Environment and Sustainable Development

Short course Global Environmental Policy Programme - Strategic Sustainability Leadership Program Executive Training 2019

GEPP trains on global sustainability dynamics, focusing on scientific knowledge, governance and negotiation. It empowers professionals with cutting-edge tools and skills to anticipate, design, implement and monitor localized sustainability transition in private and public institutions.

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Period

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80 Teaching hours

GEPP: 10 days SSLP: 7 days

Language

English

Format

On-site

Contact

Alexandre HEDJAZI
alexandrebabak.hedjazi(at)unige.ch

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Location

Genève, Boston, Beirut, Baku

Registration

Early bird deadline

30 March 2019

Registration deadline

19 September 2019

Fees:

CHF 4800 / CHF 4300 (withouht weekend field trip)

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Objectives

Conceptualize sustainability from a holistic, interdisciplinary approach
Integrate key business sustainability tools and strategic methods within a company or organization
Support a long-term strategy based on economic, environment and societial commitments towards new dynamics of global governance
Empower participants with entrepreneurial thinking for problem-solving, negotiation techniques, and data scaling tools to trigger impact
Develop an international network of sustainability leaders

Audience

Motivated professional, changemaker from the public (Government, NGOs, IOs, etc.) and private sector who wish to better understand sustainability practices and global governance to make a positive impact on society and workplace.

Learning outcomes

Negotiations Skills and Consensus Building

Understanding, Designing, Managing and Monitoring Innovative Strategies to Current and Future Sustainability Challenges

Mastering Sustianbilty Data Collection, Governance, Analysis and Dissemination

Circular economy and financial tools for sustainability

Global Governance dynamics and Tools

Sustainability Nexuses

Integrated risk management

Sustainability Ethnics and Trade-offs

Programme

GEPP.Exec and SSLP embrace the triple bottom line concept: mindful actions and behaviors embracing a global world-view to recognize the connection between environment, economy and society. GEPP takes place in Geneva, with modules on diagnostic method, design thinking, forecasting/backcasting potential challenges, strategic use of data in negotiations, climate, energy, cities, environmental, financial, and policy data. SSLP takes place internationaly, with modules on practical implementation of sustainability transitions depending on the specificities of the context.

Director(s)

Dr. Alexandre HEDJAZI, Institute for Environmental Sciences (ISE), University of Geneva

Coordinator(s)

Dr. Alexandre HEDJAZI, University of Geneva
Dr. Matteo TARANTINO, University of Geneva

Partnership

UN Environment Program UN Economic Commission for Europe Harvard University ZOFNASS Program

Admission criteria

Higher education diploma

Professional experience

Number of participants

Le nombre de participants est adapté à la pédagogie choisie.