COMMUNICATIONS TRAINING CONSULTANT | Global Development Awards Competition 2024 edition

Background

The Global Development Awards Competition is an innovative award scheme administered by the Global Development Network (GDN), funded under the Policy and Human Resources Development Fund (PHRD) trust fund managed by the World Bank, and generously supported by the Ministry of Finance, Government of Japan. This program has 2 categories open for interested applicants:

Japanese Award for Outstanding Research on Development (ORD)

• Competitive research grant program that identifies and funds outstanding research proposals from researchers from low and middle-income countries that have a high potential for excellence in research and clear policy implications for addressing development issues.

Japanese Award for Most Innovative Development Project (MIDP)

• Competitive grant program that supports non-profit Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) from low and middle-income countries to recognize the innovative approach of their projects.

Objective of the assignment

The Global Development Network wishes to recruit a consultant to undertake a 2-day training for the 6 finalists from both categories (ORD and MIDP) of the Global Development Awards Competition 2024.

The training will strengthen the 6 finalists’ presentation and communications skills on their proposals, preparing them for their presentation in front of a high-level academic jury and the general public. The assignment includes the design, preparation and facilitation of the training.

The training will take place in a location to be announced during the Global Development Conference to take place in late November in Fiji.

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