Training and Capacity Development

I enjoy developing and conducting training and capacity development processes and programmes, for example on:

Multi-stakeholder processes: developing and conducting courses on multi-stakeholder dialogue, societal change, participation, partnership building (e.g. with Adelphi Research; the Generative Change Community; the Collective Leadership Institute; the International Standard Organisation).

Leadership, communication, knowledge management: developing and conducting training programmes for decision-makers in intergovernmental organisations, civil society networks, and businesses (e.g. with the Rotterdam School of Management).

Women's / gender issues: conducting workshops and ongoing training on gender aspects of sustainable development issues (water, land, tourism, consumption, climate, etc) and supporting women's strategy development towards decision-making (e.g. around UN processes; for decision-makers and researchers);

International policy making processes: supporting effective civil society involvement in policy making though information and strategy workshops, information materials, mentoring and coaching (e.g. around UN processes like the Johannesburg Summit on Sustainable Development, the UNFCCC process, and others)

I have also been teaching at universities at graduate and post-graduate levels,
e.g. at the University of Saarbruecken,
Germany; the Institute for Commonwealth Studies, London; the University of Wageningen, The Netherlands.

This work has brought me to developed and developing countries like Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, the US, and Sweden,
as well as Kenya, Togo, South Africa, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, and others.