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Train­ing of local polit­i­cal activists in prepa­ra­tion for the local elec­tions in Ser­bia. In a three-part train­ing, I worked with 25 local­ly engaged peo­ple on the top­ics of polit­i­cal com­mu­ni­ca­tion, local elec­tion cam­paign­ing and psy­cho­log­i­cal empow­er­ment, in prepa­ra­tion for the next local elec­tions in Ser­bia. The Friedrich Ebert Foun­da­tion (FES) Bel­grade has been rep­re­sent­ed in […]

When Muam­mar Gaddafi’s 42-year auto­crat­ic rule came to an end in 2011, Libya turned its eye towards a new form of gov­ern­ment, one in which the Libyan people’s inter­ests would be rep­re­sent­ed under demo­c­ra­t­ic prin­ci­ples. After decades of a gov­­­ern­­­ment-enforced ban, polit­i­cal par­ties are emerg­ing across Libya, giv­ing Libyans the oppor­tu­ni­ty to orga­nize their political […]

The Nation­al Demo­c­ra­t­ic Insti­tute Libya estab­lished already in 2013 a Youth Polit­i­cal Acad­e­my (under the lead of Ancuţa Hansen, Anis Elwillani and René Märtin) to engage the next gen­er­a­tion of Libya’s polit­i­cal lead­ers. 2021, based on the con­cept of the time, sup­ple­ment­ed by the expe­ri­ences that NDI Libya has made with sim­i­lar con­cepts in the […]

Con­sul­tan­cy for FES in Alba­nia: My con­sul­tan­cy is part of FES’s ongo­ing pro­grams sup­port­ing the demo­c­ra­t­ic tran­si­tion process in Alba­nia. In Alba­nia, FES start­ed its activ­i­ties in 1991 with a con­fer­ence on democ­ra­cy and mar­ket econ­o­my. Demo­c­ra­t­ic polit­i­cal insti­tu­tions and the socio-eco­nom­ic devel­op­ment were and are the main top­ics of the activ­i­ties. In coop­er­a­tion with […]

René Märtin from the Ger­man Empow­er­ment Insti­tute and Fred­erik Digul­la, from Kiel vis­it­ed FES Pales­tine from 23 Octo­ber to 1 Novem­ber 2017 to imple­ment the FES work­shop “Par­ty Orga­niz­ing and Smart Com­mu­ni­ca­tions“. The work­shop, which took place between 23 and 25 Octo­ber, specif­i­cal­ly tar­get­ed youth mem­bers of a demo­c­ra­t­ic Par­ty and gave them the chance […]

FES Pales­tine Work­shop: “Iden­ti­ty and Strength of a Par­ty and how to Com­mu­ni­cate it“ Chris­t­ian Krön­ing, Exec­u­tive Direc­tor of the SPD in Schleswig Hol­stein, and René Märtin from the Ger­man Empow­er­ment Insti­tute, vis­it­ed FES Pales­tine at the end of August to imple­ment the FES work­shop “Iden­ti­ty and Strength of a Par­ty and how to Com­mu­ni­cate it“. […]

Polit­i­cal Acad­e­my Koso­va – Mod­ule I: Polit­i­cal Cul­ture and Com­mu­ni­ca­tion The first mod­ule of the PA 2014 took place in may in Prishti­na. The top­ic of the mod­ule was “Polit­i­cal Cul­ture and Com­mu­ni­ca­tion”, the lec­tur­eres were Prof. Agim Zogaj, from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Prishti­na, who gave a first intro­d­u­ca­tion to the top­ic, Ms. Valdete Idrizi […]

Con­sul­tan­cy for NDI in Libya: Work­ing for democ­ra­cy and mak­ing democ­ra­cy work! The Wash­ing­ton D.C. based Amer­i­­­can-Cana­di­an Nation­al Demo­c­ra­t­ic Insti­tute asked me to join one of their pro­grams in Libya. My con­sul­tan­cy is part of NDI’s ongo­ing pro­grams reg­is­tered with the Min­istry of Cul­ture & Civ­il Soci­ety, sup­port­ing Libya’s demo­c­ra­t­ic tran­si­tion process. This con­sul­tan­cy began in […]

