Lake Victoria Water and Sanitation Lake Victoria Water and Sanitation Initiative Initiative

( LVWATSAN)( LVWATSAN)

Workshop for Developing a Capacity Workshop for Developing a Capacity Building FrameworkBuilding Framework

Strengthening Capacity for Advocacy, Strengthening Capacity for Advocacy, Information, Education and CommunicationInformation, Education and Communication

16-18 October 200616-18 October 2006UN Complex, GigiriUN Complex, Gigiri

By James Ohayo - UN-HABITATBy James Ohayo - UN-HABITATJames.ohayo@unhabitat.orgJames.ohayo@unhabitat.org

OBJECTIVEOBJECTIVE

• Enhancing the role of Advocacy, Information, Enhancing the role of Advocacy, Information, Education and Communication in improving Education and Communication in improving

access to water and sanitation for the poor and access to water and sanitation for the poor and changing their environmental living conditions for changing their environmental living conditions for

the better.the better.

PARTNERSHIPSPARTNERSHIPS

• Identifying national and sub-national Identifying national and sub-national partners for effective dissemination partners for effective dissemination of information though established of information though established community level, sub-national and community level, sub-national and national channels. national channels.

Needs AssessmentNeeds Assessment

• Establishing the Advocacy and IEC Establishing the Advocacy and IEC needs of communities through a needs of communities through a

participatory bottom-up process.participatory bottom-up process.

Resource IdentificationResource Identification

• Identifying local resources, skills, Identifying local resources, skills, social capital and other potentials for social capital and other potentials for

activeactive

community participation and community participation and ownership of the Advocacy and IEC ownership of the Advocacy and IEC

process.process.

Campaign DevelopmentCampaign Development

• Participatory development of Participatory development of sustainable community level, sub-sustainable community level, sub-

national, national and regional national, national and regional Advocacy and IEC programmesAdvocacy and IEC programmes

M and EM and E

• Monitoring the Advocacy and IEC Monitoring the Advocacy and IEC process, documenting its results and process, documenting its results and

feeding the results back into the feeding the results back into the Programme.Programme.