Creating more and better jobs for all is critical for achieving inclusive and sustainable economic growth (SDG 8). Strategic public investment, particularly in infrastructure, is a key driver of economic growth that provides the basis for expanding economic activities, promoting trade, and generating multiplier effects that contribute to a more equitable distribution of resources. Such investments have the potential to create and sustain direct and indirect jobs, stimulate consumer spending, and create sustainable livelihoods for many. Investment in technology and innovations can further help in shaping employment outcomes in terms of both quantity and quality. At a time when financial resources are increasingly scarce, the course offers an opportunity to explore concrete experiences of how public sector institutions have developed and refined their investment strategies, employment policies and allocated resources to create more and better jobs. The course covers the state-of-the-art policies, strategies and programmatic approaches for mainstreaming employment and decent work into different sectors and through their public investment plans. The course aims to provide participants with the knowledge, tools and practical skills needed to link infrastructure development with employment creation and poverty reduction, including as a response to crises or economic shocks. The one-week course provides participants with an opportunity to take an in-depth look at: - Global socio-economic and geo-political trends (including technological change/digital divide, climate change, conflicts, etc) that are shaping current patterns of unemployment, poverty and inequality; - Employment-intensive investment (EII) approach - theory and practice: supporting national and sectoral interventions at policy, institutional and programme levels aimed at maximizing employment creation, delivering transformative infrastructure and promoting a circular economy in key economic sectors; - Tools and methodologies for assessing the quantity and quality of jobs generated through sectoral, trade and investment policies, programmes and projects: - Pathways for transitioning towards formal employment and a greener economy, with a focus on Nature base Solutions. The course provides a unique platform for participants to shape a tailored learning journey while exchanging knowledge and experiences with policy makers, sector managers, professionals, and practitioners from around the globe working in this field. The course iuses a blended learning approach that combines lectures, plenary discussions, good practice presentations, elective sessions, case studies, group work, and individual exercises.