REC Training Program for Young Environmental Leaders

Do you speak English? Are you a member of an environmental NGO? Then perhaps the Training for Young Environmental Leaders is something for you! The REC's goal with establishing the Training for Young Environmental Leaders program was to improve the capacity and skills of young CEE and NIS environmentalists and their NGOs to deal with organizational and management problems.

The objectives of the program are:

• to develop the management capability of the participants and their NGOs,
• to overcome cultural and national differences through intensive work in a multicultural environment,
• develop the know how on new approaches and solutions to environmental problems (i.e. use of modern information technologies, market based solutions),
• develop project preparation and implementation capability of the participants,

The NGO activists follow a four-week program of integrated and interactive workshops which address the particular needs of the region and its younger NGO members, including:

• NGO and project management,
• campaign strategy,
• media-work and communication skills,
• fundraising,
• public participation in environmental decision making,
• business plan for NGOs,
• NGOs and civil society,
• new approaches to solving environmental problems, and
• the challenges of accession to European Union.

The techniques used during the training are: interactive training by experienced practitioners and trainers, group and individual work on concrete assignments and site visits to share best practices.

The participants should

• come from a variety of backgrounds and from throughout the Central and Eastern European region (CEE), the Newly Independent States (NIS) or the West.
• be between 20 and 30 years old,
• share a strong interest in improving the environmental situation in the CEE region,
• be active in an environmental NGO,
• have citizenship in one of the participating countries, and speak and write English well.

For the 2001 sessions, the REC is inviting participants from

the CEE region: Albania, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia and Yugoslavia;
the NIS region: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Moldova, Mongolia, Russia, Tajikistan, Turmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.

Participants are also invited from Western countries.

If you are interested in our program, send a letter of application in English explaining:

• your motives for applying for this program
• your expectation of the program, what do you expect to achieve during the training?
• the activities on which you want to work on for your NGO during the training period
• the sessions for which you want to apply (we encourage you to apply for more than one period)
• and your curriculum vitae (CV) in English, containing:
• family name and given names
• full mailing address
• telephone number (where you can be reachable during the day)
• fax number and e-mail address
• nationality
• date and place of birth
• passport number
• education and field of specialization
• knowledge of foreign languages (indicate fair, good or poor)
• working experience and other relevant experience
• computer skills
• name, address, telephone and fax number of your NGO
• description of your activities in the NGO
• information about your NGO

For more information contact:

Adriana Craciun
Project Manager
The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe
NGO Support and Capacity Building
Ady Endre 9-11
2000 Szentendre
Hungary
Tel. (36-26) 504-000
Fax (36-26) 311 294
E-mail: acraciun@rec.org