ORGANISATION BACKGROUND AND LOCAL CONTEXT

Founded in 1979, the Cape-Verdean NGO Atelier Mar has been imple-menting several training programmes and doing research aimed at the supporting the development of arts and crafts, along with the promo-tion of community development in Cape Verde, particularly in the islands of São Vicente and Santo Antão. In a context of a high unem-ployment rate and many social needs, the project ‘Socio-community development in São Vicente’ aims at: i) improving community infrastruc-tures; ii) promoting information and raising awareness to an active and participatory community; iii) training and support the development of income-generating activities; and iv) reinforcing an active citizenship and the empowerment of the populations living in S. Pedro, Salamansa, Norte de Baía and Lameirão villages.

ACTIVITIES

This is a two weeks’ to a month training experience. Activities include:

• Briefing on both local context and project background;
• Support the organisation and/or participate in training and aware-ness raising activities;
• Organise debates on gender-related issues;
• Organise group dynamics with children;
• Visits to the project’s intervention areas;
• Concrete proposals made by the group of participants (negotiated between both parties)..