The Centre for
International Development (CID) is a policy consultancy and
economic advisory organisation—formally an independent legal entity and a non-profit association
attached to the
CID offers a combination of
academic and research excellence and project management capability in
developing and transition economies, public administration and local government
finance. We provide a
diverse range of services and are able to draw upon professionals from the
CID researchers and specialists have Ph.D.’s from major
universities like the
At CID, the main topics of interest covered by
research and training activities are:
Economic
and social analysis — Informal economy, poverty and inequality; gender
issues; labour market and unemployment; social policy; industrial clusters and
districts, SME development; finance and micro-finance for development; national
accounts; macroeconomic management; economic and fiscal policy; fiscal
decentralisation; sustainable
impact assessment and sustainable development.
Public
Administration, Public Policy and Institutional Building — Institution building for local governments and administrations, public
management and service delivery, public information and communication, instruments
for economic policy for public administration and public finance,
intergovernmental relations, fiscal decentralisation, good governance; human
resource management; soft-skill training.
International Technical Assistance
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Poverty Reduction— CID researchers and specialists have extensively worked
in the field of poverty reduction strategies, poverty assessment and poverty
analysis. We have considerable experience and knowledge of poverty monitoring
systems, data collection methodologies, and coordination mechanisms for policy
monitoring. Our staff has participated
in different exercises in the assessment of monitoring and progress indicators
of poverty reduction strategies. An example is the “21st Century
Partnership for Statistics”—PARIS21—, an exercise sponsored by DFID, UNDP, the
EC, and the World Bank for the assessment of poverty reduction monitoring
indicators in a variety of countries where PRSPs have been adopted. CID
researchers and specialists have contributed with papers and studies to several
conferences on the topic. We have also
been involved in the monitoring and assessment of PRSPs in several
different countries, including
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Statistics, national statistical systems and surveys— CID researchers and specialists have a most valuable
background of skills in economic analysis, econometric and statistical
analysis, with particular expertise in national statistics. Our experts and
collaborators have considerable comparative experience of institutional
developments of national statistical systems, including master plans, setting
up national coordination units for statistical censuses in different
countries. In particular, they have been
involved in several countries in projects dealing with national statistical
systems, statistical surveys, national accounts, and statistical data in
several different countries, including Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China,
Cyprus, Russia, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Yemen. Donors and clients include: the EC,
FAO, IFAD, UNDP, the World Bank.
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Functional Reviews of Public Administration Systems— CID’s staff have worked on EC
funded Functional and Financial Audit of the State Institutions of Bosnia and
Herzegovina as well as the Functional Review of Institutions in the Economic
Sector in that country. These projects
involved an in-depth survey of government institutions, their budgets, funding
levels, legal competencies, staff composition and training needs, policy making and coordination capacity. The studies developed recommendations for
rationalizing expenditures, improving governance capacity and coordination
mechanisms between line ministries and levels of government.
PROJECTS
SUPPORT TO 2007 HOUSEHOLD BUDGET SURVEY IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Dates: September 2006
- November 2008
Funding Agency: DFID - Department for International
Development, UK (tender).
Consortium: LSE (Leader), CID, Triple Line ltd.
The project supported all phases of the design, implementation, and
analysis of the 2007 HBS, a nation-wide survey covering about 7600 households,
in cooperation with ISTAT. The local counterparts were the State Agency for
Statistics, and the two sub-state statistical offices.
EU-TESES -CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN
SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Dates: October 2006
- September 2008
Funding Agency: European Commission – LEONARDO Programme
(Call for proposals).
Consortium: GEA College of Entrepreneurship, Slovenia (Leading); CID, Italy; Liverpool
Business School, Liverpool John Moores University, UK; EIM, Center for Human
Resource Development, Slovenia; Faculty of Management, University of Lodz,
Poland.
POSITIONS: Partner,
developing an EU Master in Social Entrepreneurship, a Research Centre of
Excellence, Needs analysis, Training of Trainers, Pilots projects, Communication
and Visibility, Public Awareness.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Developing the Master’s programme; Accreditation process; Field research on
social and economic issues; Training of trainers.
