Green Training (10)
CBAM Requirements and Emissions Data for Exporters Training
Written by Qasem NewashiSRD Center | SRD Green Academy
Status: Ongoing programme; dates arranged upon request
Programme page: Available upon request
Three-Day Instructor-Led Workshop
Delivery mode: Face-to-face or live online, instructor-led training
Duration: Three days, 18 training hours
Languages: Available in English and Arabic, according to the group’s requirements
Target countries: Jordan and other Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries
Delivery locations: Jordan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yemen and other MENA countries, subject to agreement
Course Overview
This SRD programme helps factory and export teams understand the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), assess product coverage and prepare reliable emissions information for EU customers. Participants connect customs classification, production records, supplier evidence and emissions calculations to the exporter’s role in supporting CBAM reporting.
The course focuses on the definitive CBAM regime and practical preparation of an exporter data dossier for technical review and independent verification. Original SRD cases involving fictional aluminium and steel manufacturers in Sahab and Zarqa are complemented by cement and fertiliser examples.
Activities address issues relevant to Jordanian factories, including imported production inputs, Arabic records, mixed measurement units, fuel use, rooftop solar and grid electricity. Participants practise resolving data gaps and communicating the status and limitations of their results to customers.
Recommended for
- Export managers and staff responsible for EU customer requirements
- Production engineers and environmental, quality and sustainability teams
- Energy managers, purchasing teams and factory finance staff
- Industrial consultants, technical trainers and chambers of industry
- Government, donor and NGO programmes supporting industrial competitiveness and greener production
Recommended preparation: familiarity with a factory process and basic calculator or spreadsheet skills. Earlier SRD environmental data or LCA courses are useful but are not prerequisites.
Training Objective
The objective is to enable participants to identify CBAM data requirements for their products, prepare traceable emissions calculations and evidence, and plan the steps needed for verification and customer handover.
By the end of the workshop, participants will be better able to:
- Assess likely product coverage using EU customs codes and the applicable scope rules
- Distinguish exporter responsibilities from those of the EU importer or CBAM declarant
- Define production boundaries, reporting units and monitoring responsibilities
- Reconcile material, fuel, production and electricity records
- Calculate a simplified emissions case, including purchased precursor inputs
- Distinguish actual data, official default values, estimates and unresolved gaps
- Prepare evidence for independent verification and controlled customer handover
- Explain illustrative cost drivers and prepare a workplace improvement plan
Main Training Topics
Day One CBAM Scope and Factory Data Requirements
- The definitive CBAM regime, exporter roles and the compliance calendar
- Product classification, coverage and the importer’s mass exemption
- Production boundaries, functional units and sector differences
- Monitoring plans, data owners, source records and quality controls
Day Two Emissions Calculations and Verification Evidence
- Fuel, production and material balance calculations
- Purchased precursor inputs and supplier emissions evidence
- Electricity balances, rooftop solar and selection of official default values
- Independent verification, evidence gaps and corrective actions
Day Three Customer Handover and Exporter Action Planning
- Customer data handover and the CBAM Registry workflow
- Illustrative costs, free-allocation adjustments and emissions reduction options
- Team exercise to assemble and review an exporter data dossier
- Individual assessments and a 30-day workplace action plan
Training Methodology
The programme combines short technical explanations, process mapping, guided calculations, supplier-data exercises and group problem solving. Participants rotate factory operator, procurement, checker and customer roles while building one connected data dossier.
Activities include an initial diagnostic, practical case exercises, peer checking, simulated verification findings and individual knowledge and practical assessments. Training and assessment are available in English or Arabic. A calculator is required; a laptop is optional. The core exercises use fictional teaching data and do not require specialist software or live Registry access.
Workshop Outputs
Participants will receive or develop:
- Three days of instructor-led training and the SRD participant workbook
- A product scope decision and a monitoring-plan outline
- Reconciled calculation sheets and a supplier evidence request
- An evidence register, verification gap log and customer handover checklist
- An illustrative cost exercise and a 30-day workplace action plan
- An SRD Certificate of Completion, subject to the course requirements
Successful completion requires attendance for at least 17 of the 18 training hours, a minimum score of 70% in each individual assessment, and correction of specified material errors. Participants meeting attendance requirements alone receive an attendance statement. The certificate records SRD learning achievement; it does not confer EU regulatory approval, accredit a verifier, certify a factory or grant export eligibility.
The contracting organization may also receive attendance and assessment results, a workshop report and recommendations for follow-up support, subject to agreement. Two optional 90-minute technical coaching meetings can be arranged after the course, outside the 18 training hours, to review a product scope, data gaps and an anonymized calculation.
Group Size and Fee Information
Recommended group size: 16 to 24 participants. Fees are provided upon request and depend on delivery mode, location, language, customization, venue, travel, participant numbers and any follow-up coaching requested.
Organizational Bookings Customization and Partnerships
Organizations interested in purchasing or customizing this programme should submit an enquiry describing their sector, products, participant profile, preferred language, delivery location or online format, group size and proposed dates.
Organizations seeking to become authorized SRD partners to market and deliver the programme should also provide a brief organizational profile, relevant industrial emissions, CBAM or environmental training assignments, and selected client references. Suitable applicants will be invited to an introductory meeting to discuss responsibilities, commercial arrangements, quality standards and the next steps toward a partnership agreement.
How to Register or Enquire
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Preparing Environmental Product Declarations EPD Training
Written by Qasem NewashiSRD Center | SRD Green Academy
Status: Ongoing programme; dates arranged upon request
Programme page: Available upon request
Three-Day Instructor-Led Workshop
Delivery mode: Face-to-face or live online, instructor-led training
Duration: Three days, 18 training hours
Languages: Available in English and Arabic, according to the group’s requirements
Target countries: Jordan and other Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries
Delivery locations: Jordan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yemen and other MENA countries, subject to agreement
Course Overview
This SRD programme prepares factory teams and technical professionals to assemble, check and explain a draft Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) dossier for independent review. Participants connect product category rules, factory evidence and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) results to the information required by buyers and EPD programmes.
