COMMUNICATION WORKSHOP PROCEEDINGS NACSO MET Presented by Maxi
COMMUNICATION WORKSHOP PROCEEDINGS NACSO & MET Presented by Maxi Louis
Communication within conservancies • BACKROUND • CHALLENGES • SOLUTIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS • THE WAY FORWARD
BACKROUND • NACSO IDWG & MET organised Communication Workshop • Workshop attended by 52 participants ranging from Conservancy members and committee members; NGO’s and MET field based staff; and TA’s • Theme of the Workshop: ‘IMPROVING COMMUNICATION IN CONSERVANCIES
COMMUNICATION CHALENGES WITHIN CONSERVANCIES Ø Low literacy levels within conservancies leading to language barrier Ø Information unavailable and inaccessible within conservancy structures Ø Frequent internal institutional changes impact negatively on progress and networking Ø Lack of communication capacity building and poor knowledge management within conservancies Ø High population and long distance impact negatively on the implementation of programmes and information flow Ø Poor consultation, organisation and participation at the information platforms by conservancy structures and members
Con’t Solutions • Improve the capacity of conservancies in communication as to effectively manage and transfer of knowledge and the affairs of the conservancies • To improve communication through representative committees • To improve consultation and organisation of meetings and improve member participation in decision-making.
Proposed Solutions • Development of simple understandable and translated conservancy materials (usage of local languages / audio visual tools) • Information available and accessible to everyone (Information should be relevant timely and easy to read) • Develop mechanism that can address networking within stakeholders
WAY FORWARD • Regions identified solutions according to challenges within their regions • Radio communication was identified as a critical tool for communication • Meetings was encouraged to disseminate appropriate or relevant information
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