Description
Communities in Hungary are divided. Disruptions in dialogue and cooperation grow into a grave problem on national and local levels. Civil issues can become strongly politicized. All the participating NGOs suffer from some difficulties in their relations, communication or functioning. The direct objective is to increase the efficiency of democratic individuals and groups functioning in the civil organizations by applying the method of ‘sociodrama in small groups’. The aim of the project is to achieve a measurable increase in the efficiency of democratic decision making processes in the target groups by utilizing their resources. Group sessions of 10 hours will be held once for each of the five NGOs, followed by a meeting with a professional impact analyst. The learning processes of the NGOs will lead to a spill-over effect contributing to achieve higher levels of understanding and cooperation, and overcome the current division lines that fragment Hungarian society.
Summary of project results
Communities in Hungary are divided. Disruptions in dialogue and cooperation became grave problems on national and local levels. The direct objective was to increase the efficiency of individuals and groups functioning in the NGOs by applying the method of ‘sociodrama in small groups’. The personal perceptions of members of the participating NGOs became more positive. The NGOs members’ willingness to democratic activities increased. The involved employees’ statement of their organizations changed positively. They involved beneficiaries through the common use of sociodrama techniques. Unfortunately the applicant organization’s expectations were slightly too high thus they could not attain all of their aims. Apart from this, they accomplished the proposed organizational development of five NGOs, with the planned indicators and with an impact assessment. There is a huge need for sociodramatic technique that is used by the organization thus it likely seems financially sustainable. Institutionally the project also seems sustainable because of the broad membership of the organization.
Summary of bilateral results