The Euro-Arab Diploma in non-profit organizations (NPO) Management aims to improve the capacity of students in the development of social services carried out by their organizations, through the transfer of good practices, knowledge of the changes to be adopted in management as well as the design of social programs and identification of institutional weaknesses they may have in their organizations.
This training is aimed at management and technical staff of third sector organisations in the Gulf countries (Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Yemen).
This new edition started this morning with the intervention of the Director of Cooperation of Euro-Arab, Hassan Laaguir, coordinator of the Diploma, followed by the lectures of José Luis Villena Higueras, Faculty of Education Sciences, who dealt with the subject of “Human capital: axis of the management of organisations for society”.
The second lecture was given by Paloma Medina Rivas, Director of Environmental Management of the Granada City Council, who focused her presentation on “Quality management in NPOs”.
With an extensive theoretical and practical programme, the Euro-Arab Diploma in NPO Management is offered in both on-site and online formats. The training programme comprises five face-to-face seminars held in the Saudi Arabian capital, Riyadh, and the sixth and last one in Granada at the Euro-Arab Foundation.
This last phase of the training allows students to learn first-hand about the work of third sector organisations as well as to attend a programme of master classes given by experts from the academic and organisational spheres. The Diploma concludes with the presentation of the final Diploma work.
Since the Diploma was launched in 2015, men and women from Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Syria, Yemen and Kuwait have taken the course.
All of them have improved considerably in their professional careers, and their training has had an impact on a better position in their organisations, public administration or in the creation of new social entities in their respective countries.
NPO MANAGEMENT DIPLOMA PROGRAMME
NPO MANAGEMENT DIPLOMA PROGRAMME
Monday 13th November
8:30. 8:55. Presentation of the course programme and instructions for students.
Hassan Laaguir. Diploma Coordinator. Director of Cooperation, Euro-Arab Foundation.
José Luis Villena Higueras. Faculty of Education Sciences. University of Granada
9:00 – 10:30h. Introduction to development and associativism in Spain
Hassan Laaguir. Euro-Arab Foundation for Higher Studies
11:00 – 12:00. Human capital: the axis of the management of organisations for society
José Luis Villena Higueras. Faculty of Education Sciences. University of Granada.
12:00 – 13:30. Quality management in NPOs
Paloma Medina Rivas. Director of Environmental Management. Granada City Council.
15:30 -18:00. Visit to the Alhambra
Tuesday 14th
08:30 – 10:30.- Spanish Red Cross Case.
Luis Felipe Jiménez. Training Technician of the Granada Red Cross.
11:00 -14:00. – Transfer and visit to the CATI of the Red Cross (Centre of Reception and Temporary Attention to the Immigrant) of Granada (visit to the working place located in Calle Poetisa Handuna).
ARDE. Preparation of Friday presentations by groups
Wednesday 15th
08:30 – 09:15.
Visit to the Rectorate and Library
09:30 – 13:00
Workshop: Strategic planning for NPOs. Daniel Sean Herrera. Open University of Catalonia. Barcelona
13:00 – 14:00.
Intersolidarity: true social innovation. José Luis Villena Higueras. Faculty of Education Sciences. University of Granada
AFTERNOON. Preparation of Friday’s presentations by groups
Thursday 16th
Case of ILUNION (Social Initiative of the ONCE)
08:30 – 09:00. General presentation of ONCE with Carmen Aguilera, Director of ONCE in Granada and Piedad Joyera, Territorial Councillor of ONCE in Andalusia, Ceuta and Melilla.
09:00-10:00. ILUNION Initiative – Lorena Alcántara Pérez and Nerea García López (ILUNION Initiative)
10:30-11:30. ILUNION Initiative. Second part
Lorena Alcántara Pérez; Nerea García López and Bartolomé Carlos Muñoz Ochoa (ILUNION Initiative).
11:30-13:30. Transfer and visit to one of the 480 ILUNION work centres in Spain.
Friday 17th
8:30-10:10. Presentation of the presentations of the 5 groups of students.
José Luis Villena Higueras. Faculty of Education Sciences. University of Granada
10:45- 11:45. Closing conference.
“Just ecosocial transition: a possible and necessary utopia”. Carmen Lizarraga. University Lecturer and Coordinator of the Degree in Economics. Faculty of Economics and Business Studies.
