Governance - Empowerment 2010

Course Code: GE
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 have a good understanding of the dynamics and constraints of different approaches to empowerment processes for poor and marginalised people. Participants should be able to design, plan and offer advice basing on the needs and wishes of the poor themselves, with an appreciation of the strengths and weakness, risks and pitfalls, skills and resources required to run empowerment programmes.

Course Content:

Citizenship, civic education and political empowerment
Governance, poverty and gender
Power and risk analysis
Social mobilisation for citizen-driven change
Solidarity, economic literacy and social movements
Strengths and weaknesses of various approaches to empowering
Core competencies for empowerment (skills, methods and tools)
5 steps leading to political empowerment

Target Group:

This course is designed for strategic and programming development practitioners operating at policy and programming level. They include facilitators and leaders who deal with the supervision and management of empowerment initiatives 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