Best Practices Republic of Belarus Public Union Education Center “POST”
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Citizens' participation in organizing and holding local community holiday - "Day of Micro-region" Duration of the case: 2 months (August, September 2005) Prepared by: Ulad Vialichka and Alia Dziarhai Abstract This case is a description of successful joint implementation of big community event - "Day of micro-region" - that took place in Minsk, Belarus in autumn 2005. This case was chosen by the authors with the aim to show importance, opportunities and consequences of self-organizing citizens for joint activities at local level. In this case the authors try to describe possible ways of changing mentality of local inhabitants, who have no tradition of self-responsibility and common actions within community and fully rely on the efforts of local authorities in solving all community problems. There is an example of creating and cultivating another approach to building relations, cooperation and sharing responsibilities between various community players and citizens at local level. read more...
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