The Private Sector and Development Organizations: Building Successful Alliances
Explore how private firms, development agencies, and civil society can collaborate to advance the SDGs. This course enhances your understanding of cooperation modalities, organizational dynamics, and equips you to assess opportunities and risks in joint initiatives.
Registration starts 2nd of June 2025.
Duration: 26/01– 28/01/2026
Teaching format: Classroom
Course objective:
The Agenda 2030 assumes a major role for the private sector in advancing the sustainable development goals (SDGs) beyond responsible business conduct. Combining the strengths of private firms and development actors is promising; at the same time, bridging different cultures, organizational priorities and working styles comes with its own set of challenges. This course seeks to increase participants’ understanding of the multifaceted range of cooperation modalities and opportunities between development agencies, private firms, and civil society organizations. It enhances the understanding of the different organizational logics and equips participants with the knowledge and tools required to enable effective interaction and joint initiatives, and to assess both opportunities and risks of such cooperation.
Key topics:
- Private sector and development
- Engagement with the private sector: introducing concepts and taking stock of experience
- Engaging with the private sector: how to design and manage partnerships
Exam: A written assignment will be distributed during the course, and due two weeks after the course completion (13/02/2026)
ECTS points: 2
Course fee: CHF 570
Lecturers:
- Dr. Fritz Brugger, NADEL
