Description of the project: "THE PROJECT SUCEEDED: TO UNDERTAKE SYSTEMATIC RESEARCH ON PUBLIC POLICIES, SPECIFICALLY ON THE ISSUES OF GOVERNANCE DURING THE PERIOD OF TRANSITION AS THERE ARE RELATED TO CITIZENS INVOLVEMENT (PARTICIPATION AND EMPOWERMENT; TO INVOLVE PHD STUDENTS IN RESEARCH PROJECTS, AS WELL AS THE TRAIN STUDENTS IN MASTER DEGREE COURSES AS ANALYSTS OF PUBLIC POLICIES. THE RESEARCH CENTRE IS THUS PROPOSED TO ASSUME NOT ONLY RESEARCH ROLES, BUT ALSO TO DEVELOP TRAINING MODULES AT POSTGRADUATE LEVEL AND TO INVOLVE RESEARCH STUDENTS AS ACTORS OF CHANGE IN CERTAIN COMMUNITIES."
