ACTIVITIES OF FES BOTSWANA IN THE YEAR 2007

Focus	Date	Theme/Topic of the Workshop	Venue	Partner
POLITICAL REFORMS	29-31/01	Workshop: Parliament Leadership Training	Gaborone	Parliament/ SADC-PF
	23-24/02	Workshop: Reaching the 30% Quota for Women in Politics	Gaborone	BDP-WW
	Open	2-4 Workshops: Democracy Forum	Gaborone	UB-DRP
	Open	2-4 Workshops: Parliamentary Briefings	Gaborone	Parliament
	Open	Seminar: Corruption in Botswana	Gaborone	TIBOT
ECONOMIC & SOCIAL POLICY	08/02	Workshop: Economic Policy Forum-  The 2007 Budget	Gaborone	BEA
	April, September	2  Workshops: Economic Policy Forum	Gaborone	BEA
	March	Conference: Economic Diversification	Open	BIDPA
	March	Workshop: WTO - What’s Next	Gaborone	MTI
	April	Workshop: Tariff Management in Botswana	Gaborone	MTI
	Open	2-4 Workshops: Implementation of the Privatisation Masterplan	Gaborone	PEEPA
	March	Publication: Social Security in Botswana	Gaborone	UB-DSS
	Open	Workshop: Social Security and Gender	Gaborone	UB-DSS
	Open	Workshop: Financing Social Security	Gaborone	BIDPA, MLG
LOCAL DEMOCRACY	05-08/03	Workshops: Women and Local Politics	Gaborone	BALA
	17-19/04	Workshop: Local Democracy in North East	Masunga	BALA
	23-24/04	Seminar: Project Implementation on Local Level	Francistown	BALA
	Open	Workshop: Media Briefing	Gaborone	BALA
CIVIL SOCIETY	07/02, 12/02, 13/02, 14/02, 16/092	Civil Society Forum: The Budget 2007 – Budget Allocation Vs Project Implementation: What are the Implementation Bottlenecks	Gaborone, Palapye, Francistown, Maun, Ghantsi	BOCONGO
	10/02	Workshop: Finalising BOMWA Strategic Plan	Gaborone	BOMWA
	19/02, 28/02, 07/03 15/03	4 Workshops: Youth Empowerment Forum “Income Opportunities for Youth”	Letlhakane, Tsabong, Lobatse, Gaborone	NYC
	17-18/03	Workshop: Mediabarometer Botswana	Lobatse	MISA
	19-20/03	Workshop: SADC Gender Protocol	Palapye	WAD
	23/02	Workshop: Basarwa Dialogue	Ghantsi	Ditshwanelo
	April	Workshop: Accessing Funds for Income Generation for Youth in the Agricultural Sector	Molepolole	DC/MPs
	October	Campaign / Workshop: Global Coalition against Poverty – GCaP	Gaborone	BOCONGO
	October	Workshop: NGO Week	Gaborone	BOCONGO
	Open	Workshop: Youth District Councils	Open	BNYC
	Open	2  Workshops: Young Leaders Forum	Open	BNYC, BALA
	Open	4 Workshops: Youth Empowerment Forum	Nationwide	BNYC
	Open	Workshop: Political Education for Women	Open	Emang Basadi
TRADE UNIONS	17/02, Open	4-8 Workshops: Merging Unions	Palapye, Open	BFTU Members
	23/02	Workshop & Position Paper: Trade Unions and Education	Palapye	BFTU
	24/02	Workshop& Position Paper: Trade Unions and Health	Palapye	BFTU
	03-04/03	Workshop: Transformation of ABOTEL	Gaborone	ABOTEL
	March	2 Publications: Position Papers on a) Social Security and b) Globalisation	Gaborone	BFTU
	24-25/03	Workshop: BFTU Strategic Plan	Open	BFTU
	July	Publication: Trade Union Country Report 2007	Gaborone	BFTU
	Open	Workshop: Leadership Training for Women in TU	Open	BFTU
	Open	2 Workshops: Training on TU and Global Issues”	Gaborone	BFTU
	Open	2 Workshops: Training TU an Social Security	Gaborone	BFTU
REGIONAL ACTIVITIES	12-13/04	Workshop: Pan-African Parliament and Relations to Regional Parliaments	Kasane	SADC-PF / PAP
	16-18/04	Conference: Regional Consultative Workshop- SADC Gender Protocol	Gaborone,Botswana	SADC-GU
	21-22/05	Workshop: Guidelines for the Independence of Electoral Management Bodies In SADC	Antananarivo, Madagascar	ECF
	May	Conference: Macro-Economic Policies and Social Impact – the SADC FIP	Open	SADC-TIFI
	August	3rd Regional Civil Society Forum	Lusaka, Zambia	SADC-CNGO

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