About Alpe

ALPE Foundation is an independent nongovernmental organization that pursues professional communication activities aimed at strengthening civil society in Georgia .

Social advertisement, media campaigns, and regular publishing activities, educational programs and trainings are the main instruments of ALPE's communication strategy.

On the basis of the strategy elaborated jointly with the Ogilvy/Euro&M consultation firm, in 2001-2003 ALPE worked on the educational component of the court reform that was implemented in accordance with the Georgian Government and World Bank program.

It was within the format of the project supported by the World Bank that ALPE Foundation was shaped as a team of like-minded people and established as a professional communicator organization.

The level of cooperation that ALPE has established with nongovernmental organizations and international donor agencies active in Georgia and the fact that it has gained the reputation of a reliable partner indicates that the Foundation is sustainable and has prospects of development.

As a result of such partnership, ALPE implemented important projects such as Let Us Build Our School supported by Save The Children international organization, the "Let Us Start Doing Business" program of the support campaign for democratic elections implemented under the auspices of Open Society - Georgia Foundation.

ALPE's cooperation with the European Union and this organization's office in Georgia is worth to be mentioned specially. From January 2004, ALPE is implementing the project supported by European Union and entitled "Support to the Rule of Law: Promoting Behavioral Change among the Public and Police Forces of Georgia."

Within the same timeframe ALPE have been implementing project aiming to support civil integration of ethnic minority groups settling in Georgia . The project is supported by USAID through Eurasia Foundation. Under this project number of Educational activities and trainings has been carried out for youth groups of different ethnic groups like Azerbaijani, Armenians and Ossetian.

Starting from 2005, ALPE started project to support establishment of civil oversight over Police activities in Georgia . Five regional offices of civil monitoring boards have been created so far to monitor police station in five different parts of country. The activity is carried out in cooperation with Ombudsman's office of Georgia .