Organization: Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
Registration deadline: 31 Oct 2015
Starting date: 05 Jan 2016
Ending date: 21 Jan 2016
The Middlebury Institute if International Studies at Monterey is offering an intensive, 2-week training open to development professionals, career-changers, graduate students, and a limited number of gifted undergraduates. DPMI: Certificate in International Development and Social Change is a professional certificate program for those seeking training for careers in humanitarian relief, emergency response, poverty alleviation, and long-term community development.
The modules include (1) Managing Development Projects, (2) Social Change and Participatory Development, and (3) Strategic Partnership and Social Entrepreneurship. DPMI uses a cross-sector approach, taking best practices from the development field and combining these tools with successful concepts drawn from the private sector.
Program Description
The focus of this course revolves around HIV, public health, gender, and education issues in the Rwandan context. Training also covers social marketing as a public health tool. Project planning, facilitation, and partnerships are covered in the classroom with 2-3 days devoted to “real-life” client projects with Partners in Health, a NGO co-founded by Nobel Peace Prize nominee and author Paul Farmer, and the Rwanda Ministry of Health. Working side by side with African professionals from leading NGOs to develop innovative solutions that address local priorities, you will gain skills in design and project assessment in sustainable development, fostering participatory development (with a focus on education), leading change, measuring progress, crafting attractive funding proposals, and using data to communicate results.
The Rwanda training also provides the option of a week-long cultural immersion in Kigali before the program.
Now accepting applications for Winter 2016:
Rwinkwavu, Rwanda
Dates: January 12 -21, 2016
Program Fees
- $2,500 for visiting students
- $1,500 for students enrolled at the Middlebury Institute or Middlebury College
Fee includes shared lodging, food, and some local transportation.
Optional Cultural Immersion: January 5 - 11, 2016
Program Fees
$1,200for all participants
Fee includes shared lodging and local transportation to meetings with key government and NGO leaders.
Early Review Deadline: September 1, 2015
Standard Review Deadline: October 31, 2015
How to register:
For more information and to apply visit go.miis.edu/dpmi.