SPECIAL COURSES FOR 2010

SP104 LEADERSHIP SKILLS FOR WOMEN MANAGERS

Target Group:
Women managers from all sectors of the economy who are working at the middle management level.

Duration:
2 weeks

Course Objective:
The course will enhance participants’ understanding of the personal, professional, social and political context in which they work, to influence and change it.  They will also acquire advanced leadership and managerial skills, and the course will enable them to become more visible in their professional roles.

Outline:

• Organisational Change
• Leadership and Managing
• Working with teams
• Power and Influence
• Improving Confidence and Assertiveness
• Gender issues in the Workplace
• Gender Management Systems

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SP 101 COMMUNICATION & BEHAVIOUR: PRINCIPLES & PRACTICES

Target Group:
This international course targets program planners and managers, project officers, adult educators, communications trainers, drama groups, artists, women’s and youth who want to improve their skills in developing and evaluating communication strategies for HIV/STD/REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH.

Duration:
5 Weeks

Course Objective:
The course aims at building capacity in small case Planning, designing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating research based behaviour change communication interventions for the prevention of STIs including HIV/AIDS, with a special focus on adolescents and gender issues.

Course Outline:

• Building knowledge and understanding in priority program areas of sexual reproductive health, including HIV/AIDS and STIs.
• Building capacity in the field of communication planning and design.
• Developing knowledge and skills in communicating research methodologies, program implementation, monitoring and evaluation
• Developing a regional network of communication trainers, facilitators and strategic planners.

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SP102  GOOD CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Target Group:
Executive Managers and Board members.

Duration:
1 week
           
Course Objective:
This course intends to equip Executive managers and board members with knowledge and skills to function effectively in their separate but complementary roles to minimize conflicts and tensions between the parties in the interest of their organizations.

Course Outline

• Defining Governance
• The Board – Management Relationship
• The mandate and responsibilities of the Board
• Ideal Board Composition
• Code of Conduct
• Participatory Decision Making
• Orientation of Board Members
• Financial Management for Non Financial Managers.

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SP107  MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION FOR HIV/AIDS PROGRAM LEADERS/MANAGERS IN AFRICA

Target Group
This is an international course that targets the following:

• HIV/AIDS program leaders/managers in government, private sector, parastatals and civil society at local, national and regional levels
• Politicians, policy makers and middle to senior level decision makers in government and civil society
• All HIV/AIDS practitioners and trainers

Duration:
4 Weeks

Course Outline:

• Introduction to project/program management
• Introduction to HIV/AIDS
• Cultural Aspects of HIV/AIDS
• Program/project management
• HIV/AIDS project/programs planning
• Data Collection and analysis
• Project/Program Design
• HIV/AIDS prevention, mitigation, care and support
• Project/Program Financial Appraisal
• Financing Of HIV/AIDS Project/Programs
• Project/Program Implementation Planning
• Recruitment and selection of Staff and performance management
• Project/Program Leadership and team building
• Procurement and Supplies Management
• Integration and Transfer of Learning
• Monitor and evaluate HIV/AIDS programs and projects

SP 103 STRATEGIC PLANNING

Target Group:
The course is designed for senior/middle managers and from NGOs, private and public sectors with an interest to turn around operations of their organizations towards success.

Course Objective:
This course will equip participants with necessary skills required to develop strategic plans. By the end of the course participants will learn how to define and develop organization vision and mission statements, identify programmatic priorities and areas of focus, make effective use of resources, maximize opportunities and minimize obstacles. All these critical needs will be delivered in a very simple and practical step-by-step approach during the course.   

Duration:
3 Days

Course Outline:

• The role of strategic planning in organizational success.
• Organization environmental and resource inquiry
• Identification and prioritization of propositions for organization future
• Write effective vision and mission statements.
• Action planning for achieving organization vision and mission.

 
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SP 108 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND DISBURSEMENT FOR WORLD BANK FINANCED PROJECTS

Duration:
2 Weeks

Course Objective:
The objective of the course is to equip participants with required competencies and skills to competently administer their projects’ financial Management systems and related disbursement operations in accordance with the guidelines and procedures of the World Bank.

Course Outline:
The course is modular in structure. There are three core modules as follows:

1.         General Introduction

• World Bank Project Cycle and Project Documentation
• Bank Procurement guidelines and standard bidding documents and relationship with Financial Management.

2.         Financial Management

• World Bank Project Financial Management Guidelines and Borrower responsibilities
• Project Financial Management Environment
• Internal control
• Planning and Budgeting
• Accounting systems and computerization
• Financial reporting
• Auditing arrangements
• Common Project Financial Management problems
• Design of a Project Financial Management system

3.         Disbursement

• Disbursement procedures
• Special commitments
• Statements of expenditure
• Special accounts
• Report – based disbursement
• Legal issues during loan duration
• Information services

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