ZAGREB, Dec 3 (Hina) - The US-based Academy for Educational Development (AED) which has been active in Croatia since August 1998, on Friday presented 17 course managers for non-government organisations. All course managers are from
Croatia and have completed AED's six-month training programme. Their tasks were presented at workshops intended for the heads of Croatian associations. The course managers' task is to direct the association leaders in various fields, media, cooperation with local government and self-government, planning and drafting of budgets. The course managers work through three Croatian associations: SMART, CARANEO and EOS. It is AEDs intention to leave Croatia after the three-year Programme 2001, the education programme chief, Ivana Laginja, said- The three-year programme is financed by the US Agency for International Development (USAID). The AED has so far delegated US$356,000 for seven project
ZAGREB, Dec 3 (Hina) - The US-based Academy for Educational
Development (AED) which has been active in Croatia since August
1998, on Friday presented 17 course managers for non-government
organisations.
All course managers are from Croatia and have completed AED's six-
month training programme. Their tasks were presented at workshops
intended for the heads of Croatian associations.
The course managers' task is to direct the association leaders in
various fields, media, cooperation with local government and self-
government, planning and drafting of budgets.
The course managers work through three Croatian associations:
SMART, CARANEO and EOS.
It is AEDs intention to leave Croatia after the three-year
Programme 2001, the education programme chief, Ivana Laginja,
said-
The three-year programme is financed by the US Agency for
International Development (USAID).
The AED has so far delegated US$356,000 for seven projects in
environment protection, democratisation of the society, social
status of women, development of small-scale businesses and social
welfare.
Funds are not allocated for programmes connected with elections or
the promotion of political parties.
Projects must correlate with the goals of the programme: to
increase the influence of non-government organisations on the
processes of adoption and implementing programmes of social
development, promotion of citizens' responsibility for solving
social problems and carrying out activities with other sectors and
non-government organisations.
Non-government, non-profit organisations can reply to a bid
published by the AED for financial support in the amount of
US$30,000 to 100,000. The deadline for registration is January 12,
2000.
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