2009 Training and Events for Development Professionals

Training and Events for Development Professionals

Upcoming European Events

Seminars and Workshops

Upcoming Training

UMCK E-learning portal (DANIDA Danmark)
http://www.open-e-learning.danida-dccd.dk
The MFA Competence Centre has recently launched the E-learning Portal. In addition to the online activities provided for MFA staff, the new E-learning Portal offers a range of courses developed for external users. Now available: Gender Equality in Practice, Anti-corruption E-learning Course, Travel Security and Safety.

European Microfinance Week 2009, Meet the makers of sustainable finance
http://www.e-mfp.eu
Luxembourg, 24-29 November 2009, Abbaye de Neumunster
The European Microfinance Week 2009 is a forum open to all European microfinance professionals interested in microfinance in developing countries, where key players provide an overview of the latest issues in a sector which has diversified into a variety of financial services with social objectives. Participants will have the opportunity to meet and share experience with European players from key sectors: financial institutions, NGOs and universities, as well as representatives of policy-making bodies.

Workshop: Promoting Global Value Chains: The Role of Governance
http://www.eadi.org/index.php?id=1120
Maastricht, Netherlands, 26-27 November 2009
EADI Working Group on Industrialisation Strategies in co-operation with Maastricht School of Management.

Impact Evaluation Workshop
http://tinyurl.com/yz48uzt
Bonn, Germany, 1 December 2009, 11-17 h, German Development Institute DIE
The German Development Institute together with the Ministry for Economic Corporation and Development will host a workshop on current trends in Impact Evaluation. The event will start with a Public Lecture of Howard White, Director of the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3IE), one of the leading experts of impact evaluation in the field of Development Corporation. Howard White will inform about the recent trends in impact evaluation and about the function of the organization he is currently heading. Must register with Gisela Kuhlmann, Gisela.Kuhlmann@die-gdi.de.

Annual Joint Conference of the French Development Agency (AFD) and the European Development Network (EUDN)
http://www.afd.fr/jahia/Jahia/lang/en/home/EUDN2009
Paris, France, 9 December 2009
The conference aims at covering the issue ''Fragmentation in a Globalized World'' by adopting the standpoint of major regions of the world: Asia, Europe, Middle-East, Sub-Saharan Africa et Latin America.

Enterprise Development through Value Chains and Business Service Markets:
A Market Development approach to Pro-Poor Growth
http://marketdev.itcilo.org
online, 15 March - 30 November 2010
This ILO-ITC course ramps-up your enterprise development program using the experience from effective enterprise development programs that have reached tens or hundreds of thousands of small enterprises, helping them to grow and improve the lives of owners and employees. A well experienced team of international experts will support you along the learning process. Practical tools and strategies for developing value chains and business service markets are delivered to you at a distance and in person.

4th ValueLinks Introductory Training Seminar
http://www.idc-aachen.de/english/2_4.html
Oestrich-Winkel, Germany, 12-16 April 2010
The objective is to enhance the skills of participants in designing, implementing and monitoring value chain upgrading projects. The know-how covers both technical subjects and facilitation skills working with groups of entrepreneurs, business associations and public institutions.

International Executive Master in Development Studies (IMAS)
http://graduateinstitute.ch/executive/imas
Course at The Graduate Institute Geneva

InWEnt and WBI invite participants to International Business Forum eConference
5 - 23October, 2009, Free
http://tinyurl.com/yaaaawn
The eConference will look at the impact of and responses to the economic, financial and climate change crises in Africa and will serve as a lead-up to the 13th International Business Forum ''Global Crises-African Challenges'', jointly organized by InWEnt and WBI in Ghana on October 4-6, 2009.

Value Chain Design for Impact
http://hposthumus.nl
20 - 22 October 2009, 2 - 4 February 2010, 22 - 24 June 2010
There is an increasing demand for solid result measurement. The DCED has developed practical guidelines, based on proven good practice. Applying these guidelines improves project performance and enables you to communicate credible results. By the end of the course you will be able to set up a practical result measurement system that can be used for internal learning and decision-making.Contact hans @ hposthumus.nl or hbekkers @ business4development.com.

