OCC PROJECT EVALUATION (ANNUAL AND FINAL)

ORGANIZACION DE CIUDADANAS COSTARRICENSES (OCC) HAS PERFORMED VERY WELL. IN 1977 150 PERSONS (MOSTLY WOMEN) ATTENDED ONE OR MORE OF THE SHORT COURSES IN CIVIC/ELECTORAL AND SOCIAL MATTERS,HUMAN RELATIONS,VOLUNTARY WORK,ETC. THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROGRAM A TOTAL OF 1,353 HAVE PARTICIPATED IN TRAINING RELATED TO: VOLUNTARY WORK,CIVIL/ELECTRICAL TRAINING,COMMUNITY AND MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT,CIVIL/POLITICAL TRAINING,CIVIL/SOCIAL TRAINING,CITIZEN PARTICIPATION,RELATIONS,SENSITIVITY TRAINING,PEDAGOGY,AND PROGRAMMING. IN ADDITION SEMINARS CONCERNING LEGAL AND WORKING STATUS OF WOMEN AND INCORPORATION OF WOMEN INTO THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS HAVE GENERATED SPECIAL INTEREST IN INCORPORATING WOMEN INTO THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. EVALUATOR FEELS OCC TRAINING HAS INCREASED CONSCIOUSNESS AMONG WOMEN IN POLITICS AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC LIFE WITH 3 FORMER TRAINEES HAVING BEEN ELECTED TO CONGRESS,4 HAVING SERVED AS MUNICIPAL OFFICERS,AND OTHERS ACTIVELY WORKING IN VARIOUS POLITICAL PARTIES AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATIONS. IN 2/77,OCC PUBLISHED A GUIDE FOR COSTA RICAN ELECTORS WITH INSTRUCTION ON HOW TO VOTE AND PARTICIPATE IN 1978 ELECTIONS. A $10,000 GRANT FOR THE PUBLICATION OF A "DIRECTORY OF SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY",HAS ALSO BEEN RECEIVED. OTHER PUBLICATIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN PRODUCED ARE: 1)DIECTORY OF VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS IN COSTA RICA; 2)SURVEY IN 100 FACTORIES IN SAN JOSE TO DETERMINE WORKING AND LEGAL STATUS OF WOMEN, 3)1979 SEMINAR ON LEGAL AND WORKING STATUS OF WOMEN, 4)1977 SEMINAR ON INCORPORATION OF WOMEN INTO THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, 5)GUIDE FOR THE COSTA RICAN VOTER; AND 6)SEVERAL DOCUMENTS WHICH HAVE BEEN TRANSLATED AND ARE BEING USED AS REFERENCE MATERIALS BY OCC TRAINEES. OCC,HOWEVER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO SOLVE 2 MAJOR PROBLEMS: 1)INCREASING ITS MEMBERSHIP,AND 2)MAINTAINING A PERMANENT SOURSE OF INCOME. PROJECT IS TO TERMINATE 9/30/77.