30 November 2005

ARTICLE 19, FAHAMU OFFER COURSE ON ACCESS TO INFORMATION CAMPAIGNING


ARTICLE 19 and Fahamu invite African civil society activists to apply for a seven-week distance learning course on Campaigning for Access to Information that will begin on 3 January 2006.

This course is meant for people and organisations from a broad spectrum of areas in Africa who have an interest in the issue of access to information. This includes, but is not limited to, trade unions, residents' organisations, environmental groups, women's groups, development organisations and human rights organisations.

Lasting seven weeks, the course looks at why access to information is important, what an access to information law should contain, and how to go about campaigning for one. Six weeks are spent working through a specially designed interactive CD-ROM, completing exercises and discussing the issues by email with others who are doing the course.

The final week is devoted to an assignment that will involve designing a campaign plan for access to information in each participant's country. This not only entails considering campaigning strategy and tactics, but also the substantive access to information issues that participants are likely to encounter in their own country.

Participants will be guided throughout the course by an online course tutor.

There are 15 sponsored places available on this course. Every participant who successfully completes this course will be awarded a certificate from ARTICLE 19 and Fahamu.

Applicants should send a one page CV with a 500-word letter explaining why they should be selected for this course. Applications should be sent to info@fahamu.org

For further information (including course dates, fees and registration forms), contact
Hilary Isaac: info@fahamu.org


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