ITJA INTERMEDIATE COURSE

Course Description

If you have basic knowledge of tax justice, having completed a basic level course and with hands on experience in addressing tax justice matters within the African context, this 4 week course will guide you on how to grow your current skills towards becoming a tax justice champion within your own or collective space. With initial live online sessions, you will get an introduction to intermediate tax justice training, have an overview of the modules and get to interact with your trainers in preparation for the next phases.

You will then be ushered in to an in-person training workshop where you will get an in depth understanding of the modules, share your own experience and learn from both your facilitators and fellow participants. In order to connect learning with real practice, the course will allow you a post workshop self paced learning process which will be carried out at your own convenience while back to your duty station. Upon successful completion of the three learning phases, you will be certified as an active participant and qualify to enroll for an advanced level training when called upon.

Course general objectives:

• Broaden the tax Justice discourse and actions by enhancing lessons and experiences emanating from the foundation level course.
• Connect capacity building theories with praxis focusing on different African contexts in relation to what has worked and not worked.
• Create a sustainable and collaborative platform for experience sharing, networking and learning among tax justice champions.

What Will I learn

Upon completion of the course, you will be able to:

• Broaden your tax Justice discourse and actions.
• Connect learning with actual practice within different African contexts.
• Be part of a sustainable and collaborative platform for experience sharing, networking and learning among tax justice champions.
• Be part of a pool of progressing tax justice champions equipped with enhanced understanding of Africa’s tax architecture with zeal to access further training while in practice.
• Commitment to drive the Tax Justice agenda individually and collectively.

Target Audience

Practicing agents of social change with basic tax justice skills and experiences from various sectors including Civil Society, Media, Government bodies, Institutions of higher learning, Private sector, or individual activists who aspire to be tax justice champions within their own spaces. 

Materials Included

Case studies, learning videos, glossary of key terms, reading materials, reflective questions and session related quizzes, session specific power point slides. 

Requirements to undertake the course

1. Have successfully undertaken foundation level tax justice training as provided by TJNA under the International Tax Justice Academy or other TJNA recognized foundation training areas, or
2. Experience in implementing Tax Justice Network Africa affiliated projects or other tax justice related projects within the African context,
3. Must fill up an official online registration form.