Churches and Advocacy

Project title: Churches and Advocacy

Project coordinator: Anna Bu

Funding Partner:  Ecumenical Solidarity Fund of the  World Council of Churches, Geneva

Project duration: 12 months (November 2008. – October 2009.)
Project  location: Vojvodina, Serbia

Overall project aim: To enhance the role of five historical minority churches and strengthen them to become an important part of changes in the society.

Specific project objectives:

• To build the capacities of 15 church youth leaders to advocate for changes within the society and their churches, by a combination of training courses and learning by doing.
• To  strengthen advocacy  knowledge and skills of 15 church youth leaders through  planning and implementing an advocacy campaign, on a topic identified and agreed by all member churches of EHO

Target group:
Direct beneficiaries: 15 young church activists or priests, people working in church media or are included in  any form of church related activity.
Indirect beneficiaries: churches, church based organizations, local communities