CAPACITY BUILDING COURSES & WORKSHOPS |
Governance and Leadership-Related Courses
Click on any of the Governance and Leadership-Related courses below for more information:
WORKSHOP TITLE |
DURATION (Days) |
PROPOSED DATES |
VENUE |
4 |
8-12 October 2008 |
Nairobi, Kenya | |
| 19-23 January 2009 | Lilongwe, Malawi | 5 |
3-7 November 2008 |
Lilongwe, Malawi |
| 2-6 March 2009 | Nairobi, Kenya | 5 |
1-5 December 2008 |
Nairobi, Kenya |
| 7-11 July 2009 | Lilongwe, Malawi | 5 |
23-27 February 2009 |
Nairobi, Kenya |
| 22-26 June 2009 | Nairobi, Kenya |
RIGHTS-BASED APPROACHES TO WORKING WITH ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN: AN INTERNATIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING WORKSHOP
In order to address the needs of the ever-increasing orphan population in Sub-Saharan Africa, there is need to develop and apply rights-based approaches at all stages of OVC responses. This workshop will help those working with children to understand the basic tenets of rights-based programming in relation to orphans and vulnerable children. This is a reflection and learning workshop, through which participants get insights for improving organizational practice. This workshop will be relevant for people interested in working with OVCs or those who are already in such roles in governments, NGOs, religious organizations and CBOs who want to update their skills.
Objectives:
- Share experiences, skills and approaches in how other organizations have used.
- Gain analytical skills to be able to design and implement OVC programmes from a rights-based perspective.
Course Contents:
- International conventions and frameworks on children rights.
- Social protection
- Strategic and practical needs for OVCs
- Best Practice Approaches in working with Orphans and Vulnerable Children
- What is a rights-based approach to development?
- Child survival and protection
- Early Childhood development
- Food security
- Access to services
- Addressing the Psychosocial needs
- Getting young people to help themselves
- Policy considerations
- Economic empowerment and OVCs
Participants:
- OVC Programme Managers, Project Managers, in NGOs, CBOs
- Government departments
- Researchers.
- Advocacy coordinators
- Staff in charge of policy influencing
- Policy makers
proposed Dates and Venues:
Lilongwe, Malawi, 8-12 October 2008
Nairobi, Kenya, 7-11 July 2009Duration:
4 days
Course fees:
US $1,200 to cover tuition, materials, lunch and teas.
BASIC NGO MANAGEMENT COURSE FOR HIV/AIDS PROGRAMMES
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NGOs have been instrumental in responding to HIV and AIDS. In view of this, and the concomitant increase in funding for HIV and AIDS programmes, it is imperative that funds channelled through NGOs are managed effectively and efficiently. This course seeks to impart development practitioners with basic NGO management skills.
Course Objectives:
- To introduce participants to basic principles and concepts of leadership and management.
- To explore organizational development approaches and processes.
- To expose participants to skills and knowledge of managing change in NGOs.
- To enhance participants’ understanding of project management principles and practices.
- To provide a platform for sharing community mobilization approaches.
- To enable participants appreciate various approaches of managing people in their organizations for improved performance.
Course Contents:
- Management and leadership principles.
- Organizational development for organizations with HIV and AIDS programmes:
- Organizational capacity assessment.
- Strategic planning process.
- Capacity building techniques. - Managing change in HIV and AIDS programmes.
- Project management of HIV and AIDS programmes:
- Project cycle
- Project design (LFA approach)
- Resource Mobilization approaches.
- Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation. - Community Mobilization approaches for HIV and AIDS programmes
- Peoples management in organizations with HIV and AIDS programmes:
- Managing meetings.
- Building teams in an organization
- Communicating effectively
- Conflict resolution.
Participants:
Programme managers, coordinators and officers
proposed Dates and Venues:
Lilongwe, Malawi, 3-7 November 2008
Nairobi, Kenya, 2-6 March 2009Duration:
5 days
Course fees:
US $1,200 for course work, certification, lunches, teas and snacks BUT excludes accommodation, dinner, travel and per diems.
