UNSSC Catalogue

UNSSC COURSE CATALOGUE 2012

WHY THE STAFF COLLEGEThe Staff College offers a unique range of learning and training opportunities specifically designed for UN staff worldwide. Being part of the UN family ourselves, we carry the advantage of an insider’s view into your needs for training and learning. By taking part in our courses you will be able to learn exactly those skills which are indispensable for working in a United Nations environment. Through an exclusive opportunity of blending and exchanging knowledge, problems and practices with your counterparts from other entities of the UN system, you will enrich your own UN journey with all that is needed to be part of the UN family.

In addition, learning with us gives you access to an array of world-renowned academic partners that we identify to team-up with in developing and rolling out our offerings. This way, we guarantee the relevance of the course to the current realities and challenges that UN staff face, while introducing new and innovative thinking combined with academic rigor.

WHO WE AREBased in Turin, Italy, the United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC) is the primary provider of inter-agency training and learning within the UN system. Its main objective is to promote and support UN inter-agency collaboration and to increase the operational effectiveness of the system as a whole.

The Staff College conducts a variety of learning and training activities, in Turin, UN Headquarters as well as at the regional and country level. All such activities are conducted on an inter-agency basis and effectively respond to the cross-agency, far-reaching reform agenda of the United Nations.

MISSION STATEMENTThe core mission of the United Nations System Staff College is to:

9 Strengthen inter-agency collaboration within the UN system

9 Promote a cohesive management culture across the UN

9 Support continuous learning and staff development in the UN system

9 Foster strategic leadership within the UN system

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OUR PROGRAMME PORTFOLIOLearning activities at the Staff College are centred around the following main thematic areas:

; DevelopmeNt & HUmaN RigHts: the Staff College supports UN staff and programming counterparts in building individual, institutional and societal capacity for development and human rights.

; geNDeR & CRoss CUltURal tRaiNiNg: the Staff College offers learning and training opportunities for UN staff and partners to raise awareness and develop competences regarding the integration of gender perspectives and cross cultural issues.

; peaCe & seCURity: the Staff College offers learning and training opportunities for UN staff and partners in thematic areas related to peace and security, ranging from applied conflict analysis, peacebuilding programming, electoral violence prevention, rule of law, decentralization and conflict prevention, to UN staff safety and security.

; UN CoHeReNCe: taking the United Nations Development Group (UNDG) policies as its starting point, the Staff College helps managers make effective use of the various instruments and processes at the disposal of UN Country Teams and UN staff in general.

; UN leaDeRsHip: strengthening leadership capacity within the UN system is a principal mission of the Staff College.

; leaRNiNg lab: the Staff College seeks to harness the power of the internet, through e-learning modules, web-based communities of practice, and other tools to enhance knowledge sharing, team work and overall system performance. It also provides a variety of professional skills building courses.

ADMISSION, REGISTRATION AND FEESThe UNSSC’s mandate is to provide training and learning opportunities to UN personnel, as such, all courses are intended for staff of the United Nations system only. Specific information on fees and application procedures can be found under each course.

The pre-requisite to enrol in all UNSSC activities is that you should be a staff member of the United Nations system and hold a valid United Nations email address.

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: Mr. Jafar Javan DeputyDirector & Head of Programmes

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OPEN-ENROLLMENT COURSES

FOR UN STAFF

WE OFFER AN ARRAY OF COURSES TO SUIT YOUR CAREER DEvELOPMENT IN THE UNITED NATIONS. THESE INCLUDE

FACE-TO-FACE RESIDENTIAL WORkSHOPS, SEMINARS AND TRAINING COURSES; E-LEARNING COURSES AND

kNOWLEDGE SHARING EvENTS.

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DEVELOPMENT & HUMAN RIGHTS

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TARGET AUDIENCE All

DURATION 5 days

ENROLMENT METHOD Enrolment to this course is open. Please visit our website home page www.unssc.org and sign up online.

