Directory of NGOs in the Lao PDR : Training Courses and Workshops

Institutional Development and organisational Strengthening (new course)

2008-01-14

Information yet to come. This website and

www.rrdtc.org will be updated when written information is available.

Start Date: 20 Oct 2008
Duration: 5 days
Location: RRDTC, 378/24 Ban Nasay, Saphangmor Road, Saysettha District, P O Box 11633, Vientiane Capital

Working Appropriately with ethnic groups (in Lao)

2008-01-14

WORKING APPROPRIATELY WITH ETHNIC GROUPS & IKAP Techniques

15 – 19 September 2008 and by arrangement

TARGET BENEFICIARIES

Suitable for NGO, Government, Provincial, district staff and NPA workers who are working directly with ethnic communities in the rural area, and suitable for ethnics’ cultural promotion in Lao PDR.

VENUE AND TRAINING SCHEDULE

RRDTC, Ban Nasay, 378/24 Saphangmor Road, Vientiane Capital, five days at RRDTC, Vientiane. Training hours: 8.00 - 9.45; 10.00 - 12.00; 1 - 2.45; 3 - 4.00 pm

OBJECTIVES

This training focuses on ethnic and development issues for INGO, Lao NPA and Government staff.

After the training course, the trainees will be able to:

Understand the backgrounds and livelihoods of ethnic groups in Lao PDR

Understand the role of ethnic people and the development process, approach of working with ethnic communities, ethnic people and problem analysis for development plan

Apply this knowledge in their own area of responsibilities.

TRAINING METHODS

Participatory learning approach (PLA), application –oriented and interactive:

Exchanging ideas and experiences, group discussion and group work presentations, Demonstrations, Brainstorming, Training Games such as role plays,songs and stories, participative use of flip charts, Golden cards, and LCD (Data show) and/or whiteboard presentations by trainer

Trainees will have the chance to practice skills with the support and guidance of trainers. Fieldwork can be arranged for training outside of Vientiane.

LANGUAGE

Course will be delivered in Lao. Course materials and handouts will be provided in Lao.

COURSE FEE

The fee per participant is US$95 for a scheduled Public program course at the RRDTC Center in Vientiane. This fee includes course attendance, course materials and handouts, lunch, breaks, and certificate.

Start Date: 15 Sep 2008
Duration: 5 days
Location: RRDTC, 378/24 Ban Nasay, Saphangmor Road, Saysettha District, Vientiane Capital

Finance for NGOs (and NPAs) - Getting the basics right

2008-01-14

Purpose

The purpose of the “Financial Management - Getting the Basics Right is to build the capacity of NGO and NPA staff in the basics of financial management for NGOs and to develop the skills and confidence of staff so that by the end of the course they can manage the basics of their own NGO finances.

Target Group

This training course is aimed at NGO, NPA and other participants to manage the financial management and sustainability of their not for profit organisations.

Course content

The 5-day training focuses on:

What is financial management?

Why do we need financial management?

7 principles financial management

4 building blocks of financial management

Accounting records

Financial planning

Financial monitoring

Internal control

Learning Objectives

1. Values

At the end of the course participants will appreciate:

The role of the financial management - getting the basics right

That you do not have to be an accountant to understand and apply financial management concepts.

2. Core Skills

At the end of the course participants will be able to:

Be able to know, use and describe the seven principles and the four building blocks of financial management

Know how to keep an accounting records and do financial planning, financial monitoring and develop internal control

Training approach

RRDTC’s training is practical, participatory and personal. We focus on real issues and help participants to use the techniques covered, rather than just discuss them. Training is undertaken in small groups to meet the needs of individual participants.

Start Date: 11 Aug 2008
Duration: 5 days
Location: RRDTC, House 378, Unit 24 Nan Nasay, Saphaongmor Rd, Saysettha District, Vientiane

Gender Awareness and CEDAW (in Lao)

2008-01-14

Target Beneficiaries

Staff from Lao and International Organisations, Government, Provincial, and Districts involved in sustainable community development.

