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MASTERSPROGRAMMES

2010-2011

GLOBALISATION AND

DEVELOPMENT

GOVERNANCE AND

DEVELOPMENT

DEVELOPMENT EVALUATION

AND MANAGEMENT

A uniqueexchangeexperiencein a strongmultidisciplinaryacademicenvironment


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CONTENTS

This brochure reects the views o the Institute at the time o publication.

The Institute reserves the right to make changes as deemed necessary.

This brochure is also available in French.

4 WHYSTUDYATTHEINSTITUTEOFDEVELOPMENTPOLICYANDMANAGEMENT

ATTHEUNIVERSITYOFANTWERP?

6 SOMEIMPRESSIONSbYSTUDENTSANDALUMNI

8 THEPROGRAMMES

11 MASTEROFGLObALISATIONANDDEVELOPMENT

12 TRACk1:GLObALOPPORTUNITIESFORLOCALDEVELOPMENT

15 MASTEROFGOVERNANCEANDDEVELOPMENT

16 TRACk1:GOVERNANCEANDCONFLICT

18 TRACk2:LOCALGOVERNANCEANDPOVERTYREDUCTION

21 MASTEROFDEVELOPMENTEVALUATIONANDMANAGEMENT

22 TRACk1:THEMACRODIMENSIONSOFAID

24 TRACk2:DEVELOPMENTINTERVENTIONSANDLOCALINSTITUTIONALCHANGE

26MANAGEMENT

26 ACADEMICSTAFF

28 PRACTICALINFORMATION

30bELGIUMANDTHECITYOFANTWERP


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IObisamultidisciplinar academic institutionwhere

peopleodierentopinions,religionsandnationalities

eel at home. Ithas several decades o experience in

organising international training programmes in the eld

odevelopmentpolicyandmanagement.IObispartothe

UniversityoAntwerpandislocatedontheUniversitysCity

Campus.

Every year, the Institute is home to some 100 students oapproximatelythirtydierentnationalitiesand romdiverse

academic and proessional acgrounds. This provides or

anextraordinarymulticulturalandmultidisciplinarylearning

environment. Ourmasters programmes and internationial

trainingcoursesareorganisedinEnglish,utspecialacilities

areoeredtostudentsromotherlinguisticacgrounds.

It is IObs aim to oer a polic-oriented training that

incorporatesthelatestsocialscienticinsightswithrelevance

tothedevelopmentchallenge.Studentsareexpectedtolearn

rom each others experiences and rom their exposure tolivingandworinginadevelopedcountry.Theocuslieson

student-centredlearningandthe approachappliedinvolves

amixo teachingmethods(ex-cathedralectures, individual

andgroupassignments,discussions,studentpresentations,

literature-asedindependentstudy,seminars,guestlectures,

analysisocasestudies,simulations,individualtutoring).

Ouridealclassroomiscomposedoa mix o students rom

te Sout and te Nort.Thetargetgroupconsistsmainly

o mid-career development proessionals rom low-income

andlowermiddle-incomecountrieswhosepreviousacademic

acgrounds and career records suggest that they will

signicantly prot roman advanced international training.

They are strongly motivated to contriute, at their home

institutions,totheidentication,implementation,monitoring

and evaluation o development policies and programmes.

ThetargetgroupintheNorthconsistsoindividualswhoare

alreadypursuingorwishingtopursueacareerindevelopment,

andwhoalreadyhavesomeeldexperience.

IOboers tree masters programmes,withahighdegree

ospecialisationandadistinctocus:MasteroGloalisationand Development, Governance and Development, and

Development Evaluation and Management. The three

Masters programmes are oered concurrently and tae 12

months to complete, starting and ending mid-Septemer.

In a rst three-month module, students are updated on

development-related theories and research methods. The

core o the programme runs rom January to May, when

students pursue individual tracs through two research-

asedmodules,andontheasisowhichtheysusequently

writeapolicyresearchreport(romJunetoSeptemer).

The Institute also organises stand-alone sort training

courses.OnesuchcoursedealswiththeNewAidApproach,

anotherexaminesthePoliticalEconomyotheGreatLaes

Region.FurtherinormationaouttheseInternationalTraining

Programmes can e otained rom the IOb Admissions

Oce.Parto oureducational programme cane taenas

PD courses.

IObstaconstitutetheaconeoalltrainingprogrammes,

thoughexpertsromNGOs,governmentagencies,andoutside

researchinstitutesarealsocalledupon.

Mainentranceofthecitycamp

us(Stadscampus) S

tudentsfromalloverthe

world

WHY STUDY AT

THE INSTITUTE OF

DEVELOPMENT POLICY

AND MANAGEMENT AT

THE UNIVERSITY

OF ANTWERP?


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IObalsoparticipatesinvarious inter-uniersit partnersips

withinstitutesindevelopingcountries,suchastheUniversidad

Centro-Americana (Managua, Nicaragua), the Universit

Catholique de kinshasa (DR Congo), the Universities o

buavu(DRCongo)andNgozi(burundi),andtheUniversityo

WesternCape(SouthArica).

TheInstituteislocatedontheUniversityoAntwerpsCity

Campus, close to the central railway station, and iseasilyaccessile ypulic transport. The campus oersa broad

range o acilities, including a student restaurant serving

hot meals or approximately 3 Euros, a sports centre and

computer rooms with Internet access. The lirary, which

houses approximately 20,000volumes covering all aspects

oeconomicandpoliticaldevelopment,isalsolocatedonthe

City Campus. The lirary provides access to numerous

dataasesandlirarynetwors.

Researc at IOB, oth theoretical or policy-oriented, is

organisedin our tematic groups:AidPolicy(AP),Political

EconomyotheGreatLaesRegionoCentralArica(PEGL),

PovertyandWell-beingasaLocalInstitutionalProcess(PIP)

andImpactoGloalisation(IG).Inadditiontoservingasan

organisationalasis or research activities at the Institute,

thethematicgroups(TGs)alsoensurethata linis retained

etweenresearchandteaching.

Weendeavourtomaeourteachingprogrammesrelevantor

developmentpractitioners,andindeedregardthisasoneo

theprogrammesdistinguishingeatures.Inordertoachieve

thisaim,oursta,inadditiontoperormingtheiracademic

and research duties, requently engage in polic adisor

wor.Inthepast,researchhaseencarriedoutor,among

others,thebelgianDirectorateGeneralorDevelopmentCo-

operation (DGDC), belgian Technical Co-operation (bTC),

the European Commission, the World ban, the United

NationsDevelopmentFundorWomen(UNIFEM),theFood

and AgricultureOrganisation o theUnited Nations (FAO),as well as countlessnon-governmental organisations. The

insightsthatsuchstaexposureprovidesisamajorsourceo

inspirationortheteachingprogrammes.

