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Relaciones internacionales, diplomacia y medios de comunicaciónRed Española de Estudios del Desarrollo (REEDES)
Language: Spanish; Ciencias Sociales, del 3 al 21 de julio de 2017
What Works: Promising Practices in International DevelopmentCentre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo (SUM)
Explore promising strategies in international development related to agriculture, health, governance, and poverty reduction.Can the case be made for a more optimistic outlook on international development?
Learn with internationally-renowned experts
Researchers from the University of Oslo and Stanford University, together with colleagues from Malawi and China, will examine interventions critically, while exploring how successful development strategies can be deployed in a range of international contexts.
What topics will you cover?
- Core concepts in development theory
- Poverty reduction and income inequality
- Food security and agriculture
- Global governance and international cooperation
- Human rights and development
- Good governance, rule of law and state building
- Public participation and civil society
- Successful cases of national and international development initiatives
What will you achieve?
- Gain ability to examine interventions critically, while recognizing how successful development strategies can be applied in a broad range of international contexts
- Reflect on the impact of specific development programmes and projects at reducing poverty
- Explore how to better understand what works, how and why in relation to global and national development programmes and anti-poverty interventions
Who is the course for?
This course is designed for people with an interest in international development, including students, teachers, researchers, policymakers, activists, pensioners, diplomats, and those working for international development organisations and aid agencies.
Free online course
Duration: 3 weeks; 4 hours per week
DegreeCourse TypeLanguage
- English
Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo (SUM), Norway
Evidence-Based Policy Research MethodsMaastricht Graduate School of Governance, Maastricht University; United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT)
Developing competence and specific skills to effectively perform evidence-based academic or policy-oriented research is essential for knowledge creation and decision-making, whether in business, government or civil society. The Evidence-Based Policy Research Methods (EPRM) course, offered by United Nations University – Maastricht Economic and social Research institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT) and its School of Governance aims to equip participants with the fundamental tools for designing and analysing evidence-based research. More specifically, the EPRM course will train participants in:1. Designing a research proposal for evidence-based research in the workplace or in a research environment
2. Analysing qualitative or quantitative data
3. Attaining current knowledge in a specialisation area
4. Academic writing and dissemination of the proposed research
In order to ensure the development of a quality research proposal, participants will receive continuous personal feedback on their proposal by researchers and professors at UNU-MERIT and Maastricht University. In order to build an evidence-based proposal, participants of EPRM will also have full access to a large selection of books, journals and databases available through the Maastricht University Library.
Custom Designed Course
EPRM has been designed with working professionals in mind. By offering a blended course, with online and face-to-face (FTF) modules, the course allows participants to update their research skills with minimal obstruction to existing commitments.
EPRM also offers a specialised module that is selected by participants based on their research interest. This flexible module is built into the course to allow for a specialisation in your area of interest and assist in the dev
Maastricht Graduate School of Governance, Maastricht University, Netherlands
United Nations University, Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), Netherlands
Results Based Monitoring & EvaluationKimmage Development Studies Centre (DSC)
Tailored specifically to the needs of busy development project staff, this distance education course in Results Based Monitoring and Evaluation aims to empower you: – To understand and apply international “best practice” standards when planning development projects – To learn why monitoring is key to the successful implementation and management of development projects – To know how to create your own Monitoring Plan – To understand the differences between participatory and conventional approaches to monitoring and evaluation and how to combine the best of both methodologies – To draw up clear, well-focused Terms of Reference for Evaluations – To know how to carry out a project or programme evaluation effectively – To write professional, useful Evaluation Reports.Start Date: 27 May – 1 July. This course will also run in October 2017. Deadline for applications: 13 May 2017
DegreeCourse TypeLanguage
- English
International Joint Master of Science Regional Development Planning and ManagementSPRING, Fakultät Raumplanung, Universität Dortmund (ISPC / SPRING)
SPRING (Spatial Planning for Regions in Growing Economies) is a two year Master´s degree programme that addresses up to date topics of spatial planning in developing countries. In lectures, participants of the SPRING Programme discuss for instance the rapid growth of megacities, searching for solutions in the conflict between environmental protection and economic development as well as dealing with strategies to improve traffic systems. The course starts with one year of study in Dortmund, Germany, followed by a second year at one of the four partner universities in Asia, Africa or Latin America. At TU Dortmund University SPRING is with now more than 25 years the oldest Master course and was the first one being conducted in English. SPRING combines teaching in development theories and strategies, planning concepts and methods, and implementation and monitoring tools with practice-orientated field studies aimed at elaborating regional development plans and programmes in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The programme content is oriented by the specific socio-economic problems in the developing world.SPRING places its emphasis on development management at an intermediate level (e.g. district) between macro-regional and community-based planning. Development planning is seen as a problem-oriented management tool with the following objectiv to identify development problems, trends, resources, constraints and potentials; to formulate development objectives, policies and strategies; to design plans and programmes; to assess environmental impacts of plans and programmes; to organise target group participation and decision-making processes; to apply instruments for programme implementation and management and to evaluate and monitor plans and programmes.
