Workshops ARK & WRI networking

ARK for Beginners

This
workshop will give a brief history of Antiwar Campaign Croatia and an overview
of its current activities.

Objectives

The aim of the workshop is to inform participants about ARK's peace and human
rights work in Croatia -- especially in war-devastated areas and urban
environments.

Methodology

The first part of the presentation will be illustrated by photos and maps. The
second part of the workshop will be devoted to answering questions from the
participants.

WRI's programme on Nonviolence and Social Empowerment

This
will be a planning meeting for those who want to work with WRI on this theme,
in preparation (including fund-raising) for the WRI conference envisaged for
Bengal. This work could include preparing workshops in your own country to
evaluate social movement activity in this framework.

WRI Strategic Planning

This
workshop presents and explains the significance of the institutional Strategic
Plan and is mainly oriented towards the representatives of the WRI branches.
The presented plan has undergone different consultations and is close to being
ratified by the Council so it can start being implemented.

Objectives

1. Present the plan which has been completed over the past three years.
2. Provide background informa-tion about the plan in order to give the
   participants the chance to make an informed decision about it as
   representatives of their sections in the Council Business Meeting.
3. Provide the representatives with enough information so they can put the plan
   into practice when they return to their section or affiliate group.

Methodology

Each participant will have a copy of the Strategic Plan. So far, there is only
an English version, but we will try to get it translated into other languages
used by our branches. There will be time for comments on the text and
examination of mechanisms for putting it into practice.

Electronic Networking

The
internet - What is it? Useful, necessary, or just a waste of time and money?

Objective

The workshop wants to explain what electronic networking basically is, how it
works and how relevant its use for NGOs is.

Methodology

The workshop will be divided into three parts. First an introduction for those
who have heard about Internet but do not know yet what it is and how it works.
Secondly we will demonstrate how the different services of Internet are being
used by Zamir. Third, the participants will have the chance to try this out
themselves.

There will be two workstations connected to the Internet system. The
participants who have an own account, will be able to use these workstations to
access their e-mail at home.