DEAN INITIATIVE JOINS THE ELITE 2024-2025 CLIMATE DEMOCRACY ACCELERATOR PROGRAM

DEAN Initiative is excited to announce that our Technical Programs Lead Doreen Mennom Oho has been selected for the 2024/2025 Climate Democracy Accelerator Program, following an extremely competitive application process that attracted hundreds of applications from across the globe, only 15 participants were selected, representing 12 countries.

The Climate Democracy Accelerator program is a six-month practice-oriented training designed by PeoplePowered a global hub for participatory democracy to equip young people with the capacity to plan and execute inclusive and participatory processes that will expand public participation and bring marginalized voices into decision-making, in order to create climate-focused policies that are equitable and responsive to community needs. The Climate Democracy Accelerator program also focuses on building the capacity of organizations and leaders to build equitable public participatory programs to shape climate policies around the world through participatory budgeting, participatory planning, and participatory policymaking.  During the program, participants will develop an action plan with the support of the program resources and engage government stakeholders to implement a climate-focused participatory project at the grassroots level. The program also includes access to one-on-one mentorship to help participants refine their action plans and projects, as well as access to various resources including the Participation Playbook, and practice-oriented live training sessions.  

In addition to these invaluable resources, Doreen through our Organisation (DEAN Initiative) will receive a $10,000 grant to implement a participatory program upon completion of the six-month training. This funding will empower DEAN Initiative to engage grassroots communities by advocating for a climate resilience economy, further building on our successful work on participatory and inclusive governance. We are super elated, as this great achievement aligns perfectly with our organization’s goals of empowering Youth with knowledge, skills and opportunities to lead developmental changes at the grassroots.