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Upcoming Workshop THE OPPORTUNITY IS HERE AGAIN !!! Democratic Leadership Training Workshop - Secondary School Teachers The Africa Leadership Forum in collaboration with the Royal Norwegian Embassy, Nigeria, has been
organizing since 2007, series of Democratic Leadership Training Workshops for young Nigerians ages 18-40
years. This particularedition of the workshop training is targeted towards Secondary Schools’ TEACHERS
from both public and private schools. As in the past, the primary objectives of these workshops among others
are to: Method of Application For more Details, Click Here Application closes August 21, 2009
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Democratic Leadership Training Workshop - Female Medical Doctors The DLTW - Female Medical Doctors Group was concluded successfully on the 30th of May 2009 at the ALF International Conference Centre, Ota - Ogun State. The Training was attended by 43 Female Medical Practitioners from both Public and Private Health Instituitons representing all the Six Geo-political zones of the country. The workshop exposed participants to trainings on the principles and styles of leadership, ethics and professionalism, workings of a Democratic government, lobby and advocacy etc while also assisting in identifying innate leadership traits in participants through simulation exercises and role plays. The Female Medical Doctors Group formed a network amongst themselves under the name "The Female Doctors Leadership Initiative". The network amonsgt other things will be the platform to execute the Group's Action Plan developed after the training. The Group Action Plan aims to vigorously conscientize Medical practtioners on the need to imbibe standard work ethics and proffesionalism.
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ALF receives HP GET-IT Grant - (Graduate Entrepreneurship Training through IT) As part of ALF’s commitment towards constant qualitative capacity building of young people towards acquiring basic requisite leadership skills, micro-enterpise development and basic business management skills with a sharpened IT-edge, the Africa Leadership Forum has been selected has a recipient of the HP GET-IT Grant. GET-IT (Graduate Entrepreneurship Training through IT) is one of HP’s flagship social investment initiatives and helps young unemployed people and graduates – aged 16 to 25 – acquire the business and IT skills to enter professional life or to create their own businesses. The GET-IT training initiative operates in 25 countries in Europe, the Middle East and Africa and comprises a network of 70 GET-IT training centers. Initiated by HP, the programme is run in collaboration with the Micro-Enterprise Acceleration Institute (MEA-I) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in Africa.GET-IT’s mission is to help young people master the dynamics of using of information technology in very small businesses. ALF is expected to train about 5000 young un- or underemployed people and graduates aged 16 -25 to acquire the business and IT skills to enter professional life or to start their own businesses. The project is expected to kick-off fully before the end of the year. Check back on this page for more details soon!!! |
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Result of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library Inaugural Africa-wide Essay Competition The 1st Africa Wide Essay Competition on “Young people’s Perception of Human Security in Africa” organised for the Centre for Human Security of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library by the Africa Leadership Forum officially came to a close at the Prize Presentation Ceremony held at the Presidential Library Complex on the 5th of March 2009. Click here for the pdf version of the summary of the Essay Competition.
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Summary Report of Baseline and Quarterly Socio-economic Survey of EDC Trainees Prior to the take-off of EDC Lagos, a baseline survey was conducted in April/May 2009 in each of the six states (Ekiti, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, and Oyo states) of Southwest Nigeria which serves as the scope of EDC programme. This survey was designed to capture the status report on the state of unemployment, vocational skills, and entrepreneurship development programmes in the southwestern region of Nigeria. Click here for the full version of the survey report |
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Entrepreneurship Development Centre, Lagos Click here for further details |
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ALF Legislative Internship Programme 2007 - 2009 The Legislative Internship Programme (LIP) is a programme of the ALF Parliamentary Support Institute aimed at consolidating and institutionalizing the norms and principles of liberal democracy in Nigeria. The programme is specifically destic Leigned to provide interested alumni of ALF Democraadership Training Workshop (DLTW) and other Nigerian young men and women an opportunity to acquaint themselves with parliamentary norms and processes with a view to encouraging them to take – up parliamentary career or work as members of parliamentary support staff. more ....... |
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Ayodele Aderinwale, Executive Director of the Africa Leadership Forum receivesNational Honour For
his selfless efforts and enthusiasm at
hard-work and inputs to The Honour was conferred on him by the former President of Nigeria Chief Olusegun Obasanjo. The Nigerian National Honours are a set of orders and decorations conferred upon Nigerians and friends of Nigeria. The Honours were instituted by the National Honors Act no. 5 of 1964, during the First Republic to honour Nigerians from all walks of life, who have rendered special and outstanding services in their calling, to the benefit and progress of the nation. We congratulate Mr. Aderinwale for the achievement and wish him the very best in all his undertakings.
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ALF/UNDP Concludes Sub-Regional Consultative Meetings on the ECOSOCC, the APRM and the MDGs The sub-regional
consultative meetings organized by the Africa Leadership Forum, in collaboration
with the UNDP, Regional The meeting in Addis was among others, reviewed all the inputs and contributions of civil society organizations that participated in the sub-regional conferences, and produced a clear and strategic roadmap to engage the APRM and the MDGS. The preliminary report of the meeting is available on PDF (click here to download) a full report will be available shortly. follow link for more informationand summary of conclusions for the Ota and Nairobi Meetings)
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Technical Workshop on Union Government Study (April 29 – 30, 2006) Meeting successfully held!!! The fourth Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union, at its meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, in January 2005 took note of the proposals for the creation of the posts of Ministers of Defence, Foreign Affairs, Transport and Communications, Foreign Trade and the cancellation of Customs and harmonization of custom tariffs among Members States. click here for more information |
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THE OPPORTUNITY IS HERE AGAIN !!! DLTW FOR GENERAL PUBLIC The workshop comes up between February, 16 - 20, 2009 Interested candidates are expected to submitt their application on or before 31st January 2009. Method of Application : Send a copy of your two-page curriculum vitae, stating their previous leadership experience(s) with a page essay in microsoft word format on what he/she understands by LEADERSHIP in not less than 300 words. Call or email Owofadefu Imoleayo 08055061535,08067530237 democraticleadership@africaleadership.org, imoleayo@africaleadership.org for further details. CLOSED |
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ALF Legislative Internship Programme The 2008 Legislative Internship Programme will come to an end with the Debriefing /Experience sharing session slated to hold February 1 - 3, 2009. All interns are herby notified. CLOSED |
national
and regional development, Mr. Ayodele Aderinwale, was on the 20th
December conferred with the Nigerian National Honour, Member of
the Order of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (MFR). 
Bureau for Africa, New York for African CSOs
on ECOSOCC, APRM and the MDGs came to a conclusion with the final
regional meeting in Addis Ababa Ethiopia on the 8th - 10th December
2006.