Seminars A thru E

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List of seminars in alphabetical order. A thru E


5 Weeks
Introduction: Communities may be observed at nearly every scale of human endeavor. They exist in multiple levels and involve social practices that shape, not only the way people define themselves, but also their contributions in society’s achievements. In many ways, community development is the embodiment of a democratic society. This is a system that was built on providing equal opportunities for public participation in decision-making processes of social choices, activities, and a restless desire for change and improvement. Therefore, efficient community development institutions play a vital role to enhance opportunities for all community members to achieve high levels of quality of life, which will be reflected in the achievement of development goals.

Objectives: The seminar will enable participants to:

1. Discuss major factors of interdependence between social changes, and the effectiveness role of community development (CD) professionals and institutions.
2. Develop administrative skills that are necessary to achieve efficiency in CD institutions.
3. Analyze different methods of developing social work activities, mainly for group discussion and interaction between adolescents and their parents.
4. Acquire technical skills in the use of computer database management.
5. Strengthen the opportunities for exchanging experiences and establish networking between the seminar’s participants and similar professionals in United States CD institutions and international organizations.

Target Group Of Participants:

• Administrators and executives of community development centers.
• Community development specialists.
• Social workers.

4 Weeks
Introduction: Some developing countries have managed to reduce the relative impact of their state - own enterprises (SOE'S) sector by implementing economic reform policies for market - oriented structure. However, there is increasing need to improve economy performance which can be achieved by alleviating private sector development constraints. This will increase competition and enhance business environment for revenue generation and economic efficiency.

Objectives: The seminar will enable participants to:

1. Discuss criteria to measure SOE'S performance and stages for economic reform.
2. Analyze PSD constraints, privatization and the stock market role.
3. Identify institutional factors for Int'l business and effective trade.
4. Assess different countries experiences to achieve economic efficiency and the case for commercialization

Target Group Of Participants:

• Government officials from different ministries, departments, authorities such as Economy & International Corporations, Agriculture, Industry, Energy, Planning, Environment, and Investment.
• Managers from Public-Business Sector enterprises and Private Sector Corp.

5 Weeks
Introduction: Financial sector reform is considered to be a fundamental component of economic reform in general, and necessary for the more efficient use of capital in developing countries. The relationship between the performance of the financial institutions and the macroeconomic stability is highly correlated. Financial sector reforms can be sustained not only through strengthening the institutional framework in which financial institutions operate, including cooperative banks, but also in the development of human resources and advanced technologies.

Objectives: The seminar will enable participants to:

1. Discuss major factors of interdependence between economic reform, banking strategy and economic efficiency.
2. Analyze different methods of trade finance.
3. Specify practical tools of financial investment and asset management.
4. Acquire technical skills through individualized/subgrouped training to meet specific training needs of the participants.
5. Strengthen the opportunities for exchanging experiences and establish networking between the seminar’s participants and similar professionals in U.S. commercial and cooperative banks, other financial institutions, and international organizations.

Target Group Of Participants:

• Managers of credit department in commercial banks, cooperative banks, and other financial institutions.
• Commercial loan officers in commercial banks, cooperative banks, and other financial institutions.
• Financial analysts.

5 Weeks
Introduction: In view of the fact that most of developing countries are agriculturally based economics, and are expected to operate under market conditions for achieving economic efficiency. These profound changes are taking place in most developing countries where economic system is being transformed from a centrally planned to a market economy. Therefore, there is a growing recognition of the importance to succeed as self-financing economic entities, in all sectors of the economy, in general, and in agriculture in particular.

Objectives: The seminar will enable participants to:

1. Discuss major factors of interdependence between macroeconomic and policy issues in agricultural finance.
2. Analyze different credit assessment models and their applications.
3. Acquire analytical skills for risk management and liability management.
4. Identify ways to reduce costs of providing existing banking services.
5. Develop applicable systems that optimize efficiency.

Target Group Of Participants:

• Managers of Credit Department in Agricultural, Commercial Banks, and other financial institutions
• Commercial Loan Officers from Agricultural, Commercial Banks, and other financial institutions
• Financial Analysts from Investment and International Cooperation Departments
• Managers of Personnel, and Customer Service
• Departments from Agricultural, Commercial Banks, and other financial institutions

5 Weeks
Introduction: Investment in both formal and informal education is a key factor for achieving development goals. Its importance is reflected in the growing recognition, knowledge, attitudes, and enhances the skills of knowing how to utilize the limited resources efficiently. Therefore, there is no doubt that the school library media specialists play very vital roles by helping teachers teach, and students learn. Hence, their role in education can be one of the most challenging, as well as one of the most rewarding, in this respect.

Objectives: The seminar will enable participants to:

1. Analyze current situation of school library media centers, and locate areas of weakness and strengths.
2. Identify constraints and suggest applicable reforms for increasing teacher-learner involvement in the education process and achieving efficiency.
3. Develop strategies that propose multiple roles of school library media practice.
4. Design instructional models at steps and levels where they are not currently active.
5. Assess results of each step in the instructional design process, and at levels of involvement of the school library media specialists.

Target Group Of Participants:

• School Library Media Specialists
• Instructional Design Executives from Ministries/Departments of Education
• Educators and Trainers

5 Weeks
Introduction: Small, medium and large scale industries in developing countries face specific economic and managerial problems. Common problems are related to the need to achieve economic efficiency in the use of scarce resources, the organization of production process, the implementation and sustainability of investment projects.

Objectives: The seminar will enable participants to:

1. Enhance their economic analytical skills and management capabilities for effective preparation, implementation, and follow-up of investment projects in different industries.
2. Discuss and analyze linkages between markets, prices, and economic efficiency.
3. Provide participants with a thorough understanding of tools and methodologies of project analysis.
4. Apply financial and socio-economic worth measures of investment projects.
5. Provide participants with modern business management techniques and their applications.

