This page lists training offers on partnerships and private sector engagement (as defined in DCED, 2018) to achieve development outcomes, in response to donor agencies’ growing interest in building staff skills in this area. They are not specific to the objective of private sector development.
Some courses are offered on a regular basis; if possible, dates are mentioned for future events. Recordings and presentations of past webinars or conferences have also been included. None of the courses and training providers below have been reviewed for quality.
Training providing an overview of different aspects of PSE
Introductory content and advanced content
- SDC Online Learning on Private Sector Engagement – including videos on ‘PSE fundamentals’, ‘Planning PSE interventions’ and SDC-specific information on PSE
Training on approaches to leverage private finance for development
Introductory content
Online formats:
- DEVEX: 3-minute introduction to Blended Finance
- OECD: Webinar on Making Blended Finance work for the SDGS, 2018
Advanced content
Online formats:
In-person courses:
- Social Finance Academy, in collaboration with University of Zurich and Convergence: Impact Investment & Blended Finance for Development Agencies & Foundations, May 14 to 15, 2020 (Zurich)
- GIIN: Impact Measurement and Management
Training on direct engagement with companies around their business activities in developing countries
Introductory content
Online formats:
- Partnering essentials: Introduction to cross-sector partnering
- DCED/ USAID and Sida: Webinar recording on Engaging the Private Sector in Practice: Lessons from USAID and Sida, February 2020.
- Marketlinks: Webinar recording and supporting resources on ‘Realities of Co-Creating with the Private Sector‘, November 2019
- DCED/ Triple Line and Sida: Webinar recordings on ‘When is it best to use challenge funds‘ and ‘How to manage challenge funds effectively‘, November 2018
In-person training:
- The Partnering Initiative: Building effective partnerships for development (New York and Oxford, UK)
- Partnering Essentials: Introduction to cross-sector partnering (Australia)
- Partnership Brokers: Partnership Brokering training (various locations)
Advanced content
In-person training:
- The Partnering Initiative: Building effective partnerships for development (New York and Oxford, UK)
- Partnership Brokers: Advanced Partnership Brokering training (various locations)
- Shared Value Initiative: Shared value ‘Purpose Playbook’ training
- Partnering Essentials: Courses on Getting Value from Partnering and How to partner and get results (Australia)
Organisations offering agency-specific training on PSE and partnerships
The following organisations (in alphabetical order) indicate on their website that they offer tailor-made training on PSE or partnerships to individual donor and development agencies:
- Partnership Brokers: Commissioned training on partnerships
- Partnering Essentials: In-house training on cross-sector partnership
- Resonance Frontier Markets Solutions (formerly SSG Advisors): Private Sector Engagement and Partnerships Training
- Social Finance Academy: In-house workshops or training on blended finance
- The Partnering Initiative: Tailored training on partnerships
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