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1. **Introduction** This training manual is developed to assist in the running of workshops on the trade facilitation implementation toolkit. It serves as a guiding template for a three-day workshop on the toolkit. It helps trainers to prepare their workshops, shows them how to structure the training, and gives pedagogical and didactical guidelines in order to achieve the learning objectives of the participants.

2. **Target audience** This training package is aimed at departmental managers and IT managers who act as decision makers and are part of the project steering group (particularly important during the strategic planning phase).

3. **Learning objectives** The manual equips future trainers/facilitators with a set of competencies that allows them:

- to analyse the learning needs of the target audience, - to develop a three-day workshop on the use of the trade facilitation implementation guide, - to share knowledge and methodologies to facilitate and conduct this workshop, and - to evaluate the learning results achieved by the target audience and to track the impact of the workshop.

4. **Structure of the training package** This package contains a set of questions that the trainer might ask when preparing, implementing and evaluating workshops on the trade facilitation implementation guide. This modular approach allows a certain flexibility for the trainer and gives concrete answers on his or her particular needs.

Also a series of features have been added to the training package:

- a three-day agenda on how to organize the workshop, - a cover letter to send to the participants before the workshop and a learning needs analysis tool, - a checklist for the facilitator, and - a set of powerpoint presentations that support the different learning activities.

5. **A specific learning approach** This guide incorporates a specific learning approach which can be summarized as follows:

participatory - learner centred - context based - flexible design - experiential learning - ....

//Participatory and learner// //centred// The activities that the trainer facilitates will place the learners in a central role to enable them to be familiar with the guide. There is a gradual shift from knowledge transfer from the trainer to the stage where the participants have the necessary competencies, and this is achieved in an interactive and participatory way.

//Context based and flexible design// Specific itineraries have been developed for the different key topics on trade facilitation implementation in order to give the participants a contextualized approach based on real situations. In this way participants do not have to follow a linear approach but can follow a itinerary based on their own learning needs and interests.

//Experiential learning// The learning activities are not merely theoretical descriptions of trade facilitation implementation issues. They stimulate active involvement and encourage the participants to reflect on their own experiences.

6. **Standards of excellence for future trade implementation facilitation trainers** The selected trainer must:

- display good overall thematic knowledge of the different trade facilitation implementaion issues, - have good facilitation skills and understand what adult learning is all about, - respect diversity as a core value in the training process, and - build trust within the community of participants.