1. COMMUNICATION WORKSHOP PROCEEDINGS
NACSO & MET
Presented by Maxi Louis

2. Communication within conservancies
BACKROUND
CHALLENGES
SOLUTIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS
THE WAY FORWARD

3. BACKROUND NACSO IDWG & MET organised Communication Workshop
Workshop attended by 52 participants ranging from Conservancy members and committee members; NGO’s and MET field based staff; and TA’s
Theme of the Workshop: ‘IMPROVING COMMUNICATION IN CONSERVANCIES

4. COMMUNICATION CHALENGES WITHIN CONSERVANCIES
Low literacy levels within conservancies leading to language barrier
Information unavailable and inaccessible within conservancy structures
Frequent internal institutional changes impact negatively on progress and networking
Lack of communication capacity building and poor knowledge management within conservancies
High population and long distance impact negatively on the implementation of programmes and information flow
Poor consultation, organisation and participation at the information platforms by conservancy structures and members

5. Con’t Solutions
Improve the capacity of conservancies in communication as to effectively manage and transfer of knowledge and the affairs of the conservancies
To improve communication through representative committees
To improve consultation and organisation of meetings and improve member participation in decision-making.

6. Proposed Solutions
Development of simple understandable and translated conservancy materials (usage of local languages / audio visual tools)
Information available and accessible to everyone (Information should be relevant timely and easy to read)
Develop mechanism that can address networking within stakeholders

7. WAY FORWARD
Regions identified solutions according to challenges within their regions
Radio communication was identified as a critical tool for communication
Meetings was encouraged to disseminate appropriate or relevant information

8. THANK YOU