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10 Dec at 08:30 – 16 Dec at 18:00, join us for a special opportunity to take part in a Vision Quest, facilitated by experienced practitioners, and drawing on indigenous wisdom from N Thailand. Vision Quest is an ancient Native American ceremony-based practice to help a person making a meaningful and significant life transition, facilitated by a community and nature.   People seek rites of passage in times of significant life transition or to complete earlier uncompleted life transitions. In many…

19 Dec at 08:30 – 23 Dec at 18:00, join us in rural N Thailand to explore the foundations of our natural world. You can take this workshop with workshops 13-16, all focusing on ecology and ecovillage design. Details: In this workshop we will start to understand the cycles of life and how our water and our air are constantly recycled through the soil, animals, plants and other components of the environment. As a result, we will also come to…

26 Dec at 08:30 – 30 Dec at 18:00, join us at Mae Lan Kam, in an indigenous Karen village in N Thailand, where we will work with local youth to co-design a project that supports their vision for a regenerative future in their community. Details: In this module the concept of ‘design’ has been expanded to be ‘co-created design with nature’, including not only physical aspects of community but also core values about the purpose of life.  Participants will…

Course Description: Result Based Management Monitoring and Evaluation is a management strategy by which all actors ensure that their processes, products and services contribute to the achievement of desired results (outputs, outcomes and higher level goals or impact). The actors in turn use information and evidence on actual results to inform decision making on the design, resourcing and delivery of programmes and activities as well as for accountability and reporting. During the last decade, result based management (RBM) has gained…

Why choose this course This course is relevant for professionals engaged in information and knowledge management, change management, project and programme planning, M&E and learning, communications and organisational development. No prior Knowledge Management experience is needed. Find out how your organisation can learn from its people and its experiences to become more innovative, responsive and strategic: Development of Knowledge Information System. Develop a culture that harnesses the know-how and experience of your people. Make knowledge accessible to everyone who needs…

5 Jan 2020 at 08:30 – 18 Jan 2020 at 18:00, join us for a powerful learning journey into facilitation for empowerment, SDG's, mindfulness, and self growth. In collaboration with Gaia Education UK. Details: Mindful Facilitation for Empowerment is a highlight in our ALT Programme., which we have been fine-tuning over the  past 20 years. This module is to enhance capacity of participants who aspire to be empowering facilitators. Every aspect of human interaction needs facilitation, and mindful participatory facilitation…

21 Jan 2020 at 08:30 – 25 Jan 2020 at 18:00, join us in Bangok for a unique opportunity to delve into the theory and practice of Community Organising! Details: Most social change initiatives without serious people’s participation do not last. Community organizing for empowerment is a fine art with people participation as a core value.  Although it takes time and the process is complicated, it warrants serious attention from community change leaders as the outcome is more likely to…

Course description The Core Professional Training on Humanitarian Law and Policy – an intensive three-day program – serves as an opportunity for experienced humanitarian practitioners, policymakers, and others operating in or dealing with conflict settings to deepen their understanding of international humanitarian law (IHL) and other legal frameworks applicable in times of war, and to explore related policy and operational challenges. Suitable for those both with and without prior legal training, the course covers the sources and development of IHL,…