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Effective Resources (IMPROVE Development).

The aim of this page is to foster dialogue, reflection and learning in relationship with key concepts and practices for stimulating mobilisation of indigenous private resources for civil society organisations from Central and Eastern Europe. The page is outcome from a project Indigenous Mobilization of Private Resources Oriented to Value-based. The project brings together civil society organisations from Bulgaria and Romania as new EU Member States since January 1st 2007 and those from countries that joined EU in 2004. This is particularly useful due to similarities in the context and practice related to indigenous mobilisation of resources and opportunities for learning. Also, the links developed with civil society organisations from the respective 4 countries help build dialogue across EU new border.

The project has the following objectives:

  • Analyse context, practices and results in the indigenous resource mobilisation for civil society, active citizenship and sustainable development in the 4 countries included
  • Promote wider dialogue around successful practices and remaining challenges related to indigenous resource mobilisation for civil society, active citizenship and sustainable development.
  • Promote cooperation and synergy between key organisations that take a support role in mobilising indigenous resources for civil society, active citizenship and sustainable development.

Thus the project fosters action, debate and reflection related to citizenship and democracy on the base of action oriented research as well as develops cooperation between civil society organisations in new EU Member States and the countries that joined EU before. The main project activities include: production of a study that is based on practice and practitioners analysis dialogue meetings between partners, collection of relevant data about context and practice for civil society indigenous support, sharing project results, evaluation and planning for continuation. Action-research methodology allows for identification of concrete solutions and action points as well as for participation of practitioners in collection, analysis and interpretation of the data. Key words of the project are dialogue, cooperation, knowledge, resources, citizen participation, sustainable development, action research.