VENUE & DATES (subject to change) New York, 5 - 9 November 2012

CONTACT DETAILS [email protected]

Context Analysis for Development ProgrammingThis course, a new UNSSC offering in 2012, places UN interventions in the context of the prevailing political, social and economic processes in society. Participants will strengthen their political economy skills for programming and policy development at the national, local and sector level.

TARGET AUDIENCE All

DURATION 5 days


VENUE & DATES (subject to change) Turin, 22 - 26 October 2012


Environmental Sustainability, Climate Change and Disaster Risk ReductionThis course is designed for UN programme staff and national counterparts who seek to advance their skills to effectively mainstream environmental sustainability, climate change and disaster risk reduction into UN and national programming/planning processes.

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TARGET AUDIENCE All

DURATION 5 days


VENUE & DATES (subject to change) Turin, 10 - 14 December 2012


Participation and Inclusion of Minorities in UN and National ProgrammingThis course, a new offering in 2012, is designed for UN programme staff who seek to advance their skills to more systematically integrate minority rights, concerns and aspirations into UN development programming.

TARGET AUDIENCE All

DURATION Two weeks


VENUE & DATES (subject to change) Turin, 20 - 31 August 2012


UN Summer AcademyThe UN Summer Academy, building on the expertise and convergence of three UN learning Organisations (UNSSC, UNITAR and ITC-ILO), provides executive education to those working for the UN and those who actively engage with the United Nations system in their daily lives (government representatives, donors, representatives from civil society, the private sector etc.). The inaugural session of the UN Summer Academy is entitled “ A New Global Development Partnership”, and is built around the UN secretary-General’s Five Year Action Agenda.


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DURATION 5 days


VENUE & DATES (subject to change) New York, 12 - 16 November 2012


Working with New and ‘Non-traditional’ Partners in DevelopmentThis course, a new offering in 2012, reflects on the development effectiveness discourse from a practical programmatic perspective. It will focus on new partnership models and their challenges, and pay particular attention to the evolving role of philanthropic foundations, the private sector as well as South-South and triangular cooperation for development.

TARGET AUDIENCE All

DURATION 5 days


VENUE & DATES (subject to change) Regional, dates TBA


Human Rights-Based Approach (HRBA) to ProgrammingThe HRBA Workshop is designed for UN programme staff who seek to advance their skills to effectively apply HRBA and rights-based RBM tools and principles to their daily work, especially for the UN Common Country Programming Process.

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GENDER & CROSS CULTURAL TRAINING

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GENDER & CROSS CULTURAL TRAINING

TARGET AUDIENCE All

DURATION 3 days


VENUE & DATES (subject to change) Turin, 17 - 19 October 2012


Strategic Learning Exchange on Faith & DevelopmentThis course is designed to bring together UN staff and representatives of faith-based organizations to explore the linkages and interactions between faith and development. The course aims to strengthen faith-based partnership dynamics around respective development mandates, based on mutual sharing of practical experiences, activities and lessons learned.

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PEACE & SECURITy

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PEACE & SECURITy

TARGET AUDIENCE All

DURATION 4 days


VENUE & DATES (subject to change)Turin, 31 January - 3 February 2012Turin, 26 - 29 June 2012Field, 9 - 12 October 2012


Applied Conflict Analysis for Prevention and PeacebuildingThis course provides practical skills to use conflict analysis in contexts of deteriorating human security, armed conflict, political crisis and other threats to peace. Participants will gain a solid framework to work in volatile political situations where a conflict prevention lens is required, as well as post-conflict settings where the consolidation of peace is the priority.

TARGET AUDIENCE All

DURATION Self-paced


VENUE & DATES (subject to change)Online course, 15 December 2011 - 15 January 2012Online course, 16 April - 18 May 2012Online course, 17 September - 19 October 2012


Conflict Analysis for Prevention and Peacebuilding online semi-tutored courseThis individual self-paced course, delivered in English, aims at building practical conflict analysis skills for professionals working in contexts of deteriorating human security, armed conflict, political crisis and other threats to peace. It provides basic technical and analytical skills and is a learning activity that complements but does not replace the face-to-face course held in Turin (“Applied Conflict Analysis for Prevention and Peacebuilding course”).

