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News, September 2011

The Fund for Sustainable Development recently organized a practical seminar - Local Self-Government and Municipal Governance - for beginner leaders and professionals in this field

The seminar was intended for heads of municipalities and local administrations, municipal officials, deputies of municipal executive bodies, NGO staff and other stakeholders.

The goal of the seminar was to introduce the attendees to a systemic comprehension of local self-government as a form of public and municipal governance; and to a practical utilization of municipal governance technologies.

The seminar was moderated by experts in local self-government, municipal governance and sustainable community development from the Municipal Thematic Community:

Alexander Shirokov, Class 2 Active State Advisor of the Russian Federation and professor at the State and Municipal Governance Department of the Institute of State Governance and Law at the State University of Management.

Svetlana Yurkova, PhD, professor at the State and Municipal Governance Department of the Social Management Academy, assistant professor at the State and Municipal Governance Department of the Institute of Advanced Training for Public Service Employees.

Elena Bondarchuk, PhD, projects manager at the Fund for Sustainable Development.

The seminar was also joined by representatives from Kaluga and Smolensk oblasts.

The attendees received certificates of training and noted that the workshop was informative and timely and also expressed their gratitude to the organizers.

The Fund for Sustainable Development is planning to continue with the series of educational events in the field of community development that will include trainings, workshops and the publications of guidance materials.

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