Capacity building for CSOs in advocacy work
Nadace OSF ·Czechia
About this project
<p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif">The objective of the project is to support CSOs with necessary skills and know-how to be able to advocate better and more efficiently for public interests, including those of vulnerable groups.</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif">The project shall be implemented through five components:</span></span></span></span></p> <ol> <li style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif">Six workshops providing methodological and strategic tailor-made support for advocacy strategy development, each organized on a different thematic area. Open to any interested CSO (participants selected by open calls). </span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif">Individual consultations and mentoring of CSOs acting as PP under the programme, based on identified needs. Participants will be selected by open calls. </span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif">Six networking events connecting experts, CSO representatives, academia, public institutions and private donors. Participants will be selected by open calls.</span></span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 12pt"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif">Training of up to 15 CSO representatives, selected by the FO, to become advocacy experts</span></span></span></span></li> </ol> <p><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif">Elaboration of a supporting toolkit on advocacy, to be distributed to CSO representatives, and support of two case studies promoting the sharing of best practice. </span></span></p>