Training

New technical information and best practices at the intersection of climate change and development are constantly emerging, requiring that USAID staff and other development practitioners gain new knowledge, skills and abilities.
 
In response, USAID is providing climate change learning opportunities for the hundreds of staff working directly on Global Climate Change programming and the thousands who must integrate climate change considerations into their work in different sectors. These include face-to-face training and workshops, online courses and interactive webinars. All training is designed to help staff master a defined set of climate change technical competencies. 

Many USAID projects also provide climate change learning opportunities for host country counterparts and other development practitioners.

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Climate Change Learning for USAID Staff

USAID offers core courses on climate change adaptation, mitigation and monitoring & evaluation for all staff. USAID also offers mission-tailored courses and trainings on special topics in climate change, such as climate-smart food security.

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USAID Mission Training Highlights

USAID provides mission-tailored deliveries of its climate change core courses with a special emphasis on integrating climate change and development across sectors. These are open to mission staff, local implementing partners and host country counterparts. Recent deliveries include Haiti, Senegal and Peru.

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Illustrative Results

Since 2011, USAID has conducted more than 25,000 person hours of climate change training for USAID, other USG and implementing partner staff, reaching individuals from 72 missions worldwide.

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