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Strengthening Skills under UN 2.0 with a Focus on Results Based Management and Innovation

Programme oVERVIEW

Are you seeking practical tools and knowledge to establish new Results Based Management and Innovation practices?This Programme is devised with you in mind!

Programme Objectives

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UN 2.0 is about strengthening our expertise and culture in data, digital, innovation, foresight, and behavioural science – to build a UN System that can better support Member States in the years to come.

ANTÓNIO GUTERRES, UN SECRETARY-GENERAL

our journey

Why now?

The United Nations Secretary-General has made innovation and Data a priority:

Find out what makes innovation and data cutting-edge skills in the UN and download the UN 2.0 Policy Brief

Programme Objectives

By the end of the programme,YOU should be able to:

What's in it for me?

... integrate RBM into various contexts and develop M&E plans to ensure improvement of programme results.

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... leverage systematic planning and evaluation to foster innovation.

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... undertake coaching conversations with peers related to the scoping and design of innovations.

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... discuss how key concrete skills can foster an enabling environment for innovation through modelling and promoting psychological safety; learning from failure; and fostering creativity.

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... discuss what innovation is, and the different types of innovation.

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... understand and apply RBM principles in the context of OCHA programming.

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... utilize the UN Innovation Toolkit; its diagnostic element; and the included UN customized tools to plan for, and facilitate, innovation.

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Complete 6 Simple Components to earn Your Certificate

Your Certificate of Programme completion will be issued only after having completed the 6 Programme components.

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Three Peer- Coaching Sessions

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Weekly Feedback & 1 Overall Programmatic Evaluation

Six Online Webinars

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One Individual Assignment

SixDiscussion Forums

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Readings & Resources

Your Certification Journey

Review your Completion Checklist here!

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One Self-Paced Module

Key Readings and Resources

Thematic Webinars

Assignment with Individual Feedback

Peer-Coaching Sessions

Discussion Forums

Through the programme, you will identify an RBM-Related innovation project within your own sphere of influence and, utilising insights gained from the Programme and the UN Innovation Toolkit, apply the learning in the identified area - your applied learning will be presented through a pitch at the final Peer-Coaching Session.

Applied Learning - RBM-Related Innovation Project

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Self-Paced ModuleRBM in the UN Secretariat: An Introduction

Your first step in this Programme would be to take the mandatory Self-paced Module: RBM in the UN Secretariat: An Introduction. This encourages participants to have a similar baseline of understanding when participating in the Programme. Deadline: 6 October 2024

Self-Paced Module

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COMMUNICATION

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Foundations of RBM

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Managing for Results-Implementing RBM

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Innovation and the UN iNNOVATION tOOLKIT

Find out which skills you'll consolidate in each Module by clicking the + signs!

Creating an enabling environment

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Introduction and Orientation

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An Introduction and Orientation Module along with 7 Thematic Modules delivered through 7 Online Webinars

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Recap Week

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Integrating Innovation and RBM

Creating an enabling environment

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Online Webinars

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By the end of Week 5, you should be able to:

  • Identify different contexts where RBM can be applied;
  • Formulate strategies for integrating RBM into these contexts effectively;
  • Design and implement M&E plans to track progress, evaluate outcomes, and facilitate learning and improvement;
  • Identify potential risks that could impact the achievement of results.

Delivered across 8 weeks with an international faculty team, these Online Modules offer extensive peer-sharing opportunities. You will have access to all materials on UNSSC's learning platform, from your computer and/or mobile device. Please note: the order of the Modules is subject to change.

By the end of the Week 2, you should be able to:

  • Outline innovation and its differing types in your context;
  • Understand the UN Innovation Toolkit: 21 tools, worksheets, and case studies;
  • Identify your readiness to innovate through an assessment.

By the end of Week 3, you should be able to:

  • Examine psychological safety to drive innovation;
  • Cultivate a learning-from-failure culture;
  • Learn how to encourage creativity.

By the end of Week 3, you should be able to:

  • Define RBM and its importance within OCHA programming;
  • Identify key components and principles of RBM;
  • Discuss and differentiate between theories of change, results frameworks, logical frameworks.

By the end of week 1, you should be able to:

  • Get to know the programme, your resource persons, and your peers!

By the end of the Week 5, you should be able to:

  • Describe how systematic planning and evaluation can drive innovation;
  • Incorporate innovation indicators and adaptive management;
  • Use RBM tools (log frame or ToC) to plan and track innovative initiatives.

