Blogs by Ouindinda Nikièma
Tailor-made Training: Huge returns on investment
In our previous blog last Wednesday, we unpacked the key characteristics of the Tailor-made training modality. In the present blog we discuss cost effectiveness of the programme and how Nuffic is balancing this against the rising interest in the programme.
Tailor-made Training: A very effective capacity building instrument
Nuffic’s Tailor-made Training (TMT) programme is fast, flexible, responsive, relevant, demand-driven and target-oriented. In this blog, we unpack these adjectives of acclamation to illustrate just what it is that distinguishes this modality of capacity building.
Foreign vs Dutch education institutions in development programmes
Increasingly foreign higher education institutions are participating in the capacity development programmes in post- secondary education and training funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. These 'non-Dutch' institutions get involved as partners in various consortia implementing a growing number of projects.
Capacity building of developing countries good for international business
Development cooperation, particularly through educational capacity building, contributes to growth of the middle class in developing regions, which, in turn, contributes to the sustainability of international business.