Short trainings

Gender, vulnerability and inclusion

Work for a community engagement

OBJECTIVES PEDAGOGICAL

  • Analyze the place of women in a water and sanitation service.
  • Understand the positive impacts of women in their organization.
  • Design a strategy for change to promote inclusion

For whom?

For all professionnals coming from water and sanitation utilities regardless of their home service

  • Executive Directors
  • Head of services
  • Operational Directors
  • Financial Directors
  • Executive Officers
  • Managers
  • Engineers
  • Project managers
Benefits

The AgroParisTech – SUEZ Chair offers specific training courses dedicated to urban water and sanitation services. They bring together experts in the sector and are open to any professional in these services.

Come and learn about the financial management of your service with a certified accountant.

  Learn to deal with the social, psychological, cultural and behavioral aspects of being a man, woman, or other gender identity

 

Fight against openness or susceptibilty to attack or harm

Defines the notion of equal participation of individuals in your company

Training

OBJECTIVES PEDAGOGICAL

  • Analyze the place of women in a water and sanitation service.
  • Understand the positive impacts of women in their organization.
  • Design a strategy for change to promote inclusion

 

 

Vanessa BARROS – CEO & Co-Founder at LeadershipCQ – inclusive leadership and cultural intelligence

I just published a book “Don’t Mess with my Professionalism!” with Penguin Random House, in English and French. With foreword from Peace Nobel Prize O. Bouchamaoui, this book is Inspired by 200 senior international executives whom I have interviewed and goes beyond individual views of ‘professionalism’ to provide a breakthrough framework. My fit for use model to resolve intercultural conflicts will help any leader to build an inclusive culture.

I am a senior international executives’ advisor, provide executive training and do research specialising in cross-cultural and inclusive leadership as well as intercultural conflict management. I am mostly based in Europe. I also collaborate with the Center for Leadership and Cultural Intelligence at Nanyang Business School (Nanyang Technological University) in Singapore.

I completed my PhD at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore doing research on intercultural conflict resolution, cultural intelligence and inclusion. I also hold a Master of Science in Management from ESSEC Business School in France.

Prior to joining the doing the PhD, I worked in advertising for over 20 years handling local, regional and global accounts for Saatchi & Saatchi, McCann-Erickson, Havas, BETC and Ogilvy working for prestigious clients including Reckitt Benckiser, Nina Ricci, Procter & Gamble, Lolita Lempicka, Danone, Kraft Foods Peugeot and Unilever.

I am French-Portuguese. I have worked on four continents (North America, South America, Europe, Central Asia and currently Asia), I speak 4 languages fluently (English, French, Spanish and Portuguese) and have gained solid experience and expertise in multi-cultural team leadership, inclusive culture, international operations and business development.

Accommodation

Miranoce Residency ****

Close to AgroParisTech Montpellier center

Appart’Hôtel Odalys City Les Occitanes ****

  • Close to Montpellier St Roch railway station in the city center
  • AgroParisTech has a special rate of de 70 euros/night (excluding breakfast and city taxes)
    https://www.odalys-vacances.com/

For more accommodations

Partners
  • Foundation SUEZ
  • AFD
  • Water Agency Rhône Méditerranée Corse

PRATICAL INFORMATIONS

  • Date: 11/12/2025
  • Language: English
  • Duration: 1 day
  • Location: Montpellier
  • Price: 559 €

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