Centre for Community Development and Research Network (CCDRN) has provided a four days training for selected Community Project management Committee (PMC) members and other stakeholders under the WFP 2020 Livelihood activities in Bade LGA, Yobe state, Northeast Nigeria.
Over 160 participants across sixteen communities comprising Internally Displaced Persons and Vulnerable host Community members benefitted from the training which took place from the 17th to 20th of March 2020.
The training which was conducted in Gashua town and Dagona, a ward in Bade LGA is aimed at strengthening the project management capacity of affected community members to ensure full community participation in a bid to promote sense of ownership towards achieving success in the implementation and sustainability of the project.
Project Management committee Training in session
Center for Community Development and Research Network (CCDRN) is ensuring that host community members and beneficiaries take the driver’s seat in the implementation process of the livelihood project across 16 targeted communities in Bade Local Government Area (LGA), thereby, establishing the Project Management Committee (PMCs) in all the targeted communities of the livelihood intervention.
The committee is expected to participate in day-day monitoring and management of the livelihood project while contributing to their own resilience building efforts and development.
Participants committing to code of conduct/principles guiding the Project Management Committee
The training touched on issues around building Partnerships and collaborations within the communities, Group Dynamics, Conflict prevention and resolution, Gender inclusiveness and sensitivity in livelihood program implementation, Safety, security and protection in communal activities implementation.
Training participant giving recap of previous session
Equally, themes such as humanitarian principles, Livelihood Work norms and ethics, Community stakeholder Analysis and leveraging for support, as well as resource Mobilization for effective activity implementation were also highlighted
