Follow up training "Reporting - from data collection to data interpretation and presentation" held in Osijek, 27-29 April 2016

Center for Peace, Non-violence and Human Rights from Osijek in partnership with Information Legal Center (ILC) from Slavonski Brod, Serbian Democratic Forum (SDF), PAX from Utrecht (Netherlands) and the Hague Academy for Local Governance (Netherlands), organised 3-day follow up training "Reporting - from data collection to data interpretation and presentation ".

Representatives of civil society organisations (CSOs), local self-government and public institutions from Osijek, Beli Manastir, Slavonski Brod, Nova Gradiška, Lipik and Pakrac participated at the interactive training that was held in the Hotel Waldinger in Osijek, from the 27th to the 29th April 2016, and was conducted by dr.sc. Daniela Širinić, research assistant and lecturer at the undergraduate courses Statistics, Research Methods of media audience and Research Methods at the Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb.

Topics elaborated at the training were:

  • Reporting elements – data collection, data analysis and interpretation, report presentation, and reporting structure
  • Report presentation – writing  and communication of reports, depending on the audience,
  • Methodology of local action plan development.

Follow up training "Reporting - from data collection to data interpretation and presentation " is an integral part of the two-year project “Civil Society for Accountable Governance” which is financed from the programme  Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) 2011 „Strengthening Support to Civil Society Organizations for Increasing Transparency and Good Governance Public Administration in Croatia“.

Purpose of this follow up training was strengthening the capacity of civil society organizations, local governments and public institutions for analysis and reporting of the implementation of policies related to good governance and anti-discrimination as well as advocacy of policy changes at the local / national level by enhancing the knowledge and skills.