 | "Training Women Executives in Hungarian Local Governments" | | | | from 19/02/98 to 19/05/99 Budapest, Eger, Zalaegerszeg | | | MONA began its program in 1998 in partnership with three Hungarian NGO-s: 1. Academy for Local Governments 2. Association for the County of Zala 3. Segít a Város Foundation and a Dutch women's organization 4. ITW-International Training Center for Women. 179 applicants submitted their applications to the training course at the beginning of the year (83 to Budapest, 54 to Eger, and 42 to Zalaegerszeg). The organisers selected 72 applicants, 24 at each location (Budapest, Eger, Zalaegerszeg), in accordance with the available budget. In accordance with the program announcement, directors, managers, and professionals who work in local government, civil service, and non-governmental organizations applied for the course. The main goal of the 15-month long pilot project under the Phare Democracy Programme was to introduce and work out a curriculum and course material for women in the field of leadership training and thus enhancing women's active participation in public life. Perhaps it is because of the program's specific character - the fact that it targets women in a "traditionally" male area - that many of the applicants feel that this training course, in its own field, definitely fills a gap in today's Hungary. The participants all found the course extremely useful both in their professional and private life. It made them more assertive and self-confident, faster in decision-making and more competent at committee meetings. |
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ALTRA Project (2006-2008) 