Inthelibrary,conn

ectedtotheworld

I was attracted by the multicultural and multidisciplinarystudying environment in IOB. We all come rom dierent

countries with dierent backgrounds and each one o us

is like a book o knowledge and culture. Through group-

work or seminars we are encouraged to share experiences

and ideas about development issues, and we also learn

rom each others way o thinking and working.

Pham Thi Hong Net, VietnamMaster o Development Evaluation and Management2008-2009


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Remember when you aimhigh and you miss the sky, at

least you will catch the clouds.

I have learnt that even the

best development theories will

not necessarily oer practical

solutions to societal problems.

You must fgure out how things

interact and connect.

... what I learned did

open my eyes and narrowed

the intellectual and

emotional gap between

Latin America and Arica.

Trying to fnd solutions

or major governance and

development problems in the

Third World with colleagues

rom various cultural and

academic backgrounds has

sometimes made me eel

as i I was at the UN.

The programme itsel

is the most intense

academic programme

that I have undertaken.

It is highly motivating and

involves a lot o group work.

Interacting with colleagues

rom varying backgrounds,

countries and perspectives

is very challenging.

The degree

has expanded

my social network

abroad.

My studies at IOB

have greatly enhanced

my credibility and have

helped me to gain

greater access to people

with responsibilities.

In a developing country

such as mine, where the

problem o governance is

crucial to development,

I highly recommend

the IOB programmes

to my riends.

SOME IMPRESSIONS...


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When I was working or theBenin Ministry o Health and

later on or the Ministry o

Development, I gradually hadto ace analytical problems.

For example, how to plan

the PRSP aims or the next

25 years? Every sector has

its own specifc strategy that

has to ft into the national

orientation. For me it seemed

like a game, and since I do

not consider development to

be a game, I decided to apply

or this masters programme

in Development Evaluation

and Management. It is eye-

opening to be in contact

with people rom diverse

backgrounds and experiences.

I am learning a lot rom

participating in discussions

and I am very happy with the

interdisciplinary approach

o IOB. All I am doing now isto absorb new inormation

and only the uture will show

whether I will be able to apply

it. I want to continue working

in the feld o development

co-operation. Our countries

do need aid, but in order to

use it efciently, we also need

good analytical tools.

Euloge Adekambi, Benin,Development Evaluation andManagement, 2005-2006

I am very happy to be atIOB. Sharing experiences

with people rom dierent

backgrounds is so enriching.

Our cultural and educational

dierences are regarded as

assets here. We are given the

space to combine who we

are and where we come rom

with our long-term goals o

urthering the development o

our respective countries. The

most popular way to start a

sentence here is: For example,

in my country . We all have

the tendency to compare what

we know rom back homewith the new knowledge we

acquire here. IOB challenges

us to think in dierent ways

and at the same time to share

our experience. I really like

this approach o combining

experience with knowledge.

That way we travel all around

the world during our courses.

Cristina Rotaru, Moldova,Globalization and Development,2008-2009

The exchange o ideas amongstudents is very enriching. I

deliberately chose to work with

my Arican ellow students

during group assignments

in order to learn rom them.

We share the same problems

o corruption, collusion and

nepotism and we ace the same

globalisation challenges. We

discuss these issues in class but

also when preparing our meals

at home. None o us are master

cooks but our discussions really

spice our dishes. However,personally I am reluctant to

participate in these exchanges

at the top o my voice. I

admire the way in which

many Aricans are capable o

expressing their views but I

am too shy to do so. I preer

to answer clear questions,

rather than hypothesise.

Inggrid, Indonesia,Globalisation and Development,2007-2008.

Through my work I wasencouraged to study or a

Masters degree in Governance

and Development. Since I

always wanted to return

to Belgium, it was a great

opportunity or me to be able

to come to IOB. Although

the Masters programme is

compact and thus stressul, it

is very enriching and inspiring.

For me, this is the frst time

that I have met non-Arican

students and by sharing

experiences, exchanginginsights and participating

in conversations we learn

a lot rom each other. The

interaction during the courses

has caused me to change many

o my previously held views.

... This Masters programme

really helps me to understand

better what tools are used

to measure development.

Many indicators are taken

into account, not just a

countrys natural resources.

Knowing this has also helped

me to understand why some

countries perorm better

and others ail. Ater all, we

all ace similar problems but

we need dierent solutions

depending on the whole

context o the country. Thereis no uniorm recipe that is

universally applicable.

Sulayman Omar Njie, The Gambia,Governance and Development,2006-2007

... BY

STUDENTS

& ALUMNI


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Theories of Development - Research Methods I and IIModule I

Governance forDevelopmentModule II

Module III

DissertationModule IV

Globalisation &Development

Master ofGovernance &Development

Master ofDevelopmentEvaluation &Management

Master ofGlobalisation &

Development

EvaluatingDevelopmentEffectiveness

FromViolentConflictto State

Reconstruction

Local Institutions &Poverty Reduction

Managing Aid

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THE PROGRAMMES

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

ThethreeMastersprogrammeshaveasimilarstructure,each

consistingoour modules.

Therstintroducestheoriesodevelopmentandamiliarises

the studentswith researchmethods and techniques, oth

generalandprogramme-specic.

Inmodules II and III, research-driven interactive training

pacages are oered. Thesemodules are organised y the

staoaspecicIObthematicgroup.

Inmodule IV, students undertae a personal development

research project under the supervision o a promoter. The

topicscoveredrelatetothethematicocusomodulesIIand

III.AlimitednumerostudentswilleprovidedwithanIOb

travel grant toconducteldwor ortheir researchproject.

Thedissertationisthesujectoapulicpresentationand

deence.

Mdle Descipti Peid Weeks ECTScedits

I

General courses:- Theories of Development- Research methods I (compulsory)- Research methods II (options)

Oct-Jan 12936

II Research-driven education provided

by Thematic Groups

Feb-Mar 9 12

III Apr-May 9 12IV Dissertation Jun-Sep 15 18

Overview o programme content


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IOBstudents onatriptoParis

GENERAL ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

TheollowingcandidatesareeligiletoapplyortheMasters

programmes:

ApplicantsromtheSouthmustholda universitydegree

(bachelororMaster)oatleastouryearsostudyinSocial

Sciences (Economics, Political Science, Sociology,

International Relations, or related disciplines). Applicants

romtheSouthwhoholdabachelorsdegreeoonlythree

yearsostudymustdemonstratevery strong and relevant

proessionalexperienceand/orhavesuccessullycompleted

additional training.Applicants rom theNorthmust holda

Masters degree in Social Sciences. Only applicants with

excellent academic recordswilleaccepted.

Ouridealparticipanthasatleasttwoyearsoproessional

experienceinasectorrelevanttotheprogramme.Applicants

romtheNorthshouldhaverelevanteldexperienceinthe

South.

