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Teaching materials can be completed independently or during the sessions.</p><h3>Course dates:</h3><ul class="short-list"><li><span>27 January - 18 April 2025</span></li><li><span>28 April - 25 July 2025</span></li><li><span>29 September - 22 December 2025</span></li></ul></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-paragraphs field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--text paragraph--view-mode--default" id="paragraph--415"> <h2 class="paragraph-title"> Course details </h2> <div class="text-long"><p>By the end of the course, participants will be able to:</p><ul><li>Understand the purpose of finance and the structure of the financial system. They will examine the investment chain, asset classes, and finance professions, putting finance into a broader framework that can help them navigate sustainable finance.</li><li>Analyse the role of public policy in motivating investment into sustainability and how sustainable finance is shaped by public policy. They will also compare the motivations of policymakers internationally and investigate what has or has not worked.</li><li>Assess how and why policies, regulations, and supervisory expectations related to sustainable finance are evolving in different jurisdictions and their direction of travel, and examine the opportunities this creates.</li><li>Evaluate what it means to have impact through sustainable finance and what kind of impacts are likely or possible. 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The P3S Academy is a new global centre of learning and capacity building focused on how the public and third sectors can grasp the opportunities associated with sustainable finance.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--text paragraph--view-mode--default" id="paragraph--416"> <h2 class="paragraph-title"> Participants </h2> <div class="text-long"><p><strong>Participants</strong></p><p>Course places are limited to those who are primarily employed in:</p><ul class="short-list"><li>central or local government</li><li>regulatory agencies</li><li>supervisory authorities</li><li>central banks</li><li>multilateral institutions</li><li>non-profit civil society organisations</li><li>registered charities</li><li>philanthropic organisations.</li></ul><p>We particularly encourage group applications, so that whole teams can benefit from the learning. Applicants from the private sector will not be considered.</p><p>To date the course has welcomed over 2500 attendees, representing 600+ organisations, and 130+ nationalities.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--text paragraph--view-mode--default" id="paragraph--417"> <h2 class="paragraph-title"> Applications & fees </h2> <div class="text-long"><p>We are able to offer a limited number of free places for each cohort thanks to generous funding from the IKEA Foundation. The places are allocated based on suitability and need. In particular, we prioritise current and future leaders from developing countries. The fee for all other applicants is 拢500.</p></div> </div> </div> <div class="field--item"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--text-with-links paragraph--view-mode--default" id="paragraph--418"> <div class="text-long"><p>To apply please complete the application form, for both individual and group bookings. 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