Leadership Development (LEDEV) |
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Background |
The Association of African Universities has launched its Leadership Development Workshop (LEDEV) series. This is a follow-up to the Association’s highly successful Senior University Management Workshop (SUMA) series, which ran from 1992 to 2002. The series forms part of the AAU Capacity Development Project for the Revitalisation of African Higher Education Institutions (AAU-CADRE), funded by the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF).
Objectives of LEDEV
The broad aim of LEDEV is to enhance the leadership skills of university leaders, particularly in the promotion of innovation and the management of change. This will be achieved through intensive participant interaction over carefully selected case and other material, and lead lectures, in a process facilitated by eminent Resource Persons.
Following a review, SUMA will be run as two separate workshops on (i) leadership development (LEDEV) and (ii) management training (MADEV).
Background
The AAU Leadership Development Workshop series is a follow-up to the Association’s Senior University Management Workshops (SUMA), which were organised between 1991 and 2002. The SUMA Workshops were intended to enhance African university leadership and management skills, and dealt broadly with issues of policy, funding and management. Participants included Presidents/Rectors/Vice-Chancellors/Principals of universities and other higher education institutions, their Deputies, Deans, Directors and Heads of Department, Registrars and Bursars. A review of SUMA in 2003 resulted in its differentiation into leadership development and management training, which are currently running as separate programmes, LEDEV and a new Management Development Workshop (MADEV).
The AAU LEDEV builds on SUMA, incorporating the outcome of a survey of similar programmes in Africa and beyond. Participation is drawn from the leadership of Africa’s higher education, with a particular focus on newly appointed Rectors, Vice-Chancellors, Deputy Vice-Chancellors of public and private institutions, University Council members, as well as heads of national and regional higher education regulatory agencies.
Thrust and Method
LEDEV is intended primarily for
Vice-Chancellors, Rectors, Presidents and Principals
Deputy Vice-Chancellors, Deputy Rectors, and Vice-Presidents,
Directors of Institutes, Deans of Faculties
Members of University Councils
Heads and Deputy Heads of higher education regulatory agencies
The main themes of LEDEV is selected from the following:
• Financial Management: resource mobilisation and allocation; financial analysis, reporting and performance monitoring
• Institutional Culture, Gender and Change
• Conflict Management and Resolution
• Quality Assurance
• University Leadership and the Fight Against HIV/AIDS
• ICT and Research and Education Networking
Participation
To ensure effective interaction and exchange, the number of participants is limited to a maximum of 40. The participation is open to all involved in higher education leadership; preference will be given to persons holding the positions listed above, in universities and equivalent institutions.
Following the first AAU Leadership Development Workshop (LEDEV) held in Windhoek, Namibia, in August 2007, the Association of African Universities is pleased to announce the second in its Leadership Development Workshop (LEDEV) series, to be hosted by the Kigali Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Rwanda, from 23 April - 02 May, 2008. |
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Leadership Development (LEDEV)
