This event is a part of a one-year long project funded by the European Commission (action 3.2 Youth in the World).

Leadership could be considered as a mixture of talent, skills, awareness of own attitudes and other people reactions to these attitudes, caring and empathy for the people and tasks that one leads. Understanding leadership is being aware of attitudes and reaction to those one leads, as well as reflecting on the – conscious or unconscious – reason for these attitudes.

The WAGGGS Leadership Development Programme (WLDP) is broader than just programmes of activity or organized learning. The WLDP wants to give the opportunity and the framework to young women from all over the World to deepen reflection on leadership and to explore and share potentialities and understand better participants’ role and place as leaders.

The purpose of the WLDP is not only to develop WAGGGS leaders but also to build and develop the leadership within the Organisation. Leaders who take part in the WLDP will develop practical leadership skills to apply as a leader in their Member Organisations thus contributing to their Association’s growth and development through application of core leadership skills and knowledge.

Europe-Africa Journey to Leadership / WLDP in Action

Journey to Leadership is a joint leadership development project between the WAGGGS Europe andAfricaregions, based on the WAGGGS Leadership Development Programme (WLDP).

The project includes three main activities:

1. Research into women’s leadership and partnership in project participants’ countries and UN Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 3 and MDG 8.

2. A high-profile WLDP training event inBujumbura(Burundi) from 4 to 9 September 2011 where participants will learn how to lead others in complex situations, handle change, promote gender equality, develop partnership and advocacy projects.

3. Following the WLDP event, participants will undertake cooperative advocacy projects on MDG 3 and MDG 8 in their countries, thereby sharing their learning and leadership skills with many more Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, helping them to change their world.

Young women from 13 Associations from the Africa Region, 13 Associations from the Africa Region and 2 women fromAustraliaare currently implementing the project in their countries

This project has been funded with the support of the European Commission
For more information about the Youth in the World programme click here