Level	Course Title	Dates	Location	Fee	Application Link
Event	Paul Kapelus Memorial Dialogue	10 February	In-person Cape Town	N/A	Closed
Event	Info Session: Human Rights Due Diligence	26 February	Online	N/A	Closed
Event	Info Session: FCESIM	25 March	Online	N/A	Apply here
Specialist Course	Introduction to Human Rights Due Diligence	14 – 23 April Tues, Wed, Thurs	Online	R 25000	Apply here
Introductory Course	Fundamentals of Community Engagement and Social Impact Management	2 – 11 June	Online	R 19995	Apply here
Event	Info Session: Community Social Investment and Economic Development	27 May	Online	N/A	Apply here
Core Course	Community Social Investment and Economic Development	17 – 21 August	In person Johannesburg	R 37200	Apply here

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MORE COURSE INFORMATION

1. Integrating Human Rights Management in Business

Course Delivery: Online

Duration: 6 days, part-time

Dates: 14 – 21 April 2026

Course Fee: R25000

Application deadline: 17 March 2026

Course Overview

The purpose of this course is to provide you with a comprehensive understanding of the business and human rights framework and the critical role that ongoing human rights due diligence (HRDD) plays in companies being able to proactively manage impacts and demonstrate that they respect human rights.

Through this course, you will learn key concepts and acquire practical tools to effectively assess human rights risks, act based on the findings, track responses, and transparently communicate how impacts have been addressed. Additionally, you will gain insight into emerging international best practices around supply chain management and ensuring access to effective remedy for affected people.

What you will walk away with: 

• Understand the foundations of business and human rights and the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs).  
• Proficiently identify and prioritise salient human rights risks
• Know how to effectively integrate human rights due diligence (HRDD) in business practices in line with the UNGPs and related international best practices.
• Critically assess emerging best practices guiding access to effective remedies for business-related harm. 

Minimum Requirements:

• National Senior Certificate, NQF 4 or equivalent 
• English proficiency

Who should apply:

Entry to practitioner-level professionals

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2. Fundamentals of Community Engagement (Social Impact Leadership and Stakeholder Relations)

Course Delivery: Online

Duration: 6 days, part-time

Dates: 2 – 11 June 2026

Course Fee: R19995

Application deadline: 30 April 2026

Course Overview:

Gain a comprehensive understanding of how community engagement, stakeholder engagement and social impact management drive long-term business sustainability. This course provides practical tools to effectively manage social performance, engage stakeholders, and mitigate risks within complex environments.

Through an ESG lens, you will learn to implement monitoring and evaluation best practices and navigate the challenges of local operating contexts. By the end of the programme, you will be empowered to lead socially responsible business practices and deliver meaningful socio-economic benefits in your industry.

What you will walk away with: 

• Develop and apply practical tools to effectively manage social performance and engage meaningfully with communities and key project stakeholders in complex environments.
• Develop effective management interventions for assessing social impacts and risks.  
• Analyse and apply various approaches to manage and maximise the positive impact of socio-economic benefit delivery for communities. 
• Develop and apply monitoring and evaluation best practices in complex environments. 
• Critically assess international environmental and social governance (ESG) best practice and its relation to community engagement and social impact leadership.  
• Analyse the real-world social impacts linked to a large project, both internally and externally, and develop appropriate recommendations and management responses. 

Minimum Requirements:

• National Senior Certificate, NQF 4 or equivalent 
• English proficiency

Who should apply:

• Entry to mid-level professionals

3. Professional Practice in Community Investment and Development

Course Delivery: In-person (Johannesburg)

Duration: 5 days, full-time

Dates: 17 – 21 August 2026

Course Fee: R37200

Application deadline: Thursday, 16 July 2025

Application link: https://www.gsb.uct.ac.za/executive-education/community-investment-development/

Course Overview:

This course provides you with a solid grounding in the dynamics of private sector-led community social investments and economic development within the natural resource sector.

By exploring fundamental concepts and approaches, you will gain the essential knowledge and skills for designing and implementing impactful community social investment and economic development programmes. Utilising a mixed-methods approach of theory and hands-on learning, you will develop practical strategies to foster sustainable development and positive change in communities affected by natural resource projects.

What you will walk away with: 

• Understanding private sector-led Community Social Investment and Economic Development.
• Analysing paradigms and complexities impacting community social investments and economic development delivery. 
• Utilising various models and approaches to community social investments and economic development within natural resource projects, including local content, regional economic development, and shared infrastructure.
• Managing processes, including planning, designing, implementing, and monitoring various models and approaches to community social investments and economic development.
• Engaging and collaborating effectively, using participatory approaches and agreement-making, with internal and external community social investment and economic development programme stakeholders and partners.
• Evaluating and adapting community social investment and economic development interventions to achieve sustainable project outcomes.

Minimum Requirements:

• National Senior Certificate, NQF 4 or equivalent 
• English proficiency

Who should apply:

• Practitioner to executive-level professionals