LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

The Organization Capacity Building Programme of Ibis West Africa and the Women’s Law and Human Rights Institute of The Ark Foundation, Ghana are offering a comprehensive three–module leadership training and development opportunity for Women Leaders in Civil Society Organizations in Ghana.

About the Leadership Development Programme
The Leadership Development Programme (LDP) for women leaders was conceived of as a strategy for supporting the efforts of women’s rights organizations in Ghana and for achieving synergy in the various programmes they carry out. The programme will bring together 24 NGO women leaders into a forum for joint learning, strategizing and action planning. The programme is tailored to the context and uniqueness of leadership as experienced by women. The distinctive quality of this programme is its focus on developing the potential of young women to contribute to and influence policy.

About Ibis West Africa and The Ark Foundation, Ghana
Ibis West Africa is a Danish development agency interested in promoting and supporting sustainable development, democratization structures, social justice and equitable distribution of resources. One of its programmes is the Organization Capacity Building Programme (OCB).

The Ark Foundation, Ghana is an advocacy-based; human rights NGO. It runs two broad programs:
• The Women’s Law and Human Rights Institute (WLHRI), which is partnering with Ibis OCB and
• Support to Survivors of Gender Based Violence and Child Abuse Programme.

PROGRAMME SCHEDULE
The LDP consists of three modules of five days each. Participants should arrive on Sunday evening in time for the beginning of the programme on Monday morning.

Module 1: Sunday 17th September - Friday 22nd September 2006

Module 2: Sunday 4th February – Friday 9th February 2007

Module 3: Sunday 13th May – Friday 18th May 2007.

For the time between modules, participants will be given assignments to help them translate their new knowledge from the programme into practical applications for their own organizations and their personal leadership techniques.

Why this programme?
• Provide an opportunity for women leaders to explore a range of new and alternative theories and attitudes in the fields of leadership and development in the interest of broadening current perspectives.
• Tap the potential for increased synergy and influence between programmes run by the participating women and their organizations.
• Strengthen the voice of women in the public sphere.
• Consciously influence the policy and practice pertaining to women, gender relations and women rights.
• Affirm women’s existing leadership capacity and build on it further, as leaders in Ghana.
• Support the development of the person - the woman herself.
• Contribute to the pool of women furthering the women’s rights movement.
• Develop an approach to leadership that celebrates and promotes essential qualities that are absent in current leadership.

PROGRAMME FEES AND PAYMENT METHODS

Programme Fees:
While courses are highly subsidized, participants are required to share the remaining cost. The cost for the whole programme is USD 300 per person for the three modules or USD 100 per module. Please note that you have the option of paying the full amount of USD 300 for the three modules at once, or of paying in installments USD 100 before the start of each module.

Payment must be received before the beginning of each module.

Payment Methods:
Payment may be made by transferring the fee amount into the Ibis Bank Account Name: Ibis OCB Leadership, Ecobank
Account No: 1101228740157

Or payment can be made in person at the Ibis OCB office in Accra:
Ibis OCB Office
House No. 43
La Tebu Crescent
East Cantonments, Accra

APPLICATION PROCEDURE:

Applicants will be selected on the basis of the following criteria:
• You have a leadership role, management position, or other position of authority for decision-making in your organization
• You are from a Women’s Rights Organization or an organization that focuses on Gender Equality issues.
• You will commit to all three modules of the course

How to apply:
Applicants must fill out an application form, which is available by mail, by phone, in person, and online.
Deadline for submission of applications: Friday 14th July 2006.

By Mail:
Interested organizations and individuals should contact Petra Adu-Parkoh at The Ark Foundation for the application forms by mail:
The Ark Foundation, Ghana
P .O.Box AT 1230
Achimota

By Phone:
You can also call us on 021 511610 or 024 4410309.

By Email or Internet:
You can email us at thearkgh@yahoo.co.uk or download the application form at www.arkfoundationgh.org.

In Person:
You can also personally pass by the offices of The Ark at:
House No. 13
Blue Gate
ECOMOG Road
Haatso, Accra

Our Goal:
“There have been excellent inter-personal relationships
that will thrive long after this training is over
between the women’s rights organizations.”