PAD Admin

16:03 Apr 11, 2013 

Thanks again, folks, for your highly educated guesses and reasoned comments on this term. Turns out in this case it refers to "préparation au départ," which is what the agency calls their orientation for employees about to depart for the field.

17:29 Apr 10, 2013 

Thanks, Sheila. The NGO is based in France. They respond to emergency humanitarian crises around the world by providing healthcare, infrastructure, sanitation, etc.

16:25 Apr 10, 2013 

And what does it actually do? There are various possibilities I'm finding, relating to residence adaptation in Quebec, development aid/assistance programmes and also direct aid programmes, all called PAD in French. If you know the NGO name and don't want to give it, one of those may yield something.

Unless it's Quebec, maybe "DAP Admin" will actually fit the bill, i.e. training in the administration of aid programmes

14:51 Apr 10, 2013 

Thank you to everyone for the discussion so far. I agree with Peter that "programme d'aide au développement" would seem to fit the context, but not sure how to reconcile "development assistance program" with the "Admin" part. I'm assuming the phrase doesn't refer specifically to the training on accounts & budgeting, since it appears as a header centered at the top of the first page of the document (which is about training related to allocating costs). Have asked client but no feedback yet.

06:54 Apr 10, 2013 

That was my thought too. I'm assuming this is a name given to the training programme covering accounts & budgeting.

06:50 Apr 10, 2013 

It seemed quite likely in this context and Google seems to back it up as a definite possibility.

06:35 Apr 10, 2013 

Could it possibly be "programme d'aide au développement"?

03:53 Apr 10, 2013 

Is it possible to ask the client?