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Knowledge Creation for Sustainable Development
Building Leadership Capacity
Hague Conference on Environmental Security & Sustainable Development
11 May 2004
Julia Marton-Lefèvre
LEAD International
Training Approach
• Mixing personal mastery with social capital building;
• Developing relationships that sustain the leaders as well as the network;
• Strengthening skills and knowledge
• Experiential learning techniques that are learner-centered.
LEAD Programmes
Organizing Effective Training Events
Organizing Effective I nternational Training Events: The LEAD Approach
This CD-ROM is a comprehensive, step-by-step reference guide to designing, implementing and evaluating large international training events and workshops.
The guide has been developed by experienced LEAD training and logistics staff, and is relevant to all those planning training sessions for an international audience.
WHY: Premise
Living within our economic and ecological means demands: • far-reaching policy, institutional and technological reforms, •and shifts in individual values and behaviour.
Societal leaders need to be able to usher in these reforms and foster this behavioural change.
HOW: Our Goal
Capacity development will empower emerging leaders to manage the necessary change towards more sustainable patterns of development.
HOW: Social Capital Creation
Capacity building is used to strengthen individuals’ abilities, as well as create social capital to contribute to sustainable development.
WHAT: Four Key Elements of the Approach to Building Leadership
Capacity
1. Developing a set of shared ethics & values consistent with the mission & vision of sustainable development;
2. Building knowledge of key sustainable development challenges & their solutions at local & global levels;
3. Enhancing leadership skills essential to manage change;
4. Supporting collaborative & peer learning.
Skills for Leaders
• Self-awareness & understanding;
• Thinking systemically;
• Communicating effectively in diverse & multi-
cultural environments;
• Seeking to build relationships & networks that
stretch beyond one sector or discipline;
• Using collaborative approaches for decision-
making;
Skills for Leaders
• Facilitating dialogue among different voices &
opinions & helping groups value this diversity &
the richness of thought it brings;
• Valuing the ethical bases for decision making;
• Visioning as a tool to develop shared meaning &
as the basis for action-oriented discussion;
• Creating & motivating learning teams & networks.
Skills
Conflict Resolution and Negotiation
Skills
Team-building
Skills
Cross-cultural communication
Skills
Presentation
Networking
Learning Methods
• Highly participatory, based on experiential learning techniques
• Interactive presentations & panel discussions• Case studies• Problem-solving activities• Simulations & role play• Distance learning & virtual events• Individual & group projects
Case studies on selected themes
Experiential Learning/Site Visits
Vale do Ribeira, Brazil (Cohort 8)
Sustainable Development Alternatives in the Atlantic
Rainforest
Working Groups
Simulations/Role Play
The Changing Role of the Intergovernmental System
Final International Session, USA
Mock Negotiation of UN Commission on Sustainable Development:
Focus on Sustainable Tourism
Panel discussions/distinguished speakers
Final International Session, USA The Changing Role of the Intergovernmental System
Cohort 6
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