Apply! Fostering Sustainable and Inclusive Food Systems

The Wageningen UR Centre for Development Innovation (CDI) is seeking applications for its course on “Facilitating multi-stakeholder partnerships to foster sustainable and inclusive food systems.” The course starts from 22 October 2018 until 9 November 2018.

The course is highly interactive and builds on the participants’ own experiences and cases of MSPs. Participants will have active discussions, work on group assignments, engage in role-plays and undertake fieldwork to explore a real-life MSP.

Deadline
10 September 2018

Course Objectives
Upon completion of the course you will be able to:
-to understand the concepts and rationale of multi-stakeholder partnerships, complexity and institutional change;
-to analyse different types of multi-stakeholder partnerships in terms of the issues at stake, the stakeholders, their interests, (power) relations, conflicts, external context, etc.;
-to discover how to design and plan an extended MSP;
-to practice and learn how to use a broad range of participatory methodologies and tools in MSPs;
-to be challenged on your own facilitation, and communication skills.

Eligibility
-The course welcomes participants who are involved, or will be involved in the future, in the facilitation of multi-stakeholder partnerships.
-Participants may work for an NGO, government, private sector organisation, research facility, university or consultancy and you are in the challenging position to design, facilitate or participate in MSPs.
-Proficiency in English is required.

Application
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