UNITAR Fellowship for Afghanistan | 2012 Cycle

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Type:

Fellowship Programme

Date:

11 Jun - 11 Dec 2012

Duration of event:

7 months

Location:

Kabul, Afghanistan

Programme area:

Post Conflict Reconstruction

Fee:

Confidential

Website:

http://www.unitar.org/hiroshima/Post-Conflict-Reconstruction-and-UNITAR-Fellowship-for-Afghanistan

Event focal point email:

hiroshima@unitar.org

Other events details:

Private events - by invitation only are reserved for a pre-determined group of participants.

Background

The Fellowship is an annual eight-month long programme aiming at capacity building and enhancing the leadership, management and professional skills of a core group of senior government officials, academics and practitioners primarily from Afghanistan. Sharing Hiroshima's lessons in post-conflict reconstruction, the Fellowship discusses important themes such as organization development and change, project design and management, and human resource development/management.It has been held annually since 2003 and counts over 300 graduates in its alumni network.

Learning Objectives

The Fellowship’s two long-term objectives are:

To support an Afghan cadre in the application of their increased knowledge, and confidence in the transformation of their respective ministries;
To build a committed and highly capable Fellowship community in Afghanistan which can serve as a resource for planning and implementing capacity-building and training activities at the local and national levels.

Content and Structure

Five workshops will be held during the 2012 Fellowship cycle, alternating with other training activities. In addition five on-line web-seminars will be offered as part of a module on human resource development and management. The Fellowship’s substantive topics are, in part, determined by the needs of the Fellows, but in general come from the following themes;

Organization development and change;
Project design and proposal writing;
Project management and reporting;
Accounting and budgeting;
Leading and mentoring teams for development and change;
Team-building and teamwork;
Communication skills; and
Strategic planning.

Methodology

The Fellowship undertakes a combination of different training methods with a series of skill-building activities, such as on-site workshops and study-trips, Mentor/Coach/Fellow communication, team projects and distance learning activities.