Social Procurement Professional Certificate - February 2025 Cohort

Gain in-depth knowledge of the fundamentals of social procurement in this 4-week supportive cohort-based professional certificate program.
About this Event

Buy with Impact

This certificate program has been developed to provide both private and public sector participants with in-depth knowledge of the fundamental components of social procurement success; how to create a social value culture within your organization; steps needed to develop Social Procurement policy; and how to implement social procurement practices into your current RFx processes, to leverage procurement spend to drive more social value.

The course consists of four 2-hour virtual trainings with interactive hands on activities and homework. Upon completion participants receive a professional development certificate and can qualify for continuing professional development (CPD) hours.

Participants in the course will receive a copy of David LePage's book, Marketplace Revolution.

February 2025 Dates and Times:

Tuesdays, February 4, 11, 18, 25, 2024 | 10am-12am PST / 1pm-3pm EST

This program is ideal for:

Senior government leadership looking to use procurement to improve social value and community outcomes
Senior private sector leadership looking to use social value as a competitive advantage and drive business growth
Procurement staff (public, private and non-profit sector) conducting the purchase of goods & services, consulting, construction and IT
Mid-level managers aiming to deliver on the social value goals of their organization

Read the course outline (pdf)

If someone else registers you for this event, you do not need to click the "Claim your ticket" button in Eventbrite; a calendar invite will be sent to you as well as subsequent reminder emails and they are all you will need.

Here’s what past participants have to say about the course:

“Valuable, insightful, necessary for employees of a business with a Social Procurement policy or anyone looking to develop one.”

“The training I received was integral in my understanding of social value and now I feel like I have additional knowledge and tools to help [my company] make our social value journey a success.”

“The Buy Social Canada team makes the content very accessible by making sure that there’s lots of different learning tools to ensure everyone who has diverse learning styles is appreciating the content being communicated”

“Being welcomed by a supportive group of people was one of the most enjoyable parts – being made to feel part of a like-minded and passionate team outside of my organization was very valuable.”

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