Future-Proofing Business and the Economy

Day 1 focuses on the global, macro-level forces reshaping economies and enterprises. Individual sessions examine climate risk, changing economic paradigms, technological change and diffusion, global supply chains, and digital innovation (including AI), and explore the implications these shifts have for competitiveness, resilience, inclusion and long-term transformation. Through the panel discussion and signal-scanning workshop, the day helps participants move beyond linear or siloed interpretations of change towards a more systems-level understanding of uncertainty, emerging risk, and strategic opportunity.

Example sessions include:

• Assessing Climate Risks and Seizing Opportunities
• Rethinking the Economy and Economics
• Mapping Economic Growth, and Technology Progress and Diffusion
• Building Greener and Resilient Global Supply Chains
• Harnessing Digital Innovation in Policy and Business
• Panel: Navigating Uncertainty across Technology, Narratives and Policy in the Green Transition

To request a complete curriculum and speaker list, please register your interest in the course. 

Day 2 examines how the macro-level forces explored on Day 1 interact with policies and markets. Sessions focus on public finance and resilience, climate policies, environmental markets, and circular economy approaches and the implications for labour markets, skills, and employment. The day is designed to help participants understand how policy choices, market mechanisms, and institutional arrangements shape behaviour, distributional outcomes, and the real-world effectiveness of the green transition, and how these can be aligned to future-proof more resilient economies and enterprises.

Example sessions include:

• Reshaphing our Economies: Public Finance, Resilience and the Green Economy Practice
• Designing Climate Policies for Real World Outcomes
• Tackling Resource Constraints through Circular Economy Strategies
• Building Skills and Jobs for a Greener Future
• Panel: Delivering a Just Transition

To request a complete curriculum and speaker list, please register your interest in the course. 

Day 3 shifts the focus to organisational response and leadership in practice. Sessions examine how governments and enterprises can design and assess credible transition strategies, track progress in response to growing accountability pressures, and manage increasing legal risks. The final workshop and Leadership Challenge sessions provide a structured space for participants to translate the insights gained from the programme into practical commitments and action plans, tailored to their own organisational and policy contexts – supporting the move from strategy to execution.

Example sessions include:

• Designing Strategies for Sustainability and Responsibility
• Tracking Progress and Strengthening Accountability
• Managing Legal Duties and Climate Liability
• Leading the Transition
• Risks and Reflexivity
• Leadership Challenge - Action Planning

To request a complete curriculum and speaker list, please register your interest in the course. 

The fee for the programme is £5,500. There is a discretionary discounted rate of £4,000 for participants whose proven primary employment is in the public and third sectors. We define the public and third sectors as: 

• central or local government
• regulatory agencies
• supervisory authorities
• central banks
• multilateral institutions
• non-profit civil society organisations
• registered charities
• philanthropic organisations
• workers' associations
• employers' associations 

State-backed companies, including public financial institutions, operating to make a commercial return are not eligible for discretionary discounts. Nor are consultants serving public and third sector clients.  

We apply the discretionary discount on a case-by-case basis and may request further information from you and your employer before we can process a discount. 

The programme fee includes all teaching costs, en-suite accommodation at an Oxford college for three nights, some evening activities, breakfast, lunch, and some dinners. It does not include the cost of travel to and from Oxford, visas, insurance or any personal expenses. 

* The application deadline for fellowships ended on 15 April 2026 *

Up to ten (10) Fellowships will be offered for eligible public sector officials and representatives workers’ and employers’ organisations from low- to upper-middle-income countries to participate in the programme.  

The Fellowships cover the full programme fee plus accommodation for the duration of the 3-day residential training in Oxford. A small number of applicants from least developed countries may also be eligible for travel support to and from the training. 

To apply for a Fellowship, applicants are required to complete an online application form and submit a short motivation statement, a letter of support from their organisation, and their full CV. 

Additional information on the Fellowship and application process [PDF]

Individuals working in the private sector, for the United Nations system or other international organisations are not eligible for fellowship support, regardless of nationality. 

The Fellowships are supported by the generous contributions of the PAGE funding partners, whose support, financial, and in-kind contributions are integral to enabling countries to transform their economies into drivers of sustainability. 

Applications are reviewed for suitability to the programme, and if the application is accepted, notification will be sent with a link for online payment.

Payment is due within 30 days of notification of acceptance, or 3 weeks before the programme begins, whichever is sooner. Registration will be confirmed on receipt of full payment of the programme fee. Places are allocated in order of receipt of payment. Prices are subject to revision.

Please read our full Terms and Conditions.

The School's alumni network enables participants to share updates, access tools, and collaborate post-programme. It will serve as an enduring source of support, best practices, and evolving solutions to address emerging challenges. 

Alumni receive invitations to our events and conferences as part of our growing community, and are eligible for a 15% discount on other Smith School open-enrolment executive education programmes.