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WEST
AFRICAN RURAL DEVELOPMENT CENTRE |
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| Creating a Sustainable Future for West Africa |
| WARD's Partners |
| WARD Participants |
| Recent WARD Graduates |
| WARD Alumni Association |
| Participant Success Stories |
| More |
| Organizational Structure, Staff, and Facilitators |
| A Background to the West African Situation |
| More about The Gambia |
| NGOs affiliated with WARD |
| Contact Information |
| WARD
Centre The Gambia Technical Training Institute Kanifing
Industrial Estate Telephone: |
| What is WARD? |
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West African Rural Development Centre is designed to become a "Centre
of
Excellence" for the training of community
development practioners as well as for the development of appropriate
and
relevant community development training materials for West
African countries. WARD was originally a 5-year project funded by the
Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), but is now fully
sustainable and can function on its own revenues. The Center is
currently located on the campus of the Gambia Technical
Training Institute (GTTI) in Kanifing, just outside of Banjul, capital
city of The Gambia.
In collaboration with the Rural Development Institute (RDI), the WARD project is building the capacity of GTTI and the University of the Gambia (UoTG) to provide training skills required by rural development workers in West Africa. The program is designed to meet the needs of those wishing to prepare for a career in rural development and for professionals currently working in developing capacities. This program provides practical, hands-on skills for those working (or wishing to work) in rural areas of West AFrica. The Centre staff also provide research services, curriculum development workshops, and other seminars within the region, and has delivered RCDP courses outside the Gambia. One module was delivered in Ghana through their University for Development Studies. The aim of these programs is ultimately poverty alleviation in all senses of the term by "increasing, in a sustainable manner, the capacity of developing countries to educate and train human resources required to meet their priority needs."
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| What's New at WARD? |
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Please inquire with WARD to see if you're eligible to attend this first session. WARD now has its very own website! Welcome! Comments and suggestions about the site are always appreciated to keep it as informative and helpful as possible, so send us a note! |
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Last website
update: March 16th, 2006
| Training
Programs |
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| Module 1: Community Development Foundations |
| Module 2: Human Relations and Development |
| Module 3: Economics and Development |
| Module 4: Management and Development |
| For Potential Students |
| Program Costs: (Includes Tuition, Books, Supplies, and Administrative Fees) D3500 per module for indepedent students D4500 per module for organization-sponsored students |
| Application Procedure |
| Course Evaluation and Transcript Information |
| Course Dates |
| Ongoing: Module 1 (CDF): February 6th to March 31st, 2006 Upcoming WARD training courses: Module 4 (M&D): April 3rd to April 28th, 2006 Please call to inquire about all course dates as they are subject to change. |