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Facilitating Participatory Approaches in International Development

Facilitator: Michelle Whalen
Dates: 11 - 12 March (Thurs - Fri) 2010

Early Bird Registration: Closed

Who is it for?

This course is suitable for fieldworkers, managers, researchers, and evaluators involved in international aid and development projects/programs. Emerging practitioners (volunteers and students) will also find the course useful in learning facilitation skills and participatory tools.

Course Description

The course will explore techniques to enhance meaningful participation in development programs. Participatory approaches aim to engage beneficiaries and stakeholders in all stages of the development process, and are key to equitable and sustainable outcomes. Methodologies based on Participatory Learning for Action (PLA) tools enable us to engage with the views, perceptions and experience of others. These techniques have been applied to a wide range of development contexts, in sectors such as agriculture, education, health, and community development, and can be applied to all phases of project and program design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. The facilitation skills course includes mini presentations, small and large group work, role plays, games and energizers. Participatory tools include visual, verbal, and counting methods for information gathering and analysis. The course will be experiential and interactive and aims to provide participants with a range of practical tools applicable to their own work.

Course Content

Principles of participatory learning and critical reflection;
Facilitation skills for effective learning;
Group dynamics and working with groups;
Organizing workshops and field training;
Participatory tools for information gathering and analysis – visual, verbal, and counting methods;
Interactive training games and exercises.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course participants will be able to:

Understand the current debates between practitioners around participatory approaches to development;
Understand the key principles of “good” facilitation of participatory development;
Understand how participatory approaches can be applied throughout the project cycle and in a variety of contexts;
Increased “toolbox” for facilitating participatory processes with groups.

Course Fees

	Early Bird Fee	Regular Fee
Full Fee	AU$650.00	AU$750.00
Staff from ACFID member organisations	AU$600.00	AU$700.00
RMIT University students (with assessment)	AU$600.00	AU$650.00

The above course fees are applicable for participants based within Australia only. All course fees are inclusive of GST and they cover registration, 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. Beyond that the regular fee will be applicable to all registrations including the existing ones which were not paid within the deadline.
Overseas participants will incur an additional fee of AU$40.00 (inclusive of GST) to cover the additional cost of processing overseas payments and registration. Please click here for further information relevant to overseas participants.
The assessment task is included within the course fees for students of RMIT University who are currently enrolled in academic programs relevant to the course and are going to claim advanced standing/Recognised Prior Learning (RPL) status. Participants who are willing to complete similar follow-up assessment task are requested to contact IDSS directly before submitting their enrolment request. An additional fee of AU$110.00 (inclusive of GST) will be applicable.

Venue

IDSS Pty Ltd

Level 12, 60 Albert Road

SOUTH MELBOURNE VIC 3205

AUSTRALIA

Registration

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

To register/enrol, download the Enrolment Form here and email your completed form through to training@idss.com.au

For additional information please contact:

Ruth Garner

Phone: + 61 8 8919 9767

Fax: + 61 8 8919 9750
Email: training@idss.com.au

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