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DURATION 4 days


VENUE & DATES (subject to change) Turin, 23 - 26 April 2012Turin, 27 - 30 November 2012


Decentralized Governance & Conflict Prevention and PeacebuildingThis course provides theoretical and practical insights on the concept of decentralized governance and its relationship with conflict. Participants will gain a better understanding of when and how decentralized governance can contribute to Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding efforts.

TARGET AUDIENCE All

DURATION 4 days


VENUE & DATES (subject to change) Turin, 24 - 27 September 2012


Equitable management of valuable minerals: a recipe for peace?This course investigates the key role played by minerals and natural resources’ management in armed conflicts. Valuable minerals often become a source of violence when their control, exploitation, trade, taxation, or protection contributes to, or benefits from, armed conflicts. Participants will gain a better understanding of the challenges connected to this important area of analysis.

PEACE & SECURITy

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TARGET AUDIENCE UN Programme Staff

DURATION 4 days


VENUE & DATES (subject to change) Turin, 13 -16 November 2012


Connecting Conflict Transformation and Human RightsThis course aims at exploring how conflict transformation and human rights approaches complement one another. Practical examples and case studies will be used to demonstrate how to address the issues and challenges to planning and programming and how the inter-connectedness can enhance development practice.

TARGET AUDIENCE UN Security Personnel

DURATION 5 days


VENUE & DATES (subject to change) Turin, 11 - 15 June 2012Turin, 1 - 5 October 2012


Advancing Trainer Skills and Simulations Development for Security OfficersThis course aims at enhancing existing training skills of security personnel by coaching, advising and exposing them to practice sessions. Given that most security officers are regularly involved in training others, the importance of being able to communicate and train others in security issues can make the difference to survival of those trained.

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TARGET AUDIENCE Staff involved in political affairs and working on peace and security issues

DURATION 4 days


VENUE & DATES (subject to change) Venue TBA, 30 October - 2 November 2012


A Political Approach to Preventing and Responding to Electoral Violence and other Election-Related Political CrisesThe course provides practical knowledge about elections in transitional, post-conflict and fragile societies; skills in election-related conflict risk analysis and conflict mitigation tools for prevention and response to election-related violence and other election-related political crises.

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UN COHERENCE

TARGET AUDIENCE All

DURATION 6 - 8 weeks


VENUE & DATES (subject to change) Online course, 26 March - 4 May 2012Online course, 17 September - 26 October 2012


Measurements for Effective Results-Based Management (RBM) Online CourseThis course will enhance staff competencies in designing, monitoring and evaluating projects and programmes. It provides in-depth, technical skills on one of the key elements of RBM strategies: performance measurement. Participants will enhance their ability to collect and analyse data, report results, and use data to manage performance.

TARGET AUDIENCE P3 and above

DURATION 5 days


VENUE & DATES (subject to change) Bangkok, 27 February - 2 March 2012


Operations Management Skills TrainingThis course aims at strengthening coherence and coordination across business operations and programmes at the country level. Participants will improve their skills to further modernize business practices and deliver better programmatic results.

UN COHERENCE

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TARGET AUDIENCE P3 and P4

DURATION 4 days


VENUE & DATES (subject to change) Turin, 13 - 16 March 2012 Turin, 9 - 12 October 2012


UN STEP: Skills and Tools for Effective ProgrammingThis course will increase knowledge of UN programming tools and their practical application at the country level. Participants will be exposed to innovative ways to support the planning and implementation of UN development strategies and will acquire essential skills to support the work of UN Country Teams.