Global Forum on Remittances 2009
http://www.ifad.org/remittances/events/forum09.htm
Tunis, Tunisia, 22-23 October 2009, Laico Tunis Hotel
This year’s forum will mainly focus on remittances to and within the African continent. The objective of the forum is to raise awareness among different stakeholders in the remittance market and highlight the potential benefits that remittances can bring to the social and economic development of the African continent. The Global Forum on Remittances 2009 is the third in a series of groundbreaking conferences dedicated to highlighting the importance of international migration and the vital flow of remittances that result. The conference is part of a series of events devoted to the creation of worldwide synergies among government, civil society and the private sector stakeholders that are key to maximizing the development impact of migration. The importance of this process is further highlighted by the Group of Eight’s explicit call on reducing the cost of remittances by 50 per cent over the next five years.

SEEP Annual Conference
http://www.seepnetwork.org/Pages/conference.aspx
Arlington, VA 22204 USA, 2-6 November 2009, Sheraton National Hotel
In a continuing effort to Power Connections among microenterprise practitioners, this year's SEEP Annual Conference will host two special events dedicated exclusively to SEEP member-proposed topics, products and tools.

Corporate Governance & Responsibility Forum 2009
http://www.cgrforum.com
Dead Sea, Jordan, 2-4 November 2009, Marriott Hotel
The Corporate Governance and Responsibility Forum 2009, is a highly interactive Forum that will build on outcomes and successes from the Forum previously held in 2007.

Industrial Policy in Developing Countries
http://tinyurl.com/nmnr3l
Bonn, 18.-19.11.2009, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik
International Workshop in commemoration of Jörg Meyer-Stamer.

Information, Knowledge and Communication - Web 2.0 in Development Co-operation
http://www.eadi.org/index.php?id=994
Bonn, Germany, 19 - 20 November 2009
A seminar for communication professionals in the field of development research and co-operation , organised by EADI and Euforic. Registration deadline: 31 October 2009.

Strategies to Achieve Pro-Poor Growth in Brazil, China and India:
The Case of the Education Sector, International Workshop
http://gc21.inwent.org
Berlin, Germany, 10. - 11. December 2009, InWEnt Training Centre
Organised by Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) / InWEnt Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung.

July 2009

Capacity WORKS for the Consulting Business
Germany, different locations, starting July 2009
http://www.ageg.de/capacity_works_training/
Capacity WORKS is GTZ's new management model for sustainable development.
AGEG Consultants eG is offering a series of certificate seminars on behalf of GTZ. GTZ will also be making expertise in Capacity WORKS a requirement in its future job openings. See our German Website for courses or contact Ms. Bettina Nasgowitz, b.nasgowitz @ ageg.de, on tel. +49 7021-970 87-17.

Join The SEEP Network Online Conference
http://communities.seepnetwork.org/edexchange/node/2128
From July 6-10, The SEEP Network’s Enterprise Development Exchange will host an online conference, Understanding and Accessing Social Investment, to discuss the emerging world of ‘‘social investment”, a range of capital targeted to entrepreneurial approaches to social and environmental problems.

Fourth Annual African Microfinance Conference
http://www.apim-burkina.bf/spip.php?article74
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 7 - 10 July 2009
The conference will focus on the issue of access to financial services for small and medium sized African entrepreneurs, operating both in the rural and the urban areas. The Organizing Committee views this issue as the biggest challenge in microfinance for the African continent.

New Developments in Reporting Standards for the Microfinance Industry
http://www.microlinks.org/afterhours
Live Event + Webinar (July 15) and Online Discussion (July 21 - 23)
Two events addressing key issues: Update on the Microfinance Reporting Standards Initiative; Financial transparency and reporting by MFIs; Reporting ratios for savings and capital adequacy. Hosted by Financial Services WG and microLINKS.

Conference on Global Financial Crisis: Regional Cooperation and Architecture Policy Issues
http://tinyurl.com/ksxf78
Tokyo, Japan, 16 July 2009

Fortbildungsprogramm Evaluation in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (FEEZ)
http://www.feez.org
Germany, 3 Sessions, 16 Jul – 17 Oct 2009
FEEZ is offering a package of 3 modules on Evaluation in German language.

Advocacy and Policy Influencing
http://www.intrac.org/training.php?id=121
Oxford, UK, 20-24 July
This INTRAC course gives participants a thorough understanding of how to influence the policy making process in their own context. Enhance your ability to lobby decision makers, and gain confidence in the ways in which you relate to them – give new life to your advocacy work!

