22nd, September 2006
An advocacy workshop was conducted for some of the YMCA Advocacy Desk staff and Youth Group on the 22nd of September, by the desk coordinator Adnan Ateyah.
The workshop covered:
- The meaning of Advocacy
- When is it Advocacy
- Spheres of society
- Faces of power
- Community mapping and needs assessment
- Good principles of Advocacy
- The Advocacy Cycle
The workshop lasted for the whole day, after which the participants evaluated it as very useful informative, were it was agreed on the date for the coming workshop, as it is a series of workshops on Advocacy conception and skills.
The workshop was based and a follow up of a course attended by the YMCA and YWCA Advocacy Coordinators, organized in Ramallah by Christian Aid.