CAPACITY BUILDING AND TRAINING

ICED has actively been involved in the organisation of short-intensive training programmes geared
towards building capacity for sustainable development and good governance. Some of the training
programmes organised by ICED include:

Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security:

• Capacity Building Training Programme for Honey Producers in Ghana, Sefwi Wiawso
  and Bibiani-Bekwai Districts, 21 -25 February, 2011.
• Capacity Building Programme on Snail Production in Ghana, Sefwi Wiawso and
  Bibiani-Bekwai Districts, 21 -25 February, 2011.
• Capacity Building Training Programme for Grasscutter Farmers in Sefwi Wiawso and
  Bibiani-Bekwai Districts, 21 -25 February, 2011.
• Capacity Building Programme on Mushroom Production in Ghana, Hohoe, Hohoe
  Municipality, 7-10 March, 2011.
• Training for Guinea Fowl Producers in Northern Ghana, Gwollu, Sissala West District,
  28 – 29 March 2011
• Capacity Building Training Programme for Honey Producers in Ghana, Hohoe, Hohoe
  Municipality, 24 April 2012.
• Capacity Building Training Programme for Grasscutter and Snail Farming, Hohoe,
  Hohoe Municipality, 25 April 2012.
• Training for Guinea Fowl and Pig Producers in Upper West Region, Tumu, Sissala East
  District, 30 – 31 March 2011.
• Capacity Building Programme on Snail Production in Ghana, Hohoe, Hohoe
  Municipality, 7-10 March, 2011 .
• Capacity Building Training Programme for Honey Producers in Ghana, Sefwi Wiawso
  and Bibiani-Bekwai Districts, 21 -25 February, 2011.
• Capacity Building Programme on Snail Production in Ghana, Sefwi Wiawso and
  Bibiani-Bekwai Districts, 21 -25 February, 2011.
• Capacity Building Training Programme for Grasscutter Farmers in Sefwi Wiawso and
  Bibiani-Bekwai Districts, 21 -25 February, 2011.
• Capacity Building Programme on Mushroom Production in Ghana, Hohoe, Hohoe
  Municipality, 7-10 March, 2011.
• Training for Guinea Fowl Producers in Northern Ghana, Gwollu, Sissala West District,
  28 – 29 March 2011.
• Capacity Building Training Programme for Honey Producers in Ghana, Hohoe, Hohoe
  Municipality, 7-10 March, 2011.
• Training for Guinea Fowl and Pig Producers in Upper West Region, Tumu, Sissala East
  District, 30 – 31 March 2011.
• Capacity Building Programme on Snail Production in Ghana, Hohoe, Hohoe
  Municipality, 7-10 March, 2011.
• Capacity Building Training Programme for Honey Producers in Ghana, Sefwi Wiawso
  and Bibiani-Bekwai Districts, 14-17 March, 2010.
• Capacity Building Programme on Snail Production in Ghana, Sefwi Wiawso and
  Bibiani-Bekwai Districts, 14-17 March, 2010 .
• Training for Guinea Fowl Producers in Northern Ghana, Tumu, Sissala East District,
  24-28 March 2010.
• Capacity Building Training Programme for Grass-cutter Farmers in Sefwi Wiawso and
  Bibiani-Bekwai Districts, 20-24 February, 2010.
• Capacity Building Training Programme for Honey Producers in Ghana, Hohoe, Hohoe
  Municipality, 20-24 February, 2010.
• Capacity Building Programme on Snail Production in Ghana, Hohoe, Hohoe
  Municipality, 20-24 February, 2010.
• Training for Guinea Fowl and Pig Producers in Upper West Region, Tumu, Sissala East
  District, 25-28 March, 2010.
• Capacity Building Training Programme for Honey Producers in Ghana, Sefwi Wiawso
  and Akontombra Districts, 15-17 March, 2009.
• Capacity Building Programme on Snail Production in Ghana, Sefwi Wiawso and
