WASH Training of Trainers

Concept

With the WASH in Emergencies Training of Trainers (WASH ToT) course, the German WASH Network aims at strengthening capacities to develop, conduct and facilitate national or regional WASH trainings. It targets mainly advanced WASH practitioners who have participated (and will participate) in Regional WASH in Emergencies Workshops of the German WASH Network carried out between 2015 and 2022 in the four regions Africa (anglophone and francophone), Asia and MENA. Fluent English is a precondition for participating in the training.

The trainings are part of a strategic portfolio of activities developed and carried out in close cooperation between the German WASH Network and the German Federal Foreign Office to respond to the growing demand for qualified humanitarian WASH capacity in Germany and respective partner countries. It empowers local humanitarian WASH capacities to address trainings needs in their specific local context independently.

There are two editions of the WASH ToT:

• WASH Training of Trainers: residential training to build capacity of participants to facilitate in-person trainings
• WASH  Training of Online-Trainers:  virtual training to build capacity of participants to facilitate virtual learning offers

Both trainings engage participants in a comprehensive, multi-day distributive learning process that builds knowledge and skills required to effectively train relevant WASH topics. The interactive training includes advanced training on conceptualising, planning and conducting trainings, intensive coaching on effective strategies for engaging adult learners, and targeted instruction and practice in training others to deliver a specific WASH curriculum.

This virtual Training of Online-Trainers follows the same logic as the face-to-face version, but aims to build training skills especially for digital learning opportunities. It includes intensive coaching on digital methods and tools for engaging adult learners as well as practice in training and feedback. It is a timely response to the challenging working conditions in the COVID-19 pandemic and a progressive way to develop opportunities for localisation that digitilisation offers to the humanitarian system.

The next Training of Online-Trainers will take place virtually from January 11th – 18th 2022.

Please note: there will be no training sessions on the weekend (14th /15th Jan), but some homework will be required during the weekend to prepare for your own practice session in the second week.

Upcoming Training Opportunity