Through an original SRD case involving a fictional concrete-products factory in Sahab, Jordan, participants define the product scope, check environmental results, draft declaration content and respond to simulated verification findings. The course also covers publication, maintenance and responsible use of environmental claims.
Practical examples address Arabic factory records, imported materials, grid electricity and rooftop solar, water sources, transport and recovered materials. Sector adaptations use the applicable product rules and the requirements of the selected EPD programme.
Recommended for
- Factory engineers and environmental, sustainability and quality staff
- Product development, production and technical export teams
- LCA practitioners, environmental consultants and technical trainers
- Chambers of industry, business associations and technical institutions
- Government, donor and NGO programmes supporting resource efficiency and greener industry
Prerequisites: SRD’s Applied Life Cycle Assessment course, or equivalent knowledge of LCA goal and scope, inventory, impact assessment and interpretation. Participants should also have environmental data skills equivalent to SRD’s Environmental Data Collection for LCA and EPD course.
Training Objective
The objective is to enable participants to prepare a controlled draft EPD dossier, identify evidence gaps and plan the steps needed for independent verification and programme publication.
By the end of the workshop, participants will be better able to:
- Explain the purpose, users and limitations of an EPD
- Identify a suitable programme and applicable product category rules (PCRs)
- Define product, manufacturing-site and study boundaries
- Connect factory records and supplier evidence to the LCA handover
- Check declared units, life-cycle modules and completeness of results
- Draft declaration content and respond to verification findings
- Communicate environmental information with appropriate qualifications
- Plan publication, maintenance and a supervised workplace application
Main Training Topics
Day One EPD Requirements and Factory Evidence
- EPD purpose, buyer requirements and the roles of manufacturers and reviewers
- Programme selection, PCRs, complementary rules and version control
- Product scope, declared or functional units and system boundaries
- Factory records, supplier evidence, data gaps and LCA handover
Day Two Results Preparation and Verification Readiness
- Life-cycle module mapping and checks on model quality
- Environmental indicators, result units and completeness
- Drafting public declaration content and managing supporting evidence
- Independent verification, corrective actions and document control
Day Three Communication Publication and Workplace Application
- Comparability, buyer acceptance and credible environmental claims
- Programme publication, validity, updates and maintenance responsibilities
- Team exercise to assemble and review a draft EPD dossier
- Individual assessments and a 30-day workplace action plan
Training Methodology
The programme uses a participatory, practical approach combining short technical explanations, guided calculations, declaration-reading exercises and group problem solving. Participants rotate manufacturer, LCA practitioner, reviewer and buyer roles while developing and checking a draft dossier.
Activities include an entry check, case exercises, peer review, simulated verifier findings and individual knowledge and practical assessments. Training and assessment are available in English or Arabic. A calculator is required; a laptop is optional. No paid software or database is required for the classroom exercises.
Workshop Outputs
Participants will receive or develop:
- Three days of instructor-led training and the SRD participant workbook
- A buyer brief, provisional programme and PCR register, and product scope
- An evidence request list, module map and checked results extract
- A draft declaration outline and responses to simulated review findings
- A publication and maintenance plan and a 30-day workplace action plan
- An SRD Certificate of Completion, subject to the course requirements
Successful completion requires attendance for at least 17 of the 18 training hours, a minimum score of 70% in each individual assessment, and correction of specified material errors. Participants meeting attendance requirements alone receive an attendance statement. The certificate records SRD learning achievement; it does not issue a verified EPD, qualify an independent verifier or certify a product or factory.
The contracting organization may also receive attendance and assessment results, a workshop report and recommendations for follow-up support, subject to agreement. A supervised workplace project may be arranged separately. Independent verification and EPD publication require a separate scope and agreement.
Group Size and Fee Information
Recommended group size: 16 to 24 participants. Fees are provided upon request and depend on delivery mode, location, language, customization, venue, travel, participant numbers and the number of workshops requested.
Organizational Bookings Customization and Partnerships
Organizations interested in purchasing or customizing this programme should submit an enquiry describing their sector, participant experience, preferred language, delivery location or online format, group size and proposed dates.
Organizations seeking to become authorized SRD partners to market and deliver the programme should also provide a brief organizational profile, relevant LCA, EPD or environmental training assignments, and selected client references. Suitable applicants will be invited to an introductory meeting to discuss responsibilities, commercial arrangements, quality standards and the next steps toward a partnership agreement.
How to Register or Enquire
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SRD Center | SRD Green Academy
Status: Ongoing programme; dates arranged upon request
Programme page: Available upon request
Three-Day Instructor-Led Workshop
Delivery mode: Face-to-face or live online, instructor-led training
Duration: Three days, 18 training hours
Languages: Available in English and Arabic, according to the group’s requirements
Target countries: Jordan and other Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries
Delivery locations: Jordan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yemen and other MENA countries, subject to agreement
Course Overview
This SRD programme helps factory professionals apply Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to practical decisions about materials, packaging, energy, water and waste. Participants move from defining a product’s function and collecting evidence to building a simplified model, calculating potential environmental impacts and explaining what the results mean for a factory decision.
The course introduces the four-phase LCA framework reflected in ISO 14040 and ISO 14044. An original SRD case compares single-use cartons and reusable crates in a fictional Jordanian distribution operation. Participants examine how achieved reuse, transport, washing and end-of-life assumptions can change the comparison.
The training is customized to Jordan’s industrial context, with attention to shared utilities, water sources, imported materials, local transport and data quality. Sector examples can be adapted to the participating organizations.
Recommended for
- Factory engineers and environmental, sustainability and quality staff
- Production, maintenance, resource-efficiency and operations teams
- Technical consultants, trainers and industrial development specialists
- Business associations, chambers of industry and technical institutions
- Government, donor and NGO programmes supporting greener production and enterprises
Recommended preparation: SRD’s Environmental Data Collection for LCA and EPD course, or equivalent experience with factory records, units, material balances and shared utilities. Participants should be comfortable with basic calculations.
