Africa Medical Research Foundation (AMREF) Training

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Basic Advocacy Skills

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Fees: US$300

Course Dates:

8th - 12th October 2012

Target audience

This course is for senior and mid-level programme/projects managers, medical and health personnel and government officers.

Purpose

The purpose of this course is to empower the participants with advocacy and lobbying skills in order to advocate for health and health related issues. The course will include following:

Course organisation

  • Meaning of lobbying and advocacy and how to identify advocacy issues.
  • Building constituency for support and mobilisation.
  • Networking and coalition with other similar organisations.
  • Identifying advocates for a particular issue.
  • Designing and pre-testing messages for identified target groups before going public.
  • Using materials to lobby and support the campaign i.e. flyers, pamphlets, booklets, position papers, fact sheets etc.
  • Use of media in advocacy and lobbying.
  • How to reach and lobby the policy makers i.e. parliamentarians, religious groups, senior government officials etc.
  • Building consensus and dealing with divergent views (addressing / countering the opposition).
  • Fundraising for advocacy

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General Information

Commitment
Certification - The participants, upon successful attendance of each short course will be awarded an AMREF certificate of participation stipulating the topics covered.
Learning Resources:- Computer laboratory with internet access; A well-equipped clinical laboratory where trainees carry out practical examinations; A state-of-the-art health library which
provides access to information that is otherwise unavailable locally
Costs: - Training costs covers lunch, stationery, field trips and all course related learning materials.- Accommodation (US$ 48 per day) To cover half board accommodation (bed, dinner and breakfast) including daily transport to and from the training venue using the AMREF bus.
Mode of payment -  All payments to the course should be made two weeks to the commencement of each course in cheques payable to AMREF or through bank transfer to the AMREF account
Tailor made courses: AMREF organises customised short courses for groups of not less than 15 participants in health and health-related fields, tailored to the needs of individuals or organisations.
Our clients have included NGOs and Ministries of Health in Sudan, Malawi, Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia and Eritrea.
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