Number of individuals who received training offered by the organization during the reporting period.
Organizations should footnote the type and extent of the training provided, as well as who received that training. See usage guidance for further information.
This metric is intended to capture the number of individuals who received training services of any type from the organization during the reporting period. Examples include sessions on enterprise or business development, women’s empowerment, or diversity and inclusion, among other learning topics. Organizations should footnote details on the provided trainings.
Training may or may not be restricted to clients of the organization and may be either fee-based or provided for free. Organizations should not include training of an organization’s own employees under this metric, which should instead be captured by Employees Trained (OI4229).
This metric may apply to organizations operating in microfinance or agriculture, as well as other sectors in which organizations often provide training to clients and other community members.
This metric may help describe the HOW MUCH Scale dimension, which helps estimate the number of the targeted stakeholders experiencing the outcome. For more on the alignment of IRIS metrics to the five dimensions of impact, see IRIS+ and the Five Dimensions of Impact (https://iris.thegiin.org/document/iris-and-the-five-dimensions/). No single metric is sufficient to understand an impact; rather, metrics are selected as a set across all dimensions of impact. When possible, the selection of metrics to measure and describe the five dimensions should be based on best practice and evidence.
This metric has 2 related submetrics.
Metrics identified as "cross-category" are those that are relevant to any IRIS+ Impact Category or Impact Theme (i.e., these metrics are not specific to any particular industry/category or theme).
June 2022 - IRIS v5.3 Released (current version)
Immaterial change. Minor revision to usage guidance for clarity.
January 2020 - IRIS v5.1 Released
Immaterial change. Minor revision to Usage Guidance for clarity.
May 2019 - IRIS v5.0 Released
No change.
March 2016 - IRIS v4.0 Released
Immaterial change. Minor revision to metric name in order to align with the catalog's structure and style.
March 2014 - IRIS v3.0 Released
New metric. Individuals Receiving Training: Total (PI2998) was developed via the IRIS Taxonomy Group.
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