Peace Officer: 3 years Peace Officer: 30 years Peace Officer: 2.5 Peace Officer: 17 years years Clerk: 7 years Chairman: 11 years Magistrate: 2 years Clerk: 8 years Chairman: 8 years Chairman: 15 years VCOs with other 3 out of 5 VCOs 3 out of 5 VCOs 2 out of 5 1 out of 5 community role Access to new Yes Yes Yes Yes VC Training Manual Benefits of the -gained community -training provided -improved court sitting -gained knowledge training respect and trust, leadership skills to arrangement and skills about VC including family VCOs process -improved law and respect -empowered VCOs order issues -due to knowledge of -knowledge on VC process, VC now -Clerk now knows how -VCOs empowered to decision making able to quickly deal to prepare the forms enforce the law at the with matters -set VCOs’ ethics and reports village level -able to conduct court -success in -knowledge of -clarified process – to sitting with counselling and mediation process, do mediation before confidence mediation counselling full court sitting -learned about -become more -clarity of roles -understanding of fairness and being responsible court system humble -using VC manual as -increased reference document -helped define roles of -what to do when knowledge and VCOs and “be honest” there is a fight in the -knowledge of laws understanding of VC village within mandate of VCs -gained respect of the process and VC Act community -learned how to -gained respect and -enabled changes on enhance skills trust of the community VC process to be implemented Training topics -Communication -Communication -Mediation process -roles and that helped skills responsibilities -Roles of VCOs -how to deal with cross most -Conflict of interest cutting issues -type of cases -Fairness in decision -Ethical hearing making -Land mediation -forms to use -Leadership -how to relate to -penalties according to -criminal cases that people the law VC cannot deal with -Team work
Peace Officer: 3 years Clerk: 7 years Peace Officer: 30 years Chairman: 11 years Peace Officer: 2.5 years Magistrate: 2 years Chairman: 8 years Peace Officer: 17 years Clerk: 8 years Chairman: 15 years VCOs with other community role 3 out of 5 VCOs 3 out of 5 VCOs 2 out of 5 1 out of 5 Access to new VC Training Manual Yes Yes Yes Yes Benefits of the training -gained community respect and trust, including family respect -knowledge on decision making -set VCOs’ ethics -success in counselling and mediation -become more responsible -increased knowledge and understanding of VC process and VC Act -enabled changes on VC process to be implemented -training provided leadership skills to VCOs -empowered VCOs -Clerk now knows how to prepare the forms and reports -knowledge of mediation process, counselling -clarity of roles -using VC manual as reference document -knowledge of laws within mandate of VCs -gained respect and trust of the community -improved court sitting arrangement -improved law and order issues -VCOs empowered to enforce the law at the village level -clarified process – to do mediation before full court sitting -understanding of court system -helped define roles of VCOs and “be honest” -gained respect of the community -gained knowledge and skills about VC process -due to knowledge of VC process, VC now able to quickly deal with matters -able to conduct court sitting with confidence -learned about fairness and being humble -what to do when there is a fight in the village -learned how to enhance skills Training topics that helped most -Communication skills -Conflict of interest -Ethical hearing -Leadership -Team work -Communication -Roles of VCOs -Fairness in decision making -how to relate to people -Mediation process -how to deal with cross cutting issues -Land mediation -penalties according to the law -roles and responsibilities -type of cases -forms to use -criminal cases that VC cannot deal with
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