New event
Mesopartner Academy
Facilitate change that matters
Dates
7 - 11 July 2025
Face-to-Face
Hotel Grenzfall, Berlin, Germany
Price
€1,900 early bird price
(registrations before 28 February)
€2,100 normal price
(from 1 March)
€1,800 group price
(minimum of 3 participants from the same organisation)
All prices are per person and include 19% VAT.
Language
The event will be in English
Limited space
We have a limited space of 30 participants. Register soon to ensure your spot!
Registration Deadline
30 May 2025
This new event will enable facilitators of economic and social change processes to guide and shape the collaboration of stakeholder groups and networks.
The course will equip facilitators to assist stakeholders in making sense collectively, exploring possibilities, adjusting their strategies, and improving mutual collaboration. In a nutshell, the event is about enabling change and innovation between organisations and stakeholders, as well as within organisations or teams.
During the event, participants will be trained to use the Systemic Insight methodology developed by Mesopartner. This method consists of a facilitation toolkit, principles and templates that the participants can integrate into their contexts after the event. The Systemic Insight methodology is focused on enabling search, discovery and learning processes within a team and, more importantly, in networks of actors working towards a shared objective.
The content will focus on:
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Improving the dynamics of how stakeholders make sense, strategise and learn to work together.
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Improving the quality of dialogue and information flows through creative facilitation methods suitable for standalone events or iterative processes.
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Leading search, discovery and adjustment processes that result in trust, innovation and organisational strengthening in development.
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Introduce participants to facilitation methods based on complexity thinking, which enable better decision-making despite uncertainty or incomplete social institutions.
Leading change processes between stakeholders is more complex than setting a vision and progressing through a series of milestones toward reaching that vision. Facilitators must guide stakeholders in exploring complex topics, probing possible solutions, and making decisions despite uncertainty. Furthermore, stakeholders must be able to critically assess their progress or emergent opportunities to make necessary adjustments during the execution of their strategies.
Who should participate in this event?
The Mesopartner Academy is ideally suited for facilitators and project managers who guide processes involving various stakeholders or networks, and will help them to collaborate on identifying possibilities, collectively making sense of issues and adjusting strategies at both network and organisational levels. Experts supporting meso organisations in strategising and innovating in turbulent contexts would find this event beneficial. Facilitators of bottom-up improvement processes – where a community or network is trying to make sense of changes, or where a network is actively trying to discover or explore alternative futures – would also gain from attending the event.
Every organisation and social and economic development project requires such facilitation skills to navigate work effectively despite uncertainty, changing stakeholder dynamics, and volatile market or regulatory conditions.
What will participants gain from the event?
Participants of the Mesopartner Academy will have the opportunity to develop or enhance their process facilitation skills. Each participant will receive a Systemic Insight facilitation toolkit with templates, supporting documentation and access to a community of experts using the methodology to enable social change and learning. They will be equipped with modular frameworks, concepts, selected methods and tools and will gain simulated experience in combining and adjusting these instruments to different contexts. In various configurations, these instruments offer a consistent guide for navigating small and large development processes and making decisions in uncertain situations.
Participants will leave the training on Friday and be able to start using their newly equipped toolbox and facilitation approach on Monday, reframing and reinvigorating the processes or networks they lead or participate in.
Register now to secure your place in this exclusive training program.
What is included?
The fees include your participation in the training, snacks, lunches, and two group dinners on Tuesday and Thursday. The fees do not cover travel, accommodation, breakfast, or dinner expenses.
Accommodation Options
You have the choice to stay at Hotel Grenzfall at 119 euros or Guest House Lazarus at 102 euros, which is on the same premises (both options include breakfast). Alternatively, you can book your own accommodation. Please indicate your choice when completing your registration form.
Small Print
Payment procedure
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You will receive an electronic invoice by email.
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The first instalment is due within 10 days.
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The final payment deadline is 30 May 2025.
Refund policy
If you cancel your participation, the following refund policy applies:
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If you cancel before 30 May 2025, 20% of your payment will be reimbursed.
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If you cancel after 30 May 2025, your payment will not be reimbursed.
Visa support
Mesopartner can assist you with your visa application to Germany. If you require an invitation letter, please contact us.
Christian Schoen
Christian has over 30 years of experience in Local and Regional Economy Development, Value Chain Development, Business-enabling Environment and Quality Infrastructure.
Frank Wältring
I love to experiment with, develop and implement new initiatives for economic development in conjunction with German and international colleagues.
Dr. Shawn Cunningham is a process consultant working in the field of innovation and competitiveness improvement of the private sector.
Dr. Ulrich Harmes-Liedtke is a process consultant and international expert in the field of international development cooperation.
The trainers are partners of Mesopartner, a leading consultancy in systemic competitiveness and sustainable development. For the past twenty-plus years, Mesopartner has worked within the framework of international development cooperation for the leading support organisations, programmes, and projects.
