Background:

The incorporation of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the strategic framework of Tenth plan/Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper is an evidence of the reflections of MDGs in the government policies and plans. However, the efforts of government alone are not enough to achieve MDGs. The most crucial factor for achieving the MDGs remains to be the strengthening of local level capacity through media advocay and networking.

The concept of decentralization has evolved in development, which ensures the local level participation in access to information and media networking thereby resulting in their capacity building. Media plays significant role in the local development through disseminating local information to local communities. It is one of the effective tools for local level advocacy. The role of local level advocacy lies in putting forward various emerging issues linking with the betterment civil society. Thus, local level capacity building training as proposed is a reliable agent for social transformation directing towards meeting of MDGs.

Objectives:

The general objective of the training is:
• To strengthen the local level capacity in media advocacy and networking.

Specific Objectives:
The specific Objectives of the training program are:
• To introduce the participants with MDG and PRSP
• To build local capacity in the issues of localization, participation linking it with development
• To aware media and CBOs on the role of media in local development issues
• To empower the local community with information access to issues of advocacy and networking