Venue and Training Schedule

5 days at RRDTC, Vientiane. Training hours: 8:00 – 9:45, 10:00 – 12.00; 1– 2:45, 3:00 – 4:00 pm.

Learning objectives

After the training course, the trainees will be able to:

Understand and apply Gender Analysis to activities

Understand the process of women’s empowerment and techniques that can be used for empowerment

Participate in women’s advancement development planning

Understand principles and meaning of CEDAW

Know how to use National mechanism implementation of CEDAW in Lao PDR and apply to rural community

Training methods

Participatory learning approach (PLA), application –oriented and interactive:

Exchanging ideas and experiences, group discussion and group work presentations, Brainstorming, Training Games such as role-plays, fishbowl, songs and stories, use of flip charts, Golden cards, and LCD (Data show) presentations and case study.

Trainees will have the chance to practice skills with the support and guidance of trainers

Language

Course will be delivered in Lao. Course materials and handouts will be provided in Lao.

Course Fee

US$ 95. Fee includes course attendance, course materials and handouts, lunch, breaks, and certificate.

Registration date and address

Please register before 10 July 2008, Phone: 453 091, Cell: 020 568 5669 and Fax: 021 453 092,

Email: rrdtcinfo@laopdr.com
RRDTC, 378 Ban Nasay, Saphangmor Road, Saysettha District, P O Box 11633, Vientiane

Course Contents (oNLY MAIN CONTENTS)

Gender background

Gender promotion process internationally and in Lao PDR

Beijing declaration and implementation plan for women’s advancement

Sex and gender in the family and society

Women participation in leadership

Problems and research of women’s problems in rural areas

Gender analysis

Strengthening of women

Gender and development

CEDAW (Convention Elimination and Discrimination Again Women)

Gender equality

3 CEDAW principles of gender equality

Components of CEDAW

National mechanism implementation of CEDAW in Lao PDR

ການວິເຄະບົດບາດຍິງຊາຍ ແລະ ສົນທິສັນຍາ CEDAW 14 - 18/07/2008

ກຸ່ມເປົ້າໝາຍ:

ພະນັກ ງານ ອົງການພັດທະນາສາກົນ, ພະນັກງານ ອົງການບໍ່ຫວັງຜົນກຳໄລ, ພະນັກງານຈາກພາກລັດ ທີ່ກ່ຽວຂ້ອງກັບການພັດທະນາຊຸມຊົນ.

ສະຖານທີ່ ແລະ ເວລາ ຝຶກອົບຮົມ

Start Date: 14 Jul 2008
Duration: 5 days
Location: RRDTC, 378/24 Ban Nasay, Saphangmor Road, Saysettha District, Vientiane Capital

PARTICIPATORY RURAL APPRAISAL & PRA PROJECT PLANNING

2008-01-14

Available as Public training 07 - 11 April 2008 and available on request

TARGET BENEFICIARIES

Suitable for International and Lao organisations, Government, Provincial, and district staff who are involved in sustainable community development.

VENUE AND TRAINING SCHEDULE

Public training to be held at the RRDTC Center, Vientiane

To be arranged to suit client's needs

OBJECTIVES

After the training course, the trainees will be able to:

Understand concepts of development, its impacts and initial steps for sustainable development

Understand information requirements, effective data collection and the basic attributes of PRA

Be able to plan and implement basic PRA data selection and collection at village level using learned PRA techniques including interviews

TRAINING METHODS

Participatory learning approach (PLA), application –oriented and interactive:

Exchanging ideas and experiences, group discussion and group work presentations, Demonstrations, Brainstorming, Training Games such as role plays,songs and stories, participative use of flip charts, Golden cards, and LCD (Data show) and/or whiteboard presentations by trainer

Trainees will have the chance to practice skills with the support and guidance of trainers. Fieldwork can be included in training outside of Vientiane upon request.

