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SEAD capacity building workshops received successfully by Rwandan IPRCs and Universities

27-03-2019

From 13 until 22 March 2019 MSM provided two trainings in Kigali, Rwanda for the Nuffic funded SEAD project “Strengthening educational institutes in providing capacity building services for sustainable agricultural development”.

As a partner in the multiple-year SEAD project Maastricht School of Management contributes through sharing knowledge and experience in the fields of management and leadership, didactics, career advice & guidance and research & innovation.

From 13 until 20 March session 2 of the training Cyclical Management & Leadership for middle management from Universities and IPRC’s took place. Ms. Rita van Deuren (Head Global Custom Programs and International Project Consultant) and Mr. Leo Kerklaan (Associate Consultant in strategic leadership) gave the training where the focus was on monitoring and control in a managerial role. After the training, the participants received a ‘back home action plan’ where they have to develop a plan to monitor milestones and key performance indicators (KPI).

During the second week in Kigali Ms. Rita van Deuren provided a one-week training on Active Teaching and Learning for Academic staff together with Ms. Miriam Frijns. The participants that took part came from the University of Rwanda College of Business & Economics, College of Agriculture, Animal Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, College of Science and Technology and INES Ruhengeri. During this training, the participants learned how they could improve the student centeredness in their educational institutes. The weeklong training was concluded with a real life interactive class simulation.

About SEAD
The project aims to contribute to achieving sustainable food security in Rwanda. It’s designed to improve education and training; research and community services in agricultural production; value chain management and land and water management.

The SEAD project brings together institutions from the Netherlands, and South Africa and the Rwandan public and private sector to provide sustainable solutions to food security.

Nuffic
The project is funded by The Netherlands Initiative for Capacity development in Higher Education (NICHE) from Nuffic. Nuffic’s global development policy is based on strengthening competencies and skills of both individuals and organisations - through education. In the Netherlands, and abroad. Their programs are mostly funded by the Dutch government and are designed to match the Dutch government's goals for development aid and education.

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