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Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Specialization
Complex Problems and Sustainable Solutions: A Professional Training Course
Introduction:
As the world’s population increases we need to find new ways to manage the strain this puts on resources such as energy, food, and water. ‘Complex Problems and Sustainable Solutions: A Professional Training Course is developed in order to address complex problems and teach solving methods.
This training course is focused on the energy-food-water nexus, this skills-based course introduces you with a combination of proven methodologies and tools to help you work through local or global problems and find lasting solutions. And it doesn’t just help you work through sustainability issues. You can apply critical and creative thinking to any problem – big or small.
What will I learn?
Complex Problems and Sustainable Solutions: A Professional Training Course is for anyone who wants to:
- Develop critical and creative problem-solving skills to explore and solve complex real-world problems on a local or global level.
- Dig beneath the surface of an issue to understand the interrelated factors that have caused it.
- Recognize how to shape and create change for the better.
- Become an agent of positive change.
It’s particularly relevant to those interested or already working in STEM (science, technology engineering and maths) fields, as well as anyone involved with NGOs, charities, consultancies, transformation and innovation, development and public services.
Course Structure
Complex Problems and Sustainable Solutions: A Professional Training Course is for anyone who wants to:
- Develop critical and creative problem-solving skills to explore and solve complex real-world problems locally or globally.
- Dig beneath the surface of an issue to understand the interrelated factors that have caused it.
- Recognize how to shape and create change for the better.
- Become an agent of positive change.
It’s particularly relevant to those interested or already working in STEM (science, technology engineering and maths) fields and anyone involved with NGOs, charities, consultancies, transformation and innovation, development and public services.
Course Structure
You choose the challenge you want to tackle. This can be one of your own or one of the topics important for the development of business.
You’ll then be guided through the critical and creative thinking needed to solve it. There are 3 modules to work through:
- Module 1 – Explore
- Module 2 – Create
- Module 3 – Change
Each module is based on a specific methodology:
Module 1: Exploring
- System Thinking
- Scenario Planning
- Theory of Change
Within each module there is a set of tools that you can use to help you work through your problem:
Module 1: Explorer
- Connections Circle
- Perspectives Circle
- Causal Loops
- Confidence Triangle
Module 2: Create
- Change Over Time Graph
- Scenario Planning Quadrant
- SCAMPER Tool
Module 3: Change
- Feasibility Funnel
- Ripple Effect
- Compass Tool
- ” If…Then” Chain
- Persuasion Pyramid
Note: You won’t always need to use all the tools to help solve your problem. We recommend familiarizing yourself with them before you start so you can get a sense of which ones might work best.
All of this is underpinned by a five-part framework called Nexus thinking: Specially developed for the course, these five types of thinking allow you to dig beneath the surface of problems, understand the interrelated factors that cause them and think about what could be done differently.
The great thing about this course is that you can come up with your problem to solve and try it again and again with new challenges. Or use it to refine previous solutions. All the training presentations will be in English, or one of the national languages, and the teaching medium will be in national languages. The certificate is also issued and handed over at the end of the course.
Training Approach
Our seasoned trainers with vast experience as expert professionals in their respective practice fields deliver this training. The course is taught through a mix of practical activities, theory, group works and case studies. The training is designed based on the principles of participatory adult and student-centred learning approaches that would build upon the experiential learning of participants. The programme pedagogy focuses on interactive group learning and aims at knowledge development and skill upgradation through peer learning. Reading and resource material developed by leading subject experts augments classroom experience. Training being a mutual learning process, the programme is built on the premise that I hear, I forget; I see, I remember; I do, I understand. The training manuals and additional reference materials are provided to the participants.
Certification
Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be issued a certificate.
Training venue
The training will be conducted at the Training Center of Daira Sabz Consulting Main office in the Dehbori, 3rd district of Kabul City, Kabul, Afghanistan.
Payment
The training investment covers tuition fees, learning materials, lunch, refreshments (tea, coffee, cake and cookies) and the training participation certificate.
Registration of the Participants
Seats are limited; the applicants will be registered on a first-come, first-serve basis. Payment should be paid in cash before the start of training. Your seat/participation will be confirmed after your registration/payment.
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