DEI Certification for EMEA + APAC Executives

The countries and peoples across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa and Asia Pacific offer diverse cultural landscapes, religious traditions, and socio-economic disparities. Understand and respecting these cultural variances is key to cultivating inclusive excellence in your workplace.

• Identify and Remove Barriers to Inclusion at Work:  For example, in regions with multiple ethnicities, language barriers can hinder communication, collaboration, and innovation. Diversity and Inclusion initiatives can help to overcome these barriers by providing language training, promoting multilingualism, and creating inclusive environments where all employees feel valued and respected.
• Understand Regional Nuances in Organizational Operations: For example, long working hours and demanding work cultures can create challenges for employees, particularly those with family responsibilities. Diversity and Inclusion initiatives can help to promote work-life integration by offering flexible work arrangements, parental leave, and other supportive policies, as well as provide education about working in different cultures.
• Deliver Results in Accord with Executive Expectations: From working with other Supervisors to engaging in Board level interactions, you can serve as a thought partner and deliver sustainable impacts when you understand what's expected of your role. You will learn best practices for Senior Diversity and Inclusion executives, effective management schemes, and develop evidence-based strategies that work.
• Use Data to Provide More Insight & Value: Data is vital to modern business operations. The more fluent you are with the data, the more value you can provide to senior leaders in decision making, strategic planning, policy development, AI deployment, merger and acquisition activity, emergency preparedness, and risk predictions, to name a few.

By addressing disparities, promoting inclusivity, and creating equitable opportunities, organizations operating in EMEA and APAC can reap the significant benefits of a diverse and inclusive workforce, which, in turn, can increase profits, assist with compliance efforts, and improve brand perception.

The IDC® offers a global approach to Diversity and Inclusion for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa and Asia Pacific through the  Certified Diversity Executive (CDE)®   credential. The CDE exam prep courses are designed to help professionals and executives responsible for departmental and organizational strategy to lead in the future workplace and marketplace.

Why Choose IDC's CDE® Exam Preparation for EMEA and APAC?

Region-Specific Insights

Dive into case studies, research, standards, and trends throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific.

Expert Faculty

Our credentialed Diversity and Inclusion experts have extensive experience working with multinationals.

Cultural Sensitivity

Develop a nuanced understanding of diverse cultures and perspectives through class interactions.

Practical Applications

Apply your knowledge to real-world scenarios faced by organizations in EMEA and APAC regions.

Self Study Candidates

Disciplined learners set their own pace with IDC self-study. We recommend reading 1-2 study guide chapters per week to stay on track.

Self-study includes:

• A digital copy of the current study guide
• Access to CourseNetworking LMS
• Live online exam review session
• Online tutorial
• Exam

EMEA+APAC Exam Preparation Courses

The EMEA+APAC programs are structured the same as the Americas programs and use the same presentations. However, the EMEA+APAC prep course is offered on a different time zone and discussions are geared to the regional nuances of participants. The CDP® and CDE® exams are the same for the Americas, EMEA, and APAC, as the test measures DEI industry best practices, terminology, scenarios, and strategies that work.

4-Day Virtual Academy

An intense, deep-dive educational experience that allows Candidates to learn from the instructor, the materials, and their cohort. It challenges current paradigms and motivates Candidates to strive for inclusive excellence.

Concepts for the Candidate Project are due on the final day, to ensure essential feedback before submitting the final version to a peer reviewer. 

The 4-day program includes:

• Online prep course
• A digital copy of the current study guide
• Live online exam review session
• Exam and online tutorial
• Access to CourseNetworking LMS

8-Week Prep Course

A series of online webinars led by CDP® and CDE® Designees from the corporate, government, nonprofit, and education sectors.

• Tuesdays and Thursdays for 8 weeks
• Sessions are recorded and shared with the presentations after class. 
• One competency per class
• Candidates are encouraged to actively participate to maximize their learning

The 8-week program includes:

• Online prep course
• A digital copy of the current study guide
• Live online exam review session
• Exam and online tutorial
• Access to CourseNetworking LMS