Recent Workshops

Workshop Schedule

Workshop for UNRWA Senior Managers

Participants at UNRWA Workshop Gaza

CDC was one of the only communication organizations to provide hands on training to the staff of the United Nations Relief and Works agency in Gaza, Palestine. Under heavy security arrangements UNRWA staff participated in three days of hands on media training that will help them better advocate issues around the treatment of Palestinian Refugees.

For those of you who may not know it, UNRWA has the largest staff of any UN agency – 28,000. The reason is that teachers and health workers are considered staff members

Leadership and Communication

Fourth CGIAR Senior Leadership Program

Communication is becoming a central component of leadership courses and CDC has been privileged to be at the fore front of the integration in designing and delivering courses at the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) leadership courses that take place at the IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland and at the UN Country Team leadership courses that take place in Turin, Italy under sponsorship of the United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC).

 

 

 

 

Coordination and Leadership Skills Workshop Turin Italy June 2008

Since 2007, CDC has trained more than 80 Senior Managers in the various institutions that form the CGIAR constellation including scientists, economists, donors and others.

During that same period we have trained more than 100 UN Senior Managers from several agencies and regions of the world. In both cases participants recognize the central value of communication for the work that they do.

Diplomacy and Communication

For the 7th year, CDC has trained a group of Italian Diplomats on their way to becoming Counselors at Italian Embassies worldwide. In May 2008, CDC worked with the UNSSC and the Italian Diplomatic Institute to provide learning in how to deal with an interview in the most effective way and how to design a communication strategy for a particular issue. Over three days the young diplomats had a chance to practice skills in dealing with the media.  

Weather and Communication  

Participants at WARSAW Meeting

CDC was asked to come to Warsaw, Poland and train a group of communication staff from National Meteorological Services in Europe. The meeting was hosted by the Polish Meteorological Service and included both practical and theoretical exercises. The workshop was sponsored by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) based in Geneva.

CDC has collaborated with WMO since 2005, and helped train nearly three quarters of their professional staff in communication techniques