Tailored Training Courses

In addition to the scheduled courses, IDSS is able to offer courses in areas relevant to international development, tailored for organisations to meet their specific needs. The advantages of tailored training for organisations include:

• Flexibility of training location (Australia or overseas project location);
• Flexibility to schedule course date and time;
• Can be offered as an in-house training;
• Courses can be tailored specific to country or sector settings and to specific development approaches;
• Reduced overall cost.

IDSS can offer tailored courses in the following core competencies relevant to international development. IDSS can also source facilitators if customised training is required on other areas of international development.

• Capacity Building
• Civil Society and Community Partnerships
• Community Based Natural Resource Management
• Conflict Management
• Cross Cultural and Inter Cultural Communication 
• Development Communications
• Impact Assessment
• Mentoring
• Participatory Approach
• Gender
• Monitoring & Evaluation
• Program/Project Design and Management

Recent tailored course delivered by IDSS include –

• 'The Logframe Approach, Project Management and Results Based Management', 'Training of Trainers', 'Data Collection and Field Study' for Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) - Seoul, South Korea (2009);
• ‘Project Cycle and Project Approach’, ‘Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E)’, and 'Capacity Development across Cultures' for the International Projects section of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) - Melbourne (2008 & 2009);
• 'Facilitation Skills and Participatory Approaches' for Central Land Council - Alice Springs (2008);
• 'Sustainable Capacity Building' programmes for the AusAID funded project Volunteers for International Development under a subcontract to Austraining International - Adelaide (2007 & 2008);
• ‘Introduction to International Development’ for Engineers without Borders Australia - Melbourne (2007);
• ‘Community Participation Training Course’ in for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC Geneva) - Colombo, Sri Lanka (2006);
• ‘Forms of Aid’ for Hassall and Associates International - Canberra (2006);
• ‘Capacity Building Workshop’ and ‘Cross Cultural Communication Workshop’ for the international division of the Australian Transaction Report and Analysis Centre (anti-money laundering agency) AUSTRAC - Sydney (2005 & 2006);
• ‘Capacity Building in International Development’ and ‘Education and Development in the Asia-Pacific Region’ for RMIT University - Melbourne (2005);

For further information on tailored courses and quotes, please contact:
 
Ruth Garner

Phone: + 61 8 8919 9767

Fax: + 61 8 8919 9750

Email: training@idss.com.au