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 interactive training that was held in the Hotel Panorama from the 25th to the 29th May 2015, and was conducted by experts of our Netherlands partners PAX and The Hague Academy for Local Governance.

Topics elaborated at the training were as follows:

• Institutional and legislative framework of anti-discrimination in Croatia;
• International standards of good governance and anti-discrimination;
• Importance of monitoring in combating discrimination and promotion of good governance;
• Methods of monitoring, indicators and monitoring forms;
• The establishment of intersectoral local professional platforms, roles nad responsibilities

Local expert platforms of CSOs, local self-government and public institutions were established at the end of the training with the aim of strengthening implementation of good governance and anti-discrimination principles at the local level.

Training   "Monitoring of the Policies Related to Good Governance and Anti-discrimination" is an integral part of the two-year project “Civil Society for Accountable Governance” that 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“.

Look here for more photos, and here for Guidance through a program of training  "Monitoring of the Policies Related to Good Governance and Anti-discrimination."