CReDO

Educating a new generation of social leaders

Resource Center of Moldovan Non-governmental Organisations for Human Rights

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Civic Leadership Course

Advanced Course in Civic Leadership

Program duration: April 2006 – February 2007
Target-group: Young potential leaders and grass-rout activists

The first and only Civic Leadership Program in the region and in Moldova. The program gathers the experience of the best Moldovan and world organizations and personalities that are involved in civic leadership. The course is designed to obtain practical results and offers informations from a practical perspective.

The program offers you the following modules:

Foundations of Civic Leadership
Personal Capacities in Civic Leadership
Professional Capacities in Civic Leadership
Democratic Leadership (Ethical Leadership and Leader-Fellow relations)
Leadership Development: Coaching and Mentoring
Civic Leadership in Organizations

The participants will have a real chance to practice civic leadership for implementing social changes, will have the possibilities to communicate with the best experts in Moldova, will became a part of a community of people motivated for social democratic change. Course participants will have the possibility to improve the personal and professional capacities.

Course advantages:

The course is structured by modules;
Practical sessions facilitate the experience exchange between people and skills development;
Interactive teaching strategies will be used, based on the “learning by doing” principle;
Consultants with solid practical experience and academic background in Republic of Moldova, Romania and West;
Flexible study format, adjusted for the necessities and agenda of people that work or study;
At the end of the course trainees will receive Participation Certificates.

Participants will benefit from a complex service package:

Individual assistance offered between the sessions by the consultants and experts;
Educational material for every module;
Unlimited access to the CReDO Information Center;
Information support throught http://leadership.credo.md

Course format:

The course is structured by modules;
Every modules has a knowledge transfer sessions and a practical abilities development session;
The participants will dedicate approximately a day every 1-2 weeks (with a small vacation during summer);
Periods during sessions are dedicated to individual work, home themes accomplishment, accomplishment of individual plans of personal and professional development.

Methodology:

Study case analyzes;
Role plays and simulations;
Educational films viewing;
Personal and professional development plan accomplishment;
Neuro-Linguistic Programming elements;
Outdoor activities;
Discussions with experts in the field.

The costs: The costs directly related to study process will be covered by the program (travel, lodging etc. are not covered)

Financial support: The program is partially financed by the Balkan Trust for Democracy, proiect al German Marshall Fund of the United States.

Additional information: Cristian Ziliberberg, ziliberberg@management.md, tel: 212 816

The CONFERINCE "The Role of Civic Leadership in Civic Society consolidation"

The period and the place: 21-22 February 2005 in Chisinau, Moldova

Conference topics:

The role of Social Leadership in civil society formation;
The necessity of Behavioral and Ethics code in NGO sector in Moldova
Opportunities of quality social leadership development in Moldova analysis
Education and research methods in Social Leadership: a perspective for Moldova
Consolidation of Social Leadership Programs in Moldova
Common elaboration of content and approaches for future Social Leadership Program in Moldova

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SOCIAL LEADERSHIP PILOT PROGRAM 2004-2005

Methodology: Peer-coaching, Peer-training

Partners: Institutul de Management si Leadership (Moldova), CODECS Foundation for Leadership (Romania), Initiatives of Change (Canada)

Participant organizations:
Asociatia pentru Democratie Participativa din Moldova (ADEPT), Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), Comitetul Helsinki pentru Drepturile Omului, Initiatives of Change, GenderDoc-M, Alianta ONG-urilor active in domeniul protectiei sociale a copilului si familiei (APSCF)/(CNPAC), Peace Corps, Centrul de Dezvoltare Durabila "Rural21", Tinerii pentru Dreptul la Viata (TDV), Programul Agenda Locala din Ungheni, Hyde Park, Consiliul National al Tineretului din Moldova (CNTM), Amici dei Bambini, Liga pentru Apararea Drepturilor Omului din Moldova (LADOM).

"Fii schimbarea pe care ti-o doresti in lume!" - Gandhi

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