3 day course: Global Development with Local Impact

Are you engaged in a small development project or initiative? Do you want to align your efforts with the overall global effort to achieve sustainable development and gain insight into current trends and challenges? This 3-day course provides participants with a foundational understanding of the key concepts, actors, and approaches used in international development cooperation. 

Key topics:

• What is development? Why does poverty and inequality exist?
• Brief history of and evolution of development cooperation
• Colonialism, colonial legacies and critical perspectives.
• Good practice: Aid effectiveness; locally led development; participatory approaches; institutionalization; ethics.
• Actors and forms of development cooperation.
• Basics of project cycle management and donor reporting for international cooperation

It offers a critical overview of historical trends, aid modalities, and their role in addressing global challenges such as poverty, inequality, and climate change. Through lectures, real-world examples, and group discussions, participants are introduced to the practical tools and concepts used in both development and humanitarian work.

Admission:
There are no entry requirements.

Course fee:
CHF 570