Faso Medias 2

• Setting-up of a scientific committee (civil society experts for providing advice and suggestions and mobilising citizens) and of an editorial committee (journalist-producers, CSOs and experts from specialist NGOs) ;
• Discussion seminar between local elected officials, CSOs, media organisations and internet activists, and regular local discussion workshops in the pilot regions;
• General knowledge training courses, so that journalists, bloggers and cartoonists can gain a better understanding of and deal with the issues linked with the citizen-led control of public initiatives;
• Competition for magazines that raise awareness of citizenship and citizen-led control;
• Civics education micro-programmes.

In the pilot regions:

• Joint creation of programmes focusing on subjects of national or regional interest and citizen dialogue;
• Training courses on debating ideas/advocacy for young people, leading to touring 'battles' (oratorical contests between citizens) broadcast by the media (radio, TV, internet);
• Citizen demonstrations (Harmonie citoyenne – Citizen Harmony) with strong involvement from civil society, the media and local elected officials (debating contests for young people, programmes, concerts, production of music for raising awareness, political cartoons);
• Training courses for television stations on how to produce specialist programmes with CSOs (reporting, work on sources, sets, etc.);
• Training courses on radio interactivity;
• Support for bloggers and (internet) activists, in partnership with the Burkina Faso Bloggers' Association.

• Participation of young people in the production of programmes, in the devising of local projects, and in training and discussion workshops;
• Training courses on debating ideas/advocacy for young people in the pilot regions;
• Touring 'battles' (contests) or 'slams' involving young people, broadcast by the media (radio, TV, internet).

• Practical workshops focusing on documentary research and research on the internet;
• Training courses on interview techniques and investigative journalism;
• Open data learning, data journalism courses at basic and proficient level (levels 1 and 2);
• Assistance in setting up an innovative tool for the citizen-led control of public initiatives (Gouvernance Accès Facile – Easy Government Access), created by Tthe Balai Citoyen (Citizens' Broom) movement, lefaso.net, activists and developers, which makes it possible to follow meetings held between government ministers (concerning the allocation of public contracts, posts, etc.).

• Production of programmes relating to the citizen-led control of public initiatives, following the general knowledge training course;
• Joint broadcasting of programmes;
• Harmonie citoyenne events;
• Production and broadcasting of specialist television programmes in partnership with CSOs.

• Strengthening management knowledge for radio stations already set up;
• Training courses on team management, business management and marketing, association management and social mobilisation for partner radio stations;
• On-site coaching sessions on management at partner radio stations;
• Material and logistic support for UNALFA;
• Project management training for UNALFA.

• Capitalising on the Faso Media experience(documentary films, collections, videos, forms, guides);
• Training for local trainers (journalists and radio technicians);
• Provision of educational kits for journalists.