Donors, regulators and boards now hold organisations responsible for what their partners, contractors and sub-grantees do with funds, data and people in their care. A partner that diverts money, breaches sanctions or fails to protect beneficiaries from exploitation exposes the prime recipient to repayment demands, suspended funding and lasting reputational harm. Across five days you learn to tier third parties by risk, screen them against UN, EU and OFAC sanctions lists, trace beneficial ownership, run adverse media searches and carry out organisational capacity assessments modelled on HACT micro-assessments and donor pre-award surveys.
Later sessions turn findings into action: risk ratings, capacity-building plans, special award conditions, flow-down clauses and PSEA safeguarding requirements written into partner agreements. You also practise spot checks, financial monitoring visits, red-flag escalation and closeout reviews. Grants and compliance officers, partnership managers, finance and internal audit staff, procurement teams and programme directors in NGOs, UN agencies, foundations and donor-funded companies will benefit most. Participants finish able to run a defensible due diligence file from onboarding to closeout. Classroom, online and in-house options are available, with a CPD-accredited certificate.
Most development and humanitarian funding now reaches communities through chains of intermediaries: local NGOs, community-based organisations, consortium members, suppliers and cash-transfer agents. Each link carries risk that the funding organisation still owns. Weak partner controls lead to disallowed costs, sanctions exposure, diversion of aid and safeguarding failures, while overly heavy vetting slows delivery and pushes capable local organisations away. Getting the balance right has become a core competence for any organisation that passes on donor money or relies on outsourced delivery.
The Third-Party Due Diligence and Implementing-Partner Compliance Training Course follows the partner relationship from first contact to closeout. Participants start with risk appetite and third-party mapping, then work through integrity screening, ownership checks and organisational capacity assessment covering governance, financial management, procurement, safeguarding and data protection. The middle of the week covers risk rating, mitigation measures and the compliance terms that belong in partner and sub-award agreements. The closing sessions deal with ongoing assurance: monitoring visits, spot checks, audits, incident reporting, investigations and decisions to suspend or exit a partnership. Principles from ISO 37001 on business associate due diligence and the Core Humanitarian Standard are used to frame proportionate practice.
Teaching is built on realistic partner files, screening results and agreement extracts. Participants assess sample organisations, debate risk ratings in groups and draft the documents their own teams need, leaving with a tested approach they can apply at their next partner onboarding.
On completing the programme, participants will be able to:
By the final session, each participant will have:
Learning is anchored in the documents and decisions that partner compliance teams handle every week:
Day 1: Third-Party Risk and the Compliance Landscape
Day 2: Integrity Screening and Background Checks
Day 3: Organisational Capacity Assessment
Day 4: Risk Rating, Mitigation and Partner Agreements
Day 5: Ongoing Assurance, Incidents and Exit
Participants typically work where funds, goods or services pass through partners and suppliers, for example:
A CPD-accredited Certificate of Completion issued by Vision Reach Global Consultancy is awarded to each participant who attends the full programme and completes the partner assessment and drafting exercises.
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By the end of the Third-Party Due Diligence and Implementing-Partner Compliance programme, you'll be able to map an organisation's third parties and segment them into risk tiers that set the depth of due diligence, conduct integrity checks covering sanctions lists, politically exposed persons, beneficial ownership and adverse media, assess a partner's governance, financial management, procurement, safeguarding and data protection capacity, and assign a defensible partner risk rating and select proportionate mitigation measures. The full breakdown of topics is covered session by session in the Course Outline tab above.
Participants typically work where funds, goods or services pass through partners and suppliers, for example: Grants managers and sub-award officers in NGOs and UN agencies, Partnership and localisation coordinators, Compliance, risk and ethics officers, Finance managers and internal auditors overseeing partner spending, Procurement and supply chain officers vetting vendors, Safeguarding and PSEA focal points, Programme and country directors approving partnerships, Foundation and donor staff conducting pre-award assessments, and Anti-bribery and corporate compliance staff in companies that use agents and distributors.
Third-Party Due Diligence and Implementing-Partner Compliance Training Course typically runs as 5 Days. It's available as in-person classroom, live virtual, and in-house corporate training — every course can also be delivered on-site for your team on dates that suit you.
Third-Party Due Diligence and Implementing-Partner Compliance Training Course is scheduled in-classroom in Nairobi, Kenya, Mombasa, Kenya, Naivasha, Kenya, and Kisumu, Kenya, and 14 other locations, plus a live interactive virtual classroom you can join from anywhere. Check the schedule panel above for exact upcoming dates and fees in each location.
The next live virtual cohort of Third-Party Due Diligence and Implementing-Partner Compliance starts October 26, 2026, with new classroom cohorts also running on a rolling basis. Pick a date and location in the schedule panel above, then click "Register for the Course" — it takes a few minutes and your seat is confirmed once payment or a signed purchase order is received.
Yes — delegates who meet the attendance requirement receive a Certificate of Completion for Third-Party Due Diligence and Implementing-Partner Compliance Training Course from Vision Reach Global Consultancy, issued in the name you register with, so double-check the spelling at checkout.
Third-Party Due Diligence and Implementing-Partner Compliance Training Course is pitched at intermediate professionals. If you're unsure whether it's the right fit for your current role or background, message our training advisors before you register and they'll help you confirm.
Fees for Third-Party Due Diligence and Implementing-Partner Compliance Training Course vary by delivery location and format and are shown in real time in the schedule panel above once you pick a date. Register 3 or more delegates on the same course together and a 5% team discount is applied automatically — larger cohorts can request a custom corporate quote.
Yes — Third-Party Due Diligence and Implementing-Partner Compliance Training Course can be delivered on-site at your offices (or virtually for distributed teams), with case studies and examples tailored to your industry and the specific challenges your team is working through. Switch to the "In-House" tab in the schedule panel above to request a proposal.
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