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News from IDM
Updated 01 Jan 1970 02:00.
NEW PROGRAMMES FOR SWAZILAND
Swaziland Campus will start offering both part-time diploma courses as well
as offer pre-service course.
Head of Programmes Nonhlanhla Dlamini said that the Campus will be offering
three of its Diploma Courses on part-time basis.
She mentioned courses such as Diploma in Community Development, Diploma in
Health Services Administration as well as the Diploma in Human Resource Management.
She said that they expect to enroll civil servants and the general public in these course.
On pre-service, Dlamini revealed that Campus will now be opening up
the campus for the pre-service market.
She said they will soon be offering the AAT-Diploma to school leavers and
the general public on a full time basis. The first group was due to begin June this year.
"The Campus is currently working on offering this course in the evening
as well-on a part-time basis", she said.
2008-06-30
IDM Board Meet Botswana Staff
The Regional Board of Directors took time off their busy schedule to meet Botswana
staff during their Board Meeting that was held in Botswana.
The purpose of the meeting was for the Board to interact with staff and also share
their vision with them.
It was also aimed at giving the staff an opportunity to draw inspiration from the Board.
The dinner meeting was held at the Grand Palm and was attended by almost
all the members of the Regional Board.
Since it was an interactive meeting than that of speeches, more talk was done from
the tables than from the podium.
However, the RD was given an opportunity to welcome the Board to the meeting
and briefly highlighted the need for such an opportunity.
She then gave the platform to the local Chairman of the Board Mr. Oagile,
who started by introducing all the members of the Board.
He then emphasized on the importance of such a forum to shape
the direction of organization, "together as a family."
"We need to have such meetings on a regular basis so that we can know
what we think as a Board and also for the Board to know what are the
challenges you are facing when carrying out your duties."
Staff was also given an opportunity to pass words of thanks through
Gilbert Sechele. Sechele thanked the Board for availing itself
to the people through such a meeting.
He said as staff they were hopeful that the Board continues to
take care of their needs and concerns so that they can effectively
deliver on their responsibilities.
By the time Botswana CBM Faith Tombali, who was the Director of
Ceremonies opened the floor for people to socialize and interact,
some were half way through with that part of the programme.
2008-06-30
IDM LANCHES DIPLOMA IN EDUCATION MANAGEMENT
Historical Background
The Institute of Development Management (IDM), in collaboration with
the Ministry of Education, recently launched the Diploma in Educational
Management and Administration (DEMA). The programme has been designed
to develop the managerial capacity of primary school principals.
The first group of 30 head teachers have now commenced this demanding programme.
The programme, which is based at IDM’s Botswana Campus was launched
by Mr Archie Makgothi, the Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry
of Education and Skills Development.
Giving the background of the programme, course director Gilbert Sechele
said this programme was a result of a survey conducted by IDM.
"The survey revealed the challenges faced by Heads of Schools and their
management teams. One of the challenges was that many Heads of Schools find
themselves leading teachers who have diploma and degree qualifications when
they themselves have only a Primary Teachers Certificate ( PTC )," he said.
He indicated that the result of the survey showed that head teachers wanted
to be sent for further studies in educational management and leadership
to enable them to be more effective managers. The course director also
briefed the participants about the course learning objectives,
course outlines and course structure.
Before Sechele, the Country Business Manager Mrs Faith Tombale had welcomed
both the dignitaries and the participants at IDM.
She highlighted the institution’s excitement to offer such a programme.
She also briefed the participants on the general environment and learning
facilities at IDM.
The deputy director of the Teaching Services Management (TSM) Mr Rabana
briefed the participants on sponsorship issues around the programme.
When officially launching the DEMA, Mr Makgothi highlighted the need for
education amongst the head teachers . He specifically mentioned the need of
combining experience and education in school’s administration.
In offering a vote of thanks to the dignitaries, IDM Botswana’s Head of
Programmes, Brian Goulden, said that participants’ focus should now be on
the benefits to be gained from the learning opportunities available during
the course. He told the participants that the course director and the IDM
faculty is dedicated to supporting their learning and he was looking forward
to the success that would be celebrated at the course end in March 2009.
2008-06-30
IDM and BNPC built toilet, connect water for family
A destitute family received basic amenities when the Institute
of Development Management (IDM) and Botswana National Productivity Centre
(BNPC) staff built a toilet and connected water for it.
The family of Alice Batshogile received the donation from the two
organizations in Mahalapye on Thursday.