Applicantsmusteprocient in Englis.Thosewhohave

receiveda university education inEnglishmust provide anocial certicate conrming this. Other applicants must

sumitoneotheollowingtestresults:

TOEFL(Testo Englishas aForeignLanguage):minimum

scoreo550orpaper-asedtestor79orInternet-asedtest.

Inormationaoutthistestisavailaleat

www.toef.org.

IELTS (International English Language Testing System):

minimumscoreo6.0.Inormationaoutthistestisavailale

atwww.ielts.org.

Special acilities are oered or students rom oter

language bacgrounds (in particular or French speaing

students).Studentswithpaper-asedTOEFLscoresetween

500and550(orInternet-asedTOEFLscoreetween61and

79)orIELTSscoresetween5.0and6.0maythuseadmitted

providedtheysuccessullycompleteatwo-monthintensive

language course organised y the University o Antwerp

eore the start o the Masters programme. For students

selectedoraVLIR-UOSscholarship,thecostothislanguage

courseisorneytheInstitute(seeelowordetails).


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MASTER OF

GLOBALISATION AND

DEVELOPMENT

PROGRAMME CONTENT

The Masters in Gloalisation and Development (GD)

approachesthephenomenonogloalisationromaneclectic

perspective,consideringoththeopportunitiesitcreatesand

threats it poses todevelopment and poverty alleviation in

lowandmiddle-incomecountries,othatthenationaland

thelocallevel.

Most o our students are engaged (or aspire to ecoming

engaged)indevelopmentpolicywor,proessionallyand/oras

researchers.TheojectiveotheMastersistoprovidethem

withasolidunderstandingothegloalisationphenomenon

in its multiple dimensions (worldwide marets or goods

and services, capital and laour/migration, the planetary

challengeotheenvironmentandsustainaledevelopment).It alsooersthem insightsandtoolstoanalyseandaect

VLIR-UOS, photo by Philippe Reynaers

howgloalisationimpactsonlocaldevelopmentandpoverty

alleviation in lowandmiddle-incomecountries, taing due

accountothecomplexityolocal-gloalinteractionsin the

multiaceted arenas o gloalisation. Successul students

shall e ale to recognise the opportunities presented y

gloalisation,andtoassessandremedytherissandthreats

entailed.Moreover,theyshallealetoidentiyandevaluate

policyandprogrammeinterventionstoexploitopportunities

or more eective local and national development in the

evolving gloal context, as well as identiy and evaluate

developmentinterventionsaimedat remedying theadverse

eectsogloalisationondevelopmentingeneralandonthe

poorer and weaer groups in society in particular, therey

strengtheningtheagencyothelatter.


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TRACk 1: GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES OR

LOCAL DEvELOPMENT

The Masters programme ocuses on the analysis o the

interactionetweenexternalandlocalactors,attheinterace

ogloalandlocaldevelopmentprocesses,inordertoidenti-

ythechangingopportunitiesorandconstraintstoenecial

institutional change or inclusive, sustainale development

and poverty reduction. It conceptualisespoliticaland eco-

nomicdevelopmentastheoutcomeointeractionsetweena

conditioning institutional environment and the agency o

international,nationalandlocalactors.Inthiscontext,special

attention is paid to the way in which these interactions

produce either inequality and poverty or well-eing. Theprogramme ocuses in part onmicro-level institutions and

processes,andhowtheseconditiontheeectiveness,atthe

local level, o development eorts aimed at exploiting the

opportunitiesraisedygloalisationand/oratremedyingits

adverseeectsonthepoorerandweaergroupsinsociety.

Studentsareoeredachoiceopolicydomainsoramorein-

depth treatment o specic policy challenges at the local-

gloalinterace(seeoptionselow).

The programme is intended or participants with wor

experience in local, regional and/or national government

institutions, at research institutes or universities, orwith

localNGOs,advocacyorentrepreneurialassociations,andin

international organisations (e.g. with international NGOs,

ilateral and multilateral institutions). The candidates are

involvedwithandhaveaninterestindevelopmentorpoverty-

reduction initiatives, in micro or meso-level projects and

programmes, and/or in macro-level policymaing.

Proessionally, the candidates hold middle or higher

managementorpolicy(research)positionsentailingatleastsome experience at the interace etween dierent policy

levels (international to local, national to international) or

etween dierent arenas (e.g. civil society-government,

government-international orums and instit-utions, INGO-

nationalNGO,etc).



Module III



Master ofGovernance &

Development

Master ofDevelopment

Evaluation &Management


Development



Reconstruction


Managing Aid

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Lininggloalisationandpovertyisquiteinteresting,asitenales

youalsotolooatthesocialaspectsogloalisation,ratherthan

justatthemacro-economiceects.Itisveryenrichingtostudy

theopportunitiesandchallengespresentedygloalisationin

termsopovertyandinequalityatthemicrolevelandtolooat

itsimpactondierentcommunitiesanddierentcultures.

Ngong Bonjeh Irene rom Cameroon(2007-2008 academic year)

* or more detailed inormation on the courses, see http://www.ua.ac.be/iob/education

COURSES*

MODULE I

(12 wees 18 credits)

TheoriesoDevelopment:providesanoverview o recent

evolutionsintheliteratureonthepoliticsandeconomicso

development,andonpovertyandinequality.

ResearchMethodsIandII:updateocontemporaryquan-

titative and qualitative research methods; possiilities or

cominingthesemethodsandapplyingthemwithinongoing

developmentprocesses.

MODULE II: Globalisation and Deelopment

(9 wees 12 credits)

ThismoduleisorganisedytheThematicGroupTheImpact

oGloalisation.Dierentdimensionsogloalisation,such

as trade, nance, laour/migration and environment, are

coveredinamultidisciplinaryashion.Casestudiesareusedto

demonstratehowdevelopingcountriescanotainsignicant

enets rom gloalisation in general, while reducing or

remedying its rissand constraints throughmore eective

developmentpoliciesandprogrammes.Thetopicisdiscussed

atalllevelsoanalysis,romthegloaltothelocallevel,and

drawingoninsightsrom,amongothermethods,thegloal

chainapproach.

MODULE III: Local Institutions and Poert Reduction

(9 wees 12 credits)

ThismoduleisorganisedytheThematicGrouponPoverty

andWell-eingasaLocalInstitutionalProcess.Themodule

analyses how the interactions o actor strategies and

institutional structures generate inequality and poverty as

wellaswell-eing.Itappliesthisanalysistospecicpolicy

domains: value chain development, micronance, land

policies, gender, pulic services, role o local government,managementonaturalresources,migrationandtheimpact

o trade (the latter topic emphasises measurement and

quantitativeassessment,whiletheothersinvolvequalitative

andquantitativeapproaches).

MODULE Iv: Dissertation


Toedevelopedontheasisooneotheassignmentswritten

attheendoeithermoduleIIorIII.

