Sustainability That Works: Turning Trade-Offs into Trust, Value, and Success
🌍 Event Overview
Sustainability isn’t a separate track of work. It’s the same decision-making discipline project leaders already use every day. Every project balances competing priorities—time vs. scope, cost vs. quality, speed vs. resilience. The difference is whether those choices are made intentionally and transparently, or whether they emerge later as reputational risk, implementation friction, or “unexpected” constraints.
This session cuts through the noise and focuses on what sustainability actually means for project managers: making smarter, more credible trade-offs that stand up to stakeholder scrutiny.
🎯 What You Will Learn
- How to integrate sustainability into existing project processes without adding bureaucracy.
- How to evaluate trade-offs using decision-grade criteria that work across predictive, agile, and hybrid environments.
- How to anticipate long-term impacts so sustainability becomes a delivery advantage—not a constraint.
- How to communicate decisions in a way that builds trust, transparency, and stakeholder alignment.
📅 Event Details
• 🗓️ Date: Wednesday, April 22
• 🕕 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM (AST)
• 📍 Location: Virtual - invite to be shared after registration
• 💵 Cost: Free for members
👤 About the Speaker: Haikal El Abed
Haikal El Abed is a PMP® and PMI-ACP® certified program leader with more than 20 years of experience delivering complex initiatives across Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. As a Team Leader with GIZ Ethiopia, he manages TVET and digital transformation programs that bridge policy, industry, and training ecosystems.
A volunteer member of PMI’s Sustainability Outreach community, Haikal connects PMI practices with the GPM P5 Standard, helping project teams embed social and environmental considerations into everyday decision-making. His work emphasizes linking benefits realization to measurable outcomes so sustainability becomes a default—not an afterthought.
At GIZ, Haikal’s teams apply corporate sustainability guidelines to align operations with the 2030 Agenda, ensuring that project decisions support long-term impact. Known for blending agile thinking with data-informed decision-making, he helps leaders plan, scale, and sustain meaningful change across portfolios.
📘 PDU Eligibility
This event is eligible for 1.0 PDUs:
• 💬 1.0 Ways of Working
PDU claim details will be shared with registrants/attendees after the event.
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