By the end of Week 7, you should be able to:

  • Examine psychological safety to drive innovation;
  • Cultivate a learning-from-failure culture;
  • Learn how to encourage creativity.

By the end of Week 6, you should be able to:

  • Reflect, review and complete pending tasks

Assignment

The Assignments will be a unique opportunity to contextualize your learning to your needs and realities.The purpose of the first assignment is for you to identify your innovation project, a situation for which you will develop a strategy over the next weeks in this programme. You will receive feedback on the assignment from your Innovation Coach! Deadline: 20 October 2024

Individual Assignments

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Three Peer-Coaching Sessions

The Peer Coaching element is a confidential process where you will together with 4-5 colleagues to reflect on your RBM-related innovation project after each webinar; to expand, refine, and build new skills. Duration: 1 hourNote:

  • Peer Coaching Sessions are not recorded to maintain psychological safety. Attendance is mandatory.
  • Your will be assigned to either Unit A or Unit B based on your respective time zone.
  • Following this, you will be further organized into Peer Coaching Groups, each consisting of 4-5 Colleagues.

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Peer- Coaching Sessions

components: Fourth COMPONENT

Weekly Discussion Forums

You will continue discussing challenges and emerging solutions identified before, during, or after the Webinar in a moderated forum accessible at any time, as well as share the application of tools implemented during the contextualisation weeks. You will also have the opportunity to start your own discussions on any topic you'd like to further explore.

  • Action Required: Share 1 post within each Forum Discussion

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Weekly Discussion Forums

components: Fifth COMPONENT

Weekly Readings & Resources

You will have access to a variety of UN-relevant text and multimedia resources in each of the Online Modules. You will be able to retain access to these resources even beyond the end of the programme.

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Weekly Readings & Resources

components: Sixth COMPONENT

At the UNSSC, we highly value the feedback of our learners.That's why you will have Weekly Feedback after the Orientation and 6 Thematic Modules, as well as the opportunity to reflect on the Programme as a whole by taking the Overall Programmatic Evaluation, so that we're able to further hear from your unique perspective.

  • Action Required:
    • Share 1 post with your feedback, every week.
    • Complete the Overall Programmatic at the end of the Programme

Weekly Feedback & Overall Programmatic Evaluation

Weekly Feedback & Overall Programmatic Evaluation

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components: Seventh COMPONENT

Note: You would best benefit from the Programme if you're able to dedicate 4 hours a week to it.

Programme Timeline

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About the UNSSC

The Mandate of the UNSSC is "to serve as a system-wide knowledge management and learning institution, with a view to fostering a cohesive management culture across the UN system."The Vision of the UNSSC is "To provide the skills and knowledge to empower the most valuable resource of the UN system: our people."

"We can do things differently, and we can do different things… innovation is not only the most sophisticated technologies, sometimes it’s the simplest of things."António Guterres - UN Secretary-General

the un system staff college

The United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC) was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2001 in Turin, Italy, to foster a cohesive leadership and management culture for the entire UN system. We leveraged our expertise to enable UN staff and partners to display an ability to think and work differently to respond and adapt to changing contexts.

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Three Peer-Coaching Sessions with 6-8 participants focused on contextualisation, will allow you to practice coaching skills and identify your project, discuss, gain formative advice and then, present the final results

The Peer-Coaching Sessions

  • When: Every Wednesday, 14:00 - 16:00 CET
  • Total Required: 3 sessions
  • Action: Read Peer Coaching Guidelines to make the most of your session.

In brief

RBM in the UN Secretariat is an E-Learning Module to ensure that colleagues have the same baseline of understanding before the Webinars begin.

Self-Paced Module

In Brief

  • Deadline: Sunday, October 6 2024
  • Action: Start early to ensure you meet the deadline.

The Assignments will be a unique opportunity to contextualize your learning to your needs and realities and receive a feedback on it.

The Individual Assignment

In Brief

  • Deadline: Sunday, October 20 CET
  • Action: Start early to ensure you meet the deadline.

  • When: Set aside 30 minutes to stay up to date.
  • Action: Select the button 'Mark As Done' on the top Left-hand side of the page.

Readings and Resources

  • When: Every Monday, 14:00 - 16:00 CET
  • Total Required: 6 Webinars
  • Action: Download Calendar Invitations

The Online Webinars

  • When: Weekly + Final Programme Evaluation
  • Action: Submit your feedback to complete the Programme

Feedback and Evaluation

  • Total Required: 6 posts
  • Action: Share your insights and engage with peers and the Forum moderator regularly.

The Discussion Forum