SUPPORT TO POVERTY REDUCTION AND
PRO-POOR DEVELOPMENT POLICY IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Dates: March 2006
- June 2008
Funding Agency: DFID - Department for International
Development, UK (tender).
Consortium: LSE (Leader), CID, Triple Line ltd, EMAC,
Djikic Consulting.
In consortium with CID, Triple Line UK and other two minor partners, LSE
has managed a 2 year large DFID-funded initiative providing management, staff
and expert consultants. The project supported the B&H economic policy
planning unit (initially EPPU-PIMO, then DEP -Directorate for Economic
Planning) in its mandate to formulate policy for and monitor the implementation
of the Government’s Medium-Term Development Strategy (MTDS).
The project helped the EPPU/DEP to develop the expertise, networks and
capacity to: 1) inform and support the policy making process in general and
strengthen the social policy making function of the BiH Government and the MTDS
partners; 2) Support the development of
the civil society organizations and government policy makers to develop
tools and input channels essential for relevant, inclusive and participatory
policy monitoring, analysis and formulation; 3) Support BiH institutions
responsible for data collection, statistical analysis and reporting to enable
informed policy making.
Main activities were:
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Training on the job for EPPU-PIMO staff
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Capacity building of EPPU-PIMO staff
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Intensive short training courses for EPPU-PIMO
staff
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M&E
indicator revision
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Statistical
appraisal
EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT SCHEME FOR BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA – UNIVERSITY
TRAINING AND SHORT COURSES
Dates: May 2005
- November 2007
Funding Agency: European Commission Delegation to Bosnia
and Herzegovina (tender).
Consortium: CID (Leader), EHSAL Brussels.
The project will
provide over 30 months approximately 180 person months of training
for a civil servants and government officials in order to assist the
B&H Civil Service and the B&H Directorate for European Integration to
develop and implement the essential Economic and Fiscal, Legal and European
Accession policies necessary for the country’s development. Training will include both Masters-level university training and
tailored short courses. Program emphasis
is on training officials in technical and analytical skills useful for policy
making. All training includes practical
application exercises (case studies and internships) as well as the theoretical
basis for target knowledge. .
Masters training
in the project is offered at three universities: University of Bologna, EHSAL
and the University of Louvain/Leuwen (through standing agreement with
EHSAL). To date 8 Masters students are
enrolled in program for Academic Year 2005/2006 and 7 more are foreseen for
Academic Year 2006/2007. Two intensive training courses have been organized for
10 public servants each in:
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Macro-Economic Policy Modelling and Forecasting (October –November 2005)
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European Integration Tools(April 17 – May 5, 2006).
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Intensive Short training on European Law will be organized in October
2006.
All intensive
training is organized in Bologna and in Brussels
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Develop short intensive courses and training materials for local civil
servants in areas related to Economic and Fiscal policy, Legal and European Accession policies.
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30 civil servants and government officials trained in Italy (at CID) and
in Brussels (at EHSAL and Louvain/Leuwen) in tailor made short courses.
Provide Masters
level training and tutoring to 15 selected civil servants in three separate
areas: to Economic and Fiscal
policy, Legal and European Accession
policies. All financial and logistic support to trainees provided by
consortium.
TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING FOR CIVIL SERVICE AND PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION PERSONNEL
Dates: October 2003 - September 2006
Funding Agency: European Commission – Tempus Programme
(Call for proposals)
Consortium: CID (Leader), BCEOM France, BH State Civil
Service Agency, RS Civil Service Agency, Faculty of Economics, Sarajevo,
Faculty of Economics, Banja Luka
Overall
Objective: Strengthening of the reform of Institutional and
administrative structures in B&H.
