Country: World
Registration deadline: 15 Jan 2019
Starting date: 15 Jan 2019
Ending date: 11 Mar 2019
Dear ReliefWeb Colleagues,
The Center for Sustainable Development—CSDi offers on a quarterly basis a Certificate module of four online field courses on Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change. These courses begin by introducing basic climate change concepts, and develop as participants identify local community vulnerabilities, investigate solutions, develop full projects, launch and manage them.
Complete information and course syllabi:
https://csd-i.org/adapting-overview/
Online course participants are using our courses to develop on-the-ground projects with real communities; participants from 153 different countries and 500 organizations have developed projects that address 270 different kinds of development challenges and are impacting over 400,000 people.
CSDi provides the following continuing learning resources
All learning resources and course materials are freely downloadable from the course site and include:
- 200 manuals & field guides of CBA activities
- 300 Community Based Adaptation for Climate Change field activities
- Compilation of 50 program outlines for use in Community Based Adaptation Projects
- Instructors that provide project consulting, suggestions, and encouragement individually for each student's assignments
Course Outputs. Participants produce and circulate activity and outcome documents on their field projects with colleagues, donors, and North/South project partners. These include project management documents, proposals, and case studies.
To learn more about these Community Based Adaptation field projects, the participants, the projects they developed, and about their communities, be sure and read our Compilation of Mainstreamed Adaptation Projects.
DIPLOMA MODULE 340: COMMUNITY BASED ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
OL 341. Adapting to Climate Change: Designing & Funding Community-Based Adaptation Projects.
Gain an insight into contemporary methods of developing community based, sustainable, impact-oriented projects. Gain practical field tools and develop a range of skills: facilitating participatory needs assessments, designing projects, and evidence-based activities. Develop a real project in real time.
OL 342. Adapting to Climate Change: Planning for Impact.
Imbed impact into your adaptation project design with a powerful set of management tools: log frames, detailed budgets, timelines, compelling fact sheets, M&E plans, outcomes and impact. These tools will communicate to donors and stakeholders exactly what you are trying to accomplish and can be used for effective management of the project once funded.
OL 343. Adapting to Climate Change: The Community Focus.
What does climate change adaptation mean at the community level? What practical tools are available today for communities to use in adaptation? Conduct a baseline survey of climate vulnerability, an adaptation capacity analysis, and gain an understanding of local knowledge of a changing climate and of coping strategies. For practitioners who wish to begin working now at the community level to successfully adapt to the challenges that face us.
OL 344. Adapting to Climate Change: Sustainable Implementation.
How do you launch and implement a community based adaptation project? The importance of community engagement and project co-management. Developing skill sets for your community to use in the adaptation process. Learning tools: monitoring & evaluation, community empowerment during project hand-over, sustainability, follow-up & mentoring.
Complete information and course syllabi:
https://csd-i.org/adapting-overview/
Course fees range from $150 for citizens/residents of developed nations to $100 for citizens/residents of developing nations - for each of the 4 courses.
Registration and Payment; there are only 2 steps for enrolling in the course: 1. Pay the course fee. 2. Fill out the Participant Information form.
Be sure and visit our compilation of 100 Projects: The Best of 3 Years of Field Projects.
Who should participate? Course participants are of all different ages, genders and professions—and have included Northern and Southern staff from INGOs, field staff from in-country NGOs, donors, executive directors, students, scientists, consultants and people who would like to transition into development work. Northern participants who don't have community access are partnered with Southern participants that do have community access.
Certificates
You will receive a course completion certificate upon successful completion of each of the four courses. Upon completing the four courses you also receive a master Certificate for OL 340 Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change.
Questions? Please contact:
Sincerely,
Tim Magee, Executive Director
Tim Magee is the author of:
A Field Guide to Community Based Adaptation, Routledge, Oxford, England.
The Center for Sustainable Development is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization specializing in providing sound, evidence-based information, tools and training for development professionals worldwide.
How to register:
Registration and Payment; there are only 2 steps for enrolling in the course: 1. Pay the course fee. 2. Fill out the Participant Information form.