Evaluating Training Impact (Kirkpatrick and Beyond) in Kigali

Programme Overview

Public sector institutions and donor-funded projects invest substantial resources into human capital development, yet demonstrating tangible returns on these investments remains a persistent challenge. This five-day executive programme in Kigali provides participants with advanced methodologies to assess, measure and enhance the effectiveness of professional development initiatives. Focusing on structured evaluation models, the course bridges the gap between pedagogical design and measurable institutional performance, ensuring training programmes achieve their intended operational objectives within complex governance environments.

Participants explore foundational adult learning theories, modern instructional systems design, and the operationalisation of established evaluation architectures, principally the Kirkpatrick Four-Level Model and the Phillips ROI Methodology. The curriculum examines training of trainers approaches and digital learning integration, equipping specialists to scrutinise learning interventions from initial needs assessment through to long-term socioeconomic impact. By applying rigorous analytics, participants learn to generate verifiable evidence that satisfies the monitoring, evaluation, and reporting standards of international development partners.

Delivered through a practical lens tailored to African and international development contexts, this workshop enables specialists to establish robust measurement frameworks within their home institutions. Attendees analyse qualitative and quantitative metrics, address attribution challenges in capacity building, and construct practical evaluation protocols. By the conclusion of the course, participants possess the technical capability to demonstrate how workplace learning directly drives organisational reform, service delivery improvements, and public investment sustainability across government ministries and project implementation units.

Governments and public agencies across the region are undertaking critical institutional reforms supported by major development finance institutions including the World Bank, the African Development Bank, the European Union, and the United Nations. These complex investment programmes routinely dedicate substantial budget lines to human capital development, civil service modernisation, and technical upskilling. However, international financiers and treasury departments increasingly demand robust accountability, value for money, and empirical proof of institutional capability gains. Developing in-house expertise in comprehensive training evaluation ensures that capacity-building investments lead to verifiable workplace performance rather than unmeasured expenditure.

Delivered by Risalat Consultants International in Kigali, Rwanda, it combines expert-led sessions, real cases and group work, so that participants can apply what they learn in their own institution.

The Programme Strengthens Institutional Capability

• Andragogy in the public sector: Knowles' adult learning assumptions and institutional context
• The ADDIE and SAM frameworks: Integrating measurement criteria into instructional design
• Conducting rigorous Training Needs Assessments (TNA) to establish baseline metrics
• Overview of evaluation paradigms: Kirkpatrick, Phillips, CIPP, and Brinkerhoff models
• Establishing measurable learning objectives using revised Bloom's Taxonomy for public programmes
• Level 1: Designing valid formative and summative reaction surveys beyond 'smile sheets'
• Measuring learner engagement, relevance, and perceived utility in technical training
• Level 2: Constructing pre- and post-tests, objective knowledge tests, and skill demonstrations
• Fraud risk assessment and fraud risk registers
• Design and testing of internal controls
• The Three Lines model and the role of oversight
• Audit planning, evidence and documentation

It is designed for monitoring and evaluation specialists from public sector ministries, departments, and agencies, project directors and managers of donor-financed investment projects, human resource directors and organisational development managers in the civil service and others who want practical, current skills in fraud, audit and internal control.

The Growing Importance of Evaluating

Public bodies and donor-financed projects are expected to show that funds are used for their intended purpose. Auditors, oversight bodies and financiers increasingly look beyond the financial statements to the controls, records and behaviours behind them.

Fraud and control weaknesses rarely come from one failure. They grow where roles are unclear, records are incomplete and warning signs are not followed up. Teams that understand how fraud happens, and how controls stop it, protect both their institution and the people it serves.

Organisations increasingly require professionals capable of:

• Identify and rate fraud and control risks in their own processes
• Design controls that are proportionate and testable
• Gather and document reliable audit evidence
• Recognise red flags early and escalate them correctly
• Turn findings into practical, agreed actions

Strong fraud, audit and internal control systems help organisations:

• Reduce losses and ineligible expenditure
• Pass external audits with fewer findings
• Strengthen trust with financiers and citizens
• Respond to allegations in a fair and documented way

This Evaluating programme brings these elements together in a practical format, so that participants understand not only what good practice looks like but also how to introduce it in their own setting, with the people and resources they have.

Who Should Attend This Evaluating Training?

