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The IDEAS Team has trained over 1500 staff people from Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. They include inclusive finance managers, development organizational managers, NGO leaders and staff, international donor staff, client leaders, and technical assistance providers. This includes national, regional and international workshops. The chart illustrates the variety of trainings in different countries.
| Country where training held | Type of training & participants | Co-sponsors |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Graduate-level course on Developing Microfinance Institutions to Reach the Poor. | American University. |
| Philippines | Training for Grameen Replication MFIs in the Philippines on Impact Evaluation | CASHPOR, PHILNET, AIMS Project of USAID |
| United States | Training of microfinance practitioners and donors on the institutional development of microfinance. | Microenterprise Development Institute-Southern New Hampshire University. |
| United States | Graduate-level course on Developing Microfinance Institutions to Reach the Poor. | American University. |
| United States | Training microfinance practitioners and donors from Asia, Middle East, Africa, US, and Europe. Impact Evaluation. | Microenterprise Development Institute-Southern New Hampshire University, AIMS Project of USAID. |
| Kenya | Regional training for Africa and Middle East on Impact Evaluation. | UNCDF/SUM, SEEP Network, AIMS Project of USAID |
| United States | Graduate-level course on Developing Microfinance Institutions to Reach the Poor. | American University. |
| United States | Training for SEEP Network member organizations and their affiliates. Introduction to five tools with emphasis on Client Satisfaction and Empowerment. | SEEP Network |
| United States | Graduate-level course on Evaluating Growth and Maintaining Innovation. | First Annual Scaling Up Institute -Southern New Hampshire University. |
| United States | Training for AIMS conference participants, MFI and donor representatives from Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe, and Latin America. | AIMS Project of USAID |
| United States | Training microfinance practitioners and donors from Asia, Middle East, Africa, US, and Europe. Impact Evaluation. | Microenterprise Development Institute-Southern New Hampshire University. |
| United States | Training microfinance practitioners and donors from Asia, Middle East, Africa, US, and Europe. Impact Evaluation. | Microenterprise Development Institute-Southern New Hampshire University. |
| Ghana | Design, field testing, instruction and oversight of Client Impact Monitoring System. This innovative monitoring system will be replicated for other Opportunity International affiliates. | Sinapi Aba Trust in Kumasi, Ghana and the Opportunity International network |
| Ethiopia | Design, field testing, training, and supervision of market research and client satisfaction in one region of Ethiopia. | WISDOM, an for-profit MFI affiliate of World Vision |
| United States | Training microfinance practitioners and donors from Asia, Middle East, Africa, US, and Europe. Impact Evaluation. | Microenterprise Development Institute-Southern New Hampshire University. |
| Ethiopia | Training of trainers and then training of representatives of microfinance institutions from 6 different countries in East and West Africa. | East Africa Region of World Vision International |
| Ethiopia | Training of two Ethiopian trainers and then training of 20 MFIs, donors and government officials involved in the supervision of the microfinance instituutions. | Association of Ethiopian Microfinance Institutions (AEMFI) with funding from Norwegian People’s Aid |
| United States | Training for members of SEEP Network on impact evaluation, using the SEEP-AIMS tools and the first draft of the SEEP-AIMS Manual. | Annual meeting of SEEP Network |
| United States | Training for SEEP Network member organizations and their affiliates. Introduction to five tools with emphasis on Client Satisfaction and Empowerment. Trainers: Drl. Carter Garber and Dr. Nancy Horn. | Before the Annual meeting of SEEP Network |
| United States | Training for members of SEEP Network on impact evaluation, using the SEEP-AIMS tools and the new version of the Manual of which Carter Garber is the Associate Editor. | Annual meeting of SEEP Network |
| United States | Training for members of SEEP Network on obtain indicators gotten from impact evaluations and then use them in the Management Information System to monitor impact over time. Trainers of IDEAS: Gammaa Hishigsuren, Brian Beard, and Carter Garber. | Annual meeting of SEEP Network |
| United States | Training for members of the Client Assessment Working Group and SEEP Network on the work of IDEAS with two national networks in Nicaragua, ASOMIF and PROMIFIN-COSUDE. Emerging lessons about the role of networks in client assessment. IDEAS Trainer: Carter Garber. | Annual meeting of SEEP Network |
| United States | Carter Garber was a co-facilitator in the Workshop on the Criteria for the Selection of the Poverty Assessment Tools | Center for Institutional Reform & the Informal Sector at the University of Maryland; USAID |
| Philippines | Training of members of Community Economic Ventures staff in Bohol and Cebu islands to do impact evaluation on their own organization | Community Economic Ventures; CARD (Centre for Agriculture and Rural Development; IDEAS; World Vision US |
| Guatemala | Workshop on program investment guidelines for CARE USA and its Latin American Regional Management Unit, attended by the country offices in Latin America and some HQ personnel. | CARE USA and LARMU |
| United States | Training microfinance practitioners and donors from Asia, Middle East, Africa, US, and Europe. Impact Evaluation. | Microenterprise Development Institute-Southern New Hampshire University. |