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MASTER OF

GOVERNANCE AND

DEVELOPMENT

PROGRAMME CONTENT

Theutureosustainaledevelopmentiscriticallyrelated

tothepromotionoettergovernanceatthelocal,national,

regional and international level. At once a cause and a

consequence o governance ailures, violent confict is

incompatilewithsustainaledevelopment.Centralinthis

nexus etween development, governance and confict are

processes o state ormation, state ailure and state re-

construction. The study programme analyses governance

prolemsandpossileresponseswithdueaccountospecic

historicalpathwaysocountriesandtheinteractionetweenthenationalstatelevel,localsocietyleveldynamicsandthe

impactogloaldevelopments.

Mosto ourstudents areengaged in development,proes-

sionallyand/orasresearchers.TheojectiveotheMasters

programme is to provide themwithmultidisciplinary theo-

retical insights and practical tools that will improve their

VLIR-UOS, photo by Philippe Reynaers

capacitytoanalysegovernancechallengesatdierentlevels

and how they relate to processes o violent confict and

development. Graduates will understand and e ale to

analyse, rom the local to the gloal level, the governance

prolemsconrontingdevelopingcountriestoday.Theoretical

insights,policystrategiesandestpracticesaswellasailures

areexploredinorderthatgraduatescouldapplythisnowledge

intheirutureproessionalenvironments.

TheMasters programme inGovernance andDevelopmentoerstwotracswithspecicojectives,coursesandtar-

get audiences. The rst trac explores governance and

developmentissuesagainsttheacgroundoviolentcon-

fictandthechallengeopost-confictstatereconstruction.

The second trac addresses governance and development

challengesromtheparticularperspectiveolocalinstitutions

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TheGovernanceandConficttracocusesontheactorsand

actorsinvolvedinthegovernancedimensionsodevelopment

intheparticularcontextsoconfict-proneenvironmentsand

ostatesthataceamultitudeoreconstructionchallenges

ater violent confict. A theoretical ut at the same time

contextualisedinsightisoeredinthepoliticaleconomyo

governanceanddevelopment,withaocusonthestateasa

central actor ina nations developmentprocess. The trac

urthermoreexplorescriticaldimensions,driversanddynamics

o violent confict, peaceand confict resolution processes,

andpost-confictstatereconstruction.Itadoptsathematicperspective,supplementedwithin-depthcase-studiesdrawn

romSu-SaharanArica.Studentsreceiveanalyticalaswell

as policy-oriented tools that prepare them or nowledge-

ased interventions, in particular in confict-aected en-

vironments.

Thisstudytracisintendedorparticipantswithavarietyo

disciplinary acgrounds who are proessionally active in

confict-prone environments or post-confict situations or

whoareinterestedinpolicy-orientedresearchonthesetopics.

Participantsshouldhaveworexperienceinthepulicaction

domain, either within government institutions (including

pulicresearchinstitutions),donoragencies(includinginter-

nationalnon-governmentalorganisations,ilateralandmulti-

lateral donors) or civil society (including advocacy groups,

researchinstitutesanduniversities).

TRACk 1: GOvERNANCE AND CONLICT



Module III




Development




Development



Reconstruction


Managing Aid

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CourSES*

MODULE I


TheoriesoDevelopment:providesanovervieworecent





cominingthesemethodsandapplyingthemwithinongoing

developmentprocesses.

MODULE II: Goernance or Deelopment

(9 wees 12 credits)

ThismoduleisorganisedytheThematicGroupThePolitical

Economy o the Great Laes. It deals with the particular

natureothestateindevelopingcountriesandhowitim-

pactson (under)developmentandconfict.Further, itana-

lyseshowthedivisionowealthandpoweramong (ethnic

andother) identity groups and their elites aectpoverty,

inequalityandgrowth.Italsoconsiderstherole,thepotential

andtheconstraintsogloalanddecentralisedgovernance

structures aswellas civil societywithinthecontexto the

developmentprocess.

MODULE III: rom iolent confict to state reconstruction

(9 wees 12 credits)


EconomyotheGreatLaes.Itrstdenesasicconcepts

andhighlightscontemporary trends. Itaddresses root causes

andexplanatoryactorsoconfict.Itsusequentlyocuses

on confict resolution policies and practices and the con-

straintsandchallengesacedyarangeoactors(mediators,

peaceeepers, donors, etc.) ace. Finally, it addresses eypolitical, socioeconomicandgovernancedimensionsostate

reconstructionanddevelopmentaterviolentconfict.

MoDuLE IV: Dissetti




StudyingatIObrstoallgivesstudentstheimpetustoaccept

eachotherdespitetheirculturaldiversity.Wecameasindividuals,

utweareleavingasagloalamily.ThePoliticalEconomyothe

GreatLaesRegiontracprovidesstudentswiththetheoriesand

toolstoconceptualise,articulateandthinindependently.Ielieve

theprogrammehasmademeandmycolleaguesmorecondentand

proactiveinapproachingcriticaldevelopmentchallenges.Ithasopened

upourmindsonworldviewsandhowwecanrelatesuchviewsandtheir

ultimateconsequencesatgrassrootslevel,asamechanismoaddressing

thepertinentconcernsolocalpeopleintheGreatLaesRegion.

Paul Okello Collins rom Uganda(2008-2009 academic year)



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TheLocalGovernanceandPovertyReductiontracocuses

ontheinteractionetween(trans)nationalandlocalactors

in governance processes. Decentralisation has ecome an

important part o the agenda or governance reorm and

democratisationinmanycountries.Liewise, pulic service

provisionandpropertyrightsissuescanhardlyediscussed

without taing due account o local-level institutions and

political dynamics. The partial autonomyo local levels o

decision-maingispartandparcelocountriescharacterised

yweaorragilenational-levelstatestructuresanditrequirescareulscrutinyintheconceptualisationandassessmento

developmentinitiatives.Specialattentionisalsopaidto the

dynamicsopovertyandthepoliticsopovertyreduction.

Thetracisintendedorparticipantswhoareproessionally

active or interested in research on the interace etween

the (trans)national and the local level and/or etween

state and non-state development actors. Students should

have wor experience in the pulic action domain, either

within government institutions (including pulic research

institutions), donor agencies (including internationalNGOs,

ilateral andmultilateral donors) or civil society (including

researchinstitutes,universities).

TRACk 2: LOCAL GOvERNANCE AND POvERTy

REDUCTION



Module III




Development




Development



Reconstruction


Managing Aid

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CourSES*

MODULE I


TheoriesoDevelopment:providesanoverview o recent





cominingthesemethodsandapplyingthemwithinongoingdevelopmentprocesses.

