Training Academy

Explore EBRD's procurement procedures in this insightful video, uncovering their meticulous procurement practices, inclusive bidding approaches, and emphasis on fostering responsible supplier relationships

Discover the streamlined and transparent procurement procedures implemented by the European Investment Bank (EIB) in this informative video. Gain insights into EIB's procurement policies, tendering processes, and the principles guiding their engagement with suppliers

Dive into the world of UNDP's procurement procedures through this informative video. Gain insights into their rigorous tendering processes, robust contract management, and emphasis on integrity and accountability, promoting efficient resource allocation for global development

Explore the efficient procurement procedures instituted by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Uncover the USAID's procurement strategies, tendering methodologies, project cycle, and more.

Delve into the streamlined procurement processes established by the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). Unearth MCC's procurement strategies, tendering methodologies, project cycle, and additional insights into their procurement.

Explore the refined procurement procedures implemented by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Investigate ADB's procurement strategies, tendering approaches, project life cycle, and further elucidate on their procurement practices.

This course is designed to help organizations in the development sector create robust and effective strategies by identifying and addressing the root causes of complex challenges. Participants will learn how to use the problem tree methodology to develop strategic frameworks, prioritize interventions, and align their objectives with donor priorities. By attending, organizations will enhance their capacity to design strategies that drive meaningful and sustainable change:

• Overview of strategy in international development: importance and application

• Understanding the problem tree methodology: identifying root causes vs. symptoms

• Defining objectives and goals based on stakeholder needs

• Mapping key stakeholders and their influence on strategy

• Interactive exercise: drafting a sample problem tree

This course is designed as a series of three standalone sessions, allowing participants to tailor their learning experience based on their needs and interests.

Attend a Single Session: Each session is structured to provide valuable insights independently, so you can choose to join any one that aligns with your specific learning objectives.

Complete the Full Course: For a comprehensive understanding of the topic, we recommend attending all three sessions.

Did you know that there are two International Red Cross organisations? This webinar will help you understand how to market your products and services to procurement teams at the International Red Cross organisations headquartered in Geneva and how this might dovetail with other international aid and development organisations including the United Nations. It will give you an insight into the wide variety of products and services of interest to them as well as helping you navigate the registration process and offering hints and tips on how to become a preferred supplier.

This course is designed to help organizations in the development sector create robust and effective strategies by identifying and addressing the root causes of complex challenges. Participants will learn how to use the problem tree methodology to develop strategic frameworks, prioritize interventions, and align their objectives with donor priorities. By attending, organizations will enhance their capacity to design strategies that drive meaningful and sustainable change:

• Translating problem trees into strategic frameworks
• Goal-setting techniques: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound (SMART) goals
• Prioritizing interventions: identifying high-impact areas
• Risk assessment and management
• Exercise: converting a problem tree into a strategic plan

This course is designed as a series of three standalone sessions, allowing participants to tailor their learning experience based on their needs and interests.

Attend a Single Session: Each session is structured to provide valuable insights independently, so you can choose to join any one that aligns with your specific learning objectives.

Complete the Full Course: For a comprehensive understanding of the topic, we recommend attending all three sessions.

This course is designed to help organizations in the development sector create robust and effective strategies by identifying and addressing the root causes of complex challenges. Participants will learn how to use the problem tree methodology to develop strategic frameworks, prioritize interventions, and align their objectives with donor priorities. By attending, organizations will enhance their capacity to design strategies that drive meaningful and sustainable change:

• Establishing key performance indicators (KPIs) for strategy evaluation

• Monitoring and adjusting strategy based on real-world data and changing conditions

• Scenario planning and contingency strategies

• Case study: reviewing a strategy and identifying potential areas of adaptation

• Group discussion: sharing insights and lessons from strategic adjustments

This course is designed as a series of three standalone sessions, allowing participants to tailor their learning experience based on their needs and interests.

Attend a Single Session: Each session is structured to provide valuable insights independently, so you can choose to join any one that aligns with your specific learning objectives.

Complete the Full Course: For a comprehensive understanding of the topic, we recommend attending all three sessions.

Cette session de formation s'adresse aux organisations ou professionnels travaillant dans le cadre de projets de développement et de coopération internationale, pour renforcer leurs capacités en termes de méthodologie d'évaluation OCDE/CAD afin d'apprécier la pertinence, l'efficacité, l'efficience, l'impact, la durabilité et la cohérence de ces projets de développement. En particulier, cette méthodologie traite des modalités d'appui sectoriel et ne couvre pas celle de l'appui budgétaire.

