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Workshop – Participatory Communication & ActionFrom: "media matters" <mmindia.org@gmail.com>
Date: August 14, 2008
Workshop – Participatory Communication & Action
Season's Greetings!
We are pleased to announce our 4th annual workshop on Participatory Communication & Action: Approaches, Tools, Processes. The six-day residential programme will be held at Talegaon (near Lonavla, Maharashtra) from September 25 to 30, 2008.
Our
annual workshops on PCA are an opportunity to reach out to civil
society organizations across the country who work with groups and
communities on a wide range of issues.
The
six-day process provides the space and scope for sharing of experiences
and reflecting on the learnings; deliberating on communication-related
concerns; learning and practicing tools and methods for better
facilitation. The workshop will seek to sensitize and build capacities
of the participants to facilitate enabling and empowering processes
with groups and communities who are otherwise not even heard.
Some
of the participating organizations in the earlier three workshops
included AHRD, MAVIM, ML Dawale Memorial Trust, Nehru Yuva Kendra,
Point of View, SATH Network, WOTR, YUVA, MASUM, YARD, YASHADA, Ashoka
Innovators, Saathi, Disha Kendra, Manav Hakk
Abhiyaan, Rural Development Centre, (Maharashtra), Sakhi (Kerala),
Samskar-Plan (Andhra Pradesh), Samraksha (Karnataka), Government
functionaries from the Education department (Maharashtra), ICDS
department (Gujarat), Health department (Maharashtra, Gujarat and
Orissa) also participated in the workshops.
We look forward to participation in the 4th PCA workshop from your
organization/partners, thereby enriching the learning process.
Details of the programme are as follows:
Workshop title
Participatory Communication & Action – Approaches, Tools, Processes
Dates
September 25 to 30, 2008
Venue
Environment Education Centre, Talegaon, District Pune, Maharashtra
Objectives
By the end of the workshop, the participants will have
· Compared different approaches to development, participation and communication
· Analyzed the paradigm shift towards participatory communication and action
· Practiced the use of different participatory communication tools and methods
· Designed an intervention strategy for participatory communication and action
· Selected, adapted
or evolved a set of tools and methods to be explored while working with
groups
Methodology
The
effort will be towards creating a participant-centred environment for
experiential learning. The facilitation will explore a wide range of
participatory tools and methods to encourage learning from each other.
While Hindi will be the main language of the workshop, participants
will be encouraged to interact/work in their regional languages.
Participants
Middle-level
functionaries from NGOs, government departments and other civil society
organizations working with groups and communities.
Participation fee
Rs.6,000/- per participant
The
participation fee includes lodging, boarding and resources for the
workshop. The lodging and boarding facilities at the venue will be
available from September 24 (evening) to September 30 (evening).
Participants are requested to make their travel arrangements
accordingly.
Registration
Please
confirm your participation before September 10, 2008, together with a
demand draft favouring "media matters" payable at Ambernath or Mumbai.
Regards and best wishes
Seema Kurup
Mobile: 9881261094
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media matters
Plot 400, Sai Section, Ambernath 421501, Maharashtra, India
Tel. 91-251-2606929
media
matters, a registered non-profit trust, works in the area of
development communication, with a rights-based approach, exploring and
experimenting with participatory media and communication with a focus
on capacity building; design and development of resources; theatre for
development; video documentaries; research and process documentation.
