2025 TRAINING PROGRAM

The COMPASS Institute offers three types of training programs:

  1. 180-hour Advanced Certification in afield of Results-Based Management;

  2. 60-hour Diploma on a particular subfield;

  3. Short Diploma of 3 to 30 hours on a particular theme.


ADVANCED CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS AND DIPLOMAS
OFFERED JOINTLY BY THE COMPASS INSTITUTE WITH SEVERAL INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL PARTNERS

  1. The 180-hour Advanced Certification programs are divided into three 60-hour Diplomas. These 60-hour Diploma provide participants with the most up-to-date approaches and tools in the field, examples of good practices learned in the fifty countries where the COMPASS team has worked around the world, exercises and case studies applied to the sectors and regions of the participants. The participant who has obtained the Diplomas receives an Advanced Certification Diploma.

  2. To successfully complete a 60-hour Diploma program, the participant must obtain an average passing grade of 60% in individual exercises, group work, the final test and an individual integration project. In this project, the participant must demonstrate his or her ability to analyze and synthesize by applying some of the skills acquired to a problem related to his or her work. The participant who has met his or her requirements receives a Diploma.

  3. The COMPASS Institute may recognize the achievements of equivalent training as a contribution to a 60-hour Diploma if the participant meets the requirements of this Diploma in terms of final test and work on an integration project. A participant can take a 60-hour Diploma for one year and follow the other two in the following years to finally obtain the Advanced Certification Diploma.

  4. The 60-hour Diplomas are typically conducted over a period of two (2) weeks by an on-site trainer and a remote trainer. They also include remote interventions by several recognized international and regional trainers and experts. In addition to the face-to-face modality, an online modality or a mixed modality (one online part and one face-to-face part) is also possible.

  5. These programs are generally delivered in conjunction with international and regional partners depending on the region and theme.

  6. All our Advanced Certifications or Diplomas can also be arranged upon request for a group of participants at the location and dates desired by a group of participants.

ADVANCED CERTIFICATION IN PROGRAM BUDGET PREPARATION AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS

  • Diploma 1: Modernization of Public Management
  • Diploma 2: Formulation and costing of a program
  • Diploma 3: Budgeting of Programs and Information Systems

ADVANCED CERTIFICATION IN PROGRAM BUDGET EXECUTION AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS

  • Diploma 1: Concepts and Arrangements for the Implementation of Program Budgets
  • Diploma 2: Technical and financial execution and monitoring of a program budget and information systems
  • Diploma 3: Control and evaluation of program budget

ADVANCED CERTIFICATION IN PROCUREMENT CYCLE MANAGEMENT AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS

  • Diploma 1: Organization of sustainable public procurement
  • Diploma 2: Procurement Process Management and Information Systems
  • Diploma 3: Monitoring, evaluation, control and audit of sustainable public procurement

ADVANCED CERTIFICATION IN PUBLIC FINANCE CONTROL AND AUDIT

  • Diploma 1: Internal Control and Audit of Public Finances
  • Diploma 2: External control and audit of public finances
  • Diploma 3: International Standards of Audit and Audit of Public Finances

ADVANCED CERTIFICATION IN PUBLIC INVESTMENT PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS

  • Diploma 1: Formulation and ex-ante evaluation of sustainable public investment projects
  • Diploma 2: Management and monitoring of public investment projects and information systems
  • Diploma 3: Evaluation of sustainable public investment projects

ADVANCED CERTIFICATION IN PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP MANAGEMENT

  • Diploma 1: PPP Design for Sustainability
  • Diploma 2: Assessment and selection of PPPs for sustainable development
  • Diploma 3: Management and monitoring of PPPs for sustainable development

ADVANCED CERTIFICATION IN MONITORING AND EVALUATION AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS

  • Diploma 1: Cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis for sustainable development
  • Diploma 2: Monitoring and evaluation of performance for sustainable development
  • Diploma 3: Information Systems and Artificial Intelligence for Monitoring and Evaluation

SHORT DIPLOMAS

  1. The short Diplomas lasting from 3 to 30 hours are organized on current topics in its fields of expertise on demand for a group of participants at the desired place and dates, in a face-to-face, distance or mixed modality.
  2. A participant in a short Diploma receives a certificate of participation.

Domain: Public Financial Management

  • Implementing Performance-Based Budgeting (GDP)
  • Public Finance for Social Protection (Budget Brief)
  • Public Finance for Children (PF4C) Tools: Budget Briefs, Budget Analysis, Investment Cases and Value for Money
  • Improving local finance management
  • Tracking SDG funding and program results
  • Managing digital transformation in public finance management
  • Using artificial intelligence for public financial management

Domain: Public Investment Management

  • Managing and supervising projects for the Social Protection System
  • Managing and supervising projects for strategic areas of expenditure: child protection, women’s protection, protection of vulnerable groups
  • Formulating and conducting ex-ante evaluation of projects for sustainable development
  • Managing and monitoring projects for sustainable development
  • Evaluating projects for sustainable development
  • Managing and evaluating projects with COSTAB and FARMOD software
  • Designing a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) for Sustainable Development
  • Evaluating and selecting a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) for sustainable development
  • Managing and monitoring a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) for sustainable development
  • Improving information systems for the management of public investment
  • Using artificial intelligence for public investment management

Domain: Monitoring & Evaluation, Information Systems, Digital Transformation and Artificial Intelligence

  • Strengthening monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) capacities in the social protection sector, child protection, protection of vulnerable groups
  • Building performance and results indicators
  • Performance reporting
  • Using STATA for Survey Data Analysis
  • Building an executive performance measurement dashboard
  • Preparing an Annual Performance Report
  • Conducting a Rapid Problem Resolution Assessment
  • Conducting a Data Quality Review (DQR)
  • Implementing a Knowledge Management System
  • Improving information systems for monitoring and evaluation
  • Implementing digital transformation in the management of public programs
  • Using artificial intelligence for public financial management
  • Using artificial intelligence for public investment management
  • Using artificial intelligence for monitoring and evaluation

Domain: Executive management skills

  • Managing Social and Behaviour Change Communication
  • Managing local development
  • Managing and financing local development projects
  • Using digital transformation in public management
  • Using artificial intelligence in public management

The COMPASS Institute also develops integrated institutional capacity building programs within the framework of global agreements with a government, a ministry or an institution with a view to a sustainable transfer of skills. These programs may involve the revision of existing training programs, the co-development of new training programs, the training of trainers, the improvement of the distance learning platform, the joint delivery of a massive training program for public sector employees, the preparation of joint publications, the establishment of a knowledge management system, etc. These programs are always designed following a participatory diagnostic process aimed at adapting existing training to the context and needs of the client.

To express your interest in training and to obtain more information, including content elements and financial conditions, please send a message to [email protected] and/or [email protected].