Training Objective
The objective is to enable participants to build and interpret a simplified LCA screening model under guidance and use its findings to identify improvement options and priorities for better evidence.
By the end of the workshop, participants will be better able to:
- Define the decision, functional unit and system boundary for an LCA study
- Prepare a normalized inventory of material, energy, water and waste flows
- Explain allocation choices and assess the suitability of background data
- Calculate and interpret selected environmental impact indicators
- Distinguish water withdrawal, water consumption and water scarcity impacts
- Identify major impact contributors and test improvement scenarios
- Assess sensitivity, data gaps and limitations affecting conclusions
- Prepare a clear decision memo and a supervised workplace project plan
Main Training Topics
Day One Defining the Study and Building the Inventory
- Factory decisions and the four phases of LCA
- Functional units, equivalent performance and system boundaries
- Process mapping, reference flows and inventory calculations
- Material balances, units and checks against double counting
- Shared utilities, allocation and selection of background data
Day Two Calculating Impacts and Testing Improvements
- From inventory flows to potential environmental impacts
- Climate and acidification calculations using SRD teaching data
- Direct water balances and the limits of water-related conclusions
- Reusable packaging, return transport and end-of-life assumptions
- Identifying major contributors and testing resource-efficiency options
Day Three Interpreting Results and Applying Learning
- Data quality, sensitivity analysis and uncertainty
- Interpreting results and communicating qualified conclusions
- LCA reporting, review needs and the relationship with EPD preparation
- Team factory-decision exercise and individual assessments
- Planning a supervised workplace application
Training Methodology
The programme uses a participatory, practical approach combining short technical explanations, process-mapping exercises, guided calculations, group discussion and individual practice. Participants work through a Jordan-based packaging case, compare alternatives, test assumptions and prepare recommendations supported by their results.
Activities include an initial diagnostic, team exercises, peer checking, a knowledge assessment and an individual practical assessment. Training and assessment can be delivered in English or Arabic. A calculator is required; a laptop is optional. No paid LCA software or database is needed for the core exercises.
Workshop Outputs
Participants will receive or develop:
- Three days of instructor-led training and the SRD participant workbook
- A goal and scope statement, process map and simplified inventory
- Worked practice in impact calculations and improvement scenarios
- A sensitivity analysis and a concise factory decision memo
- A plan for an optional supervised workplace project
- An SRD certificate of successful completion, subject to the course requirements
Successful completion requires attendance for at least 17 of the 18 training hours, a minimum score of 70% in each individual assessment, and correction of specified material errors. Participants who attend without meeting these requirements receive an attendance statement. The certificate records SRD course completion; it does not confer an external professional credential or certify a product or factory.
The contracting organization may also receive attendance and assessment results, a workshop report and recommendations for follow-up support, subject to agreement. A 30-day supervised workplace project may be arranged separately and is outside the 18 training hours.
Group Size and Fee Information
Recommended group size: 16 to 24 participants. Fees are provided upon request and depend on delivery mode, location, language, customization, venue, travel, participant numbers and the number of workshops requested.
Organizational Bookings Customization and Partnerships
Organizations interested in purchasing or customizing this programme should submit an enquiry describing their sector, participant profile, preferred language, location or online format, group size and proposed dates.
Organizations seeking to become authorized SRD partners to market and deliver the programme should also provide a brief organizational profile, relevant LCA, environmental or industrial training assignments, and selected client references. Suitable applicants will be invited to an introductory meeting to discuss responsibilities, commercial arrangements, quality standards and the next steps toward a partnership agreement.
How to Register or Enquire
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Environmental Data Collection for LCA and EPD
Written by Qasem NewashiOrganizer: SRD Center | SRD Green Academy
Status: Ongoing programme available on request
Three Day Instructor Led Workshop
Delivery mode: Face-to-face or live online, subject to agreement
Duration: Three days | 18 contact hours
Languages: Available in both English and Arabic
Dates: Scheduled by agreement with the requesting organization
Target countries: Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
Delivery locations: Jordan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yemen and other MENA countries, subject to agreement and local adaptation
Course Overview
SRD Green Academy offers a practical training programme to help factory teams collect, check and document environmental data for Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Environmental Product Declarations (EPD). Participants learn to turn production, purchasing, utility and waste records into a traceable inventory data pack for technical review.
Developed for the Jordanian industrial context, the course uses simulated factory records covering materials, electricity, rooftop solar, fuels, water, waste and transport. Participants practise calculations, identify missing evidence and prepare a workplace data-collection plan. The content can be adapted to other MENA countries and manufacturing sectors.
Recommended for
- Production, quality, maintenance and environmental staff
- Procurement, stores, logistics and finance teams holding factory records
- Factory data coordinators and sustainability teams supporting LCA and EPD projects
- Technical trainers, TVET institutions and industrial associations
- NGOs, donors and public institutions supporting green skills and sustainable industrial development
Participants need basic arithmetic and familiarity with a production process. Previous LCA modelling experience is unnecessary. Calculators and paper forms are sufficient; no commercial software licence is required.
Training Objective
The objective is to equip factory teams with practical skills to collect reliable environmental inventory data, reconcile records, document assumptions and prepare evidence that an LCA practitioner can review and use.
