CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR DISTANCE EDUCATION COURSE "PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT IN THE NGO SECTOR" (24 MARCH-15 JUNE 2003) HREA is announcing a distance learning course on Project Development and Management in the NGO Sector, which will be offered from 24 March-15 June 2003. The registration deadline for this course is 15 Feburary 2003. Scholarships are available. Application forms (in Word and PDF) can be downloaded at: http://www.hrea.org/courses/6E.html If, after reading the announcement below, you have any further questions about the content of the course or the application process, please write to: <applications@hrea.org>. Best wishes, Frank Elbers Distance Learning Programme, HREA ---------------------------------- HREA Distance Learning Course 6E03: PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT IN THE NGO SECTOR 24 March-15 June 2003 Instructor: Felisa Tibbitts This course will introduce the basic elements of project development and management. Step-by-step processes and techniques will be introduced for the various phases of a project life cycle. The course is intended for staff of non-governmental organisations who have responsibility for designing and carrying out a project, but with relatively little experience. Participants will be assisted in the development of a project plan that could be submitted to senior management or a funding agency. The course involves approximately 60 hours of reading, on-line working groups, interaction with students and instructor/facilitator and assignments, and is offered over a 12-week period, beginning on 24 March 2003. E-mail will be the main medium for the course, although participants will need to have periodic access to the Web. The course is based on a participatory, active learning approach, with an emphasis on peer-to-peer learning. Participants will do the required readings, prepare interim and final assignments and participate in group discussions. The main course text is Marion E. Haynes' Project Management: Practical Tools for Success (Crisp Learning, 2002, $13.95) and a resource to be announced. These will need to be obtained by participants prior to the commencement of the course, and are available in on-line bookstores. The maximum number of course participants is 25. Students who successfully complete the course will receive a Certificate of Participation. It is also possible to audit the course. COURSE OUTLINE Weeks 1-2 Introduction: Week 1. Introduction to Projects and Project Management Week 2. Role of the Project Manager Weeks 3-6 Project Development: Week 3. Defining Project Objectives and Strategies Week 4. Overview of Planning and Estimating Week 5. Preparing a Detailed Project Plan Week 6. Dealing with Risk and Uncertainty Weeks 7-12 Project Management: Week 7. Identifying and Supporting Team Members Week 8. Monitoring the Project Week 9. Communication and Documentation Week 10. Relations with Stakeholders Week 11. Project Evaluation Week 12. Concluding a Project ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR Felisa Tibbitts has successfully developed and managed projects in the NGO sector for over 12 years, managing over $2 million worth of projects from "idea development to evaluation" stage. As project manager, she has assisted partner organisations in their project design and management, often in the area of new programming. Ms. Tibbitts is co-founder and Director of Human Rights Education Associates (HREA) and former coordinator of Human Rights Education Programming for the Netherlands Helsinki Committee. She has Master's degrees from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government (Public Policy) and from Harvard's Graduate School of Education (Administration, Planning and Social Policy) and has published several articles on program planning and development in the education field. ABOUT HREA's DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAMME HREA's Distance Learning Programme (DLP) was initiated in 2000 in response to an unaddressed need for the continuing education of human rights professionals and practitioners. The programme builds on HREA's extensive experience in both the training of professionals (teachers, advocates, law schools) and the use of the new information technologies to provide resources and to network human rights advocates and educators. By offering short, practical yet specialised courses via distance learning barriers that prevent many practitioners from participating in continuing education, such as a lack of time and/or lack of funds to travel to regional or national workshops/trainings, can be overcome. HREA annually organises distance learning courses on human rights monitoring; research & evaluation in the human rights field; programme development and management; use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for human rights work; new developments in international human rights law; NGO management; and human rights advocacy (in English and Russian). For more information about the DLP, please visit: http://www.hrea.org/courses/dlp.html Human Rights Education Associates (HREA) is an international non-governmental organisation that supports human rights learning; the training of activists and professionals; the development of educational materials and programming; and community-building through on-line technologies. HREA works in partnership with education agencies, NGOs, governments and inter-governmental organisations to implement training programmes for teachers, NGO staff, jurists and other professionals involved in human rights work. Current and past partners include, inter alia, Amnesty International, the Constitutional Legal Policy Institute (COLPI)/Justice Initiative, Council of Europe, Croatian Ministry of Education, HURIDOCS, the Inter-American Institute for Human Rights (IIDH), the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, University of Minnesota Human Rights Center and UNESCO. HREA is registered as a non-profit organisation in the Netherlands and the USA. More information on HREA can be found at: http://www.hrea.org WHO SHOULD APPLY The course is intended for staff members of non-governmental organisations, particularly those working in the human rights and development sector. Candidates should have a good written command of English and have high competence and comfort with computers and Internet use. HREA aims to ensure equal gender and geographical distribution across the selected participants. COSTS The course tuition fee is US$455 (tuition for auditors is $200), not including purchase of the main course textbooks, which should be arranged by individual participants. Scholarships are available for applicants from Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe/Newly Independent States, Latin America/Caribbean through the support of the Dutch Foreign Ministry. APPLICATION Deadline for applications is 15 February 2003. Applications received after that day unfortunately cannot be accepted. Successful applicants will be notified by 22 February 2003. Full tuition payment is due on 14 March 2003. Application forms can be downloaded at: http://www.hrea.org/courses/6E.html Inquiries about the course can be sent to <applications@hrea.org>. ======== Global Human Rights Education listserv ======== Send mail intended for the list to <hr-education@hrea.org>. 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