ANNUAL REPORT 2009 - FPDL

PARTNERS FOR SUSTAINABLE LEADERSHIPProgram FramePartners for Sustainable Leadership is a global initiative of Partners for DemocraticChange funded by General Electric which includes Training and Mentoring for leadersof future Partners Centers. The program is aiming to scale up the development ofPartners’ Centers in new countries throughout the world, supporting 3-4 Leaders eachyear for a total of 10 new Partners’ Centers by 2011. The newly established Centerswill become members of the global association of Partners’ Centers, Partners forDemocratic Change International based in Brussels, Belgium.Program goal and descriptionUnder Partners for Sustainable Leadership up to 10 national Centers will beestablished through 2011, dramatically scaling-up Partners ability to address the localdemand for leadership and change management skills globally.The Program focuses on identifying and selecting a local social entrepreneurial leaderin the target country, for the first year Yemen, Colombia and Serbia, who receivesextensive training to establish a local Center. The leader spearheads the developmentof the Center, building in-country political and donor relationships, programs, board ofdirectors, and staff. This is achieved through continued training and in-countrymentoring from Partners and existing Centers over a three-year period.The Fellows receive training as a group in Washington, DC, and each Fellow is pairedwith an established “mentoring Center.” Partners and the mentoring Centers facilitatethe transfer of the knowledge and skills required to create and manage a neutral,professional and sustainable NGO. Partners guides the Fellows as they carry out incountryneeds assessments, invite respected, in-country individuals to the board ofdirectors, hire local staff, create management and financial systems, attract localfunding, and acculturate and apply tested change and conflict management processesin a variety of contexts. New Centers develop business and work plans designed toadapt and apply best practices to deliver programs and training and consultingservices in the areas of conflict resolution, change management and publicparticipation. Creating an acculturated, in-country capacity to address change andconflict, a skilled staff, and focused business plan create the foundation for CentersustainabilityDate and venue: February 9-26, 2009, Washington DC, USATrainersThe program was designed and conducted by Olivia Baciu/FPDL and Dusan Ondrusek/Partners Slovakia33