By the end of the workshop, participants will be better able to:
- Distinguish inventory data, product carbon footprints, LCA results and EPDs
- Define a product reference, reporting period and data boundary
- Prepare a collection plan with responsible data owners and evidence requirements
- Collect material, energy, water, waste, emissions and transport records
- Reconcile stocks, production quantities and utility balances
- Document shared-utility allocation assumptions and quantities per unit of product
- Identify data-quality gaps and distinguish recorded, calculated and estimated values
- Assemble a traceable data pack with calculations, evidence links and unresolved issues
Main Training Topics
Day One Factory Records and the Data Collection Plan
- The role of inventory evidence in LCA and EPD preparation
- Product scope, collection periods, process boundaries and data responsibilities
- Raw materials, stock movements, packaging and production records
- Electricity imports, solar generation and exports, meter records and fuel use
Day Two Environmental Flows and Product Data
- Water sources, internal circulation, wastewater, waste and direct emissions
- Supplier questionnaires and checks on supporting environmental information
- Transport records by shipment, route, mode and distance
- Shared utilities, allocation assumptions and quantities per unit of product
Day Three Data Quality and Technical Handover
- Data-quality checks, missing records, estimates and uncertainty
- Evidence indexing, version control, confidentiality and correction records
- Group factory-data exercise and peer review of the evidence pack
- Individual knowledge and practical assessments and workplace collection planning
Training Methodology
The programme uses a participatory, practical adult-learning approach, including:
- Interactive explanations and Jordanian manufacturing examples
- Process mapping and identification of data owners
- Guided calculations using simulated invoices, meters, stock and production records
- Supplier-request exercises and data-quality problem solving
- Group preparation and peer review of a sample inventory data pack
- Pre-course checks, individual assessments and workplace action planning
Sector examples and learning support can be adapted to participants’ roles and needs. Activities use fictional records; any company records introduced for discussion must be authorized and anonymized. The course prepares participants for subsequent applied LCA and EPD preparation training.
Workshop Outputs
Participants will receive or develop:
- Three days of instructor-led training and SRD learning materials
- Reusable data-collection forms, supplier questionnaires and an Arabic–English technical glossary
- A sample inventory data pack with scope, calculations and evidence references
- A data-quality gap log and a handover note identifying unresolved issues
- A workplace collection plan with data owners and follow-up milestones
- Feedback on individual knowledge and practical assessments
The contracting organization may also receive attendance and assessment summaries, a workshop report and recommendations for follow-up technical support, subject to the agreed scope.
SRD Certificate
Participants who attend at least 17 of the 18 contact hours and achieve at least 70% in each individual assessment receive an SRD Green Academy Certificate of Successful Completion. Submissions must identify material data gaps and avoid unsupported verification claims. An attendance statement records participation where the successful-completion requirements are not yet met.
The certificate records completion of an SRD course. It does not confer external accreditation, qualify an independent EPD verifier, certify a factory or product, or establish export eligibility. The training data pack remains subject to specialist review under the applicable programme and product-category rules.
Group Size and Fee Information
Recommended group size: 20 to 24 participants.
Fees are provided upon request and depend on delivery location, delivery mode, language arrangements, customization, venue, travel, participant numbers and the number of workshops requested.
Organizational Bookings Customization and Partnerships
Factories, business associations, TVET institutions, NGOs and other organizations interested in purchasing or customizing this programme are invited to submit an enquiry outlining their target participants, sector, country, preferred language, delivery mode, dates and expected outcomes.
Organizations seeking to become authorized SRD partners to market and deliver the programme in their country should provide a brief organizational profile, examples of relevant environmental data, LCA, EPD, resource efficiency or industrial training assignments, and selected client references.
Suitable applicants will be invited to an introductory meeting to discuss the cooperation model, responsibilities, commercial arrangements, quality standards and next steps toward a partnership agreement.
How to Register or Enquire
For individual participation, organizational bookings, customization or partnership enquiries, contact:
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Please use the subject line “Environmental Data Collection for LCA and EPD” and indicate your preferred training language: English or Arabic.
Circular Economy and Green Work Practices in Factories
Written by Qasem NewashiOrganizer: SRD Center | SRD Green Academy
Status: Ongoing programme available on request
Course code: SRD CE14
Three Day Instructor Led Workshop
Delivery mode: Face-to-face or live online, subject to agreement
Duration: Three days, 18 contact hours
Languages: Available in both English and Arabic
Dates: Scheduled by agreement with the requesting organization
Target countries: Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
Delivery locations: Jordan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yemen and other MENA countries, subject to agreement and local adaptation
Course Overview
SRD Green Academy offers a practical training programme to help factory teams identify resource losses, apply circular economy principles and improve everyday work practices. Participants explore ways to reduce avoidable water, energy and material use while maintaining product quality and safe working conditions.
Developed for the Jordanian industrial context, the course uses factory examples, guided calculations and workplace scenarios. Participants prepare a measurable improvement proposal and a 90-day implementation plan. The content can be adapted to other MENA countries, industrial sectors and organizational priorities.
Recommended for
- Factory supervisors, production staff and operators
- Maintenance, quality, procurement and environmental teams
- SME owners, industrial associations and chambers of industry
- TVET trainers and industrial workforce-development programmes
- NGOs, donors and public institutions supporting green skills, enterprise development and sustainable livelihoods
No prior knowledge of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is required. Familiarity with a production process is helpful; guided support is provided for basic calculations.
Training Objective
The objective is to equip factory teams with practical green skills to recognize resource losses, assess improvement options and introduce repeatable work practices supported by measurable evidence.
By the end of the workshop, participants will be better able to:
- Explain circular economy principles and choose options for prevention, maintenance, reuse and recycling
- Map factory inputs and outputs and identify unexplained material losses
- Identify practical improvements in water use, energy use and material yield
- Assess waste segregation, storage and handling arrangements
- Evaluate purchasing, returnable packaging and circular partnership options
- Calculate resource indicators, estimated net savings and simple payback
- Prepare a clear green work instruction and communicate it to colleagues
- Develop a 90-day factory improvement plan with responsibilities, approvals and monitoring measures
Main Training Topics
Day One Circular Economy and Factory Resource Flows
- Circular economy principles and their application in Jordanian factories
- Preventing waste and keeping materials, products and equipment useful
- Process mapping, material balances, production yield and resource losses
- Factory observation, waste segregation and traceable handling practices
Day Two Practical Resource Efficiency and Circular Solutions
- Water use, cleaning practices, leak prevention and controlled improvement trials
- Energy use, equipment operating routines and maintenance responsibilities
- Material yield, defect prevention and evidence-based purchasing
- Returnable packaging, reuse systems and partnerships between factories
Day Three Green Work Practices and Implementation Planning
- Resource indicators, savings estimates and investment choices
- Standard work instructions, toolbox talks and staff participation
- Factory improvement planning with 30-, 60- and 90-day milestones
- Individual knowledge and practical assessments and workplace follow-up planning
Training Methodology
The programme uses a participatory, practical adult-learning approach, including:
- Interactive presentations and examples from industrial operations
- Factory simulations, process mapping and observation exercises
- Guided calculations using illustrative production and utility records
- Group problem solving, supplier role play and peer review
- Green work instruction practice and short toolbox talks
- Pre-course checks, individual assessments and action planning
Examples can be adapted to food processing, plastics and packaging, chemicals, stone processing, garments and other manufacturing sectors. Learning support and delivery arrangements can be tailored to participants’ roles and needs. An optional factory visit may be arranged subject to site approval and appropriate supervision.
