Leadership for Social Protection

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Social protection

Leadership for Social Protection

23–27 June 2025

The course is available in English

Face-to-face

Turin, Italy

23–27 June 2025

Dates

23–27 June 2025

Language

English

Application deadline

16 May 2025

Price

Tuition

€1,825

Subsistence

€720

Total

€2,545

Contact

i.nori@itcilo.org

Code

A9018055

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Introduction to the course

The aim of this course is to ensure that professionals working in social protection across the world are empowered to step up to the challenge of driving change, nationally and internationally. Through self-reflection, sharing of good practices and live interaction with peers and sector experts, participants will be able to hone core skills underpinning effective leadership for social protection. Successful participants will obtain a Certificate of Achievement that is eligible for the Diploma for Social Protection Managers.

Who attends this course?

The course is designed for experienced officials, managers and executives of social protection institutions, ministries, international organizations, the social partners and civil society who are tasked with designing and managing social protection programmes.

Challenging times call for visionary leaders. As demand for social protection soars, the move to strengthen social protection systems gathers momentum. Advancing this agenda globally will require unequivocal resolve. This course aims to ensure that professionals working in social protection across the world are empowered to step up to the challenge in order to drive change nationally and internationally.

The course is targeted at experienced officials, managers and executives from social protection institutions, ministries, international organizations, social partners and civil society who are tasked with designing and managing social protection programmes.

Participants will be able to engage in an immersive digital learning environment blending self-paced modules, engaging live sessions with experts and thought-leaders, and interactive simulations. The learning journey will provide a 360-degree exploration of leadership for social protection including:

Mega-trends and drivers shaping the future of social protection
Sharpening strategic thinking and vision centred on shared core values and characteristics
Leveraging human capital for inclusive leadership
Enhanced conflict resolution and conciliation
Harnessing emerging technologies
Optimising processes for improved performance
Managing change by driving innovation
Inspiring and motivating others through effective communication

What participants say

The Leadership for Social Protection course that I attended in Turin was an eye opener on the self-assessment especially on the strengths that I have which catapulted me to have a paradigm shift in my inherent leadership skills that for a long time have been dormant. It was an eye opener for everybody who wants to see leadership in humanity from a different lens.

Peter Ombasa

Assistant Director Children's Service, Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, State Department of Social Protection and Senior Citizen Affairs - National Social Protection Secretariat (NSPS), Kenya

One of the key take-away is the importance of pealing the different layers of my leadership skills, challenges and fears, once these identified, I will start working on embracing my skills, analyse my challenges and choose possible solutions from what I have learned and working on turning my fears into power.

Katia Madanat

Freelance consultant on Social protection, and Monitoring and Evaluation, Jordan

The skills gained from this training will help me to be a better leader and to ensure improved productivity, influence my team members positively, manage conflicts and foster team cohesion.

Ndidi Jennifer Ozegbe

Assistant Director (Maritime Safety and Security), Federal Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy, Nigeria

Prove your skills with a Diploma

This course is part of one Diploma programme: