As part of the implementation of the TOT program in the field of small and
medium enterprises (SMEs), the Arab Planning Institute (API) organized a a training program on "Innovation skills and modern training
methods" during the period from 7/10 to 11/10/2018
for the benefits of the Ministry of Planning of the Republic of Iraq.
The training program aim was to introduce participants to the concept of
creativity and innovation and their role as a prerequisite for the building of
the knowledge-based economy and to achieve sustainable economic and social development.
The program also aimed at facilitating and accelerating training achievements
and how to develop programs by introducing innovative methods, such as
brain-based training, creativity and innovation, active training skills. The
program discussed how the brain systems is composed as well as different types
of memories and their role in the
process of training, as well as the recognition of the role of each in the
processes of creativity and innovation.
The program reviewed five most enriching programs of creativity and innovation
to empower participants with effective skills in creativity and innovation. The
program also included the identification of all types of modern training
methods and their advantages and disadvantages, such as methods in-room
training, on-job training, based on computer, and training using the Internet,
multi-training and active training methods. Active training methods included a
large variety of styles and games that stimulate positive interaction and
participation of trainees. In addition, the program included an emotional
intelligence strategy in training that ensures effective communication between
the trainer and the trainees and access to thier potential.
The program discussed different issues on which the creative trainer
should be familiar, including expected training challenges, all types of
trainees, their qualities and how to deal with them, as well as the types of
trainers, the characteristics of the ideal trainer and common mistakes in
training, in addition to the modern methods of evaluating the training and
measuring its return and the ethics of the training profession. All the material
included in this program is a complete
set of innovative training methods designed
to ensure that the trainee's thinking, feelings and understanding of his
abilities and personality style are more focused, attentive and interactive,
leading to the active participation of the trainees, the acceleration of
training achievements