Posted by Wilma Massucco on October 21, 2010 under News | 
After less than one month from the last New York Summit on MDGs, which finished with the commitment by rich countries to maintain their engagement for supporting MDGs, the new Italian Financial Act for 2011 cuts off 45% of the funds that in June the same Government had decided to assign to Cooperation for Development. Reaching in such a way a negative record: the effective amount that Italy will invest in this issue for the next year (179 MLN Euro) is the minimum assigned by this Country in the last 20 years. This policy is in strong opposition with the rest of Europe Read more of this article »
Posted by Fausto Aarya De Santis on April 24, 2010 under News, Team work |
The idea of bringing together the partners in the capital of Bulgaria in our attempt to create a mutual ground for cultural exchanges and reinforced partnership proved to be most beneficial.
The team coordinating the event managed to establish a learning mind-set, ideas-open, creative environment, while resolving aspects related to project coordination in the context of cultural expectation, further planning and technical steps. Several discussion themes to acknowledge, most notably – the role of the Eastern European partners in reaching the local authorities and participating in the policy making process, attracting the media and local actors to support further steps in cooperation for development.
The element of diversity turns out to be the key ingredient in expanding and strengthening the European Union, its global role and significant effort for implementing the MDGs. In the context of Eugad event in Sofia, understanding the impact of cultural differences, cross-cultural management skills and positive cross-cultural working relationships were just a few lessons to mention.
Incidentally, encouraging representation of Rroma ethnic minority in contemplating new venues to work together has generated significant ideas on participation in shaping the local policies for social inclusion and improved education system with long-term impact on modern European society.
Attitude towards managerial style – a consequence of cultural expectations. While promoting a rather flexible and open approach, in the attempt of encouraging initiative and creativity among the partners in implementing the project, the need for closer communication and guidance has been identified during the partnership meeting in Bulgaria.
In our effort to raise cultural awareness and enable us to communicate effectively across national cultures, our partners workshop meeting was meant and succeeded to stimulate our beyond-self-culture personal curiosity and consequently sets the ground for us to work more effectively with our counterparts from neighbor cultures.
→ Click here for more details
by Mirela Ciucur