LANGUAGE

Course will be delivered in Lao. Course materials and handouts will be provided in Lao.

COURSE FEE

The 2008 fee per participant is US$95 for a scheduled Public program course at the RRDTC Center in Vientiane. This fee includes course attendance, course materials and handouts, lunch, breaks, and certificate.

For customized training elsewhere in Lao PDR, please contact RRDTC

Start Date: 07 Jul 2008
Duration: 5 days
Location: RRDTC, 378/24 Ban Nasay, Saphangmor Road, Saysettha District, P O Box 11633, Vientiane

TRAINING OF TRAINERS 2

2008-01-14

Public Training held 16 - 20 June 2008 and available on request

TARGET BENEFICIARIES

This training workshop follows on from Training of Trainers 1 which covers facilitation and communication skills for trainers. The training is suitable for people involved in planning and delivering training courses who already have some knowledge and experience of facilitation and communication skills and participative training methods.

VENUE AND TRAINING SCHEDULE

5 days at RRDTC, Vientiane. Training hours: 8:00 – 9:45, 10:00 – 12.00; 1– 2:45, 3:00 – 4:00 pm.

OBJECTIVES

This training will develop trainer's knowledge and skills in training needs assessment, writing a training proposal, curriculum and training design, evaluation and training report writing

After the training course, the trainees will be able to:

Accurately plan and analyse a training needs assessment

Design training curriculum and training plans appropriate to identified training needs

Evaluate and report the process and results of a training course

Apply the topics and lesons learned about TOT 2 to their own work

LEARNING METHODS

Participatory learning approach (PLA), application –oriented and interactive:

Exchanging ideas and experiences, group discussion and group work presentations, Demonstrations, Brainstorming, Training Games such as role plays,songs and stories, participative use of flip charts, Golden cards, and LCD (Data show) and/or whiteboard presentations by trainer

Trainees will have the chance to practice skills with the support and guidance of trainers

LANGUAGE

Course will be delivered in Lao. Course materials and handouts will be provided in Lao.

COURSE FEE

The 2008 fee per participant is US$95 for a scheduled Public program course at the RRDTC Center in Vientiane. This fee includes course attendance, course materials and handouts, lunch, breaks, and certificate. Some free places may be available for Lao Not for Profit Associations.

COURSE CONTENTS

The learning cycle

How to do a training needs assessment

How to write a training proposal

Curriculum design

Training design

Team work

Coordination and communication to stakeholders

Conducting the training course

Course evaluation

Report writing

Training follow-up

Start Date: 16 Jun 2008
Duration: 5 days
Location: RRDTC, 378/24 Ban Nasay, Saphangmor Road, Saysettha District, P O Box 11633, Vientiane

Los Banos Dissertation Workshop

2008-01-21

Dissertation Workshop on

THE CHALLENGES OF AGRARIAN TRANSITION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

30 May to 1 June 2008, Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines

The Challenges of Agrarian Transition in Southeast Asia (ChATSEA) project and the Southeast Asian

Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) invite applications from

Masters and Doctoral students to participate in an interdisciplinary Dissertation Workshop.

THE WORKSHOP

This workshop is intended for masters and doctoral students from any university whose dissertation projects engage with agrarian transitions in Southeast Asia. The purpose of the workshop is to encourage and assist post-graduate students who are just beginning work on these issues, as well as those who are further along in their projects. The format will involve intensive, collegial and open group discussion of the individual student projects, and with the theoretical and methodological issues which they raise.

The workshop will take place over three days in the SEARCA facilities, in Los Banos (Laguna,

Philippines). The on-site costs of the workshop, meals and accommodations, will all be covered by SEARCA and ChATSEA. There will also be small travel grants available for regional flights to Manila.

