WHAT IS HAPPENING AT GLOBAL PLATFORM JORDAN? October 2014
Join up for the Joint Campaign at CDC In October the Global Platform Jordan conducted a number of trainings with our
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Zarqa, Jordan. Three different trainings were conducted: Mobilization & Social Media, Governance & Accountability, and Advocacy Campaigns. The three tracks are all part of the CDC Joint campaign after which the CDC youth groups will be conducting a campaign in their local community. Each track of the training gave the participants a series of critical tools that the participants will use while they begin the first phase of their campaign. For example, they were taught how to create Social Accountability Report Cards, and with those report cards, they will have a significant understanding of the needs of their community, which they can use to plan the main objectives of their campaign. Saed Al Zawahreh 18, who took part in the Governance & Accountability training found the training very empowering: "It was better than I was expecting because I
thought it would be something boring and non-unique. I expected to spend our time just discussing but I was pleasantly surprised by the games and the participatory way