New Delhi: A certificate course in NGO management has been launched by the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) in collaboration with UNAIDS.

The course has been co-sponsored by 10 other United Nations' agencies such as UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP, UNDP, UNFPA, UNODC, ILO, UNESCO, WHO and the World Bank.

This course will be helpful in creating jobs in the NGO sector and also create awareness about social problems faced by the society.

IGNOU has short-listed a group of NGOs for the programme. The course will focus on the basic managerial concepts for running an NGO.

The course has been divided into two three parts.

In the first part, students would be introduced to the concepts and functions of an NGO.

In the second part, students will be taught about how to develop result-oriented strategy through a tested planning and the third part will focus on the training of students in the field of mass communication.

Students will be taught how to develop communication skills, both inter-personal and group-level and reporting through the web-world.