AGRARIAN TRANSITIONS

Over the last twenty years, the literature on agrarian and rural relations has been marked by an explosion of innovative theoretical approaches, many of which are inspired by the analytical challenges posed by globalization. New research on diverse themes such as space and geography, identity, commodity chains, gender, agro-food systems, class, power and the production of knowledge, regulation and certification (both private and public), political ecology and various kinds of network theory, have brought about dramatic shifts in the way that central terms such as rural, community, market, nature, state, and development are understood. Southeast Asia has been a key region for innovative theoretical insight and practical engagement with agrarian studies.

At least six sets of processes at the core of the agrarian transition may be identified. These are:

1) Agricultural intensification and territorial expansion;

2) Increasing integration of production into market-based systems of exchange;

3) Accelerating processes of urbanisation and industrialisation;

4) Heightened mobility of populations both within and across national borders;

5) Intensification of regulation, as new forms of private, state and supra-state power are developed and formalized to govern agricultural production and exchange relationships; 6) processes of environmental change that modify the relationship between society and nature to reflect new human impacts and new valuations of resources.

This framework serves as the conceptual basis for the broader ChATSEA project and will aid in the discussions of the research proposals and projects at the workshop.

FACILITATORS

The Dissertation workshop will be facilitated by faculty resource persons drawn from the ChATSEA project. These will include: Philip Hirsch (University of Sydney), Philip Kelly (York University), Michael

Leaf (University of British Columbia), Tania Li (University of Toronto), Pham Van Cu (Hanoi University of Sciences), Jonathan Rigg (University of Durham), Peter Vandergeest (York University), Chusak Wittayapak (Chiang Mai University), Doracie Zoleta-Nantes (University of the Philippines)

ELIGIBILITY

Applicants should be enrolled full time in a masters or doctoral program. They must have drafted a dissertation research proposal, although it may not yet be approved by their committees. Applicants will need to prepare materials in advance of the meeting, namely reading and sending commentaries and questions on the proposals of other participants, to establish the basis for productive exchange.

HOW TO APPLY

Applications consist of three items:

1. A current curriculum vitae.

2. An 8 to 10 page double spaced dissertation proposal. Alternatively, if the work is well underway, an 8 to 10 page double spaced description of the specific issues being addressed, the intellectual approach, and the materials being studied. For candidates in the thesis write-up stage, a chapter can be submitted but should be supplemented by a short description of the whole thesis project to allow readers to grasp the context of your work.

3. Any requests for travel funding with a budget proposal (up to CAD $400 may be available for student travel costs). Workshop participants will be selected on the content of the submitted projects, the potential for useful exchanges among them, and the benefits of including a range of disciplinary approaches and intellectual traditions. Acceptance notes will be sent to applicants by March 15, 2008.

Start Date: 30 May 2008
Duration: 2 Days
Location: Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines

Office Management Part 2

2008-04-25

Training Course on:

“Office Management Part 2’

Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR 19-23/05/2008

Introduction

Office management and Administration is one of the skills that the modern working staffs should have owned, since a good office management could make other works within the organization run well. Due to the office administration is compared to be a nerve center that controls every part of the organization. If the nerve center is malfunctioned, it will affect the whole structure without a doubt. A good office management is also a deduction of the task burden of the executive of the organization. In addition, it will assist and comfort the tasks to be done more effectively. However, only a good efficient office management skill could help other tasks run smoothly.

Course participants

The Training Course on “Office Management” is designed for trainees as followed:

staff who works as secretary or assistant

Staff who works closely and contact with boss all the time

Officers or office manager

Head of units or departments

Training topics

Preparation letters and notice

filing and document management

Appointment Arrangement

Preparation and Arrangement of the meeting

Writing reports

How to use telephone effectively (manner, techniques and steps to receive and connect telephone)

Human relation and manner of receptionist

Making an office tidy and in order

Course objective

ü The participants will be more efficient in helping the management in any levels

ü The participants will get a more effective skills in coordinating with every units within their own organization

ü The participants will be a better contact person for outside organization

Trainers

The course will be presented by professional trainers of TACDO CENTER. The TACDO trainers have specific expertise for years in conducting specific need training for rural development. The training language will be Lao, occasionally Thai and English will be used.