Frankfurt School of Finance and Management: Housing Finance Summer Academy 2009. Frankfurt, Germany, 26-31 July 2009
http://tinyurl.com/n2qd68
Housing finance in developing and emerging countries is growing rapidly even in a challenging business environment. Issues related to origination, underwriting, monitoring and funding alternatives of mortgage loans require specialised knowledge in the area.

Value Chain Concept
http://tinyurl.com/mxumkg
Ede, Netherlands, 24-28 August 2009, MFG Training and Consultancy
Again, this course is designed and conducted in association with Hans Posthumus Consultancy.

2nd Bonn Conference on International Development Policy - New Impulses for Development Cooperation between Federal States, Regions and Local Authorities
http://www.bonn-conference.nrw.de
Bonn, Germany, 27 -28 August 2009
Tying in with the resolution of the Minister-Presidents’ conference on the development policy of German federal states (October 2008), the theme of the conference will be the role of sub-national players in development policy: What position do Europe’s federal states, regions and local authorities assume within the new development cooperation structure? How can their policy be reconciled with the objectives of the Paris Declaration?

Value Chain Program Design: Promoting Market-Based Solutions for MSMEs
http://www.actionforenterprise.org/training.htm
Chiang Mai, Thailand, 7-11 Sep 2009, Action for Enterprise

Urban-rural linkages and migration - a potential for poverty alleviation in developing countries?
http://www.raumplanung.uni-dortmund.de/rel/typo3/index.php?id=260
Dortmund, Germany, 16-17 September 2009, Techische Universität
Researchers, policy makers and practitioners will jointly discuss the relevance of rural-urban migration for poverty alleviation, and implications for governance and development co-operation. The conference is organised by the Department of Spatial Planning in Developing Countries (REL/SPRING) of the Faculty of Spatial Planning , TU Dortmund, the German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ) and the Working Group Regional and Local Development (ReKomEnt) with participation of AGEG Consultants eG. Contact: eva.gehrmann @ tu-dortmund.de.

Sustainable Livelihoods and Pro-Poor Market Development
http://communities.seepnetwork.org/edexchange
Open now until 16 July at Enterprise Development Exchange (EDX)!
Online discussion invited by the Market Facilitation Initiative (MaFI). To register for the EDX and the discussion, please go to http://communities.seepnetwork.org/edexchange/node/362 and join.

Ex-ante Poverty Impact Assessment (PIA)
http://www.ageg.de
Bonn, Germany, 7-9 October 2009, AGEG Consultants eG, GTZ
GTZ and AGEG cordially invite participants from donor organizations, implementing organisations as well as consultants either from head offices or abroad, and from partner countries. At the end of this training course, you will be able to conduct a PIA based on the methodology and different modules proposed by POVNET. This course is offered by AGEG Consultants eG in cooperation with GTZ and the team of trainers Mohan Dhamotharan and Andrea Warner. It was developed by the GTZ project Mainstreaming Poverty Reduction. Apply until 15 July 2009: Ms. Bettina Nasgowitz, b.nasgowitz @ ageg.de, on tel. +49 7021-970 87-17. More on PIA: http://www.weitzenegger.de/en/pia.html

The Economics of Corruption
http://www.icgg.org/corruption.lecture_2009.html
Passau, Germany, 10 – 17 October 2009
A University Training in Good Governance and Reform - The University of Passau and Transparency International.

2009 International Forum on Remittances
http://www.ifad.org/events/remittances/index.htm
Tunis, Tunisia, 22-23 Oct 2009, IFAD
Remittances, business models and technology fair will run parallel to the Forum to allow private-sector entities and other stakeholders to exhibit their products and services.

European Development Days 2009
http://www.eudevdays.eu
Stockholm, Sweden, 22-24 October 2009
Yearly event hosted jointly by the European Commission and the EU Presidency. The European Development Days bring some 4000 people and 1500 organisations from the development community together on an equal footing. Delegates from 125 countries are represented, including heads of state and leading world figures, Nobel prizewinners among them. The event aims to make development aid more effective, to build a global coalition against poverty and achieve the Millennium Development Goals. Through frank and sometimes controversial debates on pressing issues, such as governance, poverty and environmental sustainability, the European Development Days provide unprecedented opportunities for sharing ideas and launching innovative partnerships. Source: European Commission.

