Manager approval pack
AidGPT open-cohort training
For humanitarian and development professionals who need to draft, analyse and check work with AI while retaining accountable human review.
Decision summary
- Organisation-funded price
- EUR 350 per participant excluding VAT
- Live commitment
- Six 90-minute live sessions over three weeks, plus 20–30 minutes of practice between sessions
- Format
- Live online teaching with practical work between sessions
Current dates and time options
October 2026
Morning cohort: Tuesdays and Thursdays; 27 and 29 October; 3, 5, 10 and 12 November 2026; 10:00 to 11:30 Cyprus time (08:00 to 09:30 UTC)
Afternoon cohort: Tuesdays and Thursdays; 27 and 29 October; 3, 5, 10 and 12 November 2026; 16:00 to 17:30 Cyprus time (14:00 to 15:30 UTC)
November 2026
Afternoon cohort: Tuesdays and Thursdays; 24 and 26 November; 1, 3, 8 and 10 December 2026; 16:00 to 17:30 Cyprus time (14:00 to 15:30 UTC)
January 2027
Morning cohort: Tuesdays and Thursdays; 12, 14, 19, 21, 26 and 28 January 2027; 10:00 to 11:30 Cyprus time (08:00 to 09:30 UTC)
February 2027
Afternoon cohort: Tuesdays and Thursdays; 16, 18, 23 and 25 February; 2 and 4 March 2027; 16:00 to 17:30 Cyprus time (14:00 to 15:30 UTC)
March 2027
Morning cohort: Tuesdays and Thursdays; 23, 25 and 30 March; 1, 6 and 8 April 2027; 10:00 to 11:30 Cyprus time (08:00 to 09:30 UTC on 23 and 25 March 2027. 07:00 to 08:30 UTC on 30 March; 1, 6 and 8 April 2027)
April 2027
Afternoon cohort: Tuesdays and Thursdays; 27 and 29 April; 4, 6, 11 and 13 May 2027; 16:00 to 17:30 Cyprus time (13:00 to 14:30 UTC)
June 2027
Morning cohort: Tuesdays and Thursdays; 1, 3, 8, 10, 15 and 17 June 2027; 10:00 to 11:30 Cyprus time (07:00 to 08:30 UTC)
July 2027
Afternoon cohort: Tuesdays and Thursdays; 6, 8, 13, 15, 20 and 22 July 2027; 16:00 to 17:30 Cyprus time (13:00 to 14:30 UTC)
August 2027
Morning cohort: Tuesdays and Thursdays; 10, 12, 17, 19, 24 and 26 August 2027; 10:00 to 11:30 Cyprus time (07:00 to 08:30 UTC)
September 2027
Afternoon cohort: Tuesdays and Thursdays; 14, 16, 21, 23, 28 and 30 September 2027; 16:00 to 17:30 Cyprus time (13:00 to 14:30 UTC)
October 2027
Morning cohort: Tuesdays and Thursdays; 19, 21, 26 and 28 October; 2 and 4 November 2027; 10:00 to 11:30 Cyprus time (07:00 to 08:30 UTC on 19, 21, 26 and 28 October 2027. 08:00 to 09:30 UTC on 2 and 4 November 2027)
November 2027
Afternoon cohort: Tuesdays and Thursdays; 23, 25 and 30 November; 2, 7 and 9 December 2027; 16:00 to 17:30 Cyprus time (14:00 to 15:30 UTC)
Practical outcomes
- Create a source-based draft: A usable draft with visible source boundaries.
- Analyse with visible checks: An analysis that shows how its conclusions were checked.
- Build a reusable workflow: A workflow card you can adapt to approved work.
Included
- Nine hours of live teaching
- Practice with realistic fictional project documents
- Source-based drafting, analysis with visible checks and a reusable workflow
- A Full Cohort Workflow Card
Facilitation and support
Thomas Byrnes, Lead facilitator. 15+ years in humanitarian operations across 20+ countries, lead author of the GIZ DCI AI Hub Global Evidence Review, and the Rights-Based Risk Framework for AI in Social Assistance.
The delivery team is assigned for each cohort according to its size, needs and confirmed facilitator coverage.
Participation and commercial conditions
- Live participation matters because the course is practice-led. Contact us before applying if you already know you cannot attend every date, and contact the facilitation team promptly if something changes.
- Learners who meet the stated completion requirements receive a certificate of completion. It is not an externally accredited professional certification.
- You need access to the course platform and an approved general-purpose AI workspace. We confirm practical access requirements before the cohort starts.
Organisations are invoiced at EUR 350 per participant exclusive of VAT. Where the organisation holds a valid EU VAT number, the invoice is issued under the reverse charge with no VAT added, and the organisation accounts for VAT in its own return. Where the organisation does not hold a VAT number, VAT is added at the rate applying in the country where the organisation is established.
An employer buying open-cohort places uses the organisation-funded invoicing route. A private programme is a separate commissioned offer, quoted after a training discussion.