Grâce à cette formation, les participants auront acquis des connaissances sur le processus d’évaluation, l’élaboration de la logique d’intervention et des critères de jugement, la cartographie des différentes parties prenantes, les types de collecte, de triangulation et d’analyse d’informations. Ainsi, ils pourront, pour les projets de développement qu’ils sont chargés d’évaluer, mieux apprécier les progrès réalisés, les bonnes pratiques, les points concluants et critiques, d’en tirer des leçons et enfin, d’ajuster la mise en œuvre de ces projets dans le cadre d’une évaluation à mi-parcours, ou de préparer le terrain pour des projets futurs dans le cadre d’une évaluation finale.

This practical training is designed for professionals and organizations seeking to enhance their ability to compete successfully for MDB-funded opportunities. Participants will gain essential insights on:

• how to organize a tender office in order to compete successfully including:
• the skills needed to monitor opportunities;
• how to match them with the firm’s capabilities and experience;
• how to interact with management and decide which opportunities to pursue;
• how to interpret the documents and follow up including which documents can be prepared in advance and how to avoid mistakes in presenting the proposal/bid

Attending or participating in events and exhibitions takes time and money so it is worth investing some time to prepare in advance in order to maximise your potential and stand out from the crowd. Based on over 20 years of experience, this webinar will offer some hints and tips on what you can do before, during and after an event to improve your chances.

Since 2016 the World Bank (WB) adopted a procurement framework for its Investment Projects Financing (IPF) that aims “to achieve value for money with integrity in delivering sustainable development“. Further to that since September 2023 it introduced rated criteria for most of the IPF procurement.

This training concentrates on how to interpret and adapt to the procurement innovations introduced by the policies in order to maximize the success in bidding for projects financed by the WB and other MDBs.

This course focuses on strengthening leadership skills that are critical for success in the development sector. Participants will learn to navigate complex decision-making, build high-performing teams, and foster international partnerships. By enhancing their strategic leadership capabilities, organizations will be better positioned to lead impactful projects, secure funding, and build lasting change in the communities they serve.

What you will learn during the course: 

• Overview of strategy in international development: importance and application

• Understanding the problem tree methodology: identifying root causes vs. symptoms

• Defining objectives and goals based on stakeholder needs

• Mapping key stakeholders and their influence on strategy

• Interactive exercise: drafting a sample problem tree

This course is designed as a series of three standalone sessions, allowing participants to tailor their learning experience based on their needs and interests.

Attend a Single Session: Each session is structured to provide valuable insights independently, so you can choose to join any one that aligns with your specific learning objectives.

Complete the Full Course: For a comprehensive understanding of the topic, we recommend attending all three sessions.

Have you ever thought of selling to the United Nations but thought it was too complicated? It’s not. This webinar will tell you what you need to know. It will help you understand how to market your products and services to procurement teams at the United Nations organisations in Geneva, New York, Copenhagen and Rome It will give you an insight into the wide variety of products and services of interest to the aid and development organisations within the UN family and their procurement values as well as helping you navigate the registration process and offering hints and tips on how to become a preferred supplier.

This course focuses on strengthening leadership skills that are critical for success in the development sector. Participants will learn to navigate complex decision-making, build high-performing teams, and foster international partnerships. By enhancing their strategic leadership capabilities, organizations will be better positioned to lead impactful projects, secure funding, and build lasting change in the communities they serve.

What you will learn during the course: 

• Developing critical thinking and decision-making frameworks

• Tools for assessing risks and weighing options in complex environments

• How to make decisions under uncertainty

• Practical example: making decisions on resource allocation in a hypothetical crisis

• Group activity: decision-making simulation

This course is designed as a series of three standalone sessions, allowing participants to tailor their learning experience based on their needs and interests.

Attend a Single Session: Each session is structured to provide valuable insights independently, so you can choose to join any one that aligns with your specific learning objectives.

Complete the Full Course: For a comprehensive understanding of the topic, we recommend attending all three sessions.

This course focuses on strengthening leadership skills that are critical for success in the development sector. Participants will learn to navigate complex decision-making, build high-performing teams, and foster international partnerships. By enhancing their strategic leadership capabilities, organizations will be better positioned to lead impactful projects, secure funding, and build lasting change in the communities they serve.

