About This Initiative
The Turkmenistan Project promotes civil society in Turkmenistan via grantmaking and programmatic activities in areas such as arts and culture, access to information, and public health. more

Turkmenistan Project Grants
The Open Society Institute supports civil society development in Turkmenistan in part through a small grants program administered by the Central Eurasia Project's Turkmenistan Project.  more

Donors
Resource links to governmental and private funders (other than OSI) that support the development of open society in Turkmenistan. more

Turkmenistan News Brief
April 11-17, 2008
At the conclusions of talks in Ashgabat April 10, the European Union secured its first clear commitment from Turkmenistan to obtain 10 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas directly, without transit through Russia. more

Turkmenistan News Brief
April 4-10, 2008
This week's summit of the European Union's troika and the foreign ministers of Central Asia in Ashgabat highlighted the EU's desire to enhance its energy security and independence from Russian export routes by reaching out to the region.  more

OSI Forum: Central Asia's Energy Risks
OSI-New York
June 4, 2007
 AUDIO
Charles Esser of the International Crisis Group examined the resources of three countries—Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan—and the dangers of mishandling them.  more