With the support of the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund and United Nations Development Programme, the Leadership Project has recently re-launched its leadership training program in Liberia.
With the support of the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund and United Nations Development Programme, the Leadership Project has recently re-launched its leadership training program in Liberia. The Leadership team will focus on building trust and collaborative capacity between key Liberian leaders including ministers and legislators, as well as regional and civil society leaders, in a series of country-based workshops over the next 14 months. From July 9 through July 22, Leadership team members conducted an assessment mission and met with many key leaders, including President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, to help identify critical divisions hampering effective governance. The first training workshop will take place in October 2009.
Leadership Team with President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
The Africa Program works to address the most critical issues facing Africa and US-Africa relations, build mutually beneficial US-Africa relations, and enhance knowledge and understanding about Africa in the United States. The Program achieves its mission through in-depth research and analyses, public discussion, working groups, and briefings that bring together policymakers, practitioners, and subject matter experts to analyze and offer practical options for tackling key challenges in Africa and in US-Africa relations. Read more
