Design, Monitoring and Evaluation for Peacebuilding 2015

TRAINING COURSE

13-17 July 2015

DESIGN, MONITORING AND EVALUATION FOR PEACEBUILDING, SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT

5-day programme

Faculty profiles

5th International Training Workshop

The workshop is run by a mix of methodology experts and practitioners in their respective fields, enriching the modules with first-hand experience and real life case studies.

The five-day workshop provides a unique opportunity for practitioners (donors and nationals) working in the field of peacebuilding, security and development (P-S-D) to enhance their programme design skills and their monitoring and evaluation capacity. This intensive training tackles programme cycle planning, theories of change, results-based approaches as well as the practical implementation of monitoring and evaluation process in the most interactive way using simulations and field based case studies.

Key benefits for you

2015 has been declared the International Year of Evaluation

Policy-makers and practitioners in the field of peacebuilding, security and development still lack critical skills in programme or project design, monitoring and evaluation.

This course will enhance your capacities to: • Improve design, leading to better projects and programmes • Align programmes in the P-S-D sectors with national development priorities

• Improve monitoring and evaluation of projects and programmes in the P-S-D sectors • Encourage the development of monitoring and evaluation frameworks for national P-S-D programmes • Build up a pool of national experts for evaluations in the P-S-D sectors • Stimulate cross-fertilisation within the P-S-D sectors.

Why you should attend

Photo Credit: UN Photo/Tim McKulka

The course will enhance your programme/ project design capacity by walking you through every step of the process from line of sight, theory of change to case design and indicator setting. It will enable you to address gaps related to appropriate goal setting, performance targeting, monitoring progress, and evaluating outputs as well as outcomes in the fields of peacebuilding, security and development.

Course curriculum

Methodology

Seminar modules include:

The workshop consists of instruction in essential tools and techniques, current lessons from the field (i.e. case studies), guidance from experts, and handson practice developing an evaluation design for P-S-D programmes. About 25% of the workshop time is spent in a small group setting.

• Project cycle management and project design • Monitoring • Theory of change • Evaluation questions and design • Data collection methods

Working language The working language will be English, so it is important that all applicants be proficient enough in the English language to understand the concepts, processes and exercises featured in the workshop.

Target audience The intended audience for the trainings includes: • National development, peace and security officials, representatives from local and international development, political and security agencies; • Technical advisors/programme officers from UN and other relevant agencies; • Key policy makers from violence-affected countries;

In the heart of “International Geneva” Hosting 35 international organisations, more than 250 non-governmental organisations, and 252 diplomatic missions, representations and delegations, Geneva represents the world’s richest network in international affairs.

Admission For further details about the course and the application process, please contact: sptc@gcsp.ch +41 (0)22 730 96 08 Application deadline: Friday, 1 May 2015 Tuition fees: The seminar is offered free of charge. All other expenses including lodging and travel are the responsibility of the participant.

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• Officials from security and development agencies from donor countries; • Independent P-S-D experts and specialists.

Participants should have experience working with projects/programmes in the security and development sectors. The needs of individuals from both public and nongovernmental institutions will be addressed.

Organisers The Geneva Centre for Security Policy (GCSP) is an international foundation with 46 member states from across the globe that provides forward-thinking and innovative solutions for leaders and policymakers concerned with international affairs and security.

The Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) provides advice, capacity development, research, knowledge dissemination and develops standards for the elimination of mines and explosive hazards.

The International Programme for Development Evaluation Training (IPDET), collaboration of the Independent Evaluation Group of the World Bank and Carleton University, is an executive training program in development evaluation.

The International Security Sector Advisory Team of the Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Froces (DCAF) is an international foundation on the initiative of the Swiss Confederation, which contributes to enhancing security sector governance.

The Small Arms Survey is a global centre of excellence whose mandate is to generate impartial, evidence-based, and policy-relevant knowledge on all aspects of small arms and armed violence.