[TimorLesteStudies] Upcoming 3-Day Community Engagement Training (Dili, Tetun)

[Deborah Cummins]

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*Three-Day Community Engagement Training in Dili, in Tetun*
*23 to 25 November 2016 (inclusive)*


We are delighted to introduce some upcoming training in Dili, for Timorese
professionals who want to learn more about community engagement.

The *Bridging Peoples Foundational CE course* takes participants through
the basics of community engagement, drawing on best practice principles as
well as practical experience from around the world on what it takes to
engage effectively with communities.

In this three-day course, participants will be taught practical strategies
that will improve their work with communities across the project
life-cycle—from identifying a project, through planning, implementation,
monitoring & evaluation, and specific mobilisation and outreach strategies.

The methodology is participatory, aiming for participants to fit what they
learn to their specific work and community context, and in so doing
providing practical strategies that they can begin to implement immediately
in their work.

*To allow for this participatory approach, we require a minimum 5
participants for the course to go ahead. The total number of participants
is strictly limited to 15 people.*

*Course Outcomes*

By the end of the three-day workshop, participants will have learned the
following:

   - best-practice principles and processes of community engagement;
   - strategies to improve community engagement and outreach across the
   different stages of the project life-cycle;
   - how to map, understand, and effectively engage with local governance
   and leadership structures in the communities where you work;
   - how to identify and work with more vulnerable members of the
   community; working with local champions;
   - how to develop a basic community engagement and outreach strategy for
   your program.

*How To Join*

To enrol in this course, please email deb at bridgingpeoples.com with the
name(s) of the participant and a brief description of their current work
responsibilities, and we will take it from there!

*Training Dates:     *23rd to 25th November 2016 (inclusive)

*Cost:                      *US$285.00

Payment can be made by cheque or credit card (using PayPal).

*A Little More About The Trainer...*

Dr. Deborah Cummins is the Founder and Director of Bridging Peoples (
www.bridgingpeoples.com), and an expert on community engagement and
community-sensitive development. She holds a PhD on local governance, and
has led numerous research teams investigating different aspects of
community governance and engagement across a variety of contexts. Over the
past 15 years, she has worked as local governance and community engagement
specialist for a number of organisations, and has also taught on different
aspects of international development, public policy and community
engagement at universities in Australia and abroad. She is the author of a
book published by Routledge: *Local Governance in Timor-Leste: Lessons in
Postcolonial Statebuilding*.

If you are interested in this course, or know anyone else who might be
interested in the course, please email us at deb at bridgingpeoples.com to
find out more.
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