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Partners-Slovakia
Local Name: PDCS, o.z.,
Partners for Democratic Change Slovakia
Director: Dušan
Ondrušek, Ph.D.
# of Staff: 15
Center since: 1991
Contact Information:
Partners for Democratic Change Slovakia
Sturova 13, 811 02 Bratislava
Tel: (421-2) 5292-5016,
5263-3851, or 5263-3852
Fax: (421-2) 5293-2215
Email: pdcs@pdcs.sk
Web: www.pdcs.sk
Partners-Slovakia has provided conflict management training
and consultation services to the country's NGO, local government,
business, academic, and ethnic minority communities since
1991. The Center provides services through Bratislava center
and new branches in Kezmarok, Presov and Rimavska Sobota
connected with Program for Roma Integration. Partners Slovakia
specializes in citizen participation initiatives and building
consensus among diverse sectors, facilitating sessions involving
local government, NGOs, businesses and other community stakeholders
for cooperative local development.
Highlights from Partners-Slovakia’s programs include:
NGO Development. Partners-Slovakia builds the country's
emerging third sector through training and consulting to
different NGOs in vital organizational development skills,
including networking, self-funding, project development,
and advocacy, strategic planning click
here for a case study. The Center has published and
contributed to a number of handbooks that assist NGOs in
sustainability and diversifying income generation. Some
of them were translated to English and Russian Language,
namely Reader for Non-Profit Organization. Click
here for a case study.
Network Building. Partners-Slovakia works
to build consensus and form coalitions and networks among
diverse groups. The Center’s efforts were highlighted by
OK98, a nationwide civic campaign for free and fair elections,
in coalition with 11 NGOs, during the 1998 parliamentary
elections; this movement resulted in high voter turnout,
election monitoring, and democratic change in parliament.
Click here
for a case study.
Minority Rights & Ethnic Conciliation.
Partners-Slovakia trains national and ethnic minority representatives
in effective communication and citizen participation skills,
focusing on empowering Roma organizations and communities.
The Center also facilitates majority-minority dialogues
and provides conciliation and mediation forums to resolve
minority-related disputes. Click
here for more information on Conciliation Commission.
Together with Partners Czech Republic, Partners Hungary
and Partners for Democratic Change manages long term program
“Program for Roma Integration”.
Peer Mediation. Partners-Slovakia established
peer mediation programs in over 40 primary and secondary
schools and universities in Bratislava, Banska Bystrica,
Levice, Nové Zámky, and Prešov. The Center trained volunteer
students and teachers in conflict resolution skills and
then worked with them to develop mediation programs that
resolve school-based disputes. Click
here for a case study on Peer Mediation.
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