Communication campaign of the Participatory Budgeting in Ben Arous
During the months of May 2015, the Associative Action supported the local facilitators and members of local CSOs in Ben Arous to implement the communication and awareness campaign, related to the invitation of the citizens to participate in the citizen forums of the Participatory Budgeting process.
Diverse communication tools were used in this campaign, such as : flyers (mailing, direct dialogue, door to door), posters, banners, mobile booths, radio ads, loud speaker car service, social media, press release and digital animation.
Communication training session in Ben Arous
In order to implement the communication campaign properly, the Associative Action organized a 2 days training session related to the awareness and communication campaign, for the members of the municipality of Ben Arous, as well as the members of local CSOs, between the 26th and 27th of May 2016.
During the training, the Associative Action trained the participants on the best practices to use with citizens, and proposed a design model for the communication tools. This model was the subject of debate and consultation between the members of the municipality and those of the local CSOs.
By the end of the training, a communication plan was developed identifying the quantity of communication tools that will be provided by Associative Action, the distribution of roles between the members of the municipality and the local CSOs for the execution of the awareness and communication campaign, as well as the dates and the deadline for each activity of the campaign.
Realization of Participatory Diagnosis in Ben Arous
Following the meeting of presentation of the Participatory Diagnosis’s sheet, the members of the local NGOs of Ben Arous started the realization of Participatory Diagnosis on the ground between December 2015 and February 2016.
The diagnosis team split into groups covering the 4 Neighberhoods of Ben Arous (Ben Aours East, Ben Arous west, the New Medina, and Sidi Mosbah). Their mission was to complete the diagnostic sheet with the elements related to the state of the basic infrastructure for the entire area of the municipality of Ben Arous.
This diagnosis allowed to determine the needs of the city in terms of roads, pavements, public lighting, rain water management system, city embellishment, sports and cultural structures.
Presentation of the Participatory Diagnosis sheet to the local NGOs of Ben Arous
As part of the implementation of the Participatory Diagnosis mechanism, and following the meeting with the municipality, the Associative Action organized on December 17th, 2015 a meeting to present the Participatory Diagnosis sheet to the local NGOs of Ben Arous.
In collaboration with the expert urbanist , the representatives of the Action Associative explained all the elements of the diagnosis sheet to the
participants.
At the end of the session, the participants expresed their commitment for the field work and each organization specified the areas that will cover.
