• Anglophone West Africa
• Brazil
• Canada
• China
• Commonwealth of Independent States
• Europe
• Francophone Africa
• India
• Indonesia
• Mexico
• Pakistan
• Southern and Eastern Africa

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Anglophone West Africa

LEAD Anglophone West Africa was one of the first LEAD Member Programmes established in 1991. LEAD is hosted in Nigeria by the Foundation for Environmental Development and Education in Nigeria (FEDEN), a non-profit, non-governmental organization (NGO) established in 1991 to promote awareness on the environment and sustainable development in Nigeria and enhance the building of local capacity required to drive the nation’s transition to a more sustainable development.

Brazil

LEAD Brazil was established in 1991 and is hosted by Brazilian Association for Leadership Development (ABDL) on the campus of IPT, Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnológicas in Sao Paulo.

Canada

LEAD Canada joined the LEAD network as a Member Program in 1994. From 1994 to 2001, LEAD Canada was administered by Canada’s National Round Table on Environment and Economy, a national research and policy advisory body that reports to Canada’s Prime Minister. Since 2002 LEAD Canada has been governed by LEAD Fellows.

LEAD Canada is also the first and most experienced Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) certified training provider in North America. GRI is the world’s most widely used framework for sustainability reporting.

China

Commonwealth of Independent States

LEAD CIS was one of the seven programmes initially set up by the Rockefeller Foundation in 1991 and recruited its first Cohort in 1992, the year of the Rio Earth Summit. The Programme runs in 12 countries in the Former Soviet Union: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.

Europe

Established in 1996, LEAD Europe joined LEAD’s founding members in the developing world to fill a gap in the global representation of the LEAD network. LEAD Europe Fellows are based in more than 27 countries across the European region and beyond, encompassing dozens of nationalities. They represent an invaluable resource of knowledge and skills for sustainable development in a diverse range of sectors.

LEAD Europe is currently administered from the LEAD International offices in London.

Francophone Africa

India

LEAD India was one of the seven programmes initially set up by the Rockefeller Foundation in 1991. It was hosted by a number of organisations including the Centre for Researh on Environment Ecology until it became an independent organisation established by a group of Fellows themselves, in 2000.

Indonesia

LEAD Indonesia was one of the seven programmes initially set up by the Rockefeller Foundation in 1991. It is hosted by the Foundation for Sustainable Development or Yayasan Pembangunan Berkelanjutan (YPB) and has been delivering the LEAD Fellowship Programme since 1992.

Mexico

LEAD Mexico was one of the seven programmes initially set up by the Rockefeller Foundation in 1991. It is hosted by El Colegio de Mexico, a free, non-profit, higher education organisation established in 1940. LEAD Mexico’s programme joins and shares El Colegio de Mexico’s academic activities in a number of fields including public administration, international affairs, economics, demographic and population studies, urban development, Asian and African studies.

Pakistan

Launched in October 1995 by the then President, LEAD Pakistan is the nation's largest network of professionals on sustainable development. LEAD Pakistan works on the following strategic areas; capacity building, community empowerment, knowledge management, networking and partnerships, public policy engagement and research.

Southern and Eastern Africa

LEAD Southern and Eastern Africa (LEAD SEA) was established in 1995 and is hosted by the University of Malawi at the Chancellor College campus, situated in Zomba, the former capital of Malawi.