Who is it for?

This workshop will suit Team and Program Managers, Human Resource Personnel, Learning & Development Specialists and others interested in managing people in aid and development.

 

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 organizations 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 organizations 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 Duration:

 2 days - 9.00am to 4.30pm

 

Venue:

TBC

 

	Early Bird Fee	Regular Fee
Full Fee	AU$700.00	AU$800.00
Staff from ACFID member organisations	AU$650.00	AU$750.00

 

·     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 (one month before the course date). Beyond that the regular fee will be applicable to all registrations including the existing ones which were not paid within the deadline.

Registration:

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

To register your interest, click on the link to email: training@idss.com.au

 

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Phone: + 61 3 8683 1081

Fax: + 61 3 8683 1444

Email: training@idss.com.au

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