The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Libya organized a four-day national capacity development workshop at the Corinthia Hotel on the 4th-7th October. The workshop represents a national first in providing specialized training sessions in UNDP project and programme management to national project coordinators, who manage projects carried out by UNDP and the Libyan government, as well as key national stakeholders.

In his opening speech the UNDP Resident Representative a.i, emphasized that this training was especially important given the country office’s increased focus on national implementation, where projects are implemented by national project managers, rather than by foreign experts. This mode of project implementation increases project sustainability, and enhances national capacities for project design, implementation and evaluation. It also requires that national project coordinators are fully aware of UNDP rules and regulations, and are able to make use of the most advanced and efficient project management techniques.

The workshop was attended by over 40 national project coordinators and other representatives from 19 different government agencies and Secretariats. The attendees were offered training in internationally acclaimed project management techniques and were introduced to useful development tools such as gender mainstreaming and project advocacy.
 

The event was fully managed by UNDP programme staff in Arabic language with CAWTAR and UNODC facilitating sessions on gender mainstreaming and UN orientation

The training sessions during the four days workshop aimed at furnishing project coordinators with the skills required to ensure that their projects successfully achieve their development objectives and enhance project ownership..

The workshop concluded with closing remarks from Dr. Mahmoud Al Falah, Director of the Environment General Authority, who also participated in the distribution of certificates to the participants.

In his closing remarks, the Resident Representative a.i, reiterated that the current workshop is not a stand-alone event; rather UNDP Libya is committed to providing future training sessions subject to the demands and requests of its national project coordinators.