- Promoting excellence in public participation in Southern Africa
TRAINING COURSES
OUR COURSES
The IAP2 Global Certificate in P2/Engagement is a five-day programme.
NEW LEARNERS must first complete one prerequisite course – EITHER Fundamentals of P2/engagement (Level 1 – 1 day) OR IAP2 Way in Challenging Contexts (Level 2 – 1 day).
Once a prerequisite course has been completed, then only may learners select Applying Methods (Level 2 – 2 days) and Designing P2/engagement (Level 2 – 2 days).
PLEASE NOTE
If you have already completed Planning for Effective Public Participation (the three-day part of the Foundations course), then you are NOT required to complete a pre-requisite course.
Instead, you will be asked to watch a short refresher video before doing Applying Methods (Level 2 – 2 days) and Designing P2/engagement (Level 2 – 2 days).
(NB. The video link will only be sent to learners following registration and payment for one or both of these courses).
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UPCOMING COURSES
REGISTER AND PAY IN FULL BY 30 JANUARY 2025 AND RECEIVE FREE IAP2SA T-SHIRT & MEMBERSHIP FOR 2025!
FUNDAMENTALS OF P2/ENGAGEMENT
Date: 11 February 2025 Location: Pretoria, South Africa Objectives: This session will cover essential principles of public participation, equipping you with foundational skills to engage effectively with communities. Target audience: Ideal for community leaders, public officials, and anyone involved in public engagement.
For registration and further information, please contact Lydia Mphumela
This course offers a valuable opportunity for networking and collaboration among participants. We look forward to seeing you there!
Visit our training courses page for more information.
This course is suitable for practitioners working as a member of a P2/engagement team, contributing to engagement activities.
This course is suitable for a range of practitioners who are actively involved in delivering P2/engagement methods and techniques.
This course is suitable for practitioners who are leading the planning and implementation of P2/engagement processes.
The Global Learning Pathway (GLP) IAP2 Global Certificate in P2/Engagement comprises a new suite of courses that can be combined in a variety of ways to create the new five-day certificate programme.
The courses are delivered by accredited IAP2 trainers. As a regional affiliate, IAP2SA’s job is to ensure sufficient training opportunities are scheduled and delivered each year in southern Africa, and beyond.
The training sub-committee strives to:
- Work with trainers to schedule, market and deliver IAP2 training offerings.
- Oversee the administration of affiliate-run training.
- Support the IAP2 accreditation of additional trainers in the region.
- Seek national accreditation of IAP2 training offerings.
- Collaborate with trainers and members to identify additional training needs of members and design tailored solutions.
Standards and innovation
The IAP2 Core Values and Code of Ethics underpin the standard of excellence in public participation that IAP2 promotes worldwide. This portfolio focuses on ways to advocate for excellence in public participation in Southern Africa and to support other networks to do the same throughout Africa.
Among other things, the standards and innovation team is responsible to:
- Stay abreast of international developments in standards and accreditation for public participation.
- Represent IAP2 SA at public fora (workshops and conferences) and in regional discussions to advocate for excellence in public participation.
- Plan and deliver the southern African Core Values Awards for Excellence in Public Participation.
- Facilitate the exchange of good practice knowledge and resources via the IAP2SA peer network.
Communications and outreach
IAP2SA currently communicates with members and the public via email, the IAP2SA website, as well as through our LinkedIn and Facebook pages.
The organisation aims to:
- Deliver a high standard of communication via these and other media channels.
- Communicate with members in engaging ways to cultivate rich discussion, dialogue, and involvement.
- Engage with other stakeholders in the public participation field, including private and public sector organisations.
