| Location | Duration | Kenyan Cost | Non-Kenyan Cost | Upcoming Schedules |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nairobi, Kenya | 5 Days | KES 115,000 | USD 1,500 | Enroll |
| Kigali, Rwanda | 5 Days | USD 1,900 | USD 1,900 | Enroll |
| Kampala, Uganda | 5 Days | USD 1,900 | USD 1,900 | Enroll |
| Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | 5 Days | USD 2,000 | USD 2,000 | Enroll |
| Dubai, UAE | 5 Days | USD 3,900 | USD 3,900 | Enroll |
| Abuja, Nigeria | 5 Days | USD 4,000 | USD 4,000 | Enroll |
| Accra, Ghana | 5 Days | USD 4,000 | USD 4,000 | Enroll |
| Pretoria, South Africa | 5 Days | USD 3,900 | USD 3,900 | Enroll |
| Start & End Date | Duration | Kenyan Cost | Non-Kenyan Cost | Enroll | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14āSep 22, 2026 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Sep 28āOct 06, 2026 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Oct 12āOct 20, 2026 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Oct 26āNov 03, 2026 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Nov 09āNov 17, 2026 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Nov 23āDec 01, 2026 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Dec 07āDec 15, 2026 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Dec 21āDec 29, 2026 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Jan 04āJan 12, 2027 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Jan 18āJan 26, 2027 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Feb 01āFeb 09, 2027 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Feb 15āFeb 23, 2027 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Mar 01āMar 09, 2027 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Mar 15āMar 23, 2027 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Mar 29āApr 06, 2027 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Apr 12āApr 20, 2027 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Apr 26āMay 04, 2027 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| May 10āMay 18, 2027 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| May 24āJun 01, 2027 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Jun 07āJun 15, 2027 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Jun 21āJun 29, 2027 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Jul 05āJul 13, 2027 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Jul 19āJul 27, 2027 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
| Aug 02āAug 10, 2027 | 7 Days | KES 90,000 | USD 1,000 | Register | |
About the Course
International development programmes are managed under distinctive constraints, donor accountability requirements, multi-stakeholder coordination, localization commitments and volatile operating contexts, that require leadership and management capability calibrated specifically to the sector rather than generic corporate management training.
This programme builds sector-specific leadership and management capability: donor and grant management, multi-stakeholder programme coordination, localization-agenda leadership, results-based accountability, and leading teams in volatile or resource-constrained development contexts.
Participants leave with a programme leadership action plan addressing a real coordination or accountability challenge in their own portfolio, directly applicable to strengthening leadership of development programmes and teams.
Target Participants
Development programme managers and directors, NGO and INGO senior staff, Donor-funded project leaders, Government counterparts on development programmes, and Consultants and technical advisors in development.
What You Will Learn
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Apply leadership principles calibrated to development-sector constraints.
- Manage donor accountability and grant-compliance requirements.
- Coordinate multi-stakeholder programme partnerships.
- Lead localization-agenda implementation.
- Manage teams in volatile or resource-constrained contexts.
- Apply results-based accountability practices to leadership decisions.
Course Duration
- Classroom ā 5 Days
- Online ā 7 Days
Course Outline
Leadership in the Development Context
- Development-sector leadership distinctions
- Stakeholder landscape overview
- Sector-specific challenges
- Self-assessment of context readiness
- Case introduction
Donor and Grant Management Leadership
- Donor-relationship management
- Grant-compliance leadership
- Reporting-cycle management
- Donor-communication practice
- Compliance-case exercise
Multi-Stakeholder Coordination
- Coordination-mechanism design
- Partner-relationship management
- Government-liaison practice
- Coordination-case exercise
- Stakeholder-mapping workshop
Localization Leadership
- Localization-agenda principles
- Local-partner capacity strengthening
- Power-shift management
- Localization-case exercise
- Transition-planning practice
Results-Based Leadership and Accountability
- Results-based management basics
- Accountability-to-affected-populations practice
- Adaptive-management principles
- Results-case exercise
- Accountability-framework review
Leading Teams in Volatile Contexts
- Volatility-context leadership
- Duty-of-care basics
- Remote-team leadership in fragile settings
- Volatility-case exercise
- Contingency-planning practice
Financial and Compliance Leadership
- Programme budget oversight
- Compliance-risk awareness
- Financial-reporting leadership
- Compliance-case exercise
- Oversight-checklist use
Change and Adaptive Management
- Adaptive-management cycles
- Pivoting programme strategy
- Change-communication to donors
- Adaptive-case exercise
- Pivot-decision practice
Building Local Leadership Capacity
- Local-staff development
- Succession-planning for local leadership
- Capacity-strengthening design
- Capacity-case exercise
- Development-plan drafting
Capstone: Programme Leadership Action Plan
- Action-plan structuring
- Peer review session
- Presentation to cohort
- Implementation-readiness check
- Post-training commitments
Practical Outputs
Participants will develop or work with the following tangible outputs during the programme:
- Programme leadership action plan
- Donor-compliance leadership checklist
- Multi-stakeholder coordination plan
- Localization transition-planning template
Training Approach
The programme uses development-sector case studies, structured coordination-simulation exercises, guided practice on donor communication and compliance leadership, and a capstone action-planning process addressing a real coordination or accountability challenge from the participant’s own programme portfolio.
Organizational Benefits
- Stronger donor and grant-compliance leadership
- More effective multi-stakeholder programme coordination
- Better-led localization transitions
- Improved team leadership in volatile operating contexts
- Stronger local leadership capacity and succession readiness
Certification
Participants who successfully complete this course will receive a Certificate of Course Completion from Devimpact Institute, recognizing the knowledge, practical skills and competencies developed through the programme.
Tailor-Made Course
This course can be customized and delivered as an in-house programme to address the specific policies, systems, sector context and capacity-development priorities of an organization. The course duration, modules, case studies and practical exercises may be adjusted following a training needs assessment.