5th International Microinsurance Conference
http://tinyurl.com/mtgzfq
Dakar, Senegal- 3-5 Nov 2009
Microinsurance Network, the Munich Re Foundation.

International CEFE Conference 2009
http://www.cefe.net
Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 24-27 Nov 2009, Instituto Centro CAPE
Conference language shall be Spanisch and Portuguese. Contact: ccape @ centrocape.org.br .

Promoting Global Value Chains: The Role of Governance
http://www.eadi.org/index.php?id=1120
Maastricht, Netherlands, 26-27 Nov 2009, EADI
The workshop will explore the role of external and internal governance in promoting sustainable global value chains and other related topics.

Fragmentation in a Globalised World
http://www.eudnet.net
Paris, France, 9 December 2009
7th AFD/EUDN Conference

Online Training-of-Trainers: Using USAID Poverty Assessment Tools
http://povertytools.org/moodle/
Free online version of the PAT training-of-trainers. It is a self-paced course that can be completed in ~20 hours. IRIS Trainers monitor the course daily and provide feedback on certain activities, including participants’ PAT implementation plans, the guided creation of which is a significant component of the training. Info: Margaret Richards, mrichards @ iris.econ.umd.edu

Course on agribusiness management for producers' associations
http://tinyurl.com/l38ca8
The manual is aimed at improving the agribusiness management capabilities of leaders and managers of producers' associations as well as those of technicians from government, NGOs and the private sector, who provide technical assistance to agro-enterprises. It is addressed to small and medium size producers’ associations with experience in production and marketing of agricultural products.

Music against poverty contest
http://www.ifightpoverty.eu
Young EU citizens are invited to share their message on fighting poverty and development through a music contest organised by the European Commission's cooperation office EuropeAid.

after May 2009

Want your say on the fight against global poverty?
http://consultation.dfid.gov.uk
DFID (UK Department for International Development) is working on a new White Paper that will be published in July 2009. You can join regional consultation events to share your ideas. You’ll have the chance to ask questions and debate a focus topic. There are 12 events being held around the UK between now and 18 May. Source: DFID

Call for papers: Promoting Global Value Chains: The Role of Governance
http://www.eadi.org/index.php?id=1120
EADI Working Group on Industrialisation Strategies in co-operation with Maastricht School of Management. Deadline: 15 May.

How are you doing – SMEs in a larger Europe
http://www.businesseurope.eu/Content/Default.asp?PageID=548
Brussels, Belgium, 7 May 2009
Without strong SMEs, the economic recovery is unthinkable! But how are they really doing in the midst of the financial and economic storm? BUSINESSEUROPE addresses this crucial question on at the conference.

Exploring the Links Between Economic Growth and Democratic Governance: Developing Programs That Work
http://tinyurl.com/cef3te
Washington, DC, USA, May 11, 2009, 2 - 4 p.m., Knight Center,555 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
International donors and development practitioners often promote the benefits of linking economic growth and democratic governance strategies and funding. But is this really happening on the ground? CIPE and RTI experts will introduce a new framework illustrated with case studies to help donors and development practitioners design effective strategies and aid delivery mechanisms that more deliberately blend ‘‘EG and DG’‘. Register: Gayle Schwartz, phone 202-974-7852.

Strategies for Local Economic Development
http://www.ledknowledge.org/?mod=doc&act=detail&id=149&idC=3,73&idA=0
Turin, Italy, 18-29 May 2009, International Training Centre of the ILO
This year the course will focus on ‘‘Policies and strategies for employment in the rural sector’‘ and will challenge its participants with many case studies, best practices, tools and methodologies presented by high level experts and practitioners.

Stimulating Business Development: Another role for microfinance?
http://microfinance.global-connections.nl
Zeist, the Netherlands, 19 May, Triodos Bank
In order to stimulate enterprise development, microfinance institutions should also offer business advisory services to their entrepreneurial clients. True or False?

Peace Through Commerce eConference
http://businessfightspoverty.ning.com/group/peacethroughcommerce
March 23 - May 22, 2009, online
The free online conference focuses on the contribution responsible business and economic development can make towards building peace. Hosted by The World Bank Institute and the Institute for Corporate Responsibility.