MODULE II: Goernance or Deelopment

(9 wees 12 credits)


Economy o the Great Laes. It deals with the particular

natureothestateindevelopingcountriesandhowitim-

pactson (under)developmentandconfict.Further, itana-

lyseshowthedivisionowealthandpoweramong (ethnic

andother) identity groups and their elites aectpoverty,

inequalityandgrowth.Italsoconsiderstherole,thepotential

andtheconstraintsogloalanddecentralisedgovernance

structures aswellas civil societywithinthecontexto the

developmentprocess.


(9 wees 12 credits)

This module is organised y the Thematic Group Poverty

andWell-eingasaLocalInstitutionalProcess.Itexplores

how the interactions o actor strategies and institutional

structures generate inequality andpoverty as well as well-

eing. It applies this analysis to specic topics, such as

pulic services provision, natural resource management,gender issues, localadministration,micronanceandvalue

chainanalysis.





ThemoduleFromConficttoInclusiveDevelopmentoeredme

insightintotheweanessesothestateinsu-SaharanAricaandhow

thistendstocontriutetoconficts.Igainednowledgeaouthowto

analyseconfictsandwhatpoliciestoadoptorthereconstructionand

developmentaterperiodsoviolentconfict.Thesusequentmodule,

LocalInstitutionsandPovertyReduction,helpedmeshaeoissues

whichIpreviouslytooorgranted.Themodulescentralthemeis

thatpeopleareprimemoversodevelopmentandthusneedtoe

involvedindecision-maingonissuesthataecttheirwell-eing.

Rudo Mumba Maambo Phiri rom Zambia(2007-2008 academic year)



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MASTER OF

DEVELOPMENT

EVALUATION AND

MANAGEMENT

PROGRAMME CONTENT

TheMasters inDevelopment EvaluationandManagement

ocusesontheeortsmadeyawiderangeopulicand

private actors to promote development in low-income

countries. It provides a solid understanding o past and

presentaidpoliciesomultilateralandilateraldonors,and

o themajor aidmodalitiesand instrumentsdeployed.The

institutionalcharacteristicsotheactorsinvolvedethey

governments,community-asedorganisations,international

NGOs,ilateralormultilateraldonorsareanalysedsoasto

attainaetterunderstandingoprocessesandoutcomes.The

theoreticalperspectiveisthatdevelopmentcaneunderstoodasasetointerlocingcollectiveactionprolems,onoththe

recipientandthedonorside.TheMastersprogrammeoers

methodological and practical insights into development

evaluation,itsrelevanceandchallenges.

Most o our students are engaged in development,

proessionallyand/orasresearchers.TheMasterswillimprove

theircapacitytoassessthestrengthsandweanessesothe

prevailingaidparadigmsandthechangingapproachestoaid.

Studentswilllearntoappreciatetheimportanceodierent

institutionalarenas,andhowtheyworandinteract.They

are amiliarised withmultidisciplinary analytical tools that

will improve their capacity toanalyse the interactionsand

contriutetoanenhancedconceptualisation,implementation,

monitoring and evaluation o development policies and

programmes.

The Masters programme oers two tracs with specic

ojectivesandcoursepacagesthatareintendedordierent

audiences.Thersttracisprimarilymacroocused,while

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The managing aid trac ocuses on the analysis o the

interaction etween external actors, local politics and

institutions,atthemacrolevel.Theasicquestionaddressed

is why the aid strategies o the donor community are

sometimessuccessulutmoreotenail.Thisleadstourther,

moreoperational,questions.Whatlessonshaveeenlearned

rom the study o past ailures and successes, and how

convincingarepresentpolicyprescriptionsandparadigms,as

enshrined in the 2005 Paris Declaration? The programme

helpsthestudenttouseappropriateanalyticalramewors

andtoapplyrelevantscienticmethodsinevaluatingresultsand drawing policy conclusions. It introduces students to

dierentindsoevaluation,relyingonquantitativeaswellas

qualitativetechniques.

This trac is intended or participants who have wor

experience in government institutions (including pulic re-

search institutions), donor agencies (includinginternational

NGOs, ilateral and multilateral donors), civil society (in-

cluding research institutes, universities).Candidateswor in

the eld o development interventionor poverty reduction

initiatives,andemacro-levelpolicyoriented.Proessionally,

theyelongtomiddlemanagementwithpolicyresponsiili-

tiesand/oreinchargeomanagingtheinteraceetween

dierentpolicy levels (national to international, nationalto

local) or etween dierent arenas (government-donors,INGO-nationalNGO,etc.).

TRACk 1: ThE MACRO DIMENSIONS O AID



Module III




Development




Development



Reconstruction

LocalInstitutions &Poverty Reduction

Managing Aid

TRACK2

TRACK

1

TRACK

1

TRACK2

TRACK

1


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CourSES*

MODULE I




development,andonpovertyandinequality

ResearchMethodsIandII:updateocontemporary

quantitativeandqualitativeresearchmethods;possiilities

orcominingthesemethodsandapplyingthemwithin

ongoingdevelopmentprocesses.

MODULE II: Ealuating Deelopment Eectieness

(9 wees 12 credits)

ThismoduleisorganisedytheThematicGroupAidPolicies.

Itstartswithanoverviewothedeateondevelopmente-

ectiveness.Studentsare introducedto dierenttheoretical

rameworsorgaininganunderstandingoandmethodic-

allyanalysingactorsandoutcomes.PartIIothemoduleocus-

esonthescienticevaluationodevelopmenteectiveness.

Itthoroughlyexaminesthetoolsemployedinmonitoringand

evaluation,anddiscussesmethodsoevaluation.bytheend

othismodule,studentsealetoapplyothquantitative

andqualitativetechniquesin adressing theleading devel-

opmentevaluationchallenges.

MODULE III: Managing Aid

(9 wees 12 credits)

This module is organised y the Thematic Group on Aid

Policies.Thevantagepointatthestartothismoduleisthe

currentdeateonaidarchitecturelaunchedaroundtheturn

o the millennium and conrmed in the Paris Declaration

(2005)andtheAccraAgendaorAction(2008).Theunderlying

theory o the new aid approach, the aid modalities and

instrumentsthatarepromoted,andtherolesenvisagedorthe ey actors (donors, governments, civil society) are all

studiedindepth.Themodulealsoassessesthepresentstate

o implementationo theaidarchitecture andanalyses the

challengesortheuture.





TheEvaluatingDevelopmentEectivenesstraccominestheories

odevelopmentandresearchmethodsingeneralandevaluation

techniquesinparticular.Itoersinsightsintotheroleoevaluation

indevelopmentprogrammesanditsapplicationtodeveloping

countries.Themultidisciplinary,practicalandinteractiveeatureso

theprogrammemaeitappropriateoryoungproessionalsoperating

intheeldodevelopment,eitintheprivateorthepulicsector

Eddy Carlos Kankeu Fonkouo rom Cameroon(2007-2008 academic year)



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This trac conceptualises socio-political and economic

development as the outcome o interactions etween a

conditioning institutional environment and the agency o

local,nationalandinternationalactors,includingmulti-and

ilateral, governmental and non-governmental aid actors.

