Application Deadline: December 31, 2024
With the support of USAID and the MasterCard Foundation, the African Center for Advanced Studies in Management (CESAG) and its main partners (the Synapse Center and the West African Research Center) have established the Regional Leadership Center (CRL) which offers future leaders from 25 African countries the skills, tools and opportunities to achieve their dreams and thus shape the future of the continent.
The CRL YALI DAKAR covers the following 25 countries from October 2020: BENIN, BURKINA FASO, BURUNDI, CAMEROON, CAPE VERDE, CENTRAL AFRICA, COMOROS, IVORY COAST, DJIBOUTI, GABON, REPUBLIC OF GUINEA, GUINEA BISSAU, EQUATORIAL GUINEA, MAURITIUS, MADAGASCAR, MALI, MAURITANIA, NIGER, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, REPUBLIC OF CONGO, SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE, SENEGAL, SEYCHELLES, CHAD and TOGO.
The YALI DAKAR Regional Leadership Center (CRL) housed within the African Center for Advanced Studies in Management (CESAG) offers two types of training in the following 3 areas: Business and Entrepreneurship, Civic Leadership and Public Management. These are:
- hybrid training which takes place over 5 weeks with 2 weeks of online training followed by 3 weeks of face-to-face training in Dakar.
- distance learning which takes place over 8 weeks entirely online and asynchronously.
Eligibility
The project targets young people aged between 18 and 35 years old and with leadership potential. The following elements are mandatory to be admitted to the call for applications process:
- be able to read and write in French;
- be a citizen and resident of one of the following 25 countries: BENIN, BURKINA FASO, BURUNDI, CAMEROON, CAPE VERDE, CENTRAL AFRICA, COMOROS, COTE D’IVOIRE, DJIBOUTI, GABON, REPUBLIC OF GUINEA, GUINEA BISSAU, EQUATORIAL GUINEA, MAURITIUS, MADAGASCAR, MALI, MAURITANIA, NIGER, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, REPUBLIC OF CONGO, SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE, SENEGAL, SEYCHELLES, CHAD and TOGO;
- have a valid passport or identity document;
- be willing to follow the 8 weeks of online courses and participate in the activities for distance learning;
- be willing to follow the 2 weeks of online courses, participate in the activities and travel to Dakar for a period of 3 weeks for the hybrid training;
- have access to the internet and a computer tool (computer or tablet) to follow the online training phases (both in hybrid training and distance learning);
- be willing to put the skills and training received in the field of leadership to the service of his/her country and/or community after the program.
Depending on your profile or your project, you must choose only one area of training: Business and Entrepreneurship, Civic leadership or public management.
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