Trainings

This course aims to strengthen the capacity of participants to understand the principles of international labour standards (ILS) as they relate to company operations (including due diligence related to labour rights) and how these principles can be most effectively implemented in company operations along their supply chains. This course is designed for CSR professionals (in companies, consulting firms or CSR initiatives) seeking to align operations, including supply chains, with ILS principles or dealing on a daily basis with challenges related to respecting workers' rights. Managers of companies supplying to brands which are faced with many, and often conflicting, demands, may find this course particularly useful. In addition, this course might be of interest to trade unions, civil society organizations and government officials dealing with national CSR policies and/or national action plans on business and human rights. At the end of the course, participants will: 

• Be familiar with ILO’s core labour standards (child labour, forced labour, discrimination, and freedom of association and collective bargaining), their function and formulation as well as implementation and other relevant ILO tools relevant from a CSR perspective; 
• Be able to analyse international instruments and frameworks on CSR referencing International Labour Standards; 
• Understand the different roles of governments, the private sector, and employers’ and workers’ organizations could play in the development and implementation of CSR policies and practices; be updated on company practices, selected from a variety of geographical, sectoral and operational contexts; 
• Be able to better advise and serve their institutions, organizations or enterprises in the area of ILS and Decent Work and in their daily operations.
  

This course is designed to prompt an exploration of common behaviours and attitudes towards gender differences. It will present facts and figures about the situation of women and men in society and references from key documents that highlight policies formulated to address gender concerns. This e-learning course will:

• Empower  participants with tools and sector-specific guidelines for gender mainstreaming in their institutions and development planning. 
• Improve the abilities of participants to reduce gender inequalities in their various homes, organisation and communities. 
• Introduce exercises and reflective activities designed to explore basic gender concepts and enhance gender analysis skills, which can be applied in the formulation of policies, the design of programmes, and the exercise of evaluation. 

This advanced e-learning course aims to provide participants with comprehensive knowledge of gender mainstreaming and gender analysis. It draws on best practice and case studies from around the world. The course also provides the opportunity to focus on a specific sectors or policy areas (such as, education, sexual exploitation and abuse, organisational development, or human resources) and for participants to employ this knowledge in their own workplace through an action research topic. The first half of the course will focus on lessons learned in gender mainstreaming in various UN agencies, international non-governmental organisations, governments and programmes. In the second half participants will be introduced to specific gender mainstreaming tools, including the use of gender planning frameworks, and several topical areas based on the interest of the participants. Critical analysis of current theory and practice is encouraged throughout..

This training course aims to strengthen capacity and knowledge of leaders and managers to advance gender equality, women's empowerment, and women's rights agenda within their organizational contexts. It seeks to strengthen leaders' and managers' use of gender-inclusive and transformative leadership principles and practices to address institutional gender biases and promote commitments to gender equality and women's rights. The course will be delivered twice in 2017:

• Option 2: 04 – 08 September 2017 Nairobi, Kenya(Register by 14 July 2017)
  
• Option 1: 03-07 July 2017 Geneva, Switzerland 

The course will focus on the following modules:

• Module 1: Purpose, Principles and Power as a gender-inclusive transformative leader with vision for change
  
• Module 2: Inspiring and Enabling Others to Act to transform teams/organizations to be gender-inclusive and advance gender justice and equality 
  
• Module 3: Priorities for Transformative Action on Gender Equality in planning for context specific actionable ideas to build stronger organizational cultures, programs and strategies

The course is geared to senior managers who work in private and public sector organizations that have a commitment to gender equality. It is designed for those with managerial roles and responsibilities, and/or with functions to provide strategic or visionary guidance to their offices/ organisations. 

To learn more about the course, please see the course PDF flyer.

This blended course will enable participants to explore participatory gender auditing (PGA) tools and their versatile use in small and large organisations. Participants' competencies will be developed during the distance learning part of the course (4 September - 6 October 2017) and tested during the face-to-face training in Turin, Italy (13 October 2017). Successful participants will become certified facilitators accredited to conduct PGAs in various types of organisations such as United Nations agencies, private, public and para-public institutions and NGOs.

The ILO PGA certification will ensure high quality standards for facilitators implementing the PGA and will provide guarantees to organisations undergoing a PGA that certified PGA facilitators reflect the quality standards set out by ITC-ILO. Specifically, the certification will provide facilitators with competencies like: 

• Applying a gender perspective to analytical work; 
  
• Detecting and mapping discrimination at work; 
• Identifying strategies for advocacy and capacity-building in promoting inclusive workplaces; 
• Improving communications competence and organisational capacity to form a coordinated Gender Audit team; 
• Analysing accountability, evaluation and monitoring systems and instruments in place for gender equality and change management; and
• Identifying challenges and potential improvements. 

The course will introduce companies to the practical steps they can take to prevent and address the impacts of child labour, including the worst forms of child labour, that may arise in their operations or in their supply chains. It draws extensively on the ILO-IOE Child Labour Guidance Tool for Business, as well as the best practices recommended by the Child Labour Platform, a business-led forum for tackling child labour in supply chains. This course will be held in Turin, Italy. It is intended for companies seeking to strengthen their efforts to eliminate child labour. It may also be of interest to other stakeholders, such as governments, employers' organizations, trade unions, civil society organizations, investors and groups representing investors which are seeking to support, incentivise or require companies to prevent and address child labour impacts in their operations.

This course's objective is to support the design and implementation of youth employment programmes incorporating rigorous monitoring and evaluation plans, with special emphasis on gender issues and the needs of the most vulnerable youth. The course will be delivered in Turin, Italy, in partnership with IFAD as part of an IFAD-financed project, titled "Strengthening gender monitoring and evaluation in rural employment in the Near East and North Africa".

Entre septiembre y diciembre 2017, la Asociación Civil Comunicación para la Igualdad ofrecerá 3 cursos virtuales de duración breve, entre 2 y 3 meses, sobre diversos temas vinculados a género: 

• Septiembre-octubre: Discursos y decires de y sobre las mujeres desde un enfoque de género y feminista. Docentes: Valeria Fernández Hassan y Soledad Gil. 
• Octubre-noviembre: Planes de igualdad e indicadores de género. Docente: Mónica Gelambí. 
• Noviembre-diciembre: Diseño gráfico y construcción de identidades: desafíos contemporáneos. Docentes: Griselda Flesler y Valeria Durán.
  

Para más información contacte capacitacioncomig@gmail.com

This e-Learning programme addresses the opportunities and challenges, as well as the methodological implications, of evaluating the effects of policies, programmes and projects designed to enhance equitable development results. A special focus is directed toward effects on the most excluded, marginalised, and deprived groups. By the end of this course, participants will be able to demonstrate your knowledge of Equity-focused evaluation concepts and practices. The course is composed of 11 units which participants are required to complete in order to print out the certificate.

Based on the UNEG Guidance on "Integrating Human Rights and Gender Equality in Evaluations", this e-learning course offers an overview of evaluation practice in various contexts, and features concrete guidance, tips and insights from experienced practitioners. The course is composed of 10 units and it includes lectures (25 minutes on average), requested readings (20 pages on average), additional reading materials, and tests (10 questions). After successfully finishing all 10 units, participants will receive a certificate of completion.