Wageningen UR CDI Course: Evaluating and Managing for Sustainable Development Impact (19 March 2018

Deadline: 18 October 2017

The Wageningen UR Centre for Development Innovation (CDI) is accepting applications for its course on “Evaluating and Managing for Sustainable Development Impact”. The course starts from 19 March 2018 until Fri 6 April 2018 in the Netherlands.

The development landscape has changed significantly over the last few decades, becoming increasingly complex. Many of the issues we face today, such as climate change, poverty and conflict, call for a new way of doing business, so as to collaboratively contribute towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Course objectives

This course first of all strengthens competency to manage for impact in own individual sphere of work. Secondly, it helps play a more effective role in helping organisation manage for sustainable development impact. The course programme will address four interlinked fields of study:

First things first
Learn about principles and practice of strategic thinking, foresight, change management, interactive processes, the learning organisation and conflict management. This builds up a strategic attitude that needs to underpin the other areas of learning. Applicants will also find out what is on international agendas concerning M&E to position work in a relevant (development) policy context.
Knowing what need to know
Learn about what is involved in developing a proper understanding about a situation in which want to make a difference. This relates to situation analysis, visioning and developing change scenarios.
Understanding what it takes to make a difference
Learn about translating context understanding and strategic foresight to strategic design and effective operations. Applicants will learn about new methods such as articulating theories of change/action and how to work with commonly used tools such as the logical framework.
Are we doing the right things and are we doing things right?
Learn to develop appropriate M&E plans based on clear information needs (and indicators), intended users of M&E information and how to activate M&E towards effectively informing management decision making. This includes the need to give account of efforts and investments to key stakeholders. Applicants will also explore practical implications such as needed capacities and conditions for M&E in particular, and for managing for sustainable development impact in general.

Eligibility Criteria

This course is more than a M&E course. It focuses on M&E in the context of and at the service of core management processes.
The course welcome participants who are interested in making that connection work for sustainable development impact, whether they are from government offices, (I)NGOs, knowledge institutes, private sector, or consultancy firms.

How to Apply

Applications can be accessed online through the website. Applicants must first have to create an account on the website and register themselves for the course.

Eligible Countries: Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Bhutan, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cuba, Djibouti, DR Congo, Egypt, Georgia, India, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Macedonia, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Senegal, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Thailand, Tunisia, Zimbabwe.

For more information, please visit Evaluating and Managing for Sustainable Development Impact.