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LEAD Anglophone West Africa - Activities Update

National Training Session


The Second National Training Session for Cohort 13 of LEAD-AWA Associates took place from August 25-29, 2008. The main topics that were considered including the following, among others:

  • The United Nation System, Environmental Governance and Sustainable Development
  • GIS as an Environmental Analytical Tool
  • Pollution and Transformation of Ecosystems: Compliance, Monitoring and Control
  • Climate Change and Impact on the Environment
  • Corporate Social Responsibility, and Reporting Environment and Sustainable Development Efforts
  • The Transport Dimensions of the Lagos Mega City Project:- Prospects and Challenges
  • Group Dynamics – Skill Module

Project proposals


BNRCC RESEARCH :After a successful submission of a proposal on  expression of  interest on the BNRCC Research Project, LEAD AWA was invited to submit a full proposal for  a research project titled “Climate Change Adaptation Knowledge Gaps – a Study of the Level of Awareness and Knowledge Base on Climate Change and Adaptation Measures and Knowledge in Nigeria’s Manufacturing Sectors .

Fellows

Mr. Olabisi T. ONI, LEAD-AWA Fellow, Cohort 9 was recently appointed as the General Manager,First Securities Ltd.

Mrs. Gwen Abiola Oloke, LEAD-AWA Fellow Cohort 12, is leading an NGO in Nigeria focused on capacity building and environmentally friendly development.
The NGO is currently running a Sport Academy within the Niger Delta region in Nigeria. The main purpose of this Sport Academy is ‘’ to gather and divert the energy/multiple talents of the teenage group and the restive youth  away from violence to profitable activity’’ which will also boost development in Nigeria in the region. It is also to mould academic excellence amid sporting activity in the Niger Delta region, Nigeria.
The NGO is currently soliciting for partnerships and sponsors for developing strategies, adapted curriculum, case studies for best practices, and hard wares for the Sports Academy. For more info, please contact Gwen Abiola Oloke

First National Training


The First National Training for Cohort 13 of LEAD AWA Associates took place between 26th and 30 May, 2008. The main topics that were addressed include the following, among others:

  • Leadership and Sustainable Development
  • Urbanization and Human Settlement
  • Population Dynamics and Implications for Environment and Sustainable Development
  • Energy and Sustainable Development
  • Elements of Environmental Economics
  • Global Environmental Issues
  • Social Systems and the Environment
  • Leadership Skills Module
  • Project Completion

The Project on Evaluation of UNDP/FGN 6th Country Programme on Energy and Environment was completed. 

Release date: Monday, June 30, 2008