Ala Derkowska, president of MTO (Nowy Sacz, Poland), has been elected a member of the Steering Committee of the World Movement for Democracy.

A Bulgarian, a Polish and a Romanian primary school have issued a PowerPoint presentation to report on the third meeting of their joint Comenius project, which took place last May in Romania.

Workshops with Ukranian youth are scheduled for the coming months in the context of the "Active Youth are Ukraine's Future" project. Read on for an overview of the various activities that this project comprises.

MTO ran a successful workshop at an international democracy event in Kiev in April. Participants and presenters discussed methods of teaching democracy in difficult political and social environments.

Applications are being accepted until this Monday, 31 March 2008, for a new edition in Azerbaijan of the Academy of Young Social Entrepreneurs (AYSE). If you are an enthusiastic young individual. If you are aware of the current problems in ...

Teenagers from Krakow, Oswiecim and Nowy Sacz have launched a website to showcase their search during 2007 for traces of Jewish culture and traditions in their home towns prior to the Holocaust, and sharing their discoveries with their peers.

This Friday will see the start of yet another edition of the Academy for Young Social Entrepreneurs (AYSE) programme.

Students, teachers, school directors, and educational authorities from across Ukraine met in Chuguev (near Kharkov) from September 14-16, 2007 for the "Public Achievement in Ukraine FAIR". We present a brief overview of the meeting.

The Bulgarian teachers’ strike which started early October provides an inspiring example of how social issues can be turned into educational experiences. One Sofia school is using the strike as a case in its Street Law programme.

Canada has joined a growing group of nations recognizing Macedonia by the name the country has chosen for itself: Macedonia.

About 120 participants – mentors and students representing 33 groups – got together for the Public Achievement (PA) in Ukraine FAIR in Kharkiv this weekend (September 14-16). The FAIR follows a PA introductory round in Ukraine last year.

The Civil Society Contact Group offers a training handbook entitled “Making your voice heard in the EU - A guide for NGOs”.

MTO's latest project, “Solidarity: Passport to Democracy”, designed to share Polish experience of non-violent resistance and transition with colleagues from Ukraine, Serbia and Moldova, took place in the second week of July.

Roma inclusion has progressed in nine Central and Southeast European countries since the launch of the Decade of Roma Inclusion in 2005, according to the DecadeWatch monitoring report.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky continues his custody in the pre-trial detention facility in accordance with the ruling of the court that cannot take effect for over 2 months.

Harry Boyte, founder of the Public Achievement concept and movement, has congratulated PA Groups on the occasion of PA's birthday, May 24. For Harry's message and profile, click on:

Street Law Training, a module in the "Community Works" integrated project organized by Denizen Center for Civic Activism in Svrljig (Serbia) and Vocational School "G.M. Dimitrov" in Dunavtsy (Bulgaria) took place in Svrljig April 27-May 1.

MTO trainers are currently monitoring the "Public Achievement in Ukraine" project in the regions of Uzhgorod, Kharkiv, Crimea and Ternopil. The newest ...

Members of the MTO board attended the annual meeting of the Edit Network Trainers in Slavske, Ukraine, last month. This informal network of organizations in Azerbaijan, Belarus, Mongolia, Ukraine, Russia, Tadzhikistan and Uzbekistan ...

Public Achievement in Turkey announces the launch of its brand new Public Achievement Coach Manual in Turkish. The manual offers many quotations from coaches, several coach stories and a few team stories.

It is our pleasure to officially launch the new Public Achievement Groups Unite website: www.paunite.org. This website is the final result of the Public Achievement Groups Unite Project during 2006 in Poland and Macedonia.

The Educational Society for Malopolska (MTO) has issued its 2006 activities report, notably including a review of the "Academy for Young Social Entrepreneurs for Serbia, Kosovo and Montenegro" programme. Write to alader@hotmail.com to get your copy.