Citizen projects’ location visit in Kairouan
At the end of the Citizens’ Forum series, the municipality of Kairouan organized on the 11th of December 2018 a visit to the location of the projects voted by the citizens and approved by the technical service of the municipality for their technical and administrative feasibility.
This visit was made in the presence of the 15 elected citizen delegates, the local participatory budgeting facilitators and representatives of Kairouan municipality’s technical service.
This visit covered the sites of the 15 voted projects of basic infrastructure.
Training of Media Professionals in Participatory Budgeting and Gender
In the framework of the project “Word to Women”, the Associative Action organized training workshops in Participatory Budgeting and Gender, in favor of media professionals from partner municipalities.
These trainings were held between the months of November and December 2018, and were provided by expert trainers: Kouraich Jaouahdou ( Participatory Budgeting expert) and Monia Gastli (gender expert).
The purpose of these trainings was to help media professionals (journalists and bloggers) understand what kind of media coverage could be provided during the various phases of implementation of the participatory approach that is programmed in their cities.
Training of Woman Leaders in Radio Reporting
In the framework of the project “Word to Women”, the Action Associative organized, during the month of September 2018, a training session in the realization of Radio reporting for the benefit of the women leaders (WL) of Tabarka, Kairouan and Mahdia.
The WL followed this one-day training with communications expert and trainer Karim Ben Amor.
The purpose of this training is to prepare the WL to contribute to the realization of radio reports. These reports are intended to highlight profiles of women residing in the three municipalities, whose professional or militant background make them success models to be followed by the listeners.
In each joint partner, the profiles of the selected women for the reports are as follows:
· A municipal councilor
· A young associative activist (between 18 and 35 years old)
· An Adult activist activist (+ 35 years old)
· A journalist or blogger
Below the links of the reports:
- the radio reports of Tabarka: https://soundcloud.com/user-744624542/sets/reporta ges-radios-tabarka
- the radio reports of Kairouan: https://soundcloud.com/user-744624542/sets/reporta ges-radio-kairouan
- the radio reports of Mahdia: https://soundcloud.com/user-744624542/sets/reporta ges-radios-mahdia
Communication training session in Kairouan, Mahdia and Tabarka
In order to implement the communication campaign properly, the Associative Action organized training sessions related to the awareness and communication campaign, for the members of the municipalities of Kairouan, Mahdia and Tabarka, as well as the members of local CSOs, between October and November 2018.
During the training, the Associative Action trained the participants on the best practices to use with citizens, and proposed a design model for the communication tools. This model was the subject of debate and consultation between the members of the municipalities and those of the local CSOs.
By the end of the training, a communication plan was developed identifying the quantity of communication tools that will be provided by Associative Action, the distribution of roles between the members of the municipalities and the local CSOs for the execution of the awareness and communication campaign, as well as the dates and the deadline for each activity of the campaign.
