UN Women, partner drill CSOs on communication, advocacy strategies.

This was during a two-day workshop organised in Yaounde. The workshop was organised to reinforce the capacities of 25 CSOs in Cameroon. It took place under the theme: “Gender, governance, communication, and advocacy”.

The training which started on October 23, ended October 24. It was chaired by the Programme Coordinator for UN Women, Gabriel Tchokomakwa.

The aim of the workshop was to strengthen the capacities of 25 CSOs to improve the effectiveness of their humanitarian programmes and governance.

Speaking during the event, the Programme Coordinator for UN Women, Gabriel Tchokomakwa, disclosed that the event is crucial which is why some CSOs were invited and deployed in humanitarian context to increase their occupational capacity in particular aspects such as communication, advocacy 

“Our aim is to broaden our capacity to deliver in those contexts that are not very easy and to make sure vulnerable population are targeted and tangible results are registered at the end of the day”, said Tchokomakwa.

He added that: “We are here to improve CSOs' understanding of the principles of good governance and governance tools, develop CSOs leadership knowledge of gender mainstreaming in the process of programming and execution of a humanitarian intervention, strengthen CSOs accountability to populations and partners and improve the communication and advocacy skills of CSO leaders”. 

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Talking to the media after the conference, the coordinator of Non-Governmental Organisation, NGO, United Youth Organisation, Melvin Songwe Shuye, disclosed that the purpose of the workshop was to build the capacity of CSOs.

Songwe said: “Most of the time, we feel that it’s very easy to work in the field through the different activities…but when you go to the field, you find yourself in a double capacity”.

Revealing the challenges faced by CSOs and particularly his organisation, Songwe said: “My organisation has been able to work in the crisis-hit region and off the crisis-hit region and we have been able to see the reality and the challenges”.

This story was first published in The Guardian Post Edition No:3270 of Friday October 25, 2024