The course aims to equip a group of citizen leaders who are able to make things happen in their communities. This is a LEADERSHIP training course for people from organisations involved in the tough, creative work of community-organising.

First: the course aims to deepen the participants’ understanding of how government functions and what role citizens can plan in sustaining governance initiatives.

Second: the course builds commitment to grass-roots organisations and citizen participation.

Third: participants gain skills for community organising and democratic governance.

Skills development
• Problem-framing
• Deliberation
• Policy analysis
• Interfacing with government
• Community consultation
• Communication skills
• Negotiation and persuasion
• Conflict management
• Consensus building
• Getting and sharing power
• Alliance-building
• Facilitation
• Collaboration
• Lobbying and advocacy
• Campaign planning/implementation
• Mobilising resources

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