Paul Coates, Director, Iowa State University's Extension to Communities group

Anastazia Kozakova, Head of Public Administration Programs, Academia Istropolitana, Bratislava

Ardith Maney, director of International Programs in Public Administration, Iowa State University, Ames

Terezia Palikova, Director, Foundation for Training for Self-Government of the Slovak Republic

Jela Tvrdonova, Director, Agentura pre Rozvoj videka of the Slovak Ministry of Agriculture

John Wong, College of Business, Iowa State University

Important support for this project has also come from Mayor Michal Sykora, Chairman, Slovak Association of Towns & Villages, from the Central and Eastern European Training Programs of the U.S. Information Agency, and our partners at Academia Istropolitana, the Foundation for Support of Self-Government of the Slovak Republic, the League of Iowa Municipalities, the Slovak Ministry of Agriculture, and Iowa State University. This curriculum also greatly benefited from the expertise of Terry Pickett of the ISU Department of Journalism and Mass Communication.

Additional help in developing the curriculum and preparing the seminar materials also came from Virginia Folsom and Andrea Kovacova at Iowa State University and our friends at ARVI. Thanks in advance to all the seminar participants and to the staffs of the other participating Slovak associations for their assistance in organizing the seminar activities in Strba.

Paul Coates, riaditel' Poradenskej sluzby pre rozvoj komunit na lowa State University, Ames.

Anastazia Kozakova, riaditel'ka programov pre statnu spravu, Academia Istropolitana, Bratislava.

Ardith Maney, riaditel'ka Medzinarodnych programov pre statnu spravu, lowa State University, Ames.

Terezia Palikova, riaditel'ka Nadacie vzdelavania samospravy Slovenskej republiky, Bratislava.

Jela Tvrdonova, riaditel'ka Agentury pre Rozvoj Vidieka Slovenskeho Ministerstva Pol'nohospodarstva, Nitra.

John Wong, Fakulta Obchodu, lowa State University, Ames.

Vel'ku podporu pre tento projekt poskytol tiez starosta pan Michal Sykora, predseda Zdruzenia Miest a Obci Slovenska, Americka Informacna Agentura v ramci Skoliacich programov pre Strednu a Vychodnu Europu, a nasi partneri z Academie Istropolitany, Nadacie pre podporu samosprav v Slovenskej republike, Liga Municipalit lowy, Slovenske Ministerstvo Pol'nohospodarstva, a lowska statna univerzita. Pri tvorbe programu vel'mi pomohla profesionalna znalost' Terryho Picketta z Katedry zurnalistiky a masovej komunikacie lowskej statnej univerzity.

Dodatocnu pomoc pri zostavovani programu seminarov a pri priprave materialov na seminare poskytli Virginia Folsom a Andrea Kovacova na lowskej statnej univerzite, a nasi priatelia v Agenture ARVI.

Vopred d'akujeme ucastnikom seminara a pracovnikom d'alsich zucastnenych Slovenskych organizacii za ich pomoc pri organizovani seminarov v Strbe.