IDM and BNPC are institutions that share the same premises in Gaborone and
made the donation through their joint Social Responsibility Committee.
When announcing the donation at the family yard on Thursday, a member of the
Committee Jinx Tau told the gathering that this was an initiative of the
staff from the two institutions.
"We normally hold joint prayer sessions every Thursday to pray for the
scourge of the HIV/AIDS and the nation. During these morning devotions,
we normally collect donations from members and it is through those
donations that we have been able to assist the family." She said they
used to help people around the South but then this time around they decided
to go up North hence they got the family through
the Mahalapye Community Development Department.
She said the donation amounts to over P5 000.
She said the youth of the area also cultivated a garden for the family when
they realized that water was connected in the family compound.
The old woman, Batshogile, thanked IDM and BNPC for saving her family
by making the donation to her family.
She said she was particularly pleased that she was assisted by organizations
not government this time around.
She promised to also work for her family particularly now that there is
water and a garden in the family yard.
She said she was responsible for her six young grand children.
Xhosa 1 Chief Peloyame Kefilwe said it was commendable what IDM/BNPC
has done for the family. He said the two institutions have saved
lives by the donations.
IDM Botswana Campus Director Faith Tombali said management was happy that
staff of the two organization could extend a helping hand to the family
in this fashion.
She then commissioned the usage of the toilet and the water tap by cutting
a red ribbon in both facilities.
2008-06-30
IDM AND BOCODOL TO WORK TOGETHER
The Institute of Development Management (IDM) and the Botswana College
of Distance and Open Learning (BOCODOL) signed a Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU), making a commitment to strengthen each other’s capacity to deliver
quality training and skills development to citizens in a cost effective
manner.
The MOU signing ceremony was held at the BOCODOL offices in Gaborone,
in the presence of the Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of
Education and Skills Development Archie Makgothi, representatives of BOTA,
TEC and senior staff from both IDM and BOCODOL.
Outlining the objectives of the MOU, Dr Daniel Tau, BOCODOL Executive
Director said the agreement should serve as the vehicle for realization
of the two institutions’ desire to advance education, training and
research. "The signing of the MOU will more specifically provide for
joint development and presentation of study programmes using blended
learning approach, co-hosting of short term executive or academic
programmes, sharing resources and training."
He said it is quite clear that both institutions are endowed with
expertise of varying types and levels that can be fully utilized for
development of tertiary programmes. Courses and training in Botswana.
In responding to comments made by Dr Tau, IDM Regional Director,
Dr. Njabuliso Dlamini, said that the MOU will facilitate IDM’s
collaboration in the development of learning interventions.
"Our aim is that these collaborative interventions will fulfill the
needs of many people who seek to develop their knowledge, skills and
experience to fit themselves for future work opportunities or meet their
personal aspirations."
Dr Dlamini revealed that IDM sees the collaboration with BOCODOL
as an important step in building and delivering the concept of lifelong
learning to a wide range of potential learners in Botswana.
The Regional Director also mentioned that the two institutions have
formed a joint technical committee that will steer the collaboration in
its early stages. "the joint technical committee will work closely to
ensure the maximum advantages are obtained from the synergies that BOCODOL
and IDM can bring to the development of innovative learning."
Mrs Faith Tombale, the Botswana CBM thanked the two institutions for
working hard in ensuring that their partnerships sees the light of day.
She said this was a beginning of a long journey which needs determination
from both players.
2008-06-30
IDM Botswana wins International Award
Botswana Campus has put IDM on the international map after winning the
prestigious Management Capacity-Building Program Excellence Award 2008.
The award ceremony was held in May in Croatia and the Campus was represented
by members of the SMDP facilitator’s team Paul Tebatso and Martin Mosima
at the event.
According to Tebatso, the award recognizes a public Health Management
Capacity-Building Program that best demonstrates the application of the
principles of applied competency "based management development programs for
the public health workforce."
He explained further; "These principles include an in-country or regional
training needs assessment; appropriate curriculum development; and the planning,
executive, and evaluation of competence-based management capacity-building
programs with applied learning projects that support improving public health
services and programs."
He revealed that this was an internationally recognised award because
submissions towards are opened to all countries where the CDC/SMDP program
is implemented.
According to Tebatso, the programmes are implemented
in Latin America/Carribean, Africa, Asia/Pacific and Eastern Europe.
He said they attended the conference in Croatia with one of the participant
in the previous SMDP course.
The IDM team was sponsored by BOTUSA and
the US Centers For Disease Prevention and Control (CDC).
