CIWIL Training Institute
The Advancing Transformational Leadership for Gender Justice in the Caribbean training
institute is an 8 online and 10 days residential programme, for women of the Caribbean.
This highly interactive and in-depth programme seeks to equip women who are active or
aspiring to political or public leadership with the necessary skills to effect transformational
leadership in their societies.
This training programme seeks to develop analytical skills, sound judgment, and the
leadership potential within each participant. Participants will engage in an exploration and
analysis of complex issues such as:
- The Caribbean political economy, democracy and development issues.
- Gender-responsive and ethical decision-making.
- Equitable and effective leadership approaches and dynamics.
- Partnership-building with civil society for governance accountability.
- Effective political and social communications.
Thereby equipping participants:
- To effectively influencing governance through a focus on political party and
electoral processes, parliamentary dynamics; and constituency/stakeholder
outreach. - To advocate and network to gain support for gender-sensitive policies/
legislation and other issues of national interest. - Political leadership skills and capacities to better perform their legislative,
oversight and representation functions.
The training (a combination of residential and online/distance learning components) will
be based on the active learning model that includes: lectures, case studies, role play,
brainstorming, opportunities for skill practice, and site visits.
Sessions will be led by an expert multi-disciplinary team of trainers skilled in adult education
processes and with demonstrated competences in gender analysis, political science and
philosophy, political organising; civil society organisation and leadership development.
WHO CAN APPLY?
Emerging Leaders – Government Ministers, Parliamentarians, women aspiring for
political leadership, and women political actors who are working within civil society
organisations and political parties.
Future Leaders – Young women not yet affiliated with any organisation, but with a
demonstrated interest in skills building for leadership.
On completion of the training, persons will then move on to participate in the Mentoring/
Internship programme.
Six countries successfully completed the first round of training in Antigua and Barbuda from
July 11 -22, 2010. The 29 graduates were from Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Haiti, Jamaica,
St Kitts and Nevis and St. Lucia.
The participants described the training as excellent, and committed to transfer their learning
to improving their personal, professional and political activities in individual countries and
the Caribbean Single Market and Economy.
The next training institute will be held in St. Lucia, from the 16th to 27th May, 2011. The third
round of training will be held in Jamaica, from the 16th to 29th July, 2011. Applications are
now open for the training institute in St. Lucia. The deadline for Applications is 30th April
2011.