GEI Training and Professional Development Programs

Objective(s): teach students the knowledge and skills needed to undertake professional evaluation work as expert consultants in the in the fields of policy-making, administration and social services;
how to design and implement evaluations in an international context; the academic methodologies required to address questions and problems relating to evaluation; how to understand contract award and procurement processes and to manage evaluation projects.

Objective(s): train participants on how to use the concepts and methods of Evaluation of projects in the field of development cooperation (DC) and humanitarian aid (HA). More specifically, participants will learn how to write and operationalize Terms of References, conduct Evaluations, and submit reports.

Scope:
- I. Evaluation (M&E) in Development Cooperation (DC) and Humanitarian Assistance (HA)
- II. Project Management
- III. Internship Institution / Organization / Company

Objective(s): improve participants' understanding of key evaluation approaches and current and emerging thinking in evaluation, enabling them to reflect on how topical issues such as transformation and
indigenization of evaluation can be applied in their practice; and advance the Made-in-Africa Evaluation conversation.

Scope: topics include...
- Transformational Evaluation
- Made-in-Africa Evaluation
- Results-Based Project Management

Objective(s): explore transformation in Evaluation from its historical context in relation to the Global South and how it may relate to equity and social justice, gather local and international speakers in making a contribution to the transformation discourse form a Global South perspective.

Objective(s): train participants so that they are able to explain the concept of public policy and the issues related to its formulation and evaluation in Africa; define key concept of public policy evaluation; develop a theory of change; develop evaluation criteria, questions, and matrix; choose an evaluation design; collect and analyze both qualitative and quantitative data to answer evaluation questions; and design strategy to support the use of evaluation in decision-making.

Objective(s): train participants to explain results-based M&E concepts, approaches and methodologies; analyze issues related to results-based M&E in Francophone Africa; design, conduct and manage quality M&E actions useful for decision-making; identify ethical and professional issues related to results-based M&E; implement advocacy aimed at strengthening the demand for results-based M&E in Francophone Africa; and develop a network with the evaluator community in fr-speaking Africa through networking.

Objective(s): train participants to explain results-based M&E concepts, approaches and methodologies; analyze results-based M&E issues in WASH sectors; design, conduct and manage quality M&E actions useful for decision-making in water, sanitation and hygiene management; identify ethical and professional issues related to results-based M&E; implement advocacy to build demand for results-based M&E in WASH sectors; and develop a network within the community of policy, program and project evaluators.

Objective(s): train participants to explain results-based M&E concepts, approaches and methodologies; analyze results-based M&E issues in the energy sector; design, conduct and manage quality M&E actions useful for decision-making; identify ethical and professional issues related to results-based M&E; implement advocacy aimed at strengthening the demand for results-based M&E; and develop a professional network within the community of policy, program and project evaluators.

Objective(s): train participants to present the context, issues and challenges related to impact assessment in fr-speaking Africa; explain the main concepts in relation to impact evaluation as well as the methodological approach and related approaches; use the tools and techniques of the randomized controlled trial (RCT) method, the difference-in-differences method, the matching method, the instrumental variables method, the discontinuity regression method; design, conduct and manage a quality impact assessment process that is useful for decision-making; develop ethical and professional iss

Objective(s): train participants to explain the innovations and requirements brought about by the reform of the program budget in the WAEMU space; explain the mechanisms for allocating budgetary appropriations as well as the budgetary principles which underlie them; prepare programming documents: program documents, DPPD and DPBEP; produce performance information: indicators, annual performance project (PAP) and annual performance report (RAP); propose possible solutions to difficulties in applying the program budget (PB); understand the new budget nomenclature; use the most appropriate meth