Description
Unit 1: Foundations of Global Development Diplomacy
Provides a global overview of development diplomacy history and mandates.
Learning Objectives:
– Define the role of diplomacy in advancing global development goals.
– Analyze development challenges and foreign policy alignment.
Content: Provides a global overview of development diplomacy history and mandates.
Activity: Map stakeholders and influence networks in a development scenario.
Assessment: Stakeholder map rubric and narrative analysis.
Unit 2: Development Cooperation and Foreign Policy
Explores policy coherence between development goals and foreign interests.
Learning Objectives:
– Analyze development challenges and foreign policy alignment.
– Design aid and development strategies using evidence-based tools.
Content: Explores policy coherence between development goals and foreign interests.
Activity: Draft a bilateral aid strategy for a country in transition.
Assessment: Strategy draft scoring guide and peer feedback.
Unit 3: Aid Architecture and Global Development Institutions
Analyzes the structure and roles of IFIs, UN agencies, and regional banks.
Learning Objectives:
– Design aid and development strategies using evidence-based tools.
– Engage with international financial institutions and multilateral donors.
Content: Analyzes the structure and roles of IFIs, UN agencies, and regional banks.
Activity: Analyze a funding agreement from a multilateral development bank.
Assessment: Agreement review memo and policy reflection.
Unit 4: Designing Development Strategies and Country Plans
Guides students in strategic planning and program design.
Learning Objectives:
– Engage with international financial institutions and multilateral donors.
– Foster inclusive partnerships with civil society and host governments.
Content: Guides students in strategic planning and program design.
Activity: Design a logic model and theory of change.
Assessment: Logic model submission and critique.
Unit 5: Inclusive Partnerships and Local Ownership
Trains on building sustainable partnerships with accountability.
Learning Objectives:
– Foster inclusive partnerships with civil society and host governments.
– Assess the impact of development assistance and project diplomacy.
Content: Trains on building sustainable partnerships with accountability.
Activity: Facilitate a partnership-building session using equity principles.
Assessment: Facilitation evaluation and equity application reflection.
Unit 6: Finance, Funding Mechanisms, and Donor Engagement
Covers budget formulation, proposal writing, and fund tracking.
Learning Objectives:
– Assess the impact of development assistance and project diplomacy.
– Communicate development priorities across international platforms.
Content: Covers budget formulation, proposal writing, and fund tracking.
Activity: Develop a proposal budget and narrative.
Assessment: Proposal scoring rubric and budget accuracy check.
Unit 7: Diplomatic Messaging and Development Narratives
Focuses on storytelling, branding, and diplomatic advocacy for development.
Learning Objectives:
– Communicate development priorities across international platforms.
– Negotiate funding proposals and cooperation agreements.
Content: Focuses on storytelling, branding, and diplomatic advocacy for development.
Activity: Write a speech for a development-themed high-level event.
Assessment: Speech rubric and messaging critique.
Unit 8: Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) for Diplomats
Teaches MEL design and integration in mission work.
Learning Objectives:
– Negotiate funding proposals and cooperation agreements.
– Apply monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) frameworks.
Content: Teaches MEL design and integration in mission work.
Activity: Create a MEL plan for a diplomatic development initiative.
Assessment: MEL framework peer review and instructor comments.
Unit 9: Simulation: Development Negotiation with Donors and Host Country
Simulates a multilateral funding negotiation with political constraints.
Learning Objectives:
– Apply monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) frameworks.
– Create a development-focused diplomatic engagement strategy.
Content: Simulates a multilateral funding negotiation with political constraints.
Activity: Participate in a simulated roundtable for aid coordination.
Assessment: Simulation performance rubric and team evaluation.
Unit 10: Capstone: Global Development Diplomacy Strategy Plan
Students present a full diplomatic plan advancing development impact.
Learning Objectives:
– Create a development-focused diplomatic engagement strategy.
– Define the role of diplomacy in advancing global development goals.
Content: Students present a full diplomatic plan advancing development impact.
Activity: Present and defend a complete development diplomacy strategy.
Assessment: Capstone plan submission and strategic oral defense.
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