INTERNATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAM FOR EXTENSION PROFESSIONALS (ITP-EP)
ORGANIZED by:
Faculty of Animal Science, Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), Indonesia
IN COLLABORATION with:
College of Agriculture and Food Science, University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB)
International College, Maejo University (MJU), Thailand
SUPPORTED by:
ASEAN Agriculture University Network (AAUN),
South-East Asian Network of Animal Science (SEANAS),
Asian Tourism Management Academics Association (ATMA)
Asian Association for Agricultural Colleges and Universities (AAACU)
RATIONALE
Much have been said about the changing extension landscape brought about by new challenges in agricultural development such as declining water availability, increasing soil degradation, changing and uncertain climate and markets, among others. As a response, agricultural extension has also undergone changes, becoming more pluralistic with the increasing participation of the private sector, non-governmental organizations; producer groups, cooperatives and associations; consultants; and ICT-based services. All these brought additional manpower and resources for extension and advisory services and also brought new knowledge, skills, and expertise. However, this pluralism also brought additional challenges of ensuring quality, providing technical backstopping, and ensuring collaboration and synergy between diverse extension service providers.
Training Focus
The International Training Program aims to support leaders and extension service providers of agricultural institutions such as government agencies, central/local government units, agricultural science universities, and non-governmental organizations to develop their institution’s strategic engagement in education, research, innovation in agricultural extension and outreach to address the global challenges for agricultural sustainable development. The International Training Program will serve to provide the opportunity of a global meeting of both young and senior extensionists as well as organization leaders to understand and appreciate the challenges and developments in extension not just at country level but both in the regional and global levels as well.
Objectives/Expected Outcomes
The International Training Program will provide outcomes for action-oriented leadership for change management particularly in the field of agricultural extension and advisory services where participants will be challenged to re-view the role of international and institutional partnerships in support to meeting the Sustainable Development Goals with implications to enhancing their capacities to face the challenges of the New Extension Paradigm.
Target Participants
The International Training Course is open to leaders, managers, and supervisors engaged in extension and agricultural advisory work, and other extension service providers from both government and non-government organizations, academic institutions, and the private sector responsible for planning and implementation of education, research and innovation including others who are responsible for strategic decision making specific to the provision of agricultural extension and advisory services.
COURSE CONTENT
For Junior Extensionist:
Changing Role of Extension in Innovation and Development; Introduction to the New Extensionist; Extension Program Management; Professional Ethics; Adult Learning and Behavior Change; Extension Approaches and Tools; Communication in Extension; Basic Knowledge Management and Extension; Agricultural Entrepreneurship; Introduction to Facilitation for Development; Community Mobilization
For Senior Extensionist:
Introduction to the New Extensionist; Professional Ethics; Extension Approaches and Tools; Knowledge Management and Extension; The Role of Extension in Value Chain; Gender and Youth Issues in Agricultural Extension and Rural Development; Risk Management and Adaptation in Extension and Advisory Services; Developing Capacity for Evaluation of Extension and RAS; Policy Advocacy for RAS; Nutrition Sensitive Extension
TRAINING METHODOLOGY
Lecture-Discussion, Workshop, Group Work, Field Trips
IMPLEMENTATION DETAILS:
Venue; Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Schedule or Duration of Training Program:
- Junior Extensionist (1-7 July 2019)
- Senior Extensionist (9-15 July 2019)
Number of participants: 15-20 participants
Resource Persons/Lecturers:
Faculty members from Universitas Gadjah Mada Indonesia, University of the Philippines Los Baños, Maejo University Thailand, and other prominent institutions
Training Costs
Tuition Fee: 1,000 USD per participant which will cover:
- Hotel (shared room) (NOTE: Participants who opt for a single room will have to provide additional cost)
- Training Kit (to include training materials, t-shirt, and training bag)
- Meals during training (breakfast, lunch, dinner, morning and afternoon snacks)
- Field trips
- Certificate of Completion
Costs do not cover:
- International and domestic flights from home country to UGM, Yogyakarta
- Personal and other incidental expenses
TRAINING MANAGEMENT TEAM
Center of Excellence for ASIA
Director: Prof. Dr. Budi Guntoro –( budiguntoro@ugm.ac.id, Hp/WhatsApp: +62 81328854160)
Program Coordinators:
Dr. Filma C. Calalo – (fccalalo@up.edu.ph)
Dr. Weerapon Thongma: (weerapon.mju@gmail.com)
Administrative Support Staff: Ms. Rima Amalia Eka Widya
Email address: oia.fapet@ugm.ac.id
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