Khanya-aicdd: 10 years of lessons and innovations

Training Courses for 2010

• Sustainable Livelihoods for Development
• Facilitation for Community based Planning
• Managing for Impact in Development

Managing for Impact: a holistic learning experience

Accreditation

Contacts

Khanya-aicdd:10 years of lessons and innovations

Khanya-African Institute of Community-Driven Development (Khanya-aicdd) is an African centre of expertise on community-driven development. With over a decade of experience in approaches to Development Planning, Local Economic Development and Rethinking Governance Systems - we are committed to transforming development systems to support the livelihoods of poor people in Africa. We offer a range of services and tools to enhance the input and participation of the people for a positive impact on their livelihoods. Read more...

Training Courses 2010

We will be running 3 accredited training courses in planning, implementing and managing pro-poor development interventions between January and March 2010

Course 1: Sustainable Livelihoods for Development

A 4-day Accredited Certificate Course for managers, development practitioners and advisers from government and development agencies who want to understand the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach (SLA) and how to apply it in their work. This course is accredited at South Africa National Qualifications Framework (NQF) Level 5.

This training will help participants understand some of the latest thinking about how the development system must be transformed to ensure that livelihoods of the poor are improved, and how the sustainable livelihoods approach can be utilized to achieve the designed impact in the improvement of people’s livelihoods. To read more about the course and to apply, click here....

Course Dates: 23 - 26 March 2010 (Tentative)
Applications now open

Course 2: Facilitation of Community-based Planning

A 12-day Accredited Graduate level course that aims to ground Municipal Managers, IDP Managers and Participation Managers in the methodology and art of facilitating participatory Ward Plans, and their integration into IDPs. This course has been accredited at South Africa National Qualifications Framework (NQF) Level 5.

The workshop will include an introduction to the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach (SLA) as well as theories, methodologies and tools on how to undertake a participatory Community-based Planning. The objective of the Community Based Planning (CBP) is to develop realistic community-based plans for policy change, implementing or piloting planning systems, where participating institutions have committed to taking these plans forward. To read more about the course and to apply, click here....

Course Dates: 15 - 26 February 2010
Application Deadline: 5 February 2010

Course 3: Managing for Impact in Development

A 12-day Accredited Graduate level course for development programme and project managers who want to learn how to design, implement and manage holistic, pro-poor development interventions that will achieve greater impact. This course has been accredited at South Africa National Qualifications Framework (NQF) Level 8.

The workshop will include theories, methodologies and tools in the managing for impact approach. The core topics will include strategic and operational planning,  and participatory monitoring and evaluation from  the managing for impact perspective. To read more about the course and to apply, click here....

Course Dates: 8 - 19 March 2010
Application Deadline: 29 January 2010

This course has been developed through an international project with IFAD, Wageningen University (Netherlands) IFPRI/ISNAR and Haramaya University (Ethiopia).

Managing for Impact: a holistic learning experience

 Khanya-aicdd and the Centre for Development Support (University of the Free State) recently hosted an 11-day Certificate Course to improve planning, implementation and evaluation for pro-poor programmes. The course drew participants from Egypt, Kenya, Uganda, Mozambique, Malawi, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Zambia.

Review testimonials on YouTube from this lively training event here...

Accreditation: All courses have been accredited by the University of Free State.
 

Contacts

To find out more about these courses and to apply, please email: capdev@khanya-aicdd.org. You can also phone +27-51-430-0712 and speak to Masebotsa Lesoli.