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Training seminar in Samara
The center of
international cooperation of November 24-25 in Samara has carried out the
first training on a theme " Work in a team for successful negotiation
with authorities and protection of the rights ". The training was
carried out within the framework of the project " The Interethnic
Consent ", supported by the Program пїЅThe European Initiative in the
Field of Democracy and Human Rights of the European UnionпїЅ.
For stages of
preparation we have solved to carry out our trainings in a country boarding
house, not in a city. We were not disappointed.
The leaders of
national associations, for which the trainings have been carried out as well
in Moscow as in Samara, are engaged people. To sit indoors from 10.00 till
18.00, and besides two days, for them not only are difficult, but also is
very not habitual. At least, we organized never before a two-day training in
a boarding house for the representatives of national communities. We hoped,
that the country boarding house will allow the participants of the training
not only to concentrate on study, but also will help them better to get
acquainted with each other. The boarding house "Strezhen" where
passed the training, both on the degree of service and on quality of rooms
completely corresponded to our requirements. This good even on Moscow
conditions the boarding house is intended for rest of the workers from the
VAZ-Company. The truth, there has not appeared of a special conference hall
for trainings. But in the biggest room, 18 men were quietly located.пїЅпїЅпїЅпїЅ
From these 18 men two
represented the Center of Interethnic Cooperation, 13 men local national
communities, 2 local authorities, and one пїЅ Felix Karasev was specially
engaged to lead the training course as the coach. Not a secret, that for
successful realization of trainings the role of the coach has the extremely
large importance. In our case it was required from the trainer not only skill
and experience, but also skills of the leader. Another the chiefs of
communities hardly could perceive. Felix has perfectly consulted with this
task. He was depending on a situation very soft and cultured or rigid, as
eastern despot. The participants in the training with pleasure carried out
their tasks, and as a result the time of the training seminar flied very
quickly. It is necessary to note, that the participation of two
representatives of authorities has betrayed in training the special intrigue.
For the sake of justice it is necessary to speak, as well Nadezhda Osipova -
from Department on Nationalities of the Device of Administration of the
Samara Region as Mikhail Fedorov from Department on Culture of Administration
of the Samara Region, have begun the activity from public work. The first
worked in the Chuvash Community in Samara, the second in Polish. It is one of
features of work of the Samara Administration with local national
communities. Nobody is afraid to involve in civil service leaders from
national associations, under condition of, certainly, presence of the
appropriate abilities. Nadezhda Osipova has not only recommended itself as
the excellent executor, but also could achieve for national communities of
Samara unknown support on the part of the Samara authorities. For example,
all national newspapers of Samara receive administrative support. In other
regions they do not dream about this. Due to support of Nadezhda we easily
have solved organizational problems connected with realization of an
educational seminar. And in the seminar she turned out the most active
participation.
пїЅAs to the leaders of national associations,
our forecasts concerning to their preparation, unfortunately have come true.
We made in Soviet times the experience, that if you are the chief of
organization, you already very clever and donпїЅt need anymore to learn
something new. In Samara, as well as in other cities of Russia, the leaders
of national communities basically are able to write letters at
administration, with the request for financial support, and know how to
organize grandiose ceremonies.
Successful work of a
group, for joint development of the decisions needed something greater. For
example, the trainer very long could not receive the answer from the
participants, what advantages and lacks has a coalition. The participants
hadnпїЅt neither theoretical, nor practical knowledge in this area. But the
biggest disappointment waited for the director of the CIEC, Ashot Airapetyan.
According to the plan of the training seminar for the second day he should
tell about the Network of National Associations of Russia, and how the
functioning of this Network will help ethnic associations to protect the
rights of the compatriots. On a question " who from you read the text of
the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?" From 15 participants, have
lifted hands only two - representatives of local authority. For the Samara
communities, however, as well as for the majority of the citizens of Russia,
Human Rights are like exotic fruits, which well grow in far countries, but
our climate doesnпїЅt come towards the constant growth. Certainly, the
participants in the training promised to participate in the Network, in
particular to send information about activities of their organizations to
Moscow and to inform about cases of ethnic discrimination in their regions.
However, the training has shown, that it is necessary to make the significant
work to show to these people how important is to work together, in one team.
At the end of the
training course the leaders of national associations analyzed the positive
and negative aspects of the training. There were just few negative aspects,
what was to guess. From the positive moments marked: utility of the received
knowledge, very good level of realization of the training and the fact, that
in the training the participants have helped to collect and to structure
together the knowledge, which is already available at them.
We managed to combine
good, interesting work with excellent rest on a nature.
And as on November 25
at 7 oпїЅclock p.m. the participants of our training course have sat in the bus
and started to Samara, it was visible, that for these two days we became much
closer each other.
Undoubtedly, it is
good result.
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