Day: September 17, 2020

How a Belarusian youth organisation has now been in existence for 25 years by changing its leaders every year

by Valeria Volkogonova, Local Correspondent from Belarus and Alexandra Savinich (Office for European Expertise and Communications). Non-formal education is something not spoken about at Belarusian schools; however, there are some NGOs, which are busy building young boys and girls’ personal capacities and promoting their participation. The Youth Education Centre Fialta NGO became one of them back in 1995. Quite …

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GDSI Launches ‘Civil Society is YOU’ Campaign

At beginning of 2020 GDSI and the Eastern Society Civil Society Partnership launched the ‘Civil Society is YOU’ campaign in Ukraine to learn how about how Ukrainian society makes a difference and brings positive results to its communities.  Read and watch some stories about how remarkable people from all over Ukraine are changing the lives of …

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GDSI in Conversation with Aleksandar Andrija Pejović

Former Minister of European Affairs, Chief Negotiator for EU Accession Talks and National Coordinator for the Instrument for Pre-Accession Funds of Montenegro. I believe the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak and its effects, especially the protracted economic crisis and the EU’s own recovery prospects and modalities (such as through the EU Recovery Fund), will adversely affect the regions’ …

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Managing Fiscal Risk of Public Enterprises in the Wake of the Global Financial Crisis – Lessons from Serbia

There is an increasing realisation among the international professional, epistemic communities as well as the national governments that existing gaps could be improved. There are a number of methods to achieve this, including, fiscal reporting, the monitoring of state-owned enterprises and public enterprises, the quantification of fiscal risk as well as proactive efforts to address …

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The Role of Schools in the 21st Century – Expert Insight into the World of Education Before and After Covid19

GUEST SPEAKERS: Simon Janashia, PHD in Education Expert on the Education Policy Analysis, Curriculum Development Teacher Professional Development and Education Development. Elnara Mammadova, MS in Inclusive Teaching and Curriculum Design Freelance expert on Inclusive Instructional Designer Founder, Elnaramedia – Media Network for Youth with Disability. TOPICS: Purpose and role of schools -What makes a good …

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GDSI Online Hackathon Success

by Stas Ghiletchi, Local Correspondent from Moldova GDSI has been organising yearly Hackathons since 2017, bringing innovative minds together to create digital tools for the future. This year the consortium, through the Eastern Partnership Civil Society, organized a regional Ideathon. Its goal was to develop technological tools to empower civil society to better serve the needs of …

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GDSI successfully navigates global pandemic to reach its targets with Local Governments

Despite the COVID-19 outbreak in March 2020, GDSI continued to implement the Reform Action Plans of 33 local governments (LGs) and three line ministries, as originally planned in the as part of its Swiss-funded programme Local Government Finance Reforms II in Serbia (RELOF2), 2019-2023. GDSI adopted several strategies to continue its work on the project …

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