Great Lakes Consortium for International Training and Development, USA Civil College Foundation, Hungary and European

Community Organizing Network Invite you to join us in

COMMUNITY ORGANIZING FOR BEGINNERS

TWO-DAY ENGLISH LANGUAGE WORKSHOP Date: Saturday, February 25 & Sunday, February 26, 2012 Time: 10:00AM4:00PM both days Location: Budai Vigado, Budapest I. Corvin ter 8. Studio conference room (This location is close to the Batthyany terMetro station)
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Program: Remarks by Leila Kamgar, Cultural Attache of the US Embassy Hungary Why and how to start community organizing? Chuck Hirt & Milan Kajo Zboril European Community Organizing Network (ECON) Plans for starting Community Organizers Training in Hungary Mate Varga, Civil College Foundation The two-day workshop is free and open to the public. Please bring some snacks or refreshments to share! Please dress in warm clothes! Certificates will be provided at the end of the training Seats are limited and registration is required by February 20, 2012 on http://www.civilkollegium.hu/esemenyek/bevezetes-a-kozossegszervezesbe/
(To register for this workshop please fill out the workshop registration form on the left on the screen, you do not require to become a member of Civil Kollegium on its website)

This program is in collaboration with the U. S. Embassy of Hungary and in support of the U.S. Ambassador to Hungary Eleni Tsakopouolos Kounalakis launch of Year of Active Citizenship in Hungary in 2012. The training is part of the Citizens Advocacy in Minority Communities in Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia and the U.S. professional fellowship program 2011-2012, sponsored by the U.S. State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Office of Citizen Exchanges http://glc-teachdemocracy.org/ For more information please contact: GLC_democracy@hotmail.com

About the Presenters Chuck Hirt is the Founder and Director of the Central and Eastern Europe Citizens Network in Slovakia
and he also works with the Center for Community Organizing (CKO) in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia. With the growning interest in community organizing in the CEE region, he helped to form the European Community Organizing Network (ECON) in 2008. ECON is a separate network with members from 13 countries and currently is part of the CEE Citizens Network. Chuck has over 20 year experience in the USA in building and developing a number of community based organizations in the Cincinnati, Ohio area providing a range of activities from organizing, community development and more direct services to people. In addition he has 15 years experience in Slovakia of building local organizations and community leadership at the local, regional, national and international level. His work has resulted in the creation of a nationwide organization and several local organizations across Slovakia. In the year 2000, he initiated an effort that resulted in the formation of a network of NGO's promoting citizen participation. The CEE Citizens Network has grown to nineteen member countries. Chuck is one of the advisors on the Citizens Legislative Advocacy in Minority Communities program and he travels regularly to the US and to several countries in Europe to provide training, share experience and build stronger collaborations. E-mail: chuck@ceecn.net

Milan Kajo Zboril is a senior community organizer of the Center for Community Organizing in Slovakia,
the Lead Organizer for the European Community Organizing Network (ECON). For two decades, he has worked for local, national and International non-profit organizations with a focus on citizen participation and engagement, democratization and human rights in Slovakia and Europe. He served as a humanitarian worker in Chechnya, and is a founding director of the Slovak Refugee Council. In addition to his travels within Europe, he traveled to the USA on different programs to learn more about community organizing training and practices and to establish professional connections for ECON. Kajo is the Country Director for Slovakia on the Citizens Legislative Advocacy in Minority Communities program. E-mail: kajozboril@gmail.com

Mate Varga is a Hungarian community and civic society development professional, cultural manager, and
sociologist. He is currently the President of the Civil College Foundation and its training center in Kunbabony. He works for the Hungarian Association for Community Development and member of the Alliance for Community Participation. In his capacity as one of the coordinators of the Central and Eastern European Citizens Network, he is responsible for coordinating the Citizens Participation Week internationally and in Hungary. Mate visited the United States to share experience with organizations involved in community organizing and community development and establish connections. Mate is the Country Director for Hungary on the Citizens Legislative Advocacy in Minority Communities program. E-mail: matev@kkapcsolat.hu