Effectively design, implement,
manage and monitor social
protection programmes with the
goal of reducing poverty

About the course

African countries are increasingly recognising the value of social protection programmes in reducing extreme poverty with success stories in Africa, Asia and Latin America.The Economic Policy Research Institute (EPRI), together with the African Institute for Health and Development (AIHD), is offering a two-week course aimed at providing participants with an in-depth understanding of the conceptual and practical issues involved in the development of social protection programmes in Africa. Participants will acquire tools required for the appropriate identification and successful design and implementation of these programmes. The course will be held in Mombasa, Kenya from 21 November to 4 December 2010.

Who is it for?

The course aims to build the capacity of government policymakers and officials, representatives from bilateral and multilateral agencies, programme practitioners and staff members from non-governmental organisations in Africa. The course will serve those who want to more effectively design, implement and manage social protection programmes in Africa with the goal of reducing poverty and better achieving the Millennium Development Goals.

About EPRI

The Economic Policy Research Institute is a South African-based non-governmental organisation with extensive experience in social protection research, policy advisory work and capacity-building. EPRI has designed and taught tailor-made courses and programmes to meet the specific needs of national parliaments, government departments and civil society organisations.

About AIHD

The African Institute for Health and Development is a Kenyan-based non-governmental organisation whose aim is to build the capacity of communities for better health and lives. AIHD has been involved in poverty and health-related research since 2004. It has a major interest in capacity building for evidence-based programming in the region. AIHD has a working partnership with the University of Nairobi, Institute for Anthropology, Gender and African Studies.

About Maastricht Graduate School of Governance

The Maastricht Graduate School of Governance (MGSoG) prepares students to pave the road for innovative policy developments in Europe and the world today. The School offers PhD- and Master- programmes as well as short training modules and works in close collaboration with highly respected overseas institutions.

About the University of Cape Town

The University of Cape Town is South Africa’s oldest university, and is one of Africa’s leading teaching and research institutions. UCT is committed to academically credible and policy-relevant capacity-building initiatives that support the imperative of transformation.

About DFID

The Department for International Development (DFID) leads the UK government's fight against world poverty. Since its creation in 1997, DFID has helped more than 250 million people lift themselves from poverty and helped 40 million more children to go to primary school. But there is still much to do to help make a fair, safe and sustainable world for all.

Through its network of offices throughout the world, DFID works with governments of developing countries, charities, non-governmental organisations, businesses and international organisations, like the United Nations, European Commission and the World Bank, to eliminate global poverty and its causes. DFID also responds to overseas emergencies.

DFID's work forms part of a global promise, the eight UN 'Millennium Development Goals', for tackling elements of global poverty by 2015.

What the course will cover

The course includes a coordinated series of theme-oriented sessions, practical skills-building workshops, field trips to visit social protection sites and relevant technical skills training. The course will be taught using formal lectures, practical case studies and hands on exercise. Topics covered will include:

• The role of social protection in reducing poverty, vulnerability and social exclusion

• The identification of appropriate social protection instruments for specific country contexts

• The design of social protection and cash transfer programmes

• Implementation issues, including registration, targeting, payment and information systems

• Monitoring and evaluation approaches for social protection systems

• Case studies of successful programmes around the world

• Field trips to see Kenya’s social protection system in action

Choose a specialisation

As part of the two-week course, EPRI and AIHD, in partnership with Bankable Frontier Associates and CGAP, will be offering several intensive short courses on specialised social protection topics in the following areas:

• financially inclusive payments systems
• microsimulation models for policy analysis
• social protection policy
• monitoring and evaluating social protection programmes

These courses will be offered as electives to participants in the two-week course, and will bean excellent opportunity to gain in-depth knowledge and skills in a specialised area related to social protection. The cost of the two-day electives is included in the total course cost.

The financial inclusion, microsimulation and monitoring and evaluation modules will also be offered as standalone modules to outside participants. When registering, applicants should indicate which module they are most interested in taking.

Tuition and other costs

The tuition fee for the two-week course is £2,600. The tuition fee also includes travel on scheduled visit and optional hands-on computer-based skill workshops.

The comprehensive accommodation and facilities fee is £1,560, which includes four-star accommodation, three meals per day and teas, per diems, recreational activities and tours, airport transfers and use of included facilities.

The fees do not include international travel to and from Mombasa.

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