addresses the specific technological needs of the human rights community, especially of those working under dangerous conditions.
	Comintern (Communist International) Project Archive of the Third, or Communist International, written in about 90 languages, 521 documentary units, 220 000 files and 22 million pages, 15 thousand linear meters the the Russian State Archive for Social and Political History (RGASPI), successor to the Central Party Archive, has been scanned and became available as a searchable database.		Annual International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival VERZIO is organized by Verzio Film Foundation, Open Society Archives and Hungarian Helsinki Committee. The principal aim of Verzio film festival is to highlight human rights issues and to create greater awareness in the public of current social and political affairs. The films address a wide range of issues affecting domestic and international affairs today: civil conflicts; war crimes; terrorism; political repression; free media; nationalism and racism; equal opportunities, women's rights, domestic violence; child abuse. Screenings are accompanied by debates with filmmakers, journalists, and film scholars. The festival program includes retrospective, screenings for high-school students, and thematic workshops. For more information visit www.verzio.ceu.hu