Professional Learning for Public Health and Development

ARK Center for Professional Learning (ARK CPL)

Practical, outcome-driven professional training for public health and development practitioners.

Designed for serious professional growth

Built for practitioners, institutions, and development partners seeking applied, high-quality learning with real implementation value.

Applied learning Expert facilitators Donor and partner friendly

Why ARK CPL

Practice-first Short, structured learning designed for real-world decision-making.

Expert-led Facilitated by experienced public health, policy, and research professionals.

Partnership-ready Built to support institutions, teams, and development-focused collaboration.

Ideal for professionals, institutions, and partners seeking credible, implementation-oriented learning.

Applied Practical tools, case work, and outputs

Credible Facilitators with field, research, and policy expertise

Why This Matters

Learning built for relevance, action, and credibility

ARK CPL is designed for professionals and institutions that need more than theoretical training. Each course is built to deliver practical value, strengthen implementation capability, and support high-quality professional growth.

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Immediate Relevance

Professional short courses with clear workplace value and direct application.

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Practical Capability

Designed to strengthen tools, judgment, and implementation, not just conceptual understanding.

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Partnership Readiness

Well-suited for donors, institutions, and capacity-strengthening collaborations.

About ARK CPL

Applied learning designed to strengthen professional practice

ARK CPL helps professionals move from theory to implementation with structured learning that is relevant, credible, and immediately usable.

Practice-based Expert-led Institution-ready

The ARK Center for Professional Learning (ARK CPL) is an initiative of ARK Foundation, designed to strengthen the capacity of professionals working across public health and development sectors.

A rapidly evolving professional landscape calls for learning that goes beyond theory, equipping professionals with practical tools, relevant frameworks, and implementation-focused skills. ARK CPL addresses this gap by offering structured, high-quality training programmes grounded in real-world experience.

Our courses are developed and delivered by a diverse pool of academics, practitioners, and policy experts, ensuring a balance between conceptual rigour and field relevance.

Participants at an ARK CPL training session

A recent training session conducted by our team.

What We Offer

A sharper, more credible learning experience

Our model combines structured course design, expert facilitation, and collaborative learning so participants gain practical outputs they can use in real professional contexts.

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Professional Courses

Structured short courses designed to build practical competence in public health, research, and development practice.

Structured and outcomes-focused

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Applied Learning

Case-based learning that simulates real-world challenges and decision-making scenarios.

Built around real situations

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Practitioner-Led

Sessions led by experienced professionals with direct field, policy, and research experience.

Experienced facilitators

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Collaborative Learning

Interactive sessions encouraging peer learning, discussion, and practical problem solving.

Discussion, reflection, and exchange

Our Learning Approach

Built around action, not abstraction

Experiential, scenario-based learning
Integration of relevant tools and templates
Emphasis on practical application
Interactive sessions and group work
Continuous facilitator feedback

ARK CPL programmes are designed to move beyond passive learning. Each course integrates activities, case work, and application exercises that help participants translate learning into action.

Participants leave not only with knowledge, but with practical resources, tools, and frameworks that can be directly applied in their professional roles.

Every participant leaves with practical tools, frameworks, and outputs, not just concepts.

Featured Course

Project Management in Public Health

From planning to implementation, build real-world project management skills.

A practical, hands-on short course designed to support professionals working with the essential skills required to plan, implement, and manage public health projects effectively. Participants will work through real-world case scenarios, developing project frameworks, operational plans, risk mitigation strategies, and monitoring approaches.

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Our Facilitators

Led by professionals with academic, field, and policy expertise

Prof. Rumana Huque

Health economist and public health systems expert, with leadership in national health financing, policy development, and international research collaborations.

Prof. Shah Monir Hossain

Former Director General of Health Services with over 40 years of experience in national health system leadership, policy, and public health education.

Prof. Mohammad Tajul Islam

Public Health Specialist with 30+ years of experience in programme design and quality improvement across WHO, UNICEF, and large-scale national initiatives.

Dr. S M Abdullah

Health economist and Associate Professor at the University of Dhaka, with international research contributions in tobacco control and health policy, and expertise in econometrics, impact evaluation, and evidence-based decision-making.

Dr. Jucy Merina Adhikari

Senior public health leader with extensive experience in immunisation, MNCH, and large-scale programme implementation with UNICEF, WHO, and Gavi.

Zunayed Al Azdi

Public health and implementation specialist with expertise in project design, field operations, and managing complex, multi-partner health programmes.

Samina Huque

Monitoring and research specialist with experience in large-scale public health programmes, data systems, and multi-country project coordination.

Partner With Us

Support practical learning that strengthens systems and people

We welcome collaboration with universities, development partners, and technical organisations to co-design and deliver high-impact professional learning programmes.

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