What you will learn during the course: 

• Strategies for forming and managing diverse, international teams

• Fostering collaboration and resolving conflicts in multi-cultural settings

• How to create strong international partnerships and consortiums for funding

• Case study: consortium-building in a global project

• Exercise: role-playing a partnership negotiation

This course is designed as a series of three standalone sessions, allowing participants to tailor their learning experience based on their needs and interests.

Attend a Single Session: Each session is structured to provide valuable insights independently, so you can choose to join any one that aligns with your specific learning objectives.

Complete the Full Course: For a comprehensive understanding of the topic, we recommend attending all three sessions.

You are a non-profit organisation in the development field. The EU provides funding in the form of grants to support projects. Through calls for proposals, the EU grant financial donations to development organisations leading projects or operations in line with their external action objectives.

Knowing and understanding the process of the Call for Proposals is essential in order to adapt your project and make sure it will be selected and financed!

Cette session de formation s'adresse aux organisations ou professionnels œuvrant dans le cadre du développement international et sur des projets de coopération, pour renforcer leurs capacités en termes de méthodologie de conception et planification de projets de développement.Cette formation permettra aux participants d'enrichir leurs connaissances d'un ensemble de méthodes de planification stratégique incluant l'analyse SWOT et des parties prenantes, l'arbre à problèmes, l'arbre à objectifs, les approches ascendantes et descendantes, l'approche et le développement du cadre logique. Quelles sont les intérêts de cette formation ?

L’ensemble de ces méthodes permettra aux acteurs bénéficiant de cette formation de rendre la conception des projets de développement et de coopération dont ils ont la charge plus pertinente et mieux adaptée au contexte du pays, à la stratégie sectorielle du gouvernement et aux attentes des bailleurs et parties prenantes. De ce fait, les projets auront de meilleurs impacts et une plus grande durabilité.

This course is designed for non-profit organizations aiming to unlock their potential, redefine their strategies, and thrive in evolving environments. Participants will learn how to reflect on their organization's future, develop a strategic development plan, and tailor action planning tools to their specific needs.

Key Topics:

• Visioning: Explore positive and negative scenarios to shape your organization's vision.
• Strategizing: Draft and refine your strategic development plan.
• Action Planning: Implement strategies effectively for measurable impact.

By the end of the course, participants will have enhanced their ability to set dynamic, strategic plans to adapt and grow in challenging contexts.

Cette session de formation s'adresse aux organisations ou aux professionnels travaillant dans le cadre de projets de développement et de coopération internationale, afin de renforcer leurs capacités en matière de suivi de ces projets. 

Quelles connaissances les participants auront-ils acquises et quels intérêts auront-ils tirés de cette formation ?

À l'issue de cette formation, les participants seront en mesure de participer activement au suivi des projets de développement international. Ils auront acquis des connaissances théoriques et pratiques sur le processus de suivi, son positionnement dans le cycle de gestion de projet, les indicateurs pertinents et les outils de suivi. Ils seront ainsi en mesure d'assurer le suivi des projets de développement dont ils ont la charge en appréciant de manière objective, sur la base d'indicateurs spécifiés dans les cadres logiques, leur état d'avancement et leur niveau d'atteinte des objectifs.

This course focuses on equipping development organizations with the tools and strategies to effectively manage change in dynamic and often uncertain environments. Participants will explore methods to minimize resistance, engage stakeholders, and implement sustainable transformations that align with organizational goals. This training is essential for teams navigating shifts in project priorities, funding landscapes, or operational contexts:

• The role of change management in international development projects

• Understanding common challenges: resistance, cultural differences, and resource limitations

• Models of change management (e.g., Lewin's Change Model, Kotter’s 8-Step Process)

• Case study: managing change in an international development project

• Exercise: identifying change management challenges in a provided scenario

This course is designed as a series of three standalone sessions, allowing participants to tailor their learning experience based on their needs and interests.

Attend a Single Session: Each session is structured to provide valuable insights independently, so you can choose to join any one that aligns with your specific learning objectives.

Complete the Full Course: For a comprehensive understanding of the topic, we recommend attending all three sessions.

