Overview
Localisation requires a culturally adapted ‘systems thinking’ approach and calls for meaningful power-sharing strategies along with linguistic, cultural and religious competence and genuine co-creation processes with national, regional and community actors.
Informed by IDVRM’s international research partnerships and programme experience across development, humanitarian and migration settings, this course seeks to strengthen participants’ ability to move beyond localisation rhetoric to locally embedded organisational and programmatic practices. It strengthens participants’ capacity to integrate contextual knowledge and leadership, regional expertise and cultural and religious resources across the programme cycle – from design and implementation to monitoring and evaluation.
Our distinct value: This training integrates cultural and faith literacy into safeguarding practice, addressing the realities of cross-cultural and minoritised community contexts often overlooked in standard safeguarding courses.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Understand and apply principles of effective localisation, co-creation and cultural contextualisation in GBV programme delivery.
- Conduct contextual, systems-based and power-informed analyses to inform programme decisions and design.
- Co-design programmes with community-based researchers, cultural and religious actors, ensuring cultural relevance and programme ownership at community level.
- Develop localisation strategies that embed regional expertise, language diversity and community representation.
- Monitor and evaluate programmes for localisation and contextual responsiveness.
Who It’s For
- International NGOs and partner organisations
- Programme designers and localisation leads
- Commissioning staff
- Policy specialists and donors
- GBV practitioners and programme delivery teams
The course is particularly beneficial for organisations working in cross-cultural, religious, low-income and vulnerable communities, including conflict-affected, post-conflict, displacement and migration contexts.
Format
A half-day/full day online module or a blended week-long workshop
Example format: 3-hour online module for half day, or 2 x 3-hour sessions for full day
Group tasks, contextual mapping exercises and case-studies.
Certificate of completion issued by IDVRM
Price: Half day £400 | Full day £800 (blended week-long workshop available upon request)
T&Cs:
All courses are costed at £200 per 90 minutes, which includes preparation time, trainer fee and internal administrative costs (but please note that this is subject to change based on market competitiveness, internal costs and trainer availability). We recommend that courses should have a duration of at least 3 hours to achieve in-depth analysis, interactivity and learning outcomes.
Courses are delivered online by the IDVRM team and affiliated specialists. The specific trainer/group of trainers can be agreed with the client at the time of curating our services.
All courses are online and limited to 15 participants. It is possible to expand participation and course duration, but this will be reflected in the price to capture additional time of preparation, number of trainers and training duration.
Courses can be delivered in person, but in that case, clients must provide a venue and reasonable travel and accommodation arrangements for the trainer(s). If delivering the course requires international travel, the cost must be covered by the client and sufficient time must be allowed for travel arrangements to be made.
Low-income and charity clients: In line with our decolonial mission, we offer special discounts for charities and organisations working at the grassroots level who are under-funded and work in low-income environments. Please contact us to discuss the possibilities.