Workshop Outputs
Participants will receive or develop:
- Three days of instructor-led training and SRD learning materials
- Practical worksheets for resource mapping, observations and calculations
- A draft green work instruction and resource-monitoring indicators
- An individual factory improvement proposal and 90-day action plan
- Feedback on individual knowledge and practical assessments
The contracting organization may also receive attendance and assessment summaries, a workshop report and recommendations for follow-up support, subject to the agreed scope.
SRD Certificate
Participants who attend at least 17 of the 18 contact hours and achieve at least 70% in each individual assessment receive an SRD Green Academy Certificate of Successful Completion. Proposals must also meet the course’s safety and quality requirements. An attendance statement records participation where the successful-completion requirements are not yet met.
The certificate records completion of an SRD course. It does not confer external accreditation, factory or product certification, or export eligibility.
Group Size and Fee Information
Recommended group size: 20 to 24 participants.
Fees are provided upon request and depend on delivery location, delivery mode, language arrangements, customization, venue, travel, participant numbers and the number of workshops requested.
Organizational Bookings Customization and Partnerships
Factories, business associations, TVET institutions, NGOs and other organizations interested in purchasing or customizing this programme are invited to submit an enquiry outlining their target participants, sector, country, preferred language, delivery mode, dates and expected outcomes.
Organizations seeking to become authorized SRD partners to market and deliver the programme in their country should provide a brief organizational profile, examples of relevant circular economy, resource efficiency, green skills or industrial training assignments, and selected client references.
Suitable applicants will be invited to an introductory meeting to discuss the cooperation model, responsibilities, commercial arrangements, quality standards and next steps toward a partnership agreement.
How to Register or Enquire
For individual participation, organizational bookings, customization or partnership enquiries, contact:
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Please use the subject line “Circular Economy and Green Work Practices in Factories” and indicate your preferred training language: English or Arabic.
Green Employment and Green Skills Labour-Market Assessment Training
Written by Qasem NewashiFive-Day Technical Training Workshop
Delivery mode: Face-to-face or live online, instructor-led training
Duration: Five days
Language: Arabic or English, as required
Target countries: All Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries
Delivery locations: Jordan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yemen, and other MENA countries, subject to agreement
Course Overview
This technical programme builds the capacity of researchers, institutions, and development practitioners to assess current and future demand for green employment, occupations, tasks, and skills. It links environmental and economic change with employer demand, workforce supply, training provision, inclusion, and decent-work considerations.
Participants learn to define the assessment scope, select sectors and occupations, design mixed-method tools, engage employers and training providers, analyse evidence, and convert findings into actionable recommendations for policy, TVET, employment services, and donor programming.
Recommended for
The programme is recommended for:
- Ministries of labour, environment, planning, education, and industry
- TVET authorities, universities, and training providers
- Labour-market observatories and research organizations
- Donor, UN, NGO, and development-programme teams
- Chambers, employer organizations, and trade unions
- Consultants, enumerators, analysts, and monitoring specialists
Training Objective
The objective is to enable participants to design and conduct credible green labour-market assessments that inform employment policy, skills development, career guidance, and investment decisions.
By the end of the workshop, participants will be better able to:
- Define green employment, green occupations, green tasks, and green skills for assessment purposes
- Translate environmental and economic trends into research questions
- Prioritize sectors, occupations, locations, and population groups
- Design employer, worker, training-provider, KII, and FGD tools
- Develop feasible sampling and stakeholder-engagement plans
- Analyse demand, supply, skills gaps, inclusion, and decent-work evidence
- Validate findings and manage limitations responsibly
- Produce clear, prioritized, and institutionally assigned recommendations
Main Training Topics
Day One: Green Labour-Market Concepts and Assessment Design
- Concepts and operational definitions
- Green transition drivers and sector selection
- Occupation, task, and skills frameworks
- Assessment questions, scope, and stakeholder mapping
- Inclusion, informality, and decent-work dimensions
- Secondary data and evidence review
- Drafting the assessment framework
Day Two: Data-Collection Methods and Sampling
- Employer and worker surveys
- Training-provider assessments
- Key-informant interviews and focus groups
- Sampling, access, consent, and data quality
Day Three: Indicators, Tool Piloting, and Fieldwork Planning
- Demand and supply indicators
- Piloting and revising tools
- Preparing a fieldwork plan
Day Four: Data Analysis and Stakeholder Validation
- Quantitative and qualitative analysis
- Identifying occupations, tasks, shortages, and skills gaps
- Interpreting evidence under uncertainty
- Triangulation and stakeholder validation
Day Five: Recommendations, Reporting, and Assessment Workplanning
- Translating findings into policy and programme options
- Report structure and communication of limitations
- Preparing an assessment workplan and recommendation framework
Training Methodology
The programme uses a participatory, practical, and adult-learning approach. The methodology includes:
- Technical presentations
- Assessment-framework design
- Questionnaire and interview-tool exercises
- Sampling and stakeholder-mapping practice
- Data interpretation exercises
- Recommendation-development groups
- Peer review and facilitator feedback
The content can be adapted to participants' occupations, literacy levels, target sectors, project activities, country context, and organizational priorities.
