CDI Short Course on Monitoring, Evaluation and Impact Assessment of Food and Nutrition Security Programmes (5 June 2017 to 23 June 2017)

Deadline: 18 October 2016

The Wageningen UR Centre for Development Innovation (CDI) invites applications for its training course on Monitoring, Evaluation and Impact Assessment of Food and Nutrition Security Programmes from 5 June 2017 until 23 June 2017 in the Netherlands.

In this course participants will learn what monitoring, evaluation and impact assessment for food and nutrition security entails. Emphasis will be placed on the steps needed from design to the interpretation of results. The course stresses the need for careful selection of indicators in designing information support systems. A scientific basis is used for analysis and interpretation of the data to be able to design strong policy on food and nutrition security.

The course is targeted at professionals from the field of food and nutrition security. Highly skilled experts will facilitate the course to ensure participants will obtain knowledge. The training approach is interactive, experience- as well as evidence-based. Transfer of knowledge will go hand-in-hand with working in international groups and/or individually on case studies. This course is given together with Wageningen University, Division of Human Nutrition.

Objectives

Upon completion of the course applicant will:

have new insights into the principles of monitoring, evaluation and impact assessment for participatory and learning-oriented planning in food and nutrition security;
have strengthened your competence to design monitoring, evaluation and impact assessments for food and nutrition security programmes;
have clear ideas for improving monitoring, evaluation and impact assessments for food and nutrition security.

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants should have a BSc or equivalent in the field of food and nutrition, food science, home economics, agriculture, medicine or a related field of study, as well as at least three years of professional experience related to the theme of the course.
This course is open to MSc students in a related field of study. Proficiency in English is required, as well as basic computer skills.

How to Apply

Applicants are required to register themselves in order to apply.

Eligible Countries

NFP Countries: Afghanistan, Mali, Albania, Nepal, Bangladesh, Mozambique, Armenia, Nicaragua, Benin, Myanmar (Burma), Bolivia, Pakistan, Bhutan, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Peru, Burundi, Palestinian Territories, Cambodia, Philippines, Colombia, Rwanda, Cuba, Senegal, Djibouti, Somalia, DR Congo, Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, South Africa, Egypt, Sudan, Ghana, South Sudan, Eritrea, Suriname, India, Tanzania, Georgia, Thailand, Indonesia, Uganda, Guatemala, Zambia, Kenya, Vietnam, Jordan, Zimbabwe, Yemen, Macedonia, Mongolia

For more information, please visit Food and Nutrition Security Programmes.

Apply for the course here.