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Leadership Development Workshop (LEDEV)
Windhoek, Namibia
August 13 – 25, 2007
The Association of African Universities is pleased to announce the launch of a 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).
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.
LEDEV is intended 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 first Workshop, which will be in English, is planned for August 13 – 25, 2007. It will be hosted by the University of Namibia, in Windhoek, Namibia.
Background
Previous SUMA workshops were held in Harare, Zimbabwe (1991); Bujumbura, Burundi (1992); Arusha, Tanzania (1994); Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (1995); Cape Town, South Africa (1997), Abuja, Nigeria (1999); Gaborone, Botswana (2000); Cairo, Egypt (2001); and Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (2002), and brought together Presidents, Rectors, Vice-Chancellors and Principals of universities and other higher education institutions, their Deputies, Deans, Directors, Department Heads, Registrars and Bursars. Also included were members of university Councils, National University Commissions, etc.
Comments made by participants at the last SUMA workshop included:“I thoroughly enjoyed the workshop. I learnt a lot from colleagues ... . Although I have been in tertiary education administration for close to one decade and attended many management courses, this is the most focussed, most useful and most pragmatic for me.”
“The programme has emphasized to me some important issues which have been overlooked in university management. The exchange of experiences between university functionaries from different backgrounds was very rewarding. The AAU is doing a good job and should keep it up.” Following a review, SUMA will be run as two separate workshops on (i) leadership development (LEDEV) and (ii) management training (MADEV).
Thrust and Method
The main themes of LEDEV will 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 Further details will be announced later.
Please indicate on your application form the topics you would like emphasised in the finalisation of the curriculum.
Executive Attachment
Participants will be eligible for funding to undertake an executive attachment programme at a high-performing higher education institution.
Participation
To ensure effective interaction and exchange, the number of participants is limited to a maximum of 30, selected on the principle of “first come, first served”. Though participation is open to all involved in higher education leadership, preference will be given to persons holding the positions listed below, in universities and equivalent institutions: Vice-Chancellor/Rector/President
Deputy Vice-Chancellor/Deputy Rector/Vice-President
Dean/Director
Chairman of Council/Senate New Vice-Chancellors, Rectors and Presidents, will find this workshop particularly helpful.
AAU Members in Good Standing
Participants from AAU member institutions in good standing (see AAU Website: www.aau.org/membership/index.htm) will receive preference in respect of selection for executive attachment, and are eligible for a fee waiver as well as a subsidy on board and lodging on the basis of proven need.
For additional information please contact:
The Secretary-General
Association of African Universities
African Universities House,
Aviation Road Extension
Airport Residential Area
P.O. Box AN 5744, Accra-North, GHANA.
Tel: 233 21 774495/761588
Fax: 233 21 774821
E-mail: secgen@aau.org |
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Leadership Development Workshop (LEDEV)
