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11-04-24
Curious about the learning programmes we have hosted thus far this year? Explore the freshest insights straight from the voices of our participants and partners.
November 2025: After COP30 and a few days of vacation, I return with renewed battery and faith in humanity. If the COP opens up how big the challenges are, it also reminds us that there are still those who unite to face them. Read more
November 2025: It was encouraging to see how we have continued to make progress, bear fruit and strengthen ties between Mexico, Denmark and this proactive, forward-thinking group since 2019. Read more
November 2025: As an Amazonian journalist, I had the great opportunity to cover a UN Climate Conference for the first time. Read more
10 – 28 November 2025: Today was the sixth day of the Danida Fellowship Centre course on Decarbonization, energy efficiency and green transition in the maritime sector. In the morning we ventured to Marstal Navigationsskole to discuss how to promote energy efficiency in training and education.
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5-6 November 2025: The week, hosted by DTU Skylab in collaboration with the Danida Fellowship Centre among other sponsors , was packed with learning, networking, and collaborating. Read more
22 September – 10 October 2025: The journey on << Physical and Financial Power Markets >> offered an unique blend of academic depth and practical immersion Read more
The program, now in its 4th cohort, aimed to strengthen the leadership and management capabilities of 23 𝐦𝐢𝐝-𝐭𝐨-𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫-𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐬 from Ghana, Mali, the Gambia, Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe and South Africa. Read more
3-14 November 2025: The programme offered deep insights into process design and visioning, nature-based solutions, the role of secondary cities in Africa, project preparation and bankability, and climate financing. Read more
August 2025: August 2022 changed my outlook completely. For what I thought would be a simple, three-week short course on Solid Waste Management at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) turned out to be a defining moment in my journey. Read more
18 August – 29 August 2025 : These were intense and challenging days, in which I had to revisit concepts such as thermodynamics and energy balance, in addition to reflecting on how to rethink processes to optimize the use of energy. Read more
10 August – 23 August 2025: Didn’t you believe me when I said min rejse (my journey) here was just getting started? Read more
25 August – 12 September 2025 : Great to share knowledge with global water professionals from Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Kenya, Indonesia, India, Ghana, Ethiopia, Colombia and China. Read more
September 2025: Ahead of the African Climate Summit 2025, African journalists who are alumni of the Danida Fellowship gathered virtually to share their insights. Read more
18 August – 29 August 2025: A key message throughout was that energy efficiency is not about isolated fixes, it is about optimizing interconnected systems. Read more
September 2025: Journalists from three continents spotlight fake news in the climate crisis. Read more
25 August – 12 September 2025: Thanks to all the fantastic participants from Brasil, Turkey, China, and Ukraine. Read more
September 2025: This is a debate that good journalism must always face with seriousness and responsibility. Read more
8 September – 26 September 2025: I am sure that I will bring back to Brazil important knowledge to foster discussions on the integration of offshore wind generation in the country. Read more
September 2025: The most challenging task I encountered was engaging policymakers and policy implementers, particularly on issues related to the National Youth Policy. Read more
8 September – 26 September 2025: Before the plane even landed in Copenhagen, I already knew this trip would change something in me. Read more
August 2025: This experience broadened my knowledge and sharpened my skills in communication, journalism, and digital content development. Read more
10 August – 23 August 2025: Welcoming the Next Generation of Water Leaders! Read more
25 August – 12 September 2025: We ended the first week with a lot of learning and exchange of experiences. Read more
10 August – 23 August 2025: We are course participants, academic lecturers, water professionals from industry and utilities from 15 countries in Asia, Africa, South America and Europe.Read more
28 April – 16 May 2025: Just wrapped up a rewarding three-week course in Energy systems modelling using Balmorel. Read more
23 June – 11 July 2025: Successful “Environmental Governance at the Local Level” relies heavily on cross-sectoral and cross-disciplinary cooperation. Read more
2 – 7 February 2025: A truly transformative experience at MS TCDC (Tanzania), made possible by the incredible support of Circle Generation and the Danida Fellowship Centre. Read more
11 August – 22 August 2025: Participar en el curso Creating Healthy Cities en Copenhague ha sido una experiencia extraordinaria de formación y colaboración. Read more
