Capacity building of the municipal councils of Tabarka, Kairouan and Mahdia
In the framework of the project “The Word To Women”, the Associative Action organized several training sessions for the members of the municipal councils of the partner municipalities in different thematic areas.
The training were organized between September and November 2018, and were provided by the following experts :
| Tabarka | Kairouan | Mahdia | |
| Kouraich Jaouahdou | Training on local Participatory Democracy processes | Training on local Participatory Democracy processes | Training on local Participatory Democracy processes |
| Training on relationship with media | |||
| Karim Bouzouita | Training on Political pitches | ||
| Monia Gastli | Initiation to Gender aspect | Initiation to Gender aspect | Initiation to Gender aspect |
The training sessions contributed to well prepare the members of the municipal councils, specifically the presidents of Participatory Democracy commissions, to the implementation of the Participatory Budgeting process, with a specific focus on women participation.
Capacity Building of the Women Leaders : Tabarka, Kairouan and Mahdia
In the framework of the project “Word to Women”, the Associative Action selected between 20 and 30 ‘Woman Leader (WL)’ in each of the partner cities of Tabarka, Kairouan and Mahdia.
The WL attended sessions of trainings and capacities’ building in the thematic of Personal Development, Gender and Communication, between April and July 2018. The trainings were provided by the following experts :
- Kouraich Jaouahdou : Expert in Communication and Participatory Democracy
- Olfa Khalil Arem : Expert in Personal Development
- Monia Gastli : Expert in Gender
The main goal of the trainings was to prepare the WL to support their municipalities and collaborate with them in order to implement a Gender Based Participatory Budgeting process.
Advocacy sessions towards partner municipalities of Tabarka, Kairouan and Mahdia
Within the framework of the program “Moussawat” of the Ministry of Women, Family, Childhood and Elderly, and in partnership the Spanish foundation “CIDEAL”, the Associative Action launched, in February 2018, a project called “Word To Women” which aims to empower women participation in local governance in the 3 partners cities : Kairouan, Mahdia and Tabarlka.
The program was launched with advocacy sessions and information of the project to the main stakeholders as described below :
* It is to be considered that a second advocacy step took part by the project team in September 2018 towards the new municipal councils elected in May 2018
| Sessions | Kairouan | Mahdia | Tabarka |
| with the regional department of the Ministry of WFCS | February 2018 | February 2018 | February 2018 |
| with the special delegations of the partner municipalities | February 2018 | February 2018 | February 2018 |
| with local NGOs | March 2018 | March 2018 | March 2018 |
| with the municipal councils | September 2018 | September 2018 | September 2018 |
