IISEPS — Independent Institute of Socio-Economic and Politycal Studies

Independent Institute of Socio-Economic & Political Studies (IISEPS, Minsk, Belarus),
Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE, Washington, D.C., USA)

Project "Formation of Public Leaders In Post-communist Belarus"
Seminar I. "Formation of Public Leaders In Post-communist Belarus: Political Aspects"
September 13-14, 1996, Brest

PROGRAM
September 13, 1996
11.00-11.10 - Introduction by Prof. Oleg Manaev (IISEPS)
11.10-11.50 - "Interaction of Public Leaders with Power structures" - by Prof. Stanislav Bogdankevich (United Civil Party, fraction of the Supreme Soviet "Civil Action")
11.50-12.30 - "Role of NGO's in the Formation of Civil Society and Public Leaders" - by Dr. Yuri Drakokhrust and Dr. Galya Drakokhrust (IISEPS)
12.30-12.40 - Coffee-break
12.40-13.20 - "Political Elite and National Culture" - by Dr. Gennady Pronevich (Brest State University)
13.20-14.00 - Discussion of presentations
14.00-15.00 - Lunch
15.00-19.00 - Discussion of political aspects of the formation of public leaders in post-communist Belarus
Moderator - Dr. Igor Pelipas (IISEPS)
September 14, 1996
10.00-10.40 - "Interaction of Public Leaders with Electorate" - by Alexander Dobrovolsky (UCP)
10.40-11.20 - "Interaction of Public Leaders with Each Other" - by Prof. Vladimir Snapkovsky (Belarusian State University)
11.20-11.30 - Coffee-break
11.30-14.00 - Discussion of presentations and political problems of the formation of public leaders in post-communist Belarus
14.00-14.30 - Summing up by Prof. Oleg Manaev (IISEPS)
Moderator - Dr. Yuri Drakokhrust (IISEPS)
Number of participants - 22