  Akontombra Districts, 19-20 March, 2009.
• Capacity Building Programme on Mushroom Production in Ghana, Sefwi Wiawso and
  Akontombra Districts, 21-22 March, 2009.
• Capacity Building Programme on Mushroom Production in Ghana, Hohoe, Hohoe
  Municipality, 21-22 March, 2009.
• Training for Guinea Fowl Producers in Upper West Region, Tumu, Sissala East
  District, 17-21 March, 2009.
• Capacity Building Training Programme for Grass-cutter Farmers in Sefwi Wiawso and
  Akontombra Districts, 13-14 March, 2009.
• Capacity Building Training Programme for Honey Producers in Ghana, Hohoe, Hohoe
  Municipality 15-16 March, 2009.
• Capacity Building Programme on Snail Production in Ghana, Hohoe, Hohoe
  Municipality, 19-20 March, 2009.
• Training for the production of Medicinal Plants in Ghana, Hohoe, Hohoe
  Municipality, 17-18 March, 2009.
• Capacity Building Training Programme for Grasscutter Farmers in Hohoe, Hohoe
  District, 13-14 March, 2009.
• Capacity Building Training Programme for Honey Producers in Ghana, Sefwi Wiawso
  and Akontombra Districts, 15-17 March, 2009.
• Capacity Building Programme on Snail Production in Ghana, Sefwi Wiawso and
  Akontombra Districts, 19-20 March, 2009.
• Capacity Building Programme on Mushroom Production in Ghana, Sefwi Wiawso and
  Akontombra Districts, 21-22 March, 2009.
• Capacity Building Programme on Mushroom Production in Ghana, Hohoe, Hohoe
  Municipality, 21-22 March, 2009.
• Training for Guinea Fowl Producers in Upper West Region, Tumu, Sissala East
  District, 17-21 March, 2009.
• Capacity Building Training Programme for Grasscutter Farmers in Sefwi Wiawso and
  Akontombra Districts, 13-14 March, 2009.
• Capacity Building Training Programme for Honey Producers in Ghana, Hohoe, Hohoe
  Municipality 15-16 March, 2009.
• Capacity Building Programme on Snail Production in Ghana, Hohoe, Hohoe
  Municipality, 19-20 March, 2009 .
• Training for the production of Medicinal Plants in Ghana, Hohoe, Hohoe
  Municipality, 17-18 March, 2009.
• Capacity Building Training Programme for Grass-cutterFarmers in Hohoe, Hohoe
  District, 13-14 March, 2009.
• Improving Participation in District Assembly Planning and Budgeting Systems for
  Leaders of Farmer-Based Organisations (FBOs) in the Sefwi Wiawso and Akontombra
  Districts in the Western Region of Ghana, financed by the Civil Society Funds of the
  World Bank, November 2008.
• Capacity Building Workshop on Organic Agriculture: Appropriate Skills and Practices
  within the Framework of the Farmer Responsive Mechanisms for Extension and
  Research (FARMER Project) in Ghana, financed by CIDA. 21-22 December 2005
• Capacity Building Workshop on Action Research Activities on Agricultural
  Performance in the Sissala District from 27-29 September 2005 Within the
  Framework of the Farmer Responsive Mechanisms for Extension and Research
  (FARMER Project) in Ghana, financed by CIDA.
• Capacity Building Within the Framework of the Farmer Responsive Mechanisms for
  Extension and Research (FARMER Project) in the Upper West Region of Ghana,
  financed by CIDA.
• Women, Integrated Farming Systems and Food Security in West Africa, Accra
  November 2003, subvented by UNESCO Participation Programme, Paris, France,
  Project Number 183 324 01 BEL.
• Integrated Farming Systems and Food Security in West Africa, Dodowa, Ghana and
  Songhai Centre, Porto Novo, Republic of Benin, 29 October – November 4
  2001.

