Job Manani: 'The AMID Young Professional programme is a very exciting, yet challenging programme for individuals and Organizations in the international & Community development space. In its quest to bridge the gap between academia, Policy & Practice, the courses offered challenges one out of the typical development approaches through diverse perspectives in designing sustainable development partnerships and interventions. The rich diversity in lecturers and student backgrounds has been instrumental in enriching my thinking and general approach to my work, career, and personal life growth and creating valuable networks that will be beneficial to my organization and me at individual levels.
Midway through the programme, as a change agent, I am now pointing out skewed partnership approaches that for some time have been seen as normal, leading to meaningful conversations at the organizational level. As an organization, rich conversations are happening around power-balanced partnerships both horizontally and vertically.'
