CAPP HOLDS QUARTERLY PLANNING MEETING

Posted by Rowland Akin in events on February 1, 2012

CAPP is holding its first quarter 2012 planning meeting in Abuja starting from Sunday 5^th –Friday 10th February 2012. The meeting comprises all Programme Officers from the State branches and the head office staff.

The main objectives of this meeting would be to review the last quarter, identify successes, challenges and how they were dealt with and to plan activities for the quarter at hand.

There will also be a refresher training for participants on STAR i.e. Society Tackling Aids through Rights at the five days meeting. This will be facilitated by a consultant, Dr. Chinedu Monye.

TRAINING OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS

Posted by Rowland Akin in events on January 24, 2012

CAPP is starting this year with training for government officials from State institutions on Rights Based Approach to development and gender issues. Participants to be drawn would include among others, Commissioners of education, States Chairmen and women of States Universal Basic Education Board, Education secretaries from Local Government Areas, and Chairmen of States Houses of Assembly committee on education all from TEGIN states.

This training workshop where about twenty four persons would in  participation, is expected to hold in February this year outside Abuja.

Among the objectives of the training include the following:

1. To get the buy-in of participants because of the strategic positions that they occupy in their States
2. To enable participants have a better understanding of how Rights Based Approach apply to girls education
3. For participants to use knowledge acquired from the training to support gender sensitive policies in their various States.

CDPB for Launch in Plateau State

Posted by Rowland Akin in events on December 1, 2011

The Community Driven Peace Building (CDPB), a peace building  project funded by MacArthur Foundation will be formally launched in Jos, the State headquarters on the 5th December 2011 at the  Rayfield, Plateau State Government house.

A discussion session is expected to follow the public presentation of the summary baseline survey just conducted in the targeted communities. This will enable the stakeholders notably: Community beneficiaries, Civil Society Organizations and members of the public to make their inputs to the document.

Expected at the occasion are government officials, Civil Society Organizations, members of CAPP in the State and the general public.