I believe that reality and situations are local cultural and multiple in nature so concepts , theories and standard can only create meaning being related with local context thus there is no single way of doing but multiple ways. Instead of one way transfer of ideas, I need form co-learner relationship with the staff and manager of development agencies and organizations. I am serious about healing splits between training and action, research and intervention, standard procedure and multiple local realities. I do not form subject-object relationship with the service recipient organizations; but work being part of rather than apart from. I like to center mutual learning and actions to make development organizations and their programs effective. Until it is obvious instead of focusing on problems I appreciate facilitating organizations building and growing on their strengths and potentials.
Accompanient to develop innovative programs
I can provide effective accompaniment and enable development organizations and agencies to initiate and establish following effective programs which are already innovated and tested . And I have experienced by doing .
Promition of self help in development
Bulding target groups
Appreciative Inquiry to promote self help
Health, water and sanitation
· Community led total sanitation
· Community based primary health care
Disaster risk reduction
· Community managed disaster risk reduction
· Community managed livelihood promotion towards disaster risk reduction
Participatory local governanc
· Multistakehodler particitaion process in local governanace
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Project /program management
This category technical is implemented towards effective project cycle management. My track records include:
· Formulation and impanation of projects
· Designing and conducting project monitoring , evaluation and documentation including gender disaggregated approach
· Training program development and management
· Public-private –civil society partnership
· Policy advocacy strategic planning
Organizational development and management
· Developing organizational strategic planning
· Facilitation and documentation of practice generated lessons and learning
· Human resource management systems
· Integration of learning at individual, policy procedures and organizational culture
· Fund raising
Training
I have strong capacity to provide technical assistance in developing training courses and programs. Classical approaches to training needs assessment, course design, conduction and training evaluation are the common expertise of mine . Following is the menu of training courses which I am fully capable of conducting with state-of-the-art concepts and process. If the language of training course is English then I can directly conduct sessions but if in case it becomes unavoidable to choose local language then I can provide backstopping support to local trainers in conducting the course. Detail course outline is sent to recipients’ organization upon entering into an agreement.
Community Managed Disaster Risk Reduction (CMDRR): A tested and effective framework based course enables participants to understand basic concepts and process of CMDRR. The course augments participants’ skills in facilitating Participatory Disaster Risk Assessment (PDRA), facilitating Community DRR action planning, monitoring and evaluation process. Organization intends to organize this training course, besides classroom training venue, needs to provide participants scope and opportunity to do 2 days field practicum in the community. Depending on the participants context, physical facilities, and degree of rigor this course can be designed and conducted within duration of 7 to 10 days. Besides, training ACS consultants can be contracted to design and conduct long term training and accompaniment to capacity development and CMDRR program development.
Training of Facilitators on Appreciative Inquiry (TOF-AI): Instead of starting with problem and negative, Appreciative Inquiry to development and social change begins with prospects and positive. This course enables participants to understand basic concepts and process of AI. The course augments participants’ skills in facilitating 4D cycle (discovery, Dream, Design Destiny) of AI can be applied in any sectors of development including promotion of self-help, multi-stakeholder participation process, conflict transformation and piece promotion . Organization intends to organize this training course, besides classroom training venue, needs to provide participants scope and opportunity to do field practicum in the community. The course can be designed and conducted within duration of 4 to 5 days. Besides, training ACS consultants can be contracted to design and conduct long term training and accompaniment to capacity development and program development usages AI.
Community Managed Livelihood Approach to Disaster Risk Reduction: A tested and effective framework based course enables participants to understand basic concepts and process of community managed livelihood approach to disaster risk reduction. The course augments participants’ skills in facilitating participatory livelihood feasibility study from the perspective of protection and promotion of livelihood towards disaster risk assessment (PDRA) and facilitating Community DRR action planning. Organization intends to organize this training course, besides classroom training venue, needs to provide participants scope and opportunity to do 2 days field practicum in the community. This course can be designed and conducted within duration of 5 to 7 days. Besides training, ACS consultants can be contracted to design and conduct long term training and accompaniment to capacity and program development .
