Capacity Building

In 2007, 2008 and 2010, doCip, in cooperation with IPACC (The Indigenous Peoples of Africa Coordinating Committee), led a program on capacity building.  For six months, a total of six interns completed practical training in documentation and fundraising (2007 and 2010); a different group of three interns completed training in Technical Secretariat organization and fundraising (2008).

Program Goal

To build the capacities of doCip so the most marginalized Indigenous people, particularly women, youths, and Indigenous African Francophones, could recreate many of their activities at regional and national levels.

Candidate Selection

The interns were chosen by their respective organizations in collaboration with IPACC and doCip according to the following criteria, developed with the aid of African Francophone organizations:

• The candidate must be nominated by her/his organization.

• She/he must have worked for the organization for at least three years.

• She/he must know how to use a word processor and the Internet.

• She/he must have had formal training in writing/editing.

Priorities

• The Great Lakes of Africa

• The Sahel Region of the Sahara

• Women

Program

“Documentation” Component: mastery of office automation; research, identification, cataloguing, indexation, and classification of documents; the organization of computer files by subject; how to respond to the demands of users; digitalization and uploading of documents onto the Internet; website creation; use of management software for digital libraries; and CD-ROM production.

“Technical Secretariat Organization” Component: preparation of a logistical information guide; recruitment, selection, and training of volunteers; planning their work, including the organization of translators and interpreters for English, Spanish, French, and Russian; coordination with appropriate international and nongovernmental organizations; support at preparatory meetings for Indigenous peoples; inspection of office equipment at the UN;  preparation of relevant documents for each session; facilitating contacts; evaluation of finished work; and compilation of statistics of use at the Secretariats.

“Fundraising” Component: presentation of intern organizations; defining strategic goals for their organizations using problem trees and goal identification;  identification of fund lessors and “networking” techniques; practical exercise in writing financial grant proposals; project set-up; structuring of a logical framework; budget preparation; creating a calendar; and report writing.

Beneficiaries

2007

Ms. Fati Walet Mohammed Aboubacrine, Touareg from Mali, degree in Development Economics Mohammed V University in Rabat and member of L’ Association Pour L'Epanouissement des Femmes Nomades (Tin Hinan).

Mr. Juvenal Sebishwi, Mutwa from Rwanda, degree in Geography from the National University of Rwanda, currently the legal representative of La Communauté des Autochtones Rwandais or COPORWA (formerly CAURWA).

Mr. Emmanuel Nengo, Mutwa from Burundi, degree in Humanities from the University of Burundi, currently executive secretary of the organization Unissons-nous pour la promotion des Batwa (UNIPROBA) and the Network of Indigenous Batwa/Bambuti Youth of the Great Lakes Region.

2008

Ms. Amina Adamou, Peule-Bororo from Cameroon, state certificate in Social Work and Master’s in Business Law from the University of Douala, member of the Mbororo Social and Cultural Development Association (MBOSCUDA).

Mr. Aboubacar Albachir, Touareg from Niger, teacher and representative the the TUNFA organization.

Mr. Leonard Odambo, Bakoya from Gabon, journalist, president of Minorités Autochtones Pygmées du Gabon (MINAPYGA).

2010

Ms. Zeinabou Walette Aly, Tuareg from the Republic of Mali, in charge of administering the NGO ADJMOR, an organisation of indigenous communities from the Northern regions of Mali, based in Timbuktu. She proposes interpretation services between French and Tamachek and gives literacy classes.

Ms. Aïssatou Oumarou Ibrahim, Peule from the Chad Republic, of the Association of Peule Indigenous Women in Chad (AFPAT). She represents Chad and acts as treasurer of the Indigenous and Local Populations’ Network for the Sustainable Management of the Dense and Humid Forests of Central Africa (REPALEAC).

Mr. Joseph Itongwa Mukumo, Bambuti/Pygmy from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), main coordinator of the Integration Programme for the Development of the Pygmy People of Kivu (PIDP-KIVU SHIRIKA LA BAMBUTI). Il est également le coordinateur national de REPALEAC pour la RDC. He also acts as regional coordinator of REPALEAC for the DRC.