TARGET AUDIENCEChairs/Vice Chairs of the inter-agency Operations Management Teams, Team Leaders of the UNDAF Task Forces, senior staff from Programmes and M&E Officers

DURATION 5 days


VENUE & DATES (subject to change) Turin, 19 - 23 November 2012


Programme-Operations Integrated Planning WorkshopJoint planning exercise among senior Programme and Operations staff to draft the UNDAF Results Matrix/Indicators and the Business Operations Strategy and Operations log frame/M&E framework aligned with UNDAF.

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UN LEADERSHIP

TARGET AUDIENCE Director level (D1 and above)

DURATION 4,5 days

ENROLMENT METHOD Please contact the email address below for further information.

VENUE & DATES (subject to change) Turin, 11 - 15 June 2012 - Theme: Ethics and Accountability Singapore, 27 - 30 November 2012 - Theme: TBA


UN Leaders ProgrammeThis course, specifically designed for senior UN staff, highlights strategic leadership theory, skills and practice. Participants will explore leadership and inter-agency collaboration, problem solving in crisis situations and will strengthen their own unique leadership style - while deepening their knowledge on global priorities such as Climate Change, Human Rights, Ethics & Accountability, Peace and Security.

TARGET AUDIENCE Assistant Secretaries-General and Assistant Directors-General (ADGs)

DURATION 3 days

ENROLMENT METHOD Please contact the email address below for further information.

VENUE & DATES (subject to change) Turin, 5 - 7 November 2012, TBC


UN Leadership ExchangeThis three-day forum for Assistant Secretaries-General and Assistant Directors-General from across the UN system is conceptualized as a combination of exploring the strategic role of the UN - given the challenges the world faces -, and aligning and refining one’s own leadership potential for addressing those challenges. Participants will gain insights and vision into the possibilities of their own leadership in performing their roles, especially in regard to strategic collective leadership. The Exchange is designed around content elements, discussion, peer-sharing, artist spots, and reflections.

UN LEADERSHIP

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TARGET AUDIENCE Senior Level

DURATION 8 days


VENUE & DATES (subject to change)

Turin, 13 - 22 March 2012Turin, 12 - 20 June 2012Turin, 11 - 19 September 2012Turin, 30 October - 7 November 2012


UNCT Leadership and Coordination SkillsThis course seeks to create a common learning, leadership and management culture among senior managers within the UN system at the country and regional levels. It engages participants on topics of enhancing leadership, consensus building and negotiation, political acumen, and media and communication skills that are indispensable for effective leadership. The learning environment promotes interactive exchange, experience sharing and reflection.

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LEARNING LAB

TARGET AUDIENCE All

DURATION 5 days


VENUE & DATES (subject to change) Turin, 19 - 23 March 2012


Evaluation and Impact Assessment (EIA) of Learning Course & ClinicThe EIA course and EIA Clinic, centred on the Return on Investment (ROI) methodology, aim at strengthening evaluation capacity and harmonize common UN evaluation standards. Participants will receive an overview of evaluation practices within the UN context and will be exposed to the ROI evaluation methodology.

TARGET AUDIENCE All (specifically targeting UN Communication Officers & specialists)

DURATION 4,5 days


VENUE & DATES (subject to change) Turin, 27 February - 2 March 2012Turin, 16 - 20 July 2012


The Art of CommunicationsThis course is designed to equip UN Communication Officers, specialists and those charged with communication functions with enhanced practical knowledge on communication methods, techniques, strategies and practical skills within the UN context. Participants will also strengthen their capacity on media skills.

LEARNING LAB

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DURATION 4 days


VENUE & DATES (subject to change) Turin, 18 - 21 September 2012


Negotiation & Decision MakingThis course targets UN professional staff involved in the chain of negotiation and decision-making processes, within and outside of their UN organization. Participants will strengthen their capability to use sophisticated negotiating skills and tools crucial to achieving desired results and building strong relationships.

