GSED Courses
GSED is responsible for building capacities and enhancing knowledge and skills of those involved in sustainable development initiatives. It provides solutions and guidelines on the best practices of good governance, administration, rural development, poverty reduction and disaster management. It is particularly designed to link citizens and governance at local, regional and national levels to ensure sustainable development delivery that is just, environmentally friendly, and champions gender sensitivity and good health for all.
Aim
To familiarize participants with Local Government systems in Lesotho so that they can implement and drive decentralization process.
Course Objectives
- To support local authorities to be acceptable credible agencies.
- Implement the decentralization process to address the needs of the local areas.
Target Group
Local government staff at all levels, chiefs and councillors
Course Synopsis
This course prepares participants to implement the Local Government Act. The course explores decentralization process in Lesotho, it looks at the functions and powers granted to local authorities. The skills gained by participants will assist them to effectively address the needs of various communities.
Duration : 5 DAYS
Aim
To introduce the new employees of local government to local government functions and procedures in order to fully support the local government activities.
Course Objectives
- To effectively work hand in hand with the local authorities
- To help participants acclimatize to their new work environments.
Target Group
Newly employed Local government and council staff.
Course Synopsis
This course exposes newly appointed local government staff with knowledge of local government functions and roles of local government authorities. The course focuses on the following key topic, decentralization, the local government system and legal framework and the structure of local government. The course will help participants to effectively perform their duties.
Duration : 5 DAYS
Aim
To equip participants with project management skills so that they can successfully manage and implement projects.
Course Objectives
- Design practical projects for their organizations.
- Successfully plan, implement, monitor and evaluate projects in their organizations.
Target Group
Public officers involved in projects.
Course Synopsis
This course exposes participants to projects management techniques that will be used to build understanding and comprehension of project management. The course looks at the following concepts, project planning, design, implementation and project monitoring and evaluation. Skills gained will help participants plan, implement, monitor and evaluate projects with a view to reducing project failure.
Duration : 10 DAYS
Aim
To capacitate public officers with policy making skills, management and analysis in order to formulate implementable and value-adding policies.
Course Objectives
- To identify areas that need policy intervention in the public sector.
- To adhere to policy making process in the public sector.
- To identify key factors in policy failure and or success.
Target Group
Middle and Senior Management staff
Course Synopsis
This course introduces participants to the concept of public policy. It sharpens knowledge on the need for and importance of policy in the public sector. The course examines policy conception, policy analysis, policy implementation policy monitoring and evaluation. Skills gained will enable participants to design and undertake viable policies.
Duration : 5 DAYS
Aim
To provide participants with techniques of approaching and managing negotiations for enhanced organizational performance.
Course Objectives
- To develop systematic framework for planning and conducting negotiation
- To develop the mechanisms of negotiation
- To serve as a forum for the exchange of ideas and information with development partners
Target Group
Middle and top management in the public sector
Course Synopsis
This course capacitates participants on negotiation skills. The course covers the following: overview of negotiation, negotiation preparation and negotiation procedures. Skills learned from this course will help participants effectively communicate with donors and stakeholders as well as secure funding for the government.
Duration : 5 DAYS
Aim
To capacitate participants with ethical principles, values, and mechanisms for cultivating ethical culture in the public service.
Course Objectives
- To develop organizational value system
- To promote organizational integrity
Target Group
Middle and senior management staff in the Public Sector
Course Synopsis
This course equips participants with ethical principles and values essential for maintaining ethical culture in the public service. Topics covered include ethical decision making, resolving ethical dilemmas, ethical culture in the public service, and compliance program with ethical standards. Skills obtained from this course will enable participants to effectively manage ethics and professionalism in the public service.
Duration : 5 DAYS
Aim
This course aims to equip all public managers and directors with ways of identifying, analysing problems and proposing befitting decision-making strategies for various problems in different departments for a smooth-running institution.
Course Objectives
- Review decision making strategies.
- To examine and bring a better understanding of dynamics and complexities associated with decision-making process for all managers in public service.
- To bring understanding and appreciation of the importance of Human Resource Management, performance management, and chain of command in decision making..
- To align best fit decision-making strategy with tabled problems.
Target Group
All public service managers and directors
Course Synopsis
This course orientates newly appointed public service managers on the importance of effective decision-making strategies. The course dwells exclusively on the roles of managers, thereby putting emphasise on the issue of Human Resource Management, performance management, and chain of command (organogram), as foundation to effective decision making. The skills gained by the participants will help them understand that performance information entwined with chain of command hold the potential to generate institutional learning and inform their decisions about important problems and priorities for achieving national goals, institutional goals, and effective service delivery.
Duration : 3 DAYS
Aim
To provide Public Officers holding managerial and leadership positions with skills to harness their emotions and the emotions of others to enhance decision making, build trusting relationships, and facilitate high performance.
Course Objectives
- Introduce participants to the concept of EI and its benefits both at workplace and in their personal life.
- To distinguish emotional intelligence from other forms of intelligences
- Assist public officers to recognize and intentionally use emotional data to create and maintain healthy and productive workplaces and build high performing teams.
- Understand emotional competencies and how they can contribute to helping participants in dealing with work and personal stressors productively.
Target Group
All Public Officers, employees in the Private sector and NGOS holding in Managerial and Leadership Positions
Course Synopsis
EI – The ability to recognize and positively manage emotions in yourself, others and among groups has a strong impact on organizational performance. Research shows that workers are more inclined to go extra mile if requested to do so by an empathetic leader whom they admire and trust. Understanding and deliberately using emotional intelligence at workplace improves self-awareness, accountability, fosters effective communication and contributes to conducive organizational culture. This program is designed to help public officers gain in-depth awareness of themselves and how their actions and behaviour impact others.
Duration : 5 DAYS
Aim
To provide all public officers with strategies intended to promote the well-being of employees. The purpose is to create an awareness of wellness issues, to facilitate personal change and health management and to promote a healthy and supportive workplace.
Course Objectives
- Empower employees with health education and lifestyle skills to enable them to achieve better health.
- Contribute to reducing absenteeism caused by non-communicable illness.
- Empower participants with Mental Health information and strategies of dealing mental health challenges.
- Empower participants with skills to make sound financial decisions.
Target Group
All Public Officers, employees in the Private sector and NGOS
Course Synopsis
Healthy employees are vital for any organization’s effectiveness and productivity. A focus on employee wellness benefits both the employees and the organisation. The benefit of health promotion programmes is not only to increase participants’ health, but also to decrease the cost to the company through fewer instances of absenteeism. Key issues covered in this this course include Emotional and mental health, non-communicable illness (cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancer, etc.), financial issues, nutrition, and stress management.
Duration : 5 DAYS
Aim
To introduce participants to the concept of good governance and its core principles to develop skills and competencies of public officers in making policy decisions. and to successfully set and maintain the appropriate standards of operation across board to improve service delivery.
Course Objectives
- To understand the principles of good governance and its importance in leadership and management of an institution.
- To adhere to good governance practices and processes in the public sector to accelerate and improve service delivery.
- Ability to formulate and implement appropriate policies to restore public confidence.
- identify strategies for monitoring compliance of good governance principles in public sector.
Target Group
Individuals at various management levels
Course Synopsis
This course introduces participants to the concept of good governance/public governance. It sharpens knowledge and skills on the need for and importance of setting/establishing the standards in the public sector. It examines the principles of good governance and enables public officers to perform optimally and contribute towards improved service delivery. This course will also empower them to support other government initiative such as the successful implementation of public service reforms programme and establishment of new policy decision. In particular, the skills and competencies developed will enable participants to establish and monitor policy implementation and compliance in the public service.
