The Union's courses are more than classroom activities; they are year-long plans that are designed for serious action in health programmes.
Management, Finance, and Logistics

Gain a greater understanding about the basics of running an effective health programme.

Benefits of Attending

  • Learn to develop and understand budgets
  • Understand basic financial concepts
  • Successfully manage communications among multiple partners
  • Identify and take advantage of strategic opportunities
  • Enhance coordination through supply chain and effective logistics management
  • Recognize weaknesses in your programmes and improve management

Skills Covered

  • Financial Management
  • Project Management
  • Leadership
  • Communication
  • Negotiation
  • Team Building

Who Should Attend

Middle-to-senior level programme managers in government or the nonprofit sector. Professionals from a variety of backgrounds may also benefit from this course, including physicians, nurses, educators, planners, and financial officers.

Dates and Deadlines

Management, Finance and Logistics / Bangkok, Thailand
Course dates: 2–14 February 2009
Application deadline: 31 December 2008

This course is also offered in French in Burkina Faso. Please contact Arnaud Trebucq at  atrebucq@iuatld.org for more information.

Courses tend to fill up before application deadlines, and applicants are encouraged to apply far in advance of the deadlines given. Those applications received just before the deadline risk not being able to attend the course.

Course cost is €2,000 which includes lodging, travel to and from the airport, three meals per day, course material, and faculty fees.