Alma Cívica, in coordination with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Accelerator Laboratory, launched Táva Apo Municipal Executive Edition, a comprehensive training program on participatory governance and innovation aimed at municipal officials from 10 municipalities of the Department of Itapúa, in order to promote public innovation and participatory governance.
Pre-registrations are open at bit.ly/TavaApo-Itapua until October 9 and participation is free. A minimum of three officials and a maximum of five per municipality may apply. The organizers are mainly seeking the nomination of officials from the municipal executive branch who carry out planning and development tasks, or who are in charge of facilitating citizen participation processes or initiatives, such as officials belonging to the areas of Planning and Urban Development, Human Development, Social and/or Sustainable, Citizen Participation, Administration, Cadastre, Youth, Sports, Environment, Culture, among others.
The training meetings will start on October 19 and will take place during the months of October, November and December with eight virtual classes and three face-to-face classes. During the program, the participants will be able to develop their capacities and soft skills of special application to the management of innovation in the public sector, learn and collaborate with officials from other municipalities, promoting social ties that allow future articulations between cities for the development of the Department of Itapúa, among other benefits.
Táva Apo, Municipal Executive Editionis part of Tavarandu, an Innovation for Participatory Governance program, developed by the UNDP Acceleration Laboratory in Paraguay, Civic Soul, Culture and Participation (CyP) and Girlscode, in partnership with Decidim, the National University of Itapúa (UNI) and the Autonomous University of Encarnación (UNAE).
The bases and conditions of participation are in bit.ly/Basesycondiciones-Tava. For more information, those interested can write to [email protected], (0981) 412 612 or follow the social networks of Alma Cívica. Instagram: @almacivica Twitter: almacivica Facebook: Alma Cívica
About Civic Soul
Alma Cívica is a support, promotion and collaboration platform that fosters a network of ethical, talented and effective citizens who contribute to the development of their cities and democracy in our society. The organization has been promoting Tava Apo more than a year ago in its editions of Councilors and Community Leaders, where it has already trained more than 40 leaders from all over the country.
About the UNDP Accelerator Laboratory in Paraguay
Generates learning from action for development, through a methodology that combines research, design and communication, in learning cycles that map solutions to understand and solve shared problems, explore alternatives through collective intelligence and design centered on people, and experience strategic interventions in order to reveal what works, and what doesn’t, for sustainable development. It works with UNDP Paraguay projects and its own initiatives, building unusual alliances with government institutions, civil society, academia and the private sector.
