Training for NGOs and development organisations
Practical, donor-ready training for programme, finance, HR and field teams, delivered in Damascus, at your office or live online.
Why NGOs train with us
Development and humanitarian teams work under real pressure: tight project cycles, demanding donors and staff spread across several locations. Since 2010, Alalamia for Professional Development has helped organisations in Syria build the skills their people need, with training that starts from your programmes and your context rather than from a generic outline.
We are a training company, not a consultancy. We do not design your projects, evaluate your programmes or write your proposals for you. We teach your teams to do these things well themselves, and we give you the records you need to show donors that capacity building has taken place.
- Programmes shaped around your projects, roles and the level of your participants
- Delivery in English, Arabic or both, with bilingual materials where you need them
- Flexible formats for head office staff and field teams alike
- Clear written quotes in USD, with instalments possible when agreed in writing
- Donor-ready documentation as a standard part of every engagement
Packaged topics for development work
We combine courses from our catalogue into packages that suit the way NGOs work. Each package can run as a short workshop, a multi-day programme or a series of sessions spread over several weeks, and we adapt the examples and exercises to your sector.
Where a topic is linked to an external certification, our training prepares participants for it, and we explain the exam route clearly. Many exams, delivered through Pearson VUE and Prometric, can be sat at our Authorised Test Centre in Mazzeh, so your teams can certify without travelling; for others, we help candidates register through the awarding body's own route. Exam fees are separate and paid to the exam provider.
- Project management for development projects, including preparation for the PMD Pro certification
- Monitoring and evaluation: logical frameworks, indicators, data collection and learning from results
- Proposal and report writing for donors, from concept notes to narrative reports
- Finance for non-finance managers: budgets, budget tracking and working confidently with finance teams
- HR and people management for programme and support staff
- Leadership for programme managers: leading teams, managing stakeholders and making decisions under pressure
- Data and reporting with Excel and Power BI, from clean spreadsheets to clear dashboards
- Digital skills for everyday work, including safe and efficient use of online tools
- Microsoft 365 for collaboration: Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Word and Excel
- Humanitarian quality standards awareness: the Core Humanitarian Standard and the Sphere standards as training topics
Donor-ready documentation
Donors and partners often ask for evidence that training has been delivered and has made a difference. We provide that evidence as part of the service, so your programme and grants teams do not have to build it afterwards.
Our own award is an Alalamia certificate, issued to participants who complete the programme. It records the training they attended and is not an external certification.
- Signed attendance sheets for every session, in person or online
- Alalamia certificates for participants who complete the programme
- A training report covering objectives, content, attendance and participant feedback
- Pre- and post-training assessments where you want to show progress
- Documentation in English, Arabic or both
Delivery that reaches field teams
Your people are not always in one place, so our delivery is not either. We can train your teams at our centre in Damascus, at your own office, or live online, and we can combine these formats in one programme.
Live online sessions can be recorded, so staff who miss a session because of field work, connectivity or shift patterns can catch up and stay on track with the rest of the group.
- At our centre in Damascus, Mazzeh Western Villas
- At your office or another venue you choose
- Live online classes with an instructor, with recordings available
- Blended programmes that mix in-person and online sessions
Request a proposal pack
Tell us about your organisation, the teams you want to train and the outcomes you are working towards. We will send a proposal pack with a suggested programme outline, delivery options, a sample of our documentation and a written quote in USD.
Corporate and organisational terms are typically 70% on confirmation and 30% on delivery. Payment is made with our office and is always receipted. Call or WhatsApp +963 991 099 555, or email info@alalamia-sy.com.
Request a proposal
Tell us about your team and goals and we will come back with a training plan and a written proposal within two working days.
Questions and answers
No. Alalamia is a training company. We teach your staff the skills to design, monitor, evaluate and report on projects themselves, but we do not provide consultancy, evaluations or proposal writing services.
Yes. Share the donor's reporting needs with us and we will shape the content, the assessments and the documentation, such as attendance sheets and the training report, to match them as closely as possible.
Yes. Field teams can join live online classes, and sessions can be recorded so that anyone who misses one can catch up. We can also deliver at your office or combine in-person and online sessions.
Participants who complete the programme receive an Alalamia certificate. Where a course prepares for an external certification, such as PMD Pro, the exam is separate, its fee is paid to the exam provider, and we explain to each candidate how the exam is taken and help them register.
We provide written quotes in USD. Organisational terms are typically 70% on confirmation and 30% on delivery, and instalments are possible when agreed in writing. Payment is made with our office and every payment is receipted.
Let's plan your next step together.
Tell us the course or certification you have in mind and we'll send the outline, upcoming dates, fees and private-team options.