Asian Bank courses for employees of the Ministry of Information and Social Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Center for Supporting Civil Initiatives will start

On March 15, training courses aimed at increasing the potential of employees in the field of supporting the development of Kazakhstani NGOs will start.

"For the first time, we have engaged the Asian Development Bank to improve the competencies of employees of the Ministry and the CSCI, as authorized bodies for working with the civil society of the country. These courses will allow getting the best international practices that will be disseminated and will affect the development of the civil sector," said Lima Diaz, Chairman of the Board of the Center for Supporting Civil Initiatives.

Courses on project management, financial management, monitoring and evaluation of social projects, fundraising aimed to increase human resources in the field of grant and project management.

Within the framework of the project will be trained 5 employees of specialized structural divisions of the Ministry, directly involved in the process of planning, monitoring and evaluation of grant projects, as well as 15 employees of the CSCI in the areas of "project management", "financial management", "monitoring and evaluation of social projects".

All trained employees of the Center will be involved in organizing advanced training courses for grantees in order to ensure the sustainability of NGOs after the grant is implemented.

"This will allow not to lock the acquired knowledge and skills in the CSCI and the Ministry, but to multiply to the NGO sector. Thus, 10 employees of the Center who have completed a series of courses for project managers and a fundraising course will additionally undergo "Training for trainers," concluded Lima Diaz.