External courses

Agroforestry and natural resource management are well-established research and development disciplines worldwide. Other than the World Agoforestry Centre, many national, regional and international institutions offer a broad range of short courses and workshops aimed at enhancing the knowledge, skills and attitudes of different learners in these areas.

Here are just some of the relevant short courses and workshops offered by other providers. 

Monitoring and Evaluation
Organisation: Solutions Centre Africa
Date: 2 - 6 April 2012
Location: Mombasa, Kenya
Cost: KES75,000/+VAT.
This is a 5-day course targeting staff involved in Formulating, Managing/Monitoring Development.
For more information, email: info@solutions-centreafrica.com

Measuring and Monitoring Customer Service
Organisation: Solutions Centre Africa
Date: 25 -27 April 2012
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Cost: KES45,000/+VAT.
This is a 3-day course targeting Sales/Customer Service Personnel.
For more information, email: info@solutions-centreafrica.com

Essential Management Skills
Organisation: Solutions Centre Africa
Date: 15 - 18 May 2012
Location: Nakuru, Kenya
Cost: KES60,000/+VAT.
This is a 4-day course targeting newly appointed Managers and supervisors.
For more information, email: info@solutions-centreafrica.com

Boosting Sales Performance
Organisation: Solutions Centre Africa
Date: 14 - 15 June 2012
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Cost: KES30,000/+VAT.
This is a 2-day course targeting sales and marketing staff.
For more information, email: info@solutions-centreafrica.com

E-Record Management
Organisation: Solutions Centre Africa
Date: 25 - 29 June 2012
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Cost: KES75,000/+VAT.
This is a 5-day course targeting store personnel/warehousing.
For more information, email: info@solutions-centreafrica.com

Project Management
Organisation: Solutions Centre Africa
Date: 16 - 20 July 2012
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Cost: KES75,000/+VAT.
This is a 5-day course targeting staff who are involved in projects.
For more information, email: info@solutions-centreafrica.com

Customer Relationship Management
Organisation: Solutions Centre Africa
Date: 9 - 10 August 2012
Location: Kisumu, Kenya
Cost: KES30,000/+VAT.
This is a 2-day course targeting sales/customer service personnel.
For more information, email: info@solutions-centreafrica.com

Monitoring and Evaluation Programme
Organisation: Solutions Centre Africa
Date: 3 - 7 September 2012
Location: Nakuru, Kenya
Cost: KES75,000/+VAT.
This is a 5-day course targeting staff involved in Formulating, Managing/Monitoring Development.
For more information, email: info@solutions-centreafrica.com

Training and Learning Needs Analysis Evaluation
Organisation: Solutions Centre Africa
Date: 26 - 28 September 2012
Location: Nakuru, Kenya
Cost: KES45,000/+VAT.
This is a 3-day course targeting HOD, Team leaders and HR professionals.
For more information, email: info@solutions-centreafrica.com

Social Media Marketing
Organisation: Solutions Centre Africa
Date: 4 - 5 October 2012
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Cost: KES30,000/+VAT.
This is a 2-day course targeting Sales/Marketing Staff.
For more information, email: info@solutions-centreafrica.com

Participatory Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning
Date: April 16 -27, 2012 and November 12 - 13, 2012
Course fee: USD1500
Double occupancy room and board: USD850 per person for the duration of the course
Venue: Yen Center, IIRR, Philippines
The growing concern for accountability and results of development initiatives has led to the need for effective monitoring and evaluation of development programs/projects. Studies have shown that when people 'own' development projects, they tend to be more sustainable. Community ownership of development projects is only possible when they participate meaningfully in the development, implementation and management of these projects. Participatory monitoring, evaluation and learning (PMEL) advocates for meaningful participation of people and communities where they shift from being sources of information to the ones raising questions during project monitoring and evaluation. The course shall focus on PMEL as a management tool for strengthening participation, enhancing local capacity, and increasing local people's confidence and control over development decisions and processes. It also highlights the importance of learning in Monitoring and Evaluation.
For more information, email: Training@iirr.org.

Building Resilient Communities: Community-Managed Disaster Risk Reduction
Date: May 7 - 18, 2012
Course fee: USD 1800
Double occupancy room and board: USD850 per person for the duration of the course
Venue: Yen Center, IIRR, Philippines.
The global climate system is in a constant state of flux. Changes in climate patterns are now becoming more evident. Drought affected areas are increasing, heavy precipitation is getting more frequent and typhoons and hurricanes are getting more intense. Disasters wipe out the accumulated gains of development efforts. This course shall focus on the Community Managed Disaster Risk Reduction (CMDRR) framework which established the relationship between disaster and development. This framework asserts that disasters can be avoided and the effects of hazards can be reduced by increasing individual's  capability and capacity towards survivability and community's capacity towards readiness. the goal of CMDRR is building resilient communities.
For more information, email: Training@iirr.org.

Scientific Communication & Publishig
Organisation: Training Centre in Communication
May, 2012
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
This is a five day course, University of Nairobi.
For more information, email: joy.owango@tcc-africa.org.

