Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change
In our two most popular online courses, OL 101 and 102, students actually develop real projects within communities. We began observing that almost 50% of these projects were working to solve problems potentially linked to climate change.
We decided to recast these two courses into OL 341 and 342 where you will still develop projects on the ground, but projects that focus on a community-based approach to adapting to climate change.
New resources have been added that include links to specialized adaptation sites, practical articles on identifying climate change challenges, and information on adaptation techniques. Course leaders will provide a focus on adaptation in these specialized courses.
OL 343 and 344 are the next step where you will begin looking in greater detail at the special challenges presented by your adaptation project in an effort to refine your project's activities. Then you will build sustainability and impact into your project by fully engaging the community in the process. In 344, you will learn how to launch, manage and hand-over a project whose impact may not be measured in years, but in decades.
Click on the individual course links below to see their syllibi, course fees, and to enroll.
Online course participants are using our courses to develop real, on-the-ground projects with real communities individually and through cross-hemisphere student partnerships. People from 70 different countries have used these courses to develop projects since January.
For more information, visit: http://www.csd-i.org/adapting-overview/
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341. From the Ground Up for Adaptation: August 31 - October 25. Designing & Funding Community-Based Adaptation Projects. Gain an insight into contemporary methods of developing community-based, sustainable, impact-oriented projects. Gain practical field tools and develop a range of skills: facilitating participatory needs assessments, designing projects, and using evidence-based activities. Develop a real project in real time. |
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342. Project Architecture for Adaptation: Planning for Impact. November 9, 2010 – December 20. Imbed impact into your adaptation project with a powerful set of management tools. LogFrames, detailed budgets, timelines, compelling fact sheets, M&E plans, outcomes and impact. These tools will communicate to donors and stakeholders exactly what you are trying to accomplish and can be used for effective management of the project once funded. |
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343. Adapting to Climate Change: The Community Focus. January 11 - February 21. |
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344. Adapting to Climate Change: Sustainable Implementation. March 15 - May 2. How do you launch and implement a community-based adaptation project? The importance of community engagement. Developing skill sets for your community to use in the adaptation process. Learning tools: monitoring & evaluation. Community empowerment during project hand-over. Sustainability, follow-up & mentoring. |
Be sure to visit our Online Development Community to see groups that support our courses.
