Since 1993, iEARN-USA has worked with the Open Society Institute(OSI) in New York and Soros Foundations in 20 countries in Central Europe and Central Asia to involve students in these countries in global project work. iEARN has established Coordinators in each country and programs have been launched to train teachers and provide coordination of on-line project work. George Soros was one of the award recipients at the 2000 iEARN-USA gala.