Training of Trainers Workshop For Civil Society on Lobbying and Campaigning for the ATT

26/01/2014
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14/03/2014
Descripción de la actividad

Organized by the West African Action Network on Small Arms (WAANSA), the purpose of the meetings were to increase the capacity of civil society organisations in West Africa to lobby and campaign for ATT signature and ratification in their States; to discuss the draft CSO lobby and campaign manual content and lessons learnt from the implementation of the ECOWAS convention on SALW; to encourage media work in support of the ATT ratification process; and, to increase awareness in the region of the ATT signing and ratification process. The four meetings were held in Dakar, Senegal on 27-28 January 2014, in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire on 12-13 February 2014, in Freetown, Sierra Leone on 23-26 February 2014 by the Council of Churches, and in Lomé, Togo on 11-14 March 2014. WAANSA has also conducted high level country visits in which they lobby for the ratification of the ATT, in partnership with National Commissions, various Ministries, etc.

Descripción del Proyecto

The WAANSA project is organizing a series of seminars funded by the UK to build the capacity of West African civil society organizations in advocating for the signature and ratification of the ATT by Member States in the subregion.

Tipo de actividad
Sensitization and outreach
Enfoque de la Actividad
International instruments
Regional cooperation
Transfer controls
Socios
Benin
Burkina Faso
Cape Verde
Côte d’ivoire
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Liberia
Mali
Niger
Nigeria
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Togo
Implementadores
West African Action Network on Small Arms (WAANSA)
Donantes
UK
Contacto

West African Action Network on Small Arms (WAANSA)
3 Botchway Link Adenta
Accra, Ghana
T: +233 0302502176
W: www.waansa.org