The main goal of these trainings is capacity building for NEA staff in the process of negotiation and lobbying for Economic Empowerment of rural women within NEA; defining what is the Group for Economic Empowerment of rural women within NEA and what are its activities, explain the process of lobbying and advocacy and what are the approaches available, define the term “influencing others”, define the problem, proposing goals for representation and defining the target audience / audiences. This training aimed to assist in the preparation of an advocacy plan, introduction with the planned activities for 2011, spreading the group’s activities in other rural areas.