Community Identified Significant Change (CISC): A method combines qualitative data generation, participatory learning, and writing stories of change. Project communities are facilitated to determine and select significant change domain through the creative use of a combination of PRA and Story -Telling methods-that generates resource to write quality change story. CISE is easily applicable by field staff. The field practicum part of the course instantly generates stories of change. Including two days of field exercises this 4 day course enhances participant’s knowledge and skills in application of CISC. The course itself can well serve to assess and document impact of projects/programs.
Participatory process and impact documentation : This training course adds to knowledge and skills towards application of several tools and methods of participatory process and impact documentation , tools and methods include impact flow chart ; impact tree; case story writing; community tells and writes story; lessons learnt session/workshop ; staff writeshop; mini- learning practicum and report ; time line change events ; process application force field analysis; learning and change history; document distillation session ; photographic process illustration ; time line change photography ; community story video; community learning report of exchange visit; timeline spider web ; Intended-realized and Emergent strategy . Depending on the context of participants and organizational requirements tools and methods are selected and course is designed. Fundamental methods of the course are field practicum and role play. Field practicum instantly produces valuable documents on process and impact. The course can easily be utilized to assess and document process and impact of an on-going project.
Organizational Learning for Development Action: This two-week course addresses the purposive quest for learning within development organizations. It focuses on how to create the motive, means and opportunities to foster individual and collective learning within development organizations. Based on select conceptual frameworks, the course engages participants to reflect on their organization's learning potential and provides them with an array of useful tools and methodologies for documenting, sharing and using practice-based learning. At the end of the course, participants prepare an action plan which will enable them to put into practice specific learnings derived from the course in their own organizational contexts. The course is designed to enhance the learner’s understanding of organizational learning and their ability to apply appropriate approaches, methods and tools to foster organizational learning for better development action. At the end of this course, participants will have:
· recognized the importance of organizational learning towards overcoming complex challenges that face development organizations today;
· articulated several related concepts, models and frameworks of organizational learning;
· explained approaches, methods and tools to foster a culture of learning within the organization;
· built learning into program/project design, implementation and monitoring and evaluation; and
· prepared an action plan to enhance or promote or nurture learning within participants’ organizations.
Training of facilitator (ToF) on Appreciative Sharing of Knowledge (ASK): This 4-day course is designed based on a recent and ground breaking framework tested and developed by Thatchenkery, T. (2005) . Based on positive theories of change , this course enable participants to learn how to apply 7-steps process for ASK in creating cooperative knowledge sharing culture in the organization. ACS consultants can also be contracted to facilitate the process in an organization based on detailed design .
Training of trainers: This 10-day course facilitates participants to walk though the training cycle and engage them into a step-by-step guided small group practicum in training needs assessment, course design, conduction and evaluation. The course creates training manual as instant products. Besides training, ACS consultants can be contracted to design and conduct long term accompaniment in training program development.
Project proposal writing: Upon clarification of concepts and structure of project proposal development this 7-day course engages participants into a step-by step guided small group practicum of writing proposal. The course creates project proposal as instant products. Besides training, ACS consultants can be contracted to design and conduct long term accompaniment to the project teams in developing project proposals.
Project monitoring and evaluation system development: This course helps participants to develop M&E framework and tools on their on-going projects. Duration of the course is decided depending on the nature and scope of project.
Participatory strategic planning: Upon clarification of the concept of participatory strategic thinking and planning in this 5-day course participants are facilitated to engage them in a practicum taking their own organizations as cases. Harvard’s International Development Research developed framework and tools are used with a clarification of how to apply it involving multi-stakeholder participation process. Besides training, ACS consultants can be contracted to facilitate organizational and program strategic planning .
Policy advocacy planning: Upon clarification of the concepts and principles of policy advocacy this 7-day course facilitates participants in a step-by-step practicum of applying a framework of policy advocacy planning. Harvard’s International Development Research developed framework and tools are used. Besides training, ACS consultants can be contracted to facilitate in development of policy advocacy plan .
Facilitating CBO’s sustainability: this 4 -day course develop understanding and skills of participants in application of ‘self assessment and action tools for organization’s sustainability.
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