BCP holds successful workshops
Staff Writer | Tuesday May 24, 2016 11:36
The workshops were sponsored by Westminster for Democracy (WFD) through the British Labour Party. Altogether 42 participants attended the workshops that were interactive, rigorous and robust.
“The leadership workshop was attended by members of the Central Committee, Botswana Congress Party Women’s League (BCPWL), Botswana Congress Party Youth League (BCPYL), elected representatives, and members of the Shadow Cabinet.
“The deliberations of the workshop were anchored on assessing the current status of the party, current issues of national concern, and drawing an action plan on the way forward taking into account the anticipated opposition coalition,” said BCP/WFD programme coordinator, Kesitegile Gobotswang.
Gobotswang said this was followed by a workshop aimed at imparting training skills to a select group of BCP members who will in turn roll out training of local leadership, party activists and volunteers on political organisational issues. The plan is to conduct eight regional workshops by the end of March 2017 aimed at strengthening the BCP as an organisation.
“On Sunday the trainers from Britain got first-hand experience on local government electioneering when they visited Kelemogile Ward on Sunday.
During the visit they were accompanied by Kesitegile Gobotswang the BCP vice president/coordinator of the Labour/Westminster Programme and Daisy Bathusi president of the BCP Women’s League and got the opportunity to interact and exchange notes with the local campaign teams led by Samuel Rantuana the Member of Parliament, the constituency chairperson and the candidate, Seitiso Ditlhong”.
He said the visitors were impressed with the systematic approach to campaigning.
“They were particularly pleased to learn that individuals who were recently on a study visit to partake in the local government electioneering along-side Labour Party volunteers in the recent British Local Government elections will play a significant role during the campaign.
It was an exciting and eye-opening experience for the local teams as the visitors shared their campaign experiences that were clearly similar, but not identical to those of the BCP.”