The CEO Forum forms part of AWDF’s commitment to strengthening the leadership of women’s organisations in Africa. It is a biennial event that provides a safe space for the leadership of women’s organisations to discuss strategic leadership issues, share experiences and build skills that will support their personal and organisational development. It is a safe creative space, imbued with feminist values, for renewing energy and spirit.
The (3rd) Chief Executive Officer’s Forum will be held from 2- 4 June 2014 in Nairobi, Kenya and will focus on the theme, ‘Leadership, Governance & Communication for CEO’s and Executive Directors from African women’s organisations’.
The forum was set up with two key objectives:
- To create safe spaces for the leadership of women’s organisations to share challenges and ideas within the current global context with their peers and collectively develop strategies for addressing these
- To create a platform for the leadership of women’s organisations to discuss challenges around leadership, management and governance issues facing women’s organisations in Africa and how to promote these for development.
These objectives do not end with Nairobi. As part of its core mandate, AWDF has committed itself to efforts that seek to enable and strengthen African women’s organisations and their leadership to contribute to wider development goals and especially those around women’s development. Therefore, as part of its leadership support, AWDF is offering a ten month coaching support to ten Africa women leaders from AWDF grantee organisations in leadership and communication. This coaching is not about teaching, it’s about walking and thinking alongside leaders and supporting them into being transformational in their leadership capacity.
Please see PDF below for bios of the leaders undertaking the coaching programme.
Profiles of 10 leaders to be coached over 10 Months (final)
By: Nafi Chinery, Capacity Building Specialist, AWDF
Nafi Chinery,
Capacity Building Specialist,
AWDF
Dear Nafi,
I commend you and the team for a job weldone for the African Women organisations through fundings and capacity building programs.
Indeed, we are grateful. This is mail serves as a reminder of the next coming training for African CEO’s grantees.
I am writing to inform you that our organisation is one of the benefiting organisation from Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria and we are currently running our programs/activities for AWDF in this state.
I am much concern about this training and write to appeal to you on how I could benefit as well on this training platform.
Kindly notify me for the coming training to enable me apply. I hope this will grace your mind.
Looking forward to your reply. I will be reach through our organization’s email as attached.
Thank you,
Mfon E. Esua
Executive Director
Dynamic Youth Development Organisation
No. 90 Obio Imo Street
Uyo
Akwa Ibom State
Nigeria
+234-8036826091
Dear Nafi,
Our organisation is one of the benefiting grantee of AWDF and we have served AWDF grants from 2009 – 2013.
Please we missed the 2013 call for CEO’s forum and I am writing to notify you of our interest in the next coming training.
I would be appreciative if informed on time to apply for this training.
I am the Executive Director of Women’s Initiative for Self-Actualization based and operates in Akwa Ibom State. Nigeria.
Thank you for your understanding.
Sincerely yours,
Unyime Ekpoudia
ED
WISA
Dear Efon & Unyime, your interest in the CEO forum has been noted and we shall inform you about the next forum and the assessment processes involved so you can apply. Thank you