Through this program AMICAL provided financial support for the organization and delivery of thematic professional development events targeting participation by multiple member institutions. It was funded by a series of grants from the Mellon Foundation.

The in-person trainings and workshops that AMICAL funded and organized were:

• AMICAL cohort to DHI-B 2019 (American University of Beirut, 2019)
• TALIX: Teaching and Learning Innovation Exchange (American University in Cairo, 2019)
• Co-design: Integrating information literacy into your disciplinary course (American University of Paris, 2017)
• DHI-B: Digital Humanities Institute — Beirut 2017 (American University of Beirut, 2017)
• Assessing and communicating library contributions to institutional priorities (American University of Kuwait, 2017)
• Digital Pedagogy Lab Cairo (American University in Cairo, March 2016)
• Evidence-based planning & decision-making in academic libraries (John Cabot University - January 2016)
• Engage students in creative multimedia production (American University in Kosovo, 2014)
• Workshop on RDA (Resource Description & Access) (American University of Beirut, 2013)
• Forum on “The challenges of discovery services” (Lebanese American University, 2013)
• Faculty and the library (John Cabot University, 2013)
• Collaborative learning technologies (American University in Cairo, 2012)
• Information literacy workshop (American University of Paris, 2011)
• Ethnographic study pilot – Workshop 2 (John Cabot University, 2011)
• Ethnographic study pilot – Workshop 1 (American University of Sharjah, 2009)
• CONSER-SCCTP cataloging workshop (American College of Thessaloniki, 2009)