The ROPE Course™ has launched!

The ROPE Course: A Rights-Based Approach to

Development

From 4 – 6 December a small mission from

the Boston Headquarters carried out the

first ever ROPE Course™ training in El

Fasher, Sudan. Thirty-five staff and

partners working in the areas of livelihoods,

water & sanitation, public health, security

and gender programming attended the

course, which introduced them to the

concepts and practices of a rights-based

approach (RBA) to development.

The 3-day workshop, designed by Bridget

Leigh Snell (Organizational Learning and

Knowledge Manager) and co-taught by

Tigist Gizaw (Program Policy Advisor),

covered the theoretical basis of a rights-

based approach, 7 elements to put RBA in

to practice, basic concepts and skills in

power analysis and program theory of

change. The foundation for teaching the

core practices of rights-based programming

is ROPE, Oxfam America’s standard for

Rights-based, Impact oriented Program

Design and Evaluation.

The workshop combined theory, practical

skills building and critical reflection and

learning based on real program and project

cases from the Sudan program, Oxfam

America and other NGOs operating in the

Sudan context.

For more information on the ROPE Course

please see Padare. For further information

on the Sudan ROPE Course Training, please

contact El Fateh Osman or Bridget Leigh

Snell.

In the coming months, Bridget will be

working closely with the RPD and Human

Resources to make The ROPE Course widely

available to staff through OA University and

more face-to-face workshops.

Testimonials from ROPE Participants in El Fasher, Sudan

Photo Gallery and Certificate Recipients