I have learned a lot from this training: the need for a training needs analysis, how to design your own and how to prepare, give and receive feedback. This will help me in my own work and anywhere I’m conducting a training.
Training of Trainers
Introduction
Designing and delivering training in international contexts presents unique challenges. Trainers work with diverse groups with varying experience, cultural backgrounds, and expectations. This requires a flexible, inclusive approach. In our Training of Trainers course, we explore these challenges and provide practical strategies to address them.
We cover the full training cycle – from needs assessment to design, delivery, and evaluation – to ensure your programmes are strategic and action-oriented. You will learn to balance knowledge, skills, and awareness to create sessions that resonate across contexts.
You will gain hands-on experience with adult training methods such as participatory facilitation, experiential learning, group work, role-plays, case studies, and peer coaching. These techniques encourage reflection, dialogue, and real-world application.
We address challenges in multicultural settings, including communication styles, power dynamics, and resistance to change. You will learn to foster safe, inclusive learning environments, manage difficult conversations, and adapt content to local realities.
Finally, we equip you with tools to translate learning into action—setting clear objectives, integrating action planning, and ensuring follow-up for sustainable impact.
Key Information
This course is ideal for staff involved in organising and delivering trainings and workshops, including trainers, programme managers, capacity-strengthening specialists, and HR professionals from donors, NGOs, governments, CSOs, universities and businesses working in international settings.
After this course, you will receive a professional certificate of completion from The Hague Academy for Local Governance.
*Professionals working in local government or for local NGOs on the DAC list of ODA-recipient countries (OECD) may qualify for a reduced course fee. Contact us for details.
Learning objectives
By the end of this 5-day “Training of Trainers” course, you will be able to:
Experience
The course includes dynamic group work that allows participants to explore best practices from different countries to address real life challenges in training delivery, inclusivity, and conflict sensitivity. They work together to share insights and develop strategies for overcoming common obstacles in designing and facilitating training in diverse, international contexts.
In addition, facilitated discussions will focus on key aspects such as managing challenging participants, creating action plans that lead to tangible outcomes, and fostering intercultural understanding in training sessions. These discussions will provide valuable lessons that participants can apply directly to their own work, helping you tailor your training approach to meet the unique needs of your organisation or context.
This engaging mix of practical exercises, peer learning, and expert facilitation will equip you with the tools to design and deliver impactful, inclusive, and culturally sensitive training that leads to meaningful change.
Experts
Expert(s) involved in this course:
Nicolas is a governance specialist and trainer with over 13 years of experience in conflict-affected and fragile countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. His expertise includes the development and implementation of multi-annual capacity-strengthening programmes, focusing particularly on facilitating Training of Trainers (ToT) for local trainers and coaching trainers in the successful implementation of training activities.
Practical information
Find the practical information for the course here.
- Payment
After submitting your completed application, you will receive a confirmation of receipt. Once we have assessed your application and admitted you to the course, we will send you an invoice with payment details. The payment deadline is 4-weeks prior to the start of the training course.
Payments can be made by bank transfer or by PayPal request. We offer the option of paying in one or two instalments. An advance payment of 50% secures reservation of a seat on the training until the payment deadline. Your participation in the course is guaranteed only after receipt of full payment before the 4-week deadline.
If we do not receive your payment before the deadline, then we will cancel your reservation. Please note that The Hague Academy accepts registrations on a first-paid, first-served policy.
- Visa Applications
Some countries require a visa to enter the Netherlands. Please check with The Netherlands or the embassy for the visa requirements related to your country. Because of the length of time needed for the visa procedure, we advise you to start this process as soon as possible. Once we have received your payment for the course, The Hague Academy will send you an acceptance letter which will assist you in arranging your visa to The Netherlands.
- Cancellation
Under certain circumstances, participants may need to cancel their participation in the course. For cancellations before the payment deadline, we will reimburse the paid amounts minus an administration fee of €150.
To prevent late cancellation, we strongly encourage you to start with your visa application procedure at least six weeks before the start of the training programme.
We will charge a cancellation fee of 50% of the course fee for participants cancelling between four and two weeks prior to the start of the training. If you cancel your participation within the two-week period before the start of the course, then you have to pay 80% of the course fee.
It is always possible to nominate a suitably qualified candidate to replace you without extra charge, in the event that you cannot attend the course.
The Hague Academy for Local Governance reserves the right to cancel a course if the number of participants is insufficient or due to any other unforeseen circumstances. In this case, your payment will be 100% reimbursed. Other costs such as transportation or hotel cannot be reimbursed.
Scholarships
The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs offers scholarships for training courses in the Netherlands. The Orange Knowledge Programme and the MENA Scholarship Programme seek to develop and strengthen the skills, instincts, and abilities of professionals to enable their organisations and communities to succeed in an ever-changing world. To learn if this course is open for scholarship applications, please visit our Scholarships page. Please note that scholarships have a separate application process.
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