The workshop on fundraising for local initiatives for mayors was organized by the Union of Cities and Councils-UCCC North West in partnership with Pan African Organization for Research and Protection of Vioence on Women and Children. Speaking during the training workshop, the Coordinator of Pan African Organization for Research and Protection of Violence on Women and Children, Dr. Ndonwie Peter who facilitated the training in Fundraising and project proposal writing said the course aimed at enabling mayors and councils development officers to determine and prioritize projects and plans needed by the Municipality. He said with decentralization in the offing, there is the need for municipal councils in the North West region to have sufficient skills in project planning as well as the competence to be able to build relations with the donor community.
The two days free training included among others, the preparation and development of action plans for the project execution and the follow up of a set of necessary procedures which will help in attracting the donor community. In developing the said tools for training Dr. Nfonwie Peter recounted that the need for such a training emanated from a social media comment from one of the mayors, who made a pertinent comment to the fact that he submitted project of 10 billion to FEICOM but was granted 100 million francs. Dr. Ndonwie Peter saw in the social media post the need to empower councils. At the end of the two days training, participants were able to develop project plans and proposal according to the donor's needs and requirements. It is worth mentioning that Dr. Ndonwie Peter, took care of his flight from Ghana to Cameroon in order to provide North West Councils with skills that will guarantee a better performance for councils at local levels.
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