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In 1997, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton conducted a fact-finding tour in the Newly Independent States. Her tour focused on issues that affect the status of women, including economic opportunities, education and health. Through her meetings and discussions, Mrs. Clinton recognized domestic violence as a major problem facing women in Russia and Ukraine. Back in Washington, Mrs. Clinton advocated for federal funding to support domestic violence education and training in the Newly Independent States. Her goal was to help build local resources to support victims of domestic violence.
As a result, the Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) of the United States Department of State set aside money for domestic violence training programs in the NIS. Project Harmony was in a perfect position to provide training to police departments based on its past law enforcement exchange programs. In addition, Project Harmony's track record in providing community based training programs for professionals in the health, business and non-governmental fields supported the overall coalition approach to training.
In 1998, Project Harmony received grant funding to conduct a two-year domestic violence training initiative in Russia and Ukraine. In 1999, Project Harmony received additional grant funding to expand the program, by developing new sites and adding new training initiatives in Russia, Ukraine and Georgia.
The Domestic Violence Community Partnership Program is conducted in cities where Project Harmony has a solid law enforcement training history, providing credibility to the program. The cities of Petrozavodsk, Irkutsk and Volgograd participate in Russia, while Odesa, Lviv and Uzhgorod participate in Ukraine. The program will expand to the Republic of Georgia in Winter of 2000-2001.
2001
 Technical Capacity Building, November-December 2001, Tbilisi, Georgia
US Trainer: Aimee Thompson (Law Enforcement, Social Services, Group Facilitation)
Phase II Training, June 15-28, 2001, Tbilisi, Georgia
US Trainers: Andrea Bernard (Psychology), V. Pualani Enos (Legal Services), Susan Hubert (Social Services), Jennifer Stokes (Social Services)
Phase III Training for Uzhgorod Coalition Members, June 1-16, 2001, Massachusetts, USA
Ukrainian Delegation: Valentyna Chervonooka (Medical Services), Victor Otouchyts (Law Enforcement), Vitaliy Pumpynets (Media Relations), Anna Sabadosh (Education), Tetyana Starodub (Financial Services), Andrew Osadchuck (Legal Services)
Technical Capacity Building, March 3-11, 2001, Lviv, Ukraine
US Trainers: Sergeant Detective Gladys Aquino-Gaines (Law Enforcement) and Police Corporal David Thomas (Law Enforcement)
Estimated Audience: 500
Technical Capacity Building, February 23-March 4, 2001, Volgograd, Russia
US Trainers: Judge Charles Black (Court and Legal Services), Lieutenant Detective Paul Porter (Law Enforcement)
Technical Capacity Building, February 1-9, 2001, Odesa, Ukraine
US Trainers: Chief William Baker (Law Enforcement) and Judge Susan Carbon (Legal Services);
Estimated Audience: 500.
Phase I Training, January 19-February 3, 2001, Tbilisi, Georgia
US Trainers: Susan Hubert (Social Services), Judge James McCormick (Legal Services), Michael Thomas (Batterer's Intervention/Probation), Lieutenant Thomas Woods (Law Enforcement)
2000
Phase II Training, October 13-31, 2001, Irkutsk, Russia
US Trainers: Juan Carlos Arean (Social Services), Donna Bergeron (Social Services), Doreen Gallagher (Victim Advocate), Sydney Hanlon (Legal Advocacy), Sergeant Shawn McDermott (Law Enforcement)
Phase III Training for Lviv and Volgograd Coalition Members, September 30-October 14, 2000, Rochester, New York, USA
Ukrainian Delegation: Mykhaylo Chulyk (Law Enforcement), Myroslava Dyakovych (Legal Services), Yaroslav Kashuba (Regional Administration), Liudmila Kovalenko (Social Services), Petro Rak (Social Services), Yuriy Zakal (Psychology)
