International Eurasia Press Fund (Iepf)

The International Eurasia Press Fund (IEPF) is a non-governmental and non-profit organization, established in Azerbaijan in 1992 at the height of the Nagorno-Karabakh War. It operates in four key areas: Media Development, Conflict Resolution, Refugee/IDP Issues, and Civil Society Development. Today the IEPF employs over 90 staff, with offices in Baku and a vocational training center in Terter district for victims of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, including land mine survivors, IDPs and Refugees. Ongoing work with IDP vocational trainings, legal assistance, and mine risk education (MRE) serves as a benchmark of regional operations. Partners include: UN Agencies, US State Department Bureaus, Embassies, The World Bank, and The Azerbaijan Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA). Since January 2014, the IEPF maintains General Consultative Status with UN ECOSOC. The IEPF is a member of the European Council on Refugees and Exile and has representation on the boards of both the International Peace Bureau and International Press Institute. Since 2007, the IEPF has also been a member of the State Department’s Public-Private Partnership Program of the Military-Political affairs office of Weapons Removal and Abatement (WRA).