School for Lead­ers in Poland Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in Poland and School for Leaders/Stowarzyszenie Szkoła Lid­erów Exchange Sem­i­nar “Suc­cess­ful­ly Shap­ing Local Pol­i­tics” Ger­man and Pol­ish local politi­cians are to exchange their expe­ri­ences and devel­op guide­lines for suc­cess­ful local pol­i­tics in a work­shop. The three cen­tral ques­tions are: How can con­ti­nu­ity be cre­at­ed in local pol­i­tics? How can […]

Young women and men who hold lead­er­ship posi­tions in civ­il soci­ety and/or (local) pol­i­tics in Roma­nia learn in train-the-train­er work­shops last­ing sev­er­al days how they can increase the accep­tance of democ­ra­cy in their region as mul­ti­pli­ers. The project focus­es on the long term; this year’s work­shop builds on the annu­al train­ings. “The ongo­ing polit­i­cal crisis […]

Once again, I – togeth­er with my col­league Ulla Zumhasch – gave a train­ing on the top­ic of elec­tion cam­paign­ing. This time, the focus was on empow­er­ment for female can­di­dates. 30 women joined our train­ing. The Roma­nia Office of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) was estab­lished in 1994 to pro­mote democ­ra­cy, the rule of law and social […]

Shar­ing Pow­er! in Roma­nia Under this head­ing, I have con­duct­ed sev­er­al train­ings in Roma­nia with the aim of pro­mot­ing young local activists and com­mit­ted peo­ple as well as net­work­ing pro­gres­sive groups in Roma­nia. The train­ings also had the aim of build­ing up the local acad­e­my of the Friedrich Ebert Foun­da­tion there and iden­ti­fy­ing mul­ti­pli­ers. The […]

Ger­­­man-Dan­ish Project »Across the bor­der« Forum for voca­tion­al train­ing and qual­i­fi­ca­tion of the Kreis­handw­erk­er­schaft Ostholstein/Plön/Lübeck and CELF — Cen­ter for Erhvervs­ret­tede uddan­nesler Lol­­­land-Fal­ster (Den­mark) »Come on girls — get tech­ni­cal – across the bor­der!« Young women are still clear­ly under­rep­re­sent­ed in craft, tech­ni­cal and sci­en­tif­ic fields. The aim is to show school­girls the range of […]

Work­ing with a group of young activists from dif­fer­ent Cen­tral and East­ern Euro­pean coun­tries in Karlov / Mala Morav­ka, Czech Repub­lic. The Ini­tia­tive for Cen­tral and East­ern Europe is a non-prof­it-organ­i­sa­­­tion, domi­ciled in Berlin, which con­nects 30 organ­i­sa­tions from Cen­tral and East­ern Europe in a net­work. The aim of this ini­tia­tive is to strength­en civic […]

Silent work for democ­ra­cy and jus­tice The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in Zim­bab­we “Devel­op­ment pol­i­cy is the peace pol­i­cy of the 21st cen­tu­ry.” – Willy Brandt Social demo­c­ra­t­ic edu­ca­tion work in Zim­bab­we has exist­ed since the sev­en­ties, when the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung sup­port­ed the strug­gle for inde­pen­dence. In Sep­tem­ber, I vis­it­ed the Harare office, which has exist­ed since 1980, and […]

In Zim­bab­we, I worked with oppo­si­tion groups, focus­ing on the ques­tion of how effec­tive polit­i­cal com­mu­ni­ca­tion can be devel­oped from with­in the oppo­si­tion (and in the face of mul­ti­ple threats from the regime). The meet­ings with very dif­fer­ent groups, rep­re­sen­ta­tives of farm work­ers, church groups, farm­ers’ asso­ci­a­tions and oth­ers were impres­sive. In my report on […]

In Zim­bab­we, as before in Kenya, I vis­it­ed local ini­tia­tives and doc­u­ment­ed the diverse HIV/AIDS pre­ven­tion work there for fundrais­ing activ­i­ties in Ger­many. In addi­tion, I took part in some empow­er­ment work­shops, where I focused on the top­ic of com­mu­ni­ca­tion. The activ­i­ties took place in Harare, Bul­awayo and in the rur­al areas around Bulaway.

In Kenya, as lat­er in Zim­bab­we, I vis­it­ed local ini­tia­tives and doc­u­ment­ed the diverse HIV/AIDS pre­ven­tion work there for fundrais­ing activ­i­ties in Ger­many. In addi­tion, I took part in some empow­er­ment work­shops, main­ly at region­al schools, where I focused on the top­ic of com­mu­ni­ca­tion. The activ­i­ties took place in Nairo­bi and in the rur­al areas […]