--- On Wed, 12/8/15, Akravi <ihs.study5@gmail.com> wrote:
> From: Akravi <ihs.study5@gmail.com>
> Subject: As discussed, Nominate women candidates for a short Course on Local Economic Development in May 2016- IHS, The Netherlands
> To: tumainibakobi@yahoo.com
> Date: Wednesday, 12 August, 2015, 14:37
> Dear Tumaini,
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> I hope my email
> finds you well.
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> Institute of Housing
> and Urban Development Studies (IHS) is
> offering a 1 month post graduate diploma
> on Sustainable Local
> Economic Development (LED)
> 2016.
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> Candidates that are looking at
> fellowship options for these courses can apply to
> the Netherlands Fellowship
> Programme(NFP).Please note that the NFP is
> a competitive fellowship and is awarded
> in a very competitive manner to highly motivated
> professionals.
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> Institute for
> Housing and Urban Development
> Studies
> IHS (Institute of
> Housing and Urban Development Studies) offers
> specialized post graduate education, training, advisory
> services and
> applied research in the fields of urban management,
> housing and
> urban environment with the mission to develop human and
> institutional
> capacities to reduce poverty and improve the quality of
> life in cities.
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> Post
> Graduate Diploma
> in Sustainable Local Economic Development
> 2016
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> This is a 1- month-
> Post Graduate Diploma
> in Sustainable Local
> Economic Development programme offered
> by IHS, The Netherlands.
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> Duration of the
> course: 4
> weeks
> Course
> date: 9
> May – 3 Jun 2016
> Degree
> Awarded:Post Graduate
> Diploma
> Tution
> Fees: 2750 €
> Language : ENGLISH
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> Rationale of
> the training course
> The focus
> of this course is on
> creating and managing multi-stakeholder processes that
> take place in the
> local and regional urban economy. Regions and localities
> are faced with two
> mayor trends in opposite directions:
> internationalisation and
> decentralisation. Internationalisation exacerbates the
> interactions between
> the global and the local levels but operates
> selectively. It includes only
> those actors that participate in networks in which
> competitiveness drives
> constant transformations and restructuring.
> Decentralisation is a means to
> coping with complexity and a reaction to growing demands
> for greater
> responsiveness and sustainability by citizens, clients
> and consumers. The
> two trends have changed the ways in which the multiple
> stakeholders relate
> to each other in the local and regional economy.
> Competition and
> cooperation are blended in the links between firms,
> between firms and state
> and non-state actors. The central concern for the
> governance of sustainable
> local economic development is to create synergies
> between the policies and
> interventions of business, state and non-state or civic
> actors. These come
> together around specific opportunities for local
> economic development for
> small and medium sized enterprises.
> Course
> curriculum
> The
> programme consists of three
> in-class modules and an individual
> study
> Module 1:
> Introduction
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> In this module the concept of Local Economic Development
> (LED) is
> introduced and its main theories are discussed. Focus on
> theories of
> systemic and territorial competitiveness; the role of
> institutions in
> economic development; Multi-stakeholder economic
> development: business
> system and embedding of geographical production
> networks.
> Module 2: Small
> Enterprise
> Development
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> The module focuses on the role of small and medium sized
> enterprises, their
> role in the local economy and the constraints in their
> development. A
> distinction is made between enterprises, formal or
> informal, with growth
> potential and informal businesses that are survival
> oriented. The module
> focuses on strategies that support enterprise
> development: enterpreneurship
> development, incubator and innovation
> systems
> Module 3: Clusters
> and value chain
> analysis
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> This module focuses on the one hand on the local
> organisation of small
> enterprises in clusters and the multi-stakeholder
> initiatives that can
> increase their efficiency and innovation capability. On
> the other hand it
> examines the way in which small enterprises are inserted
> in external
> production networks or value chains and elaborates on
> multi-stakeholder
> interventions to strengthen their positioning in these
> chains.
> Individual
> study
> The
> individual study provides
> course participants the opportunity to apply the newly
> acquired knowledge
> and insights to their own situation. The outcome of this
> study is a short,
> policy oriented paper.
> Target
> group
> The course
> is meant for government
> officials (municipal, provincial or national),
> representatives of private
> sector organisations and employees of NGOs that are
> dealing or will deal
> with SME development and/or Local Economic Development
> policies.
> Course
> objectives
> By the end
> of the programme
> participants will have increased knowledge about SMEs
> and their role in the
> local economy. Participants will also be able to analyse
> the local economy
> and value chains in which local enterprise
> agglomerations and clusters are inserted
> and analyse policies and develop instruments that
> support local businesses.
> Methodology
> The course
> will be a blend of
> lectures, expert's seminars, excursions/field visits
> and group exercises
> presenting international (best) practices and
> knowledge.
> Partner
> The course
> will be offered in
> collaboration with the International Institute for
> Social Studies (ISS) in
> The Hague. ISS is an international graduate school of
> policy-oriented
> critical social science. It brings together students and
> teachers from the
> Global South and the North in a European environment.
> Established in 1952
> as the International Institute of Social Studies by
> Dutch universities and
> the Netherlands Ministry of Education, it does research,
> teaching and
> public service in the field of development studies and
> international
> cooperation.
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> Eligibility :
> 1. To have at least a
> bachelor's degree from a recognised university or
> similar institute in a
> field related to the chosen course.
> 2. Be a professional with at least three
> years' relevant work
> experience.
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> About the NFP
> fellowship programme
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> The
> NFP programme is a Dutch scholarships programme from Nuffic, financed
> by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs from the budget for
> development
> cooperation. It aims to help reduce the shortage of skilled
> workers
> in 51 countries.
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> Selection
> criteria
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> The
> NFP programme is competitive and the selection of fellowship
> recipients
> involves the Dutch embassies in the various applicants'
> countries. The
> individual Dutch embassy in each NFP country has its own
> focus area to support
> the development goals of the Netherlands in that country.
> Priority is given to
> candidates who are able to articulate effectively why and
> how their
> organization would benefit from their participation in this
> particular course
> at IHS and how this contributes to the Dutch ministerial
> priorities in
> development cooperation and the Dutch embassy's priority
> areas.
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> Candidates
> can apply to the NFP after receiving an admission letter
> from
> the institute. In the event of the scholarship being
> awarded to a
> candidate, all the costs get covered under the fellowship
> including tuition
> fees, accommodation and living costs, travel, visa and
> insurance.
> You can
> apply and nominate female friends /colleagues who are
> interested in applying for this course.We request you to
> send us 3-4 nominations, preferably
> females for
> Sustainable Local
> Economic Development (LED) course for the 2016 intake.
> Please include following details of your
> nominees. Request for nominations
> /references : Name:Organisation:Designation:Mobile
> Number:Email:Educational
> Background:Total work experience (in
> years) : Giving
> below details of the LED course for your ready
> reference.
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> * If you are directly
> applying online on your own and came to
> know about the course through this mailer, then we
> request you to tick on Econfluence in
> the additional information page of the
> online application (How did you get informed about
> the IHS Educational
> Programme)
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> We wait to hear from you.
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> any further information or assistance, please feel free to
> contact us.
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> Have a nice day.
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> Best Regards,
>
> Akravi Shetty
>
> Educational Counsellor
>
> Econfluence (Representatives
> of
> IHS,TheNetherlands)
>
> Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies, The
> Netherlands
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> Email: ihs.study5@gmail.com
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> Tel:+ 91 22 427690 87/82
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