Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe (IDEE) is a non-profit independent Polish foundation, established in 1991. IDEE is committed to the development of a civic society and the enlivening of contacts between people actively working in non-governmental organizations as well as between independent journalists in almost all countries of Central and Eastern Europe. We have friends and colleagues in Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakstan, Kirgizstan, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Yugoslavia. Simultaneously, we maintain contacts with representatives of Western organizations supporting the changes taking place in our part of the world.