Open Society Foundations
The Open Society Foundations (OSF ), formerly known as the Open Society Institute (OSI ) is a group of foundations of the American billionaire George Soros, who represents the idea of the open society by supporting civil society initiatives and funded political activities, particularly in Central and Eastern Europe.
Structure
Since 1994, Soros funds are coordinated by the Open Society Institute, which are located in New York, Baltimore, Brussels, Budapest, London, Paris, and Washington.
Soros foundations are autonomous institutions that have been in many countries or regions, especially those of the former Eastern Bloc, built. The national departments with names similar to central government institutions, and be aware of places in the vicinity and if the possibility exists, rented directly in governmental or administrative buildings. Through this widely ramified network of George Soros wins the necessary advance information in the observation and manipulation of new economic and social trends worldwide. The priorities and specific activities to influence each defined locally. The programs include, among others, the promotion of press freedom, the protection of human rights and support for economic and social reforms and entrepreneurship.
The headquarters in New York City serves as an interface between individual foundations in more than 50 countries that promote education and health care, according to owner representation and advocate for human rights, if they are useful to enforce U.S. interests.
There is also a New York formally independent OSI in Budapest, which takes care of the Eurasian continent.
Political influence
The Coalition for International Justice, which had a leading role in the trial of Slobodan Milosevic at the International Criminal Court in the process of reporting for the former Yugoslavia, of the OSF and a semi- official U.S. Lawyers Association (eg, Central and East European Law Institute was = CEELI ) founded and funded.
The OSF is completely subordinated to the International Renaissance Foundation in Ukraine. This funded groups of Euromaidan opposition, which are attributable to Prawyj sector.
Co-financiers
Co-financier of many projects of the Soros Foundation are among others the:
- Rockefeller Foundation
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Robert Bosch Stiftung
- NATO
- Ford Foundation
- Rockefeller fellowship