16 June – 4 July 2025: The past three weeks have been both exciting and insightful… Read more
2 June – 20 June 2025: Dialogue at a local level is very important in order to describe environmental problems and assure a successful green transition. Read more
August 2025: Last week SDG Champions gathered in Nairobi to accelerate progress on the 2030 Agenda. Read more
16 June – 4 July 2025: July 4th marked the completion of the three-week 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞. Read more
2 June – 20 June 2025: It’s hard to believe a month has already passed since I joined the incredible community of Danida fellows. Read more
2 June – 20 June 2025: This journey has been a tapestry woven with discomfort and adventure, curiosity and profound learning. It’s the kind of experience that empties you, then refills you with improved system thinking. Read more
5 May – 23 May 2025: This course seeks to enable participants to make a real difference and facilitate positive change in society, in their organisation and within themselves by providing practical tools and approaches to facilitate this effort. Read more
13 January – 31 January 2025: This course seeks to enable participants to make a real difference and facilitate positive change in society, in their organisation and within themselves by providing practical tools and approaches to facilitate this effort. Read more
5 May – 23 May 2025: This course seeks to enable participants to make a real difference and facilitate positive change in society, in their organisation and within themselves by providing practical tools and approaches to facilitate this effort. Read more
26 May – 13 June 2025: “It’s time for us, the Danida fellows, to implement our learning from the program in our food systems and try to achieve the sustainability”. Read more
June 2025: Fostering an inclusive mindset for sustainable solutions. Read more
June 2025: “Did you know feminist leadership is not just about women?”. Read more
26 May – 13 June 2025: “During the course I had the opportunity of sharing with classmates of 10 different countries (Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Ukraine, Vietnam and Mexico!”. Read more
26 May – 13 June 2025: Field visit to DLG Group owned by farmers cooperatives and Solrød Biogas owned by Solrød Kommune as a part of Danida Fellowship Centre programme. Read more
We are glad to inform you that the Danida Fellowship Centre (DFC) Learning Programme on Sustainable and Inclusive Urban Development 2025 has been completed. Read more
5 May – 23 May 2025: The course aims at inspiring participants to mainstream climate change considerations into the work of their home organisation. Read more
Friday the 16th May marked the closing day of this year’s “Sustainable and Inclusive Urban development”. Read more
Also this year, we have a wonderful group of practitioners attending our training on “Sustainable and Inclusive Urban Development” for the Danida Fellowship Centre. Read more
Day Two of the Climate Change Action Training at the Kenya School of Government sponsored by Danida Fellowship Centre. Read more
28 April – 16 May -2025: The third round of “sustainable and inclusive urban development” for Danida Fellowship Centre launched this week. As cities face multiple challenges and are hot spots for climate solutions it is essential to acknowledge planning and planning transition by addressing sustainability as an organizational principle for urban change. Contemporary urban challenges demand holistic and multilayered understandings of cities and an approach to problem identification that take seriously the interconnected complexity of urban sustainability challenges and the definition of systemic solutions. The learning programme introduces a combined wicked problems approach and urban system thinking, coupled with process design, strategic and action planning, as well as political power mappings.
24 March – 11. April 2025: This course provides an overview of all existing solutions for water treatment and valorisation, tools for the evaluation of the different solutions for given scenarios, and an understanding of how the different actors interact and support the development of new sustainable solutions. Read more
24 March – 11 April 2025: Diving into green and circular economy ideas that can shape tomorrow’s economies. Read more
The program brought together 22 participants from 8 developing countries, fostering an in-depth understanding of the complexities surrounding renewable energy integration. Read more
24 February – 7 March 2025: The objective of this learning programme is for the participants to gain more knowledge on risk assessment, tools for benefit/risk assessment, and to develop their thinking on global pharmaceutical policy, stakeholders, market access of medicines and patient involvement. Read more
Danida Fellowship Centre and the Royal Danish Embassy in Nairobi equip local leaders with the tools to drive climate action. Through a series of five climate capacity-building trainings, we support the Financially-led Local Climate Action (FLLoCA) programme—a bold initiative strengthening Kenya’s resilience to climate change from the ground up.
