Module 1 – Tuning In
Market failures – the need to internalise environmental costs
Institutional performance – mandates, barriers, organisation, impact etc.
Governance – human rights (women and family planning, indigenous peoples etc.) corruption, “tragedy of the commons”, accountability, etc.
Climate change – adaptation and mitigation), agriculture and food security
Module 2 – Gaining Traction
Participatory and community based NRM
NR monitoring (tools, institutional arrangements, information flows, strategic partners, etc.)
Planning (SEA, integrated river basin management, GIS etc.)
Capacity development and technology transfer; awareness raising and communication; stakeholder engagement
Module 3 – Bringing about Change
Political processes (international, national, local) and management tools
Regulatory strategies and economic instruments
Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Current Course Provider COWI Course Duration Two weeks Target Countries Denmark’s priority countries No. of Participants 12-20
Target Group Description
The target groups for the course are private sector actors mostly within the SME sector. These may include:
Business owners and entrepreneurs
Senior management and OHS professionals
Representatives from SME associations
Learning Objectives
The learning objective of the course is to develop capacity on modern Occupational Health and Safety methods, principles and techniques.
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
Fulfil own obligations in job functions in relation to OHS, by understanding relevant OHS impact, prevention and improvements, and thereby setting OHS priorities and be able to improve OHS at workplace level.
Modules
The course will include the following topics:
OHS legal requirements, standards and guidelines (international, regional and national)
OHS management system including auditing
OHS prevention and control measures
OHS, higher productivity and relation to the external environment (cleaner production)
OHS impacts and impact specific prevention
Organic Agriculture and Products in Developing Countries
Current Course Provider
Knowledge Centre for Agriculture, Denmark Course Duration Three weeks Target Countries Denmark’s priority countries No. of Participants 12-20
Target Group Description
The target group for this course are professionals in the agricultural sector including commercial farmers and producers of agricultural products as well as advisory service professionals; business organisations and agricultural finance organisations.
Learning Objectives
This course will enable the participants to provide guidance and counselling within organic agriculture, whether it is directly to the farmer or to the food industry.
After completing the course, the participants will have increased their knowledge of the principles and advantages of organic production opportunities provided by organic agriculture and its products. They will also know the existing rules and regulations, internationally and in the EU and have identified possibilities for organic certification of their own products.
Finally, the participants will have gained knowledge of new business opportunities based on organic agriculture or products, to be put in use in their own region or country.
Modules
Introduction to study and place of study
Introduction to organic agriculture
Addressing key technical challenges in organic production
Building and maintaining innovation and entrepreneurship in the organic enterprise
Introduction to frameworks, rules and regulations in organic agriculture and products
Sales and market possibilities
Organisational Change Management (this course is being retendered and is thus subject to change) Course Provider To be named Course Duration Three weeks Target Countries Denmark’s priority countries No. of Participants 20
Target Group Description
Managers and executive staff assigned to a key role in planned organizational change processes, particularly in Danida funded Development Programmes and Components in a broad range of sectors and technical professions.
Learning Objectives
The learning objective is to enhance the ability of the participating managers to design, initiate and
manage change processes towards greater organizational efficiency and effectiveness in their home organizations.
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
understand the challenges of change management in relation to different aid modalities and the development effectiveness agenda
understand the importance of strategic relationships with stakeholders and networks when managing change
understand of the complexity of managing change in political and administrative contexts
handle resistance to change
identify how their organizations/ministries/partner organizations can change ways of operation in order to increase efficiency and effectiveness of the organization
have knowledge of and can select among different implementation strategies
monitor and evaluate the effects of change management
Modules
Organizational change
Change management in relation to the effective development cooperation agenda
Change strategies
The ‘change management toolbox’
Planning for change
Procurement Current Course Provider Uganda Management Institute, Kampala, Uganda. Course Duration Two weeks Target Countries
Eastern and Southern African priority countries
No. of Participants
20
Target Group Description
The course is specially designed for managers as well as staff assigned a key role in procurement processes. The target group is managers and staff who are working in counterpart institutions to Danish-supported development programmes and projects.
