InWEnt Capacity Building for Country- led Governance Assessments

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InWEnt Capacity Building for Country- led
Governance Assessments
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InWEnt Centre for Economic, Environmental and
Social Statistics

• Statistical Capacity Building since 1973 (Munich
  Centre)
• gt 2200 participants
• Target Groups Producers and Users of
  Statistics (CSOs, Ministries, Civil Society,
  Research Bodies, Private Sector)

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Training Courses

• The annual training programmes include
  face-to-face workshops, training courses and
  conferences in Germany and abroad, as well as
  internet-based courses. Since it was founded in
  1973, the Centre has provided further training
  for more than 2,000 participants.
• For our partner institutions and countries we
  also develop customised courses (on request).
• InWEnt cooperates with a large network of
  selected experts from around the globe, ensuring
  a practice-oriented, state-of-the-art knowledge
  transfer.

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Topics

• Measuring Progress Statistics and MDGs/ Poverty
  Statistics
• Gender Statistics
• Measuring HIV/AIDS and its Socio-Economic Impacts
• Measuring Democracy, Governance and Human Rights
• System of National Accounts
• Environmental Statistics
• Climate Change Policies
• ME
• Geodata and Statistics
• MIS/ DSS
• Statistics and PR

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• On Measuring Democracy, Governance and Human
  Rights
• A Blended-learning training

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Blended-learning Approach

• Blended-learning Approach E-learning combined
  with other learning instruments (e.g. classroom
  sessions)
• Why Blended-learning? cost and time saving,
  harmonisation of knowledge levels, peer-learning,
  high multiplying effect
• Timeframe of a "standard" course 4-7 weeks
  e-phase, 5-10 days classroom session

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The e-learning course 'Governance City'

• developed in 2007
• enabling trainees to find their way through the
  'jungle' of different approaches, indices and
  methodologies
• .....and how to use them for their own work
  purpose

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Learning Contents
Communication
Exchange
Evaluation
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Learning Contents
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Learning Contents World of Indices and Indicators
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Learning Contents
Communication
Exchange
Self Assessment and Evaluation
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Self Assessment and Evaluation

• Self Learning Instrument
• Instrument to check learning Progress and to
  further select participants

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Self Assessment and Evaluation
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Self Assessment and Evaluation
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Learning Contents
Communication
Exchange
Self Assessment and Evaluation
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Communication Chat
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Communication Chat Groups
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Learning Contents
Communication
Exchange
Self Assessment and Evaluation
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Exchange Sharing Documents
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Classroom session

• Deepening of Knowledge, Peer Learning, Selected
  Inputs
• Practical Training

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Classroom session Programme
Monday 16.06.2008 Monday 16.06.2008 Monday 16.06.2008
830 - 900 900 - 1030 Registration Opening session Address of Welcome Presentation of the Agenda and of participants and Trainers Expectations towards the training Thomas Wollnik InWEnt Dr. Justine Hunter Namibia Institute for Democracy (NID) Mustafa Khawaja, Consultant
1045 - 1230 Discussion on results of the e-learning course "Governance City" The main findings of the e-learning and open questions towards the classroom training will be summarized Ken Mease, PhD University of Florida Mustafa Khawaja
1400 - 1530 Statistics Camp for Measuring Governance Governance related training in Basic Statistics Sampling, Development of Indicators, Questionnaire Design, Interview Techniques and other forms of Information Gathering Ken Mease, PhD
1545 - 1700 Windhoek Exploring the context Basic facts and socioeconomic as well political data on selected quarters of Windhoek will be presented with regards to the practical exercise on governance assessment The household survey on service delivery in selected quarters of Windhoek Susanne Scholz University of Namibia
1900 Welcome Dinner at Acacia Restaurant (Safari Court Hotel) with 'Old Location Band'
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Classroom session Programme
Tuesday 17.06.2008 Tuesday 17.06.2008 Tuesday 17.06.2008
900 - 1230 Statistics Camp (continued) Ken Mease, PhD
1400 - 1700 Statistics Camp (continued) Ken Mease, PhD
Wednesday 18.06.2008 Wednesday 18.06.2008 Wednesday 18.06.2008
900 - 1200 Statistics Camp (continued) Ken Mease, PhD
1400 - 1700 Measuring Corruption Transparency International Approaches Juanita Riano Transparency International
Thursday 19.06.2008 Thursday 19.06.2008 Thursday 19.06.2008
900 - 1545 Assessing and Assisting Democracy and Electoral Processes Tools of the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) Rushdi Nackerdien (IDEA)
1600 - 1700 Electoral Processes in Namibia Graham Hopwood (Institute for Public Policy Research)
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Classroom session Programme
Friday, 20.06.2008 Friday, 20.06.2008 Friday, 20.06.2008
900 - 1030 World Governance Assessment (General Overview) Implementation process in Namibia Ken Mease, PhD Dr. Justine Hunter
1045 - 1300 Statistics Camp (final session) Finalization of the questionnaire and logistical advice for the survey Ken Mease, PhD Dr. Justine Hunter Mustafa Khawaja
1300 - 1400 Lunch Break
1400 - 1700 Free Afternoon
Saturday, 21.06.2008 Saturday, 21.06.2008 Saturday, 21.06.2008
900 - 1400 Household Survey on Service Delivery in Selected quarters of Windhoek NID and InWEnt staff Mustafa Khawaja
1400 - 1700 Free Afternoon
Sunday, 22.06.2008 Sunday, 22.06.2008 Sunday, 22.06.2008
Okapuka Ranch (Game Drive, Lunch and Lion Feeding) Okapuka Ranch (Game Drive, Lunch and Lion Feeding) Okapuka Ranch (Game Drive, Lunch and Lion Feeding)
Monday, 23.06.2008 Monday, 23.06.2008 Monday, 23.06.2008
900 - 1700 Urban Governance Assessment Sugumi Tanaka UN Habitat
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Classroom session Programme
Tuesday, 24.06.2008 Tuesday, 24.06.2008 Tuesday, 24.06.2008
900 - 1230 Country Perspectives on Governance Assessment Processes The case of Zambia Example of an InWEnt supported ongoing process in the field of GA Vanny Hampondela Governance Secretariat Zambia
1400 - 1700 Country Perspectives continued Group work bringing into the discussions the participants experiences Mustafa Khawajia
Wednesday, 25.06.2008 Wednesday, 25.06.2008 Wednesday, 25.06.2008
900 - 170 The Afrobarometer Daniel Armah Attoh Ghana Center for Democratic Development
Thursday, 26.06.2008
900 - 1230 Free morning to work on data entry
1400 - 1700 Household Survey Data Analysis, Presentation and Discussion of Results Mustafa Khawajia
1900 Farewell Dinner at 'Joe's Beerhouse'
Friday, 27.06.2008
900 - 1200 Human Rights Indicators Marco Larizza University Of Essex
1200 - 1330 Evaluation and Final Discussion Dr. Uwe Singer InWEnt Mustafa Khawajia
Free Afternoon
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Other Capacity Building events

• Conferences
• Customized Blended-learning
• Cooperation with UNDP Governance Assessment
  portal

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• Thank you for your attention!
• More information
• www.inwent.org/statistics