LEAD Network Bulletin - October 2006

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.

Training events & courses

Network activities

Spotlight On Fellows

Fellows Networking Event at Climate COP Nairobi

LEAD is organising a number of activities around the Climate COP and invites all Fellows attending, or with an interest in the event, to email
join-climate@myleadnet.org.

Award winning Fellow in South Africa

Congratulations to Annie Chimphango, LEAD Fellow Malawi (2000), who has been awarded a Women in Science award from the South African Government.

Alternative global visions

Check out this link for a series of papers, produced by GTI (Great Transition Initiative), a global network for elaborating visions and strategies for a shared vision of the future. A number of LEAD Fellows contributed to the preparation of these papers.

GTI Paper Series

Leadership for Environment and Development

Member Programmes in Brazil, Canada, China, CIS, Europe, Francophone Africa, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Southern and Eastern Africa

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	LEAD Africa launches with regional event in Tunisia LEAD Africa is holding a conference in Tunisia on 20-23 November on the theme 'Making Africa a Land of Opportunity'. The event marks the launch of a pan-African initiative that unites all three LEAD Member Programmes in the region. Read more LEAD Brazil showcases best examples of sustainable enterprise LEAD Brazil and HSBC have published the first in a series of reports exploring innovative sustainable development projects by LEAD Fellows in Brazil. Read more Fellows presents at Darwin Initiative Workshop on Climate Change How will low-lying islands in the Indian Ocean adapt to the threats of climate change? LEAD Fellows from India and Europe, and two of their colleagues from the Lakshadweep Islands, visited London in October to present their project's findings at a DEFRA Darwin Initiative Workshop on climate change. Read more http://www.darwin.gov.uk/events/ New and improved www.lead.org goes live. LEAD invites you to visit our newly enhanced main website www.lead.org and learn all about our training opportunities, network of fellows and action projects. Our website has been undergoing a process of evolution in the last few months as part of strengthening LEAD as a knowledge community.


	Apply now for LEAD Fellows Programme 2007 This is a final call for applications for next year's LEAD Fellows Training Programme, offered by our leadership training centres around the world. Read more Capacity building for government officials in Middle East and Central and Eastern Europe Over two hundred government officials are taking part in LEAD training workshops in countries such as Syria, Yemen, and Jordan. LEAD is working with a number of regional and global initiatives to strengthen the planning and implementation of sustainable development. Read more UNDP Sri Lanka LEAD trainers continue to play a critical role in the delivery of UNDP's Capacity 2015 programme with an additional event in Sri Lanka. Read more about this long term partnership.