Upcoming training courses and events in PSD by others

Training and Events on Inclusion, including Women’s Economic Empowerment and Gender Issues

• UNIDO offer a self-paced, free, online training course on gender lens investing (GLI) for donor staff. Learners should plan to dedicate 1 – 1.5 hours to each of the six modules.
• FAO offers a free online training on developing gender-sensitive value chains, primarily targeted at development practitioners and policy makers working on the development of sustainable food systems.
• The World Bank offers a free introductory online training on Gender Equality and Development and a separate free, self-paced course on Gender in Agriculture.

Training and Events on Green Growth

• UN CC:e-Learn offers a self-paced 30-hour course in English on Green Industrial Policy: Promoting Competitiveness and Structural Transformation.

Training and Events on the DCED Standard and Results Measurement in PSD

Please note that these events are not organised by DCED, unless stated otherwise. Any provider of training in skills related to the DCED Standard is invited to write to the Secretariat with details, for possible inclusion.

• DevLearn offer an online training course in November 2025 showing you how to measure and use results using the DCED Standard for Results Measurement. The course lasts four weeks and will take approximately one day of work per week. Find out more and sign up via the DevLearn website.
• Swisscontact ofrece un curso presencial en español en Lima, Perú, del 3 al 4 de diciembre de 2025: M&E moderno para maximizar el impacto. Este curso abarca los fundamentos del monitoreo y la evaluación modernos para una gestión de proyectos verdaderamente adaptativa. Obtenga más información e inscríbase en el sitio web de Swisscontact.
  • Swisscontact offer an in-person training course in Spanish in Lima, Peru, 3-4 December 2025: Modern M&E to Maximize Impact, covering the key foundations to modern monitoring and evaluation for truly adaptive project management. Find out more and register via the Swisscontact website.

Training and Events on Private Sector Engagement

The following training courses and events cover direct engagement with companies on their core business activities and/or engagement with the financial sector to leverage private finance for the SDGs.

• Mesopartner offers an in-person advanced training course on Quality Infrastructure for Development from 20 – 22 October, 2025, in Frankfurt, Germany. The course will enhance participants’ understanding of Quality Infrastructure (QI) and its impact on economic development. Participants will learn tools for analysing and influencing QI systems and network with global experts and peers in the field. Find out more and register on the Mesopartner website.
• UNIDO invite participants to the 21st UNIDO General Conference: the Global Industry Summit, 23 – 27 November 2025 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The conference will involve policymakers and international companies, and participants will dive into three priority themes: investment & partnership, women’s empowerment, and youth engagement. Find out more and register to participate via the event website.
• SDC Online Learning on Private Sector Engagement – including videos on ‘PSE fundamentals’, ‘Planning PSE interventions’ and SDC-specific information on PSE
• The Partnering Initiative: Effective Partnering for Sustainable Development – Facilitated Online Training Course
• GIIN: Guide for Impact Investment Fund Managers: A Step-by-Step Resource to Creating and Managing a Private Equity Impact Fund

Training, Events and Support on Market Systems Development (MSD)

• DevLearn offer an online training course on Market Systems Development in November 2025. The course will introduce the core concepts of market systems development and provide simple, practical tips to enable you to implement them in your context. The course lasts four weeks and will take approximately one day of work per week. Find out more and sign up via the DevLearn website.
• The Springfield Centre offers a 10-day residential training programme on Making Market Systems Work to achieve greater impact, inclusiveness, scale and sustainability, 17 – 28 November 2025 in Bangkok, Thailand. The programme is internationally recognised and builds on nearly two decades of the Springfield Centre’s experience in offering training on the market systems development (MSD) approach, training over 2,500 people from more than 100 countries. Find out more and sign up on the Springfield Centre website.
• Opportunities Unlimited offers a course modelled on an E-MBA for donors and development practitioners on managing systems development in a changing aid landscape. The focus is on how to practically manage for systemic outcomes, based on having the right information, people, partners and processes to work with. The course includes a one-week in-person training in Nairobi (April 13-17, 2026), followed by a one-year of tailored coaching to help participants apply their learnings. The core faculty includes Harald Bekkers, Fouzia Nasreen and Marshall Bear.
• Agora Global offer a self-paced online course, Market Systems Development for Implementers. It covers the key concepts and frameworks necessary to help design and implement effective market-based interventions, through 8 interactive modules. Find out more on the Agora Global website.
• The Canopy Lab offers CANOPY CONNECT – a helpdesk designed to provide on-demand support for (market) systems thinkers, development practitioners, and organizations driving impact. Their expertise spans monitoring, evaluation, and learning; gender equality and women’s economic empowerment; inclusion; climate change; and the environment.

Training and Events on Inclusive Business

• The Inclusive Business Action Network (IBAN) has developed an e-learning course “Introduction to Inclusive Business” focusing on the definition and basic features of inclusive business (IB); IB target groups and how they are involved in the value chain; different IB approaches and the IB ecosystem. The course targets impact entrepreneurs and managers, policymakers, impact investors and the general public.