LEAD International

Presentation to LEAD

CISGolitsino17-18 January

2004

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LEAD’S MISSION

To create, strengthen and support networks of people and institutions promoting change towards sustainable development that is economically sound, environmentally responsible and socially equitable.

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SustainableDevelopment

Impact

InitiativesTraining

Network

LEAD Network

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LEAD Network Institutions

Other Institutions, partners & individuals

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH LEAD NETWORK

Specific ActionsCommunications

& Public RoleTraining and

Other Services

NETWORK ACTIONS

Adding to the Network of LEAD

Fellows

LEAD FELLOWS

Adding to the Network of

Institutions & Individuals

NETWORK EXPANSION AND STRENGTHENING

Fundraising Services and AdviceCommunications

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• Real + Virtual Community• Strong Shared Experience• Mid-Career Influential Leaders• Cross-Sectoral• Cross-Cultural• Local + Global Reach• Neutral Space

Uniquely LEAD

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LEAD Today• 14 Institutions (MPs)• Capable Staff Worldwide• Influential Governing Bodies• Global Faculty• Partnerships

LEAD Network

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Sector

335

275

73

267

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371

Academic

Commercial/Private

Government

Media

NGO

Other

Fellows and Associates per Cohort

7484

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166 169 170 167150

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LEAD Network - Fellows

• 1400 Fellows & growing• Reach into a multitude of organizations

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LEAD Network

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Increase the number of :• Fellows• MPs• Individuals reached by LEAD training• Partners

Network Expansion & Strengthening

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• LEAD Training Programs• External Training & Partnerships• Training Services & Product Development• Trainers• Funding for Training Activities

Training & Capacity Development

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LEAD Associate Training • Apr 2004 – International training session to

graduate C10• Jan-Dec 2004 - Recruit & select new cohort

(self-funded and global)

Young LEADers • 2004 – Advertise Young LEADers• 2005 – Recruit & select 1st cohort

LEAD Training Program

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Client groups:• Association of Commonwealth Universities,

IUCN, URI Coastal Resource Center, Envision, Smithsonian Institute…

Partnerships: • Globalegacy, Forum for the Future,

Sustainability Institute, Imperial College, Harvard University…

Ongoing project development:• UNDP, IIED, IISD, Earth Charter Secretariat…

External Training & Partnerships

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• Continue to improve & develop new skills modules

• Increase types of fee-for-service training:► Skills workshops► Stand-alone short courses► Consultancy in training design and facilitation

• Expand LEAD CD-ROM series ► Wye International Training Session CD-ROM

• Produce publications► Systems Stories; Training Across Cultures; LEAD

Case Studies

Training Services & Product Development

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Continue to strengthen LEAD Trainers• Training-of-Trainers series

► New product development, dissemination and testing► Internal capacity building

Facilitate access to quality international trainers• Faculty Database on website

► Over 1,000 faculty• Trainer Database

► 100 LEAD Fellow and staff trainers

Trainers

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LEAD Associate Training Program • Externally funded

External Training and Partnerships • Fee-for-service

Training Products • Cost recovery

Partnership • Joint funding identification

Funding for Training Activities

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Opportunity• Silo-based approaches are not delivering

Asset • LEAD connects across boundaries

Vehicle• LEAD Strategic Programs

Impact Initiatives

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• Ecosystems and Poverty

• Food Security

• Communicating Sustainable Development

• Engaging with Business

LEAD Strategic Programs

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Ecosystems and Poverty

• Harness LEAD network to bring ecosystem

value into development decisions

• Partnership with Millennium Ecosystems

Assessment

• 9 projects involving over 80 Fellows

• Example: Siberia/Western China: NGO Network

to Combat Illegal Timber Trafficking

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Food Security

• Crowded field but LEAD can add value

• Harnessing indigenous knowledge

• Food, poverty, environment, trade linkages

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• The communication gap

• Participatory Communication: a LEAD strength

• Pilot projects : Example: Using Participatory Video & Dialogue to Build Support for Forrest Conservation & Eco-tourism in Siberia

• A LEAD Participatory Communication Unit?

Communicating Sustainable Development

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• Help business become part of the solution

• Training

• Advising

• Building SME capacity

Engaging with Business

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Overall Strategy:

Contributing to sustainable development

and to

LEAD’s financial viability

Fundraising

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Fundraising: we are all concerned

LI & MPs are raising funds for:• Projects

► LEAD Strategic Programs► Other projects (MP and LI)

• Training • Member Program & LI core support

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Aims of Communications Strategy:

• Launch LEAD Network as a global brand• Raise the profile of LEAD Network with potential

funders and partners• And increase the value of belonging to LEAD

Network for Fellows and MPs

LEAD Network Communication

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SustainableDevelopment

Impact

InitiativesTraining

Network

LEAD Network – Integrated Strategy

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LEAD CIS Inter Cohort Meeting

Aim: to discuss the overall LEAD program and make recommendations on:

► Program content► Governance structure► Management services► Funding possibilities► Future prospects► Role of Fellows

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LEAD Fellows Photo