Citizens Participation for Increased Democratisation in Zimbabwe In year 4 and 5 of the programme, CCJP Zimbabwe will be concentrating their work on the following:

Output 1.Church leaders are better able to propose actionable pro-poor recommendations to government

Activities for Output 1
-Pre-implementation meetings to plan project activities and strategies; dates, venues, stakeholders etc. 
-Publication of Pastoral Letters by Catholic Church leaders on injustices in the production, pricing and marketing of agricultural  products s
-Quarterly CCJPZ information sharing with the CCJPZ Bishop Chair and Chairpersons from other Heads of Christian Denominations (EFZ, UDACIZA and ZCC)  
-Presentation of the named governance issue by CCJPZ to ZCBC meeting to solicit their support of the programme
-One day meetings with individual Parish Priests in the 3 participating parishes in the dioceses to brief them on the prioritised governance issue(s) for their support 

Output Two: Justice and Peace Commissions effectively utilise and enlarge opportunities for civic engagement, support citizens to articulate their rights and collaborate for accountable and responsive governance.

Activities for Output 2:
-One day National information sharing meetings with other 7 dioceses to understand the situation on pricing, production and marketing of agricultural products and the relevant engagements with leaders  to nationalise the governance issues
-Drafting 2 policy documents: one on the production, pricing and marketing of agricultural products and the  necessary engagements between leaders and citizens.
-Four one day meetings with relevant parliamentary portfolio committees to present the policy documents 
-Publishing quarterly ‘Governance Tracking’ press statements on pricing, production and marketing of agriculture products and the relevant engagements with leaders using information from the participating parishes and other dioceses
-Two  one-day All Stakeholders Conference on Pricing, Production and Marketing of Agricultural Products 
-National one-day meetings with the House of Assembly Members, Senators and Governor from the participating parishes 
-Printing and disseminating 900 fliers (300 for each parish)  and 900 t-shirts with messages on pricing, production and marketing of agricultural products and the relevant engagements with leaders  
-Formulating and publishing a Good Governance Training Manual to be used by participating parishes to enhance skills and knowledge transfer on good governance (350 copies)
-Providing technical assistance to CCJPZ actors in the participating parishes and other dioceses as  they carry out continuous gender sensitive information gathering  on production, pricing and marketing of agricultural products and the relevant engagements with local and national leaders 

Output Three: More citizens, including/especially women and members of marginalised groups, confidently and effectively network, communicate, negotiate and engage with the state.

Activities for Output 3
-Two-day meeting to discuss and strategise  information gathering and advocacy and lobby initiatives on pricing, production and marketing of agricultural products and the relevant engagements with leaders (for 5 men and women from each participating parish)
-Gender sensitive information gathering on pricing, production and marketing of agricultural products and the relevant engagements with leaders. The task will be carried out in 4 days by 5 men and women from each participating parish)
-1 day commitment meetings to share information and advocacy and lobby with local agricultural institutions and local leaders. Each Parish would organise its own information sharing, advocacy and lobby meeting at parish level.
-1 day  engagement meetings  for 20 men and women (including local councillor) to local agricultural institutions in order to understand how they operate to advocate and lobby for improvements (x 3 meetings). 
-1 day engagement meetings for 20 men and women(including local MP and Senator) with the national agricultural institutions – Tobacco Marketing Board, Grain Marketing Board and other related institutions  to understand how they operate in order to advocate and lobby for improvements.