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Partners' Centers
for Change & Conflict Management are independent and locally
staffed, managed and registered organizations in developing
democracies committed to advancing civil society and a culture
of change and conflict management. Each Center provides a
range of services to local, regional and international communities.
By adapting and acculturating Partners' skills and processes
and developing unique specializations, the Centers meet the
diverse and specific needs of their constituencies. Centers
are currently located in Albania, Argentina, Bulgaria, Czech
Republic, Georgia, Hungary, Jordan, Kosovo, Lithuania, Mexico,
Peru, Poland, Romania and Slovakia.
Centers work with civil society, government, business,
and other sectors to address a range of issues, including
good governance, citizen participation, economic development,
civil society building, minority rights, women and youth
leadership, the environment, and public safety. Each Center
shares Partners' mission and a common set of programs:
- Training leaders from the NGO, government, and private
sectors in effective change management and conflict prevention
and resolution skills and processes
- Training trainers in a broad range of change and conflict
management and training skills
- Building consensus in communities and resolving contentious
local issues through providing services such as mediation,
facilitation, conciliation and cooperative planning
- Promoting public policies that recognize and legitimize
the use of mediation and citizen participation processes
- Introducing the study of change and conflict management
in universities and schools, through course development,
lectures, publications, and academic programs
Partners seeks to ensure each Centers' sustainability through
capacity-building in program development and implementation,
strategic planning, organizational development, financial
management, and fundraising and financing strategies.
Each Center, along with Partners, is a member of Partners
for Democratic Change International (PDCI), a partnership
committed to building the capacity, cooperation, and sustainability
of all members. Through PDCI, Partners develops and strengthens
Centers through transferring expertise and resources among
them, and mobilizing experienced trainers from existing
Centers to build new Centers' training, application and
organizational development capacities.
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