Organization: Asset Africa Institute
Registration deadline: 14 Mar 2016
Starting date: 21 Mar 2016
Ending date: 24 Mar 2016
Dear Partner,
Asset Africa Institute, (www.assetafrica.co.ke), is pleased to announce the following seminar set to take place in March, 2016 in Nairobi, Kenya.
Seminar Title: The Theory of Change, Contribution Assessment & Implications to Development Programming
Date: 21st -24th March 2016
Venue: Nairobi Kenya
Cost: USD 870
Need for the Training
The development sector is a highly evolving one and an upward mobile program manager/officer/planner needs to constantly update her/himself to new methods of assessing the effectiveness of programs her/his organization undertakes. Currently, many NGOs, Philanthropists/Donors and Government Agencies are widely using the Theory of Change (ToC) and Contribution Assessment methodology for their program planning, implementation and evaluation; and, this powerful seminar helps you to model and comprehensively evaluate community initiatives from these perspectives.
Additionally, you will appreciate the fact that, stakeholders of complex community initiatives, in many instances, are typically unclear about how the change process will unfold and therefore place little attention on the early and mid-term changes needed to reach a longer term goal resulting in the development of weak or even complete absence of monitoring systems. In such scenarios, your organization’s contribution to the overall result of an intervention is equally unclear!
Objectives of the Training:
• Participants able to apply the innovation of the Theory of Change to identify the critical distinction between desired and actual outcomes to inform the planning of interventions and initiatives
• Participants to critically and articulately model the desired outcomes for their programs before they decide on forms of intervention and intervention strategies and tactics most likely to result in achievement of those outcomes
• Appreciate the necessity of inclusivity in program design, implementation and evaluation to enhance performance
Course Content
Day 1
Overview of Theory of Change and Contribution Assessment
• Definition of Key Concepts
• Relationship with M&E: Complementarities and Innovations
• Causal Linkages & the “ Logic of outcomes pathway”
• Desired Change: Understanding the Change Process & Necessary Conditions for Change to Occur
Day 2
Developing a Theory of Change for your Project/Program
• Assessing the work of your Organization: Attribution or Contribution to change?
• Contribution Assessment versus Impact Assessment
• Explore Pathways of Change: Alternative Ways to Contribute to Change
• The Power of Assumptions: How does our Thinking affect our Actions? Methods of Articulating Project Assumptions
• Complexity, Power and Learning for Social Change: Stakeholder Mapping, Analysis & Engagement, Indicators of Change
Day 3
Contribution Assessment Framework and Participatory Methodologies
• Assessing contribution to change :Measuring and Monitoring Change
• Participatory Methods and Tools for Contribution Assessment
• Reflecting on our Assessment Practices.
Day 4
What does all this mean to our Organization? Integrating Theory & Learning into Practice
• Revisit your M&E System from a Contribution Assessment Perspective
• Meta-skills for Facilitating Theory of Change Processes
• Learning Synthesis and Steps Forward
Training methodology
This training blends theory with practice and considers participation and sharing experience as key elements in its approach. The experienced team of trainers and knowledgeable consultants use participatory methods, rich in visual elements, to encourage contribution. The seminar strives for quality and applicability by ensuring that the training is highly practical, participatory and interactive and learner centered and that training sessions promote a feedback sharing mechanism.
Principles guiding this training
The key principles underpinning the process approach include but not limited to:
• The process is as important as the expected outcomes and will therefore demand due consideration. The setting of the training, the course content, course design and delivery techniques should seek to be as participatory and at all times apply the adult learning methodologies
• Uses experiential exercises to model and demonstrate skills to be learned
• Multiple tools/methods are applied flexibly to meet the objectives and specific aims of the training. The training should be as practical based as possible only using lecture to define concepts followed by plenary discussions; among others facilitators employ the following methods: Role plays, Story -telling, Use of examples, Plenary presentations, Building on participants past experiences and Experiential games.
Why attend this Seminar
• Participation in this seminar affords you a unique opportunity to interact with professionals from diverse educational and social backgrounds to incisively discuss and reflect on the latest thinking and practices on the Theory of Change and Impact assessment and its relevance to the design, implementation and evaluation of projects in your organization
• This is a very practical seminar and each participant is encouraged to come with a project which the facilitators will demonstrate on how you can, through reading program documents, talking to stakeholders and analyzing data use the Theory of Change to improve its design.
Additional Benefits for attending this seminar
• Branded T-shirts, pens, bags, folders and 4GB memory sticks
• A Fully paid for tour of the Nairobi Animal Orphanage
• Excellent opportunities for networking opening new frontiers for personal and organization growth
Who to attend: M & E Specialists, M & E Staff, M & E advisors, Program Managers/Officers, Project Managers/Officers, Planning Personnel, Consultants who want to expand their knowledge in the area of the Theory of change and Contribution Assessment, Heads of Departments and any other person involved in the design and implementation of programs.
About the Organization
Asset Africa Institute (www.assetafrica.co.ke)-AAI--AAI-) is a top training brand based in Kenya which specializes in the research, design and delivery of high quality and affordable training programs for development workers worldwide. We work with a consultant base of more than 120 highly educated and experienced professionals many of whom are involved in post doctoral research work. Over the years, Consultants at AAI have been sought by such reputable organizations as: Federal University, Birnin Kebbi-Nigeria, African Institute for Capacity Development (AICAD),Norwegian Church Aid-Zambia, ACOMIN-Nigeria, Tear Fund-DRC, CLEEN Organization-Nigeria, Love Botswana Outreach Mission, Islamic Relief-Somalia, National Museums of Kenya, Cornerstone Development-Uganda, International Organization for Immigration (South Sudan), Save Your Generation (SYG)-Ethiopia, Africa Rice Center (Africa Rice)-Benin, UNIDO-Somalia Program among others.
For more information regarding the training, contact:
Lillian Ateng’
Training Coordinator
Asset Africa Institute
Trust Mansion Hse, Tubman Road off Koinange Street
P.O. Box 12903 - 00100
Nairobi, Kenya
Phone: +254 -722 469454/720986965
Email: info@assetafrica.co.ke /assetafrika@gmail.com
www.assetafrica.co.ke
How to register:
To enroll to this seminar, fill in the registration form attached and email it to:
For more information regarding the training, contact:
Lillian Ateng’
Training Coordinator
Asset Africa Institute
Trust Mansion Hse, Tubman Road off Koinange Street
P.O. Box 12903 - 00100
Nairobi, Kenya
Phone: +254 -722 469454/720986965
Email: info@assetafrica.co.ke /assetafrika@gmail.com
www.assetafrica.co.ke