Deadline: 19 March 2019

The Wageningen UR Centre for Development Innovation (CDI) is seeking applications for its short term course on “Facilitating Multistakeholder Partnerships to Foster Sustainable and Inclusive Food Systems”. The course duration is from 4 November 2019 – 22 November 2019 in the Netherlands.

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. Participants will practice with a wide range of participatory methodologies and tools. The course facilitators follow a flexible programme that allows adaptation to the specific needs of individuals and the group.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of the course, participants 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 their own facilitation, and communication skills

Eligibility Criteria

• CDI welcome 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 they are in the challenging position to design, facilitate or participate in MSPs.
• Proficiency in English is required.

How to Apply

Applications can be accessed online through the website. Applicants must first have to create an account on the website and register themselves for the course.

For more information, please visit Facilitating Multistakeholder Partnerships to Foster Sustainable and Inclusive Food Systems.