Training
Whether in civil society, government, business or other sectors, everyone requires skills to facilitate good communication, collaboration and inclusion of all stakeholders.
For 20 years, Partners’ international practitioners have developed training programs on advocacy, conflict management, consensus building, local governance, tolerance and diversity, participatory decision-making, mediation, financial management, and many other skill sets. Partners boasts a large cadre of experienced trainers in all of its Centers. Manuals have been translated into many languages and have been adapted to reflect the local context of each Center’s location. Recognizing that different groups have varying needs and uses for these skills, Partners has also adapted training manuals and programs to the specific interests of audiences such as NGO staff, government officials, educators, trainers, minority leaders, and women’s advocates.
1. Essential Change and Conflict Management
Skills
1.1. Conflict
Management
Introduction to conflict, conflict analysis and various
methods of conflict resolution
1.2. Effective
Communication
Basics of essential concepts of communication including effective
communication techniques and styles
Introduction to the process of interest-based negotiation, multi-party negotiation and skills of a negotiator.
1.4. Effective Meetings and FacilitationThe goal of this training is to strengthen participants’
skills in convening and facilitating effective meetings, includes dealing with
difficult participants, breaking deadlocks, and more.
1.5. Mediation
Basic and advanced level mediation training, guiding participants
though the process and explaining necessary skills and useful techniques.
2. Advanced collaborative processes for the promotion of social change
2.1. Coalition-building
This training is tailored to the particular needs of organizations in a specific sector, country, or region, strengthening their ability to build networks of collaboration with
other NGOs and organizations representing other sectors.
2.2. Partners
Collaboration Model (PCM)
PCM is a facilitated process that gathers diverse
stakeholders to build consensus around concrete issues of concern to a community,
group or organization. The training
trains facilitators from within a community, group or organization to conduct
the process utilizing a variety of awareness tolls and techniques.
2.3. Cooperative
Advocacy
This is an advanced level training which guides participants
through the process of building networks of support among organizations in
order to advocate together for a common issue of concern. Participants in this
training should have received negotiation and network building trainings.
3. Organizational development skills for non-profit organizations
3.1. Internal
Procedures for non-profit organizations
This training guides non-profit leaders through key aspects
of management and internal procedures for a non-profit organization.
3.2. Financial
Management
This training focuses on the role and importance of
financial management, setting up and using financial/accounting systems,
writing budgets and financial reports, managing cash flow, and more.
3.3. Governance in a
non-profit organization
Advanced level training for executive level staff of a
non-profit organization
3.4. Strategic
Planning
Training designed to improve the visioning ability of an
organization and strengthen its long- term sustainability.
3.5. Roles of a civil
society leader
Training focuses on the following specific roles of a civil
society leader such as consensus building, negotiator, facilitator, empowerer
etc.
3.6. Teams and Team Building
The training focuses on the stages of team development, role
of manager in building teams, and more.
3.7. Office and Time
Management
Introductory class focusing on effective management of
office and time. Includes topics such as scheduling, prioritizing, reporting
and preparing documents, holding successful meetings and using technology
3.8. Leadership and
Supervision
This training focuses on the skills and styles of a
successful leader as well as decision making and problem solving skills,
managing human resources and building teams.
3.9. Profits for
Non-Profits – NGO Self Financing
Profit for non-profits training introduces successful
strategies for fundraising and sustainability for non-profit organizations.
3.10. Public Relations
and Marketing for non-profit organizations
Topics covered in the training include: importance and role
of public relations, communication skills, marketing strategies for non-profits
and more.
4. Project Management Skills
4.1. Project
Management Cycle
This training takes the participants through the entire
project cycle beginning from needs assessment, identifying problems and
resources, planning the project, budgeting, proposal and report writing,
evaluation and monitoring, and more.
4.2. Program
Monitoring and Evaluation
This training is a thorough analysis of the monitoring and
evaluation process as a necessary part of a project life. Project management
cycle training is a prerequisite for this training.
4.3. Community Needs
Assessment
The training guides the participants through the purpose and
process of a community needs assessment and includes group oriented and
individual oriented approaches to needs assessments.
5. Trainings for Trainers
Partners offers Training For Trainers (T4T) on all of the above topics, offering coaching for the trainers as they design and deliver their trainings. This ensures a multiplying effect of skill dissemination. In addition to providing T4Ts for the above mentioned trainings Partners offers a training session on the methodology of training trainers.
6. Grants Management
6.1. Administering
grants programs
The training prepares community organizations to administer
grants programs, oversee the process of project implementation and monitor and
evaluate outcomes of the grant projects.
6.2. T4Ts for grant
administrators
Trainings for trainers in areas in which potential grantees
would need trainings and technical assistance, e.g. project and finance
management.
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