The aim of this training seminar, organized by CIVIC Institute and Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa), with the support of the German foreign office, is to enhance participants’ capabilities in civic engagement and communication around matters of urban development. International Business Center hosts the seminar on October 18-20, 2015. Register to participate!

Why attend?

Kharkiv’s size and potential imply that it has no other option than to attempt to emerge as a global city. But globalization brings threats along with opportunities. Urban development is always a trade-off between preserving heritage and introducing necessary change. Globalization brings new international actors into the life of the city, and with them they bring their own cultures, perceptions, and ways of doing business. Sometimes, these can collide with local traditions. If handled wrongly, globalization can do more harm than good. In order to ensure that its net impact is a positive one, the challenges it inevitably brings must be prepared for.

The communities which make up a city must take responsibility for ensuring that all their members benefit from its integration into the global community. It is they who hold the authority to develop guidelines, undertake preparations, and make decisions – and accordingly it is they who are in a position to influence the nature of change.

As such, the success of Kharkiv’s move into the global sphere depends on the quality of the communication between all those who hold a stake in this process. This communication will be international, as well as at a local level. It is important to ensure that all involved in creating Kharkiv’s future can communicate between themselves, and with their global peers, as effectively as possible.

Who is invited?

Anyone with the interest in the Kharkiv Going Global initiative, urban development, civic engagement, or strategic communication; activists, political decision makers, public servants.

The language of the event is English.

The Program

The seminar will take place over three days: October 18th, 19th, and 20th. Participants may attend as many or as few sessions as they choose.

Please register by completing the participants’ form:

http://goo.gl/forms/SqPj1zxybs

And motivation form:

http://goo.gl/forms/ouvWRkHW64

Participation is FREE.

The program is as follows:

18 October
10:00 – 13:00, module 1: ‘Character, Worth and Challenges for Urban Spaces’
14:00 – 17:00, module 2: ‘Information and Participation of Citizens in Urban Development’

19 October
10:00 – 13:00, module 3: ‘Benefits and Risks of Private Urban Projects’
14:00 – 17:00, Introduction to Role Play / Simulation

20 October
10:00 – 17:00, Simulation, ‘Our Community – Debate and Negotiate for Interests and Compromises’

The leaders of the seminar will be Hathumar Christian Drost, Martina Eichlinger, and Alexander Burka.

Organizers:

http://www.civic-institute.eu/
http://www.ifa.de/

If you have questions about attending the seminar please contact Taras Danko.