Education:

• Project Proposal Writing Skills for District Assemblies and the Upper West Regional
  Directorate of Education, funded by the Netherlands Development Organisation,
  Upper West Portfolio, Wa, August 2011.
• Organised a Capacity Building Workshop on Project Management, Decision Making
  and Resource Mobilisation Strategies from 16-20 April, 2007, funded by CIDA
  through CBIE.
• Organised Capacity Building Workshop on Management of NGOs, Project
  Management and Good Governance in Developing Countries from 13-19 November
  2006, funded by CIDA, Canada.
• Organised a Capacity Building programme on “Project Management and Good
  Governance in Developing Countries”, financed by CIDA via CBIE, 17-21 April 2006,
  Accra, Ghana.
• Organised a “Capacity Building Programme for Local Project Management Teams
  and Development Officers in Sefwi Wiawso and Hohoe District in Ghana, 10-14 April
  2006, financed by Evangelischer Entwickkungsdienst (EED), Bonn, Germany.
• Organised a Capacity Building programme on “Management of Non-Governmental
  Organisations: Using Advocacy, Negotiations and Networking”, financed by CIDA via
  CBIE, 10-14 October 2006, Accra, Ghana.
• Stakeholder Consultations on the Canadian Bureau for International Education’s
  Good Governance and Capacity Building Programme, 12 September 2005, Alisa
  Hotel, Accra, Ghana.
• Workshop on Management of NGOs: Using Advocacy, Negotiations and Networking
  to Enhance Organisational Efficiency. A CYETA Pilot Programme funded by the
  Canadian Bureau of International Educational (CBIE), held in Accra from 10-14
  October 2005.
• Workshop on Project Management and Good Governance in Developing Countries,
  A CYETA Pilot Programme funded by the Canadian Bureau of International
  Educational (CBIE), held in Accra from 11-15 April 2005.
• Information Management for Decision-makers, East-Legon, Accra, Ghana, 23 – 24
  September 2003.
• Workshop on Managing an Information System Department, Accra, Ghana, 3-4 June
  2003.
• Workshop on Project Management and Funding Proposal Development, Bolgatanga,
  Ghana, 27-28 May 2003.
• Workshop on Project Management for Developing Country, Accra, Ghana, 12-14
  February 2003.
• Workshop on Integrating Economic, Social, and Environmental Dimension for
  Sustainable Enterprise Management in Ghana, Accra 25 February – 27 February
  2003.
• Refresher Course on Entrepreneurship and Job Creation in Africa, Accra, Ghana, 03 –
  13 September 2002, in cooperation with Maastricht School of Management, The
  Netherlands.
• Project Management for Developing Countries, Accra, Ghana, 26 – 28 February 2001.
• Project Management in Developing Countries, Accra, March 27 – 29, 2000.
• Intensive Training Programme on International Business Negotiations, Accra, March
  30 – April 1, 2000.
• Workshop Senior Management Training Programme on Organisational and Human
  Aspects of Project Management, Accra, August 7 – 9, 2000.
• Intensive Training Programme on Computer Applications in Project Management,
  Accra, 14 – 15 November 2000.
• Seminar on International Business Negotiations, organised for the State Enterprises
  Commission, Accra, December 1994.
• Capacity Building Programme for ICED Staff, Associates, Fellows and Local
  Partners, Accra, 6 – 11April 2015.
• Capacity Building on Intercultural Communication, Negotiation Skills and
  International Cooperation, Accra, 14-18 March 2016.

