Certificate Programs
Our certificate programs are highly participatory courses focused on specific topics. They give candidates the opportunity to share ideas and to exchange experiences with each other and in the fall semester with participants in the Institute's Diploma Program. A wide variety of presentation, case study, and experiential and participatory education methods are used. For your convenience we offer certificate programs in both the spring and fall. The schedule is arranged so that it is possible to take two certificates, one after the other. See the graphic below the program schedule.
Taking back-to-back courses.
Coady Institute certificate programs are offered back-to-back so you can take multiple certificates over a six-week period, concentrating learning time and travel investment. As an example, you could take Advocacy and Citizen Engagement followed by Good Governance and Social Accountability Tools and then Community-Driven Health Impact Assessment. Similarly in the fall you could take Community-Based Natural Resource Management followed by Learning Organizations and Change - or any other combination you choose. With this option you will have the opportunity to study multiple development areas intensively in a concentrated time. To apply for this option, simply indicate the certificates you are interested in on the application form.
2012 Program Schedule
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Certificate |
2012 |
2012 |
|---|---|---|
| May 7 - May 25 | Oct 15 - Nov 2 | |
| May 22 - June 1 | - | |
| May 7 - May 25 | ||
| - | Sept 17 - Oct 5 | |
| May 7 - May 18 | - | |
| June 4 - June 15 | - | |
| - | Sept 17 - Oct 5 | |
| June 4 - June 15 | Oct 15 - Nov 2 | |
| May 22 - June 1 | Sept 17 - Oct 5 | |
| - | Oct 15 - Nov 2 | |
| Communication and Social Media (new) |
June 4 - June 15 | - |
| Good Governance and Social Accountability Tools (new) |
May 28 - June 1 | - |
| Global Change Leaders | Jan 23 - May 25 | - |
| Skills for Social Change (new) |
May 7 - May 25 |
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| Community Based Microfinance (offering in Ethiopia) | Mar 19 - 30 | - |
| Livelihoods & Markets (offering in Ethiopia) | Mar 19 - 30 | - |
Note: Ethiopian applicants must choose either Community-Based Microfinance or Livelihoods & Markets, since both are offered at the same time.
2013 Program Schedule
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2013 Certificate Programs |
2013 |
2013 |
|---|---|---|
| May 6 - May 24 |
Oct 21 - Nov 8 |
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| May 21 - May 31 |
- | |
| May 6 - May 17 |
- | |
| - | Sept 23 - Oct 11 | |
| May 6 - May 17 | - | |
| June 3 - June 14 | - | |
| - | Sept 23 - Oct 11 | |
| June 3 - June 14 |
Oct 21 - Nov 8 |
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| May 21 - May 31 |
Sept 23 - Oct 11 | |
| - | Oct 21 - Nov 8 |
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| Communication and Social Media (new) |
June 3 - June 14 | - |
| Good Governance and Social Accountability Tools (new) |
May 27 - May 31 | - |
| Global Change Leaders | TBA | - |
| Skills for Social Change (new) |
TBA |
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| Community Based Microfinance (offering in Ethiopia) | TBA | - |
| Livelihoods & Markets (offering in Ethiopia) | TBA | - |
Thanks to the generous financial support of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), as well as number of individual and institutional donors, we are able to offer a range of full and partial scholarships. Special efforts are made to enable women and aboriginal peoples to attend. Candidates are fully responsible for covering the cost of their own travel.
For more information, please check out our FAQ page.
How to Apply
You must submit an application form which can be found here.