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From 4 - 10 November 2007, twelve union educators from East and Southern Africa participated in the phase two of the UNI Educators' Training Course that was held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

The training is part of a three-year project sponsored by LO-TCO. One of the achievements of project has been the production of a UNI Educators' Manual.

The aim of the training was to assess the skills of the union educators whom UNI is training.

The educators made practical teaching presentations on different topics after which their teaching methodologies, techniques and styles were analysed and advice given on what needed to be improved on.

Some of the active learning skills the educators used included role play, study circle and group discussions. Hints were also given on how to plan a session, public speaking and communication skills.

Among the countries that participated in the training course were Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Zanzibar and Zambia. Six of the participants were women.

And UNI-Africa Executive Committee member Jonathan Peles, who is also the assistant general secretary of TUICO, Tanzania, said that it is through education that unions can face the emerging challenges and deliver better services to their members.

He praised UNI for the training opportunities and support that were being given to affiliates.

He informed the participants that at its Executive Committee meeting in Dakar in July, UNI-Africa adopted a new vision that focuses on organising multinationals, building strong unions and alliances with civil society, promoting the visibility of UNI-Africa and achieving recognition with regional economic groupings.