Community Media/TCMN/Sengarama Draft Workshop Plan May2009

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Organisational Management Workshop, 25 to 30 May 2009

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  Pemba & IAE participants

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  KDC and NURU FM participants

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  2009 Organisation Management Workshop venue

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Sengarama Draft Workshop Plan

TANZANIA COMMUNITY MEDIA NETWORK ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING SENGEREMA, TANZANIA May, 25 – 29, 2009

Participation

* 8 radios: Sengerema, Fadeco, others (list)
* 16 people: Managers, Programme Coordinators/Leaders
* 2 facilitators: Njuki Githethwa and another from Tanzania TBC
* 2 resource persons

Focus

Organisational development:

• How does the way that stations are organised affect their success as community radios?
• What are the key principles of community radio and networks? W
• What are the capacity needs of community radios?

Aims

1. To develop skills, tools and plans that will help managers to strengthen the organisation of their community radio stations to ensure community "ownership" and content that meets local needs
2. To develop relationships and policies in order to consolidate the network of community media in Tanzania

Objectives & Outputs

Objectives	Outputs
1. To craft a set of principles to guide the development of community radio in Tanzania, in particular concerning community participation, independence	Statement of principles (and related public advocacy messages)
2. To share experiences of community radio, identify good practices and available resources; main focuses: organisation, sustainability, programming, volunteerism	Documented set of good practices and associated resource persons
3. To create an agreed policy concerning the role of community radio in elections	Policy
4. To identify the needs of managers and design the elements for a distance (online) training programme	Course plan
5. To increase participants knowledge and skills related to networking	Relationships Network statement of principles, vision, mission
6. To identify priorities for the sector, including programming needs and content development strategies, and create a realistic, action-oriented workplan	Workplan
7. To share principles and practices of effective learning programmes on HIV/AIDS treatment literacy	Country action plan

PROGRAMME

Time	May 25, 2009	May 26, 2009		May 27, 2009		May 28, 2009		May 29, 2009
9.00 - 11.00 a.m	Principles of community radio Ownership, identity and membership, independence Content, community participation, geographic scope	Leadership and management * Team building, managing people, conflict management Working with staff and volunteers Roles of Boards and Management		Priorities for the development of community radio staff and volunteers Technical skills and competencies Programming, content development strategies Community outreach		Role of community radio in elections Experiences from Kenya Policy on community radio engagement in elections		Closing Key messages from participants Messages from community leaders, government representatives Workshop evaluation
11.00 – 11.30 a.m	T E A / C O F F E E B R E A K
11.30 a.m –1.00p.m	Experiences and good practices of community radio * Organisation capacity, programming, volunteerism Resources mobilization, sustainability strategies	Management practices and policies Effective management Management policies		Organisational capacity issues Organization structure, culture and relationships Organisation learning Compositions of boards and management teams		Organisation learning and sharing Visit to local community radio Learning from staff, board, community Sharing experiences		Departure
1.00 – 2.00 p.m	L U N C H
2.00 – 5.00 p.m	Knowledge and skills on Networking Experiences from Kenya Practices and principles of effective networks Network vision and mission statement		Managers training needs Skills and competencies Elements and design for distance online training Timelines and Training commitments	LearnShare HIV/AIDS Africa Treatment Literacy Overview Reflections on the Cote d’Ivoire workshop Action points Wikieducator and other online tools	Way forward Action planning Sharing tasks
8.00- 8.45 p.m	Video viewing on relevant issues		Listening to sample community radio programmes	Recording programmes, live transmission	Sharing materials, online resources

(: Open Office version of document, available here -- Media:Sengarama_Draft_Workshop_Plan_May2009.odt)