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Baobab offers
a learning and networking, consulting and training facility in development
management.
Our approach is based on the conviction that:
All development interventions are interventions in the lives of
people.
We believe interventions need to be conducted with professionalism
/ expertise, and sensitivity, and need to leave people with the
wherewithal to continue their lives more productively than before.
Development interventions need to tackle the problems of the people
- especially the poor – not those problems perceived / suggested
by outsiders, or related to pre-conceived solutions.
Our approach
combines the best of people-driven and professional approaches,
seeking outcomes appropriate to the local situation, its potentials
and socio-cultural context. Our interactive learning modules, training
materials, and our own work as interveners follow these premises.
Baobab’s learning materials in development management are written
for professional interveners: development practitioners working
for state agencies, non-governmental organisations, self-employed
consultants, private sector employees. The materials concentrate
on instilling professionalism and sensitivity in its users. They
are presented in two formats:
Modules
"Teach
Yourself" |
Handbooks |
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BAOBAB's
"teach yourself" modules are the focus of BAOBAB's
distance learning in development management.
They contain (updated) material from the manuals, presented
in an interactive format.
(Note:
access to the Baobab interactive learning modules is by subscription
only)
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These
manuals have been used as training texts in development management
courses. They are available as reference books for users of
the "teach yourself"; modules and participants in
BAOBAB's training courses.
The handbooks are designed to be used as complete texts; in
some cases there are overlaps in the contents as the same
material is used for different courses.
(Note:
access to Baobab handbooks is by subscription only)
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