First training module under project funded by the Swiss government

Wednesday, 05 March 2014 15:13 |

Managers and coordinators of the social services directed by Crime Prevention Fund – IGA within a project, funded by the Swiss Confederation through the Reform Fund Linked to Civil Society Participation, took part in a training. The topic was “Organizational Management”.

The training was conducted in the last days of February in Velingrad. It is part of a three-module programme “Improving the management of the social services and the social projects of Fund – IGA”.

Several topics were presented in this first training: Role of the manager in the management process; Management decisions; Types of management decisions; Stages in taking management decisions; Public Relations; Skills for presenting the social activities; Development, management, and motivation of the team; Developing partnerships and work in networks; Developing and managing projects, etc.

Till the end of March the other two modules will be conducted: “Financial Management” and “Social Work”. The social workers and the managers of the social services will take part in them.

The training is being conducted under Project “Developing Capacity for the Future”. The main goal of the project is to improve the capacity of Fund – IGA for delivering social services to vulnerable groups. There will be a consecutive focus on improving the capacity of the organization for maintaining high quality in the delivery of services in the different regions; improving the potential of the organization for supplementary development of the services; and improving the capacity for partnering in specific cases from the network and the system partners, as well as in cases from the distant regions.