OSCE/ODIHR trains young policy advisors from Moldova to improve their policymaking skills
Promoting youth political participation was the focus of a course co-organized in Chisinau by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the LEND Network of the Community of Democracies in Moldova from 27 to 29 February 2016.
Community of Democracies in Moldova from 27 to 29 February 2016.
The Policy Advisers Course, bringing together 20 Moldovan young policy advisers from government ministries, the presidential administration, parliament and civil society, was aimed at supporting young political advisors in playing a stronger role in shaping democratic institutions and improving the quality of the policymaking process in the country.
"As a young policy advisor, it is crucial to understand the complexity and range of the tasks you need to master to be able to provide professional, thoughtful and timely advice," said Peter Mossop, Democratic Governance Officer at ODIHR. "In this course, we highlight gender mainstreaming as an area that lies at the heart of comprehensive and effective policy advice but that is far too often forgotten and neglected."
Maria Leissner, Secretary-General of the Community of Democracies, said: "Building networks of strong leaders is important in every society, but perhaps even more so in societies working to strengthen democratic institutions and practices. This course builds networks of young professionals, who today influence and form the national policy agenda, consequently shaping the future development of their countries."
The training was built on previous ODIHR courses for Eastern Partnership Countries in 2014 and 2015, and organized within ODIHR’s democratic governance programme, which promotes youth political participation across the OSCE region. This works aims at supporting OSCE participating States in their efforts to strengthen accountability and pluralism of their democratic institutions.