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Summer School - Leadership for Sustainability Transition - 2022, University of Geneva, Switzerland

Publish Date: Mar 02, 2022

Deadline: Apr 15, 2022

Event Dates: from Jun 27, 2022 12:00 to Jul 08, 2022 12:00

Boost your sustainability career skillset with a 10-days intensive experience into becoming a more resilient and effective agent of sustainable transition. This workshop will help you build your tool-kit at three levels by combining:

  • A solid exploration of effective response mechanisms to change and needed policy frameworks,
  • A practical perspective based on ongoing projects and best practices in Switzerland and beyond,
  • A deeper dive into the self-leadership skills necessary to aspire and engage your community.

 You will Learn cutting-edge solutions for designing, implementing and monitoring sustainability transitions at the Local, National and International Level.
You will Boost your expertise into the role of infrastructures (Grey and Green Infrastructures ) and new strategies such as Nature-Based Solutions to meet sustainability goals while reinforcing societal and systemic resilience.
You will Transform data into a dynamic changemaking tool. By improving or bootstrapping your sustainability data management skills from collection to disclosure.
You will Powerfully manage multiple interactions between various stakeholders (Municipalities and local governments, National governments, International Organisations) in developing new solutions within a 2022 Post-Pandemic Recovery Scenario.
Finally, you will Enhance your inner leadership, alignment to your own purpose and capacity for transformative communication. So that you can bring to life unique visions that fit the impact you want to have in this field.

Enjoy focused knowledge packages provided by guest experts from UN and non UN International Organisations, State and City of Geneva Network with International Organisations, professionals and experts.

Tuition fees 

Professionals : CHF 1’600
External students : CHF 1’300
UNIGE students : CHF 250

Application requirements:
Step 1) Prepare a valid web link* to your supporting documents**
CV : academic and/or professional resume
Motivation letter (maximum of 500 words): explain briefly your motivations to take part in the course of your choice
Reference letter (professor, employer...etc): the reference comes from a professional or academic acquaintance.
University certificate of registration (external students only): only students providing such a certificate are eligible for the external students fee
*Be careful not to provide a protected url (intranet weblink) but a public url. Examples of free accounts you can get a web link from: Dropbox, Google Drive or other
**Please uppload all documents in one (1) single PDF document.

2) Fill in the application form (link below)
Complete all required fields (*) of the application form.

3) Language requirement
Applicants must possess a sufficient command of the language of instruction of the course, demonstrated in their motivation letter, studies and work experience.

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Disciplines

Communication Studies

Governance

Humanities

Leadership

Study Levels

Graduate

MA

Opportunity Types

Online

Eligible Countries

International

Host Countries

Switzerland