On November 9-10 in Vilkaviškio district Vištytis town was held the third training for initiative group members provided by BCF implementing the project "Livein Village – be Aware of your Worth", financed by the European Economic Area Financial Mechanism NGO programs in Lithuania. In these trainings there were four communities from Vilkaviškis district. It was the third of five planned trainings throughout the project implementation period.
Participants from Vištytis, Matlaukis, Geisteriškes and Alvita communities were invited to the training. As before, the training was divided into two days, during which initiative group members together with the Baltic Charity Foundation staff and hired experts had theoretical and practical exercises, shared their experiences and learned new theoretical knowledge and practical skills in human rights and citizenship, gender equality and discrimination issues .
Several community representatives, who took part in this training, will conduct training for their own community members. These trainings, with provided experts assistance, are planned to be held on November 24-25 (in Vištytis and Matlaukis) and 27-30 (in Geisteriškės and Alvitas).
Next – the fourth initiative group training is planned be conduct for Utena district communities on 9-10th of November.
Last, the fifth initiative groups in rural communities training is planned to be on 3-4th of December in Širvintai district.