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Process Evaluation Report on the 1st group of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) funded Training of Trainers Programme
12 March 2007
Pretoria, South Africa
 
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  1. Introduction

    The first group of trainers from Anglophone MDI successfully completed the JICA funded Training of Trainers (ToT) programme on the 23 March 2007. The programme took place at the Hotel 224, Pretoria, South Africa.

    This report contains an evaluation by the AMDIN Secretariat that will be used for referencing purposes during the M&E meeting scheduled with JICA and SAMDI to improve on the content and quality of this 5-year programme.

  2. Programme preparation

    The AMDIN Secretariat became involved in the JICA ToT programme in January 2007 and provided the database from with participants would be drawn from the African continent to participate in the programme. It had been previously agreed that Anglophone MDIs would be given the initial opportunity to participate in the programme for the material and resources for the programme were available. Preparations hence for the francophone, Portuguese and Arabic MDIs would be invited to participate as the relevant content was developed in due and as the long term programme unfolded.

    16 invitations were sent to Anglophone MDIs in Eastern, Western, and Southern Africa on the 22 January 2007. Unfortunately, due to communication problems and a dated database, only 11 MDI responded to the invitations by the 10 February 2007 and the nominated 20 participants in total were selected for the programme: They represented the following MDIs:

    • The Ethiopian Civil Service College
    • The Tanzania Public Service College
    • The Uganda Management Development Institute (UMI)
    • The Malawi Institute of Management (MIM)
    • The Zimbabwe Institute of Public Administration & Management (ZIPAM)
    • The Swaziland Institute of Public Management & Administration (SIMPA)
    • The South African Management Development Institute (SAMDI)
    • The Administrative Staff College of Nigeria (ASCON)
    • The Liberia Institute of Public Administration (LIPA)
    • The Ghana Institute of Management & Public Administration (GIMPA)

    In addition JICA-Ghana sponsored 3 senior officials from the Ghana Ministry of Public Service Reform making an overall of 23 participants on the programme.

    JICA handled all the travel and accommodation logistics for the participants. JICA also organized for the following activities: the participants were taken on a field trip on 17th March 2007 to SOWETO; there was a certificate ceremony on the 22nd March to acknowledge the participants which was attended by the AMDIN Chairperson, the AMDIN Treasurer and the JICA Deputy Resident Representative (Mr E. Yoshimura)

    SAMDI at the training institute for this 1st group of participants and had to ensure that their ToT material was custom made to ensure its continental adaptability during the programme.



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