LEADERSHIP, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF CHANGE IN ORGANISATIONS
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Good leadership, governance and accountable Management are critical for efficient and effective service delivery at all levels of the economy. This course is intended to explore the intersections between leadership, governance and management and how they complement each other in ensuring efficient service delivery. The course offers the conceptual and practical understanding of the principles of leadership and management and its application to managers in civil society organisations, INGOs, Government and Faith based organisations to improve work performance.
Course Objectives:
- To enable managers to enhance their conceptual and practical knowledge and skills in leadership, governance and change management to carry out their responsibilities efficiently and effectively.
- To enable managers to increase their leadership and management confidence, to apply their skills and knowledge.
- To enable managers to enhance their personal development through the acquisition of transferable skills and knowledge.
Course Contents:
- Understanding Management, Governance and leadership
- Management theories
- Introduction Conflict Management & peace building
- The personal development plan
- Leadership styles
- Group dynamics
- Leading and Managing teams
- Human resources management and Leadership
- Strategic and operational planning.
- Functions and roles of Managers
- Accountability and transparency
- Supporting and Supervising Staff
- Staff motivation
Participants:
The Workshop is open to participants from the Private Sector, NGOs, CBOs, Governments, among others. We welcome first Line Managers, Project Managers, Fresh graduates interested in improving their job prospects, People interested in getting the basics of management
proposed Dates and Venues:
Nairobi, Kenya, 1-5 December 2008
Lilongwe, Malawi, 7-11 July 2009Duration:
5 days
Course fees:
US $1,200 for course work, certification, lunches, teas and snacks BUT excludes accommodation, dinner, travel and per diems.
CONFLICT MANAGEMENT & CONFLICT SENSITIVE PROGRAMMING IN DEVELOPMENT WORK
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Most of the countries in Sub-Saharan Africa are either in a state of conflict, post conflict or emergency. These contexts present complex developmental and humanitarian needs. To this end, many CBOs, FBOs, local NGOs, International NGOs and UN agencies have stepped in to address developmental and humanitarian needs. On the other hand, conflict-sensitive programming is required even in non-conflict settings, as communities seek access to scarce resources and opportunities. It is against this backdrop that this course was designed to enable development organizations manage conflicts and be conflict sensitive in programming.
Course Objectives:
The overall purpose of the workshop is to enhance the skills and knowledge of Partnership facilitators and support staff in conflict resolution and peace building in conflict or non-conflict settings. The objectives of the conflict resolution and peace building workshop are to:
- To deepen participants’ understanding of conflict resolution and peace building concepts, tools and practices.
- To provide an opportunity for participants to share and explore experiences, strategies and challenges of conflict resolution and peace building in development work.
- To impart participants with practical knowledge and skills in conflict management and conflict sensitive programming.
- To offer realistic recommendations on how participants will operationalise gained knowledge and skills in their organizations.
Course Contents:
The Workshop topics will include the following:
- Defining Conflict.
- Levels of Conflicts.
- Conflict Analysis Tools.
- Conflict resolution and management.
- Understanding Peace Building.
- Addressing conflict in the Workplace
- Understanding conflict-sensitive programming
- Mainstreaming conflict sensitivity into the design and implementation of programmes
- Peace Building strategies.
- Role of development workers as peace makers.
- Designing programmes in conflict. post-conflict and emergency contexts.
- Monitoring and Evaluating programmes in conflict. post-conflict and emergency contexts.
Participants:
Programme managers, coordinators and officers
proposed Dates and Venues:
Nairobi, Kenya, 23-27 February 2009
Nairobi, Kenya, 22-26 June 2009Duration:
5 days
Course fees:
US $1,200 for course work, certification, lunches, teas and snacks BUT excludes accommodation, dinner, travel and per diems.
Research, Documentation and Dissemination
In order to enhance information sharing, RECABIP will deliberately ensure that the documents emerging from its work are published and disseminated in an easily-accessible manner to as wide a group of stakeholders as possible.