Training / Teaching

Capacity Building & Training

2006: Supporting the European SPAMGO train-the-trainer programme for the new training centre in Tblissi, Georgia: facilitating a course development workshop on communication and knowledge management with Adelphi Research, Berlin. www.adelphi-research.de

2005/2006: Conducting a training in multi-stakeholder processes for the leadership group of the International Standard Association's process on Social Responsibility (ISO SR), under the auspices of the American National Standards Institute (August 2005). Broadening the training to include Working Group and Task Group leaders, led by the Swedish Standard Institute (January 2006).

Previous activities included: Coordinating and facilitating capacity building workshops for NGOs, women's networks and others, on sustainable development, gender issues, international policy-making processes, lobbying, networking and mentoring. Examples include:

	Kenya: Workshop on Women and Sustainable Development, Kajiado, Kenya (1999). An event organized by GROOTS Kenya and UNED-UK. Report (PDF)
	Togo: West African Regional NGO Meeting; a workshop with representatives from non-government organisations from 8 West-African countries, co-hosted by Les Amis de la Terre, Togo, and UNED Forum (2000)
	Germany: Background inputs on process and strategies to women's groups preparatory meetings and consultation processes for the Johannesburg Summit (2001/2002)

University teaching engagements

Preparing and facilitating courses in graduate or post-graduate programmes, for example:

	Landegg International University, Switzerland: developing a full-term course on Multi-Stakeholder Processes within LIU's Programme on Intrenational and Community Development, Spring 2004 www.landegg.edu
	University of Wageningen, Netherlands: Supporting a course on "Facilitating Multi-Stakeholder Processes and Social Learning. Decision-Making for Rural Development. Advanced Course in Upscaling Participatory Approaches." September 2003 www.iac.wageningen-ur.nl and http://www.iac.wur.nl/services/training/regular/MSP_seminar.htm
	Insitute for Commonwealth Studies, London: Visiting scholar; courses on stakeholder participation in decision-making; the Johannesburg Summit process

Information Tools

Coordinating the development of Internet and print information tools on gender issues and social development, for example:

	The Stakeholder Toolkit for Women: website and brochure
	Copenhagen+5: website; NGO survey; policy papers