Courses

Our 2008 Courses

Growing solid evidences show that real sustainable development starts within the human heart and mind. Join DCAAP courses and learn how to influence effectively beneficiaries to participate actively in sustainable human development. We have now tried and tested concepts, methods and tools to develop and measure inner human development.

DCAAP offers two types of international training workshops which are conducted regularly or may be scheduled anytime on request: regular training workshops (RTW) and special training workshops (STW) which run for 2 - 3 weeks respectively. We also conduct tailored courses for at least 2-3 participants. DCAAP also offers national seminar-workshops ranging from 2-5 days for at least 10 participants.

THE REQUIREMENTS:

Workshop Participants must:

Have a working knowledge in English or an interpreter with them.
Submit a completed pre-registration form. (Available on our download page)
Bring a project document of an ongoing or proposed project.
Submit a package of outputs based on the project document at the end of the workshop, e.g. action plan, monitoring/evaluation tools.
Pay the appropriate training fee. The current rate for each trainee is US$ 175 per day or US$2,625 for 3 weeks exclusive of the air ticket and the daily subsistence allowance (DSA). A DSA of US$60 - $80 is sufficient.
Fee is subject to change depending on exchange rate
This course expects participants to learn the new concepts, principles and practices in development management based on social science research
Course details are provided on request.

Special Training Workshops		Price
1.Good Governance and Results Based Management		US$ 1,750
Date: Jan. 21-Feb. 1, 2008	Duration: 2 weeks	[INQUIRE]
This course develops participants' knowledge and skills in good governance and explains what is good governance and its links with results-based management. (RBM).The course analyzes RBM relative to the Logframe and the Logmap and explains how it could significantly improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the project. Includes study visits to relevant organizations.
2.Participatory Planning, Management, Implementation and Monitoring/Evaluation of Health Promotion		US$ 1,750
Date: Feb. 4-15, 2008	Duration: 2 weeks	[INQUIRE]
This course demonstrates the whole process in participatory health promotion from planning to monitoring and evaluation. Appropriate communication and prevention concepts, paradigms, messages and channels for planning highly relevant campaigns to the needs of the target audiences will be discussed. At the end of the course, the participants should be able to bring home a proposal on need-based health promotion plan. Visits to health promotion projects included.
3.Development Communication Planning, Management, Monitoring and Evaluation		US$ 1,750
Date: March 3-14, 2008	Duration: 2 weeks	[INQUIRE]
This course discusses the recent developments in Development Communication and demonstrates the process in planning, managing, monitoring and evaluating development campaigns at the central and local levels. Participants are expected to submit proposed development campaign plans based on their chosen problems. Covers office and field visits to see best practices in development communication.
4. Advances in Improving and Measuring Training Effects and Outcomes		US$ 1,750
Date: March 10-21, 2008	Duration: 2 weeks	[INQUIRE]
This course explains the concepts, principles, paradigms and processes in improving and measuring training effects and outcomes and how to use the data in strengthening training organizations programs efficiency an effectiveness that are relevant to sustainable development. The training effects include knowledge, attitude, skill, practice and outcomes cover productivity, quality return in investment and profitability. Visits to relevant organizations are included.
. Participatory Action Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation of Community-based Climate Change Projects		US$ 1,750
Date: April 7-18, 2008	Duration: 2 weeks	[INQUIRE]
This course demonstrates the process in operationalizing community-based climate change projects document into simpler action plans with monitoring and evaluation components. Sample operation plan, monitoring and evaluation system and tools tailored to the plan are expected to be submitted by the participants. Office and field visits exposing participants to best practices will be included.
6. Action Planning, Management and Monitoring and Evaluation of Tourism Promotion Campaigns		US$ 1,750
Date:April 28 - May 9, 2008	Duration: 2 weeks	[INQUIRE]
This course demonstrates the process in planning, management, and monitoring and evaluation of tourism promotion campaigns. Concepts, principles and paradigms in campaign planning of tourism promotion will presented. Exposure to best practices in tourism promotion campaigns will be included.
7. Project Formulation, Management, Monitoring and Evaluation of Community-based projects		US$ 1,750
Date: June 2-13, 2008	Duration: 2 weeks	[INQUIRE]
This course demonstrates the process in developing project proposal, managing the project and monitoring and evaluating the results of various community-based projects. Visits to offices and projects that show best practices are included.
8. Integrated Education Macro-Micro Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation		US$ 1,750
Date: June 23- July 4, 2008	Duration: 2 weeks	[INQUIRE]
This course explains modified concepts, paradigms, approaches, methods and tools in developing integrated macro-micro education plans with monitoring and evaluation components. Participants are expected to submit sample modified plans in education that are easier to manage, monitor and evaluate. Visits to relevant organizations and field projects are included.
9. Research and Development Management and Monitoring and Evaluation		US$ 1,750
Date: July 14-25, 2008	Duration: 2 weeks	[INQUIRE]
This course explains the concepts of development management and its importance in the smooth planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of research and development units in academic and research institutions. Participants will visit research and development organizations best practices. They are expected to submit action plans in strengthening R&D organizations.
10. Managing, Monitoring Evaluating Climate Change Projects and Disaster Management		US$ 1,750
Date: July 28-August 8,2008	Duration: 2 weeks	[INQUIRE]
This course discusses the causes and the practical measures to mitigate global warming. Total disaster management brought about by global warming and other causes are also presented. Participants are expected to submit awareness and behavior change campaigns on global warming mitigation. Visits to relevant organizations with best practices on global warming and disaster management are included.

