Capacity Building Program
Why Capacity Building?
Dr. Alfred Latigo lectures on Africa's social & economic development to students at the Universities of Benin and Parakou, West Africa, 2012 on the invitation of Prof. Jules Dégila, Professor of Telecommunications Engineering, University of Benin and a member of GIDE Advisory Council.
1. A growing number of governments in low-income countries are trying to improve their performance through enhanced capacity to operate more efficiently and provide better services to their people. Governments, international agencies, and civil society organizations (CSOs) need to know how policies and programs shape people's lives today and in future generations. It is now widely acknowledged that national development policies and programs should be informed by evidence generated by country-led monitoring and evaluation systems rather than donor-led ones or based on opinion while ensuring policy coherence at regional and global levels.
2. The Malabo Declaration of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (June 24-27, 2014) in Equatorial Guinea on “Transforming Africa’s Agriculture for Shared Prosperity and Improved Livelihoods through Harnessing Opportunities for Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development" endorsed the commitment of African countries to "evidence-based planning, policy, efficiency, dialogue, review and accountability" and "Strengthening national and regional capacities for knowledge generation and management that support evidence-based planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation"
Objective of GIDE’s Capacity Building Program
GIDE's capacity-building program aims to enhance the capacities of national policymakers, researchers, and CSOs to contribute to improved country-led evaluation systems and policies for inclusive green growth.
In collaboration with the R&G Economic Consultants, the Global Institute for Development Evidence (GIDE), Hawaii, USA, Uganda, and Zambia provides specialist training in Impact Evaluation (Systematic Reviews), Performance Evaluation of Projects, Programs, and Policies, Environmental Impact Assessment and Mainstreaming Regional Integration through a blended learning mode. The course participants can elect to attend instructor-led, highly participatory, high-impact training seminars and continue at their own pace through the Flowers Online Learning portal or via instructor-facilitated online learning. Professionals in government institutions, non-governmental organizations, and academics in the environmental sciences, political science, and economics will find these training programs helpful for enhanced decision-making.
To realize this objective, GIDE and its partners expect to work with and receive support from bilateral and international development agencies operating in Africa. These institutions include the African Development Bank (AfDB), the African Union Commission (AUC), the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF), the Regional Economic Communities (RECs), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), and the World Bank.
Course Faculty: Dr. Alfred Latigo, Prof. Raphael O. Olaniyan, and Prof. Francis Ejobi