This programme is designed for:

• Monitoring and evaluation specialists from public sector ministries, departments, and agencies
• Project directors and managers of donor-financed investment projects
• Human resource directors and organisational development managers in the civil service
• Capacity development officers in regional economic communities and international organisations
• Heads of public sector staff colleges, training institutes, and academies
• Education, health, and infrastructure project officers managing technical assistance components
• Independent development consultants specialising in programme review and evaluation
• Instructional designers and senior trainers responsible for national capacity-building strategies
• Quality assurance officers overseeing institutional learning and development grants
• Internal auditors and audit managers
• Finance managers and accountants
• Compliance and risk officers

The programme suits experienced professionals as well as those moving into new responsibilities. Groups that mix institutions and countries are encouraged, because participants learn a great deal from each other’s experience.

Evaluating Training Objectives

Upon successful completion of this Evaluating Training, participants will be able to:

• Appraise modern adult learning theories and instructional design models to optimise training delivery
• Apply the four levels of the Kirkpatrick evaluation framework to institutional learning programmes
• Implement the Phillips ROI Methodology to isolate the financial and operational effects of training
• Design robust data collection instruments to measure participant reaction, learning, and workplace behaviour change
• Evaluate digital and blended learning solutions against international quality and accessibility standards
• Construct baseline assessments and attribution models to link capacity initiatives to institutional performance indicators
• Formulate comprehensive evaluation reports that align with donor monitoring and results-based management frameworks
• Explain how and why fraud happens, using recognised fraud risk models
• Carry out a fraud and control risk assessment for a real process
• Map controls to risks using the Three Lines model

Each objective is practised during the programme through exercises, cases or group work, so that participants leave able to do it, not only to describe it.

Programme Contents and Structure

Evaluating Training Methodology

The training employs an interactive and pragmatic approach designed specifically for adult professionals in development cooperation. The methodology blends technical masterclasses with hands-on exercises, real-world case studies drawn from multi-donor programmes, and collaborative problem-solving clinics. Participants examine genuine project data, develop bespoke assessment instruments, and test evaluation protocols in simulated civil service environments. Active peer review and guided framework application ensure that conceptual knowledge is immediately translated into actionable tools that can be directly applied to participants' respective institutional projects.

The programme combines:

• Expert-led sessions on current practice
• Regional and international case studies
• Group work and practical exercises
• Simulations and role plays where relevant
• Discussion of participants' own challenges
• Peer learning across institutions and countries
• Practical tools and templates to take back to work
• Daily reflection and action planning

Before the programme, a short pre-assessment helps the facilitators understand each participant’s role and priorities, so that examples and exercises can be adjusted to the group. Each day ends with a short reflection in which participants note what they will apply at work.

Expected Outcomes

Upon completion of this Evaluating Training, participants will be able to:

• Develop systematic evaluation frameworks that track learning impacts from initial engagement to institutional result
• Design valid measurement instruments to capture cognitive, affective, and behavioural capability improvements
• Identify and isolate the specific contributions of capacity building interventions within multi-donor projects
• Calculate the economic and operational value generated by large-scale public sector training programmes
• Audit e-learning and blended professional development systems for instructional quality and delivery impact
• Produce professional training impact reports that satisfy international donor governance and auditing standards
• Assess fraud and control risks in their own processes
• Design and test proportionate controls

Participants leave with a personal action plan and practical tools they can use in their institution from the first week back. Institutions that send several participants can use the programme to agree shared methods and templates across teams, which makes improvements easier to sustain.

Institutional Application of Evaluating Training

This programme supports organisations in strengthening:

• Fraud and corruption risk management
• Internal control frameworks
• Audit and oversight arrangements
• Follow-up of audit findings
• Integrity and reporting channels

Participants return with practical tools to improve:

• Risk registers and control maps
• Audit planning and testing
• Evidence and documentation
• Reporting to management and boards
• Prevention of ineligible expenditure

The programme is built so that learning moves from the classroom into the institution. Participants work on their own processes and documents where possible, and leave with an action plan that their managers can review and support.

Regional Relevance & Application

Europe

European institutions apply fraud, audit and internal control within detailed regulatory frameworks and reform agendas. Participants from Europe can compare their practice with colleagues from other regions and test how established methods work under different conditions.

Africa

Across Africa, ministries, agencies and project teams working in fraud, audit and internal control increasingly operate alongside donor-financed programmes that expect clear systems and evidence. The programme helps participants adapt good practice to the institutions and resources they work with.

Middle East

In the Middle East, national development strategies and diversification plans place growing demands on fraud, audit and internal control. Participants explore how to build the capability these plans need inside public bodies and companies.

Asia

Institutions across Asia combine rapid growth with ambitious modernisation programmes. Participants from Asia can share their experience of scaling systems quickly and learn from approaches used elsewhere.

