GSIPM

Certificate in International Development and Social Change

A professional graduate certificate program for careers in program design, partnering, management, and innovation (DPMI)

Launch Your Career

This program is designed for aspiring development and social change practitioners seeking expanded career opportunities in program design, partnering, management, and innovation (DPMI). You’ll gain the program design, evaluation, strategic partnering, and facilitation skills needed to launch a career in international development, becoming part of a global network of over 1,300 DPMI alumni tackling the world’s most pressing problems.

Intensive Hands-on Training

The highly interactive, participatory, and student-centered curriculum includes three modules:

Designing & Managing Development Projects

• Design and assess projects that foster sustainable development
• Use simulations and case study exercises to learn the approaches widely used by multinational organizations such as USAID, World Bank, and UNDP

Facilitating Participatory Development

• Master the tools and techniques to be an effective facilitator, trainer, and change agent
• Understand the importance of local human resource development
• Learn to transfer skills to communities so they can conduct their own training programs

Social Entrepreneurship & Strategic Partnering

• Conduct analyses of vision and mission in a context of social entrepreneurship
• Identify core competencies and forge strategic partnerships for organizational effectiveness
• Use innovative software applications for challenging simulations

International Faculty

The program is taught by internationally renowned specialists who have extensive knowledge of the development field, including Beryl Levinger of the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, Evan Bloom, formerly of Pact, and co-founder of Root Change, and Sharon Bean of USAID.