Community Media/ECONEWS/Workshop Outline Draft

GOAL
The main aim of the Organizational Capacity Development Curriculum is to strengthen governance and management of community radio and its founding institutions, so as to run radio as a successful social enterprise that supports the mission of development.

OBJECTIVES
The objectives of the Organizational Capacity Development Curriculum are:


 * 1) To provide a conceptual framework for ownership, governance and management of the community radio.
 * 2) To enable the community media practitioners to understand the history, objects, and procedures of community radio.
 * 3) To provide information on the meaning and models of community communication constitutions, the procedures and processes of community organizational development, and popular participation in these processes.
 * 4) To provide a practical understanding of the ideal organizational structure for community radio, key policies and guidelines complete with the necessary skills and competencies
 * 5) To enable community media practitioners to understand their functions, roles and responsibilities and discharge them without fear or favour, in order to make community radio more effective.
 * 6) To provide community media practitioners with leadership and management information that will enable them to establish a foundation for appreciating, nurturing and implementing the ideals and practices of democracy and good internal governance.
 * 7) To enable community media practitioners to appreciate the impact of organizational culture, relationship and learning on their day to day lives, hence the importance of their participation in contributing to these processes.
 * 8) To empower the community media practitioners to contribute to the progressive evolution, development and reform of the community radio sector through strategic planning, team building and conflict management.

ORGANISATIONAL CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT TRAINING
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 * TIME
 * November 24, 2008
 * November 25, 2008
 * November 26, 2008
 * November 27, 2008
 * November 28, 2008
 * November 29, 2008


 * 8.00am-10.00am
 * Introduction to Institutional Capacity issues of Mang’elete
 * Introduction to Institutional Capacity issues of Mang’elete


 * History of MCIDP and MR
 * Ownership, Identity and membership

Organizational Structure

 * Constituting Boards & management
 * Principles for effective Boards


 * Review – Key points from yesterday (30 mins)

Leadership and Management

 * Introduction to leadership and management
 * The policy role of leadership


 * Review - Key points from yesterday (30 mins)

Functions, Roles and Responsibilities

 * The role of members, Board and management
 * The link between MCIDP and Radio Mang’elete
 * Group exercise: What should the role of MR be in relation to MCIDP?


 * Review - Key points from yesterday (30 mins)

Organizational Culture and Relationship

 * Group exercise: What are our current attitudes and how have they affected our image?
 * Branding and brand development
 * How Networks and alliances work


 * Reviewing Trends and Changes that affect the Organization


 * SWOT Analysis


 * Review - Key points from yesterday (30 mins)

Action Planning


 * Organization Structure
 * Budget


 * 10-10.30am
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 * 10.30am–1.00pm
 * Organizational Structure
 * Organizational Structure


 * Making the link between Boards and management work
 * Group work; draw the current and desired structure of MCIDP/MR


 * Leadership and Management


 * The implementation role of leadership/management
 * Group Work: Identify the most critical working committees of the organization and their possible TOR


 * Skills and Competencies


 * Hard and Soft Skills in a sensing organization
 * Group Work: List skills required for effective staff/Board and suggest how these can be achieved


 * Organizational Learning


 * Building a learning organization
 * Group exercise: Identify the best practices current and potential for MCIDP


 * Determining the Route Map the Organization should take


 * Setting Goals/Objectives


 * Task Sharing and Way Forward


 * 1-2.00pm
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 * 2.00pm-5.00pm
 * Leadership and Management
 * Leadership and Management


 * Factors for successful internal governance


 * Organizational Policies and Guidelines


 * Introduction to policies and guidelines for effective governance
 * Group Work: Identify all relevant policies for MCIDP and conclude a draft of election rules


 * Team Building and Conflict Management


 * Understanding and Managing Conflict
 * Group exercise; sources and types of conflicts


 * Strategic Planning


 * Making strategic decisions
 * SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING: Using the draft election rules to conduct interim elections of MCDIP and Radio


 * * Developing Vision and Mission




 * 8.00pm- 8.45pm
 * Team building and open forum
 * Reflections and social evening
 * Team exercises
 * Team building exercises
 * Team building exercises
 * Team building exercises

WORKPLAN
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