DegreeLanguage
- English
SPRING, Fakultät Raumplanung, Universität Dortmund (ISPC / SPRING), Germany
Gender and Diversity, B.A.Faculty of Society and Economics, Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences
Globalisation is a highly influential force that is not only increasing the interrelatedness between nation states, but also redefining organisations, institutions and individuals’ everyday lives. In professional contexts, this manifests itself in higher mobility requirements for employees. In fact, mobility and intercultural experience are becoming must-have strategies for professional careers. Societies themselves are changing, too, as they find themselves increasingly characterised by their levels of diversity and heterogeneous ways of living.This raises the question for social, political and economic actors of how they can best deal with growing diversity and the challenges it brings. The Gender and Diversity bachelor’s programme delves into questions related to these developments by examining the processes behind these new trends. As a student, you’ll acquire the fundamental knowledge and methods needed for their analysis. Moreover, you’ll obtain profound theoretical and practical knowledge of the instruments of equal opportunities and diversity management, as well as acquire specific competencies that are crucial for tackling the emerging challenges facing organisations, institutions and companies. This requires prolonged study and a profound understanding of the key concepts of ‘gender’ and ‘diversity’.
Gender – the construction of gender and gender relations – is a central mechanism for the production and reproduction of social realities. This is significant for various societal contexts. Diversity refers to different forms of living together and, beyond that, to belonging to different social groups, whether based on age, biological sex, citizenship, heritage, religion, sexuality, colour of skin or disability.
Faculty of Society and Economics, Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Faculty of Society and Economics, Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences
Critical Perspectives on NGOs in DevelopmentCentre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo (SUM)
The objective of this interdisciplinary course is to critically analyse the changing role of NGOs in development, focusing especially on health and environment. The ambition of the course is bring together PhD students studying NGOs, especially within health and environment: to assist them to locate their own research within a wider context, viewing the roles and practices of NGOs from a critical perspective that includes issues of governance and legitimacy. The application deadline is 31 March, 2017.DegreeLanguage
- English
Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo (SUM), Norway
Managing for Results and AccountabilityKimmage Development Studies Centre (DSC)
Tailored specifically to the needs of busy development project managers, this distance education course in Managing for Results and Accountability aims to empower you: – To consider and apply Results Based Management principles in managing development projects. – To understand the different ways in which development organisations are accountable and to whom. – To be familiar with the different mechanisms for assuring accountability in practice. – To understand the links between governance & management of development organisations and accountability. – To appreciate the notion of ‘organisational culture’ and why it matters when it comes to accountability. – To prepare, monitor and manage budgets in accordance with the highest standards of accountability. – To design and implement appropriate financial control systems. – To understand the key concepts and practices of financial accounting. – To understand and prepare key financial statements.Start Date: 13 May – 17 June. This course will also run in November 2017. Deadline for applications: 29 April 2017
DegreeCourse TypeLanguage
- English
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