The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has launched its first Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) – Project Management Techniques for Development Professionals on the Harvard-MIT IDB platform.
According to a press release, approximately 80 Guyanese citizens have registered for this online opportunity which is intended to train professionals from public institutions, governmental and non-governmental organisations and people who manage or are interested in managing development projects.
Additionally, in Guyana, the IDB convened a networking session for members of civil society organisations prior to a three-day face-to-face training opportunity on Project Cycle Management. A total of forty participants from thirty-six local NGOs will take part in the training that began yesterday at the Cara Lodge Hotel in Georgetown, the release stated.
The Project Cycle Management Training Course is being delivered in partnership with the University of the West Indies Mona School of Business Management and is a certification course. It has been designed to build the capacity of participants in project design, project management, monitoring and evaluation, the release continued.
Meanwhile, fifteen staff members from three NGOs have also been awarded IDB fellowships to participate in a Project Management Institute (PMI) course and become certified as PM4R Project Management Associates via the Harvard-MIT IDB online platform.
