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How to design and implement transformative capacity development trainings

Reiber, Tatjana
External Publications (2022)

in: Sven Grimm / Adriana Plasencia Díaz / Pedro Alves (eds), Training civil services on the 2030 Agenda: skill development for working towards the common good, Brasilia: Escola Nacional de Administração Pública (ENAP), 198-217

ISBN: 978-65-87791-03-6
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A professional, highly qualified and committed public administration is essential for the successful implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The indivisible nature of the 2030 Agenda and the need for an integrated approach that involves a  multitude of stakeholders are demanding challenges for public administrations. They will require innovative and new forms of governing that overcome siloed thinking and a fragmented institutional culture (see previous chapters). In order to support this transformative change enshrined in the 2030 Agenda, investing in the capacity development of civil servants is crucial. Training formats that are designed in a holistic way can empower civil servants to take the transformative action needed to implement the 2030 Agenda. Such holistic, transformative training includes the dimension of the “head, hands and heart” (Sipos et al., 2008) or – in other words – the dimension of knowledge, skills, and attitudes. The purpose of this article is to describe how agencies and trainers can design and implement transformative capacity development formats for civil servants on the 2030 Agenda.