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FPDL's Good Governance work wins 2011 United Nations Public Service Award for two cities

Martin, Slovakia and Craiova, Romania win the 2011 United Nations Public Service Award for North America and Europe in the category “Preventing and Combating Corruption in the Public Service”. Both local governments applied the novel strategic anticorruption approach, promoted by FPDL in CEE/SEE countries with LGI/OSI support.

Partners Romania Wins Prize for Anti-Corruption Work

The program “A City without Corruption, a City with Future,” organized by Partners Romania together with the Romanian municipality of Craiova, recently won the first prize in the 2010 Civil Servants Agency Annual Competition in the category “Strengthening public service integrity, transparency and accountability.” The project aimed to improve accountability and combat corruption on the level of local government and was selected from over 30 different initiatives from across Romania, showing the impact of Partners’ work in the country.

Constructive Responses to Conflict in Emerging Democracies

by Raymond Shonholtz. This paper was presented at the United Nations Development Program Conference, Inter-Regional Forum on Coping with Crisis and Conflicts, Bucharest, Romania, April 2-4, 2001.

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Promoting a National Roma Strategy

Partners supported a government initiative to improve the conditions of Roma communities by leading several training programs with organizations, leaders and community members at the forefront of this crucial program.

Strengthening Citizen Involvement in Waste Management

To improve waste services, increase public participation and raise city revenues, Partners-Romania designed an innovative dialogue group in Moreni.

Where the Grass is Greener: Managing Public Spaces

To improve urban living and respond to citizen needs, Partners worked with city officials and other agencies to promote better public leisure spaces.

Improvement of Public Services

Partners worked with local officials and community actors to improve the provision of public services such as water delivery in Romania.

Concern for the Environment Inspires Clean-up

Neighboring communities and suburbs of Alba Iulia city were forced to endure garbage and sewage spillover from the city until Partners-Romania developed a participatory facilitation program to overcome the problem.

Urban Planning and Historical Preservation in Constanta

Partners successfully promoted urban development while protecting local resources and historical institutions in this Romanian town.

Fostering Roma Community Groups

In order to improve the labor standards and employment benefits among less skilled Roma workers, Partners helped create working groups to organize members and assist them in interacting with employers and the government.