Khanya-aicdd and the Center for Development Support (CDS) are offering a 3-day Certificate Course called ‘Managing Sustainable Livelihoods: understanding and applying the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach (SLA).’

This training course aims to share the latest thinking about how the development system must be transformed in order to ensure that livelihoods of the poor are improved, and how the sustainable livelihoods approach (SLA) can be used to achieve impact in improving people’s livelihoods.

This course is targeted at practitioners, consultants and advisers from development agencies and government departments, wanting to understand the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach (SLA) and how to apply it in their work. No previous experience of SLA is required.

Course Fees: ZAR 4 500.00 (VAT incl.) - meals & accommodation excl.
The course will be held in AstroTech Conference Centre, Cnr Anerley Roadand 3rd avenue, Parktown Johannesburg on 23-26 February 2009.

Application Deadline: 13 February 2009

Full details about the course are available here.

You can also download application forms from this website or email Matshweu Machedi on admin@khanya-aicdd.org , Tel: (+27) 011 642 5011

About the Organizers
The African Institute for Community-Driven Development (Khanya-aicdd) is an African centre of expertise on community-driven development (CDD) and sustainable livelihoods. The Centre for Development Support (CDS) is a progressive research and development unit within the Faculty of Economic and Management Science at the University of the Free State.