Commenting
about the Award, Botswana Country Business Manager Mrs Faith Tombale had this
to say: "It is indeed with great happiness to report that our SMDP
training team has received an award of excellence at the international
conference held in Croatia where we were represented by Martin as the
coordinator of the programme, Tebatso who was one of the co-facilitators and
a participant from the Princess Marina Hospital as a representative of the
project team whose TQM project was selected for presentation at the
conference. I wish to on behalf of management and staff to thank and commend
the Campus SMDP team of facilitators for this good work. I also believe we need
to find a way of showcasing this great achievement."
The Regional Director Dr Njabuliso Dlamini also commended the Botswana campus
for the great achievement.
She said: "This is indeed wonderful news for
the Botswana Campus. The campus has really made us proud. This goes to show
that we are indeed an institute of choice. Keep it up!!!"
2008-06-30
IDM PUBLIC HEALTH TEAM’S INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION
Late April 2008 saw the end of the first of a number of joint activities between
IDM Botswana and the University of Indiana, Bloomington. Soon after the January
2008 signing of a Memorandum of Collaboration between the two institutions,
Dawn Smith, a Masters in Public Health candidate at University of Indiana,
arrived in Gaborone to begin a four-months internship with the IDM Public
Health Team. Dawn worked closely with the team members and was supervised
by Tebatso Paul, who in collaboration with Professor Rex Stockton at
Indiana, had led the original efforts to forge a link between Indiana and IDM.
During her time in IDM Dawn worked on a number of programmes including the SMDP
Informatics Project, aimed at analyzing the barriers and benefits and utilizing
the SMDP Project Tracking Database for International Programs. Upon completion,
Dawn hopes to train and create a training outline for stakeholders to utilize this program.
She also assisted staff who facilitate the M&E of HIV/AIDS Programs training.
She actively facilitated program topics and collaboration with participants
during group work. This experience is very meaningful to Dawn as it increases
her knowledge and skills in M&E.
In addition, Dawn initiated research activity on the HIV/AIDS Survey amongst
Counsellors trained at IDM. She completed a literature review and details of
the demographic information for the survey. The draft survey is being
finalized by the team at Indiana University and will then be reviewed by staff
at IDM and then the usual procedures for conducting research will be followed
including authorization from IDM Management, stakeholders like ministries concerned
and the Health Research Development Committee (HRDC), an ethics committee at MOH.
Commenting on the collaboration, Brian Goulden, IDM’s Head of Programmes in Botswana
said, "The keeness of University of Indiana to collaborate with IDM Botswana
shows the high international regard in which our Public Health Team is held. We expect
that the experience gained by both parties in this initial joint activity will be built
upon in future collaborative activities."
2008-06-30
IDM AT IT GOVCON
IDM was invited to participate in the two-day annual Government Information Technology
Exhibition and Conference (IT GOVCON) which was held at the Phakalane Golf Estate
from 5th-6th March 2008.
IT GOVCON was hosted by a wholly Botswana citizen owned IT company Intelitec Botswana
in partnership with a South African based IT company called Faritec.
The theme of the conference was: "Transforming Government Efficiency through Technology".
There were other various local stakeholders in the Information Technology industry
who were involved in the hosting of the conference.
IT GOVCON created a platform for professionals and leaders in the Information Technology
fraternity to share their knowledge and experience on the above topics. A selection of
key speakers presented their respective views on the topics listed above including IDM.
As part of the sponsorship package, IDM was entitled to a 30 minutes presentation on the
general services and products of the organization. IDM also presented the role the
organization can play in; Transforming Government Efficiency Through ICT.
The presentation on the general background of IDM and services was made by the Registrar,
Rose Choto while the IT Manager Tshepo Chinguwo made a presentation on the role IDM can
play in helping governments achieve efficiency through the use of Information Technology.
He also highlighted the services IDM can deliver to capacitate custodians of IT in government
departments and ministries.
Both presenters received accolades from the delegates for their presentations.
It was from their presentations that organizations wanted to partner with IDM in the
delivery of their services, seeking to ride on our track-record, market share and capacity.
IDM had set up a stand and almost all the over 50 delegates visited the stand for different reasons.
Most delegates got the opportunity of meeting IDM officials to ask questions about our
services and products. Of particular interest to most delegates was information about
the Graduate Diploma in Marketing- IMM School of Marketing and the International Diploma
in Purchasing and Supply Chain Management.
