Individuals Trained: Total (PI2998)

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.