Programme of Support, Education and Development of Civil Initiatives has been conducted by CESI for several years, trough organizing workshops, seminars, lectures, technical assistance, as well as publishing.
The project goals
- Empowering and supporting women's groups, civil initiatives and individuals
- Encouraging women to actively involve in social, economical and political life
- Exchange of information and building networks and coalitions
- Encouraging co-operation between non-profit sector and local authorities, in order to resolve joint problems in the community
Activities
Lectures for women's groups and initiatives, with topics: women's health; reproductive rights; domestic violence; nutrition and stress; hormones; cancer prevention; biodynamic food growth.
Seminars and workshops on leadership skills, health problems, advocacy, communication skills, conflict resolution, community mobilisation, organisational development of - strategic planning, fundraising, writing project proposals, team building, financial management.
Cooperation
Through the programme activities we have established cooperation with other NGOs mostly with ones working on women's human rights but also with the NGOs working on improvement on minorities rights, groups working with children and youth and initiatives which works on building capacities in local communities. By our engagement in the war destructed areas, in several counties, we have developed good cooperation with the representatives of local government and city councils, which gave us support in the implementation of our projects.
