Strategy

We advocate open market economies, transparency, business liberalization, and the formation of honest partnerships between the government, business, and the public.
We actively support the creation of a stable, predictable and level playing field, which provides conditions for private-sector-led economic growth and development of international economic relationships.

To achieve these goals, the Foundation's activities include:

  • Engaging governments in dialogue to influence economic policy in areas related to improving the business climate;
  • Monitoring and reporting on the evolution of key economic reforms and policies that affect the investment climate;
  • Promoting associations and alliances of businesses and non-government organizations that share the Foundation's goals;
  • Establishing cooperation with national associations and international organizations whose activities are similar to those of the Foundation;
  • Providing informational and advisory support to FSU businesses, governments, public institutions and other NGOs;
  • Advocating and promoting campaigns to create positive images of developing countries and strengthen their international reputations;
  • Promoting education and implementation of best practices in government policies; 
  • Building consensus on the major issues of economic development for transition economies;
  • Promoting the necessity of legal, administrative, economic, and other reforms in order to ensure sustainable economic growth;
  • Informing the public of the Foundation's activities, and advocating its ideas and objectives through the media

A large portion of the world is in an unstable state of transition. The main goal in these countries is to successfully complete transitions and achieve stability, based on market economy, private business development and democracy. The developed countries of the world hold the keys to this transition and must lead the effort.

There are three alternatives to consider:

Standoff  —   The current state of affairs. Developed countries enjoy relative stability and prosperity, but attempt to isolate their economies. Developing countries struggle to develop, but continue to be immersed in poverty, inequality, instability, and envy.
Payoff —   Wealth redistribution on a global scale. This would be accomplished through substantial increases in foreign aid, in order to avert future troubles in the world. While some believe you can simply pay your way to world stability, this approach will likely produce a global welfare system. Donors and recipients will be equally dependent on each other and motivated to maintain this dependency in perpetuity.
Tradeoff — Jointly apply best practices to manage change in developing countries. On one hand, developed countries provide know-how, better access to their markets, foreign direct investments, and precisely targeted aid. On the other hand, developing countries fully implement necessary changes to make the business environment more attractive.

The Bleyzer Foundation believes that only the last alternative, tradeoff, will achieve real, long-term results. Our goal is to help refocus multilateral and bilateral assistance to FSU countries on the creation of private business and market economies. Benchmarking and statistical analysis of transition economies help identify the best practices in government policies, which must be used in other developing countries, with some adjustments for local culture.
The Foundation seeks to convince the governments of developed nations, at the most senior levels, to actively support the creation of market economy and democracy in the FSU. We must build an alliance of developed countries to implement a coordinated program to complete transition in the region.