Global Learning Program

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Participants from various Institutions

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Courses conducted in Asia, Africa and Latin America

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Empowered communities from all over the world

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Partner Organizations from different regions

The Global Learning Program is dedicated to empowering individuals and communities, continually adapting to address new challenges. We focus on key themes such as Regenerative and Climate Resilient Agriculture, Biodiversity Conservation, Natural Resources Management, Gender Equality, Food Security and Nutrition, Local Health Systems, Aquaculture, Disaster Risk Reduction Management, and Participatory Action Research, recognizing their importance in building sustainable societies.
Since the 1980s, we have partnered with international NGOs, following the rural reconstruction approach and embracing the key capabilities envisioned by our founder, Y.C. James Yen.
Today, our collaboration with Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) enables us to implement impactful country-level programs in crucial areas like food systems, environmental preservation, education, economic empowerment, and health. Through these initiatives, we aim to enhance community resilience, promote sustainable development, and contribute to a more equitable world.

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.

Training courses offered

While the courses are primarily for development agents, IIRR can customize them to meet the specific needs of organizations. These courses can include virtual and face-to-face sessions, as well as interactive learning exercises and workshops in communities.

Rural Development

  • Understanding Rural Realities and Discovering 21st 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 and Resilience Building

  • Community-managed Disaster Risk Reduction
  • Community Emergency Response Team – (CERT)

Community Enterprise Development

  • Developing and Managing Community- based Enterprises
  • Young Entrepreneurs Program
  • Strengthening Rural Women’s Enterprises

Organizational Support Services

  • Writeshop and Documentation
  • Training Program Development and Management
  • Participatory Situational Analysis
  • Participatory Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment
  • Technical Assistance

How do we do it?

Tailored Training Courses for Organizations: Training courses are designed to meet your organization's specific needs. At least eight (8) participants from one organization or network are required.

Seminars

An educational event in which participants gather to learn more about a topic or subject through presentations, discussions, and interactive activities to increase or heighten knowledge.

Roving Workshops

A learning event that allows participants to purposely move or shift from one project site to another, witnessing the results of interventions and facilitating learning exchanges with direct project actors or implementers, e.g., farmers, innovators, technical staff, etc.

Field Visits

Learning takes place through direct observation of project activities, ongoing tasks, and processes in the field to achieve objectives, witness results based on set targets, etc., reinforcing experiential and contextual learning.

Action Planning

A scheme that cuts across all modules of a particular learning event that encourages every participant to reflect on their actual work in the organization, identify lessons learned from the course, and develop an action plan with the steps to take over a given period.

Sharing of Success Stories

A session or series of sessions that allows participants to describe experiences, focusing on lessons learned and good practices that led to positive outcomes and ways to reinforce a positive image, acknowledge accomplishments, and gain feedback and possible support from others to keep growing.

Writeshops

A writing workshop involves a focused process of drafting, reviewing, and revising documentation of practice, where participants are expected to produce tangible outputs that they can return to their organization with.

Good words from GLP Alumni

The training was very timely, significant, valuable and impactful. It delivered on the most relevant contents in regards to NSP/A that stirred critical thinking and analysis of programs prompting generation of action plans that I felt very well informed from the experience and lessons learned.

Georgine Obwana

Senior Program Officer Civil Society Alliance for Nutrition Uganda (CISANU) Ntinda, Uganda

The course surpassed my learning expectations and I would like to thank IIRR for ensuring that the training was a success. The coordination from pick-up transport, accommodation, meetings and travel to Bohol was excellent.

Kudakwashe Zombe

National Coordinator Zimbabwe Civil Society Organizations Scaling Up Nutrition Alliance (ZCSOSUNA) Harare, Zimbabwe

The overall experience was incredible. Being able to know in a practical way the approach to malnutrition from sensitive programming, connecting with people and being able to be inspired by them was vital to reaffirm my commitment to nutrition.

Juan Pablo Guzman

Articulation & Political Advocacy Manager Fundacion Redni Quito, Ecuador

The IIRR really did a great job in thinking of everything from start to finish of the course. They put prime importance to the quality of each activity of the course. Unlike any other trainings that I have experienced, this International Course on Enhancing Capacities for Nutrition-sensitive Programming was thoughtfully organized, seamlessly implemented, the IIRR was flexible and quick to troubleshoot concerns that were arising along the duration of the training.

Shanerisse Tamondong

Member-Volunteer, FNYN Philippines

Awesome team at IIRR! Excellent Collaboration with key partners SUN CSN, Government and communities and the community that I cherish was very welcoming - teachers, principals, pupils and those in the villages. Same issues experienced in different parts of the world.

Bernadette Rahab Mwaniki

Campaign Manager Kenya AIDS NGOs Consortium Nairobi, Kenya

IIRR is doing a great work with target areas or communities and with strong relationship with government bodies. Please maintain it and move forward. The IIRR staff showed heartfelt hospitality and friendship to all the participants. They are all very supportive to the learners from different countries.

Saw Nowel Aung

Nutrition Coordinator GRET International Myanmar Mayangone Township, Yangon, Myanmar

The facilitators were particular in the time management and coordination with the sites for community immersion. The selection of participants matched the concept of diversifying interdisciplinary approaches. I promote opportunities for strong collaborations to a more synergistic relationship with other participants.

Rodelyn H. Caro

Instructor 1 College of Fisheries-Dingle Campus Iloilo State University