Accredited training and Capacity Building

Umhlaba Development Services is an accredited training provider having been awarded this status by the Service Sector Education and Training Authority. The focus of our training is to build management and systems capacity in government and non-governmental development role-players with a specific focus on project management, leadership, strategic management and people management.

Our trainers are experienced in the development and sector and have excelled in training a range of role-players in South Africa and on the African continent on various development training programmes, customised to meet their specific needs.

Umhlaba offers both accredited and non-accredited training. In order to receive the accreditation for a course the training schedule has to be adhered to and participants must produce a Portfolio of Evidence to demonstrate their understanding and application of the theory. Each course has a requisite number of hours allocated for theory, workplace application and self-study to produce the Portfolio of Evidence. This is submitted for assessment and moderation and if the participant’s overall assessment is satisfactory, he/she receives a Seta-accredited certificate.

The following courses are accredited through the Services Seta:

Planning for Project Management Project Support and adminstration, includes HR Financial Management for Non-Financial Managers Projects Implimentation Monitoring and Evaluation

Managing teams Writing Funding Proposals Research and Report writing Human Resource Management Strategic Leadership

Participants that do not want to go through the accredited training will receive a Certificate of Attendance for any course attended.

Below is a selection of training programmes offered which can be customised to meet individual organisational needs:

Finance for Non-Financial People Logical Framework Approach to Planning (Log Frame) Advocacy Programme (theory and practice for civil society) Policy Development Project Management Strategic Planning Strategic Management

Board of Governance Training Strategic Leadership and Management for NGO Managers Human Resource Management Managing Teams Monitoring and Evaluations Proposal and Report Writing