Managing Multiethnic Communities - Training of Trainers
Sarajevo, November 5-10, 2001
Contact: lgitraining@osi.hu, milanm@bih.net.ba
Deadline for Applications: October 10
Local Government and Public Reform Initiatives (LGI), Network Program of the
Open Society Institute Budapest, is organising a workshops on the Democratic
Governance of Multiethnic Communities in SEE, in the framework of CIDA/OSI
co-operation under the Stability Pact.
Managing Multiethnic Communities - Training of Trainers will be organised in
Sarajevo in co-operation with the Civil Society Promotion Centre (CSPC,
Sarajevo) and the Institute for the Strengthening of Democracy (ISD, Konjic).
ToT targets faculties of public administration and public policy, trainers and
public officials from the region and aims to generate further courses on the
local management of multi-ethnic communities, where the participants may act as
trainers. The language of the workshops is English but translation is provided.
Trainers include Florian Bieber from the European Centre for Minority Issues,
Flensburg (ECMI), Anna-Maria Biro from Minority Rights Group International,
Budapest (MRG), Petra Kovacs (LGI), Elena Krylova LGI fellow, Dzemal Sokolovic
from the University of Bergen & (ISD), Ana Vasilache (Partners Romania),
Tony Verheijen from the United Nations Development Project (UNDP), Dragan Ivetic
from UNDP Bosnia, Milan Mrda and Fadil Sero (CSPC), with further trainer's
contribution from the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe,
Mission to Bosnia (OSCE).
Description
The ToT course will provide basic information on both the theory and practice
of multi-ethnic community management. Relevant domains of good governance,
minority rights, the quality of Public Administration and the management of
diversity will be discussed, touching key issues such as decentralisation,
strengths and weaknesses of local governments, implementation of minority
rights, power-sharing mechanisms, quality of PA in a multicultural environment,
participatory policies.
All classes will use the Textbook "Diversity in Action: Local Public
Management of Multiethnic Communities" (LGI, 2001) edited by Anna-Maria
Biro and Petra Kovacs. The workshop will use best practices from the volume
"Managing Multiethnic Local Communities in Countries of Former
Yugoslavia" (LGI, 2000) edited by Nenad Dimitrijevic. Relevant country
chapters from "Stabilization of Local Governments" (LGI 2001) edited
by Emilia Kandeva will also be included. (The volumes are available on the
Internet under LGI Publication)
The course is an introduction to the curriculum developed by LGI and provides
a forum for trainers as well as professors of Public Administration to adapt it
to practitioners and public officials while identifying major problem areas in
various countries of SEE in comparison with Bosnia. It is intended as an initial
step to generate courses on local management of multi-ethnic communities and to
stimulate attempts to establish good practices and models that identify common
characteristics of inter-community management at the local level across the
countries in question. It aims at setting the ground of basic knowledge and
expertise in the field that can then be subject of further debate and research.
The theoretical and policy analysis presented in the course will be
complemented with concrete case studies of innovative policy-making based on LGI
resources and on the experience of the local organizations. Participants are
also expected to contribute from their own experience. These good practices can
become food for thought for the development of strategies addressing persistent
problems in future trainings.
Teaching methods
The ToT course will be divided into lectures, discussions and case study
classes. Lectures will provide theoretical introduction, seminars will discuss
practical issues related to local multicultural policy-making. Case study
classes will provide participants with a methodological introduction to the use
of case studies in teaching practitioners.
The ToT course methodology has been tested by LGI at a pilot workshop
implemented in Budapest in November 2000.
Target Group
The workshop is specifically designed for faculties of public administration
and public policy and trainers from the region. As the number of the places is
limited, preference will be given to applicants with an appropriate
institutional affiliation - a training organisation or a teaching position at a
school of public administration.
Costs
The workshop is free of charge. LGI covers all expenses relating to the
workshop including course materials, hotel accommodation, and transportation to
and from Sarajevo.
Application procedure
The applicants are requested to send the following documents (electronic
versions to both emails below):
- Cover page (Full name, gender, contact address, residency)
- Letter of intent (max 600 words)
- Professional CV
- A statement of the level of proficiency in English (both written and
spoken)
- Name and address of two contact persons familiar with the professional
experience of the applicant
Deadline for Applications:
October 10.
Contact persons:
Milan Mrda
milanm@bih.net.ba
CSPC
ul. Nikole Kasikovica br.7
71000 Sarajevo - Bosnia i Hercegovina
Tel/Fax: ++387 33 213 278
Zsuzsa Katona
lgitraining@osi.hu
LGI at OSI
1051 Budapest, Nador 11.
Hungary
Tel: ++361 327 3104/2268
Fax: ++361 327 3105