Workshop Outputs
Participants will receive:
- Five days of technical training
- Green labour-market assessment framework
- Draft data-collection tools
- Fieldwork and analysis workplan
- Certificate of participation, subject to agreement
The contracting organization may also receive:
- Attendance and assessment results
- Consolidated draft tools
- Workshop report
- Recommendations for completing or commissioning an assessment
Group Size and Fee Information
Recommended group size: 10 to 20 participants.
Fees are provided upon request and depend on delivery location, duration, language, customization, venue, travel, participant numbers, and the number of workshops requested.
Organizational Bookings, Customization and Partnerships
Organizations interested in purchasing or customizing this programme should submit an enquiry outlining their requirements. Organizations seeking to become authorized SRD partners to market and deliver the programme in their country should also provide a brief organizational profile, examples of relevant environmental, green-employment, green-skills, or green-economy training assignments, and selected client references. Suitable applicants will be invited to an introductory meeting to discuss the cooperation model, responsibilities, commercial arrangements, quality standards, and next steps toward signing a partnership agreement.
How to Register or Enquire
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Green Economy Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Business Development Training
Written by Qasem NewashiFour-Day Business Development Workshop
Delivery mode: Face-to-face or live online, instructor-led training
Duration: Four days
Language: Arabic or English, as required
Target countries: All Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries
Delivery locations: Jordan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yemen, and other MENA countries, subject to agreement
Course Overview
This programme supports entrepreneurs and SMEs to identify commercially viable opportunities within the green economy and to improve the sustainability of new or existing businesses. It covers green products and services, circular business models, resource efficiency, customer demand, responsible marketing, and enterprise resilience.
Participants work step by step from opportunity identification to a practical business concept. The programme can be adapted to youth enterprises, women's businesses, livelihood projects, cooperatives, start-ups, and SMEs in agriculture, food, water, energy, waste, repair, tourism, transport, construction, and other sectors.
Recommended for
The programme is recommended for:
- Aspiring entrepreneurs and start-up teams
- Existing SMEs seeking greener products, services, or operations
- Youth, women, refugee, and returnee enterprise programmes
- Business-development service providers, incubators, and accelerators
- Cooperatives, producer groups, and social enterprises
- Livelihood, innovation, and private-sector development programmes
Training Objective
The objective is to enable participants to design or strengthen commercially realistic businesses that solve environmental problems, use resources efficiently, and create decent green employment.
By the end of the workshop, participants will be better able to:
- Identify green-economy problems that can become business opportunities
- Define target customers and test the value proposition
- Distinguish genuine environmental value from unsupported green claims
- Design a resource-efficient and circular business model
- Estimate key costs, revenues, partners, and operational requirements
- Identify green skills and jobs required by the enterprise
- Assess environmental, market, and implementation risks
- Prepare and present a concise green business concept
Main Training Topics
Day One: Green Economy Opportunities and Customers
- Green-economy needs, market failures, and business opportunities
- Local environmental problems and underserved customers
- Sector and value-chain opportunity mapping
- Customer discovery and problem validation
- Inclusive opportunities for women, youth, and vulnerable groups
- Responsible environmental claims and market credibility
- Selecting a priority business idea
Day Two: Sustainable Business Model Design
- Green value propositions, products, and services
- Circularity, repair, reuse, sharing, and waste-to-value models
- Resource-efficient operations and supply chains
- Key activities, partners, technologies, and green skills
- Cost structure, pricing, revenue, and financial assumptions
- Environmental and social impact indicators
- Drafting the green business model
Day Three: Feasibility, Funding Readiness, and Pilot Design
- Testing technical and market feasibility
- Risks, permits, safeguards, and implementation barriers
- Funding readiness and communication with financiers
- Pilot design and minimum viable offer
Day Four: Green Employment, Action Planning, and Pitching
- Green employment and team-development plan
- Ninety-day enterprise action plan
- Business concept presentations and feedback
Training Methodology
The programme uses a participatory, practical, and adult-learning approach. The methodology includes:
- Green opportunity mapping
- Customer and stakeholder exercises
- Business-model development
- Sector examples and case studies
- Cost and risk analysis
- Peer review and pitching
- Pre- and post-training assessments
The content can be adapted to participants' occupations, literacy levels, target sectors, project activities, country context, and organizational priorities.
Workshop Outputs
Participants will receive:
- Four days of instructor-led training
- Green business development tools
- Draft green business model
- Ninety-day action plan and short pitch
- Certificate of participation, subject to agreement
The contracting organization may also receive:
- Attendance and assessment results
- Summary of business concepts
- Workshop report
- Recommendations for coaching, incubation, or technical support
Group Size and Fee Information
Recommended group size: 15 to 25 participants.
Fees are provided upon request and depend on delivery location, duration, language, customization, venue, travel, participant numbers, and the number of workshops requested.
Organizational Bookings, Customization and Partnerships
Organizations interested in purchasing or customizing this programme should submit an enquiry outlining their requirements. Organizations seeking to become authorized SRD partners to market and deliver the programme in their country should also provide a brief organizational profile, examples of relevant environmental, green-employment, green-skills, or green-economy training assignments, and selected client references. Suitable applicants will be invited to an introductory meeting to discuss the cooperation model, responsibilities, commercial arrangements, quality standards, and next steps toward signing a partnership agreement.
How to register or enquire
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Green Employment: Greening Existing Jobs and Businesses Training
Written by Qasem Newashi
Three-Day Practical Workplace Workshop
Delivery mode: Face-to-face or live online, instructor-led training
Duration: Three days
Language: Arabic or English, as required
Target countries: All Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries
Delivery locations: Jordan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yemen, and other MENA countries, subject to agreement
Course Overview
Most workers will contribute to the green transition through changes to existing jobs rather than by moving into entirely new occupations. This programme helps businesses and workers identify how everyday roles - including technical, administrative, operational, procurement, transport, hospitality, agricultural, and facility-management roles - can become greener.