Target Group Of Participants:

• Government officials from different ministries, departments, authorities such as Agriculture, Industry, Energy, Planning, Environment, Investment, and International Corporations.
• Managers from Agricultural, Industrial, and Service organizations.
• Project Managers and Assistant Project Managers.
• Trainers.

5 Weeks
Introduction: Small, medium and large scale industries in developing countries face specific economic and managerial problems. Common problems are related to the need to achieve economic efficiency in the use of scarce resources, the organization of production process, the implementation and sustainability of investment projects.

Objectives: The seminar will enable participants to:

1. Enhance their economic analytical skills and management capabilities for effective preparation, implementation, and follow-up of investment projects in different industries.
2. Discuss and analyze linkages between markets, prices, and economic efficiency.
3. Provide participants with a thorough understanding of tools and methodologies of project analysis.
4. Apply financial and socio-economic worth measures of investment projects.
5. Provide participants with modern business management techniques and their applications.

Target Group Of Participants:

• Government officials from different ministries, departments, authorities such as Agriculture, Industry, Energy, Planning, Environment, Investment, and International Corporations.
• Managers from Agricultural, Industrial, and Service organizations.
• Project Managers and Assistant Project Managers.
• Trainers.

3 Weeks
Introduction: A large number of state owned enterprises (SOE’s) in developing countries have been economically inefficient, incurred heavy financial losses, and absorbed disproportionate shares of domestic credit. Economic reform and privatization have become increasingly important to create a business environment that enhances competition. This is crucial in shifting the balance of economic activities (projects) from the public to private domain, and to reinforce the efficient use of available, but limited, resources.

Objectives: The seminar will enable participants to:

1. Discuss objectives and methods for economic reform and privatization.
2. Analyze linkages between market structure and economic efficiency.
3. Apply financial and economic worth measures of investment projects.
4. Develop communication skills, negotiation techniques, and report writing methods for effective performance of economic activities.
5. Strengthen the opportunities for exchanging experiences between the seminar’s participants and similar professionals in U.S.A. corporations, and international organizations.

Target Group Of Participants:

• Directors of Economic Projects, and Financial Departments from government/private sectors.
• Economic Researchers from government/private sectors.
• Project Analysts from government/private sectors

5 Weeks
Introduction: Many developing countries in the past thirty years have experienced internal and external economic imbalances. These have been the result of a multiplicity of government policies and interventions that have been very costly in terms of growth, resource mobilizations, and efficiency of investment. Such intervention also was reflected on diminishing the role of private sector in the economic development. Economic reform, public sector restructuring, and business environment that alleviates constraints from private sector development (PSD) are needed to enhance revenue generation and economic efficiency.

Objectives: The seminar will enable participants to:

1. Acquire a thorough understanding of the current fiscal crisis of public sector expansion and future trends of private sector economic activities.
2. Discuss objectives and strategy for economic reform and public sector restructuring.
3. Analyze constraints on private sector development, and suggested reforms for constraints alleviation.
4. Assess different countries experiences in the application of An Integrated Approach to Private Sector Development (PSD).

Target Group Of Participants:

• Government officials from different ministries, departments, authorities such as Agriculture, Industry, Energy, Planning, Environment, Investment, and International Corporations.
• Managers from Agricultural, Industrial, and Service organizations.

5 Weeks
Introduction: From birth to age 21, all students should have equal opportunity of quality education. Therefore, special education programs are extremely important for students with handicapped conditions such as health impairments, mental retardation, serious emotional illness, and learning disabilities. Hence, special education programs are based on the belief that all students can and will learn through effective teaching-learning models, and management process for disabled students.

Objectives: The seminar will enable participants to:

1. Expand program options to meet different special educational needs at home school, or at community school.
2. Develop knowledge and open communication channels among special educators, general educators, support staff, and families to ensure optimum learning achievements.
3. Plan, implement, and evaluate teaching-learning models for disabled students.
4. Improve the use of technology for instructional devices in order to optimize students’ benefits.
5. Provide professional development for staff to encourage creativity and programs’ innovations.

Target Group Of Participants:

• Special Education Programs’ Directors and Executives from Education, Social Services, and health Ministries
• Supervisors and Educators of Special Education Programs
• Communication Specialists and Social Workers that are involved in Special Education Programs

5 Weeks
Introduction: Most developing countries have technical and supply problems that hold exports back. This is mainly due to the low performance of public sector export organizations, not only in providing information to produce what the international markets want and need, but also in their very little practical contributions of other services that are needed to expand exports. Restructuring trade institutions, reform of trade policies, wide open competition in services for trade and well trained human resources with commercial experience have become increasingly important to promote exports and achieve development objectives. This has become very evident to face international competitiveness in an environment of free trade.

Objectives: The seminar will enable participants to:

1. Analyze market structure, market conduct, and market performance for major manufacturing industries in some developing countries.
2. Identify influences and difficulties that have negative impact on the effectiveness of support services for manufactured exports.
3. Discuss characteristics of public sector trade promotion organizations.
4. Specify practical tools and techniques that are applicable to key areas in restructuring public sector export organizations.
5. Develop analytical skills for foreign trade risk management, and trade finance techniques.
6. Acquire technical skills in developing exports promotion strategy.
7. Locate contacts and establish networking with U.S. Government and private sector representatives.

Target Group Of Participants:

• Directors of Marketing Departments
• Sales Managers
• Managers/Executives of Customer Service Departments
• Manager/Executives of Export Departments