Pacific

Small island and Pacific states face particular constraints of size, distance and capacity. The programme highlights practical, proportionate approaches to fraud, audit and internal control that suit smaller institutions.

Holding the programme in Kigali, Rwanda brings participants together away from their daily pressures, so they can compare how fraud, audit and internal control is handled in different settings. The same programme can also be delivered in-house for one institution, in its own country or online, with cases taken from its current work.

Host Country Profile – Rwanda

Programmes, Workshops, Exposures, Training Courses in Kigali, Rwanda by Risalat Consultants International

Studying away from their own country gives participants time to focus, a fresh view of their own institution and the chance to build a network with colleagues from other countries.

Evaluating Training Deliverables

Participants receive support before, during and after the programme, so that preparation, learning and follow-up form one continuous experience.

Before the Programme

• Participant Pre-Assessment
• Evaluating Readiness Assessment
• Evaluating Resource Pack
• Preparatory Reading Materials
• Complimentary Visa Support & Advisory

During the Programme

• Airport Pickup & Welcome Assistance
• Accommodation with breakfast: 6 nights, check-in Sunday 3 January 2027, check-out Saturday 9 January 2027 (one night before and one night after the programme)
• Welcome Networking Dinner
• Risalat Training Kit (Bag, Bottle, Mug, T-Shirt, Cap, Passport Cover, Pens, Notebook, Magnet & Keychain)
• Comprehensive Evaluating Training Manual
• Fraud Risk Register Template
• Control Mapping Matrix
• Audit Evidence Checklist
• Findings and Follow-up Tracker
• Practical Workshops & Simulations
• Group Discussions & Peer Learning
• Daily Lunch and Refreshments
• Full Access to Training Venue Facilities
• Mini Pad / Tablet with Digital Learning Materials
• Field Visit (where applicable)
• Entertaining City Tour

After the Programme

• Certificate of Completion
• Risalat Programme Participation Recognition Award
• Post-Training Reference Materials
• Fraud Risk Self-Assessment Guide
• Control Testing Checklist
• Post-Training Support & Follow-Up Guidance
• Programme Report

Institutions can also request a tailored in-house version of this programme, delivered at their premises or online. Request a proposal.

Common Challenges in Evaluating, And How This Training Helps

How can institutions identify and rate fraud and control risks in their own processes?

The programme addresses this directly on the first day (Day 1: Adult Learning Principles, Instructional Design, and Evaluation Foundations), where participants practise the methods involved and adapt them to their own institution, then build it into their action plan.

How can institutions design controls that are proportionate and testable?

The programme addresses this directly on the second day (Day 2: Operationalising Kirkpatrick Levels 1 and 2: Reaction and Learning), where participants practise the methods involved and adapt them to their own institution, then build it into their action plan.

How can institutions gather and document reliable audit evidence?

The programme addresses this directly on the third day (Day 3: Kirkpatrick Level 3: Behaviour Change and Workplace Implementation), where participants practise the methods involved and adapt them to their own institution, then build it into their action plan.

How can institutions recognise red flags early and escalate them correctly?

The programme addresses this directly on the fourth day (Day 4: Level 4 Organisational Results, ROI, and E-Learning Evaluation), where participants practise the methods involved and adapt them to their own institution, then build it into their action plan.

How can institutions turn findings into practical, agreed actions?

The programme addresses this directly on the fifth day (Day 5: Evaluation Governance, Reporting, and Action Planning), where participants practise the methods involved and adapt them to their own institution, then build it into their action plan.

Frequently Asked Questions

When and where does the Evaluating programme take place?

It runs from 4 Jan 2027 to 8 Jan 2027, in Kigali, Rwanda. The registration deadline is shown at the top of this page.

Who should attend?

The programme is designed for monitoring and evaluation specialists from public sector ministries, departments, and agencies, project directors and managers of donor-financed investment projects, human resource directors and organisational development managers in the civil service, capacity development officers in regional economic communities and international organisations, and others who want practical skills in fraud, audit and internal control.

Will I receive a certificate?

Yes. Participants who complete the programme receive a Certificate of Completion from Risalat Consultants International.

Can this programme be delivered for our institution only?

Yes. We can deliver a tailored in-house version at your premises, in another city or online, built around your own cases. Use the proposal request on this page.

Do I need prior experience in fraud, audit and internal control?

No specialist background is required beyond experience in a related role. A short pre-assessment helps the facilitators adapt the sessions to the group.

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