IRM imparts training to one million people
February 01, 2012
Islamabad
As many as one million people have so far received training to ensure their capacity building for the purpose of developing expertise through managerial skills of professionals from divergent organizations as well as community members at grass-roots level, Roomi Saeed Hayat, chief executive officer of NRSP- Institute of Rural Management (IRM), said on Monday.
Talking to this correspondent he said the activities of the social mobilisation training programme are most pronounced in the field of participatory development, rural development, human resource management/ development and organizational development for rural communities.
He said IRM is committed to building the capacities of rural communities and empowering them to harness their true human, social and economic potential for an improved quality of life.
“The institute aims to reduce poverty prevailing among the rural masses through a variety of training programmes. It also focuses on building a strong team of development professionals not only within the RSPs but across the country and region including government staff, elected members of the local bodies, civil society and corporate sector,” he said. He said various professionals from the non-profit sector, donor agencies, government organizations, corporate sector and RSPs benefited from the vast spectrum of IRM training and human resource management services.
Roomi said the strength of the programme lies in the institute’s enormous consortium of exceedingly proficient and knowledgeable professional trainers that have hands on experience in their respective areas including management, social mobilization,
training methodology, project management, planning, research and monitoring and evaluation.
He said, “Actual training methodology is followed to make concepts more applicable to real world applications. The combination of methods including interactive lectures, role plays, group discussions, pictorial handouts, review technique, brain storming, case studies, practical exercises, exposure visits and group work make the training course distinctive.”
As many as one million people have so far received training to ensure their capacity building for the purpose of developing expertise through managerial skills of professionals from divergent organizations as well as community members at grass-roots level, Roomi Saeed Hayat, chief executive officer of NRSP- Institute of Rural Management (IRM), said on Monday.
Talking to this correspondent he said the activities of the social mobilisation training programme are most pronounced in the field of participatory development, rural development, human resource management/ development and organizational development for rural communities.
He said IRM is committed to building the capacities of rural communities and empowering them to harness their true human, social and economic potential for an improved quality of life.
“The institute aims to reduce poverty prevailing among the rural masses through a variety of training programmes. It also focuses on building a strong team of development professionals not only within the RSPs but across the country and region including government staff, elected members of the local bodies, civil society and corporate sector,” he said. He said various professionals from the non-profit sector, donor agencies, government organizations, corporate sector and RSPs benefited from the vast spectrum of IRM training and human resource management services.
Roomi said the strength of the programme lies in the institute’s enormous consortium of exceedingly proficient and knowledgeable professional trainers that have hands on experience in their respective areas including management, social mobilization,
training methodology, project management, planning, research and monitoring and evaluation.
He said, “Actual training methodology is followed to make concepts more applicable to real world applications. The combination of methods including interactive lectures, role plays, group discussions, pictorial handouts, review technique, brain storming, case studies, practical exercises, exposure visits and group work make the training course distinctive.”
