Communication campaign of the Participatory Budgeting in Sfax
During the month of May 2015, the Associative Action supported the local facilitators and members of local CSOs in Sfax 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.
Training of local facilitators on Participatory Budgeting in Sfax
During the month of April 2015, the Associative Action organized a training session for the members of local CSOs in Sfax to become local facilitators of Participatory Budgeting.
The role of the local facilitators is to collaborate with the members of the local authorities to successfully implement the awareness and communication campaign aimed to invite the citizens to participate in the citizen forums of the PB, as well as to organize the citizen forums (moderating the debate between municipal officers and citizens, facilitation of the citizens work groups, organization of the voting and election process related to the citizen projects ideas and citizen delegates).
Training on communication for the local CSOs of Sfax
In march 2015, the Associative Action organised a training session for the local CSOs of the municipality of Sfax in the framework of the Participatory Budgeting of 2015. The aim of this training session was to build the capacities of the local CSOs in terms of communication, as well as to prepare a communication plan related to the awarness and invitation campaigns for the citizens in order to participate in the citizen forums of the Participatory Budgeting.
Signature of the Participatory Budgeting Partnership agreement of the municipality of Sfax
On the 15th of March 2015, the municipality of Sfax signed an officiel partnership agreement with the local NGOs to implement the Participatory Budgeting process. The partnership agreement included all the tasks and responsabilities of each stakeholders during the process (see the document below).
