Development Dialogues in Education

An induction and orientation course for new employees of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC). The course gives you an overview of AKTC and the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), of which the Trust is a part. You will learn about AKTC’s and AKDN’s purpose, our activities, our organisational structure, and where and how we work. You will also better understand how AKTC programmes contribute to the development of communities, collaborate with governments, and work in synergy with other AKDN agencies.

This free online course is aimed at civil society organisation staff seeking to strengthen their proposal development skills in response to international donors including the United States and United Kingdom governments and the European Commission. This course is the Basics of Proposal Development, and a more advanced course – Intermediate Proposal Development, is also available. The course is available in English. This course was produced as part of the Aga Khan Foundation’s Civil Society programme.

The course explores how to design, launch, manage, and grow a financially sustainable ECD centre that supports high-quality child development outcomes. Participants will examine business planning, legal and regulatory requirements, curriculum development, staffing, financial management, marketing, quality assurance, and business growth strategies.

This free online course is aimed at civil society organisation practitioners from East Africa and beyond who want to develop and implement a community philanthropy strategy for their organisation.

This free online course is for civil society organisation staff responsible for fundraising and campaign management. It equips participants with the skills to design and communicate impactful campaigns, from defining goals and value propositions to using traditional and digital media effectively.

This free video course provides insight into how climate change is already impacting, and will continue to impact, communities in both urban and rural settings around the world. It also explores the practical actions that individuals, communities, and Aga Khan Development Network staff can take to adapt to and mitigate climate change. The course is designed to take approximately 1.5 hours to complete and is part of the Aga Khan Foundation’s climate resilience programme.

This free online course is aimed at any organisation aiming to strengthen their internal communications and collaboration with dispersed teams.

This free online course is aimed at civil society organisations seeking to strengthen their external communications and presents an accessible approach to development of the key skills required to design and produce a communications plan.

This free online course is designed for civil society practitioners in East Africa and beyond who want to develop and implement a community philanthropy strategy. Participants will learn how to strengthen CSO sustainability through trust-building, effective fundraising campaigns, and resource mobilisation across sectors.

This course is aimed at civil society organisations seeking to strengthen their resource mobilisation strategy including through corporate fundraising. The course is contextualised within Kenya but relevant to organisations worldwide.

This free practical training on creating an inclusive learning environment is a professional development resource for preschool, primary, and secondary school teachers or teacher mentors. This course is available in Arabic and English. This course is the first in a series of three free training courses in the Inclusive Learning Environment Courses series. The two courses that follow are Development Dialogues in Education and Facilitating an Inclusive Learning Environment Workshop. All three training courses are available for free on The Learning Hub. This course was produced as part of the Aga Khan Foundation’s Education programme.

This free online course is aimed at civil society organisation staff seeking to strengthen their monitoring and evaluation systems and improve programme performance, accountability, and learning. The course introduces key monitoring and evaluation concepts and provides practical guidance on designing and implementing results-based monitoring and evaluation systems. Participants will explore results frameworks, performance indicators, data collection methods, monitoring tools, and approaches for managing risks and assumptions within programme implementation.

This free practical training is designed for people working in Early Childhood Development (ECD) who are responsible for the creation of sustainable and culturally relevant parenting programmes. The course explores how to design, plan, implement, and strengthen parenting programmes that support positive child development and family wellbeing. Participants will examine how to identify child development priorities, define desired changes, make implementation decisions, develop curriculum content, and monitor programme effectiveness. We recommend learners complete the short Working with Parents of Young Children training course, also available for free on The Learning Hub, before starting this course. This course was produced as part of the Aga Khan Foundation’s Early Childhood Development Programme.

This free online course on diversity and inclusion is aimed primarily at professionals who intend to use it with a group of people from one or several organisations to deliver Diversity & Inclusion training.

This free online course was designed for policymakers and decision-makers working in fields related to early childhood development such as in health and nutrition, education, child protection, agriculture and food security, WASH, or emergency preparedness. By the time they complete the course, learners will understand the scientific and economic evidence behind the importance of investing in early childhood development. This video course was produced as part of the Aga Khan Foundation’s Early Childhood Development programme. The course draws on content from the Nurturing Care Framework, the Science of Early Child Development, and the Beginning of Life film. This 90-minute course is also available in Khmer, Lao, and Mongolian.

