Platform for African – European Partnership in Agricultural Research for Development

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Announcement: Professional Capacity Strengthening Programme - Agricultural Research for Development and Rural Innovation

Anglophone Programme 2012

Professional Capacity Strengthening Programme -
Agricultural Research for Development and Rural Innovation

This programme will be run from 23 Jan to 27 April 2012, for a period of 14 weeks, in Wageningen, the Netherlands. The programme comprises a resedential phase in the Netherlands (23 Jan-9 March and 21-27 April 2012) and a 6-week professional experience in the South (10 March-20 April).

Target group: Professionals working in rural innovation

Objectives: The programme will enhance participants' teamwork and leadership skills to facilitate multi-stakeholder partnerships in knowledge-based rural innovation. Participants will also learn to assist their institutions to create an enabling environment for collective innovation.
Subjects: Stakeholder Processes in Rural Innovation; Working in Partnerships & Inter-institutional Teams; Participatory Approaches & Interactive Learning; Soft Systems Thinking; Analysing Complex Issues; Planning & Implementing Collective Innovation Strategies; Institutional Change; INRM; Value Chains; Livelihoods Systems; Facilitation of Experiential Learning.
Modes of instruction: Experiential learning through fieldwork in NL - 6 weeks of teamwork in the South - to initiate a rural innovation process engaging the collaboration of stakeholders. This is supported by interactive workshops based on self-guided reading, group work on case studies and exchange of experiences.

Educational requirements: Professional involvement and experience in rural innovation, analytical and problem-solving capabilities equivalent to MSc, PhD or MBA.

The course brochure and the ICRA application form can be downloaded below:

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