{"id":18908,"date":"2020-07-06T09:21:25","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T09:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nimd.org\/benin-raising-public-awareness-of-local-democratic-institutions\/"},"modified":"2025-04-07T08:09:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T08:09:35","slug":"benin-raising-public-awareness-of-local-democratic-institutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nimd.org\/nl\/benin-raising-public-awareness-of-local-democratic-institutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Benin: Het publiek bewust maken van lokale democratische instellingen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Overal ter wereld betekent een beter ge\u00efnformeerde bevolking een bevolking die zich meer met politiek kan bezighouden. Het betekent dat mensen zich bewust zijn van de mogelijkheden die ze hebben om hun stem te laten horen in kwesties die voor hen van belang zijn.<\/p>\n<p>Daarom werkt NIMD Benin samen met alumni en huidige deelnemers van onze School of Politics aan een online campagne over de rol en taken van lokale democratische instellingen, met een focus op de recente lokale verkiezingen die op 17 mei 2020 werden gehouden.<\/p>\n<p>De lopende campagne is erop gericht het publiek van Benin te bereiken met de hashtag #MonEluCommunal (mijn lokale vertegenwoordiger). Ons team deelt eenvoudig te begrijpen stukjes informatie over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nimdbureaubenin\/\">Facebook-pagina van NIMD Benin<\/a> en via WhatsApp.<\/p>\n<p>Van inzicht in lokale wetgeving tot kennis over het decentralisatieproces van Benin en de verschuiving in besluitvorming van de centrale overheid naar lokale overheden, de informatie is bedoeld om het bewustzijn van en de interesse in lokale politiek te vergroten.<\/p>\n<p>De gedeelde informatie is bedoeld om:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Burgers inzicht geven in de rol van lokale vertegenwoordigers, zodat ze hun beleid en campagnes beter kunnen analyseren<\/li>\n<li>De decentralisatieregels toegankelijker maken voor de inwoners van Benin<\/li>\n<li>Interesse wekken voor debatten over decentralisatie en lokaal bestuur.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tijdens de eerste maand bereikte de campagne meer dan 50.000 internetgebruikers via de Facebook-pagina van NIMD Benin en meer dan 130.000 mensen via WhatsApp.<\/p>\n<p>Naast de campagne werkt NIMD ook samen met lokale overheden om hen te ondersteunen bij een directere interactie met hun kiezers en om bij hun planning rekening te houden met hun behoeften. Op dit moment verzamelen we de zorgen van het publiek en stellen deze ter beschikking aan de lokale raden voor follow-up. Deze fase van het initiatief wordt uitgevoerd in samenwerking met het Instituut voor Democratisch Bestuur (IGD).<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All around the world, a more informed population, means a population who can engage more with politics. It means that people are aware of the opportunities they have to make their voices heard on issues that matter to them. 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