Welcome to our two-day course in working strategically with social sustainability. The course places great emphasis on giving you concrete methods and tools for working in a process-based way with different areas of social sustainability. The goal of the course is to give you tools to develop in your role and make social sustainability work permeate your organisation.
Format: On site
Language: Swedish
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About the course.
Welcome to our two-day course in working strategically with social sustainability. The course places great emphasis on giving you concrete methods and tools for working in a process-based way with different areas of social sustainability. The goal of the course is to give you tools to develop in your role and make social sustainability work permeate your organisation.
Social sustainability issues are of great importance to companies and organisations today. Interest in highlighting the human perspective and focusing systematically and strategically on the wellbeing of people and society is growing rapidly. This course aims to strengthen you who work with social sustainability in your role and give you concrete methods and tools for working with social sustainability strategically.
The course gives you skills to work with various social sustainability issues, such as highlighting, initiating and driving processes that strengthen social sustainability in the organisation. The course is interactive, with lectures mixed with practical exercises and discussions.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
As a participant you will gain:
- Knowledge of how you and your organisation can work strategically and concretely with social sustainability
- An understanding of the link between IDG and SDG: the inner and outer processes of social sustainability
- Methods, tools and inspiration
During the course we go through the meaning of social sustainability at several levels, from the organisation's goals to the consequences for the organisation.
What you will learn
What you learn.
A review of the IDG (inner development goals) and how they link to the SDG (sustainable development goals)
Definitions of social sustainability and what the concept includes
Methods and exercises for working with social sustainability
Examples of how social sustainability can be measured
The gains of integrating social sustainability: how social sustainability contributes to successful, attractive, creative and efficient organisations
Horizon scanning: how other organisations do it
Strategy and implementation of social sustainability within your organisation
Curriculum
How the course is built.
Review of the IDG (inner development goals) and introductory exercise
An exercise in seeing who the participants are, what roles we have and how we view social sustainability today.
What is social sustainability and why is it important?
History
Social, ecological and economic sustainability
Human rights as the foundation of a socially sustainable society
A discussion of concepts such as social sustainability, inclusion and equality.
Exercise
The link between the IDG and the SDG, the global goals for sustainable development.
Effects of social sustainability
We go through the possible societal effects that can be achieved with stronger social sustainability. An important part of this session is looking at methods and examples of how you can measure the effects of social sustainability.
Inspiring guest speaker
An inspirational lecture from an experienced sustainability specialist to broaden the perspective and deepen and enrich the course.
Creative group discussions
Reflective group discussions about social sustainability in your organisation. What in each organisation affects people, internally and externally?
Method: Design sprint as a method for the exercise, with a short introduction to it.
Presentation of social aspects
Presentation of and reflections on the social aspects
The importance of the process for strategic social sustainability work
The process is placed in the social context and we go through the process's different contexts and significance.
Exercise: challenges in the work for social sustainability
Inspiring guest speaker
Concrete tips and methods
Methods and tips for all kinds of organisations for working in a process-based way with social sustainability. Together we test methods and tricks for creating knowledge and commitment at all levels of organisations. We go through a checklist to see which parts of the organisation affect social sustainability.
Outlook, projects and organisations that have succeeded in integrating social sustainability
We look at good examples, nationally and internationally, of organisations, initiatives and projects that highlight and integrate the social sustainability perspective.
Summary and reflections
Together we produce an action list that participants take with them into their continued work with social sustainability.
Target audience
Who is this for?
People who work in central government, municipalities or private organisations in various functions, tasks and roles. The course is aimed at people who are about to start working strategically with social sustainability, people who already work with social sustainability issues, or those who want to deepen their knowledge and get concrete methods to develop and anchor the approach.
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