World: Online Certificate Course in Project Development & Management from a Gender Perspective

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Over the past decade, project management has taken a central role in civil society work and can be considered today as a tool for social change, a cornerstone to community development and to build and/or strengthen civil society organisations. As a consequence, gender mainstreaming strategies in development and management of projects has become a necessary skill for civil society organisations, development actors and project managers in other to achieve gender equality.

This course is designed to equip participants with gender mainstreaming skills for better management of community-based development programmes. The course will further provide participants with a concrete ‘step-by-step’ approach including hints and guidelines for developing and implementing a successful project from a gender-based perspective in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs.

In this course, several issues and problem areas of project management for innovation will be covered. Particular attention will be paid to delivering products and services with speed and quality. Special emphasis will be placed on the importance of the project “users” and how project management involves them.

Each stage of program management tools and issues regarding gender inclusion are explored and practiced. A focus is put on the participant as agent of change in his/her organisation. Special attention is therefore put at gender mainstreaming at an individual level, program and organisational level. The participant leaves with a personal action plan for mainstreaming gender in his/her programs and organisations.

Course Objectives:

At the end of the course you:

• are familiar with the basic concepts of gender, project and program management;
• can assure that gender is mainstreamed in the project cycle, in identification, formulation, monitoring and evaluation;
• can develop a theory of change;
• can design project and programs, monitor and evaluate on gender equality;
• can assess your organisation on strengths and weakness for mainstreaming gender;
• the participant leaves with a personal action plan for mainstreaming gender in his/her programs and organisation.

BENEFITS
The overall benefit of this course is to provide participants with skills for gender mainstreaming in design and implementation of successful projects. The course can be used to establish/strengthen gender mainstreaming strategies of project management policies and practices both in the public and private sector.
Students who successfully complete the course will receive a Certificate of Participation.

COURSE CONTENT

Pre – Training

• Introductory Course in the Online Training System (Free)

Module 1: Introduction to Project Development and Management

• Introduction
• Origin and Meaning of the word ‘project’
• The Concept of Project Management
• What Project Management is not

Assignment -1

Module 2: Fundamental Project Concepts and Elements

• Introduction
• Elements of Project Management
• Project Processes
• Project Life Cycles
• Project Management Systems
• Five Basic Project Management Concepts
• Project-based Organisational Structures

Assignment -2

Module 3: Project Management Methodologies

• The Concepts of Project Management Methodologies
• Managing Your Project

Assignment – 3

Module 4: Mainstreaming Gender in Project Management

• Basic gender concepts and definitions
• Key gender mainstreaming perspectives, strategies and steps
• Ways and Mean of Reducing Gender Inequality in Project Management
• Gender Perspective at Different Stages of Projects
• Gender Analysis in Pre-project Planning
• Gender Equality & Project Stages

* Sample checklist for assessing gender mainstreaming strategies in project design and implementation

Assignment - 4

Module 5: Gender Mainstreaming in Project Monitoring & Evaluation

• Introduction to Monitoring & Evaluation
• What is Monitoring?
• What is Evaluation?
• Project Monitoring & Evaluation Framework
• Types of frameworks in monitoring and evaluation
• Introduction to Project Indicators
• Gender mainstreaming strategies in indicators, monitoring and evaluation
• How to design quantitative and qualitative gender-responsive indications
• How to measure qualitative indicators
• Data Sources

* Sample Checklists for conducting gender-responsive monitoring and evaluation

Assignment - 5

Module 6: Effective Project Management & Fundraising

• Managing a Project
• Managing People
• Project Team Building & Management
• Fundraising
• How to Write a Concept Note?

Assignment - 6

Module 7: Conclusion and Final Examination

• Assessment of Project Management in Participants’ Organisation
• Final Examination
• Participants evaluation of course/feedback
• Conclusion**Additional Features:**

Target Audience:
This course aims at project staff, advisers, leaders and members of coalitions and Networks, staff of NGOs and CBOs, donor agency field workers, volunteers, development actors, trainers, business students, government officials, desk officers and consultants, involved in facilitating integration of non discriminatory behavior and equality between men and women. A focus is put on the participant as agent of change in his/her organisation. For this course familiarity with project cycle management is beneficial. Furthermore, every opportunity will be taken for joint learning events for clients and GHRLTI staff.

Entry Requirement:

Students must have a current e-mail account, regular access to and general familiarity with the internet and mobile phones. Candidates should have a good written command of English language and high competence and comfort with computer and internet use.

Course Delivery:
Interaction with students will be via the Global Human Rights Leadership Training Institute training platform and all course notes and guidelines for study will be delivered and accessible to students in electronic format. (http://www.justicegroup.us/GHRLTI)

All the course modules is made available to the participants at the beginning of the course. At the end of each module, an assignment is completed by the students and marked by the course experts. Assignments are in the form of written assignments.

Award of the Certificates:

Statistics from previous courses showed that submission of assignments and receiving online tutoring help participants to implement successful projects in their organisation and communities from a gender perspective. Certificates will be awarded only to those students who:
1) Completed all assignments and Final Exam
2) Obtain a combined final mark of 50% or more for the assignments and Final Exam
Successful students will receive the GHRLTI Certification in Project Development & Management from a Gender Perspective.

Location: Online

Total Duration: One month, approximately 35 hours learning time

Application Procedure
Applications will be accepted on a first-come-first-serve basis. Applications received after this deadline will be considered as late application. Application form can be downloaded directly from our website http://www.justicegroup.us/project-gender-mainstreaming

All inquiries to email: applications@justicegroup.org OR global4learning@gmail.com.

To register for the course, complete and submit an application form to email: applications@justicegroup.org. However, applications will be accepted on a first-come-first-serve basis. Applications received after this deadline will be considered as late application. Application form can be downloaded directly from our website http://www.justicegroup.us/project-gender-mainstreaming

All inquiries to email: applications@justicegroup.org OR global4learning@gmail.com.