Overall theme and context

Integrating environmental issues into the design and implementation of a development project is crucial to ensuring its sustainability and minimising its impact on nature. How can you identify the key areas where measures can be taken to minimise the negative effects of your project on the environment? What criteria should be incorporated into the project to limit energy consumption, the use of natural resources, greenhouse gas emissions, etc.? How can the concerns of the various project stakeholders be taken into account in the decision-making process? How can you raise awareness and train team members to be aware of environmental issues and adopt best practices? What monitoring and evaluation systems should be put in place to monitor environmental impacts, identify potential problems, and take timely corrective actions?

Learning objectives

• To understand the environmental issues of the 21st century.
• To integrate environmental concerns into the formulation of public policies and the design of development projects.
• To draw on collective intelligence to come up with innovative ideas and solutions.

Orientation

This certification course is designed to be duplicated and to form part of broader diploma courses.

Teaching and activities

This programme is offered by the Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique and the AFD with support from the partnership of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Sustainable Development (IHEDD) and the Foundation for Studies and Research on International Development (FERDI). Drawing on a team of experts combining international scientific expertise and field experience, it involves presentations and participatory workshops that give participants technical, operational, and creative skills. Throughout the course, participants will be able to work on their own professional or personal projects so they can quickly become innovators within their own organisations.

Registration details

This course is divided into two months of distance learning and one week of face-to-face training. The next session will take place in December 2024. A call for applications will be issued in autumn 2024.

Target audience

Employees from African governments and public- and private-sector companies who are involved in environmental issues, AFD agents.

Partners

FERDI, UCA, UM6P