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PDP course - Capacity Building in International Development

Facilitators: Christopher Dureau & Christine Perkins
Dates: 21-22 April (Mon-Tue) 2008
Early Bird Registration: By 3 March 2008

Who is it for?

The course is designed to assist all those engaged in international development assistance, particularly for program coordinators, managers and consultants. Participants with knowledge and experience of working in international development assistance as an aid worker, a consultant, a coordinator or manager of bilateral development assistance or NGO programs are most suitable for this course.

Course Description:

Capacity Building represents a significant departure from traditional approaches such as technical advice, infrastructure development, and transfer of technologies and competencies. The course will examine the historical context for this major shift in international development assistance and its implications for those engaged in Aid and Development.

At the end of the course participants will have reflected on their experience and that of other development practitioners to better understand the meaning and purpose of capacity building and the historical context from which the current focus on capacity building arose. The course will also focus on (a) how political, economic, cultural and social factors might influence capacity building efforts; (b) different approaches to the practice of building capacity; (c) the usefulness of strength based approaches to capacity building; (d) how to design and how to prepare program staff to implement a capacity building aid program; (e) a suggested framework which could be used to build capacity and how this framework can be used to implement bilateral aid programs; and (f) how to determine indicators for measuring capacity building and monitoring and evaluation activities in a capacity building program.

Course Content:

Exploring the basic concepts in capacity building
The historic context for a shift to capacity building
The importance of the enabling environment (cultural, social and economic context)
The radical nature of the change in approach required for capacity building
Suggested methodologies
Capacity building for what and for whom
How to influence the development process to encourage capacity building
Determining indicators for measuring capacity building

Learning Outcomes:

An understanding of how capacity building differs from more traditional approaches to development work
The importance and relevance of capacity building
Examples of different approaches to capacity building including design variations
Tools for capacity building and a framework to develop capacity building programs
What to monitor in capacity building programs

Facilitators' profile:

Christopher Dureau has been engaged in international development for the past 30 years. This included considerable time living and working as a development practitioner and as a consultant for donor funded activities. Chris has experience in many countries in Asia, the Pacific and Africa as well as remote Indigenous Australia. Chris is an adult educator with teaching and facilitator experience at all levels of society. Currently Chris is Project Director of two large bilateral community development and capacity building programs and advisor to others. Chris is a strong advocate for strength based approaches that encourage the partner community, NGO or government to draw from their own past success (resilience), and mobilise their current assets as they move towards a future which they determine. One of the most significant aspects of this is working with communities in order to enhance their ability to influence decision making.

Christine Perkins has been engaged in development work for the past 25 years mostly in programs designed to improve understanding about international development assistance. Christine has served on the Board and as a staff member of a number of programs which include training for development work in health, gender and microfinance. Christine has managed staff working in development contexts including providing training and mentoring. Currently Christine works as a Board member of Alola Foundation, which operates in Timor Leste, provides advice to NGOs and conducts training courses in development related issues.

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Course Fees:

The following course fees are applicable for participants based within Australia only (please click here for additional information relevant to overseas participants). All course fees are inclusive of GST. Course fees include course materials and meals during the course delivery.

To qualify for Early Bird registration fees, course fees must be paid to IDSS within the early bird registration deadline.

	Early Bird Fee	Regular Fee
Full Fee	AU$575.00	AU$675.00
Staff from ACFID member organisations	AU$525.00	AU$625.00
Students with assessment	AU$525.00	AU$600.00
Full-time students without assessment	AU$475.00	AU$525.00

Venue:

International Development Support Services (IDSS)

Level 12, 60 Albert Road

SOUTH MELBOURNE VIC 3205

AUSTRALIA

Registration:

Participants are requested to read the IDSS Training Policy before applying for registration/enrolmnet.

To register/enrol, visit the Training Registration section of this site.

For additional information please contact:

Atiq Rahman
Manager, Professional Development Program

International Development Support Services (IDSS)
Level 12, 60 Albert Road
South Melbourne VIC 3205

Phone: + 61 3 8683 1184
Fax: + 61 3 8683 1444
Email: atiqr@idss.com.au