INVITATION
Managing Multiethnic Communities - Training of Trainers
Ohrid, Macedonia, June 1-5. 2002.
Kristina_Hadzi-Vasileva@dai.com lgitraining@osi.hu
Local Government and Public Reform Initiatives (LGI), Network Program of
the Open Society Institute Budapest, is organising the fourth workshop on the
Democratic Governance of Multiethnic Communities, in the framework of CIDA/OSI
co-operation under the Stability Pact.
Managing Multiethnic Communities - Training of Trainers will be organised
in Ohrid in co-operation with the Local Government Reform Project of
Development Agency Inc. (DAI) Macedonia.
ToT targets trainers who specialise in training public officials and local
decision-makers in policy making, and public officials from the region. It
aims to generate further courses on the local management of multi-ethnic
communities, where the participants may act as trainers. The language of the
workshop is English.
Trainers include Tony Verheijen from the United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP) Florian Bieber from the European Centre for Minority Issues,
Flensburg (ECMI), Anna-Maria Biro from Minority Rights Group International (MRG),
Ana Vasilache from Partners Romania, Aniko Kaposvari Foundation for Human
Rights and Peace Education, Budapest and Zsuzsa Katona (LGI).
Description The ToT course will provide basic information on both the
theory and practice of the public management of multi-ethnic communities.
Well-designed public policies are seen as an effective technique to reconcile
social conflicts and integrate diverse communities. Training modules will
focus on the different phases of participatory policy making that make up
genuinely inclusive public policies. Relevant domains of good governance,
minority rights, Public Administration, the management of diversity via public
policy making 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 an multicultural
environment, that may all be mobilised into the effective implementation of
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 at
http://lgi.osi.hu/publications/books/
The course is an introduction to the curriculum developed by LGI and
provides a forum for trainers and teachers of Public Administration to adapt
it to practitioners and public officials while identifying major problem areas
in the Former Yugoslavia in comparison with various countries of SEE. 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, interactive
lectures, discussions and case study classes. Lectures will provide
participants with theoretical introduction, concepts and examples from various
countries of South Eastern Europe, as well as international standards of
community management while interactive lectures allow participants to actively
engage with the topic. Case study classes will provide participants with a
methodological introduction to the use of case studies in teaching
practitioners and the group exercises will work on concrete cases with local
relevance, applying different methods of problem analysis and drafting
alternative policies.
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 Ohrid.
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, institutional
affiliation)
· Letter of intent describing how the trainee will put to use the new
skills and how her/his institution will benefit from it (max 600 words)
· Professional CV
· A statement of the level of proficiency in the workshop working language
English (both written and spoken)
· Name and address of two contact persons familiar with the professional
experience of the applicant
Deadline for Applications: April 30.
Contact persons:
1. Kristina Hadzi-Vasileva
Kristina_Hadzi-Vasileva@dai.com LGRP Blagoja
Strachkov no. 4
1000 Skopje, Macedonia
2. Zsuzsa Katona lgitraining@osi.hu
LGI at OSI 1051 Budapest, Nador 11. Hungary Tel: ++361 327 3104/2268
Fax: ++361 327 3105