The workshop connects environmental improvement with cost control, productivity, safety, quality, employability, and business resilience. Participants map job tasks and workplace practices, identify achievable improvements, and assign clear responsibilities for implementation.
Recommended for
The programme is recommended for:
- SMEs and companies seeking practical environmental improvements
- Workers, supervisors, technicians, and frontline teams
- HR, operations, procurement, facilities, and quality staff
- Business-development and enterprise-support programmes
- Work-based learning, apprenticeship, and employability programmes
- Public institutions, municipalities, and service providers
Training Objective
The objective is to help organizations green existing jobs and business processes by integrating practical environmental responsibilities into roles, tasks, supervision, and workplace performance.
By the end of the workshop, participants will be better able to:
- Explain how existing jobs can be greened without changing their core purpose
- Map environmental responsibilities within different job roles
- Identify waste, resource loss, pollution, and workplace risks
- Propose practical improvements to job tasks and operating procedures
- Connect greener work practices with productivity, quality, and safety
- Define supervisor and worker responsibilities for green performance
- Select simple indicators for monitoring improvement
- Prepare job-level and business-level greening commitments
Main Training Topics
Day One: Mapping Jobs, Tasks, and Environmental Impacts
- What it means to green an existing job or business
- Mapping tasks, materials, equipment, and resource use
- Identifying environmental risks and inefficient practices
- Green responsibilities in technical and non-technical roles
- Employee participation, decent work, and workplace safety
- Business benefits and common implementation barriers
- Selecting priority jobs and processes for improvement
Day Two: Redesigning Work Practices and Business Processes
- Improving job descriptions, routines, and standard procedures
- Reducing energy, water, materials, and waste
- Greener procurement, transport, maintenance, and facilities
Day Three: Coaching, Performance, and Workplace Action Planning
- Supervisor coaching and employee accountability
- Green performance indicators and recognition
- Preparing team commitments and quick wins
- Developing a workplace greening action plan
Training Methodology
The programme uses a participatory, practical, and adult-learning approach. The methodology includes:
- Job and task-mapping exercises
- Workplace scenarios
- Process walk-throughs
- Problem-solving groups
- Cost-and-impact prioritization
- Team commitments and action planning
- Pre- and post-training assessments
The content can be adapted to participants' occupations, literacy levels, target sectors, project activities, country context, and organizational priorities.
Workshop Outputs
Participants will receive:
- Three days of practical training
- Job-greening and workplace assessment tools
- Role-specific improvement ideas
- Team or business action plan
- Certificate of participation, subject to agreement
The contracting organization may also receive:
- Attendance and assessment results
- Summary of priority roles and processes
- Workshop report
- Recommendations for SOP, job-description, or policy updates
Group Size and Fee Information
Recommended group size: 15 to 25 participants.
Fees are provided upon request and depend on delivery location, duration, language, customization, venue, travel, participant numbers, and the number of workshops requested.
Organizational Bookings, Customization and Partnerships
Organizations interested in purchasing or customizing this programme should submit an enquiry outlining their requirements. Organizations seeking to become authorized SRD partners to market and deliver the programme in their country should also provide a brief organizational profile, examples of relevant environmental, green-employment, green-skills, or green-economy training assignments, and selected client references. Suitable applicants will be invited to an introductory meeting to discuss the cooperation model, responsibilities, commercial arrangements, quality standards, and next steps toward signing a partnership agreement.
How to register or enquire
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Green Economy Practices Across Business Sectors Training
Written by Qasem NewashiThree-Day Customizable, Sector-Focused Workshop
Delivery mode: Face-to-face or live online, instructor-led training
Duration: Three days
Language: Arabic or English, as required
Target countries: All Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries
Delivery locations: Jordan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yemen, and other MENA countries, subject to agreement
Course Overview
This programme helps organizations translate green-economy principles into practical improvements across business sectors. It can be customized for construction, agriculture, fisheries, manufacturing, tourism, transport, logistics, energy, water, waste management, education, healthcare, retail, and other sectors.
Participants examine their sector's environmental footprint, resource costs, risks, market pressures, and opportunities. They then identify realistic measures that can improve efficiency, resilience, compliance, worker participation, and the environmental value of products and services.
Recommended for
The programme is recommended for:
- Private companies, SMEs, cooperatives, and business associations
- Sector ministries, municipalities, and public-service institutions
- Chambers of commerce and industry
- Sector development, value-chain, and livelihood programmes
- Managers responsible for operations, quality, procurement, or sustainability
- TVET institutions and organizations designing sector-specific green-skills programmes
Training Objective
The objective is to enable organizations and sector stakeholders to identify commercially and operationally realistic green-economy practices and convert them into prioritized actions.
By the end of the workshop, participants will be better able to:
- Explain green-economy principles in relation to the selected sector
- Map key resource flows, environmental impacts, and business risks
- Identify sector-specific green employment and skills implications
- Recognize opportunities for efficiency, circularity, and cleaner production
- Review suppliers, procurement, transport, and value-chain practices
- Select practical environmental and business performance indicators
- Prioritize feasible short-, medium-, and long-term improvements
- Prepare a sector or organizational green-economy action plan
Main Training Topics
Day One: Green Economy Principles and Sector Diagnosis
- Green-economy concepts, business value, and sector relevance
- Environmental footprint and resource-flow mapping
- Energy, water, materials, waste, emissions, and pollution risks
- Green employment and changing skills requirements
- Regulatory, client, donor, and supply-chain expectations
- Sector examples and good practices
- Identifying priority problems and opportunities
Day Two: Sector Solutions and Green Work Practices
- Resource efficiency, circularity, and cleaner production options
- Sustainable procurement and supplier engagement
- Greener transport, logistics, facilities, and maintenance
- Worker engagement and green-skills development
Day Three: Prioritization and Implementation Planning
- Cost, feasibility, risk, and impact prioritization
- Selecting indicators and assigning responsibilities
- Preparing a sector or organizational action plan
Training Methodology
The programme uses a participatory, practical, and adult-learning approach. The methodology includes:
- Customized sector presentations
- Resource-flow and environmental-footprint mapping
- Sector case studies
- Group problem solving
- Opportunity prioritization exercises
- Action planning
- Pre- and post-training assessments
The content can be adapted to participants' occupations, literacy levels, target sectors, project activities, country context, and organizational priorities.