TARGET AUDIENCE All

DURATION 6 weeks


VENUE & DATES (subject to change) 7 May - 15 June 2012


Train the Trainer online courseThis online course gives participants the tools and techniques for a systematic approach to training others effectively. Delivered entirely online in both synchronous and asynchronous modes, it combines self-paced components with live online discussions forum on Webex.

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TARGET AUDIENCE All

DURATION 6 weeks


VENUE & DATES (subject to change) Online course, 21 May - 30 June 2012Online course, 24 September - 2 November 2012


Instructional Design Skills online courseThis course gives you tools, techniques and step-by-step guide to designing effective instruction for e-learning or instructor-led face-to-face courses. You will learn how to: use Phillips ROI methodology with Kirkpatrich 4 level evaluation model to conduct needs assessment; align needs to desired outcome/objectives; develop test or evaluation measures; design lessons; apply learning theories: choose appropriate learning strategies; develop instructor’s guide and participant’s workbook.

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TAILOR-MADEPROGRAMMES AND SERvICES

FOR UN ORGANIZATIONS

IN ADDITION TO STANDARD OPEN-ENROLLMENT COURSES FOR UN STAFF, THE STAFF COLLEGE IS AbLE TO DESIGN AND

DELIvER UNIqUE TAILOR-MADE LEARNING PROGRAMMES TO MEET THE ExACT NEEDS OF INTER-AGENCY GROUPS, NETWORkS, UN DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER UN ENTITIES.

OUR MObILE TEAM OF ExPERTS CAN ALSO EASILY bE DEPLOYED TO DELIvER HIGH-qUALITY TRAINING DIRECTLY TO FIELD AND HEADqUARTER bENEFICIARIES. UNCTS, UN FIELD

OFFICES, SPECIALIZED AGENCIES AND RCS ARE SOME OF OUR REGULAR CLIENTS WHO CALL ON OUR SERvICES.

TAkE A LOOk AT A SAMPLE OF THE TAILOR-MADE INITIATIvES WE HAvE DELIvERED AND CONTACT US ([email protected]) TO

LEARN MORE OR TO DISCUSS YOUR SPECIFIC LEARNING NEEDS!

SOME Of OUR TAILOR-MADE OPPORTUNITIES

Training of Trainers workshop on a Human Rights Based Approach to HIV Programming for UNAIDS staff and resource persons, organised jointly with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and UNAIDS.

Safe & Secure Approaches in Field Environments (SSAFE) in-country training support to the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINUSRO).

Facilitation of regional meetings for UN Women (Rabat- Bangkok- Istanbul-Addis Ababa- Panama).

Communications Training programme for UN Secretariat/OHRM held in New York.

Tailor made workshop for the UNCT in Vietnam on “Effective Policy Advice in a middle-income Viet Nam”.

Tailor made course on Measurement for Effective Results-Based Management for UN Women Sub-regional office for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, in Kazakhstan and in Kenya.

Knowledege Management Workshops to enhance staff competences, identify good practices and lessons learned both within and across UN organizations. Workshops are customized to specific regional/country context and needs.

Knoweldge Fairs: the UNSSC offers its methodological expertise and experience to facilitate knowledge exchange, identify good practice and explore ways in which it can be replicated through thematic knowledge fairs. The programme is offered on demand, in partnership with UN organizations.

Training for Trainers workshop for IPSAS trainers for the UN Office in Geneva (UNOG).

In partnership with UN DOCO (Development Operations Coordination Office), UNSSC regularly provides training and facilitation services to UN Country Teams and their partners in the roll out of UN common programming processes (CCA-UNDAF).

Providing training and facilitation services to UN Operation Management Teams at the country level on common service and harmonised business practices.

Supporting the upgrading of the UNDG roster of experts by creating a pool of UN strategic planners, M&E officers and operation managers that are trained to support UN Country teams during strategic planning process and the implementation of UN country level operations.

Providing teambuilding support services through the Team Roles software of the Belbin Associates.

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