GREEN ECONOMY -- Call for Participant LEAD Associate Training on "Green Economy: Strategic Directions in time of Climate Change"

Cohort
15: Call for Participants

LEAD Associate Training on “Green Economy: Strategic
Directions in time of Climate Change”
LEAD Indonesia will
conduct LEAD Associate Training or LAT of Cohort 15 with a theme “Green
Economy: Strategic Directions in time of Climate Change”, a series of 20-day
National Session (17 days intensive workshops
and 3 days online/distance learning), and 7-day
International Session (Port Elizabeth, South Africa) within the year of 2010.
Mid careers from any sector of government, business, NGO, academic, and media,
who have a vision to bring about changes, are invited to join this opportunity
as LEAD Associate Trainee whom will be the LEAD Fellow after completing the
training.

Through the training, participants will have the understanding
of the problems to encounter the green economy issues in the 21st century, and
its relations to climate change impacts and opportunities toward mitigation and
adaptation strategy, within sustainable development framework. Even more
critical, the training participants will get senses of leadership values and
prepositions in this particular issue. More than training, the participants will
involve in an intensive project, LEAD Associate Project in a group consists of
different backgrounds and expertise, to produce action plan either in policy
recommendations, case study, or preliminary research findings toward a
large-scale research in the future. The results will be shared among
participants, institutions of the participants, and LEAD Indonesia. The best LAP
will be imbedded into policy recommendations at the International Session. At
the end of the session the participants will produce a cohort document “Green
Economy Strategic Direction: A Policy Recommendation” which will produced
through workshop facilitated by experts.

Those who completed the
training at national level and meet the passing grade standard will join a
network of LEAD Fellows around the globe, consists of around 2000 professionals
from various field of work, represent 90 countries. A number of best
participants will be sponsored to join international session
in South Africa where they will meet participants
from other 13 LEAD Program Offices from Canada, Africa, Latin America, Europe,
Canada and Asia. In the international session they will learn from the global
perspective the issues related to sustainable development, with a focus on
climate change. By the end of the international session LEAD Fellows will
produce “LEAD Declaration” document as commitment of the participants to
sustainable development. This is “energy” that fuels our bodies and minds,
inspires us to challenge ourselves and others. Let this cohort 15 theme boosts
you up and be ready to bring about change to the sustainable development for a
better world!

Please apply for this rare opportunity (seats are limited).
We will really appreciate if you can disseminate the information to the
potential candidates.

The closing date is March 5th, 2010. Application should be
submitted as early as possible.
Thank you.

Best regards,
Irmayani Sembiring Program Assistant Officer
Yayasan Pembangunan Berkelanjutan (YPB)
LEAD
Indonesia
Jl BDN II No 35 Cilandak Barat
Jakarta. Indonesia. 12430
T:
+62 21 769 5491
+62 21 7581 6941
F: +62 21 7581 6938
E: irmayani@ypb. or.id