Deadline: 4-Jan-21
The Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation, part of Wageningen University & Research, is seeking applications for the 2021 Landscape Governance course.
This course challenges forestry and nature management professionals to adopt an integrative perspective, to look beyond the forest, and build bridges between the public and the private sector. They focus on institutional development at landscape level including multi-stakeholder platforms and networks, and financial support mechanisms to guide landscape dynamics on the ground.
Course Programme
- This unique course is organised by Wageningen University & Research in close collaboration with CIFOR and ICRAF, both having vast experience in forest and society related research. Together, they offer you a stimulating learning environment, in which you will be updated on the state-of-the-art in forest- and landscape related research. Moreover, you will be challenged to share your own work and reflect on your current practices together with your course mates from all over the world.
- Forested landscapes worldwide are increasingly integrated in global processes of trade, market development, resource exploitation and climate change. This is why landscapes are increasingly considered to be appropriate levels to negotiate land use options. Within forested landscapes food production, commodity agriculture, biodiversity, resource extraction and other land uses are competing for space. Negotiation and conflict mediation between stakeholders and their interests are therefore increasingly needed and a new breed of professionals is high in demand.
Course Date
- Date: Mon 12 April 2021 until Fri 11 June 2021
- Duration: Part-time, 10hrs per week (8 weeks)
- Venue: Facilitated online sessions
What will you learn?
Upon completion of the course you will:
- Critically examine landscape dynamics at various levels and scales;
- Understand the implications of up-scaling participation to working with diverse stakeholder groups at landscape level;
- Be able to identify the institutional change needed to enhance public-private collaboration and multi-stakeholder governance processes at landscape level;
- Be able to assess your own role as manager or practitioner, and develop your competencies as a facilitator of landscape governance processes.
Eligibility Criteria
- Participants should be experienced professionals with several years of working experience in the fields of natural resources management, forestry, agriculture, rural development, rural livelihoods, sustainable development or other relevant areas. Proficiency in English is required.
Application Procedure
- Register for the course of your interest by clicking the ‘apply’ button on the webpage of this course. A registration form will open;
- Fill in the required fields of the registration form. Please note to write your date of birth without a zero (e.g. 1-5-1980 instead of 01-05-1980);
- Before you submit, check your details on the final page of the registration form;
- After submitting, you will receive a confirmation email. Make sure to directly click on the link in the email to confirm your registration. Without your confirmation, your registration cannot be processed;
- If you apply as an OKP or MSP-scholarship candidate, you will receive a registration letter for the scholarship at the beginning of the scholarship cycle.
- If you apply as a self-funded participant: they will forward your request for acceptance to the course leader. This can take some time as it depends on the coordinators’ schedule (1-3 weeks);
- If you’re accepted into the course programme, they’ll send you an admission letter by e-mail;
- You receive all required travel documents from us after you are selected for the scholarship (OKP/MSP-scholarship candidates) or when they’ve received your payment (self-funded participant).
For more information, visit https://www.wur.nl/en/Research-Results/Research-Institutes/centre-for-development-innovation/online-learning/show/Landscape-Governance-3.htm