Central and Eastern Europe

INTRAC's work in Central and Eastern Europe had the following objectives:

Address poverty reduction through promoting enhanced participation and empowerment of Roma NGOs in Programmes linked to the Decade of Roma Inclusion 2005-2015
Support the civic space-creating mission of NGO support organisations (NGOSOs) in the region
Promote the active participation of civil society organisations in the process of accession to the EU
Support non-governmental development organisations (NGDOs) in their efforts to establish and strengthen their international aid programmes

Strengthening Civil Society

INTRAC looked critically at the various roles assigned by international donors to emergent civil society actors, and explored the assumptions underlying the ubiquitous civil society strengthening programmes in the region. INTRAC also explored the interractions between civil society and the state, especially at local levels, and supporting the capacity of actors to engage effectively in complex relationships.

Organisational Capacity Development

INTRAC's Open Training programme is popular with clients from Central and Eastern Europe. INTRAC also responds to requests for tailor-made In-house training courses in the region, with experience of working with a variety of organisations and insitutions.

INTRAC supports local providers of capacity development, as a means of contributing to the growth and sustainability of civil society.

Czech Roma Training 2005

Publications

'Mapping the Terrain: exploring participatory monitoring and evaluation of Roma programming in an enlarged European Union' INTRAC Occasional Paper 47, by Zosa De Sas Kropiwnicki and Fran Deans (July 2006)

'Civil Society Capacity Building in Post-Conflict Societies: Reflections from Bosnia & Herzegovina and Kosovo' by Bill Sterland (June 2006)

'Rising to the Challenges: Assessing the Impacts of Organisational Capacity Building' (Praxis Paper 2) now available to read in Serbian.