Ghana: Networking and Alliance Building Training for CSOs

The West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI)is pleased to welcome your application to participate in a course on “Networking and Alliance Building”,designed to provide civil society actors (CSAs) with requisite knowledge, skills and techniques to establish and sustain networks, alliances and coalitions in pursuit of a common advocacy goal and development agenda.

Goal: The overall goal of the training is to expose civil society practitioners to the process of instituting, maintaining and sustaining networks at local, national and international levels. The course has been tailored to equip practitioners with skills needed to build strategic and effective alliances with like-minded groups, organisations and stakeholders in order to constantly leverage support to promote a common agenda.

What to Expect: This course will strengthen the networking and alliance building skills of civil society actors, organisations and relevant stakeholders. Knowledge and skills gained from this course will enable participants to:

• Understand the concept and importance of ‘networking’ and ‘alliance building’;
• Gain insight into the different types and models of alliances and networks;
• Explore networking development and its sustainability;
• Examining the potential benefits and limitations of networking and alliance building;
• Understand the causes of disagreements and conflicts within networks and alliances and how to manage them;
• Master issues of accountability and shared governance and;
• Unpack the dynamics of power relationship in networks and alliance building.

Previous Participants Say…

“I gained a deeper understanding on the advantages of networking and the importance of leadership in networking” - Mr. Unogo Thomas, Project Officer – Communication and Training of the Community and Social Development Project (CSDP), Nigeria.

Learn more about our previous trainings here at: http://goo.gl/h2yMFw

How to Apply?

• Complete, sign and email application form to policyadvocacy@wacsi.org or
• Apply online, visit http://goo.gl/9dJnQJ

Application Deadline: Monday, September 07, 2015

Contribution Fee: This training will be delivered in combination with the Policy Advocacy and Engagement training. The cost of Networking and Alliance Buildingtraining is $350 (Four Hundred and Fifty Dollarsonly),**payable before**Wednesday, September 23, 2015 to be eligible to participate in the training.

Participants willing to take part in both courses will pay 750USD.

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