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Biodiversity Partner’s Program (BIPP) - A course for learning biodiversity through deep ecology
SUPPORTING REGIONAL, ECOLOGICAL, AND ENERGY TRANSITIONS
BIODIVERSITY PARTNER’S PROGRAM (BIPP)
Format: hybrid Languages: English and French
Dedicated e-learning platform. Southern Africa and Northern Africa
3 month online course 5 days of in-person workshops
Pro-nature project leaders: entrepreneurs from the private sector or civil society or intrapreneurs working for an organization
KEY FIGURES
10 Webinars
10 Group sessions 5 Days of workshops 30 Project leaders per class
OVERALL THEME/BACKGROUND
The hybrid Biodiversity Partners Program (BiPP), allows 30 entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs to accelerate their pro-nature projects, while integrating an interdisciplinary local network. The program helps project leaders develop a broader vision of living beings and supports the transition to taking action.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
The educational goals are based on the threefold principle: Exploring: Learning about and experiencing issues related to biodiversity, deep ecology, and systems thinking. Experimenting: Take part in a 5-day workshop to accelerate your pro-nature project. Growing: Learn about entrepreneurial tools and knowhow and receive coaching to help your project grow.
TEACHING METHODS & ACTIVITIES
This program incorporates theoretical teachings on the challenges of biodiversity, practical exercises helping change one's position, and learning about ecological and systemic leadership, and exploring entrepreneurial tools and know-how to accelerate one's project. The program's hybrid format combines webinars, breakout sessions, and 5 days of in-person workshops.
WHAT WILL YOU GET OUT OF THIS TRAINING COURSE?
Biodiversity Partners Program provides you with a better understanding of ecosystems, systems, and deep ecology. Moreover, exploring the different types of pro-nature projects provides you with new sources of inspiration to enrich your current or future projects. The program is an opportunity for developing ecological leadership positions and experimenting with the role of agents for change through personal and collective transformational work, in connection with living beings. Finally, you will be an integral part of a local interdisciplinary, multi-sector network in order to collectively take action at the regional level.
