Conducting activities for capacity buildingstrengthening of the community

78 Training Manual on Advocacy, Lobbying and Negotiation Skills for Indigenous Peoples in Climate Change and REDD+ c. Film showings, community theatre, play and skit. d. Community radio. Note: The objectives and targets for conducting these activities must be determined clearly as the basis for assessment and make follow-up activities. ii. Preparing for Mass meetingscommunity awareness activities Planning is very important Here are some considerations in planning: a. Protocol with community eldersleaders is necessary. As much as possible, get their support or at least cooperation for the conduct of mass meetingcommunity seminar or any educational activity; b. Determine when is a good timeschedule to conduct the mass meeting based on the availability of target audience; c. Identify a good venue in terms of space, facilities and accessibility depending on the type of activity to be held; d. Prepare for the agendapresentations, materials others needed for the activity; e. Make the announcement early enough and make sure your target audience are informedaware of the date, venue and agenda; f. Make follow-up such as reminders of the meeting date and venue. Personal follow-up is important; and g. Arrange for the logistics: food, transportation for speakers etc. It is important to gather feedback from the community leaders and members after each activity and do an evaluationassessment to determine if objectives are met, what areas need improvement, and what can be the follow-up activities.

3.3.2. Strengthening IPOs

Ȉ †‡–‹ˆ›–Š‡”‡“—‹”‡‡–•ˆ‘”‡ơ‡…–‹˜‡‡‰ƒ‰‡‡–•‹ƒ†˜‘…ƒ…› and lobby Ȉ IPO and leaders capacity needs assessment Ȉ Organizational strengthening and leadership enhancement activities Ȉ Enhancing analytical tools and setting strategies 79 0286WUDWHJLHV6NLOOVDQG0HWKRGVLQGYRFDF\DPSDLJQV Duration: 2 hours Note to the FacilitatorTrainor: 1. Link this session to Session 2.1.3. Identifying our Allies, Neutrals and Opponents. You can use some of the advocacy campaign action plans done by the participants Module II, 2.1.4. Formulating the Advocacy Action Plan. Refer to this in the discussions in this session. 2. Ask the participants: “Can someone recall what Stakeholder Mapping and Analysis is? What did we identify?” 3. When participants respond, link this discussion with what will be discussed in this session, which is on networking and alliance building 3.4.1. What is building alliance? Building alliance refers to bringing together individuals and or organizations to pursue a common cause, stage common actions and activities towards a common goalobjective. This also includes individuals ™Š‘…ƒƒ‡•’‡…‹Ƥ……‘–”‹„—–‹‘‘””‘Ž‡‹–Š‡ƒ†˜‘…ƒ…›…ƒ’ƒ‹‰ƒ† or reaching the objectivesgoals. Note to FacilitatorTrainer: Here you can state that those we ‡–™‘”‘”ƒŽŽ‹ƒ…‡™‹–Šƒ”‡–Š‘•‡–Šƒ–™‡‹†‡–‹Ƥ‡†ƒ•ƒŽŽ‹‡• when we were planning our advocacy campaign. Session 3.4 JOINING FORCES: The Importance of Bulding Alliances and Networks