A Brief Overview
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| Mr. Hysin Shamata of Kavaja, Albania points out a garbage mound that will
soon be covered in grass to maintain an attractive countryside view.
This technique for solid waste management is just one approach learned
as a result of a recent third-country training program undertaken in
Hungary. For more information on this key activity click on the Albanian
Success Story entitled “Training
Leads to Solid Success in Cleaning Up Albanian Cities.” |
Each year, USAID supports the training of hundreds of thousands of Host Country Residents and Nationals taking part in USAID-sponsored programs worldwide. This training, called Participant Training, is either short-term technical training or longer-term, degree-earning academic training for mid- to high-level professionals from the public and private sectors. The location of the training is determined by what the goals of the activity are and how they can be achieved in the most efficient, results-oriented, cost-effective manner. This training needs to support the achievement of Mission Strategic Objectives and Intermediate Results.
Training is a structured experience (i.e., "just in time learning") that helps individuals acquire new, predetermined knowledge, skills, and attitudes to address or solve targeted operational problems. In this definition is the concept that training does not have an impact until the knowledge or skills acquired by the trainees have been successfully applied to a specific work situation, which, in turn, results in a measurable improvement in performance. Thus, in short, successful USAID training should not be measured in terms of the number of individuals trained but rather by the contribution made by trainees to organizational performance improvement.
USAID’s Participant Training website can be found at http://www.usaidtraining.net. This online resource provides easy access to:
- Information on USAID participant training by geographic region and by training contractor,
- Definitions and summary information on USAID participant training,
- Training services available to Missions,
- Latest implementation tools and technologies,
- Training news and success stories,
- All Agency training-related forms,
- Agency training Guidance and Directives (“rules and regulations”),
- Training planning (TIOL) and participant tracking (TraiNet) databases,
- Resources and references, and
- Quick links to other training-related sites and resources, including up-to-date information on visa procedures for U.S. participants.
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