Workshop Outputs
Participants will receive:
- Three days of customized sector training
- Sector-specific green-economy materials
- Environmental and resource opportunity map
- Prioritized action plan
- Certificate of participation, subject to agreement
The contracting organization may also receive:
- Attendance and assessment results
- Summary of sector priorities
- Workshop report
- Recommendations for technical assistance or further assessment
Group Size and Fee Information
Recommended group size: 15 to 25 participants.
Fees are provided upon request and depend on delivery location, duration, language, customization, venue, travel, participant numbers, and the number of workshops requested.
Organizational Bookings, Customization and Partnerships
Organizations interested in purchasing or customizing this programme should submit an enquiry outlining their requirements. Organizations seeking to become authorized SRD partners to market and deliver the programme in their country should also provide a brief organizational profile, examples of relevant environmental, green-employment, green-skills, or green-economy training assignments, and selected client references. Suitable applicants will be invited to an introductory meeting to discuss the cooperation model, responsibilities, commercial arrangements, quality standards, and next steps toward signing a partnership agreement.
How to register or enquire
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Green Employment and Green Skills for Emerging and Existing Jobs Training
Green Employment and Green Skills for Emerging and Existing Jobs Training
Status: Ongoing programme
Format: Three-Day Instructor-Led Workshop
Delivery mode: Face-to-face or live online, instructor-led training
Duration: Three days
Language: Arabic or English, as required
Target countries: All Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries
Delivery locations: Jordan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yemen, and other MENA countries, subject to agreement
Course Overview
This programme prepares jobseekers and existing workers to understand how the transition to a green economy is changing occupations, tasks, and employer expectations. It distinguishes new green occupations from the greening of existing jobs and connects environmental responsibility with employability, decent work, productivity, and resilient livelihoods.
Participants identify the green skills required in their target sectors, assess their own strengths and gaps, and prepare practical development plans. The content can be adapted to national priorities, occupations, sectors, and the needs of women, youth, refugees, persons with disabilities, and other groups facing labour-market barriers.
Recommended for:
The programme is recommended for:
- Jobseekers, graduates, and workers seeking career progression
- Youth, women, refugees, returnees, and host-community livelihood programmes
- TVET institutions, universities, and career-guidance services
- Employment, apprenticeship, and work-based learning programmes
- Employers, HR teams, business associations, and trade unions
- Government, donor, and NGO workforce-development programmes
Training Objective
The objective is to help participants understand green employment trends, recognize how occupations are changing, and build transferable and technical green skills that improve their readiness for emerging and existing jobs.
By the end of the workshop, participants will be better able to:
- Explain green employment, green jobs, green occupations, and the greening of existing jobs
- Identify environmental and labour-market drivers changing work
- Recognize green skills required across different sectors and occupations
- Assess personal skills, experience, and priority development gaps
- Translate environmental responsibility into credible employability evidence
- Identify training, work-based learning, and career pathways
- Demonstrate green workplace behaviours valued by employers
- Prepare an individual or organizational green-skills action plan
Main Training Topics
Day One: Green Employment and Changing Skills Demand
- The green economy and its implications for employment and livelihoods
- Green jobs, green occupations, and green tasks within conventional jobs
- Sector trends and examples from the MENA region
- Core environmental, technical, digital, and transferable green skills
- Decent work, inclusion, and a just transition
- Employer expectations and evidence of green competence
- Personal green-skills self-assessment
Day Two: Career Pathways and Employability Practice
- Mapping target occupations and green career pathways
- Identifying skills gaps and learning priorities
- Building green experience through projects and work-based learning
- Presenting green skills in CVs, interviews, and workplace discussions
Day Three: Workplace Problem Solving and Skills Action Planning
- Green problem solving, teamwork, and workplace responsibility
- Barriers affecting women, youth, and vulnerable groups
- Preparing an individual or programme-level green-skills action plan
Training Methodology
The programme uses a participatory, practical, and adult-learning approach. The methodology includes:
- Interactive presentations and labour-market examples
- Occupation and task-mapping exercises
- Green-skills self-assessment
- Group discussions and workplace scenarios
- Career-pathway mapping
- Individual and team action planning
- Pre- and post-training assessments
The content can be adapted to participants' occupations, literacy levels, target sectors, project activities, country context, and organizational priorities.
Workshop Outputs
Participants will receive:
- Three days of instructor-led training
- Green-employment and green-skills learning materials
- Personal green-skills self-assessment
- Career or skills-development action plan
- Certificate of participation, subject to agreement
The contracting organization may also receive:
- Attendance and assessment results
- Summary of identified skills gaps
- Workshop report
- Recommendations for follow-up training or employment support
Group Size and Fee Information
Recommended group size: 15 to 25 participants.
Fees are provided upon request and depend on delivery location, duration, language, customization, venue, travel, participant numbers, and the number of workshops requested.
Organizational Bookings, Customization and Partnerships
Organizations interested in purchasing or customizing this programme should submit an enquiry outlining their requirements. Organizations seeking to become authorized SRD partners to market and deliver the programme in their country should also provide a brief organizational profile, examples of relevant environmental, green-employment, green-skills, or green-economy training assignments, and selected client references. Suitable applicants will be invited to an introductory meeting to discuss the cooperation model, responsibilities, commercial arrangements, quality standards, and next steps toward signing a partnership agreement.
How to register or enquire:
Training, organizational, and partnership enquiries: trainingThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.