Learning Objectives
The learning objective of this course in procurement is to increase the effectiveness, efficiency and the transparency of procurement in the participants’ home organizations.
By the end of the course participants will be able to:
account for each step of the procurement cycle, from needs assessment through the development of specifications, contract management and evaluation
plan and prepare strategies for improved procurement processes in their home organisation
apply the principles that guide public and non-public procurement with emphasis on efficiency, economy and transparency in order to maximize the use of available funds
account for crosscutting procurement issues such as green procurement, life cycle analysis, e- procurement
identify and combat corrupt procurement practices
utilize existing international good practices related to all steps of the procurement cycle and can select tools and templates to support these practices
choose relevant tools and approaches for capacity development in the area of procurement.
Modules
The course covers a number of topics, including:
Introduction to procurement management
Public procurement process management
Public procurement and disposal methods
Procurement reforms and changing nature of procurement
International procurement
Legal and institutional procurement
Procurement ethics
Promoting Government Integrity and Anti-Corruption
Current Course Provider
International Law Institute - African Centre for Legal Excellence, Uganda Course Duration Two weeks Target Countries Denmark’s priority countries No. of Participants 20
Target Group Description
The target group is senior managers in the public sector, NGOs and civil society organisations in East Africa (incl. South Sudan), Ghana, Mozambique, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The participants are expected to be counterparts to Danida supported development activities that are dealing with anti- corruption or involved in monitoring of procurement and/or budget processes.
Learning Objectives
The learning objective of the course is to provide participants with a firm grasp of the structural sources of corruption, the elements of good governance, and an in-depth analysis of the interventions required to fight corruption and bad governance.
By the end of the course, participants will have:
explored development tools used to measure corruption to determine the effectiveness of anti- corruption schemes for design of an effective anti-corruption programme and integrity system.
undertaken a comparative study of national, regional, and international efforts to eradicate corruption
drafting action plans within the priorities of the participants’ organizations thus linking course learning to the work place.
Modules
A Conceptual Framework for Integrity, Governance, and Corruption, including: definitions, institutions mandated to fight corruption, legal framework for good governance and anti- corruption
Taxonomy and Causes of Corruption
Corruption in Public Sector Procurement
Effects of Corruption
The Use of Development Tools to Measure Corruption
Good Governance, Democracy Development
Public Policy Formulation, Implementation and Analysis Current Course Provider Strathmore University Course Duration One week Target Countries Denmark’s priority countries No. of Participants 20
Target Group Description
Managers in central ministries and regional administrations and heads of administration, or similar, at district level working with policy issues and who are counterparts to Danish-supported development activities. Civil society organisations in a similar role may also apply.
Learning Objectives
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
account for the concept of public policy and discuss main rationale and stakeholders involved in public policy development in Kenya
relate recent international and public sector reform trends to public policy development in Kenya
state the main characteristics of policy formulation and implementation and relate these to their home organization
describe main challenges related to public policy development
explain advantages and disadvantages of different approaches to policy analysis, monitoring and evaluation
support policy improvements in their home organization based on an action plan.
Modules
Introduction to public policy (the concept of public policy; rationale for and sources of public policy; international public policy trends; public sector reform trends)
Public policy formulation and implementation (steps in policy formulation and implementation; models of policy formulation and implementation; preparing for home assignment on public policy)
Practical application of public policy (review of experience from home assignment; challenges relating to public policy formulation and implementation; case studies in policy formulation and implementation; inter-sectoral policy formulation and implementation)
Public policy analysis, monitoring and evaluation (models in policy analysis; policy monitoring and evaluation; preparation of action plan)
Public Sector Leadership: Taking Charge of Public Sector Reforms (this course is being retendered
and is thus subject to change)
Course Provider
To be named
Course Duration
Three weeks in Denmark
One week follow-up in a priority country Target Countries Denmark’s priority countries No. of Participants 20
Target Group Description
This course is targeted at senior officials in the public sector (central ministries, regional administrations and local government); the participants are expected to have leading roles in their organisations and be involved in public sector reforms.
