Press release
Capacity Building Training in Management Development and Leadership to the Network of Community Media in Tanzania
UNESCO Office in Dar es Salaam, under its 鈥Empowering Local Radios with ICTs for the Promotion of Rural Citizens鈥 Participation in Democratic Discourse and Development鈥 project, will conduct a capacity building training in Management Development and Leadership to the Network of Community Media in Tanzania (TADIO).
The objectives of the session is to promote the capacity building of each administrative and managerial body in leadership, management and governance with regards to their requested roles in meeting TADIO鈥檚 strategic plans and objectives.
The session is also meant to support TADIO to establish commonly agreed frameworks for report, accountability and transparency within and between each administative layer.
Slated in Bagamoyo, the five days鈥 workshop begins on August 18, 2020 and brings together TADIO鈥檚 secretariat staff and board members.
In Tanzania, UNESCO through funding from the Swiss Development Corporation (SDC) supports 25 community radios and the Network of Community Media in Tanzania (TADIO), an entity with 35 members comprising of 34 community radios and the Pemba Press Club.
The support is meant to ensure that people in Tanzania, especially the poor, women and girls, have the capacity to make informed decisions on issues that affect their daily lives based on access to relevant, culturally appropriate, gender responsive accurate information and knowledge.
The coverage of the community radio stations under the network is 74 percent of the United Republic of Tanzania, with a total estimated population of 33 million people.
UNESCO is conducting the session with funding from the SDC and technical support from Empower Limited.
Media Inquiries: UNESCO, Dar es Salaam Office, | +255|715-286-671 | Rose Ngunangwa
