Training and Capacity Development
Practical training and capacity development that help teams apply technical knowledge, strengthen professional skills and respond to real programme and organisational needs.
Build skills that people can put to work.
Daira Sabz Group designs and delivers learning programmes that connect technical knowledge with practical tasks. We support institutions, development partners and businesses with training shaped around their participants, operating context and objectives—from specialist staff development to training of trainers and community-based learning.
From training needs to practical learning
- Needs assessment and programme design: Identify learning priorities, participant needs and intended outcomes, then develop an appropriate training plan and delivery approach.
- Curricula, manuals and learning materials: Develop structured modules, trainer guides, participant materials and practical exercises. Language adaptation and translation are included where required by the assignment.
- Training of trainers and facilitated workshops: Prepare trainers to share knowledge and facilitate participatory sessions using discussion, group work, demonstrations and relevant case examples.
- Technical and digital skills: Training in climate change, environmental management, climate-smart agriculture, disaster risk reduction, GIS, research methods, R/RStudio and digital data collection.
- Mentoring and applied practice: Connect learning with field activities, data-analysis exercises and on-the-job guidance, supported by feedback and learning assessments.
Designed for the learner and the task
We agree the target audience, learning objectives, content and delivery format with the client. Subject specialists develop the materials and facilitate sessions that balance explanation with practice. Pre- and post-training assessments, participant feedback and reporting can be included to document learning and identify priorities for further support.
Why work with Daira Sabz?
Our training draws on consulting, engineering, environmental and social-study experience. This helps us connect learning material with the situations participants face at work. Documented assignments span agricultural extension, climate and environmental communication, and practical data analysis, with materials and delivery adapted to the assignment.
Selected training experience
- PEARL–ABADEI: climate-smart agriculture — For Norwegian Church Aid: manuals developed in English and translated into Dari and Pashto; 105 training-of-trainers participants and 355 farmers across 16 districts.
- FAO: climate-smart agriculture training of trainers — Training for AFSeN and its stakeholders in Kabul, covering climate impacts, agriculture, food security and gender-responsive planning, with training materials and learning assessment.
- R and RStudio for Caritas Germany — Practical training for the Afghanistan office in Kabul on data preparation, analysis, visualisation and research applications.
- Environmental journalism and climate change — Training of trainers for environmental journalists, connecting environmental knowledge with communication and participatory learning.
Explore our training opportunities
View our capacity-building and training section to explore learning opportunities and relevant topics.
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What capabilities does your team need next?
Tell us your participants, priority topics, preferred language, location and timeline. We can help shape a focused learning programme with clear objectives, practical materials and an appropriate delivery approach.
