Graduation Approach for Orphans & Vulnerable Children: Putting Together the Pieces

This training builds capacity for participants who work in vulnerable children programming, and who may have little prior experience in graduation approach programming. The activities in the training enable participants to achieve their Graduation Approach objectives by supporting governments and other donors in establishing and managing programs as part of a graduated and interlinking economic strengthening and/or social protection framework. The training focuses on graduation approaches that integrate interventions to reduce beneficiaries' vulnerabilities rather than specifically or exclusively transitioning beneficiaries off of program services. Topics covered include planning and overseeing common components of graduation approach programming, preparing for program exits and managing risks of program beneficiaries slipping back, and monitoring at the individual, household, and program levels. The Graduation Approach: Putting Together the Pieces workshop is designed to enable practitioners to design graduation approach programming that benefits orphans and vulnerable children. The workshop contains four important components: the Facilitator's Guide, the Participant Workbook, slides, and resource materials. The Facilitator's Guide provides guidance on preparing for the training workshop as well as facilitating the set of activities, while the Participant Workbook contains worksheets and reference materials to support participants in applying the knowledge they gain. The training is intended to support the design of graduation approach programming that benefits orphans and vulnerable children. The activities in the training enable participants to achieve their Graduation Approach objectives by supporting governments and other donors in establishing and managing programs as part of a graduated and interlinking economic strengthening and/or social protection framework. The training covers topics such as planning and overseeing common components of graduation approach programming, preparing for program exits and managing risks of program beneficiaries slipping back, and monitoring at the individual, household, and program levels. The training focuses on graduation approaches that integrate interventions to reduce beneficiaries' vulnerabilities rather than specifically or exclusively transitioning beneficiaries off of program services. The training covers topics such as planning and overseeing common components of graduation approach programming, preparing for program exits and managing risks of program beneficiaries slipping back, and monitoring at the individual, household, and program levels. The training is intended to support the design of graduation approach programming that benefits orphans and vulnerable children.