ILO Participatory Gender Audit Certification Programme
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ILO Participatory Gender Audit Certification Programme
3 February–28 March 2025
The course is available in English
Introduction to the course
The certification will provide facilitators with a method of organizational analysis for detecting and mapping discrimination at work, analysing accountability, evaluating and monitoring systems and instruments, developing a change-management approach, action planning, and identifying new challenges and possible improvements.
Who attends this course?
The training is designed to people with gender expertise interested in strengthening their capacities in the implementation and facilitation of institutional diagnostics applying the ILO methodology as a tool to strengthen gender mainstreaming in organisations, enterprises, policies and social actors' agendas. The course is also aimed to representatives from governments and public authorities, employers and workers organizations, equal opportunity units, academics, United Nations and civil-society staff, gender experts and professional working on gender, diversity, inclusion and organizational change.
This has been definitely a ‘game-change’ experience in the personal and professional way, I have enjoyed any single moment I have spent with the facilitators course and also with my dear colleagues, either within the assessments, the groups exercises on the personal chats I had with then. I learnt a lot beyond the theory and practice, also about the experience this amazing multicultural group of mostly women has shared with me.
DANIEL MOTIÑO CAMÚÑEZ
Senior Diversity and Inclusion Manager at ZALANDO, Germany
Overall objective
WHY IS A CERTIFICATION NECESSARY?
The ILO PGA certification will ensure high quality standards for facilitators implementing the PGA and will provide guarantees to organizations undergoing a PGA that the certified PGA facilitators are meeting or exceeding the quality standards set out by the ILO and the ITCILO.
The certification will provide facilitators with a specific set of know-what and know-how competences, such as:
- applying a gender perspective to analytical work;
- detecting and mapping discrimination at work;
- identifying strategies for advocacy and capacity-building in promoting inclusive workplaces; improving communication competence and organizational capacity to form a coordinated Gender Audit team;
- analysing accountability, evaluation and monitoring systems and instruments in place for gender equality and change management;
- identifying new challenges and possible improvements.
Certified facilitators will have access to:
- all PGA course materials, case studies, training tools and reference materials;
- a network of certified facilitators from around the world who support each other in delivery and in the identification of professional opportunities;
- preferential access to future PGA curricula and ILO referrals.
The certification process is a valuable professional development experience in itself. However, any person who participates in the certification process, regardless of whether the candidate is ultimately certified, will have had an opportunity to learn new training techniques and to strengthen areas of technical weakness.
Facilitators
The training and the certification will be carried out by gender experts that have applied the ILO PGA methodology, ran audits and are expert trainers. They have a wide experience in directly assisting national and international institutions worldwide on how to mainstream gender in development programmes and organizations/enterprises.
“I am truly grateful for the exceptional and professional efforts the ITCILO staff have dedicated to this Programme. Having experience as a trainer and facilitator, I am especially impressed by the variety of methods (synchronous, asynchronous, teamwork, individual work, forums, etc.) employed to enrich our learning experience. Their commitment has been truly remarkable and has not gone unnoticed.
HILAL BAYKARA
Gender & Equity Trainer & Consultant, Turkey
Application portfolio
Only complete application portfolio will be reviewed. It must include:
- the complete online application form (available HERE);
- a short original essay maximum of 500 words describing gender mainstreaming challenges in the applicant’s own organization (if this is not possible describe main challenges in general) and why obtaining the Certification would be an added value to their work.
THE DEADLINE FOR CANDIDATURES IS 19 JANUARY 2025.
If you have a sponsor please include the supporting letter from the sponsoring/funding institution.
Incomplete files will not be considered.
As an organization dedicated to fundamental human rights and social justice, the ILO is taking a leading role in international efforts to promote gender equality. In line with this ILO focus, men are particularly welcome in this Certification Programme.