Among the delegates/attendees at the event there were:
- Directors
- Deputy Directors
- Department Heads
- IT managers
- Human Resource Managers
- Financial Managers and Officers
- Supplies Officers.
2008-06-30
IDM IN NAMIBIA PROMOTION
The Institute of Development Management (IDM) responded to the call by the
Botswana Export Development and Investment Authority (BEDIA) to participate
in the week-long trade promotion in Namibia which was held at the Windhoek
Safari Hotel from March 17-20, 2008.
The mission was organized by BEDIA in association with Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI).
The objective of the mission was to expose Botswana companies to the Namibian
market for purposes of encouraging trade, business dealings and regional integration.
The theme of the mission was: "Connecting Business to Boost Regional Integration."
The trade promotion mission was officially commissioned by Botswana’s High Commissioner
to Namibia His Excellency Mr. Norman Seduma Moleboge who stressed the importance of
enhancing the regional integration through trade, starting with Botswana and Namibia.
This was during an official opening event on Tuesday, March 18, 2008.
It was during this event that presentations were made by BEDIA and the Namibian Ministry of Trade and Industry.
Botswana Companies were also introduced during this event.
The mission was attended by about 15 companies from Botswana. The companies were from
different sectors such as manufacturing, processing, IT and services sector.
IDM was the only company represented in the training and business service providers sector.
Most of the companies were represented by their Managing Directors, CEOs and Marketing Managers.
The format of the mission was into two forms; exhibitions and "business to business" meetings
Participating companies were expected to have a stand at the exhibition hall as well as
attend to "business to business" (B2B) meetings. Some B2B meetings were held at the exhibition
hall while others were in the clients’ offices.
The scheduled meetings were organized and made possible by BEDIA and NCCI.
IDM participated in the mission to achieve the following;
- Increase IDM’s profile and visibility in the SADC region
- To get new clients outside BLS
- Introduce IDM’s products and services to prospective clients
- Project professional image of the Institute to the public
- Project IDM’s image as a caring organization
- Distribute publicity materials
Like all the companies in the mission, IDM had set up a stand at the exhibition
hall where walk-ins and visits were received.
It was also another place to meet clients who were on the B2B scheduled meetings.
As mentioned above, some scheduled meetings were held at the clients’ offices.
2008-06-30
Swazi Participant wins trip to Croatia
A Swazi participant has made IDM Swaziland Campus proud by winning a trip to a conference in Croatia.
Mary Ndlela had attended a Total Quality Management (TQM) course at the campus together
with other 30 health practitioners from government and NGO sector.
These were participants who work HIV/AIDS programmes in an attempt to curb the HIV prevalence
rate in the country.
Ndlela was one of them and she worked on HIV pregnant mothers who then fall out of the ART
regime after the delivery of the babies and do not come back for continued care.
IDM Senior Consultant Zanele Mhlongo was the facilitator of the programme and supervisor
of Ndlela’s project.
The project has taken two years to attain the results that saw Mary being awarded the
prestigious award.
Every two years, an international conference whereby all participating countries
on TQM compete for awards for their projects.
Ndlela worked on her project with LaMvelase Clinic and IDM nominated her project for possible
selection and award.
"After sometime, we got a response that her project has been selected and she has to travel
to Croatia to present the project on behalf of the LaMvelase team", said Mhlongo.
"IDM is proud of her as she is the first recipient of this prestigious award in
Swaziland under SMDP training."
2008-06-30
IDM SWAZILAND GEARING UP FOR A BUSY YEAR AHEAD
The Swaziland Campus is heading for a busy year ahead after it was selected to be
one of the five consulting institutions to facilitate a course on HIV/AIDS Mainstreaming.
The course that is due to begin August this year, is funded by the Ministry of Public Service and Information.
Nonhlanhla Dlamini, the Campus Head of Programmes said: "We are happy that we have been included
amongst the five institutions to facilitate in the course using the SADC Framework". The course
will be covering 18 sectors in the country and it is funded by the National Emergency Response
Council on HIV/AIDS (NERCHA).
Dlamini also revealed that IDM has been chosen by the government of Swaziland to host the Centre for Judiciary Studies.
She said, "the Office of the High Court Registrar in Swaziland has identified IDM as a center
for its specialized legal studies. This is a first of its kind in the country."
Dlamini also revealed that the first course to run will be on Court Administration and will start in June 2008.
"This is a course for court interpreters, court clerks and prosecutors."
The programme will be funded by the Government of Swaziland.
2008-06-30
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