Project Management in Eastern Europe

I have been working with a few former Warsaw Pact countries to assist them in developing their project management skills. They are particularly interested in using these skills to develop plans for projects for which they will seek international funding and for two areas internally: emergency response management and environmental resource management.

It seems that, although they had a lot of "central planning" experience under the old Soviet system, they have little or no experience in working in a collaborative manner or in using teams effectively. This may be an over-generalization, but I rather doubt it.

I will be traveling in Eastern Europe throughout the month of January and I will post updates on this posting to give you my insight on how they are adapting to what they see as a revolutionary model.

I would also be very interested in TrackBacks or Comments regarding this posting. Have you had similar contacts and what are your experiences?