Training for Sustainable Social Futures

Elevate Your Social Impact

For over 10 years, Synergy Training has been at the forefront leading provider of applied social impact. We specialise in tailored training solutions, empowering organisations to excel in social performance and community engagement. 

Synergy Training offers a diverse range of short courses designed to enhance you or your organisation’s social performance and community relations. Our flexible approach allows us to provide you with certified, non-certified, and customised short courses to meet your specific requirements.

Our Expertise: 

  • Over 20 Years of Industry Experience: Proven track record in the natural resource sector i.e., extractives renewable energy, forestry, agriculture, and infrastructure sectors. 
  • Global Reach: Delivering innovative training to clients worldwide. 
  • Partnership: with the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business (GSB) 

Our Impact: 

  • Empowered Professionals: Our training fosters critical thinking and skills development. 
  • Sustainable Practices: We promote long-term sustainability in challenging environments. 
  • Stronger Communities: We build positive relationships between businesses and communities. 

Our Offerings: 

  • Certified and Non-Certified Courses: We offer a range of options, including customised short courses to meet your specific needs. 
  • Flexible Delivery: In-person, live online, and e-learning formats. Including offering onsite training to clients.  
  • NQF-Aligned Certifications: Levels 5 & 6. 
  • Career Progression: From entry-level to professional. 

Choose Synergy Training to elevate your organisation’s social performance through driving positive change and achieving lasting impact.  

Our Approach

A Focus on Practical Application and Self-reflection 

Synergy’s training programs are designed to foster practical learning and skill development. Our approach is grounded in adult learning principles, emphasizing: 

  • Real-world Application: We use real-life case studies and practical exercises to help participants apply their learning to their specific work contexts. 
  • Self-Reflection: We encourage participants to reflect on their own experiences and identify areas for improvement. 
  • Peer Learning: We facilitate interactive group work to promote knowledge sharing and collaboration. 
  • Expert Facilitation: Our experienced trainers guide participants through engaging and informative sessions. 

By combining theory, practice, and peer learning, our training programs equip participants with the tools and knowledge they need to excel in their roles and drive positive social impact. 

Training content and material development

We can draw on an enormous repository of Synergy’s material to curate business-specific training or develop entirely new, bespoke training material.

Training logistics and delivery

We take care of the logistics from finding the right venue to setting up sound and lighting and providing experienced trainers and facilitators for dynamic delivery and audience engagement.

Process design for both training and workshop settings

We help organisations to design, develop and refine in-house training and workshops.

Train-the-trainer support

We train and provide support to delegated in-house trainers and facilitators.

On-the-job mentoring

Supporting peer-to-peer learning

Synergy facilitates connections and gatherings between peers to build communities of practice and advance institutional learning.

Our topics 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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Participants

25

Countries

24

Courses

Community Relations Practice in Partnership with WITS University

Since 2013, Synergy has run courses in Community Relations Practice in partnership with Wits University’s Centre for Sustainability in Mining and Industry. The programme is the most globally subscribed accredited course on community relations/social performance practice and attracts a wide range of participants from entry-level to senior management.

The Wits University training (NQF 5 & 6 certificate) programme includes:

  • Introductory course:
    Social Performance Practice
  • Short course 1:
    Community Relations Practice: Understanding your context impacts and risks
  • Short course 2:
    Managing Community Engagement
  • Short course 3:
    Managing Community Investments & Benefits
  • Short course 4:
    Community Relations Practice: Management of Community Benefits and Partnerships
  • Advanced course:
    Advanced Community Relations Practice (within the extractive industries)

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