HOW WILL THE TRAINING BE USEFUL?

In many developing countries, theatre used as a tool for engaging communities to create awareness on issues and it is easily accepted in all over the worlds. Theatre builds on existing traditions of communication and entertainment such as storytelling, puppet show, songs, and dance. It is a way of empowering communities, listening to their concerns, and then encouraging them to voice and solve their own problems. This workshop aims to prepare participants on theatrical skills and techniques to facilitate them in creating awareness of social issues through theatre in their respective communities.

The participants will be able to explore the dynamics and utilization of modern theatre as a communication tool to address social issues. This seven-day residential workshop will enable participants to explore the essentials of theatre. Participants will be able to explore the art of creating stories, improvisation with groups and skills to develop issue-based content for interactive theatre performances.

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?

The objectives of this workshop are as follows;

• Explore the process of using theatre as a tool to sensitize the public/communities
• Learn the integration of community issues in a theatrical performance with engaging presentation techniques
• Use theatre as an effective tool for effecting behavioural change within communities & empowering them to influence change at the local level.
• Enable the participant’s ability to overcome conventional difficulties/situations/scenarios on the street or public performance venues.

WHO IS IT FOR?

This training workshop will be very effective for all those who are working with communities on social and cultural aspects using different approaches.

LANGUAGE

Urdu

REGISTRATION FEE:

PKR. 10,000/- (Including accommodation, meals, training material, certificate, and technical assistance)

Early-bird Discount – 10% (for applications received before May 25, 2019.

Meet the Trainers:

Zahoor Hussain Joya (Lead Trainer)

The lead trainer for this training is Mr. Zahoor Hussain Joya Executive Director of Sojhla for Social Change a famous theatre trainer and director. He has experience in writing plays, directing all types of theatre performances and a famous human rights activist.

Zafar Shaheen (Trainer)

Zafar Shaheen is a team leader of Sojhla Art and Cultural Unit. Have good experience in theatre performances and delivering theatre training. He has also performed in many Shows and Dramas on Electronic Media.

Yasmeen Wafa (Assistant Trainer)

Yasmeen Wafa is working in Sojhla team as a senior actress and an assistant trainer. She has very good experience in theatre and performs many theatres plays all over Pakistan.

HOW TO APPLY:

Kindly fill in the application form by following this link before May 30, 2019:

Link: https://bit.ly/30suEGA

How will the training be useful?

Competency-based HR can facilitate an organization with selecting, developing and managing staff in an efficient, fair and strategic manner. Producing competent and well-managed staff, in turn, leads to accountable and effective organisations.

The Core Humanitarian Competency Framework (CHCF), developed in 2010, aims to provide humanitarian organisations with a common set of behaviours that have proven to be
effective in responses. The training will introduce competency-based HR and CHCF.

The four-day training on Core Humanitarian Competency Framework is proposed to facilitate participants with:

• Skills and tools to apply CHCF to strengthen their humanitarian response initiatives
• Tools and methods on adopting the CHCF in the most relevant way
• Competency-based approaches to promote organizational and individual growth
• Experience sharing on using competency-based HR practices

Who is it for?

• HR managers
• Program Managers
• Regional/provincial coordinators of National level NGOs

*All applicants must have interest and prior experience in human resource management

Who is the Trainer?

Ms. Uma Narayanan, a specialist in human resources, quality management and organizational development for medium to large scale organizations in the humanitarian and development sector. With a background in International Organizational and Systems Development, Uma has worked as an Organization Development and Human Resources practitioner mostly in Southeast Asia, South Asia and
Europe, for more than a decade. In her OD capacity, she has carried out numerous assignments on program reviews, evaluations and organizational assessments. She has been part of numerous emergency responses including the Pakistan Earthquake, Tsunami in Asia, Japan Tsunami, Cyclone in the Philippines and recently the Nepal Earthquake. In the capacity of her work, she has traveled to 65 countries.

Where?

