Training Projects
U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking, Facilitation Services (2009-2011)
EnCompass provides organizational, logistics, facilitation, and reporting services on behalf of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of International Labor of Affairs, Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking. The office holds conferences, meetings, and symposia for researchers, field practitioners, and the general public on a variety of child-labor related topics and opportunities for sharing common knowledge, lessons learned, and good practices.
U.S. Agency for International Development, Curriculum Development and Facilitation for the Program and Project Management Training Program (2010-2011)
EnCompass is a subcontractor to the International Resources Group for the Program and Project Management Training program. EnCompass provides facilitation and support for the redesign for the following core training courses at USAID: Acquisition and Assistance (A&A) Management for Contracting Officer Technical Representatives/Agreement Officer Technical Representatives (COTRs/AOTRs), Programming Foreign Assistance, and Project Design and Management.
U.S. Agency for International Development, Afghanistan Pre-departure Training (2010-2014)
EnCompass has designed and facilitates an 8-day training for new USAID direct hires and Foreign Service Officers (FSOs) deploying to Afghanistan. In addition to providing participants with the foundational knowledge and skills they need to effectively fulfill their roles as USAID representatives, this training also guides them in completing all the their pre-deployment logistics. Through this program, EnCompass provides USAID field program officers and Kabul staff with an in-depth exploration of USAID’s Stability Operations and humanitarian assistance, reconstruction programs in Afghanistan; USAID/Afghanistan’s structures, culture, systems and programs; resources available to respond to the technical demands of USAID’s work in the country on-the-ground realities of working in Afghanistan including history, culture, language and the conflict environment and relationships with key partners including US military operations and other international, national and local players. The program is facilitated by a team of trainers with deep expertise and experience in USAID and in working in Afghanistan.
United Nations Organization, Training and Facilitation (2010-2012)
EnCompass supports a key UN organization by facilitating meetings and events and conducting training of trainers. EnCompass facilitators provide design and delivery support to enable successful and effective meetings. The aim of this work is to help groups of staff and stakeholders work together to solve problems, discuss issues, plan and implement activities, build teams, make decisions, and manage change EnCompass is designing and delivering five-day training of trainers workshops for program staff.
International Resources Group (IRG), USAID’s Program Project Management Training Project, Training and Facilitation (2010-2012)
The Program Project Management Training project (PPMT) offers an integrated core suite of training courses and specialized advanced training and advisory services to USAID. EnCompass supports IRG by providing training and facilitation, curriculum development, and e-learning design services through the following programs:
- Acquisition and Assistance (A&A) Management for Contracting Officer Technical Representatives/Agreement Officer Technical Representatives (COTRs/AOTRs)
- Project Design and Management
- Programming Foreign Assistance
U.S. Agency for International Development, Training and Facilitation (2006-2012)
EnCompass develops and facilitates workshops, delivers proprietary and customized training, and facilitates a variety of staff developmental activities, which include:
- Development Leadership Initiative for new Foreign Service Officers
- New Employee Orientations, both general schedule and foreign-service professionals
- Supervision Skills training for managers, supervisors, and team leaders stationed in missions worldwide and at headquarters
- Working Across Cultures workshops
- Training of internal coaches
- Human Resource Management training for managers and supervisors
In addition to training and facilitation, EnCompass provides project management support, contributes to program design, and collects and compiles evaluation data.
U.S. Agency for International Development, Development Outreach and Communications Program (DOC) (2012-2017)
As a subcontractor to MSI, EnCompass is providing technical assistance and training support for USAID’s Development Outreach and Communications Officers (DOC) Program through the organization of workshops, design of training materials, the facilitation and exchange of best practices. DOC officers are staff in USAID missions charged with communicating to host country audiences the ways in which US foreign assistance supports economic and social development in their country.