Global Learning Program
IIRR continues to be an international training and enabling institution of choice for development practitioners, backed by more than 61 years of field practice and experience in Asia and Africa. Since the first training program in 1965, IIRR’s training courses continue to evolve with time.
High Quality, Efficiency, And Effectiveness
These are priorities for IIRR Global Learning Program in delivering international training for development practitioners. From planning to the evaluation phase, we regularly review our training methods and the results we achieve. We also put a high value in tracking the applicability of training approaches that we pass on to every participant.
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Upcoming International Training Courses and Learning Events for 2023
2023 Events List
- Enhancing Capacities on Nutrition-Sensitive Programming (NSP)
- August 16-17 (webinar)
- August 22-26 (in-person)
- Fostering Climate Smart Villages (CSVs) as Platforms for Nurturing Community-Level Anticipatory Climate Adaptation to Improve Food Security and Resiliency (CSVs/ACA)
- September 19-20 (webinar)
- September 25-29 (in-person)
- Regional Workshop on Nature-based Climate Solutions
- October 25-27
- Tracking Progress and Impacts via Participatory Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (PMEL)
- November 16-17 (webinar)
- November 20-27 (in-person)
Themes for future training and learning events
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
- Understanding Rural Realities and Discovering 21st Century Development Approaches
- Rural Development and Management for Rural Transformation
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
- NGO Leadership for Social Change
- NGO Governance
- Participatory Governance
- Young Leaders Program for Sustainable Development
FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION
- Climate Resilient and Nutrition Sensitive Agriculture
- Nutrition Sensitive Programming
- Family Farming
- Regenerative Agriculture
COMMUNITY RESILIENCE BUILDING
- Community-managed Disaster Risk Reduction
- Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Training
- Psychosocial Support Program for DRRM
COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT
- Developing and Managing Community-based Enterprises
- Young Entrepreneurs Program
- Strengthening Rural Women’s Enterprises
ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES
- Organizational Development
- Writeshop and Documentation
- Training Program Development and Management
- Participatory Situational Analysis/Participatory Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment
- Technical Assistance
- Evaluation Studies
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For more information
To register or request more information about training courses, learning events, or customized offerings, please email education.training@iirr.org
Global Learning Program Services
We offer short-term international courses under the “Global Learning Program”. Courses are participatory and practice-based using real world experiences and taught by practitioners and experts in the field.

Education Programs

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