Methods

The course sticks to principles of trainees participating in the training as much as possible. The trainers will have opportunities to use their knowledge and theories mastered during the course. Training materials will be based on actual circumstances and attention needs to be paid by participants.

Duration

The course will take 5 days. Enrolment is taking place in the training room on the training day commencing. Upon completion, the participants will be awarded with certificates.

Time and venue

From the 19-23 May 2008, in Vientiane Capital

Course fee per participant

Total course fee is USD250 per participants, the said amount includes:

1) Training fee

2) Training materials

3) Certificates

4) Coffee or tea breaks for morning and afternoon

5) Lunch during the training period.

6) Field visit

Start Date: 19 May 2008
Duration: 5 days
Location: Vientiane Capital

Management Skills (MS)

2008-03-18

Topics: Tasks, roles and required skills of a manager, personal core qualities & pitfalls, strengthening practical skills related to communication, team- and conflict management, review of meetings, coaching and motivation, and time management.

Start Date: 19 May 2008
Duration: 5 days
Location: Lao Plaza Hotel, Vientiane, Lao PDR

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

2008-01-14

Public training held 19 - 23 May 2008 and available on request

TARGET BENEFICIARIES

Suitable for International and Lao organisations, Government, Provincial, and district staff who are involved in sustainable community development.

VENUE AND TRAINING SCHEDULE

5 days at RRDTC, Vientiane. Training hours: 8:00 – 9:45, 10:00 – 12.00; 1– 2:45, 3:00 – 4:00 pm.

By arrangement for Client.

OBJECTIVES

After the training course participants will be able to:

Understand the project management cyscle and related processes

Understand project time management techniques, basic cost management, human resource co-ordination and communication between working groups

Understand the role of planning, monitoring and evaluation in project lifecycle management

Be able to design and implement a basic project

LEARNING METHODS

Participatory Learning Approach (PLA) which is application-oriented and interactive:

Exchanging ideas and experiences, group discussion and group work presentations,
Demonstrations, Brainstorming, Training Games such as role plays,songs and stories,
participative use of flip charts, Golden cards, and LCD (Data show) and/or whiteboard presentations by trainer

Trainees will have the chance to practice skills with the support and guidance of trainers, supervised fieldwork practice available on request.

LANGUAGE

Course will be delivered in Lao. Course materials and handouts will be provided in Lao.

COURSE FEE

The 2008 fee per participant is US$95 for a scheduled Public program course at the RRDTC Center in Vientiane. This fee includes course attendance, course materials and handouts, lunch, breaks, and certificate. Some free places may be available for Lao Not for Profit Associations depending on funding available

Start Date: 19 May 2008
Duration: 5 days
Location: RRDTC, 378/24 Ban Nasay, Saphangmor Road, Saysettha District, Vientiane

Directory of NGOs in the Lao PDR : Training Courses and Workshops

Institutional Development and organisational Strengthening (new course)

Working Appropriately with ethnic groups (in Lao)

Finance for NGOs (and NPAs) - Getting the basics right

Purpose

Target Group

Course content

Learning Objectives

Training approach

Gender Awareness and CEDAW (in Lao)

ກຸ່ມ​ເປົ້າ​ໝາຍ:

ສະຖານ​ທີ່ ​ແລະ ​ເວລາ ຝຶກ​ອົບຮົມ

PARTICIPATORY RURAL APPRAISAL & PRA PROJECT PLANNING

TRAINING OF TRAINERS 2

Los Banos Dissertation Workshop

Office Management Part 2

Management Skills (MS)

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

ກຸ່ມເປົ້າໝາຍ:

ສະຖານທີ່ ແລະ ເວລາ ຝຶກອົບຮົມ