1. THE ROTARY FOUNDATION VOCATIONAL TRAINING
Vocational Training teams are relatively new in Rotary
The Rotary Foundation funds Vocational Training Teams through a Global Grant.

2. WHAT IS VOCATIONAL TRAINING?
A group of Professionals who travel to another Country to either teach local professionals about a particular field or to learn more about their own.
Vocational Training increases the capacity of the learning community to solve problems, to improve the quality of life in the community and are sustainable
A vocational training team allows more flexibility with the size of the team and they have a common interest or purpose.
Vocational Training teams must align with one of the 6 areas of focus of the Rotary Foundation.

3. HOW DO YOU MEASURE SUCCESS
Successful Vocational training increases the capacity of the learning community to solve problems and improve quality of life in the community

4. HOW IS VOCATIONAL TRAINING FUNDED?
Vocational Training is funded through an application for a Rotary Foundation Global Grant
The District or a Club can apply for a global grant
A Global Grant must be a minimum of $30,000USD
The Rotary Foundation offers grants that support a wide variety of projects, scholarships, and training that Rotarians are doing around the world. There are two types of grants available: district grants and global grants.
District Grants fund short term projects and activities, either local or international that support the Rotary Foundation’s mission. District Grants are generally of a smaller dollar value than Global Grants. Clubs submit their funding requests to the District, which administers and distributes the funds.
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5. WHAT IS THE CRITERIA FOR A VOCATIONAL TRAINING TEAM GLOBAL GRANT?
Must carry out a needs assessment
Sustainable, measurable outcomes
Alignment with areas of focus
International partnership
Global grants support large international activities with sustainable, measurable outcomes in Rotary’s areas of focus. A key feature of global grants is partnership, between the district or club where the activity is carried out and a district or club in another country. Both sponsors must be qualified before they can submit an application.
The minimum budget for a global grant activity is US$30,000. The Foundation’s World Fund provides a minimum of $15,000 and maximum of $200,000. Clubs and districts contribute District Designated Funds (DDF) and/or cash contributions that the World Fund matches. DDF is matched at 100% and cash is matched at 50%.

6. Peace and conflict prevention/resolution
AREAS OF FOCUS
Peace and conflict prevention/resolution
Disease prevention and treatment
Water and sanitation
Maternal and child health
Basic education and literacy
Economic and community development
The Rotary Foundation have identified specific causes to target to maximize local and global impact. Through global grants the Foundation helps clubs focus their service efforts in the following areas:
Peace and conflict prevention/resolution
Disease prevention and treatment
Water and sanitation
Maternal and child health
Basic education and literacy
Economic and community development
Activities funded by Global Grants include:
Humanitarian Projects addressing community needs by providing sustainable, measurable outcomes in the benefiting community.
Vocational Training builds skills within a community by offering local training or by supporting professionals traveling abroad for rigorous study on their profession or to teach local professionals about a particular field. This type of training may be most effective in conjunction with a humanitarian project.
Scholarships fund study by graduate students whose career goals support an area of focus.

7. THE BENEFITS OF A VOCATIONAL TRAINING TEAM
Meet an identified need within the Community
Support at least one of the 6 areas of focus
Provide additional support and training within the community
The length of the study period is variable
Are measureable and sustainable
The number of team members is variable
Team members can be Rotarians
To recap about the benefits of Vocational Training teams:

8. PARTNERSHIPS AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING
The team must come/go from within the International Partner District
Non Rotary partnerships can be arranged
Must have District Committee

9. https://grants.rotary.org/s_main.jsp?lang=1 Learning center
RESOURCES
Learning center
Training materials
There are a number of resources available to help you take full advantage of grant opportunities.
Rotary’s website has a wealth of general and detailed information about grants.
The learning center offers training resources to help you apply for Foundation grants.
The training manuals will help you successfully participate in grants, especially:
Grant Management Manual and the accompanying leader’s guide