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About LEAD Network
LEAD is an international non-profit organisation with a fast growing network of 1600 leaders in more than 80 countries. Our shared mission is to inspire leadership for a sustainable world.
We do this by searching worldwide for outstanding people, developing their leadership potential through our innovative training programmes, and working with them to make a real difference to the future of this planet.
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Spotlight On Fellows
Photojournalist awarded prestigious communication award in India
“Among the work that won Bagla the National Award for Outstanding Effort in Science & Technology Communication in Print Medium was a December 2004 story in Science Express about the discovery of a new monkey species along India’s northeastern border with China—the Arunachal macaque. It was the first new monkey species discovered in a century. “ AAAS
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Fellows Perspective on Graduating
”Being a LEAD Fellow means becoming the change we want to see in the world.”
Mary Mah Miamo, LEAD Francophone Africa
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Leadership for Environment and Development
Member Programmes in Brazil, Canada, China, CIS, Europe, Francophone Africa, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Southern Africa and USA
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LEAD’s 2005/6 Fellows Training Programme culminated in a ten-day global training session on environmental governance in Bhopal, India in March and the graduation of 120 new Fellows. Participants came from over thirty countries after having completed national and regional training sessions with their home Member Programmes and worked on their own local projects as part of the course.
LEAD’s partnership with DEFRA¹ continues to go from strength to strength with the announcement of sponsorship for LEAD’s international training event on environmental governance in Bhopal, India (Feb 21st –March 2nd). 
LEAD’s partnership programme with UNDP Capacity 2015 has been gaining considerable momentum with a number of training events taking place across the world. The most recent was a five-day training of trainers in Tashkent this March for UNDP capacity development staff and LEAD trainers from central Asia. 
Students from the United Nations University for Peace (UPEACE) were learning all about cross cultural communications and ethical decision making at a special LEAD training on campus in Costa Rica this January.
The LEAD-Darwin Initiative Project in the Lakshadweep - meaning 'one hundred thousand islands' or 'the islands to steer towards (for water)' - is now fully underway with some fascinating new research emerging about India's only atoll formation which hosts some of the world's most endangered reef species. LEAD Fellow, Deepak Apte, Head of Conservation Department of the Bombay Natural History Society is researching with a local team of expert divers giant clams, indicators of healthy reefs with the ultimate goal to establish a community-reserve.
LEAD is busy preparing for the World Urban Forum (WUF3) in Vancouver, June 19-23 where we will be holding a number of events and activities on the theme of sustainable cities. Our WUF 3 programme includes advance multi-stakeholder dialogues in major cities, advance on-line forums, a formal networking event, LEAD training for select WUF3 participants, and application of "intelligent networking" technology to connect participants before, during and after the Forum. We are particularly focused on the WUF3 sub-themes of energy and urban planning.
www.lead.org has a new look and a new structure. The site acts as a global portal to the entire LEAD network and provides easy access to our member programme websites and the 1600 people strong network of Fellows.