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Project Management

Project Management and Gender Sensitive M&E training for Vietnamese Projects in Ha Noi

Continuing the efforts to strengthen the expertise in project management and gender sensitive monitoring and evaluation for IFAD funded projects, APMAS organized training for the project managers, M&E officers and Gender experts of Vietnamese projects in Hanoi, during 26-30 November, 2012. The training was attended by 43 participants from projects in Cao Bang, Bac Kan, Ha Tinh, Quang Bin, Tuyen Quang, Ninh Thuan, Gia Lai, Dak Nong, and Ben Tre.  Read more »

Announcement of Training Program on Project Leadership in Indonesia

Asian Project Management Support Program (APMAS) and IFAD Country Program Office, Indonesia are going to conduct a training program on “Leadership Beyond Boundaries” during 14-16 May in Jakarta, Indonesia.  Read more »

Phase-II of MS-Project Capacity Building of SNRMPE Project kicked Off

APMAS started its activities of 2013 with the phase two of project management capacity building of Lao PDR ‘s ADB-IFAD funded Sustainable Natural Resource Management and Productivity Enhancement Project (SNRMPE). The kick-off meeting of phase two was carried out on 15 January, 2013 at SNRMPEP’s head office at Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Vientiane.  Read more »

From Thailand to the world: Starting the first Learning Route on Public Private Partnership in Asia

Starting on Monday, 22nd October in Bangkok, the Learning Route on the Thailand experience in Pro Rural Poor Public Private Partnership has been initiated. Sponsored by IFAD and organized jointly by APMAS, AIT-Extension and the PROCASUR Corporation will gather over 30 public and private rural development practitioners from Thailand, Vietnam, Lao PDR, India, Cambodia and Madagascar.  Read more »

Training on RIMS+ Completion Survey for IMPP in Tra Vinh and Ha Tinh

Training on RIMS+ Survey in Ha TinhUnder the agreement with APMAS and Development and Policies Research Center (DEPOCEN), mentoring and on-the-job training was designed and implemented for officers of IMPP project in Tra Vinh and Ha Tinh in conducting their completion survey and at the same time improving the capacity for local officers. The trainings were held in Tra Vinh between 19 – 26 March 2012 and from 3 – 10 May 2012 in Ha Tinh.  Read more »

Select RBM KS Tools Being Shared and Documented in Joint IFAD-APMAS Writeshop

Contributors present their papers and receiving inputs from peer contributors, based on these inputs, papers are revisedAround 24 field-tested tools and approaches are being shared and documented in the IFAD-APMAS Writeshop on “Result-Based Management and Knowledge Sharing in IFAD Rural Development Context”, 3 – 7 December 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand.  Read more »

Cambodia Pioneered Leadership for Development Programme Benefiting Grassroot Level

Mr. Khalid El Harizi, IFAD Country Programme Manager for CambodiaStarting from a fundamental acknowledgment from IFAD Cambodia Country Office (Mr. Khalid El Harizi, CPM for Cambodia) and then supported by APMAS, an approach towards development effectiveness through leadership programme has been initiated.  Read more »

Leadership Beyond Boundaries Training of Trainers

Leadership and management are two distinctly different yet complementary skills. Both are necessary for today's changing and complex project environment. While project management skills ensure that processes—such as planning, scheduling, estimating, budgeting, monitoring and staffing—are working effectively, leadership skills provide the
driving force that creates project success.  Read more »

IFAD Financial Management

Financial Management is considered as essential supporting role in development projects, not only to ensure management eficiency & effectiveness, but also equally important to ensure transparency and accountability. It is generally acknowledged that within IFAD projects, Financial Management takes central role in ensuring optimum accountable utilization of public funds.  

IFAD Controller and Financial Services (CFS) Division and APMAS jointly sponsored an IFAD Financial Management Workshop to provide:  Read more »