offered by
The Development School

validated by the
University of North London, UK

The Development School is a British-registered NGO1 set up by an international group of development practitioners and academics to build effective social development practice (working with organisations, groups and communities through social change processes).

This innovative postgraduate programme is for people working in social development fields in the nonprofit and public sectors (for example, community social workers, organisational development specialists, community development workers, facilitators, consultants). It will offer these practitioners the opportunity to improve their abilities to design and facilitate effective change and development processes for organisations, communities and other social groupings.

The first two programmes are being run in Hungary/Slovakia and Romania/Bulgaria with partner agencies in each country. In Hungary the partner is the Partners Hungary Foundation working in the fields of conflict management, cooperative planning, community- and organization development and change management.

• The overall aim of the programme is to improve students’ practice (their ability to design and facilitate successful change processes in response to needs)
• Students will learn about different approaches to social development; improve their abilities to design and facilitate appropriate change processes in response to need; develop key personal skills that are essential to practice and work on their personal development
• Learning is based on highly participative methods with a strong focus on learning from and through experience

• The programme runs for 18 months from September 2001
• There are five residential learning blocks (of seven full days each). In between each of the five blocks (which will be held every three months) students will come together for two days - one for tutor mentoring and one for student group meetings (action learning sets)
• Ten students will be selected from each country - Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia - students will then study in two groups of twenty — Bulgaria with Romania and Slovakia with Hungary
• Selection will be carried out by an international team (the core tutors)
• Residential blocks will be held in one of the two countries in which the programme is running

• Successful completion of the programme will result in students being awarded a Postgraduate Diploma in Social Development Practice
• The award is subject to full attendance on the programme and successful completion of all assessed work
• Validation is through the University of North London, UK
• Course tutors are David Harding, Kinga Goncz, Dusan Ondrusek and Jenny Hyatt with specialist contributors from each country

• A minimum of five years experience in a relevant field (for example, community social workers, organisational development specialists, community development workers, facilitators, consultants); preferably with 2-3 years in one organisation
• Usually applicants would have a graduate degree
• A job or work from which students can bring their experiences to the programme; and through which learning can be applied and practiced
• Fluent written and spoken English
• Ability to commit the equivalent of one week per month (not one actual working week) to the programme over 18 months - this includes 35 compulsory residential days excluding travel time; 8 days of mentoring and student group meetings; self-study and assessment preparation including written assignments

• The programme is subsidised through grants. Hence, only a small fee is to be charged.
• A fee of $150 will be charged for the programme. In addition students are expected to meet their own travel costs.
• A limited number of bursaries may be available.
• All other costs will be met by The Development School.

If you meet all essential requirements for applicants and you would like a full application pack please contact: Levenda Judit, Partners Hungary Foundation, Tel: 438-5270, 315-1333, address: 1024 Budapest, Keleti Károly u. 15/b. II. 10.Applications must be received by April 20th 2001 and selection meetings will take place May 18th-24th 2001.

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Tartalomjegyzék * tizenegyedik évfolyam, 3-4. szám * 2001. március-április

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