MINELRES: CfA: Training for Urban Planning Practitioners: Managing Conflicts and Urban Development in Multiethnic Communities

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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

Training for Urban Planning Practitioners: Managing Conflicts and Urban
Development in Multiethnic Communities

Budapest, Hungary, June 20-26, 2010

Trainers:  Katalin Pallai and Ana Vasilache

Deadline for application: April 19, 2010
Selection notification: April 26, 2010

Apply on-line by visiting http://lgi.osi.hu <http://lgi.osi.hu/>   

The Managing Multiethnic Communities Program (MMCP) of the Local
Government and Public Service Reform Initiative (LGI) of the Open
Society Institute (OSI) - Budapest, Hungary announces a call for
applications for a five-day Training on Managing Conflicts and Urban
Development in Multiethnic Communities.

This training will present recent thinking and practice in addressing
social/economic inequalities and conflicts in multiethnic communities
through inclusive institutions, participatory planning processes, and
alternative dispute resolution techniques. It will build practitioners'
competence and skills for managing effectively planning processes and
conflicts triggered by local policy decisions in multiethnic
communities. The workshop is based on experiential learning methods and
makes use of case studies. Group work, facilitated discussions, and
short, conceptual presentations are among the training tools.

The working language is English.

This training targets urban planning practitioners - architects,
economists, lawyers, sociologists, engineers, and others - working
for/with:
- Local or national governments 
- International organizations
- Companies or NGOs involved in urban development planning

This training is part of an on-going series of Diversity Trainings
developed and offered by MMCP.

For more information and to apply, visit: http://lgi.osi.hu/
<http://lgi.osi.hu/documents.php?id=36>

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