Risk Management for Development Organizations: Realizing Strategic Priorities

The course is designed to support development practitioners with the necessary theoretical knowledge and practical skills to be able to manage risks in their own organization. It aims to build the capacities of development partners to enable them to embrace uncertainty, identify and assess the uncertainties that matter (i.e. risks), and define the optimum response measures. Special emphasis is placed on developing a mature risk management culture in development organizations and multi-stakeholder environments. The course consists of a series of highly interactive sessions, offering a blend of theoretical concepts and practical solutions essential for effective risk management in development organizations. On 11 September an optional consultation round will be available to enable you to design an integrated risk management (IRM) framework, unique to your own organization.

Course Facilitators

Magda Stepanyan, MA, MSc, CIRM

She holds an MA in Sociology (Yerevan State University, Armenia), MSc in Public Administration (Leiden University, the Netherlands), and The International Certificate in Risk Management from The Institute of Risk Management (UK). She is the Founder & CEO of the Risk Society consultancy (www.risk-society.com).

Her main areas of expertise include integrated risk management, disaster and climate risk governance, capacity development, civil protection, recovery planning, and M&E. She has more than 15 years management and consultancy experience, working with organizations such as the EC, UN, WB, Red Cross, and many others. She authored a UNDP Technical Paper on Risk Management for Capacity Development Facilities (2012).

Dr David Hillson FRSA FIRM HonFAPM PMI-Fellow CMgr FCMI

Known globally as The Risk Doctor, David Hillson is an award-winning thought-leader and expert practitioner who consults and writes widely on risk management, with ten major books on the topic. David leads The Risk Doctor Partnership (www.risk-doctor.com), a global consultancy offering specialist risk services across the world.
His ground-breaking work in risk management has been recognized with many professional awards, including being named “Risk Personality of the Year” by the Institute of Risk Management (IRM) in 2010-11. In recent years David has specialized in strategic risk management, with a focus on risk culture, risk appetite and risk attitudes.