Learning Objectives
The learning objective is that the participants based on an understanding of current trends in development cooperation and contemporary approaches to public sector reform, will be able to select relevant tools and methods for capacity development assessment, strategizing and planning as well as to lead change processes in their organisations.
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
Assess capacity development needs
Define strategies for as leaders to take charge of public sector reform processes in their organisations
Modules
Development Cooperation Trends: Public sector capacity development in the light of Paris,
Accra and MDGs
Trends in Public Sector Reforms: Public management reforms; Governance and accountability
Assessment and Planning for Capacity Development: Policy and capacity needs analysis;
Strategizing the capacity development; Planning for organisational change
Leadership for taking Charge of Public Sector Reforms: Leadership and organisational
development; The Manager as Change Agent
Participants will prepare a Capacity Action Plan (CAP) comprising a realistic capacity development assessment for taking charge of public sector reform processes in their home organisations. This assignment must originate in an activity that is:
Compatible with the objectives of the participant’s organisation
Due for planning within the participant’s own area of responsibility
Public-Private Cooperation (this course is being retendered and is thus subject to change) Course Provider To be named Course Duration Three weeks in Denmark
One week follow-up in a priority country Target Countries Denmark’s priority countries No. of Participants 20
Target Group Description
This course is targeted at senior high and mid-level policy makers and officials both from the public and the private sector, from employers’ organisations, labour organisations, and finance institutions
Learning Objectives
The learning objective of the course is to strengthen the competence of policymakers, officials and managers, both private and public, in how to enhance development through public-private
cooperation.
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
Understand the complexity of public-private partnership management
Understand tools available to support public-private cooperation
Raise awareness of the skills and conditions required for sustainable public-private cooperation
Make strategic and managerial decisions on how best to strengthen public-private cooperation in a specific area of activity
Promote and support the active use of the methods and approaches by counterparts and other partners in national development.
Modules
PPC as a tool to fuel development / obstacles for promotion and implementation of PPC
Definition of PPC types and models
SWOT of the capacity in the public and private sector
The international development agenda and the “New” Public Sector
Key roles, responsibilities and incentives of public and private partners
Procurement – effective and fair tendering processes and procedures
Corporate Social Responsibility – political agenda, Global Compact etc.
Communication skills for negotiations
How to make it work. Introduction to tools and methods, lessons learned from various PPCs and experiences to build on to make PPC work. Sustainability; incentives; anti-corruption, implementation and delivery mechanisms; supply and demand.
Results Based Monitoring and Evaluation Current Course Provider Uganda Management Institute (UMI) Course Duration Two weeks Target Countries Denmark’s priority countries No. of Participants 20
Target Group Description
Public sector and development organisation staff
Learning Objectives
The learning objective of the course is to support the institutionalization of Results Based Monitoring and Evaluation (RBME) enabling organizations, programs and projects to demonstrate results and improve accountability.
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
account for the use of RBME in program management.
integrate RBME in their own work
promote and demonstrate usability of RBME system at their work place.Modules
Development perspective of RBME
RBME within the Programme – Project Management Cycle
Designing RBME Framework and System
Monitoring and Evaluation Processes
Impact Evaluation
Strategic Communication
Current Course Provider
Danicom, Denmark and ESAMI, Tanzania
Course Duration Two weeks Target Countries Denmark’s priority countries No. of Participants 20 - 25
Target Group Description
Information/communication/campaign officers in public service, development programmes and NGOs in Eastern and Southern Africa
Learning Objectives
The learning objective of the course is that course participants have improved strategic communication skills in terms of conceiving, planning, designing and managing development communication interventions and advocacy communication campaigns.
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
Set out and expound contemporary strategic communication concepts
Plan, design and manage development communication interventions
Promote participation in development communication
Plan, design and manage advocacy communication campaigns
Promote participation in advocacy communication.
