Good
governance has been a recurrent global theme in political and civil society
circles.
Its pertinence can be seen in the interest
international organizations like the African Development Bank have taken in
this issue, publishing in September 2004 a country governance profile for
Cameroon.
Focus
It is against such a backdrop that AFCIG (Action
Foundation Community Initiative Group) mobilized aspiring and established
Cameroonian bloggers from February 27-28, 2015 in Bamenda in the hall of the
Top Star Hotel. The aim was to build capacities for the effective running of blogs
that foreground good governance. The workshop was being held as part of the
Cameroonian Bloggers for Change Initiative funded by the European Union’s Civil
Society Strengthening Programme.
Expert opinion on social media-SEO, web writing-e-reputation,
and good governance was provided by Victor van Reijswoud, Chedjou Kandem and
Hon. Konlimnyuy Joseph Kwi respectively, all facilitators.
The participants, drawn from a cross-section of
Cameroon and its blogosphere, were sensitized on the importance of being actors
in the drive for positive in the field of good governance.
Discussions and talks marked the come-together which
tangentially was a plat-form for networking and calls for closer collaboration
between French and English-speaking Cameroonian bloggers.
Conclusion
With the growing relevance of bloggers as social
change advocates, this initiative is
laudable. Hopefully it signals the opening
of a new front in the fight for good
governance
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