Client: CDPO/ DFAT ACCESS 2 Programs
Duration: 2024
Summary project
In responding to the call of CDPO to improve its employees’ capacities and skills to perform projects/programs well, API and CDPO agreed to conduct three training courses on Social Protection, Commune Investment Programmed, and Advocacy. API conducted three 3-day long courses.
To meet the objectives of CDPO and participants, the API consultant team designed training curricula with participatory approaches. All training materials were produced, updated, and applied on time. Multi-methods and tools were adopted such as course introduction, learning agreement, set groups to support the training, pre-test, post-test, final course evaluation, daily reflection, wrap up session, and energizer games, to meet the expectations of the participants.
The first training on Social Protection was conducted successfully to 14 staff of CDPO based on their training needs. At end of the first course, they were able to
- Explain the background and initiatives of creating a social protection system that is consistent with the mechanism of globalization.
- Determine the social protection services that are valid and implemented in Cambodia
- Discuss governance, cross-sectoral issues and social environment so that poor and vulnerable people can exercise their right to access social protection services.
They gained knowledge on
- Background of Social Protection Initiative
- International instruments of Social Protection
- Program of Social Protection in Different Countries
- Flexible Social Protection System,
- Developed countries and initiatives on Social Protection
- Overview of the Social Protection System in Cambodia,
- Social Assistance System in Cambodia,
- Social Security System in Cambodia,
- Governance of Social System in Cambodia
- Cross-sectoral issues related to Social Protection
At the end of the second training on advocacy, the same 14 CDPO staff improved understanding and developed the strategy and tactic of advocacy at national level; strategy and tactics of advocacy at sub national level and applied advocacy skills by providing more echo to their members of people with disabilities at communities directly.
They gained more capacity on
- Advocacy and Campaigning
- Building Relationship with the Government Influencing with Government’s Policy
- Ownership of Community Mobilization
- Effective Grassroots Advocacy
- Strategic Communication & Lobbying
- Building Relationship with Media to Support Your Advocacy Work
- Working Together for Policy Change through Building and Maintaining Coalition
- Adult learner facilitation.
The same CDPO staff participants gained more knowledge on the Commune Investment Program (CIP), and specifically on
- The introduction of CIP
- The process to develop CIP
- Mobilizing citizens and their participation in CIP
- Structure and roles of Councilors.
- The difference between CIP and DIP
- The monitoring in the CIP implementation
- Mainstream the needs of people with disabilities in CIP
At the end of the training, participants were able to:
- Identify the problems and needs of the people with disabilities into commune / Sangkat investment programmed;
- Explain the process of preparing commune and district investment programmed.
- Monitor the implementation of Commune/Sangkat investment programmed.
- Facilitate next trainings to their members on Commune Investment Programmed.
