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Meine Pieter van Dijk , Carley Pennink and Saskia Ruijsink

Capacity building for urban development in Ethiopia: The Urban Management Master Course at the Ethiopian Civil Service University established in cooperation with IHS. Meine Pieter van Dijk , Carley Pennink and Saskia Ruijsink. 30-5-2013. Purpose of 5th Symposium.

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Meine Pieter van Dijk , Carley Pennink and Saskia Ruijsink

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  1. Capacity building for urban development in Ethiopia:The Urban Management Master Course at the Ethiopian Civil Service University established in cooperation with IHS Meine Pieter van Dijk, CarleyPennink and SaskiaRuijsink 30-5-2013

  2. Purpose of 5th Symposium Capacity building in Ethiopia: IHS worked since 2000 with the Ethiopian Civil Service University • A review of the experiences with an integrated urban management master course • An increase from 20 participants to 400 students in 5 years • Leading to the decline in quality and eventual scaling down • From a unified course, the programme became a series of specializations • Difficult to absorb this number of students in the government sector and skills did not match all the requirements

  3. Purpose of 5th Symposium Framework & research methods • This is a case study of one project which ran over a period of ten years. • We distinguish external and internal factors: • External factors were studied using the tool of mapping sector governance, scanning the institutional set up and political economy and presenting and actor assessment matrix • Internal factors were studied through in-depth interviewing • The success is determined by the interaction between the two

  4. Purpose of 5th Symposium Evidenceexternal factors • From the Prime Minister through the Minister of Works and Urban Development to the President of the ECSU there was political support • Capacity building and urban issues came on the government agenda, helped by leaders like the Minister of Works & Urban Development • To cope with the challenges of urbanization and decentralization, the Government decided to invest in training good urban managers • It managed to get donor support

  5. Purpose of 5th Symposium Evidenceinternal factors Long term political, financial and (the quality of) capacity building support, as well as investment in staff and facilities were key factors of success. As suggested: Combination training & other activities Leadership at the ECSU level The level of the facilities Internal and external factors interact, leading to the development of a real partnership

  6. Interaction between internal and external factors • A range and combination of capacity building and institutional development interventions • Stable sources of finance: donor support over time • Leadership at the national level • Other factors • Political support • Joint Research Internal factors • Training of trainers • Quality of facilities: best in Ethiopia, computers, library, etc. • Leadership in ECSC: staff championing the programme • Other factors • PhDs • In house advisor Time Interactionbetween factors Techn. Assistance External factors

  7. Purpose of 5th Symposium Problems/challenges faced Rapid growth of the number of students Decline in quality Saturation of the labour market for urban managers Teaching load & motivation of staff is difficult at this level of salary Not enough opportunities to do research

  8. Purpose of 5th Symposium Conclusions CD is more thanproviding training • The framework allowed us to understand the complexity of capacity building processes showing the interaction between the internal and external factors that determined the success • The model of capacity building was based on developing long term relations, not just through joint education, but also through joint research resulting in 3 joint conferences and related publications and PhD supervision of ECSU staff • This leads to the partnership, which continues even after the end of all project activities in the form of collaboration between the organisations and individuals in these organizations

  9. Purpose of 5th Symposium Recommendations CD interventions need to ensure the internal and external success factors CD needs to address the whole organization rather than one layer or one individual CD need to have commitment and active cooperation from the top management of the organization The work of professionals who receive training should be stimulating and the rewards attached (including salary) sufficient to keep good staff

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