Third SME Congress of the Americas on International Trade
http://www.smecongress.net
Cali, Colombia, May 28 - 29, 2009.
The central theme will be ‘‘SME Trade Capacity Building in Challenging Times’‘

Structural Change: Analyses, Experiences and Methodologies
http://www.eadi.org/index.php?id=1115
Pavia, Italy, 3 – 16 June 2009
EADI International Summer School. Registration deadline: 8 May 2009

International Course on Gender and Entrepreneurship
http://tinyurl.com/crswyj
Silang, Cavite, Philippines, 08-27 June 2009
The course is aimed in understanding gender concerns and issues which will enable to apply analytical framework, tools and strategies in ensuring gender equality and equity in their organizational culture, programs and community enterprise project.

Knowledge Transfer in Donor Organization Programs with the Private Sector
http://www.enterprise-development.org/page/event?id=135
Vienna, Austria, 8-9 June 2009
The Donor Committee for Enterprise Development and the Austrian Development Agency (ADA) will hold this Network Meeting.

Agribusiness Forum
http://www.emrc.be
Cape Town, South Africa, 14-17 June
Empowering the Private Sector to Boost Productivity & Growth in Africa is the concept of AgriBusiness 2009 and the forum will seek to emphasise the private sector's contribution to development. A tailor made business to business match-making programme will be organised throughout the duration of the conference, allowing delegates to maximise networking opportunities.

ILO Summer Academy on Sustainable Enterprise Development
http://enterpriseacademy.itcilo.org/en/home
Turin, Italy, 22 June to 3 July 2009

International Conference on Knowledge Management
http://tinyurl.com/bteewg
Kampala, Uganda, 24 - 26 June 2009

Micro Banking Summer Academy 2009
http://tinyurl.com/c5gs6k
Frankfurt, Germany, 03-17 July 2009
Micro Banking Summer Academy at Frankfurt School of Finance & Management is interactive and hands-on. Trainers mix banking excellence with microfinance experience, experience with innovation, and scientific input with practical tools. The Trainers are experienced practitioners and senior advisors, with banking and microfinance backgrounds.

International Master of Advanced Studies in Development Studies
http://www.graduateinstitute.ch/executive/masters/development-studies_en.html
Geneva, 3 August 2009 – 1 April 2010Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID), Development and Globalisation: between Growth and Exclusion.

Devtrain online. The EADI Training Database
http://www.eadi.org/index.php?id=871
The EADI Training Database allows you to search for post- and undergraduate programmes and training courses with a focus on development issues from 28 European countries. Details are provided on the programme's objectives and themes, its location and costs, plus full contact details and links to the associated organisation.

after March 2009

Perspectives on Impact Evaluation: Approaches to Assessing Development Effectiveness
http://www.impactevaluation2009.org
Egypt, 29 March - 2 April, 2009, Joint conference by NONIE, 3IE and AfrEA, Arab States /
An International Conference in Africa for policy-makers, program managers, evaluators, sponsors and other stakeholders in evaluation and development.

Poverty and Social Analysis E-learning Course
http://tinyurl.com/cxjq6j
The World Bank's PSIA E-learning Course provides fundamental PSIA training in three modules:
Module 1. The PSIA Approach — How and When it is Applied
Module 2. The PSIA Approach — Overview of Tools and Methods
Module 3. Implementing PSIA — PSIA Good Practice

CIARIS Learning and Resources Centre on Social Inclusion.
http://www.ciaris.org
CIARIS has a history of knowledge development on social inclusion issues, people, information and communication technologies. CIARIS aims to strengthen practicioners' capacity to design, plan, manage and evaluate projects and policies to fight social exclusion and hence promote decent work.

after February 2009

Ex-ante Poverty Impact Assessment (PIA) in Senegal
http://www.gtz.de/de/aktuell/2106.htm
Eschborn, Germany, 5 February 2009, 16h, GTZ Auditorium 2, Dag-Hammarskjöld-Weg 1-5
Presentation and discussion with Ibrahima Dia (Senegal) about ''PIA Diamniadio in Senegal, Lessons Learned”.

