Bringing Best-Practice Performance Improvement & Management Expertise to the Field of International Development

Immersion HICD Training ProgramApril 30 to May 2, Washington DC

The Immersion HICD Training provides a complete guide to manage HICD work

The training is based on a detailed elaboration of a standard HICD process (see below and on the next page).Participants are guided step-by-step along the process, starting at the proposal stage, learn about the essentials of each step, get re-usable forms and templates and learn about the DOs and DON‘Ts that are important for all activities to manage HICD.

The HICD-Cycle Poster Part I

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The HICD-Cycle Poster Part II

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What will you specifically get from the Immersion HICD Training Program?

Module 1: HICD Proposal Response• Presentation & discussion

• Handout support materials, including review of HICD RFPs, review of HICD job postings, review of RFP key personnel descriptions, example of an HICD strategy, work plan, knowledge transfer plan to LPOs, development program for HICD/HPT LSPs, field staff professional development plan and program leadership transfer plan (to a local COP)

Module 2: HICD Project Cycle and Partner Organization Selection Scan

• Presentation & discussion

• Handout support materials, including a review of the HICD project cycle and an example of scan together with narrative explanationsexplanations

Module 3: Local Partner Organization (LPO) Buy-in• Presentation & discussion

• Handout support materials, including a narrative on buy-in steps and essentials of Memorandum of Understanding 1 (MOU 1) plus an example of HICD presentation to an LPO

Module 4: Memorandum of Understanding 1• Presentation & discussion

• Handout support materials, including an example of MOU 1

Module 5: Stakeholder Group• Presentation & discussion

• Handout support material, including an example of stakeholder group agreement

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Handout support materials have been developed from practice, and the trainer will extract insightful value from them based on his HICD management experience in the field.

What will you specifically get from the Immersion HICD Training Program?

Just like the HICD-Cycle Poster, all presentations and up to 50 handout support materials are for you to keep.

Module 6: Procurement of Foreign and Local Service Provider (FSP/LSP)

• Presentation & discussion

• Handout support materials, including a narrative on procurement of FSP/LSP, an example of RFP for one member of the performance assessment team, a recommendation memo to the Mission following the RFP, and an SOW for a member of the team procured non-competitively

Module 7: Performance Assessment and Memorandum of Understanding 2

• Presentation & discussion

• Handout support materials, including examples of performance assessment work plan, external and internal assessments, process mapping, final report presentation, draft PSP & PMS, progress

HICD-Cycle Poster

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to 50 handout support materials are for you to keep. mapping, final report presentation, draft PSP & PMS, progress reports to the stakeholder group during the assessment, and an example of MOU 2

Module 8: M&E for HICD• Presentation & discussion

• Handout support materials, including an M&E blueprint design and presentation of a cross-sector HICD program, steps in developing the M&E and the PMS within it, and PMS components such as KPI & Progress Marker (outcome indicators) data collection folders

Module 9: PSP Implementation, PMS Activation and Graduation

• Presentation & discussion

• Handout support materials, including examples of HICD project-portfolio mix, internal tools used for management, and reporting to the Mission

The Consulting Academy

What is our purpose?We provide private enterprises, independent consultants as well as international donor agencies, their implementing contractors, local service providers and local partner institutions, with both practical management knowhow and relevant consulting skills in performance consulting ,including Human and Institutional Capacity Development.

Who are we?Performance Design Partners is a US-based partnership firm between the consulting firms of performance design international and Performance Design Lab. For more information on pdi andPDL, visit the following web-sites:www.performancedesigninternational.comwww.performancedesignlab.com

What is our quality assurance to you?pdi and PDL are well established firms in the field of performance improvement in the US and EU as well in all parts of the world where international development takes place. Our consultants are performance improvement or/and HICD management experts, They come from different cultural backgrounds, which ensures personal sensitivity and service adapatability to local context and organizations. See the bio of our expert/ trainer for the upcoming event on the next page.

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Who will be delivering the program?

Dr. Patrick Coughlin has 13 years of experience in international development , 6 of which designing/managing HICD programs.

As such, he has outsourced, supervised or participated in performance assessments of local organizations and implemented performance solutions packages from start to end. While COP of the USAID Georgia FORECAST on close-out year (2010/2011), he re-directed remaining funds to most promising projects, launched a professional development program that elevated HICD capacities among local service providers substantially, and developed an M&E System/Database tailored to cross-activity HICD.

Before that, as COP of the USAID Cyprus Capacity Development Program (CDP) on start-up year (2008/2009), he conducted a cross-sector needs assessment within the Turkish Cypriot community, then designed and launched a portfolio of certification programs which resulted in “mass” impact among key Turkish Cypriot professional resulted in “mass” impact among key Turkish Cypriot professional groups.

Prior to that, as COP of the USAID Macedonia Human & Institutional Development Program (HIDP) (from 2005 to 2008), he developed a set of HICD delivery procedures to be applied to six local institutions simultaneously, starting with a local partner institution selection scan, then trained a local replacement to his position.

In addition to experience in international development, Dr. Coughlin has six years of product-development and management experience in Market Research and Training for multinational firms in the US and Poland. He holds Doctorate, Masters and B.A. degrees in business, has taught at university level and is published. He is fluent in English, French and Spanish, conversant in Polish. He is member of the PDP team and a CPT. (For more details on our trainer’s background and experience, please go to Google, HICD Experts, page 1.)

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When? Where? How to register?

When and where will the program take place? The Immersion HICD Training Program will last three days and takeplace : • From Monday through Wednesday, April 30th to May 2nd • At a location in Washington DC tbd• From 8:30 pm to 12:30 pm, and 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm

Reception of participants will be on Monday from 8:00 to 8:30 am

What are the terms? The participation fee is $3,000 per participant and includes:• HICD-Cycle Poster• Up to 50 handout materials developed from practice• Buffet lunch on all three days• Coffee, tea and refreshmentsIf you are travelling to Washington, you will need to arrange your own

If the FORECAST II HICD IQC emerges within the first two weeks of April, we will do our best to advance the program dates by one or two weeks - so that you can still benefit from it at a very early stage in the proposal writing process-and issue a second offer to you with relevant details.

Note:

If you are travelling to Washington, you will need to arrange your ownaccommodations.

Registrations will be accepted until Monday April 23. You will receive payment instructions in the confirmation email you receive immediately after registration, and payment in full must be received by April 23rd as well. Once we receive payment, confirmation of participation will be sent to you, along with additional Information (such as name and address of training location). We reserve the right to cancel this program, but no later than Tuesday, April 24. If this was to happen, we would make an announcement, and refunds would be made to you immediately.

If you have any questions before signing in, please contact Dr. Coughlin at: Patrick.Coughlin@pd-international.deHe will respond to your questions immediately (via his Gmail addressalternatively).

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http://www.performancedesignlab.com/hicd-workshop

to you with relevant details.

Those signed up for the initial dates will be automatically registered for the earlier event, or can opt to cancel.

To register go to:

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