Educational seminar on the subject пїЅInteraction between Ethnic Associations and AuthoritiesпїЅ

From October 21st through 22nd 2004 in Rostov on Don an educational seminar (or more simply, training) on the subject пїЅInteraction between Ethnic Associations and AuthoritiesпїЅ will be conducted by the Center for Interethnic Cooperation with the financial support of the private American funds, MacArthur and Mott Foundation. The seminars aim will be to discuss experiences of the interaction of authorities and ethnic communities in the regions of Russia and develop recommendations for more effective cooperation, both on regional and federal level. Administrations staff and leader of ethnic associations from the Russian regions: Astrakhan, Volgograd, Saratov, Novosibirsk, PermпїЅ, Samara, Nizhniy Novgorod, Sverdlov, StavropolпїЅ and Krasnodar are invited to participate