NGO Leadership Workshops - William Davidson Institute

Participants at a NGO Leadership Workshop session

Our programs are:

Interactive

Participants work together, forming strong professional networks

Contextual

Consider the local environment, including opportunities and constraints

Empowering

Empower learners to put tools and frameworks into practice

Overview

Since 2015, WDI has partnered with the Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia (WCEE) at the University of Michigan to provide NGO Leadership Workshops to non-profit leaders from across Central and Southeastern Europe. Together, we now offer two NGO Leadership Workshops per year.

Covering marketing, strategic planning, resource mobilization, and management, these workshops are designed to help NGOs run more effectively and sustainably. Workshops empower NGO leaders to strengthen their internal expertise, managerial and income-generating capacities, improve their ability to engage with both general public and government stakeholders, and to develop international networks. The spring workshop takes place in Warsaw, Poland with the support of local partner, FED (Education for Democracy Foundation), while the fall workshop is in Bratislava, Slovakia with the support of local partner, MVRO Platform (Slovak Non-governmental Development Organisation Platform). Click here to download a PDF of the latest NGO Workshop’s Final Report.

Those interested in attending either workshop are required to submit applications. Selected applicants will attend tuition-free, lodging will be provided and transportation costs reimbursed.

Testimonials From Past NGO Leadership Workshop Participants

“A great opportunity for NGO practitioners to come together and discuss their most pressing management and leadership challenges. The workshop opens up new possibilities to think differently about crisis and change.”

“The workshop is an excellent opportunity to deepen your managerial skills and network with people from many other countries.”

“You get a lot of new ideas that you can process after the workshop and that can help your NGO a lot.”

Spring NGO Leadership Workshop

May 27–31, 2019

Warsaw, Poland

Held in partnership with the U-M Weiser Center and Warsaw-based FED, this workshop is open to NGO leaders from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Russia, Serbia, Tajikistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. Leaders from NGOs working in the following areas are preferred: Human rights, minority and marginalized groups, environment and natural resources, and the development of civil society.

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Fall NGO Leadership Workshop

October 21–25, 2019

Bratislava, Slovakia

Held in partnership with the U-M Weiser Center and Bratislava-based MVRO Platform, this workshop is open to NGO leaders from the Vysegrad (V4) countries: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. Sessions are targeted toward leaders of organisations helping to advance democracy and democracy-related human rights directly in V4 countries. The workshop also focuses on development cooperation and democracy-building abroad and at home.

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Contact Us

For more information on this and other programs, please submit the contact form or email us at wdi-education@umich.edu.