24. 11. 2018 | PR, U-LEAD: with Europe
Last week the second study visit “Travel to Know – Travel to Change” in the framework of „U-LEAD with Europe – Ukraine – Local Empowerment, Accountability and Development” programme concluded.The programme is designed to contribute to the establishment of multilevel governance that is transparent, accountable and responsive to the needs of the population of Ukraine. 20 public officials from Ukraine visited Slovenia in order to get to know and understand the state of management of ethnically diverse municipalities and their prospects for social and economic development.
The visit took place in Prekmurje region, where a number of ethnically diverse communities lives and cohabits, namely Hungarian minority in the Republic of Slovenia and Roma communities. The group visited Murska Sobota, Lendava, Roma settlement Pušča, Gornji Senik, Puconci and Velika Polana, where they were received with the pristine warmth of the Eastern Slovenia.
In the framework of the visit, three partnerships have been established through a signature of letters of intent for cooperation. On Tuesday, 20 November 2018, Mr Darko Rudaš representative of Roma in Murska Sobota City Council and Mr Miroslav Horvat Adviser on Roma to the Head of Transcarpathian Regional State Administration and Vice President of World Roma Organisation signed a letter in the largest Slovenia’s Roma settlement Pušča. On Wednesday, 21 November 2018, Mr Ludvik Novak, Mayor of the Municipality of Puconci and Mr Ivan Ivanovič Drogobetskyi, Mayor of Polyana Village Council established long-term cooperation at the Memorial Home of Števan Küzmič in Puconci. On Thursday, 22 November 2018, the third initiative was launched with a signature of an agreement between Ms Nadiia Goncharenko, Deputy Mayor of the Municipality of Biliaivka (Biliaivska hromada) and Mr Damijan Jaklin, Mayor of the Municipality of Velika Polana.
The multi-donor action U-LEAD of the European Union and its Member States Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Poland and Sweden was established in order to carry out demand-driven and targeted training for officials at the national, regional and local level.
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21. 11. 2018 | PR, U-LEAD: with Europe
As the international study visit on Social & economic development of communities with diverse ethnic population is under way this week, a number of important partnership initiatives have been established. The „U-LEAD with Europe – Ukraine – Local Empowerment, Accountability and Development” programme is designed to contribute to the establishment of multilevel governance that is transparent, accountable and responsive to the needs of the population of Ukraine.
The central focus of the second international study visit is Prekmurje region, where a number of ethnically diverse communities lives and cohabits. 20 civil servants from Ukraine, participating in the programme visited Murska Sobota, Lendava, Roma settlement Pušča, Gornji Senik, Puconci and Velika Polana.
Three partnerships have been established through a signature of letters of intent for cooperation. On Tuesday, 20 November 2018, Mr Darko Rudaš representative of Roma in Murska Sobota City Council and Mr Miroslav Horvat Adviser on Roma to the Head of Transcarpathian Regional State Administration and Vice President of World Roma Organisation signed a letter in the largest Slovenia’s Roma settlement Pušča.
On Wednesday, 21 November 2018, Mr Ludvik Novak, Mayor of the Municipality of Puconci and Mr Ivan Ivanovič Drogobetskyi, Mayor of Polyana Village Council established long-term cooperation at the Memorial Home of Števan Küzmič in Puconci.
The third partnership initiative launch is foreseen on Thursday, 22 November 2018, with a signature of an agreement between Ms Nadiia Goncharenko, Deputy Mayor of the Municipality of Biliaivka (Biliaivska hromada) and Mr Damijan Jaklin, Mayor of the Municipality of Velika Polana.
The Slovenian-Ukrainian cooperation will be based on friendship between the cities, exchanges of good practices, international visits and exchanges.
20. 11. 2018 | Helicopter, PR, Slovenian Development Assistance
Between 27 and 29 November, Centre for European Perspective kicks off the activities of capacity building of the Avio-Helicopter Unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Montenegro in the Development Cooperation Programme of the Republic of Slovenia with Montenegro.
Public services provided by the avio-helicopter unit and its responsiveness are of vital importance for the population of Montenegro which is why the country aims to improve its capabilities in the framework of this programme.
Slovenia and Montenegro will train flying in the high mountain ranges and exchange their experiences, which will contribute to the preparation of the programme proposal for the future development of the unit.
Project is part of CEP’s program activities executed in cooperation with the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia / Slovenian Police, financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia in the framework of Slovenia’s Development Cooperation.
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16. 11. 2018 | PR, U-LEAD: with Europe
U-LEAD with Europe: Ukraine – Local Empowerment, Accountability and Development Programme continues with Slovenia hosting the second international study visit on social and economic development of communities with diverse ethnic population next week. The visit will take place in Ljubljana and Prekmurje between 18 and 23 November 2018 with 20 public officials from Ukraine.
Participants will begin their visit with an introduction day at Jable Castle, meeting a number of Slovenian administrative and governing bodies, among them Local Self-Government Service at the Ministry of Public Administration and Office for National Minorities of the Republic of Slovenia. In the following days, the workshops will take you to the field, visiting Murska Sobota, Lendava, Roma settlement Pušča, Gornji Senik, Puconci and smaller towns and villages in Prekmurje region.
The five day workshop follows the fist study visit in September, when participants researched the municipalities of Izola, Koper, Domžale, Trst and Dolina in the west of Slovenia. Centre for European Perspective as the organizer of the study visit will present the autochthonous Slovenian national minority living in Slovenia’s four neighboring countries and autochthonous Italian and Hungarian national communities in Slovenia, as well as the Roma community. Since national minorities play an important role in all-round cross-border cooperation – important to Slovenia as a whole and its border areas, which constitute a major portion of Slovenia’s territory, it can serve as an example of good practice useful also for Ukraine and its development and decentralization progress.
The visit is taking place in the framework of the multi-donor action U-LEAD established by the European Union and its Member States Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Poland and Sweden. It is aimed to contribute to the establishment of multilevel governance that is transparent, accountable and responsive to the needs of the population of Ukraine. U-LEAD with Europe is supporting the Ukrainian Government, represented by the Ministry of Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Communal Services of Ukraine (MinRegion) as a key political partner, in the coordination and implementation of the decentralisation and regional policy reforms. The Programme carries out demand-driven and targeted trainings for officials at the national, regional and local level.
16. 11. 2018 | Danube, PR
FIRST NATIONAL DANUBE PARTICIPATION DAY IN SLOVENIA
The Danube region brings together 14 countries and some of them are very close to Slovenia (geographically, also culturally and historically) and some of the most important economically important ones, as well as some more remote countries, which makes the macroregions a good tool to get to know them more closely. These are – besides Slovenia – Austria, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, (part) of Germany, (part) of Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, and (part) of Ukraine.
Topics in which Slovenian project partners are involved are very different. Because we are stronger together, we decided to organize an informal meeting for all of us who are active in the Danube Region. Thus, at the half-day event, we brought together projects from various transnational and cross-border programs, all involving Slovenian partners. We exchanged experiences on communication, reaching target groups, influencing policy making, discussing how the projects can work together, getting to know the EuroAccess online search tool and finding out about the role of the Danube Strategy Point that has just been established. At the end, the participants were divided in groups according to their filed of work and exchanged opportunities for cooperation with colleagues from the same field.
The Center for European Perspective as Coordinator of the Priority Area 10 – Institutional Capacity and Cooperation – EU Strategy for the Danube Region organized a meeting where about 60 participants from different fields were gathered – NGOs, institutions, ministries, agencies, private companies, municipalities, institutes, faculties and universities. They agreed that such networking event was indispensable and that it would be reasonable to repeat it sooner and even in greater number.
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