Special attention is paid to the importance omicro-level

institutionsandprocesses,andhowtheseconditionthee-

ectivenesso development eorts in improving livelihoods

andneutralisingprocesses o social exclusion. Exploring in

detail how the local context transorms the processes o

planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation odevelopment interventions, is o crucial importance to

recognising opportunities or resolving the poverty

conundrum.

Thistracisintendedorparticipantswithworexperiencein

civilsocietyintheSouth(e.g.atresearchinstitutesoruni-

versities,orwithlocalNGOsorentrepreneurialassociations),

donoragencies(includinginternationalNGOs,ilateral and

multilateraldonors)andgovernmentinstitutions.Thecan-

didateshouldeinvolvedindevelopmentinterventionsor

poverty-reductioninitiativesinmicroormeso-levelprojects

andprogrammes.Proessionally,thecandidatesholdmiddle-

managementpositionsinvolvingpolicyresponsiilitiesand/

or managerial responsiilities at the interace etween

dierent policy levels (local to national, national to inter-national) or etween dierent arenas (e.g. civil society-

government,government-donors,INGO-nationalNGO,etc).

TRACk 2: DEvELOPMENT INTERvENTIONS AND

LOCAL INSTITUTIONAL ChANGE



Module III




Development




Development



Reconstruction


Managing Aid

TRACK2

TRACK

1

TRACK

1

TRACK2

TRACK

1


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*or more detailed inormation on the courses, see http://www.ua.ac.be/iob

2

CourSES*

MODULE I




development,andonpovertyandinequality

ResearchMethodsIandII:updateocontemporary

quantitativeandqualitativeresearchmethods;possiilities

orcominingthesemethodsandapplyingthemwithin

ongoingdevelopmentprocesses.

MODULE II: Ealuating Deelopment Eectieness

(9 wees 12 credits)

ThismoduleisorganisedytheThematicGroupAidPolicies.

It startswith an overview o the deate on development

eectiveness.Studentsareintroducedtodierenttheoretical

rameworsorgaininganunderstandingoandmethodically

analysingactorsandoutcomes.PartIIothemoduleocuses

onthescienticevaluationodevelopmenteectiveness.It

thoroughlyexaminesthetoolsemployedinmonitoringand

evaluation,anddiscussesmethodsoevaluation.bytheendo

thismodule,studentsarealetoapplyothquantitativeand

qualitativetechniquesinadressingtheleadingdevelopment

evaluationchallenges.


(9 wees 12 credits)

ThismoduleisorganisedytheThematicGrouponPoverty

andWell-eingasaLocalInstitutionalProcess.Themodule

analyses how the interactions o actor strategies and in-

stitutionalstructuresgenerateinequalityandpovertyaswell

as well-eing. It applies this analysis to specic policy

domains:value-chaindevelopment,micronance,landpoli-

cies, gender, pulic services, role o localgovernment,ma-nagementonaturalresources,migrationandthe impacto

trade.



Toedevelopedontheasisooneotheassignmentswrit-

tenattheendoeithermoduleIIorIII.


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Sculptured detail at the main entrance gate o theIOB premises2

ACADEMIC STAFF

ManagEMEnT CoMMITTEE

Chairman:Robrecht RENARD

Vice-chairman:Tom DE HERDT

AcademicSecretary:

Danny CASSIMON

EDuCaTIon CoMMITTEE

Chair:Dy CaSSIMon

InnovationandQualityAssurance:

gem CaLFaT d Mlee

BaETEnS

Programmedirector:nthlie

HoLVoET

PromotionandAlumni: a anSoMS

Programmecoordinator:nele DuTrY

ConVEnorS oF THEMaTIC

grouPS

ImpactoGloalisation(IG):

Dy CaSSIMon

PoliticalEconomyotheAricanGreat

LaesRegion(PEGL):Filip rEYnTJEnS

AidPolicy(AP):ndi MoLEnaErS

PovertyandWell-beingasaLocal

InstitutionalProcess(PIP):

Jh BaSTIaEnSEn

LIBrarY

Lirarian:Hans DE BACKER

SECrETarIaTS

Students:

Greet ANNAERT, Nicole DIERCKX

ManagementCommitteeand

Communication:Hugo DE CRAEN

ThematicGroups:

Jolle DHONDT, Patricia FRANCK,

Katleen VAN PELLICOM

AssetsandFinance:An VERMEESCH

SocialServices:Greet ANNAERT

MANAGEMENT

The list below provides an overview o IOB

academic sta members with teaching

responsibilities and/or research duties

during the academic year 2010-2011. Apart

rom the persons listed below, a considerable

number o external lecturers and guest-

speakers also contribute to the Masters

programmes.

ANSOMS, An

M.Sc.inAppliedEconomics,Mastero

GovernanceandDevelopment

(UniversityoAntwerp),Post-Doctoral

Research Assistant

BASTIAENSEN, Johan

M.Sc.inAppliedEconomics,bachelor

inPhilosophy,Ph.D.inAppliedEconomics(UniversityoAntwerp),

Senior Lecturer

BENEDICTIS, Geovanna

M.Sc.inEconomics(Universidad

PolitcnicadelLitoral,Ecuador),

MasteroGloalisationandEconomic

Development(UniversityoAntwerp),

Research Assistant

CALFAT, GermnM.Sc.inEconomics(Universidad

NacionaldebuenosAires,Argentina),

MasteroEconomics(Universityo

Leuven),Ph.D.inEconomics(University

oAntwerp),Lecturer

CASSIMON, Danny

M.Sc.inAppliedEconomics(University

oAntwerp),MbA(Universityo

Leuven),Ph.D.inAppliedEconomics

(UniversityoAntwerp),Senior Lecturer


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DE HERDT, Tom

M.Sc.inAppliedEconomics,Ph.D.in

AppliedEconomics(Universityo

Antwerp),Lecturer

DEWACHTER, Sara

MasteroPoliticalScience(University

oLeuven),Research Assistant

GEENEN, Sara

M.Sc.inHistory(UniversityoGhent),

MasteroConfictandDevelopment

(UniversityoGhent),Research Assistant

GILDEMYN, Marie

M.Sc.Psychology(McGillUniversity,

Canada),MasteroInternational

Development:SocialPolicyandSocialDevelopment(IDPM,Universityo

Manchester,Uk),Research Assistant

HOLVOET, Nathalie

M.Sc.inAppliedEconomics,Mastero

DevelopmentCo-operation(University

oGhent),Ph.D.inAppliedEconomics

(UniversityoAntwerp),Lecturer

INBERG, Liesbeth

M.Sc.inHumanGeography(UniversityoGroningen),M.A.inDevelopment

Studies(NijmegenUniversity),Research

Assistant

INGELAERE, Bert

MasteroPhilosophy,MasteroSocial

andCulturalAnthropology(University

oLeuven),Research Assistant

MARIVOET, Wim

M.Sc.inCommercialEngineering,

MasteroGloalisationandEconomic

Development(UniversityoAntwerp),

Research Assistant

MARYSSE, Stefaan

M.Sc.inCommerceandFinance

(UniversityoAntwerp),Ph.D.in

Economics(UniversityoParis,France),

Proessor

MOLENAERS, Nadia

M.Sc.inPoliticalScience,Ph.D.in

PoliticalScience(Universityo

brussels),Lecturer

NIJS, Leen

M.Sc.inInternationalandEuropean

Law(Universityobrussels),M.Sc.in

PoliticalScience(kUL,Universityo

Leuven),Research Assistant

PROWSE, MartinM.A.inDevelopmentStudies(Reseach

Training)(DepartmentoSociology,

UniversityoManchester),Ph.D.

