ByCharles Y. Senkondo, Executive DirectorTanzania Global Learning Agency-TaGLA

Upskilling through e Learning

A platform for high impact learning –GDLN (www.gdln.org)

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Tanzania Global Learning Agency

Forms part of GDLN (www.gdln.org) network with over 120 globally

Established in 2000 June as TGDLC, a capacity building sub-component under the President’s Office, Public Service Management

Transformed into a Government Executive Agency in December 2011 under Executive Agencies Act No. 30 of 1997 (Cap.245)

e-Services

o Training programs-Blended / Innovative Learning Approach

o Dialogues /Knowledge Exchangeo Multimedia Serviceso Videoconference Bridgingo Tanzania Development Information Centre

(www.tdic.or.tz)o Tanzania Country Level Knowledge Network

(CLKnet) (www.clknet.or.tz)

Video conference

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Applying Innovative Approaches

A mix of ICT/media:•synchronous – videoconference

•asynchronous -Internet, Web and Print

•Group learning•High interactivity•Structured learning activities•Local facilitation•Learner support

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Cost per Participant of Delivery:

Scaling up a 5-day seminar

-

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

12,000

30 60 90 120

Participants

$/P

arti

cip

an

tsFace to Face/Regional Face to Face/National GDLN based

Total Cost of Delivery:

More Participants - Higher Cost

0

100,000

200,000

300,000

400,000

30 60 90 120

Participants

US

$

Face to Face/Regional Face to Face/National GDLN based

Scaling up & keeping cost controlledExample: A 5-day training course

Even when not scaling up: Delivery through TaGLA is considerably cheaper the moment one looks to include participants from more than one country/location

Cost per participant fall sharply when using TaGLA as a delivery mechanism

TaGLA is a member of GDLN, a global network for knowledge sharing

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The advantages of TaGLA approach

Less travel time

Less travel cost

Cost Effectiveness

Reach Right people

Right combination

Right place

Right time

Right instrument

Meeting the needs

Executive meeting rooms

Invigilation

Medical clinics

Test centre

Meeting the needs

Online courses

Judicial courts

Recruitment

Consultancy

Certification

Collaborative designs

Negotiations

Decision makers and development practitioners: governments, public institutions, NGOs, universities, civil society, and private sector

Facility for Decision Makers

Areas of improvement

Mind set

Supportive framework

Break the Silos

Divergence

Way forward

Increased partnership

Offer multiple services

Match convergence

Centralised site audit and support

Regional and in-country

collaboration

Example

Mega Disaster Management

Planned

Ebola- The Uganda experience

Contact

Executive Director,

Tanzania Global Learning Agency,

Shaaban Robert Street, IFM, Block A,

P.O. Box 2287, Dar es Salaam.

Phone: +255 22 2123705 / 09

Fax: +255 22 2123702

Email: info@tagla.go.tz

Website: www.tagla.go.tz

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