Training

Empowering Development Professionals:
Training and Capacity Building for Impact

As an experienced educator and international consultant, I specialize in providing high-quality training and capacity development for development professionals, particularly those working within the United Nations, NGOs and other international organizations.

My focus is on strengthening knowledge and skills across a broad spectrum of critical areas, including child rights, human rights, social policy, sustainable development goals (SDGs), participatory research, child-focused development, and public finance
for children, among others.

With extensive expertise in indigenous knowledge and local wisdom in Asia, inter-generational dialogue on climate justice, and decolonizing research methodologies, I offer tailored training programs that equip professionals with the tools to navigate complex global challenges. My sessions also address emerging topics such as the intersection of artificial intelligence and child rights, policy advocacy, staff development and human resource management within development contexts.

Whether you are seeking to enhance your team’s capacity for policy design, improve staff engagement in SDG implementation, or deepen understanding of child rights/human rights frameworks, my training programs are designed to provide actionable
insights and foster long-term impact.

Let us work together to advance knowledge, foster innovation, and drive positive change.
I invite you to explore the diverse training options available and connect with me to discuss how we can tailor a capacity development program to meet the specific needs
of your team or organization.

Advocacy

Advocacy Theme Pack

Children and Advocacy

October 1997
Bangkok, Thailand

The Save the Children (UK) Regional Office for Southeast, East Asia and the Pacific (SEAPRO) organised a Regional Training Workshop on the theme : “Children and Advocacy” from October 20-31, 1996 in Manila, The Philippines. Participants to the workshop were national staff from SCF(UK), Radda Barnen (Swedish Save the Children) and Redd Barna (Norwegian Save the Children) from 8 countries in South and South East Asia. The workshop was jointly facilitated by a team of trainers and facilitators from SCF(UK)-SEAPRO, SCF(UK)-HQ and a partner organisation in the Philippines - Popular Education for Peoples’ Empowerment (PEPE).

Advocacy Workshop

Training Workshop on Influencing Policy & Practice

October 4-7, 1999
Yangon, Myanmar

to provide participants with the necessary orientation, knowledge and skills in undertaking advocacy work - based on their own organisational and field experiences - in relation to influencing policy and practice
to introduce participants to the process and methodology of advocacy and influencing work - through interactive learning exercises, case studies, etc.
to enable participants to review the context of advocacy and influencing work in their particular situations and to plan for future work

Child Rights

Child-focused Development Workshops

(1996-1997)
Bangkok, Thailand

Objectives and outputs of the workshop:

Concept
Approaches (planning)
Indicators (evaluation)
Tools for analysis and programming
Exchange experience
Action planning
Use workshop to help participants think through implications of CFD for their own work

Children’s Rights in Practice:

Tools for Social Change

University of Victoria’s Dunsmuir Lodge
Sydney, British Columbia (near Victoria)
February 25th – March 2nd, 2007

The International Institute for Child Rights & Development (IICRD)

Since 1994 IICRD has developed the foundations of a practical and culturally grounded approach to children’s rights that makes a positive difference in children’s lives. Our approach respects the natural resilience of children, as well as their families, communities and cultures. IICRD puts its approach into action with tools that use a Child Rights Ecology grounded in the universally endorsed UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and build on the strengths of children and their lives.

Child Participation

Programming With & For Children and Young People in Mongolia

Purpose and Outcomes:

Level-off on our common understanding of participation
Review lessons learnt in working with and for children and young people across programme sections
Identify key elements of future direction and strategy for programming
Agree on actions points for each programme section and country programme as a whole - as input to the MTR process

Child Participation & Adolescent Programming in Thailand

Purpose and Objectives:

To level-off on our common understanding of children participation in the Thai context
To familiarise ourselves with UNICEF’s corporate approach and strategy on promoting child and adolescent participation and development
To review obstacles and gaps in Thai context
To agree on some action points and next steps

Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation

Experiences from South-East Asia

Purpose and Outcomes:

Level-off on our common understanding of participation
Review lessons learnt in working with and for children and young people across programme sections
Identify key elements of future direction and strategy for programming
Agree on actions points for each programme section and country programme as a whole - as input to the MTR process

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