Courses 2009

WELCOME TO MS-TCDC

 Welcome to the 2009 training programme in MS Training Centre for Development Cooperation (MS-TCDC). This programme marks the beginning of a process of fundamental change towards the fulfilment of our new vision of becoming a regional centre of excellence in democracy and good governance. This is in line with MS’s overall focus on democracy and its goal of becoming a knowledge organisation with a specialised thematic focus.

Accordingly, some of our courses will focus on enhancing MS partners and other organisations’ ability to work in areas of democracy and good governance. Other courses will focus on strengthening the internal governance of development organisations.

As, something new in 2009, we have introduced a special section to present MS’s focus on democracy and how this will shape future course offerings. The advocacy elements in all our courses have also been further enriched in response to the growing appreciation from the participants. We also plan to offer the Peace Building and Conflict Management course as an outreach programme in Northern, Kenya on a pilot basis.

This year we introduce three new courses; namely Land Rights in line with MS’s thematic focus. The other course is Climate Change and Sustainable Livelihoods which is a response to the global concern on the adverse effects that climate change will have for the entire planet. We are particularly concerned that it is the poorest segments of the population that will be hardest hit, hence compromising whatever benefits that would accrue from an increased democratic space. The third course is Grants Management which is a response to the growing need for competence in this area.

We will also run on a tailor-made basis, five supplementary courses that are not described in this catalogue. These are Resource Mobilisation, Sustainable Livelihoods Approaches to Poverty, Board Governance Skills, Communication for Advocacy and Participatory Forest Management.

Our courses target primarily people and organisations working in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, and secondarily those from Zambia, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Ethiopia, South Sudan and Somaliland. People from other countries are also welcome to attend our courses.

This course catalogue presents you with our regular development training programme and our Swahili courses for 2009. Please note that we also offer tailor-made training and consultancies in the same areas, just as we make our excellent conference facilities available to your organisation’s own meetings and workshops.

We look forward to continue providing you the best quality services in an ideal learning environment inspired by our new motto:

                                        “Democracy is a way of life”

KARIBUNI SANA