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Partners-Romania
Local Name: Partners
Romania Foundation for Local Development
Director: Ana Vasilache
# of Staff: 7
Center since: 1997
Contact Information:
Str Piata Amzei 7-9, sc D, et 6, ap 34, Bucharest
Tel: (40-21) 314-1966
Fax: (40-21) 313-5664,
313-5668
Email:
fpdl@fpdl.ro
Web: www.fpdl.ro
Partners-Romania, part of Partners’ network since
1997, works to enhance the democratic process of governance,
civil society development, and dissemination of change and
conflict management skills and services in Romania and internationally.
The Center specializes in local government reform, providing
municipal officials and communities with skills and processes
in citizen participation and change and conflict management
to improve efficiency, transparency and accountability.
Highlights from Partners-Romania’s programs include:
Local Government Reform. Partners-Romania
implements two complementary municipal development programs:
Working Together Program for Governance and Local Leadership
in Central/Eastern Europe and the Southeastern Europe Municipal
Development Program (co-designed and managed with Partners).
The goal of these programs is to build a sustainable regional
network of trainers skilled in local government reform,
through a series of training-of-trainers, technical assistance
follow-up, and the development of in-country action plans
to implement skills learned. Further, the networks provide
peer support through information and resource exchange.
These ongoing programs have resulted in a cadre of trained
practitioners and reached over a thousand municipal officials
throughout the region. Visit the Good
Governance section of Our Impact for case studies.
Conflict Analysis, Prevention & Resolution
Center. In cooperation with the United Nations
Development Program, Partners-Romania is developing a Conflict
Analysis, Prevention & Resolution Center (CAPR) to increase
the capacity of government and civil society to analyze,
prevent and manage conflicts in the social sector. The CAPR
will build a cadre of neutral conflict management professionals,
conduct research on Romania’s conflict resolution
needs, and implement workshops and consensus building initiatives
in communities.
Minority Rights. Partners-Romania works
with local and regional government officials and minority
representatives to facilitate dialogue to build cooperation
and improve minority status and living conditions. The Center
convenes municipal officials, police, Roma community representatives,
local media and others to discuss the situation of minorities
in the country and develop creative solutions on Roma rights,
including working with the National Office for Roma, Department
of National Minorities, to develop a national strategy paper
for improving housing, educational and employment opportunities
in the country. Click
here for a case study.
Citizen Participation. Partners-Romania
is implementing an ongoing project entitled Building Bridges,
the goal of which is to increase citizen participation in
local decision-making by facilitating participatory problem-solving
processes with municipal government leaders and citizens
in selected communities. In this program, Partners-Romania
is developing easily adaptable, innovative training manuals,
and will disseminate them to Romanian NGOs through trainings-for-trainers
and cooperative planning processes.
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