Deadline: 10-Apr-23
The Centre Regional De Leadership (CRL) YALI DAKAR training hybrid session 22 is now open.
Phase
- Online phase from 12 to 23/06/2023
- Face-to-face phase from 07/17 to 08/04/2023
YALI Dakar Regional Leadership Center
- With support from USAID and The MasterCard Foundation, the Center Africain d’Etudes Supérieures en Gestion (CESAG) and its main partners (the Synapse Center and the West African Research Center) have set up the Regional Center for Leadership (CRL) which offers future leaders from 25 African countries skills, tools and opportunities to help them realize their dreams, and thus shape the future of the continent.
- CRL YALI DAKAR covers from October 2020 the following 25 countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central Africa, Comoros, Cote D’ivoire, Djibouti, Gabon, Republic of Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Guinea Equatorial, Mauritius, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Sao Tome Et Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Chad and Togo.
- The YALI DAKAR Regional Leadership Center (CRL) housed within the African Center for Higher Studies in Management (CESAG) offers two types of training in the following 3 areas: Business and Entrepreneurship, Civic Leadership and Public Management. It is:
- The 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 training which takes place over 8 weeks entirely online and asynchronously.
Eligibility Criteria
- The project targets young people between the ages of 18 and 35 with leadership potential. The following items are mandatory to be admitted to the application 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, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Gabon, Republic of Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Mauritius Islands, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic Of Congo, Sao Tome Et 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 distance learning activities;
- Be willing to follow the 2 weeks of online courses, participate in the activities and travel to Dakar for a duration of 3 weeks for the hybrid training;
- Have access to the internet and to an IT tool (computer or tablet) to follow the online training phases (both in hybrid training and in distance training);
- Be willing to put the skills and training received in the field of leadership at the service of his country and/or his community after the program.
- Depending on your profile or your project, you must choose a single area of training: Business and Entrepreneurship, Civic leadership or public management.
- Who can apply for the Public Management program?
- A bearer of a project or project idea in the public sector (project bringing change);
- A civil servant, a state contractor, a private sector employee or a decentralized administration agent;
- Who can apply for the Civic Leadership (or civic engagement) program?
- A project leader in civic engagement;
- A leader of a youth club, association, non-profit organization, NGO or civil society organization;
- A social entrepreneur;
- Who can apply for the Business & Entrepreneurship program?
- A business project leader;
- An entrepreneur or business manager;
- Other selection criteria for the YALI DAKAR program
- Sensitivity to culture, diversity and inclusion;
- A positive attitude;
- Proof of an unfailing motivation for the positive transformation of Africa whatever his level of studies, professional background, origin or status.
For more information, visit YALI DAKAR.