Three days Trainings of Civil Society Actors in Kalemie by UNDP on how to effectively engage Political Actors

Rapport of our participation in the 3Days Training of Civil Society Actors by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Kalemie – Tanganyika Province.

From Monday November 4^th, to Wednesday November 5^th, 2025 UNDP Offices in Kalemie organized three days capacity building and training of actors of the Civil Society on “Promoting Social Contract and strengthening follow-up of reforms for a durable peace and inclusive government”.

The session focused on various strategies that should be implemented in order to interact with political actors and influence change in terms of services and policies. It was observed that Civil Society Actors may not have the necessary skills to engage Politicians in the language they speak and that alone may be a barrier. Topics like the Political Language, the time factor, conflict, leaders and advocacy strategies and risk management where addressed during the training.

Participants were successfully equipped with skills that may help them to navigate some situations and this will help this Province in terms of human resource. There is a great in terms of training of actors of the Civil Society because various factors have affected negatively the Civil Society and it is currently in transition which should be supported.

However in terms of communication about the training not enough was done, the quality of the participants was not so much considered and in some cases the content of the training turned to be so much political than empowering.