Confidence Building and Stakeholder Involvement Project organized the first Sub Regional Media Workshop in Jinja, Uganda. The theme of the conference was “Building Synergy for Sustainable Development of the Lake Victoria Region”. 

36 Journalists from Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda attended the Sub Regional Media Workshop from the 23rd to 27th July 2007 in Jinja, Uganda. They also took part in the Regional Conference on sustainable Development on Lake Victoria Region organized by Confidence Building and Stakeholder Involvement Project (CBSI), the Lake Victoria Region Local Authority Cooperation (LEVRALAC), and UNHABITAT.

The conference brings together for two days Sub Regional Media Network, local authorities planners, Women Leaders and Political leaders from the Lake Victoria and NELSAP Regions respectively to dialogue and forge a common understanding that promotes synergy building among the various actors to sustainable development of the Lake Victoria Region.