Advocacy is an internationally acclaimed tool for Civil Society, in its efforts to bring institutional change to important social problems. In Greece, especially in the periphery, advocacy activities are either limited, or of limited efficiency, with exceptions in human rights, environmental or social welfare issues.<\/p>\n
This is attributed to 2 factors:<\/p>\n
– Firstly, non-profit organizations (NPOs) in Greece lack knowledge and expertise regarding advocacy\u2019s methodology and tools, in order to design and implement effective relevant activities<\/p>\n
– Secondly, the negative image of non-profits in the media and the general public pose as an obstacle to the potential communication and collaboration of all parties for a good cause and their active participation to decision-making.<\/p>\n
\u03a4he project \u201cNon-profits & Media advocating for good!\u201d aims to strengthen civil society advocacy and watchdog role in Greece. To achieve that, the project offers a framework of experiential training & collaboration, benefitting 32 media representatives and 32 non-profits\u2019 staff in 4 cities of Greece, selected based on that fact that they have both vibrant NPO communities and media as well as significant social issues, in order to co-create and implement together advocacy activities.<\/p>\n
HIGGS will act as a project promoter and will undertake the design, support and monitoring of the implementation of the project and the coordination of the participating NPOs. Also, HIGGS will be coordinating the 3 partners of the project:<\/p>\n
–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,<\/p>\n
–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the Open Knowledge Foundation Greece and<\/p>\n
–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the non-profit Journalism Initiative,<\/p>\n
that will assist in organizing and implementing the seminars, in advisory support of the NPOs and the media and the dissemination of the project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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