Sustainable Development Policy Institute

• Introduction
• Who Should Attend?
• Methodology
• Workshop Objectives
• Medium of Instructions
• Outline
• Resource person
• Deadline for Registration
• Discount
• Withdrawal requests
• Cancellation/Postponement
• Award of certificates
• Time
• Further Information
• Registration form

Introduction
Building confidence and leadership skills is fundamental to women empowerment and obtaining a more equitable role in Pakistan. The training will define critical elements of leadership for women in business, profession and community organizations. It will contribute to a better understanding of the world around you and build leadership skills that are both empowering and effective.

The skills practiced during the training workshop are for everyone. Understanding the unwritten rules of corporate culture, emulating successful leaders, practicing strategies to demonstrate confidence, advocating for self, overcoming stereotype tendencies, finding a balance between life and work, and using proven leadership techniques to negotiate conflicts are skills every leader needs to understand and acquire.

Who should attend

• Executives from public, private, and NGO sector
• Mid-level managers
• Supervisors and team leaders

Methodology
The workshop will be participative, experiential and interactive. The participants will be encouraged to reflect on concepts, skills and tools discussed and demonstrated in the sessions. An environment of trust will be developed in which the participants will share their feelings and concerns. Group discussions will ensure every participant gets a fair chance to give ideas and opinions, no matter how divergent they may seem at first.

The techniques to achieve these objectives will include visualization, introductions to key concepts, case studies, participant-driven learning activities and links to supplementary information.

Workshop Objectives
By attending the three-day comprehensive training workshop, the participants will be able to:

• Explore challenges of women leadership in the millennium
• Enhance the relationship between self awareness, gender sensitivity and key traits of effective leadership
• Apply tools and techniques to strengthen their leadership skills
• Make commitments

Medium of instructions
English will be the medium of instruction for this workshop.

Outline

• Challenges for women leaders in the millennium
• Self awareness/aligning vision and values
• Collaborative competition model
• Transformative leadership

Resource person
Imran Rizvi, founding member of KZR Associates, is an accomplished public speaker/facilitator and a regular resource person at the thematic development events.

Rizvi conceived and launched the well-established "Building Capacity for Development" consultancy/training series in 1993. Initially targeting NGOs/CBOs, the series is acknowledged as a leading resource for strengthening social sector programs and service delivery mechanisms. One of the few leading male gender trainers in Pakistan, Rizvi is committed to furthering and mainstreaming gender concerns at all levels.

Currently he is member of the UNAIDS Program Coordinating Board representing the Asia Pacific Region. He is also a regular advisor and in some cases board member to other initiatives and organizations, including Human Development Network, DFID-sponsored Gender Equity Project (GEP), School of Leadership (SoL), Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria (GFATM), Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) and British Council.

Deadline for Registration
Completed Registration forms should reach the Senior Training Coordinator via fax or mail latest by 28 February 2005. The institute will confirm registration upon receipt of fee by a return fax. Please use a separate registration form for each nominee. Please note that seats are limited and applicants will be registered on a first come, first served basis. Registration will close if all the seats are taken up before the last date.

Discount
25% discount is available to the following:

• SDPI members
• HRDN members on each nomination (HRDN members should send their nominations through HRDN secretariat)
• PEP partners on each nomination Students registering through their institutions
• Other organizations registering 2 or more persons

Withdrawal requests will be processed as under:

10 or more days before workshop	Full refund
Nine to four days before workshop	75 percent refund
Three days before workshop	50 percent refund
Two or less days before workshop	No refund

Cancellation/Postponement
SDPI reserves the right to cancel or postpone the workshop if circumstances require. In such an event, SDPI will ensure that registered participants are informed as soon as possible. SDPI will also refund registration fees according to our refund procedures.

Award of certificates
Trainees successfully completing 85 percent of the workshop would be awarded certificates.

Time
9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (daily)

Further Information
For further details, please contact:

Senior Training Coordinator
Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI)
# 3 UN Boulevard, Diplomatic Enclave 1, G-5 (P.O. Box 2342) Islamabad
Tel: 051-2278134, Fax: 051-2278135 E-mail:

(yasin@sdpi.org) Website: www.sdpi.org
tel. ++92-51-2278134 or fax: 92-51-2278135

Registration Form

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