Training Overview

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Enhance your skills, elevate your impact

Navigating complex social challenges requires deep understanding and careful preparation. Synergy’s sector-leading training and capacity building equips you with actionable knowledge and evergreen skills that you can confidently apply across the unique circumstances and specialist areas in which you work.

With a diverse range of university-certified and tailored training solutions, we offer complete flexibility, catering for all roles and levels of seniority, across a wide variety of subjects, in the way that best suits your needs.

Our Offering

Certified Training

Synergy offers eight certified short courses covering a variety of key themes in the social impact management and stakeholder engagement field. Ranging from entry-level to specialist courses, we empower your teams through a mix of theory, hands-on practice and facilitated peer learning. As a partner of the University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business, our courses are always delivered by specialist practitioners with extensive experience within their field, offering real-world examples and first-hand insights.

Custom training solutions

We know each organisation that we work with has its own unique set of challenges to overcome, that is why we offer tailored training solutions that build the sector-specific capabilities and knowledge that matter to you. With over 25 years of experience in elevating social impacts and leaving positive lasting legacies, we ensure you finish our courses feeling confident, inspired and fully equipped to apply your learnings in the workplace.

Our Approach

What sets our training apart is our approach. We focus on real-world application, using case studies and practical exercises to demonstrate how to utilise your new skills in the specific environments that you work in. Self-reflection and peer-to-peer learning form a core part of our offering, providing a collaborative space for you to share knowledge and help one another overcome industry challenges.

Industry-leading training and resources

We are strong believers in building lasting connections with the people that we train and the organisations we work alongside. Our aim is not only to become your trusted training partner, but to act as an adviser and a guide for all your learning and development needs.

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Customised training content and material development

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Training logistics and delivery

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In-house training design and development support

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Training for in-house trainers

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Mentoring and coaching

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Peer-to-peer learning opportunities

Areas that we cover include

  • Social impact, risk assessment and management
  • Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
  • Procurement
  • Enterprise development
  • Community development
  • Resettlement, land access, and livelihood
  • Human rights
  • Community Benefit Creation Partnerships
  • Responsible security
  • Stakeholder engagement and co-creation
  • Monitoring and evaluation
  • Indigenous peoples
  • Conflict management
  • Understanding levels of community support
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539 Participants

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25 Countries

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24 Courses

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