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Support
to Civic Organizations
UNFPA Turkmenistan provides support to civic organizations
by providing organizational assistance, training, equipment
and funding.
Since
1999, UNFPA FO in Turkmenistan has started to support
civic organizations activities working in reproductive
health field. This year UNFPA announced mini-grants competition
for civic organizations aimed on strengthening informational,
educational activities among population on RH issues,
drug abuse, gender issues. One of the main priorities
in project implementation will be using new information
technologies (Internet) for information dissemination
among population. Duration of the project is 5-6 months.
Forms of project activities could be:
conducting seminars, workshops, information of population
by development, publication of IEC-materials and their
dissemination conducting action-shows, disco, sport
actions, advocating healthy life style etc
Information on competition announcement was spread in
all velayats through deputy khakims, Women and Youth Information-Resource
Centers, women councils.
List of seminars/ workshops conducted for Civic Organizations:
1. "Development of Civic organizations in the
context of IPPF membership"- IPPF, 29 November
1999, 20 partcipants
2. "Training of CBD Volunteers"-UNESCO, 21-27
September 1999, 30 participants
3. "Training of Civic Organizations' activists
on mini-project implementation and financial management",
UNFPA, 26-28 May 1999, 20 participants.
4. "Training of Civic Organizations' activists
on Reproductive Health Counselling ", UNFPA, 23-26
March 1999, 20 participants.
5. "The role of civic women organizations "
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