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Skills for Building Global Teamwork

 
Facilitator: Ernest Antoine
Dates: TBA.  Please register your interest with IDSS.
 

Who is it for?

  • Team and Program Managers
  • Human Resource Personnel
  • Learning and Development Specialists
 

Course Description 

 Many factors contribute to aid effectiveness – good design, local ownership and leadership, socio-political stability of partner countries, motivation, resources and capacities of local organisations and so on.  A significant factor which has been overlooked may be a key to success: the importance of understanding the connection between cultural values and aid performance.  Beyond the aid and development sector, practical research in the last decade has produced a substantial body of evidence which makes a clear link between cross cultural capabilities of staff and sustainable international project outcomes.  There are great benefits if we can adopt some of this evidence in aid and development work.
 
UNESCO has declared 2010 as the International Year for Cultural Rapprochement.  Article 3 of UNESCO’s Universal Declaration of Cultural Diversity notes that cultural diversity is one of the “roots of development.”  The Accra Agenda for Action (on aid effectiveness) said that “aid is about building partnerships for development” (Accra Agenda for Action 2008).  AusAID identifies that “the aid program needs to gain a better understanding of ways to engage effectively with communities and civil society organisations to inform program strategies” (Annual Review of Aid Effectiveness 2008, page XII).  To be able to build strong relationships with partners and communities, aid workers need sound cross cultural capabilities as well as relevant technical skills. When aid workers understand the links between cultural values about leadership, change and risk for communities, they will design, manage and monitor programs differently and more effectively.
 
In 2009, a new and accessible tool for assessing staff for cross cultural capabilities was published.  The Global Competencies Inventory (GCI) maps individuals’ skills for developing and maintaining relationships with partners from different cultures.  It also identifies other capabilities working in culturally unfamiliar places, such as personal resilience.  GCI gives human resource personnel a tool for selecting and developing staff with capabilities for working successfully in different cultures. 
 

Course Content

  • Introduction to the Global Competencies Inventory (GCI)
  • Using GCI for selecting aid professionals
  • Other applications for the GCI such as professional development, coaching and cross cultural team building
 

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course participants will:
  • Have a better knowledge of the link between cross cultural capabilities and aid effectiveness
  • Understand the value of GCI for selecting and contributing to professional development of aid specialists
  • Understand how to design professional development plans that will strengthen individuals' cross cultural capabilities
 

Course Fees

Early Bird Fee        
Regular Fee 
Full Fee
AU$1,100.00
AU$1,200.00 
Staff from ACFID member organisations            
AU$1,000.00
AU$1,100.00
RMIT University students (with assessment)
AU$900.00
AU$1,000.00
 
    • 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 1, 15 Barry Drive
TURNER ACT 2612
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

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