Governance -Accountability 2010

Course Code: GA
Duration: 2 Weeks
Schedule: 08-19/03; 31/05-11/06; 26/07-06/08;20/09-01/10

Course Objectives:

By the end of the course participants should understand key issues, concepts and appreciate the skills and resources required in accountability work. Participants should be able to formulate plans and advise civil society organisations on approaches and strategies for promoting accountability at both the national and local levels in the pursuit of greater accountability in governance.

Course Content:

Unpacking accountability – key concepts and definitions
Key relationships: power, accountability, citizenship and participation
Democracy audit and quality of governance
Personal accountability – practicing what you preach.
Linking practice to policy, and the local with the national level
Practitioner competency: putting theory into practice, approaches and methods, tools and developing intervention strategies for holding organisations and institutions accountable

Target Group:

This course is designed for strategic development practitioners operating at the policy and programming level. They include facilitators and leaders in civil society organisations and networks, development agencies, unions, cooperatives and social movements.

Fee:

(incl. Tuition and full board)

Single room US$ 1220
Shared double US$ 1030