DevelopmentStudies(Instituteor

DevelopmentPolicyandManagement,

UniversityoManchester),Post-doctoral

Research Assistant

RENARD, Robrecht

bacheloroLaws(Universityo

Antwerp),M.Sc.inEconomics(UniversityoLeuven),Ph.D.in

Economics(Universityobrussels),

Proessor

REYNTJENS, Filip

MasteroLaws(Universityo

Antwerp),LL.M.(UniversityoLondon),

Ph.D.inLaw(UniversityoAntwerp),

Proessor

SMETS, Lodewijk

M.Sc.inCommercialEngineering,M.

Sc.inEconomics(UniversityoLeuven),

Research Assistant

STEEL, Griet

M.Sc.inCulturalAnthropologyand

SociologyoNon-WesternSocieties

(UniversityoLeiden,Netherlands),Ph.

D.inCulturalAnthropology(CEDLA,

UniversityoAmsterdam,

Netherlands),Post-doctoral Research

Assistant

VAESSEN, Jos

M.Sc.inAgrarianDevelopment

Economics(UniversityoWageningen),

Research Assistant

VANDEGINSTE, Stef

MasteroLaws(UniversityoLeuven),

DiplomainDevelopmentPolicy

(UniversityoAntwerp),ResearchAssistant

VERBEKE, Karel

M.Sc.inEconomics,Mastero

AdvancedStudiesinEconomics

(UniversityoLeuven),Research

Assistant

WAGEMAKERS, Inge

M.Sc.inPoliticalandSocialSciences

(UniversityoAntwerp),MasteroConfictandDevelopment(University

oGhent),Research Assistant

WINTERS, Nanneke

M.A.inDevelopmentStudies

(NijmegenUniversity),M.A.inLatin

AmericaStudies(CEDLA,Universityo

Amsterdam,Netherlands),Research

Assistant


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PRACTICALINFORMATION

GraduationDay

ApplicAtion procedure And

deAdlines

The application orm (downloadable rom www.ua.ac.be/iob), together with all the requireddocuments, should be sent directly to the IOBAdmissions Ofce, University o Antwerp, at:

Admissions ofce

IOB-University o AntwerpPrinsstraat 1 3B-2000 AntwerpBelgium

Applications that are incomplete or illegible, orthat reach the Admissions Ofce ater thedeadline, shall be automatically rejected.Electronic applications are not accepted.Applications sent to VLIR-UOS shall not beconsidered.

Applicants applying or both admission and aVLIR-UOS scholarship must meet both theacademic admission requirements (c. page 6) aswell as the scholarship criteria. The VLIR-UOSscholarship criteria are available rom

www.scolarsips.liruos.be.

Documents to be enclosed to the applicationorm:

- A copy o the applicant s secondary schooldiploma.- A certifed copy o the applicant s universitydegree.- A certifed copy o the applicants transcript oacademic records or each academic year.* Note: Certifed means that the copy must beauthenticated by the Belgian diplomatic ofce inthe applicants country o origin, or by theeducational institution that issued the degree,or by the Ministry o Education.

* Note: For actual registration at the Universityo Antwerp, the original o the studentsuniversity degree is required.- A document explaining the grading systemapplied in the applicants home country or at theuniversity.- A document proving the applicant sknowledge o English (see abovementionedlanguage requirements).- Two letters o recommendation, preerablyrom (ormer) academic supervisors or rom theapplicants superiors in their place o work.Reeree orms are available on the website. It isnot compulsory to use these standard reereeorms. Other reerence letters should be typedon ofcial stationery with the heading o thereerees institution. Recommendations should

be included in a closed envelope.- I applicable, an employers certifcate, statingthe applicants present position within theorganisation along with a precise description othe applicants proessional responsibilities,

should be enclosed. The employer shouldelucidate the signifcance o the Mastersprogramme or the applicants uture positionand or the organisation as a whole.- Scholarship applicants rom a universityinvolved in a VLIR-IUC partnership, but notlinked to an IUC-unded department require asigned declaration by the Flemish IUCcoordinator.

- Applicant s rom the P.R. China must obtain acertifcate o academic screening issued by theAcademic Evaluation Centre (APS) o theGerman Embassy in Beijing in order to be able toregister at a higher educational institution.Candidates are also required to obtain a studentvisa to Belgium. Further inormation on APS canbe ound at www.aps.org.cn. An APS attestationis a mandatory document in the applicationpackage.- A complete curriculum vitae.- Two recent passpor t photographs.

Documents in English, French and Dutch areaccepted. Documents in other languages mustbe translated into English or French by a sworntranslator.

DEADLINES

- Candidates applying or a VLIR-UOSscholarship must submit their application beore1 February 2010.- Applicant s who are not applying or the abovescholarship and who are required to apply or astudent visa to Belgium may apply until 1 April2010.- Applicant s applying or the IOB scholarshipmust sumbit their application beore 1 April2010. (see Registration Fee)- Applicant s who are not applying or the abovescholarships and who are exempted romapplying or a student visa or Belgium may

apply until 1 September 2010.

selection procedure

Academic selectionOn the basis o Part I o the application orm, allapplicants or the Masters programmes oeredby IOB will be assessed academically by aselection commission composed o academicsta. At this stage, the fnancial situation o theapplicant is not taken into account. Theacademic selection is based on fve selectioncriteria, namely:- Appropriaten ess o the applicant s feld ostudy- Quality o the education and results/gradesobtained

- Relevance o the applicants proessionalexperience- Motivation o the applicant- Matching (does the content o the programmematch the expectations o the applicant)

Scolarsip selectionApplications which successully pass theacademic selection are subsequently assessedby a joint selection commission o IOB and VLIR-UOS selecting suitable scholarship candidates.For each Masters, 10 eective scholars and 10substitute scholars will be selected. Thescholarship selection will be based on the VLIR-UOS scholarship selection criteria (see: ttp://www.scolarsips.liruos.be).

