Getting Started

The Economic Policy Research Institute (EPRI), based in Cape Town, South Africa, will be organising this Regional Phase 1 Course on behalf of Sida and partners. All logistical arrangements will be communicated through EPRI and you will be receiving emails from EPRI’s Course Coordinator, Takudzwa Muyambo (itp@epri.org.za).

The regional workshop is a fully online course, where there will be instances where you will be required to be online at a certain time (synchronous) for presentations and expert facilitated sessions. A programme will be shared with you with the times and meeting links for you to add in your schedules.

1. The regional workshop starts on the 10^th of June 2020 until 12^th of June 2020
2. The course site will be open from Tuesday 2 June 2020

This regional workshop is fully online. The workshop content will be presented through EPRI’s Online Campus using the MoodleCloud Learning Management Systems and the virtual presentations will be scheduled via Zoom Meetings.

You can access all your Sida ITP 322 course through the EPRI website under Sida ITP 322 Courses tab – http://epri.org.za/courses/itp-training-social-protection-for-sustainable-development/. The course will be open from Tuesday 2 June 2020.

Once you have entered the class, check the welcome announcement on the homepage, which will give you more information about the course.

For any updates or changes to the programme, workshop information or any other general notices, please consult the General Announcement forum on the course page.

If you have general questions about this regional workshop, you can contact the Global Coordinator - Mr Mauricio Boehl Gutierrez - mauricio@epri.org.za. If you having problems getting into your course, please contact me at itp@epri.org.za or by phone / WhatsApp, details are as below:

EPRI Offices:

Economic Policy Research Institute

Address: The Point Centre, 76 Regent Road 6th Floor, Unit 602, Sea Point, Cape Town, South Africa

Phone: +27 21 6713301

Email: itp@epri.org.za

If you have any questions relating to the logistics of the workshop, please contact Takudzwa Muyambo EPRI’s Course Coordinator, on itp@epri.org.za.

In case of any emergency please contact Thandeka Mmusi on +27 (0) 71 134 9310.