The countries which made up the Soviet Union and the former socialist states of central and eastern Europe are undergoing a difficult transition process.
The situation in Afghanistan demands particular attention. After nearly three decades of war, Afghanistan is in the process of trying to establish a working political system. For some years DW Akademie has been helping to set up a news department for state-run broadcaster Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA), thus making an important contribution to the country's process of democratization. DW Akademie is also active in the following countries and regions: The Baltic states, Belarus, the countries of the former Yugoslavia, the Caucasus, Romania, Russia, Ukraine and Central Asia.
DW Akademie's regional partners include:
• Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA), Kabul, Afghanistan
• Ariana FM, Afghanistan
• Albanian Media Institute, Tirana, Albania
• Public Radio of Armenia and Radio "Hay" 106,6, Eriwan/Gyumri, Armenia
• Azerbaijan Media Center (Media Merkez), Azerbaijan
• Belorussian Association of Journalists, Minsk, Belarus
• Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), Bosnia-Hercegovina
• "Media Union", Bischkek, Kyrgyzstan
• Radio Kontakt Plus, Kosovo
• National Broadcasting Council of Latvia, Latvia
• Lithuania Radio and Television (LRT), Vilnius, Lithuania
• RTCG Radio and Television Crna Gora, Montenegro
• Radio of Romania (ROR), Romania
• Freies Deutsch-Russisches Institut für Publizistik, Rostov/Don, Russia
• Radio Sibir and Radio "Vostik Rossii", Tomsk/Chabarowsk, Russia
• School of Journalism, Novi Sad, Serbia
• Radio Vatan, Duschanbe, Tadjikistan
• Radio "Garmonia Mira" und "Ekoradio", Odessa/Lwiw, Ukraine
• National Radio Company of Ukraine, Ukraine
Head of Europe and Central Asia division Mathis.Winkler(at)dw.de