Enterprise Development through Value Chains and Business Service Markets:
A Market Development approach to Pro-Poor Growth.
http://marketdev.itcilo.org
Online, 2 Mar - 30 Nov 2009, ILO
This course ramps-up your enterprise development program using the experience from effective enterprise development programs that have reached tens or hundreds of thousands of small enterprises, helping them to grow and improve the lives of owners and employees. A well experienced team of international experts will support you along the learning process. Practical tools and strategies for developing value chains and business service markets are delivered to you at a distance and in person. Source: GTZ-NEDAnews

Master of Science in Public Policy and Human Development (MPP)
http://eadi.org/database/?dataset=training&table=data&id=386
Maastricht, the Netherlands, February 2009 - February 2010; September 2009 - September 2010
Training Institution: Maastricht Graduate School of Governance

Migration and Displacement in Sub-Saharan Africa, The Security – Migration Nexus II
http://www.bicc.de
Bonn, Germany, 13-14 February 2009, Deutsche Welle Haus
The Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC) will organize its second international conference on migration and security. The conference, entitled 'Migration and Displacement in Sub-Saharan Africa. The Security – Migration Nexus II', will focus on causes and repercussions of involuntary migration within Africa. The conference is supported by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

Participatory planning, monitoring and evaluation: Managing and learning for impact
http://tinyurl.com/8t353o
Wageningen, Netherlands, 2-20 March 2009, Wageningen International
This course focuses on how to design and institutionalize participatory planning and M&E systems in projects, programmes and organisations or networks for continuous learning and enhancing performance. Particular attention is paid to the relationship between management information needs and responsibilities and the planning and M&E functions.

Corporate Social Responsibility: Environmental projects in developing countries
http://tinyurl.com/chvyjk
Brussels, Belgium, 13 March 2009
EuropeAid is announcing an environmental ''Auction Floor'' conference which aims to build effective and inclusive partnerships for environmental projects in developing countries by bringing together development actors and a wide range of potential donors including private sector foundations. Almost 100 environmental project proposals worldwide that are looking for funding are presented in a booklet. Match-making between donors and projects will be facilitated at the conference, with networking by sub-themes and regions. Donors will find easily find good quality projects to fund! Private sector participants will also get a chance to share what they are doing in terms of Corporate Social Responsibility.

Jobs for a Globalizing World: World Bank Labor Market Policy Core Course
http://tinyurl.com/a4xzcs
Washington DC, USA, 30 Mar - 10 Apr 2009, The World Bank
A two week course offering a unique learning experience on how employment is being transformed in today's rapidly changing, globalizing environment. The course identifies key labor market challenges within the context of overall poverty reduction and other economic and social development goals, and explores what policy makers and others can do about them. It builds on the latest research findings by the World Bank and other academic and research institutions, as well as on practical lessons learned from country experiences.

UNESCO World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development
http://www.esd-world-conference-2009.org
Bonn, Germany, 31 Mar - 02 Apr 2009
Conference participants will exchange best practices on ESD from all world regions. They will develop mechanisms for enhanced cooperation in the implementation of the UN Decade, especially focusing on the exchange between developing countries, those in transition and industrialized countries.

Programme: Political Economy of the Great Lakes Region
http://www.ua.ac.be/main.aspx?c=.IOB&n=58025
Antwerpen, Belgium, 20 April - 22 May 2009
Training Institution: Institute of Development Policy and Management (IOB). Application deadline: 1 February 2009.

Global Change in Africa - Projections, Mitigation and Adaptation
http://www.impetus.uni-koeln.de/en/conference.html
Cologne, 2-5 June 2009, University
IMPETUS Africa Conference

Summer Programme on International Affairs and Multilateral Governance
http://eadi.org/database/?dataset=training&table=data&id=358
Geneva, Switzerland, 8 - 26 June 2009
Training Institution: The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies / Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement

3rd ValueLinks Introductory Training Seminar
http://www.idc-aachen.de/english/2_4_3.html
Oestrich-Winkel, Germany, 22-26 June, 2009
The objective is to enhance the skills of participants in designing, implementing and monitoring value chain upgrading projects. The know-how covers both technical subjects and facilitation skills working with groups of entrepreneurs, business associations and public institutions.

Conference Report: Global Governance for Sustain able Development:
The Need for Policy Coherence and New Partnerships,
http://www.eadi.org
11th EADI General Conference. The conference report summarises the main outcomes of the conference sessions and is available for download .

CIPE Electronic Classroom
http://www.developmentinstitute.org/Classroom/classroom.html
The Development Institute curriculum comprises 12 topics that correspond to the number of lecture weeks in a typical academic semester. Each topic consists of several multimedia presentations and accompanying materials that can be used as the basis for classroom teaching.

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