Russian Delegation: Olga Andreeva (Social Services), Olga Chalikova (Social Services), Dmitri Eliseev (Social Services), Taissia Mikhailitchenko (Social Services), Vassili Roudenko (Law Enforcement)
Phase II Training, September 15-28, 2000, Uzhgorod, Ukraine
US Trainers: Lieutenant Edward Denmark (Law Enforcement), Catherine M. Mazzotta (Victim Advocacy), Aimee Thompson (Law Enforcement / Public Health Services), Suzanne E. Tomkins (Legal Services)
Estimated Audience: 1050
Phase II Training, April 16-30, 2000, Lviv, Ukraine
US Trainers: Andrea Bernard (Psychologist/Child Specialist), Carolyn Currier (Victim Advocate), Sergeant Detective Gladys Aquino-Gaines (Law Enforcement), Georgia Pasqualone (Medical Services)
Estimated Audience: 2200
Phase I Training, March 23-April 7, 2000, Irkutsk, Russia
US Trainers: Juan Carlos Arean (Social Services), Donna Bergeron (Social Services), Doreen Gallagher (Victim Advocate), Tanya Karpiak (Legal Advocacy), Sergeant Shawn McDermott (Law Enforcement)
Technical Capacity Building, March 3-12, 2000, Petrozavodsk, Russia
US Trainers: Judge Susan Carbon (Legal Advocacy) and Chief William Baker (Law Enforcement)
Phase I Training, March 1-16, 2000, Uzhgorod, Ukraine
US Trainers: Kenneth Conner (Social Services), Catherine Mazzotta (Victim Advocacy), Ronald Pawelczak (Legal Advocacy/Social Services), Aimee Thompson (Law Enforcement/Public Health Services), Suzanne Tomkins (Legal Services)
Estimated Audience: 970
Phase II Training, February 12-27, 2000, Volgograd, Russia
US Trainers: Investigator Terrill Anderson (Law Enforcement), Janine Gannon (Social Services), Dr. David Haddad (Family Counseling), Joyce McIntyre (Medical Services)
Estimated Audience: 1650
1999
Phase I Training, November 27-December 13, 1999, Lviv, Ukraine
US Trainers: David Adams (Psychology), Carolyn Currier (Victim Advocacy), Kristina Maritczak (Legal Services), Georgia Pasqualone (RN/Forensic Nurse Consultant), Detective Peter Tessicini (Law Enforcement)
Estimated Audience: 2025
Phase III Training for Odesa and Petrozavodsk Coalition Members, November 27-December 13, 1999, Massachusetts, USA
Ukrainian Delegation: Valentina Berezhnaya (Psychology), Alexander Chumakov (Social Services), Margarita Melikhova (Social Services), Mykola Garnyk (Legal Services), Tatiana Shuldeshova (Psychology), Alla Taran (Social Services)
Russian Delegation: Olga Baranova (Law Enforcement), Svetlana Goranskaya (Medical Services), Andrei Krieger (Regional Administration), Boris Kuznetsov (Law Enforcement), Vera Litvinenko (Social Services), Galina Vlasova (Social Services)
Phase I Training, October 15-20, 1999, Volgograd, Russia
US Trainers: Investigator Terrell Anderson (Law Enforcement), Christine Bourne-Lindamood (Law Enforcement), Lonna Davis (Social Services), Paula Lanson (Medical Services), Djuna Perkins (Legal Advocacy)
Estimated Audience: 1400
Phase II Training, June 19-July 3, 1999, Odesa, Ukraine
US Trainers: Chief Edward Cronin (Law Enforcement), Mary Majkut (Medical Services), Kristina Maritczak (Legal Services), Carole Sousa (Victim Advocate/Social Services)
Estimated Audience: 1640
Phase II Training, April 23-May 8, 1999, Petrozavodsk, Russia
US Trainers: Chief William Baker (Law Enforcement), Dr. David Haddad (Psychologist/Family Counseling), Paula Lanson (Medical Services), Carole Sousa (Victim Advocate/Social Services)
Estimated Audience: 1500
Phase I Training, February 20-March 8, 1999, Odesa, Ukraine
US Trainers: Melissa Carr (International Development), Sergeant Detective Gladys Gaines (Law Enforcement), Jennifer Robertson (Medical Services), Carole Sousa (Victim Advocate/Social Services), Joseph Whalen (Legal Services)
Estimated Audience: 1800
1998
Phase I Training, November 28-December 13, Petrozavodsk, Russia
US Trainers: Chief William Baker (Law Enforcement), Melissa Carr (International Development), Dr. David Haddad (Psychologist/Family Counseling), Paula Lanson (Medical Services), Carole Sousa (Victim Advocate/Social Services), Judge Sarkis Teshoian (Legal Services)
Estimated Audience: 1325
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