Wednesday 21st February 2007, 15:54Local Democracy (Poland Vs UK)Local Democracy

Well you would think we had a lot to teach people in ex communist countries about how democracy works wouldn’t you?

Last week I had the chance to meet Barbara Imiolczyk who is the President of the Executive Committee for the “Foundation in Support of Local Democracy”. This organisation was set up in 1992 and has been implementing assistance for countries undergoing systematic transformation i.e. ex communist European countries.

They work at a local level to ensure the benefits of democracy, something that they fought very ha..View Complete Post
Friday 22nd December 2006, 00:16Poland Labour Minister Looks Forward to Cooperation with A4e

Today I had the chance to meet with the Labour Minister for Poland Anna Kalata, she has a very large task in front of her; tackling the unemployment and re-skilling of the Polish Labour Market. We have spent the last 12 months developing networks and relationships in Poland so that we can develop our concept of Improving Peoples Lives in Poland. Official unemployment figures have been coming down for the last few months, but the number of people in work is not increasing. This means that there is a big impact in the number of Polish people leaving their home to seek work in the UK and Irela..View Complete Post

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