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Cross-Sector Approaches To Leadership Development: Department of Public Policy and Administration
Cross-Sector Approaches To Leadership Development: Department of Public Policy and Administration
Cross-sector Approaches
to Leadership
Development
Dr. Jennifer Bremer
Public Policy and Administration Department
School of Global Affairs and Public Policy
Abu Dhabi – February 2010
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Community leadership
• What is leadership?
Department of Public Policy and Administration
Community leadership
• What is leadership?
• What is community leadership development
– and why is it an effective approach?
Department of Public Policy and Administration
Community leadership
• What is leadership?
• What is community leadership development
– and why is it an effective approach?
• Can this approach work in the Middle East?
– experience from Egypt
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Who participates?
• Varies from program to program
• Sometimes promising young managers
• Sometimes more senior government
leaders and officials
• Sometimes special categories, such as
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Community
Business
Partnership
Community Community
Leadership Group Foundation
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Community
Business
Builds skills Partnership
and
connections
Community Community
Leadership Group Foundation
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Community
Business Channels
Partnership donor
funds to
local needs
Community Community
Leadership Group Foundation
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Community Community
Leadership Group Foundation
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Strategy
• Begin with community leadership
development program
• Encourage collaborative projects
• Encourage formation of ongoing groups
• Had gender focus (donor-driven)
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Port Said
training, 2005
Achievements
• Partnership between nonprofit leaders from El Arish and
the business leaders association in 6 October City to
promote workforce development among El Arish youth.
The 6 October investors association provided El Arish
youth with room and board as well as vocational training
for youth from North Sinai at the 6 October City
investors' vocational training center.
• In Sohag, a community that started participating in NILE
programming in its last quarter, the local community
development association and an NGO signed a
cooperation protocol to train trainers from Suhag to
deliver training to youth on textile production.Port Said
training, 2005
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