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SELF-FINANCING,
ECOLOGICAL, SUSTAINABLE, LOCAL INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS FOR THE WORLD’S
POOR
01. E-course :
Diploma in Integrated Development (Dip. Int. Dev. )
Edition
03: 25 March, 2011
10.
INTRODUCTION.
10. The Diploma in Integrated
Development.
The e-course for the Diploma in
Integrated Development (Dip.Int. Dev.) is an advanced specialisation course on
the self-financing, ecological, sustainable, local development concepts
promoted by NGO Stichting Bakens Verzet (Another Way) and partners. Anyone
interested can follow the course, which is available without charge for
independent students. Diploma courses
for students who want to qualify for the Diploma in Integrated Development
itself are, however, subject to the payment of tutor costs on a cost-recovery only basis.
The Course Plan for the Diploma
in Integrated Development (Dip.Int. Dev.) calls for at least 504 hours of
intensive study, covering 18 «study points» each expressing a value of about 28
hours of work. Each course activity shows its attributed academic value.
Students should realise they may need much more than the minimum of 504 hours
to complete their studies.
Just reading the course texts
provides detailed information on all aspects of the principles and techniques
involved in integrated development projects.
11.
This
work has been placed in the public domain under a Creative Commons
Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 licence. It is available to all free
of charge Under the licence terms NGO Stichting Bakens Verzet
(Another Way) reserves the right to information on each project documentation
prepared under the Model by third parties and on project execution. Where
necessary, NGO Stichting Bakens Verzet (Another Way) also reserves the right to
correct the project documentation free of charge, approve it, and at its own
discretion to publish it on website www.integrateddevelopment.org
for the benefit of the general public.
20. INDEPENEDNT
STUDIES
20. Studies without tutor support.
Study done without tutor support is free of
all charge. It is subject neither to periodic control reports, nor to block exams, nor to consolidated Section
exams. However, study without tutor support does not
carry any right to the Diploma in Integrated Development (Dip. Int. Dev.)
itself. Only
students following tutor-supported courses who successfully complete the course
qualify for and are authorised to use the title Diploma in Integrated Development
(Dip. Int. Dev.)
Independent students follow their own study rhythm
without any limitation.
21. Studies without tutor support.: facultative
application form.
We are very interested in
receiving information on all those who decide to follow the course, even when
this is done without tutor support. This is because we would like to know the
country, region, province, district and project area involved in the course
work. We can then create a statistical data-base on the applications of our
Model. If asked to do so, we are interested in providing support for the
drafting of students’ final project documentations and, later, for the
execution of their individual projects.
30.
PROFESSIONAL STUDIES.
30. Tutor-supported studies.
The tutor-supported course for
the Diploma in Integrated Development (Dip.Int. Dev.) requires in principle a
Master’s level university preparation.
The course is adapted to post-graduate studies in many sectors,
including Administration, Agronomy, Development studies, Economics, Education,
Engineering, Environment, Finance, Law, Local Development, Political Sciences,
Sociology, Water and Sanitation, and Women’s Rights. A special appeal is made to women students,
as Women’s Rights and Women’s Participation play a leading role in the
execution of projects drafted under the terms of the Model.
While the advanced level of
the course has been stressed, no academic threshold is needed to accede to the
course. Anyone may follow it on condition that he/she can read and write or
that he/she have the services of a competent amanuensis with a good knowledge
of the English language. A French version of the course is available for
French-speakers. In some cases written work by tutor-supported students may,
subject to the express agreement of Stichting Bakens Verzet, be accepted in a
third language. In any case, a high level of reading knowledge of English (or
French) is required, as most of the resources used are in English. In the
French version of the course, some, but by no means all, of the texts are in
French.
Successfully completed
tutor-supported studies qualify students to receive and to use the title
Diploma in Integrated Development (Dip.Int.Dev.) An academic with the title Dip. Int. Dev.) has
attained a level where he/she is able to train trainers for integrated
development projects, coordinate integrated development at regional and/or
national level, and operate University courses in Integrated Development,
including a Faculty for Integrated Development Studies..
Tutor-supported studies are
subject to periodic control reports, block exams and section exams to qualify
for to access the following phase of
study. For obvious reasons, details of the exams are given to students when
they sit their exams. The content of the exams is subject to systematic renewal
and subject to a confidentiality agreement.
Studies for the Diploma in
Integrated Development (Dip. Int. Dev.)
together carry a work-load of at least 504 hours. Students are free to follow
their own working rhythm. Many students will need much more time than 504
hours. The time allowed for finalised, well-written exercises rarely exceeds 30
minutes per page, including study of resources and lateral analyses. Despite
the extreme study pressure, students are expected to complete the course during
a single academic year. Where necessary, they can negotiate an extension to the
time for completing their courses. In that case, however, NGO Stichting Bakens
Verzet (Another Way) and/or partners reserve the right to demand a
supplementary payment to cover eventual variations in tutor costs.
40. TARIFFS (APPLICABLE ONLY TO PROFESSIONAL TUTOR-SUPPORTED COURSES.)
Professional courses for the title Diploma in Integrated Development (Dip. Int. Dev.) are subject to
payment, being :
Basic tariff : € 5.000.
Price for OECD country students :
€ 5.000.
Price for students from emerging countries ( UNDP list) : € 3.250.
Price for students from the least developed countries (UNDP list) : € 1.500.
The average tariff , based on the hypothesis of an equal number of
students from each of the three groups, is € 3.250.
Applying the bursaries expected:
OECD country students must raise on their own account : € 5.000 less 50% (bursary at € 2.500) = € 2.500.
Emerging country students ( UNDP list) must raise on their own
account : € 3.250 less
60% (bursary at € 1.950) = € 1.300.
Least developed country
students ( UNDP list) must raise on their own account : € 1.500 less 90% (bursary at € 1.350) = € 150.
Since the course for the
Diploma in Integrated Development is new, several years may be required for the
organisation of bursary options. This means that in the meantime, students have
the option to follow the course independently free of charge, or to raise the
basic tariff for tutor-supported study themselves.
Should there be a
higher number of tutor-supported students from least developed countries in
relation to the other two groups, the tariffs will be modified so that at least
€3.250 per student is available to Stichting Bakens
Verzet to recover tutorship- and basic administration costs.
◄ First block: Poverty and quality of life.
◄ Main index for the
Diploma in Integrated Development (Dip. Int. Dev.)
"Money is not the key that opens the gates of the market but the
bolt that bars them."
Gesell, Silvio, The Natural Economic Order, revised English edition,
Peter Owen, London 1958, page 228.
“Poverty is created scarcity.”
Wahu Kaara, point 8 of the Global Call to Action Against Poverty, 58th
annual NGO Conference, United Nations, New York 7th September 2005.
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