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Starptautisks seminārs "Vadības darba izaicinājumi HIV/AIDS profilakses un atbalsta NVO jaunajās un nākošajās ES dalībvalstīs"
20-22 Aprīlis, 2006, Rīga, Latvija

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SEMINAR ANNOUNCEMENT

CALL FOR PRESENTERS

Conference Theme

In 2004 ten new member states joined to European Union community. That brought many changes in the “old” western part of Europe and even more transformation in all aspects for Central and Eastern European new member states. Today all new EU countries have faced and experienced major changes during these almost two years. Civil society involvement in actual processes has become much more active and influential then in “Soviet times”. NGOs have recognized their role and importance in policy development and implementation, in advocacy and lobbying for community interests.

Recognizing these changes there is obvious NGO activities development in new EU countries. New NGOs start their work and existing ones expand activities. Nevertheless, this process has not only positive aspects.

Accession to EU has generated many new challenges. From one side it is recognition of NGO role, growth of activities, involvement in policy development, but from another side - more challenges for ensuring long-term sustainability and receiving financial grants for projects.

How to develop our organization more effectively applying advanced management approaches? How to manage to keep on track to fulfill our mission through different donors’ requests? How to form common performance of the organization working with different projects or how to survive in crisis situation? How to benefit from efficient financial management? How to manage to develop unique working team of many projects’ part-time employees? What makes people motivated hard working or become a volunteer? Which character traits or skills are crucial for successful leadership? These are only few of issues NGOs’ leaders are dealing today.

Improving basic knowledge of management issues through “old” western HIV/AIDS NGOs expertise and best practices from new member states is actual need of CEE NGOs.

This seminar aims to fill gaps and promote advanced approaches or best practices in NGO management for organizations in their developing process pre and after EU accession.

Seminar Organizers

This seminar belongs to series of 9 best practice seminars to be implemented as part of the AIDS ACTION & INTEGRATION Projects (www.integration-projects.org). The integration projects are designed to promote the development of local, community based action on HIV/AIDS in Central and Eastern Europe, especially in the new and future member-states of the European Union. AA&I projects objective is to make available the best pan-European practices on HIV/AIDS prevention and support, harm reduction, and sexual health promotion to strengthen services provided in these countries.

DIA+LOGS NGO, support centre for those affected by HIV/AIDS, is the organizer of this seminar. It is the first low-threshold resources and support centre in Latvia for PLWHAs and their families, as well as - intravenous drug users, at-risk youth, men who have sex with men and commercial sex workers. The center is focused on providing spiritual, psychological and social welfare support, information and education, developing services for prevention and care, facilitating self-support activities, initiating advocacy work for marginalized vulnerable populations involved in high risks behaviors for contracting HIV/AIDS.

Seminar Objective

The overall objective of this seminar is to promote advanced management approaches for non-governmental community-based HIV/AIDS organizations to strengthen their development, long-term sustainability and ability to perform prevention and support activities. By bringing together Western expertise and Central-Eastern practices assist new and future member states NGO development and consolidate HIV/AIDS fighters’ resources in the community of European Union.

Seminar participants

This seminar is primarily designed for European community based NGO leaders, especially in Central - Eastern new and future member states, managing organizations providing support and services, implementing different ongoing projects, doing advocacy on HIV/AIDS related issues, participating in policy development and implementation processes to tackle HIV/AIDS in local and European level. “Old” western successful NGO leaders are invited as experts to bring their experience as assistance for efficient development of “new” NGOs.

This meeting should be of great interest to policymakers, academics interested in NGO management matters and HIV/AIDS field professionals.

Draft agenda of seminar sessions

There are many questions that need to be addressed looking to successful NGO management content. Although due to restricted time frame experts team has proposed to focus on major issues – strategy, human resources, finances - in 5 main sessions.

Ø The important role of the Third Sector

Ø Strategy development and implementation for NGOs

Ø Financial Management

o Analysis of financial documents (balance, cash flow, income statement)

o Fund Raising Strategies

Ø Motivation in Non Profit Organizations

Ø Advanced leadership

Approaches for improvement of NGO management

1. The seminar “Facing management challenges for HIV/AIDS prevention and support NGOs in new and future EU member states”, April 21-22, 2006, Riga, Latvia

2. Co-conference “The experience of NGOs of Latvia on participation in EU institutions” on April 20, 2006, Riga: - discussion forum to NGOs of Latvia on participation issues in decision-making processes in EU institutions, where participants will express their achievements and existing barriers on participation possibilities and give suggestions how to improve Latvian NGOs participation in EU institutions.

3. Press conference during seminar days for Latvian mass media, April 20, 2006, Riga

4. Publishing Guide-book on NGO management best practices after the seminar (Foundation de France co-financing)

Support:

This seminar is primarily funded by DG SANCO of the European Commission, co-financing “Foundation de France”

The following organizations have contributed for successful implementation of this initiative: AIDES (France); AIDS&Mobility Europe, SENSOA (Belgium), ………….