The overall objective of the training activity is to provide an overview
of the past and current training activities, current capabilities and future
training needs of the B&H civil service so that:
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The international community’s resources can be
directed effectively towards the priority training needs;
·
Each B&H Institution is supported in their
role to develop an overall plan that manages the development of their people
whilst ensuring that resources are available to meet their on going day-to day
responsibilities;
·
Ongoing training activities are integrated with,
and support EU integration strategies, and the civil service law and other
international responsibilities and agreements, such as the responsibilities
which will flow to each institution as Bosnia is now a member of the Council of
Europe
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A system for developing, implementing, and monitoring training and development
activities is facilitated.
Specific
Project Objective/s.
1. To support the
institutional capacity building process of State and RS Civil Service Agencies
and of State Ministries through training. The Civil Service Agency (CSA) at the
State and RS level are tasked with developing assessment and appraisal
processes, establish responsibilities and arrangements for training, and
recommend training methods.
2. To assist the CSAs and Key Decision Makers in State Ministries in
developing Training Strategies for Human Resource Management (HRM). In the
first phase, a critical mass of leaders in the Ministries and in the Public
Administration is trained, contributing to the training processes and
institutional culture that emerges in the future. In the second phase, civil
servants are trained in various “soft skills”.
Foreseen
outcomes of the project:
·
Review of Training needs analysis of
beneficiary Institutions
·
Develop and Carry out various short
training courses with decision makers and with functionaries
·
Development of strategic training
plans and training of trainers preparation
·
Development
of new training materials
Conference on final
results of the training interventions and advise on future developments
The Training activities
include:
PHASE I.
Senior Strategic Managers
from CSAs and Ministries participate in training and strategy sessions to
design HRM Training Plans for their Institutions. Interactive Workshops with
Senior Managers in Ministries and the CSAs on (a)
Strategic HRM; (b) Skills and Values development for public service; (c)
Planning for HRM, (d) Leadership and ManagementSkills.
PHASE II. HRM Soft skills.
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Appraisal/Evaluation
Skills;
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Problem Solving Skills and Decision Making
Skills
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Teamwork
Skills; Meetings Skills
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Communications
Skills and Public Relations
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Stress
Management;
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Conflict
Management;
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Quality
Management;
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Negotiation
Skills
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Project
Management
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Interviewing
skills
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Operational and Strategic Planning and Budget
Management
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Management of Change in the Public Service
·
European Integration –Accession -Copenhagen
Criteria for adoption of the Acquis
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Public Administration and Good Governance;
Induction Training
TECHNICAL TRAINING FOR CIVIL SERVANTS
Dates: October-December 2002 – Phase 1
Financing Agency: Min. Foreign Affairs (Directorate
General Cultural Promotion)
Dates: April-June 2003 – Phase 2
Financing Agency: Italian Government School of Public Administration (SSPA)
Consortium: CID
The project
offers technical and specialized training to Bosnian civil servants. Organized
in two phases. The first for 50 high level civil servants attending training
organized in the Bologna branch of the SSPA with the participation of the
Economics Department of the University of Bologna. The second for 240 State
functionaires over 6 one-week modules, offered at the State Agency for Civil
Service in Sarajevo. Courses are developed on six
disciplinary areas:
- Applied
Economic Policy
- Management of Public
Businesses and Public Administration
- European
Union Legislation
- Italian
Bilateral and Decentralized Cooperation
- Project
Design and Preparation
- Public
Communication
SOCIAL AND SECTORAL POLICIES IN THE BOSNIA AND
HERZEGOVINA PRSP [REPORT]
Dates: October 2002–March 2003
Financing agency: OXFAM Sarajevo
The PRSP
(Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper) is the economic policy document guiding the
strategies of the BiH Government, and used in negotiations with the World Bank and
the IMF.
Report on the
sectoral policies foreseen in the PRSP, with a critical assessment of dimension
of vulnerability in poverty; realism and feasibility of the objectives set by
international organizations for BiH for the next few years; social and sectoral
policies.
The report was
used as supporting documentation for the public discussion run by the BiH State
Government that accompanies the approval of the PRSP.
FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE
STATE BUDGET OF BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA
Dates: April-June 2003
Funding Agency: European Commission – Framework
Contract.