 Environmental Management

• 3 rd Capacity Building Programme on Environmental Management and Forest
  Conservation in Ghana, Sui, SefwiWiawso District, Ghana,, 19-20 January 2009.
• 2 nd Capacity Building Programme on Environmental Management and Forest
  Conservation in Ghana, Sui, Sefwi Wiawso District, Ghana,, 5-6 November 2008.
• 1 st Capacity Building Programme on Environmental Management and Forest
  Conservation in Ghana, Sui, Sefwi Wiawso District, Ghana, 6-7 August 2008.
• Organised an International Conference on the Management of Natural/National
  Parks and Biodiversity Conservation in Africa from 2-6 April 2007, Centre for African
  Wetlands, University of Ghana, Funded by Flemish Inter-University Council (VLIR),
  Belgium.
• Workshop on Trends in Human Ecology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) Human
  Ecology Alumni Follow-up Project, funded by the Flemish Inter-university Council
  (VLIR), Accra, 21-25 March 2005.
• Consultative Technical Meeting on Environmental management Systems for Ghana
  Ports and Harbours Authority, 27-29 July 2004.
• Environmental Management systems for Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority, Erata
  Hotel, East Legon, 27-29 March 2004.
• Total Quality Management and Environmental Auditing, 1 – 4, Accra December
  2003.
• Sixth Capacity Building Workshop on Forest Resources Creation in the Sefwi Wiawso
  District: Integrated Skills for Natural Resource Management in Sefwi Wiawso, 15-18
  July 2003.
• Fifth Capacity Workshop on Forest Resources Creation in the Sefwi Wiawso District:
  Women and Sustainable Resources Management in Sefwi Wiawso, 3-6 June 2003.
• Fourth Capacity Building Workshop on Forest Resources Creation in the Sefwi
  Wiawso District: Land Tenure and the Management of Economic Trees in Sefwi
  Wiawso, 18-23 March 2003.
• Third Capacity Building Workshop on Forest Resources Creation in the Sefwi Wiawso
  District: Communication and Negotiation Skills for Natural Resource Management in
  Sefwi Wiawso, 10-13 December 2002.
• Second Capacity Building Workshop on Forest Resources Creation in the Sefwi
  Wiawso District: Environmental Planning and Management for Members of the
  District Environmental Management Committee in Sefwi Wiawso District, Sefwi
  Wiawso, Ghana, 29 October – 1 November 2002.
• First Capacity Building Workshop on Forest Resources Creation in the Sefwi Wiawso
  District: Introductory Workshop, Sefwi Wiawso, Ghana, 23 – 26 July 2002.
• Total Quality Management: ISO 9000 and 14000 Series, Accra, Ghana, 16 – 19 July
  2002.
• Total Quality Management and Environmental Auditing: ISO 9000 and 14000 Series,
  Accra, Ghana, 23- 27 July 2001.
• Environmental Management and Care Systems, Abuja, Nigeria, 9-13 July 2001.
• Environmental Management and Care Systems, Sogakope Ghana, 23 – 27 March
  2001.
• Key Economic and Legal Instruments for Environmental Management in West Africa,
  Sogakope, Ghana, 26-30 March 2001.
• Environmental Management and Care Systems, Sogakope Ghana, 20 – 30 November
  2000:
• First Session: Sustainable Development, Environmental Management and Care
  Systems
• Second Session: Eco-design, Eco-labeling and Environmental Taxes
• Workshop on Packaging Waste Management in Ghana, Accra, 18 – 20 October 2000.
   Intensive Training Programme in Environmental Management and Care Systems:
• Session I: Sustainable Development and Environmental Management and Care
  Systems, Sogakope, Ghana, 15-21 March 1999.
• Session II: Eco-design, Eco-labelling and Environmental Taxes, Accra, 26-30 July 1999.
• Session III: Environmental Responsibility in World Trade, Accra, 1-4 August 1999.
• Seminar on Policy Sectoral and Institutional Issues in Environmental Management in
  West Africa, University of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 3-August 1998.
• Seminar on Key Economic and Legal Instruments for Environmental Management in
  West Africa, Sogakope, Ghana, April 1997, sponsored by the Belgian General
  Administration for Development Co-operation.
• Seminar on Environmental Management for the West Africa Sub-region, Grand
  Bassam, Côte d'Ivoire, 24 July to 7 August 1996, sponsored by the Belgian General
  Administration for Development Co-operation.
• Seminar on Environment and Development Education for Developing Countries,
  organised at the Golden Tulip Hotel in August 1994 in collaboration with the Human
  Ecology Department of Free University of Brussels (VUB)

2.5.4 Water, Hygiene and Sanitation:

• Stakeholder Capacity Building on Effective Management of Water Provision
  and Training in Hygiene and Sanitation Provision in Suke, within the framework
  of the project “Provision of Drinking Water and Improvement of Hygiene and
  Sanitation in Badu in Brong Ahafo Region and Suke in the Upper West Region of
  Ghana”, Lambussie District, 30 August 2017.
• Capacity building on Effective Management of Water Provision and Training of
  Stakeholders in Hygiene and Sanitation Provision in Badu, within the framework of
  the project “Provision of Drinking Water and Improvement of Hygiene and
  Sanitation, within the framework of the project “Provision of Drinking Water and
  Improvement of Hygiene and Sanitation, Brong Ahafo Region and Suke in the Upper
  West Region of Ghana”, Badu, 27-30 July 2017.”
• Capacity Building Programme on Improving Hygiene and Sanitation in Karni in
  the Lambussie-Karni District, Upper West Region of Ghana, 2011.
• Organised Capacity Building Programme on Environmental Sanitation,
  Community Water Resources Management and Food Security from 6-10
  November 2006.
• Organised a Capacity Building programme on Environmental and Community
  Water Resources Management and Sanitation in Ghana, financed by CIDA via
  CBIE, 24-28 April 2006, Accra, Ghana.
• Awareness and Capacity Building on Management of Drinking Water, Hygiene
  and Sanitation Facilities in the Upper West Region of Ghana, 10-11 March
  2014, financed by the Government of the Flemish Community of Belgium and
  the Flemish Partnership Water for Development.
• Awareness Raising and Capacity Building on Management of Drinking Water,
  Hygiene and Sanitation Facilities in Ghana, Orgnised at Sefwi Wiawso, 15 -16
  April 2015.