Operations & Financial Management Training conducted in Bangkok during 04-08 June, 2015. The attendees were from GIZ Afghanistan and Raleigh International India. The program was planned and conducted part of Risalat TNA in the areas of operations and financial management for NGOs. Based on the gathered data, the program was designed to equip the related staff members of the organization in this program with needed knowledge and tools for better performance in the workplace.
The program held highly interactive and results-oriented delivery methodologies were used by the program consultants for maximum gain of participants. The evaluation results shows delegates found the program as one of the most highly interactive and insightful training they’ve ever attended.
The main contents covered during the program:
- Strategic Operations Management
- Facilities – Location Planning
- Capacity Planning
- Supply Management
- Inventory Management: MRP and JIT
- Just-In-Time Management
- Scheduling Management
- Quality Management
- Dimensions of Quality
- Innovation Management
- What is innovation?
- Project Management in Operation Management
- Human Resources
- The future for operations management
- The challenge of global growth
- The challenge of the Internet
- The challenge of the environment
- Financial Management – Basic concepts in Finance
- Time value of money
- Financial Statements
- Rules to Financial Success
- Budgeting – The Key to Financial Management
- Cash management in Operations
Along with the program preparation, visas and travel arrangement was done by Risalat travel management team for smooth participation of delegates. During the program planning, pre-assessment was conducted for each participant to better understand the attendees specific reasons of attendance and their expectations to best prepare the program as per participants’ needs. During the Operations & Financial Management Training the attendees were provided by all the necessary materials, from reading manual to exercises, practical tools, cases, real examples etc. Program evaluation was conducted and report was submitted to the respective organizations.
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6-days workshop on the Impact Evaluation of Public Policies, Projects, and Programs was conducted in Nuovo City Hotel, Bangkok between 20-25 June 2022. The program was a private event specifically arranged for 5 attendees representing the Ministry of Higher Education, the Ministry of Fisheries, Marine Resources, and Agriculture, and the Ministry of Environment of Maldives.
All workshop sessions were conducted utilizing modern adult-learning techniques. The format was more conversational, encouraging maximum participation of each delegate. A number of training techniques were utilized including knowledge exchange, case studies, and quiz tests.
The key topics covered during the stated workshop were distributed across 6 days. The list includes:
- The importance of measuring the impact and outcomes
- Defining the impact assessment and impact evaluation
- M&E systems in development projects and programs
- Concepts and Methods for impact evaluation
- Overview of M&E Fundamentals for Impact Evaluation
- The Results Framework / LOGFRAME Approach
- Project KPIs
- Attribution & Contribution
- Theory of Change
- Evaluation Questions
- Counterfactuals and Alternate policy decisions
- Causal Reference and Comparison Groups
- Impact evaluation in case of baseline data unavailability
- Experimental, Quasi-Experimental, and Non-experimental research designs
- Sampling
- Sample size, weight, and power
- Valid Comparison Groups
- Difference-in-difference method
- Regression Discontinuity Design
- Instrumental Variables
- Propensity score matching
- M&E Reporting
- Impact Evaluation Reports
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The training on Strategic Business Management was a five-day workshop which was conducted in Bangkok, Thailand. The workshop was attended by participants who came from a variety of organizations operating in Afghanistan including: UNHCR, IDLG, TSCO, USAID/CSSP, and the Inbound Group. The event took place from 20nd to 24th of May 2012.
The Core Topics Covered During the Training Include:
- Learning the Basics
- Business Planning
- Government Regulations
- People and Your Business
- Legal Aspects of the Business
- Marketing and Advertising
- Financing Basics
- Risk Management
- Record Keeping – Accounting
- Financial Statements
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Effective Grants Management Workshop was conducted for the employees of Texas A&M University, Qatar and The Aga Khan University, Pakistan. The program took place in Bangkok, Thailand at the premises of HUBBA, Thailand. The workshop had a duration of 5 days and each day it lasted from 9 am to 5 pm.
The major topics covered throughout the program included:
- Grants Management Cycle
- Proposal Development Process
- Program Budgeting Techniques
- Grant Award, Contract Review, and Compliance Check
- Project Kick-Off
- Grants Monitoring
- Sub-Granting and Partnership Management
- Grants Reporting and Donor Compliance
- Transaction Analysis for Report Review
- Project Co-Financing
- Program Audit
- Grants Close-Out Procedure
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Upon complete of participants assessment, the program was conducted over 17 – 18 March, 2013 in the Radisson Suite Hotel in central Thailand. The program was more relevant to professionals involved in a way or another in the procurement procedures taking place in their organizations. All the delegates who participated in this workshop have procurement responsibility to both support administration activities and projects that their organizations are undertaking. They came from the Save the Children International (SCI) and Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation & Development (MRRD)
The training spanned over a two-day period and was delivered by Mr. Gene the Principal Consultant at Risalat Consultants with experience in several countries including UK, Australia and Thailand. Gene has lived in Southeast Asia for the past ten years and is an experienced consultant, trainer and facilitator. During the past few years, he has worked in Dubai, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam and Cambodia and has led various training programs with participants from over 20 nationalities during this time.
The consultant opened each topic with questions for the participants to share their knowledge and experiences. The expert then used effective delivering techniques mapped from the assessment results as well to build their knowledge and quip them with necessary tools.
Major Topics Covered In This Workshop
The topics with the greatest participant interest were:
- Developing supplier relationships
- Reviewing supplier relationships
- Negotiating contracts with supplier.
Major Topics Covered in the Program:
- The role of procurement in the organization
- Developing supplier relationships
- Reviewing supplier performance
- Managing the tendering process
- Negotiating contract with suppliers
- Understanding the needs of the users of procurement services
- Rationalizing the supplier base
- IT systems in procurement
- Detecting fraud in contracts.
Program ended with an evaluation which was aimed at obtaining participants’ views about different aspects of the program for quality assurance. From the venue to the effectiveness and coverage of the topics, and from the consultant’s knowledge and preparedness to their overall impression of the whole experience.
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