On October 23, 2003, Partners conducted a successful symposium in Washington, DC titled "Managing the Challenge of Change in Evolving Democracies." The day included small table discussions on the challenges facing emerging democracies. Partners' Center representatives were present to add their perspective to the discussions. The afternoon session included a stimulating and enlightening panel dialogue on democracy. A report detailing the events of the day will be available shortly. For further information regarding this symposium, please click here.

Partners received a grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to implement its four-year Roma Support Program in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia. Click here for Roma Program Information. Through this initiative, Partners will expand access to services and leadership opportunities for Roma at the community level, promote both majority and minority citizen participation in political and economic decision-making through sustainable community structures, counter discriminatory practices against Roma, and contribute to a change in perception of Roma within both majority and minority populations. Further, the program aims to produce models of integration that can be replicated throughout these three countries and the entire region. Please click here for USAID's Press Release.