Regular Training Workshops		Price
1.Governance, Communication, and Social Mobilization approaches for Disadvantaged Groups		US$ 2,625
Date: August 4-22, 2008	Duration: 3 weeks	[INQUIRE]
This course presents the role of communication in community organizing, networking, alliance building, negotiating and finally, social mobilization. Participants are expected to submit proposed action plans on communication and social mobilization on a certain disadvantaged groups of woman and children. Office and field study tours included.
2. Transforming Complex Project Documents into Simple Action Plans for Large Foreign-Assisted Projects		US$ 2,625
Date: September 1 -19, 2008	Duration: 3 weeks	[INQUIRE]
Participants will learn the different steps in development management applied to complex foreign assisted projects. It clearly explains and demonstrates how to transform the complex project document into a simple action plan with monitoring and evaluation components. Participants are expected to submit simplified complex foreign assisted projects. Project visits are included.
3. Results- Based Management, Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting of Community-based Projects		US$ 2,625
Date: October 6-24, 2008	Duration: 3 weeks	[INQUIRE]
This course expects participants to understand results-based management, monitoring and evaluation in measuring the efficiency and effectiveness of programs/projects. The participants are expected to submit proposed monitoring and evaluation systems, plans and tools tailored to varied projects. Exercises on data categorization, tabulation, analysis, interpretation and reporting of data on people's knowledge, attitude, skill and practice (KASP) are given. Concepts, methods, designs, tools and formulas that make monitoring and evaluation simpler and faster are shared with participants. Outcomes and impacts are measured using the KFIQ Approach. Computerized monitoring and evaluation will be added. Field and office visits will be included.
4. Human behavior in Organization, and Human Resource Development and Management		US$ 2,625
Date: October 13-31, 2008	Duration: 3 weeks	[INQUIRE]
This course discusses human behavior in organization (HBO) and explains relationship with human resource development (HRD) and human resource management (HRM). Various approaches to HRO, HRM and HRD are discussed and best practices in these areas will be visited by the participants. Participants are expected to submit HBO/HRD/HRM plans. The course includes job analysis, orientation, training and development, improving staff behavior and work standards, rewarding staff, and performance evaluation.
5. Human Development Approaches for Sustaining Community-based Projects		US$ 2,625
Date: Nov 3-21, 2008	Duration: 3 weeks	[INQUIRE]
This course reviews and analyzes past and present approaches to community-based rural development with emphasis on human development approaches. Participants will be given the chance to strengthen the approaches that are using in their community-based projects. Various commodity and human development approaches will be compared and strengthened approaches will reinvented. Field visits are included in the course.
6. Study Tour		US$ 175
1-5 participants US$ 175/per day 6-10 participants US$ 160/per day 11-15 participants US$ 150/per day

You may click the "Inquire" link to request more information regarding that course.