Deadline: 20-May-22
The Democracy Institute Leadership Academy (DILA) Program is now open for applications to address the needs of mid-career local, municipal and national leaders, political party representatives, and policy experts working at parties, in civil service and think-tanks, and civil society activists who seek to promote democratic change.
The Democracy Institute Leadership Academy (DILA) is a unique, 12-week part-time English-language leadership training program offered by the CEU Democracy Institute for a new generation of public leaders in Central and Eastern Europe.
The 2022 DILA program explores current challenges political parties and activists face in European democracies – in cities, in national and in European politics with the guidance of their leading international faculty of scholars and experienced trainers. The curriculum covers topics on democratic governance and policy design, and equips fellows with a wide range of leadership and strategic skills that are instrumental for a successful career in public life.
What does the Democracy Institute Leadership Academy offer to its fellows?
- Their intensive, part-time, modular training program focuses on current challenges political parties and political activists face in European democracies – in cities, in national and in European politics;
- Interactive course work and mentoring modules address democratic practices: deliberative and participatory methods; policy design, democratic mobilization, efficient interest representation in different national and European contexts;
- CEU’s international faculty will provide insights into the intellectual context of contemporary debates such as climate change, geopolitical and domestic divides, migration, inequality and technological change;
- Their team of experts is committed to developing a wide range of practical governance, leadership and political skills to assist participants in their daily work, such as strategic foresight, negotiation skills, polling and data literacy and resource mobilization;
- Their program fosters opportunities for networking through peer-to-peer learning and social events in a politically diverse international environment;
- Fellows completing the course will receive a certificate of participation awarded by the CEU Democracy Institute.
Eligibility Criteria
- Governmental and municipal leaders, political party representatives, governmental and think-tank policy experts and civil society activists with 5-10 years of political or professional experience.
- They are accepting applications from the following countries: Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia.
An ideal DILA candidate has
- A profound sense of integrity;
- Between 5-10 years of professional or political experience;
- A commitment to democracy and diversity across profession, gender, race, ethnicity and political ideology;
- A desire to affect real and sustainable change in a democratic society;
- The ability to apply knowledge and leverage networks;
- A working level (reading and speaking) skill in English language.
For more information, visit https://democracyinstitute.ceu.edu/dila2022