Professional Certificate in Project Management in International Development (Start date: April 15, 2024)

Fellowship in Project Management

As more than one billion people live on less than $1.9 a day, the imperative to address global poverty is ever present. This fellowship will help you design and implement intervention programs on behalf of government agencies, foundations, NGOs, and other clients deliver expert technical assistance that serve critical social, economic, environmental, and public health needs with an emphasis on measurable outcomes and impact.

The programme provides an understanding of needs assessments, data collection techniques from relatively stable societies to challenging political space and sustainability. It is is designed for both novice and mid-level development practitioners with a comprehensive, hands-on training that covers researching funding sources, writing award winning proposals and implementation of development assistance projects.

This fellowship aims for your intellectual engagement to be transformative and make a difference in our polarized world by pushing the boundaries of development thinking. We believe you can deliver impact as part of your fellowship, so instead of doing a term paper, you’ll complete your programme with a hypothetical consultancy project linked to real challenges.

This programme is delivered in English only. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative organization so women are strongly encouraged to apply to this programme.

Who Should Attend

• Entry and mid-level professionals in the humanitarian and development sector from developing and developed countries.
• Grant seekers from underserved communities and fragile political space.
• Individuals with a technical background interested in improving their knowledge and skills.
• Individuals with no technical background interested in becoming grant writers in the development sector.
• Postgraduate students of peace and conflict studies, disaster management, gender and development and other fields of humanities.

Benefits

• Gain extensive knowledge of grant writing and programme design delivered by experienced practitioners drawn from a variety of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), consultancies and academic institutions.
• Become proficient in programme implementation from a practical point of view.
• Confirms mastery of skillset and industry principles and best practices.
• Boost your career confidence and expand your professional network.
  
• Receive the IDR authorized certificate of fellowship in project management.

Programme/Tasks

• A First Look at Global Development
• Poverty Assessment Tools
• Sustainable Development Goals
• Data Collection for International Development
• Mobile Data Collection
• Templates for Development Workers
• Communication for Development
• A First Look at Grant Proposals
• Researching Funding Sources
• Planning to Write Your Grant Proposal
• Researching Your Grant Proposal
• Writing a Winning Proposal
• Needs Assessment
• GPS Mapping of Intervention Locations
• Safety and Security of Aid Workers
• Programme Design and Implementation
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Sustainability
  

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