Training date: 15 Jan 2012 - 23 Dec 2012—Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
The political, economic and social development of least developed countries is one of the major challenges of globalization. Growing interdependence and integration offer a chance to strengthen cooperative relations between the North and the South of the world. The call to cooperation is urgent: poverty, inequality, conflict, instability, and uncertainty still affect everyday life of a majority of world population. The Master's Course in International Cooperation and Development offers a privileged framework for designing tentative solutions to the above mentioned problems through the collective action of governmental and non governmental agents, bridging gaps among people, groups and institutions.
This Master's program aims at converting theoretical knowledge into practical wisdom, and to give students a specific set of professional skills to successfully face the job market. This is possible thanks to these distinctive characteristics:
- the limited number of admitted students guarantees an efficient interaction with instructors and colleagues in the class;
- active participation in class includes simulations, case analysis, team assignments;
- experts and executives take an active part in the program sharing their professional experiences with the students;
- the internship is a chance to directly test skills acquired during courses.
CURRICULUM - MIC&D is organized along four complementary levels, fostering multidimensional training and integrating scientific methodologies and operative competences.
1st level - Scientific Training - The first level provides students of different academic backgrounds with a multidisciplinary education on various dimensions of development processes aimed at acquiring the relevant economic, political, historical, legal, institutional and managerial competences, with a special focus on fighting against poverty and fostering social inclusion. Main topics covered: Poverty, inequality and human development Geopolitics of development with focus on different geographic areas (Africa,Asia, Latin America) Globalization and social development Development Economics Trade and financial policies for development Human rights International law and development cooperation Economics and management of international cooperation agencies
2nd level - Professional Training - The second Level aims at developing practical skills required to operate in the sector, including analysis of actors and strategies of cooperation, project cycle management (identification, formulation, funding, implementation and evaluation), understanding conflict and preventing it. The development of personal skills is also stressed, aimed at an efficient career management. The methodology of the second level foresees team working, workshops and role playing; professionals and experts coming from ASERI's stable partners (NGOs, international organizations, public administration, companies) are directly involved.
3rd level - Project Work - Students are required to develop a personal research project on an issue related to development cooperation, under the supervision of a MIC&D professor and/or a professional from a partner institution. The project work will often be connected to the internship experience.
4th Level - Internship - The Master's program is completed by an internship within one of the ASERI partner institutions or other entities whose mission and activities are consistent with the Master's program. The internship will give students the chance to test and deepen the competences acquired during classes in a specific job context, in Italy or abroad, de. ned through a constant exchange between each student and the tutor, whose task is to support students in their academic and professional endeavour.
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The political, economic and social development of least developed countries is one of the major challenges of globalization. Growing interdependence and integration offer a chance to strengthen cooperative relations between the North and the South of the world. The call to cooperation is urgent: poverty, inequality, conflict, instability, and uncertainty still affect everyday life of a majority of world population. The Master's Course in International Cooperation and Development offers a privileged framework for designing tentative solutions to the above mentioned problems through the collective action of governmental and non governmental agents, bridging gaps among people, groups and institutions.
This Master's program aims at converting theoretical knowledge into practical wisdom, and to give students a specific set of professional skills to successfully face the job market. This is possible thanks to these distinctive characteristics:
- the limited number of admitted students guarantees an efficient interaction with instructors and colleagues in the class;
- active participation in class includes simulations, case analysis, team assignments;
- experts and executives take an active part in the program sharing their professional experiences with the students;
- the internship is a chance to directly test skills acquired during courses.
CURRICULUM - MIC&D is organized along four complementary levels, fostering multidimensional training and integrating scientific methodologies and operative competences.
1st level - Scientific Training - The first level provides students of different academic backgrounds with a multidisciplinary education on various dimensions of development processes aimed at acquiring the relevant economic, political, historical, legal, institutional and managerial competences, with a special focus on fighting against poverty and fostering social inclusion. Main topics covered: Poverty, inequality and human development Geopolitics of development with focus on different geographic areas (Africa,Asia, Latin America) Globalization and social development Development Economics Trade and financial policies for development Human rights International law and development cooperation Economics and management of international cooperation agencies
2nd level - Professional Training - The second Level aims at developing practical skills required to operate in the sector, including analysis of actors and strategies of cooperation, project cycle management (identification, formulation, funding, implementation and evaluation), understanding conflict and preventing it. The development of personal skills is also stressed, aimed at an efficient career management. The methodology of the second level foresees team working, workshops and role playing; professionals and experts coming from ASERI's stable partners (NGOs, international organizations, public administration, companies) are directly involved.
3rd level - Project Work - Students are required to develop a personal research project on an issue related to development cooperation, under the supervision of a MIC&D professor and/or a professional from a partner institution. The project work will often be connected to the internship experience.
4th Level - Internship - The Master's program is completed by an internship within one of the ASERI partner institutions or other entities whose mission and activities are consistent with the Master's program. The internship will give students the chance to test and deepen the competences acquired during classes in a specific job context, in Italy or abroad, de. ned through a constant exchange between each student and the tutor, whose task is to support students in their academic and professional endeavour.
Download PDF (1.18 MB) for more info.
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