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Nanjing Population Program
Training Centre International
(NITC), an independent training
institution, is directly affiliated
with the National Population
and Family Planning Commission
(NPFPC). It is to assist NPFPC
in the effort to strengthen
both international and south-south
collaboration in RH/FP and
population program, and to
maximize the sharing of country
experiences on the basis of
partnership and mutual benefits.
It is on the campus of Nanjing
College for Population Program
Management (NCPPM). It is
now the “South-South
Cooperation Project”
China Base designated by UNFPA
Beijing and “Global
Leadership Program”
Training Base designated by
South-to-South Partners in
Population and Development.
In the mid-90s when China’s
population and family planning
programs achievements started
to gain international recognition,
China National Population
and Family Planning Commission
began to share its experiences
with foreign visitors. In
1996, NPFPC established Nanjing
Population Program Training
Centre International, located
on the campus of Nanjing College
for Population Program Management
to provide training programs
to developing countries. In
the meantime UNFPA recognized
China’s potential to
exchange experiences with
and provide assistance to
neighbouring countries. Since
then UNFPA helped strengthen
NITC’s training and
technical capacity in the
field of RH/FP to foster South-South
Collaboration. As a result
NITC has upgraded and improved
the quality and dimension
of its course curricula and
training methodologies and
has gained high reputation
in training fields. NITC has
been equipped with modern
communication and training
facilities allowing it to
offer specialized training
programs in strategic management
and leadership, project and
program management, demographic
studies and RH/FP development.
NITC has a strong commitment
to outcomes based training,
not training for training’s
sake. We embrace the life-long
learning philosophy and encourage
our trainees to think likewise.
Wherever possible, a competency
based training approach is
adopted. We focus on changing
behaviour: "If behaviour
does not change, no learning
took place." "Our
task is not to be a sage on
the stage, but a guide on
the side." This is our
philosophy. In the past four
years, NITC has organized
a total of 18 terms of international
training workshops or study
tours with more than 162 international
participants.
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