Course Description

INTRODUCTION

In this Capacity Building for National Sustainable Development training course, you will learn about capacity building for national sustainable development. Capacity-building is defined as the process of developing and strengthening the skills, instincts, abilities, processes, and resources that organizations and communities need to survive, adapt, and thrive in a fast-changing world.

In this skills-building training course, designed for all supervisors, managers, and leaders, you will learn best practices in all important aspects of capacity-building.

Objectives

At the end of this Capacity Building for  National Sustainable Development training course, you will learn to:

Discuss best practices in capacity building for national sustainable development

Understand the importance of stakeholder management

Describe appropriate processes for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

Identify issues related to ethics and corporate governance

List ways to promote capacity-building in your organization.

The benefit of this course

Capacity building for national sustainable development brings opportunities to the organisations in continuous improvement, sustained competitive advantage, and long-term success

A better understanding of the importance of capacity-building

Development of practical skills that can be applied immediately after the training course

Improved collaboration with stakeholders

Operational efficiencies improved, leading to better organisational performance

Develop practical and transferable skills for the future

Develop awareness in capacity-building

Will enable participants to understand current best practices

Course Outline

Day 1

An Introduction to Capacity-Building

Understanding the concept of capacity-building

United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 17: Revitalizing the global partnership

Conditions which enable a country to achieve peace and prosperity for its current and future generations

Capacity building strategies

Day 2

 Leading for a Sustainable Future

What is sustainability?

The business case for sustainability

Sustainability and capacity-building

What this all means for your organisation

The key competencies and behaviours of sustainable leaders

Day 3

Stakeholder Engagement and Management

Stakeholder management

Key tools for stakeholder management

Improving stakeholder communication

Stakeholder engagement

The stakeholder in capacity-building

Day 4

The Ethics Journey

Philosophical ethics

Possible benefits of ethical leadership

The five ethical paradigms

Dealing with ethical dilemmas: The trolley problem

Establishing a successful compliance program

Day 5

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

CSR and the link with capacity-building

Understanding Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

The business case for CSR

Corporate citizenship and organisational image