Training and Capacity Development

Applied training and institutional support helping teams design, implement, analyze, and use research more effectively.

• Program or research teams need a common foundation.
• Field researchers require training and assessment.
• An organization needs better instruments or quality systems.
• Analysts need applied skill development.
• Training needs to be connected to an actual project.

• Research questions and design fundamentals.
• Questionnaire and interview design.
• Sampling, fieldwork, and ethics.
• Quality management and data protection.
• Data cleaning, analysis, and visualization.
• Report writing and use of findings.
• Training of trainers and standard operating procedures.

• In-person or virtual workshops.
• Exercises, cases, and simulation.
• Application to organizational instruments.
• On-the-job training and product review.
• Pre/post assessment and practical assignments.
• Individual or group coaching.

The study population, unit of analysis, and access frame are defined before implementation. Sampling is selected according to purpose, inference needs, resources, and risk. “Representative” is used only where the design supports it, and exclusions, nonresponse, and adjustments are documented.

• Review the question and instrument before fieldwork.
• Pilot or pretest where the assignment permits.
• Train researchers and standardize instructions.
• Monitor completion and apply consistency, duration, and location checks where appropriate.
• Use clear consent, voluntary participation, and harm minimization.
• Separate identifying information and restrict access.
• Document deviations, problems, and corrective action.

• Training materials and participant guide.
• Tools, exercises, and templates.
• Assessment results and follow-up recommendations.
• Capacity-development plan.
• Revised organizational procedures or manual.

• Training is not evaluated by attendance alone.
• Content is adapted to role, experience, and context.
• Sensitive real data are not used in insecure exercises.
• Recommendations must connect to realistic resources and responsibilities.

Work begins with the question, intended audience, decision to be supported, relevant areas and groups, schedule, and budget. The Center then proposes a feasible scope, methodology, and deliverables.

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