All applicants will receive an acknowledgemento receipt o their application by email.Applicants who are accepted both academicallyand or the scholarship will be contacted byemail by VLIR-UOS and IOB by 30 April 2010. Allother applicants will be inormed in May 2010.

registrAtion fee

The registration ee amounts to EUR 5000.

Students rom developing countries (list o DAC-OECD) living in their country o origin at themoment o application pay a reduced ee o onlyEUR 80.

IOB may award a limited number (20 max. peryear) o scholarships, covering up to 80% o theregistration ee, to students rom High income orMiddle income countries.For urther inormation, see www.ua.ac.be/iob

All other students are required to pay the ullregistration ee.

VisA ApplicAtion

Accepted candidates who need to apply or astudent visa to Belgium can obtain detailedinormation on the visa procedure and therequired documents rom the Belgian diplomaticofce in their home country or rom www.diplomatie.be.

Once a candidate has received notice oadmission to the Masters programme, he/shemust start the visa application procedurewithout delay, as the processing o visaapplications can easily take several months.

Please note that IOB cannot intervene in visaprocedures.


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TheIObpremisesinthe

LangeSintAnnastraat

2

registrAtion

Admitted candidates must arrive in Belgium oneweek beore the actual start o the programme(fnal week o September 2010) so that they cantake care o practical matters such as enrolment,accommodation, insurance, etc. Students mustregister beore the actual start o theprogramme. In exceptional circumstances, lateenrolment is possible until 15 October 2010.Students will be reused enrolment ater thisdate. Delay in arrival due to late submission othe visa application will not be accepted and willresult in a reusal o enrolment.

Upon arrival in Belgium and once the enrolmentee has been paid, the student will receive astudent card which provides access to universityacilities such as the library, computer rooms,student restaurant, etc. Payment o theenrolment ee will also enable the student toobtain a (compulsory) Belgian residence permit.Detailed inormation on how to obtain thisBelgian ID will be provided upon the studentsarrival.

intensiVe lAnguAge course

Students with insufcient knowledge o Englishare required to successully complete anintensive language course. In addition tobringing the students English competency up tothe required level, this course, which runs rom

mid-August to the end o September, also oersan introduction to international developmentliterature and practice. While this course isoered ree o charge by the Institute, studentsshould note that only VLIR-UOS scholars willreceive a scholarship during this period.

Students should also note that, in order toensure that they are able to participate in thisprogramme, they must apply or their visa well intime.

exAms And eVAluAtion

First session exams may take the orm ointermediate assessments, essays, exercises,papers and presentations in the course o eachmodule. Second session exams and thepresentations o dissertations take place inSeptember 2011.

cost of liVing And scholArships

In Antwerp, the cost o living (accommodation,

ood, various study material, etc) amounts to aminimum o approximately 10,000 Euros peryear. The private sector oers accommodationin the vicinity o campus. A list o addresses withrentable rooms is available rom the socialservices secretariat. However, asaccommodation is scarce, students are stronglyadvised to get into contact with the IOB socialservices prior to their arrival, so that it mayassist them in their search.

The Flemish Interuniversity Council (VLIR-UOS)oers 10 scholarships per Masters programme(see the application procedure outlined above).In addition, BTC (Belgian Technical Co-operation) manages scholarships awarded by

the Belgian Directorate General orDevelopment Cooperation (DGDC) (website:www.btcctb.org). Further inormation can be

obtained rom Belgian Embassies. Several otherorganisations also oer scholarships, such as:NGOs (website www.ngo.org), RotaryInternational, the Ford Foundation, the Joint

Japan/World Bank Graduate ScholarshipProgramme, the International EducationFinancial Aid (IEFA). Applicants should contactthese organisations directly. An overview ostudy and training grants or students romdeveloping countries is available on the websiteo DGDC: www.dgos.be.


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Pictures on this spread by courtesy o the Antwerp Tourist Board

thekingdomobelgiumisorderedyTheNetherlands,

France,GermanyandLuxemourg,andithasashort

coastlineontheNorthSea.belgiumisasmallcountry

(30,528squareilometres)withapopulationoaround10.5

million, yet,eing othmulticultural andmultilingual, it is

otenreerredtoastheEssence o Europe.Foundedin1830,

thecountryhasacomplexgovernmentalstructureandthree

ociallanguagesDutch,FrenchandGermanandmany

belgiansspeaEnglishaswell. belgium,togetherwiththe

otherbeneluxcountries,wasoneotheoundingmemersotheEuropeanUnionandtodayhostsitsheadquarters,aswell

asthoseoNATO,majorinternationalNGOsandinternational

tradeandnancecompanies.

belgiumisoneotheworldstenlargesttradingnations,with

aneconomyasedmainlyonservicesandheavyindustry.It

rans17thouto179countriesontheHumanDevelopment

Index.

belgiums main tourist attractions include the romantic

medieval town obruges, the castles in the region around

Namur, the estival o binche, Art Nouveau architecture

in brussels, and the lively cities o Ghent and Antwerp.

The countryis also a paradise or culinary connoisseurs: itproducessomeotheestchocolateintheworldandoasts

over500varietiesoeer.belgiumhasadenserailnetwor,

allowingyoutotravelromoneendothecountrytotheother

inlessthan3hours.

BELGIUM AND...


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...THE CITY

OF ANTWERP

Antwerp is a pleasant city, ull o OldWorld charm

andmodernconvenience.Itoastsseveralexcellent

museums and historical monuments, as well as a

ast-pacednightlie, neshopping districts, anda ooming

commercialcentre.Antwerpisthehomeooutstandingart

museumsoering a comprehensive range omasterpieces,

rom the Old FlemishMasters tothe contemporary avant-

garde. Inaddition to these indoor galleries, Antwerp itsel

couldesaidtoeamuseumosculptureandarchitecture.

Thecitywasthe1993CulturalCapitaloEuropeandinrecentyearshasdevelopedintoaninternationalashioncentre.

Asaworingcity,Antwerpranshigh,primarilyecauseo

itsportanditspetrochemicalindustry.Thansinparttothe

emergence otheEuropeanUnion, ithas ecome ahuo

majoreconomicactivity:thecityisexperiencinganancial

oom, attracting multinationals and international now-

how.Appropriatelyenough,thisgemoacityssecondlargest

industryisdiamonds.byvolume,Antwerpsdiamondtradeis

yarthelargestoanycityintheworld.

LiemanyotherlargeEuropeancities,however,Antwerphas

itsair share osocial prolems. Although the cultural and

socialdiversityoitspopulationaddstothecitysrichnesso

lie,itcanalsoeasourceotension.

StudentswillappreciatethecityscentrallocationinEurope.

brussels,thecapitalobelgiumandoEurope,isonlyaourty-

minute train journey away. FromAntwerp, onecan quicly

andeasilyreachAmsterdam,Luxemourg,Paris orLondon

ytrainorplane.


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