IMA International News

IMA ran their scheduled course for Effective Leadership in Bangkok from 24th to 28th November, with 10 participants representing 8 countries and 7 organisations: BRAC, WFP, Heinrich Boell, CBM, SNV, FAO and NACS. Some participants had previously attended IMA courses on other topics

This course focuses on leadership at an organisational... read more

Our RBM&E course goes from strength to strength

It has been apparent for some time that our two week M&E course, whilst popular and well subscribed, could not fully meet all of our participants’ needs.  The focus on projects meant that the increasingly important issue of systems for long-term programmes or... read more

IMA International have been asked to support the work of the Food and Agriculture Organisation in Banda Aceh, Indonesia.  Specifically, Chris Grose spent three weeks recently working on the first stage of a staff capacity building process for the Department of Fisheries (DKP) there.  This first assignment at the end of... read more

The very popular M&E course was conducted once again at the Eastin Hotel, Bangkok from 10 – 21 November 2008. Twenty four participants attended from Nigeria, Albania, UK, Pakistan, Myanmar (Burma), Vietnam, Zambia, Afghanistan, Denmark, Libya and Yemen. All brought to the course an enthusiasm for M&E and for how they... read more

IMA ran their scheduled course for Effective Management Skills from 17th to 21st November, with 19 participants from 10 countries: Papua New Guinea, Nepal, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Zimbabwe, Cambodia, Italy, Nigeria, Tajikistan and Swaziland. The organisations represented included BRAC, ARC, Norwegian Red Cross, Accord, and the World Food Programme. Some of the... read more

The Project Planning course in Bangkok from November 10th to 14th brought together participants from Canada, Pakistan, Ethiopia, Austria, Cambodia, UK, Bangladesh and Zimbabwe.

The course provided skills and knowledge in the practical aspects of project planning by working in groups on a case study and producing an action plan about... read more

We have just completed a 3-day Effective Teams & Leadership Development with The Brooke. The Brooke is the UK’s leading overseas equine welfare charity and aims to improve the lives of horses, donkeys and mules working in the poorest parts of the world.
This workshop built upon and developed the... read more

IMA organised a special course for the Ministry of Local Government in Botswana to develop capacity in M&E at all levels of the Ministry. Twenty six participants attended from both Ministry Headquarters in Gaborone and from District offices.

The course is part of a process for the Ministry of Local Government... read more

Two IMA consultants were delighted to work with FAO in building some key skills they had identified as part of the new Staff Appraisal system they are piloting. We delivered 12 training sessions, some on Giving and Receiving Constructive Feedback and some on Coaching Skills for their staff in Rome, Italy.... read more

IMA were delighted to be working with WaterAid again, this time with their management team in Nigeria. The team there has recently restructured to enable it to achieve its 3-year strategic plan; and with some staff newly taking up management positions, this time was ideal to have a course in People... read more

Indonesia ranks high on the lists of countries where corruption is endemic. IMA International was contracted by Kemitraan, a UNDP-supported Indonesian foundation that focuses on supporting good governance and eradicating corruption, to provide customised Project Cycle Management (PCM) and Logical Framework (LF) training for its Head Office staff.

IMA International’s Trainer... read more

Chris just returned from a week long training course studying for the Lean Six Sigma Green Belt.  This course was part of his continuing professional development and the learning will be used both within IMA International development and shared for the development of further material in our people management range of... read more