Embassy of Denmark in South Africa hosted a special networking reception to reconnect with bright young minds from the Next Generation by DTU Skylab by DTU Skylab and celebrate their innovative contributions to solving water challenges in South Africa and India. Read more
Training in intellectual property is an essential step in strengthening innovation ecosystems!
As an alumnus of Danida’s training on Human Rights-Based Approaches (HRBA), this opportunity is an exciting next step in translating knowledge into tangible impact.
20 January – 31 January 2025: The training, held from 20th – 31st January 2025 at Copenhagen Business School (CBS), Denmark, brought together professionals from India, Indonesia and Brazil, focusing on IP protection, patent and trademark searches, GI, licensing agreements and strategic commercialization. The programme also included interactive workshops, institutional visits and peer learning sessions, enabling participants to gain practical exposure to global best practices.
Learning is more than absorbing knowledge, it’s about meeting new people, feeling at home in a foreign country, and experiencing emotions that tie us together across borders. Oboli Augustine is a fellow from Danida Fellowship Centre’s Organisational Change Management learning programme, and in this beautiful poem he sent us – Bonds Unforeseen – he managed to capture not only his, but every Danida fellow´s journey.
The learning programme has been designed specifically for the IPFCs to learn best practices and enable them to advise and help small businesses use their intellectual property for growth. Read more
September – October 2024: The EAC Youth Fellowship is a prestigious initiative designed to engage and empower young people in regional integration and leadership within the East African Community (EAC). This fellowship aims to harness youth’s potential and promote their active participation in shaping the region’s future. Read more
From November 2024: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark and the Danida Fellowship Centre are piloting a Master’s scholarship pilot programme. The objective of the programme is to support the green transition in Africa by further strengthening the capacity of institutions working within areas of importance to the green transition and to sustainable production. Read more
21 October – 8 November 2024: In the course the participants will learn about the possibilities and limitations for RE integration in the power system at both transmission and distribution level. Read more
October – 22 November 2024: Taking its starting point in the IMO’s 2023 Strategy on Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from
Ships, the course addresses the global challenge of decarbonizing the shipping and port sectors by
2050 focusing on environmental, social, and economic aspects of this transition.
21 October – 1 November 2024: The course is meant to further strengthen the exchange of knowledge between Denmark and partner countries on better use of health data and on how to share data across levels of healthcare, health professionals and patients, as part of the Strategic Sector Cooperation. Read more
September – October 2024:For the third year in a row, Danida Fellowship Centre’s learning programme Empowering Women in Management, took place in MS TCDC’s beautiful compound. This time, 25 accomplished women in senior leadership roles in diverse sectors across Africa took part. Read more
28 October – 15 November 2024: The learning programme aims to provide participants with the tools needed to effectively implement organizational projects and programmes in a responsive way, and to enable positive change management and effective communication.Read more
October 2024: This results-based management course provides the philosophy, principles, approaches, processes, tools and techniques for those at the forefront of organizational change and development. Read more
2 August – 25 October 2024: A global initiative enabling youth-led ideas, perspectives and action toward Sustainable Futures – Leaving No One Behind. Supported by Danida Fellowship Centre. Read more
23 September – 11 October 2024: The course cuts across business, innovation, governance and urban planning perspectives in order to highlight the core perspectives and opportunities of the green and circular economy. Read more
16 September – 4 October 2024: The focus of this course is for participants to acquire fundamental knowledge about offshore wind energy technology, learn how to plan an offshore wind farm, and how to plan a new offshore wind area at a strategic level. Read more
16 September – 4 October 2024: This course provides participants with the knowledge and tools needed to understand and further develop the Balmorel model, for the purpose of constructing and performing energy systems analyses tailored to their own context.Read more
9 September – 27 September 2024: Read more
19 August – 5 September 2024: The learning programme aims at inspiring and enabling you to address the triple planetary crisis relating to climate change, loss of biodiversity and natural habitats, and pollution and waste. Read more
12 August – 30 August 2024: This course seeks to enable participants to make a real difference and facilitate positive change in society, in their organisation and within themselves by providing practical tools and approaches to facilitate this effort. Read more
From August 2024: As part of the Danish government’s new strategy to strengthen its engagement with African countries, Africa’s Century, Danida Fellowship Centre is excited to welcome 17 new Master’s students from Africa in August 2024. This initiative reflects Denmark’s commitment to building stronger ties and equal partnerships with the countries in Africa, and to promoting sustainable development across the African continent Read more
26 August – 6 September 2024: To improve the ability of female participants to understand and analyse barriers for equal rights and opportunities in the work force, to understand how gender impacts leadership and management and build confidence in their personal abilities as managers and leaders to lead others and take steps towards their own career growth. Read more
12 August – 16 August 2024: Learn how to tell powerful and compelling stories about social change issues so that you can strategically
promote your organisation, products or services.Read more
11 August – 24 August 2024: The course will provide the participants with an essential knowledge about groundwater mapping and management, and knowledge on how to minimize
water loss from the distribution system. Read more
2 August – 31 October 2024: A global initiative enabling youth-led ideas, perspectives and action toward Sustainable Futures. This is a DTU Summer School, partially supported by Danida Fellowship Centre. Read more
5 August – 15 August 2024: This course seeks to provide perspectives and an introductionto the key concepts, determinants, opportunities and challenges in global public health.Read more
3 June – 21 June 2024: The world’s largest generation of children and young people to date is an enormous resource for delivering sustainable and lasting change.
