A GEDI strategy for 20,000 staff

Published: September 10, 2026 Category: INGOs

IRC GEDI Learning Strategy | Shiftbalance Case Study

How Shiftbalance designed a GEDI learning strategy and curriculum reaching up to 20,000 International Rescue Committee staff.

GEDI Learning Strategy and curriculum, 2023 to 2024

The International Rescue Committee needed to understand where its existing DEI training was working, and where the gaps were, across a workforce of up to 20,000 staff spanning every function and leadership level. Shiftbalance ran the diagnostic first: data analysis and stakeholder interviews to map real learning needs before designing anything.

From there, Shiftbalance built the full Gender, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (GEDI) learning strategy: curriculum, budget, implementation plan, and KPIs, sourcing external providers and designing in-house trainings