Training Services

• Delivery of standalone training courses and workshops.
• Conduction of keynote lectures and seminars.
• Involvement as expert partner in capacity building initiatives.
• Field and remote technical assistance, including strategic consulting.
• Development of toolkits and guidelines for field operations.
• Guidance of undergraduate and graduate student research projects.

Focus on practical solutions

• Concept understanding, through synthetic presentations and live device or software trials.
• Active learning by self-doing, through computer-assisted exercises, field surveys and practical workshops.
• Project-oriented, through comprehensive work on user’s issues and data (territory and thematic).
• Experience sharing, through team work, round table discussions, and participant interaction.

Training facts and figures

• Established in 2005, strongly developed and diversified in 2008.
• Over 40 workshops, roundtables and courses with ~300 professionals participating in 2008.
• More than 30 beneficiary countries (lastly Nicaragua, Indonesia, Nigeria, Colombia, Haiti, Myanmar).
• 16 student internships since 2003.
• Courses offered in English, Spanish or French.
• Professionally certified.