This course focuses on equipping development organizations with the tools and strategies to effectively manage change in dynamic and often uncertain environments. Participants will explore methods to minimize resistance, engage stakeholders, and implement sustainable transformations that align with organizational goals. This training is essential for teams navigating shifts in project priorities, funding landscapes, or operational contexts:

• Engaging stakeholders at all levels for successful change

• Creating a communication plan that resonates with different audiences

• Using tools like stakeholder mapping and influence grids

• Practical example: building a communication plan for a major project change

• Group activity: role-playing stakeholder interactions

This course is designed as a series of three standalone sessions, allowing participants to tailor their learning experience based on their needs and interests.

Attend a Single Session: Each session is structured to provide valuable insights independently, so you can choose to join any one that aligns with your specific learning objectives.

Complete the Full Course: For a comprehensive understanding of the topic, we recommend attending all three sessions.

This course focuses on equipping development organizations with the tools and strategies to effectively manage change in dynamic and often uncertain environments. Participants will explore methods to minimize resistance, engage stakeholders, and implement sustainable transformations that align with organizational goals. This training is essential for teams navigating shifts in project priorities, funding landscapes, or operational contexts:

• Embedding change into organizational culture

• Developing metrics to measure the success of change initiatives

• Building capacity to adapt to future changes

• Tools for continuous improvement and feedback loops

• Exercise: designing a plan for sustaining change in a given scenario

This course is designed as a series of three standalone sessions, allowing participants to tailor their learning experience based on their needs and interests.

Attend a Single Session: Each session is structured to provide valuable insights independently, so you can choose to join any one that aligns with your specific learning objectives.

Complete the Full Course: For a comprehensive understanding of the topic, we recommend attending all three sessions.

This course provides organizations in the development sector with a practical framework for linking strategic objectives to measurable outcomes. Participants will learn to design and implement the Balanced Scorecard approach, monitor progress effectively, and demonstrate accountability to donors and stakeholders. By mastering these tools, organizations will strengthen their performance and maximize the impact of their initiatives:

• Overview of the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) and its relevance in development work

• Understanding the four perspectives of BSC: financial, customer, internal processes, and learning/growth

• Setting objectives for each BSC perspective in a development context

• Practical example: applying BSC to an international development project

• Exercise: brainstorming objectives and measures for a sample BSC

This course is designed as a series of three standalone sessions, allowing participants to tailor their learning experience based on their needs and interests.

Attend a Single Session: Each session is structured to provide valuable insights independently, so you can choose to join any one that aligns with your specific learning objectives.

Complete the Full Course: For a comprehensive understanding of the topic, we recommend attending all three sessions.

This course provides organizations in the development sector with a practical framework for linking strategic objectives to measurable outcomes. Participants will learn to design and implement the Balanced Scorecard approach, monitor progress effectively, and demonstrate accountability to donors and stakeholders. By mastering these tools, organizations will strengthen their performance and maximize the impact of their initiatives: 

• Developing relevant and measurable indicators for each BSC perspective

• Linking project goals to BSC indicators for clear accountability

• Selecting data sources and establishing a monitoring framework

• Real-life example: developing indicators for a hypothetical development project

• Exercise: creating KPIs for each BSC perspective in small groups

This course is designed as a series of three standalone sessions, allowing participants to tailor their learning experience based on their needs and interests.

Attend a Single Session: Each session is structured to provide valuable insights independently, so you can choose to join any one that aligns with your specific learning objectives.

Complete the Full Course: For a comprehensive understanding of the topic, we recommend attending all three sessions.

This course provides organizations in the development sector with a practical framework for linking strategic objectives to measurable outcomes. Participants will learn to design and implement the Balanced Scorecard approach, monitor progress effectively, and demonstrate accountability to donors and stakeholders. By mastering these tools, organizations will strengthen their performance and maximize the impact of their initiatives:

• Data collection techniques: quantitative and qualitative methods

• Analyzing and interpreting BSC data to inform decision-making

• Reporting on performance: creating dashboards and scorecards for stakeholders

• Using data to refine strategy and project activities

• Interactive session: reviewing sample data and discussing adjustments based on insights

This course is designed as a series of three standalone sessions, allowing participants to tailor their learning experience based on their needs and interests.

Attend a Single Session: Each session is structured to provide valuable insights independently, so you can choose to join any one that aligns with your specific learning objectives.

Complete the Full Course: For a comprehensive understanding of the topic, we recommend attending all three sessions.