Nendre – Lessons learned
Since 2005 the Åland Islands Peace Institute and the Center for Women and Children “Nendre” in Lithuania are implementing the project “Nendre – Lessons Learned”. The main objective of the project is to promote capacity-building and the development of democratic societies through cross-border co-operation between NGOs in Finland, Lithuania, Belarus and the Kaliningrad region (Russia). The project is also aimed at sharing the experiences of social work at “Nendre” and starting up new project initiatives for the empowerment of socially marginalized families and individuals in the neighbouring countries. During the three years of the project implementation (2005-2007), the following results have been achieved: The co-operation network consisting of one Finnish, one Lithuanian, two Russian and three Belarussian NGOs has been established; Nine network meetings for the network partners have been arranged. Six of them took place in Lithuania, two were organized in the Kaliningrad region and one in Belarus. Over 100 representatives from NGOs and state institutions attended the meetings, which included lectures, workshops and discussions on such issues as social and family policy, social inclusion, gender equality, organisation development, prevention of trafficking etc. Four pilot projects – two in the Kaliningrad region and two […]