COURSE INFORMATION

Scheduled Dates: 08 – 19 Jan '2024 | 26 Feb – 8th Mar 2024(Dubai) | 01 – 12 Apr '2024 | 01 – 12 Jul '2024 | 07 – 11 Oct '2024

Duration: 2 Weeks

Customized dates and one-on-one sessions can be organized.

Preamble

This course will enable participants to be able to;
• Comprehend the core process needed for fundraising;
• Reliably identify potential sources of funding.
• Write professional, effective, persuasive requests for funding;
• Confidently "pitch" your case for funding orally;
• Effectively handle any "closing" aspects of the negotiation

Target Group

This course is designed for anyone who is working in a Non Governmental Organisation environment, is planning to start an NGO or is working in a donor funded project environment.

Course Outline

• Concepts in Project development and management
• Needs Assessment, Project Development and Proposal writing
• Innovative Project strategies in Project funding processes
• Skills necessary in successful fund raising Activities
• Succeeding or losing a Grant: Mastering the politics of fund raising in Africa
• Effective networking among Development organizations as a tool for fund raising
• Work Plan Development
• Budget Development
• Introduction to Monitoring and Evaluation

REGISTRATION

To register, kindly fill the Seminar Registration Form and send it to us through:

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF PAYMENT

1. Fees Payment - All fees are payable strictly in advance 2 working days before the course starting date.
2. Cancellation Fee - Cancellation of any participant 5 working days before the start day of a course will incur a 20% cancellation fee.
   We regret that no cancellations will be accepted within 2 working days of a course, but substitutions may be made.

COURSE INFORMATION

Scheduled Dates: 05 – 16 Feb '2024 | 06 – 17 May '2024 | 05 – 16 Aug '2024 | 04 – 15 Nov '2024

Duration: 2 Weeks

Customized dates and one-on-one sessions can be organized.

Preamble

This 2 weeks workshop provides an excellent foundation to Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation and a fast track to understanding the roles and processes that ensure Project success.

Target Groups

Business, Technical professionals and Administration staff who are required to understand the principles of project management, Project team members, Project accountants, Project managers and coordinators and Project officers active In public and private projects.

Course Outline

Monitoring and Evaluation: Basic Concepts and Definitions
• Introduction to M & E
• The Need for Monitoring and Evaluation
• Project Monitoring
• Project Evaluation
• Relationship between Monitoring and Evaluation

Monitoring and Evaluation as an Integral Component of the Project Planning and Implementation Process
• The Logical Framework Approach to Project Design, Implementation and Evaluation
• Link between the Logical Frame and Monitoring and Evaluation

Evaluation Types and Models
• Overview of Types of Evaluations
• Overview of Summative Evaluation Models
• Baseline Survey and Data
• Review of Key Outcome and Impact Evaluation Indicators

Monitoring and Evaluation Methods and Tools
• Review of Main Methods and Tools
• Selecting Monitoring and Evaluation Methods

Monitoring and Evaluation Planning, Design and Implementation
• Planning a Monitoring System
• Planning an Evaluation

Data Analysis and Report Writing
• Analyzing Data
• Development of an Evaluation Report
• Use of Monitoring and Evaluation Results

REGISTRATION

To register, kindly fill the Seminar Registration Form and send it to us through:

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF PAYMENT

1. Fees Payment - All fees are payable strictly in advance 2 working days before the course starting date.
2. Cancellation Fee - Cancellation of any participant 5 working days before the start day of a course will incur a 20% cancellation fee.
   We regret that no cancellations will be accepted within 2 working days of a course, but substitutions may be made.

COURSE INFORMATION

Scheduled Dates: 11 – 15 Mar '2024 | 10 – 14 Jun '2024 | 09 – 13 Sep '2024 | 09 – 13 Dec '2024

Duration: 1 Week

Customized dates and one-on-one sessions can be organized.

Preamble

Project Management consists of managing your project plan, achieving your project objectives, and delivering the intended project results to your users, customers and management. As a Project Manager, doing this effectively requires a disciplined project management approach using key project management documents, methods, and tools to guide your progress.

Course Outline
1. User Requirements & Project Assumptions
2. Feasibility Study
3. Project Proposal Writing
4. Project Charter
5. Project Plan
6. Acceptance Plan
7. Quality Plan
8. Communications Plan
9. Procurement Plan
10. Post Project Review

REGISTRATION

To register, kindly fill the Seminar Registration Form and send it to us through:

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF PAYMENT

1. Fees Payment - All fees are payable strictly in advance 2 working days before the course starting date.
2. Cancellation Fee - Cancellation of any participant 5 working days before the start day of a course will incur a 20% cancellation fee.
   We regret that no cancellations will be accepted within 2 working days of a course, but substitutions may be made.

COURSE INFORMATION

Scheduled Dates: 04 – 15 Mar '2024 | 03 – 14 Jun '2024 | 02 – 13 Sept '2024 | 03 – 13 Dec '2024

Duration: 2 Weeks

Venue: Nairobi

Participatory Project Planning And Management course is available Online.

Customized dates and one-on-one sessions can be organized.

Preamble

This course is intended to equip participants with both specialized knowledge and practical skills in participatory Project Planning, Monitoring and Impact Assessment with the view of improving their strategic-thinking and decision making skills when managing development projects and responding to development challenges under globalized environment.

Target Group

This course is intended for Executive Directors, Planning Officers, Economists of Local Government Authorities (Townships, Districts, Municipalities and Cities), Heads of Departments and Sections, Project Managers and Coordinators, Field Officers and Functional Managers from Government and Non-Government Organization.

Course Outline

Introduction
• Objective setting: sharing our expectations
• Defining our terms : Project / Participatory/ Planning and management
• Experience sharing/problem solving

Project management and Participatory development
• Overview of Project Management and Project Life Cycle (PLC)
• Overview of Participatory development philosophies and approaches
• So how does that “fit’ together??? ( small group exercise)

Participatory Project Inception and design
• How to build on people’s wish for change (initiating)
• How to ensure collective contributions
• How to identify resources needed: existing skills and assets, external input
(planning)

Key elements of a Project Plan
• Description; Confirmation; Tracking
• Constructing the action plan on existing assets
• Team exercise
• Assignment

Participatory Project Implementation
• Keeping people’s agency at the heart of the action
• Identifying risks, alleviating them

Managing the action while keeping participation
• Managing resources: human, in-kind, financial
• Some tools, methodologies / case study

Project Follow-up and monitoring
• Strategies for ongoing participatory assessment
• Tracking Changes, Confirming plan
• When Change is needed: adjusting the course of action

In situation during a monitoring visit (role play)
• Discussion – Checking in
• Work on assignment

Participatory Project Evaluation
• Why do a Project evaluation?
• Evaluate what and for whom: accountability vs learning
• Revisiting the Change expected

Learning and communications
• How to frame and use the learning
• Reporting and Communicating about the project

REGISTRATION

To register, kindly fill the Seminar Registration Form and send it to us through:

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF PAYMENT

1. Fees Payment - All fees are payable strictly in advance 2 working days before the course starting date.
2. Cancellation Fee - Cancellation of any participant 5 working days before the start day of a course will incur a 20% cancellation fee.
   We regret that no cancellations will be accepted within 2 working days of a course, but substitutions may be made.