Murree, Pakistan

When?

17 to 20 July 2019

Training Language

English

Registration Fees

PKR. 25,000/-. (All inclusive)

Early-bird Discount – 20% (Applications received before June 30, 2019)

40% discount to women participants.

How to Apply?

Complete the application form by following the link in before July 02, 2019: Application Form

Note: Community World Service Asia reserves the right to cancel or postpone the event if circumstances require. Registered participants will be informed with 100% fee refund. However, if the participant wishes to cancel the registration, he/she requires informing Community World Service Asia office at least two weeks in advance or else the fee will not be refunded.

How will the training be useful?

Emerging or small level organizations often have informal structures owing to lack of resources and Capacity, resulting in few staff members performing multiple functions. It is important that these team members are well versed in the basic functions of human resource, operations, and finance to bring more efficiency in the organization. Community World Service, Asia offers a capacity building opportunity through a four-day workshop on Organization Management.

At the end of the workshop, participants will have developed:

1. Greater knowledge, understanding, and skills of Organizational Management
2. The ability to properly assess current OM practice in their organizations and to make required changes for improvement
3. The ability to facilitate the development of an OM framework for their organizations

Who is it for?

• Organization head Senior managers
• Newly established organization’s head
• All managers who wish to enhance management skills
• Newly appointed managers
• HR, financial and R&D Personnel desiring to improve processes

Meet the Trainer

Sohail Muhammad Ali is a Consultant and Trainer. As a Trainer, he has conducted workshops for national and international organizations on various themes but his signatory themes are advocacy & Lobbying, Communication Skills, Organizational structure & culture, Project Cycle Management, Social Mobilization, Monitoring & Evaluation, Communication & Reporting, Leadership & Management, Resource Mobilization, Community Management Skills, Core Management Skills, Art of mentoring. Sohail Muhammad Ali has conducted trainings and provided consultancies to British Council Pakistan, International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES),Training Resource Group (TRG), Lead Pakistan, UNICEF, Transparency international, Research & Development Foundation ( RDF), Human Resource Development Network (HRDN), Association Internationale des Etudiants en Sciences Economiques et Commerciales (AIESEC), British High Commission, German embassy, Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) and Care international.

Where?

Murree- Pakistan

When?

23-26 July 2019 (9.00am – 5.00pm)

Training Language

Urdu

Registration Fees

PKR. 10,000/-. (All inclusive)

Early-bird Discount – 10% (for applications received before May 20, 2019)

40% discount to women participants.

Apply Now

Apply now by following the above link before June 10, 2019

Community World Service Asia reserves the right to cancel or postpone the event if circumstances require. Registered participants will be informed with 100% fee refund. However, if the participant wishes to cancel the registration, he/she requires informing Community World Service Asia office at least two weeks in advance or else the fee will not be refund.

HOW WILL THE TRAINING BE USEFUL?

Local organizations work with grass root communities on a regular basis. These organizations use social mobilization to raise awareness, motivate people to bring change and development or to organize communities to take ownership of project interventions meant to assist them. Social mobilization also strengthens the participation of local communities in decision-making, local governance and increases their access to socio-economic services. Also used as a tool in advocacy campaigning, social mobilization promotes engagement of affected communities in raising awareness or working towards changing public opinion on prevailing issues.

Key skills and relevantly trained staff is the key to effective social mobilization. As the natal step towards community interaction, these skills play a significant role in implementation of all cycles of humanitarian and development interventions.

TRAINING OBJECTIVES

• This training aims to enhance participants’ knowledge on
• Understanding social mobilization as an approach, its key elements and the true role of a social mobilizer
• Basic communication skills, ethics and tools for successful community mobilization
• Managing community expectations and keeping community intact throughout the project life cycle and use community for influencing for social change.
• Power dynamics and conflict management
• Strategies to promote women inclusion in social mobilization process

MEET THE TRAINER

Syed Moazzam Ali has extensive experience of conducting trainings with Civil Society Organizations, government institutions, communities and educational institutions across Asia. He has been associated with leading rights-based organizations such as Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) and Amnesty International. He has been associated with Community World Service Asia since 2003 delivering diversified trainings on Social Development Programs, Youth Empowerment Programs, Mass Awareness and Community Awareness on HIV & AIDS, Local Capacities for Peace (Do No Harm), Political Education Program, Peace Education Program, Girls Education Program in Afghanistan and trainings on Sphere Minimum Standards.

WE WILL SUPPORT YOU EVEN AFTER THE TRAINING! HERE’S HOW

After six months of this training, a free of cost, two-day, training refresher will be conducted for all participants. The participants will receive follow up support in implementation of learnings of this training in their social mobilization activities. Each participant will get an opportunity to share their progress, discuss challenges and receive technical support to further improve their mobilization strategy.

WHO IS IT FOR?

Middle to senior level Project or Program Managers, Coordinators, community mobilizers of local NGOs and CBOs working in the humanitarian and development sector. All applicants must have interest and some prior experience in social mobilization, community organization and conflict management

REGISTRATION

PKR. 10,000/- (Including accommodation, meals, training material, certificate and follow up support)

Early-bird Discount – 10% (for applications received before June 30th, 2019)

Special discount to women participants and discount for same organization participants.

HOW TO APPLY?

Kindly fill in the application form by following this link: https://bit.ly/2LcRvAQ

Applicants will be notified if their participation is confirmed by July 1st, 2019. Please make sure to include contact information (postal address, email or phone number) for further communication.

HOW WILL THE TRAINING BE USEFUL?

National-level organization are considered agents of change as they amplify community voice through awareness-raising and networking. They play an instrumental role in education and changing public opinion and often collaborate on initiatives to ensure that social development concerns of communities at the national level. This enables problem-solving at the national level by engaging local authorities, decision-makers in government, media and other key stakeholders at different stages of the development process.

To achieve effective sustainable change, NGOs must have the ability to plan and facilitate efficient communication processes that mobilize efforts at both the organizational and programmatic levels. Awareness raising and networking is key to enabling positive policy change in favour of marginalized communities. In many cases, however, the strengths and capabilities of the community are often underutilized due to an unfavourable ecosystem for local action, limited funds and inexperience.

TRAINING OBJECTIVES

• Being able to demonstrate an understanding of the tools and approaches required for influencing decision making towards sustainable change
• Enhancing knowledge on developing a strategic approach to policy engagement and its communication
• Equipping participants on designing campaigns for social change through policy reforms

WHO IS IT FOR?

• Humanitarian and development practitioners
• Middle to senior level project or program managers
• Coordinators of national-level organizations

All applicants must have an interest and some prior experience in networking and linkages development

MEET THE TRAINER

Qadeer Baig, currently the CEO and Principal Consultant of the NGO Resource Centre has over 20 years of work experience in international humanitarian and development organizations, program management, Influencing for positive change and networking. He holds a Master’s degree in NGO management from the London School of economics. He has designed, facilitated and led numerous workshops, policy influencing campaigns, evidence-based policy influencing workshop for CSOs and relevant networks in Pakistan and internationally on issues of enabling policy environment for NGOs, legal and fiscal reforms in south Asia, child and early-age marriages, women empowerment, curriculum reforms and human dignity.

HOW TO APPLY?

Kindly fill the following form by following this link: Apply Now

REGISTRATION

PKR. 25,000/- (Including accommodation, meals, training material, certificate. Travel would be arranged by participating organizations.

Early-bird Discount – 10% (for applications received till 25th July 2019)
40 % discount to female participants and special discount for an organizational group

FEE DISCLAIMER

Participants will be eligible to reclaim fee if informed 10 working days before the event.

Applicants will be informed of their application confirmation by July 20, 2019. Please make sure to include all contact information (postal address, email or phone number) for further communication.