Capacity building for the purpose of developing expertise through fostering and upgrading the technical as well as managerial skills of professionals from divergent organizations as well as community members at grass root level.
The activities of the programme are most pronounced in the field of social mobilization, participatory development, rural development, micro-finance, human resource management/ development and organizational development for rural communities.
The strength of the programme lies in the institute’s enormous consortium of exceedingly proficient and knowledgeable professional trainers. Apart from the in-house expertise, the Institute maintains a portfolio of expert trainers from external organizations, such as academics, research and development professionals having expertise in an array of subjects.
Major areas of expertise include research and capacity building in the following:
- Community Development
- Health & Nutrition
- Organizational Development
- Sanitation
- Leadership and Management
- Project Management
- Psychosocial Support
- Microfinance
- Women in development
- Monitoring and Evaluation
- Human Rights
- Conflict Resolution & Transformation
- Child Protection
- Gender Mainstreaming
- Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation
- Environment
- Enterprise Development
- Natural Resource Management
- Education
- Agriculture
- Public Private Partnership
- Advocacy & Media
- Life Skills for employability.
Methodology
The combination of methods including interactive lectures, role plays, group discussions, pictorial handouts, review technique, brain storming, case studies, practical exercises, exposure visits and group work makes the training course distinctive.