Southern Hemisphere Training 2002
Based on the success of its training courses in 2001, Southern Hemisphere is offering training for development practitioners in negotiation skills, monitoring and evaluation for development projects, and human rights indicators.
Southern Hemisphere Training 2002
Based on the success of our training courses in 2001. Southern Hemisphere is offering training for development practitioners in the following areas:
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NEGOTIATION SKILLS
When do we need negotiating skills?
Negotiation skills are useful during the entire life-cycle of a programme or project and are needed:
* when liasing with clients
* when working with different projects, stakeholders or groups
* managing budgets
* maintaining deadlines
* dealing with staff (conflicts and disputes)
Some of the topics covered during the course include:
* why and when do we negotiate
* principles and types of negotiations
* strategies for successful negotiation
* techniques on how to structure a negotiation
* common problems confronted when negotiating
Methodology
* through a flexible mix of input sessions and role plays, participants will learn both theory and practical tools for effective negotiating,
* whilst a final case study session will give participants the chance to practice the newly acquired skills at length.
Course Dates:
* 25th to 27th March 2002, Cape Town, South Africa
* 8th – 10th October 2002, Johannesburg, South Africa
* 5th – 7th November 2002, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Cost: R3300.00. 10% discount to those organisations sending more than one participant
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MONITORING AND EVALUATION FOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
“ I have already started sharing my experiences with my friends here and hope to continue using the knowledge everyday” – M&E workshop participant (June 2001), Malawi.
Southern Hemisphere’s 4-day courses in Project Monitoring and Evaluation, held in Cape Town and Johannesburg in 2001 were a phenomenal success and we therefore invite applications from
interested individuals or organisations for our 2002 course.
Who is the course for?
* Leaders, project managers, monitoring officials, development workers and those responsible for implementing a monitoring and evaluation function at their organisation.
Some of the outcomes of the course include:
* identify and develop “SMART” objectives and indicators
* plan a stakeholders analysis
* select a framework for conducting and evaluation
* identify quantitative and qualitative data collection techniques
* construct an evaluation report
Methodology
* intensive subject matter
* the course is run in a workshop style with a high level of participant involvement
* for this reason the course size will be limited to 20 participants to facilitate maximum interaction with participants
* a case-study approach is also adopted, and for this reason participants should come to the workshop with a project in mind to work on throughout the course.
Course Dates:
* 23rd to 26th April 2002, Cape Town, South Africa
* 14th to 17th May 2002, San Juan, Puerto Rico
* 12th to 15th November 2002, Johannesburg, South Africa
This course may be run as an in-house course.
Cost: R3’740.00 or US$340.00 per participant. A 10% discount to those organisations sending more than one participant. Please enquire about special accommodation rates for international participants
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HUMAN RIGHTS INDICATORS
This course aims to create awareness and debate of HOW DEVELOPMENT and HUMAN RIGHTS are measured by various international bodies, such as the UNDP, Amnesty International, Charles Humana, as well as showing how knowledge of the indicators can be used by civil society to exercise some control over the state. This course will offer new ideas and tools to measure development, to
build new indicators, to evaluate the different programmes of their organisations.
Who is this course for?
* policy developers, development practitioners, state ministries, NGO’s, Individuals and organisations preparing to participate in the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD).
Some of the topics in the course include:
* usefulness of indicators
* understanding the connection between Human Development and Human Rights
* tools used by the UNDP to measure Human Development and Human Rights
* problems related to the measurement of human rights
* new ideas and new tools to measure development and to build new indicators to evaluate different kind of programmes
Methodology
* Group work
* Workshop discussions
* Reflection and exchange on the experience of participants
Course Dates
* 26th – 27th June 2002, Cape Town, South Africa
Cost: R3500.00 10% discount to those organisations sending more than one participant.
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Please contact us should you require more information on these courses as in-house, tailor-made for your organisation.
For more information (course outlines, registration) please contact Helga Jansen at the contact information below:
Tel: +27 21 421 0073
Fax: +27 21 418 6397
E-mail: [email protected] or
[email protected]
Web-site: www.southernhemisphere.co.za