From December 2016 till the end of March 2017 Caritas organized two trainings in all five countries involved in the SOCIETIES project, within the program of capacity building of CSOs in processes of social inclusion and dialogue development with the institutions.
The first training was on Lobbing and advocacy and it was organized with the support of trainers from Foundation 42 and SMART Foundation from Bulgaria.
On the second training, about Networking and building coalitions, the trainers were representatives of the Global Initiative of Psychiatry from Bulgaria.
The goals of these trainigs were empowernment and networking of organizations that work in providing services to people with mental health problems and disabilities or gather members of these vulnerable groups.