New & Emerging Communities Leadership Training

New & Emerging Communities Leadership Training

This practice seeks to strengthen the leadership skills and knowledge of existing and emerging leaders in recently arrived refugee communities in Victoria Australia, Communities include Burmese, Nepalese, Bhutanese, Liberian, Sudanese, Iraqi, Afghan.etc. The program provides 4 one-day leadership workshops each year on subjects like media, governance, financial management, advocacy, community development etc. The project is due to be formally assessed at end 2010 but participant surveys indicate high levels of satisfaction with content and presentation.

Location:

Victoria wide (Melbourne capital), Australia

Policy/practice area:

Cultural integration

Keywords:

Anti-discrimination, Citizenship and regularization, Community building, Culture and diversity, Education, Empowerment, Governance, Media and diversity, Refugees and asylum seekers, Training, Youth, Leadership

Integration Practitioner:

Civil society organization (NGO, Community-based organization, including migrants associations, religious organizations, etc)

Name of Organization:

Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria Inc

Website:

http://www.eccv.org.au

Contact Information:

Statewide Resources Centre
150 Palmerston St Carlton Victoria 3053
Phone: 03 9349 4122
Email: eccv@eccv.org.au

Other stakeholders involved in this practice:

• Victorian Multicultural Commission Federation of Ethnic Communities’
• Councils of Australia SBS Broadcasting Radio 3ZZZ
• Consumer Affairs Victoria
• HLB Mann Judd Accountants

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