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The Capacity Development Office (CDO) of ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ-MERIT provides career-enhancing training for policymakers and practitioners. Our programmes are designed to help participants influence and implement policy related to the .

Our purpose as a university and UN think tank is to offer unique learning and training opportunities not only to students but also to everyone looking to address contemporary and future sustainable development challenges, expand their knowledge and networks, and achieve personal and professional growth.

Overview of previous CDO activities

2025

• Open Access Courses - VIS Program
• ITU EDP Summer School
• ITU Summer School on Digital and Green Transitions
• ITU Course Causes and Consequences of the Digital Divide
• Migration Management Diploma Programme (MMDP)
• The Migration Management the Gambia Training
• Moving the Migration Policy Agenda Forward (MMPAF) programme
• ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ Program on Digital Technology and Sustainable Development (ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ-DTSD) 

2024

• ITU course Causes and Consequences of the Digital Divide
• Summer School on Catalyzing the Digital Future: Digital Transformation for Sustainability
• Migration Management Diploma Programme (MMDP)
• Kenya Institute of Migration Studies (KIMS)
• ITU Digital Skills Forum
• DigiGrad project workshop and Annual Conference for African Network for Internationalization and Education ANIE conference
• IATT online training on STI Policy for SDGs for Asia-Pacific
• DT&V/IND/IOM workshop  

• Moving the Migration Policy Agenda Forward (MMPAF) programme 

  Course name	Duration	Modality	Theme	Target group	Contact
  Support the Kenya Institute of Migration Studies Building Capacity in Migration Studies (KIMS)	December 2023 - June 2025	online	Migration	Government officials and policy makers working in migration and asylum	cdo@merit.unu.edu
  Migration Management Diploma Programme (MMDP)	March - May (periodic event, since 2013)	on-site	Migration	Government officials and policy makers working in migration and asylum	cdo@merit.unu.edu
  Design and Evaluation of Public Policies (DEPP)	1 week (each training)	on-site	Public Policy	Senior and middle-level officials from  low- and middle-income countries	cdo@merit.unu.edu
  Design and Evaluation of Innovation Policies (DEIP)	1 week (each training)	on-site	Innovation	Policymakers in science, technology and innovation in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), participants from the private sector involved in strategic  decision-making about technology and innovation	cdo@merit.unu.edu
  ICMPD Serbia Training 2023	February - March 2023	on-site	Migration	Public officials from the Commissariat for the Refugees  and Migration of the Republic of Serbia	cdo@merit.unu.edu
  Introduction to Micro-stimulations for Social Protection and Taxation -  Saudi Arabia Tailored training	4 days   (19 ¨C 22 June 2023)	on-site	Social Protection	Government officials from Saudi Arabia	cdo@merit.unu.edu
  Introduction to Qualitative and Quantitative Methods ¨C EIPA Tailored Training	October - November 2023	on-site	Research Methods	Staff members of the European Institute of  Public Administration (EIPA)	cdo@merit.unu.edu
  ITU course Economics of Innovation	September - October 2023	online	Innovation	Students with a limited background in the innovation studies tradition	cdo@merit.unu.edu
  Twinning for Excellence in Management and Economics of Research and Innovation (Horizon TWIN4MERIT)	January - December 2023	hybrid	Innovation	Academics and research actors from the Republic of Cyprus	cdo@merit.unu.edu

More information

For more details on our programmes or to discuss options for designing and delivering Capacity Development programmes with ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ-MERIT, please write to: cdo@merit.unu.edu

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