Capturing Lessons from the Field: The Writeshop Process
Date: June 18 - 29, 2012
Course fee: USD1500
Double occupancy room and board: USD850 per person for the duration of the course
Venue: Yen Center, IIRR, Philippines.
Development organizations face the challenge of documenting the results of their work. Funding organizations and other stakeholders demand significant results from development interventions. One of the many ways to showcase these results is through stories that describe how development projects have significantly affected peoples' lives. Unfortunately, many development professional have difficulty capturing these results through writing. Many development workers find it difficult to focus on the essential and meaningful aspects of their experiences. This two-week course shall focus on non-fiction writing and in organizing and facilitating a writeshop. The writeshop process pioneered by IIRR, is a tool for learning and sharing important lessons from the field.

Proposal writing and grant management Oral Communication and How to design effective scientific posters
Organisation: Training Centre in Communication
June, 2012
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
These are three day short courses, University of Nairobi.
For more information, email: joy.owango@tcc-africa.org.

Addressing Household Food Security in the Context of Changing Climate and Environment
Date: July 16 - 27, 2012
Course fee: USD1500
Double occupancy room and board: USD900 per person for the duration of the course
Venue: Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Poverty, hunger, malnutrition and climate change threaten to destabilize economic, social, political and environmental conditions. There is a dire need to learn and disseminate appropriate strategies and approaches in dealing with challenges to achieve food security at the household level. In Cambodia, food security efforts have received special attention as the country reached self-sufficiency inrice and is now moving towards exporting this commodity. Considerable emphasis has been put on backyard systems for livestock production, and, more recently on small scale aquaculture. Community based natural resource management has also received considerable attention. This has sufficiently scaled up models for community forestry, fisheries and mangrove rehabilitation which can be seen in various parts of the country. This course highlights opportunities to learn from Cambodia's rich experiences and ongoing initiatives in coastal, forest and agricultural settings.
For more information, email: Training@iirr.org.

Graphical methods for data analysis and How to use R programme paper
Organisation: Training Centre in Communication
July, 2012
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
These are four day short courses, University of Nairobi.
For more information, email: joy.owango@tcc-africa.org.

Training and Facilitating to Empower
Date: August 13 - 24, 2012
Course fee: USD1500
Double occupancy room and board: USD850 per person for the duration of the course
Venue: Yen Center, IIRR, Philippines
For a long time, facilitation has been a poorly understood practice. It is now fast becomig a core competency for anyone who is on a team, leading a task force, heading a committee, managing a department or working with people in communities. The course focuses on creating a dynamic group setting in which people truly collaborae and make sound decisions. It discusses various tools, techniques and the attitudes and behaviours needed to get the most from people. It aims at using facilitation to generate active participation and empower people to take charge.

Participatory Local Governance: Finding Meaningful engagement between Government and its Citizens
Date: August 13 - 24, 2012
Course fee: USD1500
Double occupancy room and board: USD850 per person for the duration of the course
Venue: Yen Center, IIRR, Philippines
New forms of governance that link its citizens and states in new ways and rebuild the relationship between them is beginning to be the way forward in most countries. Meaningful involvement by the citizenry is key to better governance. This course provides participants with an opportunity to observe development field experiences and enter into a learning discourse with seasoned development managers and practitioners from Government Organizations, Non-Government Organizations, and other relevant entities in the field of democratic local governance intertwined with civil society participation. It focuses on the examination of accomplishments, challenges and lessons in the experiences of participatory governance in the Philippines within the context of decentralization and civil society participation.
For more information, email: Training@iirr.org.

Scientific Communication and Publishing
Organisation: Training Centre in Communication
August, 2012
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
This is a  five day course, University of Nairobi.
For more information, email: joy.owango@tcc-africa.org.

Community-based Integrated Watershed Magement
Date: October 8 - 19, 2012
Course fee: USD1800
Double occupancy room and board: USD850 per person for the duration of the course
Venue: Yen Center, IIRR, Philippines.
Watershed management has become a prominent concept today in dealing with issues of land and water resources as indicated by increased financing of financial and funding institutions, as well as government agencies in the north and the south. Despite the current awareness and the opportunities available. Many development organizations lack the capacity to initiate and implement successful watershed management initiatives. Community-based integrated watershed management is a process involving local communities and local governance structures in formulating and implementing a course of action on the proper utilization of water and land resources or watershed. Emphasis is given on the linkages between the upstream and downstream parts of the watershed and their respective human and biophysical endowments.
For more information, email: Training@iirr.org.

How to write a Scientific paper
Organisation: Training Centre in Communication
October, 2012
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
These are three day short courses, University of Nairobi.
For more information, email: joy.owango@tcc-africa.org.

Scientific Communication and Publishing
Organisation: Training Centre in Communication
December, 2012
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
This is a five day short course, University of Nairobi.
For more information, email: joy.owango@tcc-africa.org.

Neotelis Training Services
2012 Training Programs Schedule
Neotelis is pleased to announce the introduction of three new training services:
- Virtual Ckassriin Training
- E-Learning Training
- Hybrid Training
with their Face-to-Face Training, these new training services are designed to provide practical tools which can immediately be applied to improve your performance at work.
For more information on this and new on-line training course in 2012, visit: http://www.neotelis.com/ or email: training@neotelis.com

Quantitative & Qualitative Data Analysis using Epi info and QSR
AMREF International Training Centre
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Cost: The training is non-residential, done through direct classroom contact. Stationery, lunch, 10.00 am & 4.00pm tea/snacks will be provided during the training. Accomodation, medical and transport expenses are to be catered by the individual.
For more information, email: training@amref.org or visit our website: www.amref.org/training