International Institute of Social Scientists (IISS)
Bangladesh Social Scientists Foundation materializes its objectives through three core domain areas - i. Policy Advocacy on national and global issues; ii. Institutionalization for strengthening Social Sciences Professionalism in developing countries like Bangladesh and iii. Piloting Social Development programs through Social Lab.
The International Institute of Social Scientists (IISS) is driven to enhance the professional skills of graduates and new graduates from the Social and Humanities on emerging and reemerging skills and knowledge and link them with the global value chain. (GVC). BSSF and Skills Development Council Canada (SDC Canada) have built a partnership, the first ever in Bangladesh to provide globally demanded skills and knowledge of our new and mid-level careers in Social Development. Based on a rigorous feasibility study in the year 2021 BSSF has developed globally demanded social development-related international professional certification courses in the following areas while accreditation, standardization, and international certification of the courses are managed by the SDC Canada ( https://sdccanada.org/). IISS/ BSSF is the learning partner of SDC Canada.
| No | Name of Course | Duration (days/hours/months) | Eligibility |
| 1. | Post Graduate Diploma in Social Care and Social Work | (270 hours/Six months) | Minimum Bachelor from any discipline |
| 2. | Professional Certificate in Social Compliance | (140 hours/three months) | Minimum 12 years education completed |
| 3. | Professional Certificate in Social and Environmental Safeguards | 140 hours /Three Months | Bachelor Certificate in any discipline |
| 4. | Post Graduate Diploma in Social and Behavioural Program Management | 270 hours /Six months | Bachelor in any discipline of Social, Arts and Behavioural Sciences |
| 5. | Advanced Certificate in Data Management and Data Science | 140 hours/Three months | Bachelor in any discipline but having working experiences on data Management |
| 6. | Professional Certificate in Monitoring and Evaluation | 140 hours/Thee months | Bachelor in any discipline of Sciences, Social , arts and behavioural sciences |
| 7. | Professional Certificate in Social, Cultural Heritage, and Policy Institute Management | 140 hours/Three months | Bachelor certificate in any discipline of Social , arts and behavioural sciences |
| 8. | Professional Certificate in Resettlement Policy and Strategy | 140 hours /Three months | Bachelor in any discipline of Sciences, Social , arts and behavioural sciences |
| 9. | Professional Certificate in Social Research Methods and Management | 140 hours/Three months | Bachelor in any discipline of Sciences, Social,arts and behavioural Sciences |
| 10. | Professional Certificate in Research Communication | 140 hours/Three months | Bachelor in Any discipline of Social , Arts and Behavioural Sciences |
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