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Assessment of the functionality and sustainability of the state public
administration system in terms of budget, organization and staff.
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Project conducted in partnership with BCEOM-Bureau of Economic and Legal
Affairs, Paris.
TRAINING FOR ENTREPRENEURS OF SMALL AND MEDIUM
ENTERPRISES
Dates: June-December 2003
Funding Agency: Confartigianato Emilia Romagna and
Regione Emilia Romagna
Consortium: CID
Management and
finance training organized in Tuzla, within the project Business Research
Innovation and Development Generating Enterprises (BRIDGE).
The project aimed
at private SME sector development and the capacity building of local entrepreneurs
associations in Tuzla Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Objective of the project
was to develop a short cycle training programme for young entrepreneurs, as
well as coaching and disseminating the business management programme to a
population of SME managers, entrepreneurs and relevant intermediaries. The
project’s further relevance should be seen in the light of the enormous and
continuous demand for the training which is found in the SME and
entrepreneurial sector. Local partners were Tuzla Canton Association of SMEs
and the Chamber of Commerce of Tuzla Canton.
The project was
funded by the Regione Emilia Romagna and was conducted in partnership with
Cosmopolite Associates, an association of Italian SME entrepreneurs that both
contribute to the project design. Identification of the needs and selection of
the trainers has been done by CID.
By way of several
short-term experts and missions:
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develop
short intensive courses and training materials for local SME entrepreneurs in
Tuzla
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provide
training for local entrepreneurs in, management, marketing, business planning,
financial accounting and SME development in transition economies
·
identifying the training needs
selecting the candidates and participants
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GLOBALISATION AND THE
POLITICAL ECONOMY OF TRANSITION
Dates: 10-11
October 2003 — Sarajevo.
Organised with
the Economics Faculty, Sarajevo, the Centre for Economic Reform and
Transformation, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh and the support of UNDP and
the World Bank Country Offices.
THE FEMINIZATION OF POVERTY IN MOZAMBIQUE [STUDY]
Dates: February 1999 – February 2000
Financing agency: UNDP-ILO
Assessment with
a survey on the ground of the degree of “feminization” of poverty in
Mozambique.
Long-Term and Short-Term Intensive Training
UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA
MASTER IN DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
The Master’s is a graduate programme in development policy is
offered by the Department of Economic Sciences and organised and managed at CID. It was first launched in
2002-2003 and for five years since. The Masters Programme,
delivered
in English, provides students with the theoretical knowledge, policy awareness
and analytical techniques to tackle many of the key economic and social issues
facing developing and transition countries. The Programme’s aim is to train
professional experts in the fields of economic development, economic policy and
international co-operation. Participants learn to:
- Critically assess competing theories of the
international economic development
- Understand the current globalization
processes for international and national institutions
- Explore
best practices and paradigms in design and management of international
development programs
- Develop
and practice analytical skills, tools and techniques used by project
managers
- Acquire
a sound knowledge of development issues in specific geographical areas
The Master’s approach is to teach the practical application of theoretical
knowledge and technical skills to economic and development issues. Courses are
highly interactive, emphasize learning-by-doing and draw on extensive use of
input by experts and guest speakers from international financial institutions, European
institutions, and development practitioners.
INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
OF BOLOGNA SUMMER SCHOOL ON MONITORING AND EVALUATION
The Sumer School on Monitoring and Evaluation
of Public Policies was first launched in Summer 2006 and every years it focuses
on particular aspects, with special emphasis to poverty reduction programmes in
developing and transition countries.
SHORT, INTENSIVE AND TAILOR-MADE COURSES
CID also organises short training courses including intensive
courses on Economic Instruments for Policy Development, Sector Analysis and
Evaluation (Health Systems, Rural Development) Fiscal Decentralization, Public
Administration and Human Resource Management, and Quantitative and Qualitative
Analysis for Social Development. Currently, CID is carrying out the 3-year
EC-funded Tempus project on training and capacity building for the civil
service and public administration personnel of Bosnia and Herzegovina.