Kathmandu-based Leadership Academy and US-based Kroc School and Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice (IPJ), University of San Diego, have launched a year-long programme aimed at strengthening the leadership capacity of youth leaders from across the country.
Titled ‘Nepali Emerging Leaders Programme 2018, the project will groom some 28 young leaders – 14 men and 14 women – selected from the 14 zones of the country. The participants are aged between 25 and 40 and represent various political parties and organisations from the hills, mountains and the Terai region.
A team comprising seasoned politicians and experts in various sectors will train and mentor the ‘emerging leaders’ of the country for the next one year.
Speaking on the occasion – to launch the year-long programme today – inn Kathmandu, former Prime Minister and one of the mentors, Lokendra Bahadur Chand said that the programme that is aimed at enhancing the leadership capacity of the young emerging leaders from across the country is a good initiative. "There were no such programmes and organisations, when I began my political career," he said, adding that the young leaders who have been selected for the program areme lucky to get such an opportunity. "I hope they will be able to work for the country’s development more effectively after completing the course."
President of Leadership Academy Santosh Shah, on the occasion, expressed hope that the programme will be effective in strengthening the leadership capacity of the youth leaders selected for the programme. "The first phase of training has already been organised and now the second phase of three sessions – one each in the hills, mountains and the plains – will be organised,” Shah added.
Nepali Congress leader and former deputy speaker Chitralekha Yadav, CPN (Maoist Center) lawmaker and former sports minister Kamala Rokka, CPN-UML leader and former lawmaker Ratna Gurung, UN Women Nepal chief Wenny Kusuma, programme officer of IPJ Daniel Orth also addressed the function.
Titled ‘Nepali Emerging Leaders Programme 2018, the project will groom some 28 young leaders – 14 men and 14 women – selected from the 14 zones of the country. The participants are aged between 25 and 40 and represent various political parties and organisations from the hills, mountains and the Terai region.
A team comprising seasoned politicians and experts in various sectors will train and mentor the ‘emerging leaders’ of the country for the next one year.
Speaking on the occasion – to launch the year-long programme today – inn Kathmandu, former Prime Minister and one of the mentors, Lokendra Bahadur Chand said that the programme that is aimed at enhancing the leadership capacity of the young emerging leaders from across the country is a good initiative. "There were no such programmes and organisations, when I began my political career," he said, adding that the young leaders who have been selected for the program areme lucky to get such an opportunity. "I hope they will be able to work for the country’s development more effectively after completing the course."
President of Leadership Academy Santosh Shah, on the occasion, expressed hope that the programme will be effective in strengthening the leadership capacity of the youth leaders selected for the programme. "The first phase of training has already been organised and now the second phase of three sessions – one each in the hills, mountains and the plains – will be organised,” Shah added.
Nepali Congress leader and former deputy speaker Chitralekha Yadav, CPN (Maoist Center) lawmaker and former sports minister Kamala Rokka, CPN-UML leader and former lawmaker Ratna Gurung, UN Women Nepal chief Wenny Kusuma, programme officer of IPJ Daniel Orth also addressed the function.
