Our events

Open master class for journalists and mass media representatives: “How to work with the EU institutions” Office for a Democratic Belarus (Brussels) in partnership with TUT.BY MEDIA. The master class is held within the framework of the “European Intercultural Festival”, it will start on September, 9, 2014 at 7 p.m and will finish at 9 p.m. in Minsk, “Ў” gallery, Niezaleznasci avenue, 37 A. Admission is free, but preliminary registration by e-mail info@odb-office.eu is required. Registration deadline is September, 6, 2014. The master class covers the following: EU institutions, their functions and relations; peculiarities of EU press service work – interaction with Press-officers, online interview recording, e-mail enquiries, video studio hire etc; EU institutions on Internet.

Meet the Georgian writer, playwright and scriptwriter David (Dato) Turashvili. The meeting is held within the framework of the “European Intercultural Festival” and will take place on September 5, 2014 at 7 p.m in Minsk (CECH, Niezaleznasci avenue, 58/6, 2nd floor, entrance by Brouki stret). Admission is free, but preliminary registration by e-mail info@odb-office.eu is required.

Graduates of the Swedish Institute with Association of European Business in Belarus (AEB) and Belarusian State University invite graduates and students of Swedish programmes, as well as representatives of foreign and Belarusian commercial companies, interested in “green technology” management to the course “Green Office” which will start on September, 4, 2014 at 2 p.m and finish at 6 p.m. The seminar will be held in Minsk at the Faculty of International Relations at Belarusian State University (Leningradskaya str., lecture room 520, conference hall). The seminar is supported by the Swedish Institute in partnership with Association of European Business in Belarus, BSU within the scope of the “European Intercultural Festival – 2014”.

Organisers: The Office for a Democratic Belarus (Brussels) and the Office for European Expertise and Communication (Minsk)
When and Where?
Thursday, June 17, 2014 – 09:30:00 to 18:30 Brest
Friday, June 18, 2014 – 09:00 – 17:30 Hrodna

Gender equality is one of four cross-cutting themes of the European projects and programmes. Every time while preparing a project application you have to say something about gender balance. Most organisation would be writing about equal number of men and women taking part in their events. But if this is the only indicator showing a proper balance of your future project? How taking into account gender aspects can improve your project?

Who can participate: Belarusian non-profit organisations implementing international projects and programmes and their partners from different sectors
Why: Have you already prepared projects for the European Commission’s calls for proposals? Have you seen the logical framework matrices and felt that preparing one is a mission impossible for your organisation? Have you experienced difficulties with strategy selection or difficulty with development of a necessary monitoring and evaluation plan for your project? These and other similar issues will be explained in a nutshell to help you prepare and implement successful projects of your own.