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Anglophone Programme 25 Jan-30 April 2010
Professional Capacity Strengthening Programme -
Enhancing Performance in Rural InnovationOver the past 25 years the challenges facing agriculture and rural development have grown more complex and more daunting. The fight is on, not just to grow more and better food, but also to tackle poverty at its roots and to reverse accelerating environmental decline. While new technologies will be needed, the overriding demand is for a change of approach, which requires new policies, new institutions and new ways of working and changes in both individual and organisational behaviour. The ICRA Professional Capacity Strengthening Programme is for practitioners or partners in rural innovation, involved in generating or applying knowledge, engaged in institutional change and development, and/or keen to explore and change the way business is done. The programme offers a different learning experience and explores new ways of solving problems. If you are looking for support for institutional change, development and partnerships, and if you think you would benefit from enhanced capacity to conduct rural research and development, more capable inter-institutional and interdisciplinary teams, and enhanced capacity to facilitate learning, then this programme is for you. The programme involves participants in hands-on application of integrated and interactive learning in rural innovation, and is therefore (largely) based on the experiences of the participants and the context in which they are working. The programme essentially aims to enhance the capacity of participants to support constructive change within their own organisations and environments upon return. The long duration of the programme (3½ months) is instrumental to this cause – as it fosters the knowledge, the skills and the attitudes that may be needed to perform in an entirely new Scope of Work.
Programme schedule The programme comprised 7 weeks knowledge acquisition in Wageningen, 4 weeks team fieldwork, 2 weeks individual work in the South, and a final evaluation week in Wageningen.Programme objectives The programme aimed to strengthen the capacity of participants and their organisations to collaborate more effectively in rural innovation. Enhancing the relevance, effectiveness, and efficiency of rural innovation through better inter-institutional collaboration and more interactive learning between stakeholders is essential for sustainable social and economic development in a globalising and rapidly changing world.
The programme enhanced participants' teamwork and leadership skills to facilitate multi-stakeholder partnerships in knowledge-based rural innovation. Participants also learned to assist their institutions in creating an enabling environment for collective innovation. SubjectsFacilitating Multi-Stakeholder Processes in Rural Innovation; Working in Partnerships & Inter-institutional Teams; Participatory Approaches & Interactive Learning; Soft Systems Thinking; Analysing Complex Issues; Planning & Implementing Collective Innovation Strategies; Institutional Change; INRM; Value Chains; Livelihoods Systems; Facilitation of Experiential Learning
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