Modules
Building the learning environment (introduction, syllabus and course programmes)
Unwrapping strategic communication (key features of strategic communication; development communication; IEC; participatory development communication, behavior change
communication; social marketing; communication for social change)
Tools for analysis, planning and monitoring (defining a strategy, designing objectives and activities, indicators, action plan)
Development communication planning (develop case story, outline pretesting approach outline implementation management, and M&E)
Advocacy communication planning (case study, plan and pretesting approach a.o)
Review development communication samples (case studies, analysis and assessment)
Practical assignment (Develop complete development communication or advocacy communication plan)
The Role of Civil Society in Aid Effectiveness Current Course Provider INKA Consult, Denmark Course Duration Three weeks Target Countries Denmark’s priority countries No. of Participants 20
Target Group Description
The course targets managers at different levels from CSOs/NGOs in countries cooperating with Danish Embassies and/or Danish NGOs. Participants should have at least three to five years of experience.
Learning Objectives
The learning objective of the course is that participants have gained knowledge of the role and
potential of civil society in relation to the effective development cooperation framework and Danida’s Civil Society Strategy, and have acquired essential tools for NGO management, organisational development and capacity building.
By the end of the course, participants will have core knowledge, practical skills and tools to effectively manage and lead a civil society organization.
The course will be based on dynamic interactive learning methods, exchange experiences from course participants and visits to Danish NGOs.
Modules
Civil society in context: democracy and good governance, effective development cooperation Paris, Accra to Busan, new roles of civil society in a globalized world; response and strategy of civil society vis-à-vis the new international aid architecture.
NGO management tools, including: civil society internal governance, organizational
development, strategic planning and change management; results based management, gender and right based approaches; as well as lobbying, advocacy and networking.
Une approche fondeé sur le droit de l’homme pour le developpement
Current Course Provider
Danish Institute for Human Rights and La Chaire Unesco, Benin
Course Duration
Deux semaines
Target Countries
Benin, Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali
No. of Participants
20
Target Group Description
Les participants sont sélectionnés parmi les responsables politiques d’institutions gouvernementales, les ONG ou institutions privées impliquées dans les activités appuyées par la Danida.
Learning Objectives
La formation a pour objectif de renforcer la capacité des participants afin de leur permettre de travailler dans des interventions spécifiques relatives à l’égalité entre les sexes ainsi que la prise en compte des aspects genre lors de l’identification/formulation, l’exécution ainsi que le suivi-évaluation des activités de développement.
Modules
Les principes, modalités et aspects transversaux de la coopération danoise
L’égalité entre les sexes dans les programmes d’appui sectoriel
Institutionnalisation du genre lors de la formulation de nouveaux programmes sectoriels
Droits, opportunités et mesures d’influence par rapport à l’égalité entre les sexes.
Suivi-évaluation de l’égalité entre les hommes et femmes (utilisation d’indicateurs désagrégés)
La prise en compte et les interventions spécifiques par rapport à l’égalité entre les sexes.
Les perspectives de genre par rapport aux valeurs danoises et la culture d’apprentissage
Le rôle des participants en tant qu’ “agent de changement” de retour au pays
Valuation of Natural Resources Course Provider To be named Course Duration Two weeks Target Countries Denmark’s priority countries No. of Participants 12-20
Target Group Description
Senior professionals from key ministries and agencies involved in planning and natural resource management.
Learning Objectives
The learning objective of the course is to enable participants to promote and make informed plans for valuation of natural resources and how to incorporate this into planning for national/regional
development.
By the end of the course, participants will:
have understood the key terms of valuation of natural resources and the related environmental, health, safety and socio-economic issues,
have improved knowledge of governance and its guiding principles such as transparency, accountability, anti-corruption, environmental safeguards, CSR, public participation, etc.;
improved understanding of the importance of governance in revenue management from NRM sector;
be able to propose a framework for sound management of revenues from NRM for the improvement of planning; and
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Modules (draft)
Women in Management Current Course Provider GIMPA, Ghana Course Duration Two weeks Target Countries Denmark’s priority countries No. of Participants 12-20
Target Group Description
This senior level course is meant to equip women in positions of high responsibility with skills for thinking and planning strategically for excellent performance. It is targeted at senior managers and gender officers in public and private sector organizations with professional experience in gender and development, including senior managers, gender desk officers; senior civil servants; women union leaders.
Learning Objectives
The main objective of the course is to provide insight into management of change and the many challenges facing women and their environment. Specifically, the learning objectives are to provide: