Name: Capacity Building for National Sustainable Development Training Course
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Scheduled Dates

10 - 14 Aug 2026

Dubai - UAE

$5,950

07 - 11 Sep 2026

London - UK

$5,950

26 - 30 Apr 2027

London - UK

$5,950

09 - 13 Aug 2027

Dubai - UAE

$5,950

06 - 10 Sep 2027

London - UK

$5,950

Why Choose this Training Course?

Sustainable national development depends on far more than the availability of natural resources. For petroleum-producing and energy-exporting nations, long-term prosperity is determined by the strength of their institutions, the capability of their workforce, the effectiveness of governance systems, and the ability to transform resource revenues into lasting economic and social value. Countries that successfully develop institutional capacity, strengthen governance, and invest in human capital are better positioned to build diversified, resilient economies while avoiding the challenges associated with weak governance, skills shortages, and short-term resource management.

The Capacity Building for National Sustainable Development training course provides a comprehensive understanding of capacity development within the energy sector, equipping participants with practical frameworks for strengthening institutions, improving organisational capability, and supporting sustainable national growth. The training explores internationally recognised capacity development models, institutional assessment methodologies, workforce planning, local content strategies, governance practices, stakeholder engagement, financing approaches, and performance measurement systems. Participants will gain practical knowledge that enables them to assess institutional capabilities, develop structured capacity-building strategies, and implement measurable initiatives that contribute to sustainable development while supporting transparency, accountability, and long-term resource governance.

This Capacity Building for National Sustainable Development training course will highlight:

The role of capacity development in transforming natural resource wealth into sustainable national prosperity.
Internationally recognised capacity-building frameworks developed by organisations such as UNDP, OECD, and the World Bank for application within the energy sector.
Practical approaches to assessing institutional capacity across governance systems, organisations, and individual competencies.
Workforce development, local content, and in-country value strategies, including internationally recognised nationalisation frameworks.
Governance, stakeholder engagement, transparency, ethics, and maintaining a sustainable social licence to operate.
Practical methods for financing, implementing, monitoring, and sustaining capacity development initiatives through changing political and economic environments.

What are the Goals?

By the end of this Capacity Building for National Sustainable Development training course, participants will be able to:

Explain how resource governance, institutional capacity, and sustainable national development are interconnected while understanding the causes and consequences of the resource curse.
Apply internationally recognised capacity development frameworks at institutional, organisational, and individual levels.
Conduct structured capacity assessments and convert findings into prioritised, cost-effective development plans.
Design workforce development, succession planning, competency management, and nationalisation strategies aligned with local content objectives and the evolving energy sector.
Evaluate governance, accountability, and transparency practices against recognised international standards, including EITI and the Natural Resource Charter.
Develop stakeholder engagement and community investment strategies that strengthen long-term social acceptance and organisational credibility.
Design KPIs, monitoring systems, evaluation frameworks, and business cases that demonstrate measurable value from capacity development investments.

Who is this Training Course for?

This Capacity Building for National Sustainable Development training course is designed for professionals responsible for institutional development, governance, human capital, sustainable resource management, and organisational transformation within the energy sector.

It will particularly benefit:

Officials in energy, petroleum, finance and planning ministries
Energy sector regulators and licensing authorities
National oil company executives and corporate planning professionals
Human capital, competency, learning and development, and nationalisation leads
Local content, in country value and national content managers
Corporate governance, compliance, ESG and sustainability professionals
Community relations, social performance and stakeholder engagement teams
Partner, joint venture and international operator staff responsible for national development commitments

How will this Training Course be Presented?

The Capacity Building for National Sustainable Development training course adopts an interactive and practical learning methodology designed to maximise knowledge transfer and long-term application. Participants will benefit from expert-led presentations, facilitated discussions, practical examples drawn from energy-producing regions around the world, collaborative learning activities, and guided reflection focused on their own organisational environments. Continuous participant engagement encourages the practical application of internationally recognised frameworks while enabling delegates to translate learning directly into workplace improvements.

Organisational Impact

Organisations whose professionals attend this Capacity Building for National Sustainable Development training course will benefit from:

Improved understanding of institutional strengths and capacity gaps that influence organisational performance.
Structured and prioritised capacity development strategies supported by realistic implementation planning.
Stronger workforce development pipelines and enhanced national content and in-country value performance.
Enhanced governance, accountability, and transparency that reduce regulatory, operational, and reputational risks.
More productive collaboration with governments, regulators, industry partners, communities, and international organisations.
Clear evidence demonstrating how capacity development investments contribute to broader national development objectives.

Personal Impact

By attending this Capacity Building for National Sustainable Development training course, participants will:

Develop practical expertise in internationally recognised capacity development methodologies used by governments and global institutions.
Strengthen their ability to perform comprehensive capacity assessments and confidently communicate recommendations to senior decision-makers.
Improve their capability to design competency frameworks, workforce development initiatives, succession planning, and nationalisation strategies.
Enhance professional judgement when addressing governance, ethical, and stakeholder challenges affecting national development.
Build stronger skills in preparing and presenting business cases that justify investment in institutional capacity development.
Gain a structured understanding of capacity priorities within their own organisations and develop practical implementation roadmaps.

Daily Agenda

Day 1: Resource Wealth, Governance and the Capacity Imperative

What capacity building means: the enabling environment, the organisation and the individual
From resource wealth to development: the resource curse, Dutch disease and the institutional response
Resource governance in practice: the Natural Resource Charter and the decision chain
The UN Sustainable Development Goals and the energy sector
International capacity development frameworks: UNDP, OECD DAC and World Bank approaches

Day 2: Diagnosing and Designing Institutional Capacity

Capacity needs assessment: scope, method, evidence and stakeholder validation
Organisational maturity and capability assessment for ministries, regulators and national oil companies
Mandate clarity and the separation of policy, regulation and commercial operations
Operating models, organisation design and decision rights
Capacity gap analysis, prioritisation and sequencing under budget constraint

Day 3: Human Capital, National Content and the Future Workforce

Strategic workforce planning and the energy sector skills demand profile
Competency frameworks: design, assessment and application to technical and leadership roles
Local content and in country value: NOGICD, IKTVA, Emiratisation and comparable regimes
Leadership pipelines, succession planning and knowledge transfer from expatriate and contractor workforces
Skills for the energy transition and the redeployment of petroleum capability

Day 4: Stakeholders, Ethics, Transparency and the Social Licence

Stakeholder identification, mapping, prioritisation and engagement planning
Transparency and anti corruption: the EITI standard, beneficial ownership and contract disclosure
Ethics and corporate governance: paradigms, dilemmas and effective compliance programmes
Corporate social responsibility and social investment that builds capacity rather than dependency
The social licence to operate: how it is earned, how it is lost and how it is measured

Day 5: Financing, Implementation, Measurement and Sustainability

Financing capacity development: national budgets, revenue funds and partner commitments
Managing revenue volatility: sovereign wealth funds, stabilisation funds and fiscal rules
Building the business case and demonstrating the return on capacity investment
Monitoring and evaluation: theory of change, KPIs and leading versus lagging indicators
Implementation roadmaps and sustaining capacity through political, leadership and price cycles

Certificate

Upon successful completion of this training course, delegates will be awarded an official PetroKnowledge Certificate of Completion, signed by the course facilitator. The certificate confirms successful participation and records the total learning hours completed.
Continuing Professional Education credits (CPE): In accordance with the standards of the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, one CPE credit is granted per 50 minutes of attendance.

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