This free online course on presentation skills can be used by anyone who wants to communicate more effectively through presentations in a professional setting, even if you have never given a presentation before.

Learning provides workshop facilitators with the mindsets, skills, and techniques to run dynamic and memorable workshops in a fun, engaging, and professional way. Facilitators who will find this training course relevant include facilitators of a range of different types of workshops, including those who will be delivering the face-to-face session of a blended learning course. Learners will explore the principles of adult learning, the verbal and non-verbal skills facilitators should hone, individual, pair small-group and large-group facilitation techniques, as well as support on assessment and the giving and receiving of feedback.

This free course on gender mainstreaming in project management is designed for those working in Programmes, Monitoring and Evaluation, Finance, Partnerships and Civil Society . This is an introductory course. It is the first in a three-part series of courses focused on gender, including “Introduction to Gender Analysis” and “Gender Equality Marker: A Tool for AKF.”

This free course supports civil society organisations in strengthening their resource mobilisation strategy by fundraising from individuals. Participants will explore a range of fundraising methods, tools, and non-cash contributions to boost their organisation’s sustainability.

This free online course builds on the Introduction to Finance course, also available on The Learning Hub. It is designed for both civil society organisation (CSO) programme and finance staff seeking to strengthen their financial management skills and improve financial accountability and reporting practices. This course was produced as part of the Aga Khan Foundation’s Civil Society Programme.

This free online course is aimed at civil society organisation staff seeking to strengthen their proposal development skills in response to international donors, including the United States and United Kingdom governments and the European Commission. The course is the Intermediate Proposal Development, and a more beginner course – Basics of Proposal Development, is also available. The course is available in English. This course was produced as part of the Aga Khan Foundation’s Civil Society programme.

This free online course is aimed at civil society organisation programmes staff to support the strengthening of their financial management skills, and is available in English, Portuguese and Russian.

This course is designed for AKF and AKDN staff, as well as anyone working in a Civil Society Organisation, working in Programmes, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Partnerships. It provides practical guidance on conducting gender analysis to ensure policies and projects account for gender dynamics and promote equity.

This free online course is designed for civil society organisations and organisational capacity assessment (OCA) facilitators. Undertaking an organisational capacity assessment is one action to support civil society strengthening, and this course will help you to understand all of the steps required to plan and execute your OCA.

This free online course introduces the concept of organisational performance and explores practical, low-cost, and easy-to-use tools for measuring and strengthening the performance of civil society organisations. Participants will learn how to use the Aga Khan Foundation’s Organisational Performance Index (OPI) tools to assess organisational effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, and sustainability, and how to apply performance data to support organisational learning and improvement. This course was produced as part of the Aga Khan Foundation’s Civil Society Programme in collaboration with Pact and GlobalGiving.

This free course is aimed at civil society organisations as part of their organisational strengthening and planning processes, and builds an overall understanding of what strategy is and how develop, adapt and measure its evolving success.

This free online course is aimed at civil society organisation staff who want to strengthen their fundraising and resource mobilisation strategies.

This free training course on scriptwriting for instructional videos is designed for subject matter experts, instructional designers, educators, writers, and anyone interested in developing video-based or blended learning courses. The course explores how to structure blended learning experiences and develop clear, engaging scripts for instructional video content.

This free practical training is designed for parents and people working in Early Childhood Development (ECD) who are responsible for the creation and delivery of sustainable and culturally relevant parenting programmes. The course explores the role of parents and caregivers in supporting the healthy development and wellbeing of young children. It examines how relationships, environments, stress, and wider social systems influence parenting experiences and outcomes. Having completed this course, participants may also be interested in taking the Designing Parenting Programmes training course, also available for free on The Learning Hub. This course was produced as part of the Aga Khan Foundation’s Early Childhood Development Programme.

This course prepares facilitators to deliver the YES programme to youth, supporting them to develop key employability and entrepreneurship skills. Designed for workshop facilitators with or without prior experience, the training is self-paced, online, and includes downloadable materials. An optional module offers additional guidance for master trainers. Participants will understand the YES framework, describe active learning methods, and identify strategies to implement the programme effectively in their local context.