Toolkit type: Training and methodologies

  • 2. PA Safeguarding Partner training presentation Feb 2024

    This presentation, developed by Practical Action for its partners, serves as a comprehensive training on safeguarding practices. Its primary purpose is to ensure that all staff, volunteers, and delivery partners understand their roles in protecting children and vulnerable adults from all forms of abuse, exploitation, and harm. Language: English

  • Gender and Energy – Agency empowerment

    This presentation, developed by Practical Action under the Sustainable Cookstove Sector Program, introduces an agency-based empowerment training aimed at women engaged in energy-related enterprises. Using the “Tree of Life” metaphor, the training guides participants through self-reflection, goal setting, cognitive reframing, and visioning exercises while recognizing structural conflicts that may hinder progress. Leadership models and behavior-change…

  • Gender Training-Partners

    This presentation, developed by Practical Action, provides a comprehensive gender and social inclusion training designed to build awareness, knowledge, and capacity for implementing gender mainstreaming in development programs and organizations. The training emphasizes gender-sensitive and gender-transformative approaches as essential for equitable, sustainable development outcomes. Language: English

  • PA_WEEK III- WEs Training_module on BDS

    This presentation is developed by Practical Action for the ICS Last Mile Entrepreneurs (LMEs) training under the Women in Energy Enterprises (WEE) initiative. It provides a comprehensive curriculum on entrepreneurship, business development, and clean energy technologies. The purpose is to enhance participants’ skills in business planning, customer care, finance management, marketing, clean cooking technologies, and…

  • ICS LMEs Training Curriculum

    This presentation, developed for ICS Last Mile Entrepreneurs (LMEs) by Practical Action, outlines a comprehensive training curriculum designed to enhance their technical, financial, and leadership capacities, with a specific focus on business development and clean energy product sales. This tool aims to strengthen last-mile distribution networks and foster economic independence. Language: English

  • Empowered Entrepreneur Training Handbook

    This training handbook, developed for the Empowered Entrepreneur Training Program by Practical Action, provides a comprehensive curriculum designed to support energy access initiatives by building women’s leadership, agency, and business skills. The handbook emphasizes interactive learning, context-specific adaptation, and the integration of personal agency with entrepreneurial capacity to foster sustainable impact in communities. Language: English

  • 12_Leadership_Empowerment

    This training presentation, designed by Solar Sister, focuses on leadership and empowerment for women entrepreneurs participating in Sister Circle groups. The purpose of the session is to build participants’ self-confidence and personal agency by helping them reflect on their own leadership qualities, life experiences, and aspirations. Language: English

  • 11_Dreamweaver_Pathfinder

    This presentation, developed for Solar Sister, provides a hands-on training module designed to help women entrepreneurs set clear, long-term business and personal goals. Through drawing, discussion, and personalized reflection, the presentation emphasizes self-determination, financial planning, and the importance of community support in realizing entrepreneurial dreams. Language: English

  • 10_Products_and_Services

    This presentation, developed by Solar Sister, is designed to train women entrepreneurs in understanding, promoting, and selling solar energy products. The main purpose is to deepen participants’ product knowledge, increase their confidence in selling, and strengthen customer service skills. Language: English

  • 9_Solution_Seeking

    This presentation, developed by Solar Sister, aims to help participants recognize their personal strengths and networks as primary resources in solving business challenges. Women already possess significant internal and external assets that can be mobilized to overcome barriers in their entrepreneurial journey. Through activities like “Bird in Hand” and “Strength Finder,” the session reinforces self-awareness…

  • 8_Record_Keeping

    This presentation, developed by Solar Sister, outlines a practical training module on financial record-keeping, track sales, inventory, and profits in their small businesses. The main takeaway is that consistent and accurate record-keeping empowers entrepreneurs to make informed decisions, manage inventory efficiently, and assess business performance over time. Language: English

  • 7_Managing_Money

    This presentation, developed by Solar Sister, introduces foundational training in financial management tailored to grassroots business contexts. Understanding and practicing the concepts of capital, profit, and reinvestment are essential for sustaining and growing a business. The training emphasizes financial discipline and business sustainability as cornerstones for women’s economic empowerment. Language: English