Course Development
In collaboration with the University of the West Indies – Open Campus (UWI-OC), Barbados a 12 module/30 contact hour Continuing and Professional Education (CPE) course in Social Enterprise for Caribbean Transformation Course to enable the creation of socially responsible businesses, was developed. This Certificate Programme in social enterprise aims to institutionalize training for ecotourism for long-term sustainability and development. In cooperation with the University of the West Indies (UWI) - Open Campus, this 6-month programme is now available to students and interested stakeholders in 17 English speaking countries in which the UWI-OC operates.
- The track record, institutional maturity, project experience and goodwill of the implementing organization as well as the social partnership arrangements allowed for the continuity of the work to develop the course despite the challenges presented as a result of covid 19
- Having a team of experts that have a community of practice - willing to share their knowledge, invest their time to create the course content; commitment to the process and saw the relevance of the approach and the potential impact
- Having a degree of flexibility within projects and with partners was critical to achieving project objectives and to manoeuvre around unplanned events.
- The track records and goodwill of the implementing agency allowed for continuity of the project despite varied delays.
- The competency in terms of the capacity to negotiate, institutional maturity and project experience of the implementing organisation allowed for a solution driven / human centred approach to be applied during unexpected developments.