Project on Ethnic Relations

The Project on Ethnic Relations (PER) is dedicated to preventing ethnic conflict in Central and Eastern Europe, the Balkans and the former Soviet Union. PER was founded in 1991 in anticipation of the serious interethnic conflicts that were to erupt following the collapse of Communism. PER conducts programs of high-level intervention and dialogue and serves as a neutral mediator in several major disputes in the region. PER also conducts programs of training, education, and research at international, national, and community levels. PER is supported by the United States Agency for International Development, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the Government of Switzerland, the Government of Great Britain, the Government of Romania, the Balkan Trust for Democracy, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, NCH Capital Inc., the Alfred and Carol Moses Family Fund, and the People Technology Foundation, Inc.