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
September 2026
Morning cohort: Tuesdays and Thursdays; 22, 24 and 29 September; 1, 6 and 8 October 2026; 10:00 to 11:30 Cyprus time (07:00 to 08:30 UTC)
Afternoon cohort: Wednesdays and Fridays; 23, 25 and 30 September; 2, 7 and 9 October 2026; 16:00 to 17:30 Cyprus time (13:00 to 14:30 UTC)
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
Morning cohort: Fridays and Saturdays; 27 and 28 November; 4, 5, 11 and 12 December 2026; 10:00 to 11:30 Cyprus time (08:00 to 09:30 UTC)
Afternoon cohort: Fridays and Saturdays; 27 and 28 November; 4, 5, 11 and 12 December 2026; 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.