Organization: Africa School of Project Management
Registration deadline: 12 Feb 2017
Starting date: 13 Mar 2017
Ending date: 17 Mar 2017
The Africa School of Project Management (ASPM) was established in the year 2000 in Kenya as a membership based professional management organisation. The school was formed to address capacity building needs among development partners, donor organizations, Government agencies, International and private sector firms in Africa.
The school has been pivotal in capacity building in South Sudan, South Africa, Botswana, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Congo, Somalia, Liberia,The Gambia, Tanzania, Pakistan, Burundi and Rwanda. The school has trained over 12,000 staffs who are involved in different projects and also conducted surveys, evaluations and research in different projects and businesses in Africa.
Course ; Gender & Disability Analysis, Mainstreaming in Projects and Organizations
Broad Training objectives.
- To provide the trainer with targeted information enabling him/her to train representatives of Disabled People’s Organizations (DPOs) as experts in mainstreaming gender and disability.
- To increase the knowledge and capacities of the trained gender and disability representatives to become competent change agents within their organizations, government ministries and departments.
- Generate thrust for a holistic, integrated and highly interactive training that builds a core set of knowledge, skills and attitudes among potential change agents, and in the process, fulfill the obligations of the projects and organizations of gender and disability mainstreaming.
Module, Topic & Importance
Module 1
Concepts of disability, gender and mainstreaming, and promoting awareness
This module increases disability and gender awareness, and equips participants for gender and disability mainstreaming. In the process, they will be able to identify barriers to gender and disability mainstreaming, and establish mitigation strategies. The ultimate goal is for communities to appreciate disability and gender issues.
Specific Objectives.
- To define disability and its underlying concepts
- To define the term gender and its underlying concepts
- To describe the concepts of gender and disability mainstreaming
- To identify barriers to gender and disability mainstreaming
Module 2
Gender and disability analysis and approaches
This module prepares participants to carry out a gender and disability analysis in policies and programmes in order to address existing inequalities.
Specific Objectives
- To explain the terms ‘gender analysis’ and ‘disability analysis’ and their purposes.
- To describe steps in gender and disability analysis
- To identify and apply the gender and disability analysis tools
- To discuss approaches to gender and disability
- To explain the existing gender and disability policies
Module 3
The role of civil society and governments in gender and disability mainstreaming
This module enables participants to develop practical and effective strategies for developing linkages with various stakeholders to enhance gender and disability mainstreaming in development processes.
Specific objectives
- To identify key stakeholders and their role in gender and disability mainstreaming.
- To guide participants to develop practical and effective strategies for developing linkages with key stakeholders to enhance gender and disability mainstreaming.
Module 4
Methods and strategies for gender and disability mainstreaming
This module introduces participants to different methods and strategies that can be used in gender and disability mainstreaming. It also assists them to identify levels of gender and disability mainstreaming and actions to be taken all levels. Essential aspects to consider in gender and disability mainstreaming are also considered. Participants are also exposed to excuses that are usually used to avoid gender and disability mainstreaming in community activities. This prepares them to challenge those excuses and promote gender and disability mainstreaming in development processes, and be able to draw up practical action plans.
Specific Objectives
- To identify and discuss excuses of gender and disability mainstreaming
- To discuss different methods and strategies in gender and disability mainstreaming
- To identify levels of gender and disability mainstreaming and actions to be taken at all levels.
Module 5
Documentation, monitoring and evaluation of mainstreaming processes
This module enables participants to understand various methods of documentation, monitoring and evaluation in gender and disability mainstreaming interventions. It also equips participants to develop and monitor a gender and disability responsive budget.
Specific objectives
- To differentiate the terms documentation, monitoring and evaluation
- To explain the role of documentation, monitoring and evaluation in gender and disability mainstreaming.
- To discuss methods for documentation, monitoring and evaluation of gender and disability mainstreaming interventions
- To develop and monitor a gender and disability responsive budget
How to register:
Kindly, drop us mail at info@aspm.co.ke or apply through the online form..http://www.aspm.co.ke/index.php/online-application