Throughout the world, young activists take the lead in fighting for equality, democracy, human rights and the climate. This learning programme brings together members of the Danish Embassies’ Youth Sounding Boards to further strengthen their capacity to influence sustainable development in their communities, regions and enhance their network across borders. Read more
15 April – 3 May 2024: The learning program will support capacity building in governmental institutions as well as business associations in countries without current functioning extended producer responsibility but also in countries with upstarting EPR experiences.Read more
8 April – 26 April 2024: To acquire knowledge about greening and compliance with environmental policies, laws and regulations at local level. This includes knowledge on insufficient enforcement, implementation barriers as wells as how to collaborate with utility companies and local stakeholders. Read more
4 March – 22 March 2024: This course seeks to enable participants to make a real difference and facilitate positive change in society, in their organisation and within themselves by providing practical tools and approaches to facilitate this effort.Read more
4 March – 22 March 2024: The programme is designed to build a digital sustainability mindset as well as give the participants an introduction to the Danish context taking the point of departure in the Danish digitalization and sustainability experiences. Furthermore, the program is designed on the belief that transition towards a sustainable future is not a single-standing effort by any one public agency but a strategic objective that must be cross-cutting and undertaken at all levels of government and society. Read more
Human Rights Based Approach
26 February – 1 March 2024: With this course participants will gain the theoretical and practical knowledge needed to ground their development programming in the principles of HRBA, enabling them to more effectively address societal inequalities and injustices within the context of their work. This course will draw from real life case studies to help participants understand the advantages and limitations of HRBA, while also incorporating practical exercises allowing participants to learn how to integrate the core principles of HRBA into all stages of development programming and advocacy work: from planning and implementation, to monitoring, evaluation, and reporting. Read more
26 February – 15 March 2024: The programme is designed to build a digital sustainability mindset as well as give the participants an introduction to the Danish context taking the point of departure in the Danish digitalization and sustainability experiences. Furthermore, the program is designed on the belief that transition towards a sustainable future is not a single-standing effort by any one public agency but a strategic objective that must be cross-cutting and undertaken at all levels of government and society. Read more
5 February – 23 February 2024: The objective is to strengthen the capacity of participants to apply conflict analysis and conflict management approaches and tools to environmentally related conflicts. This includes understanding the causes of conflict related to environmental conditions, scarce resources, and environmental and climate change – and how this relates to the broader analysis of conflict in the contexts that participants come from. Moreover, it is the ambition to enable the participants to contribute to instituting a conflict transformation culture in the participants’ organisations, which drive change, action, and learning in relation to conflict prevention and conflict management. Read more
15 January – 26 February 2024: The objective is for the participants to gain more knowledge on risk assessment, tools for benefit/risk assessment, and to develop their thinking on global pharmaceutical policy, stakeholders, market access of medicines and patient involvement. This will alter their behaviour with respect to how to ensure transparency in regulatory decision-making and how to evaluate quality of medicines. Read more
Annually, the Danida Fellowship Centre offers about 40 learning programs spanning various topics from energy, environment, health, and food production to areas such as public-private partnerships, digitization, and strategic leadership. Read more
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