More than 600 Peruvians participate in the Leadership for Transformation Program
This initiative seeks to empower natural leaders from 25 decentralized locations to promote people’s governance and transformation to a more democratic and modern nation
A total of 631 leaders from grassroots social organizations, agricultural and indigenous communities, associations of small and micro-enterprises as well as trade union and cultural organizations in Peru were selected to participate in the 13th Leadership for Transformation Program, led by CAF-development bank of Latin America- in partnership with the Governance and Public Management Institute of the San Martin de Porres University (USMP), in order to strengthen civic and democratic values in 25 locations across the nation.
During CAF’s Leadership for Transformation Program participants will receive training in governance, leadership, citizen participation, domestic affairs, reform, modernization and decentralization of the State, human rights, environment, conflict resolution and communication for development, among others.
Eleonora Silva Pardo, CAF Director-Representative in Peru, recalled that new regional and municipal authorities will be elected this year, and stressed that “only by training human capital under principles of democracy, ethics, dialogue, negotiation and respect for institutions we will bring about change and transformation into a modern country.”
Iván Hidalgo Romero, academic coordinator of the USMP Governance Institute, explained that they have trained some 7,000 leaders in the past thirteen years, and that “there are leaders trained by the Program in every district, province and region of the nation, who will work to transform society and build a new Peru.”
For the 13th edition of the Leadership Program, which will take place over the next 6 months, a total of 232 participants have signed up for classroom courses in the Lima Center, Lima North and Lima South campuses, as well as in Manchay and the campus at Universidad Mayor de San Marcos. Meanwhile, other 399 students will participate in online courses, at the campuses in Amazonas, Ancash, Apurimac, Arequipa, Ayacucho, Cajamarca, Callao, Cusco, Huancavelica, Huánuco, Ica, Junín, La Libertad, Lambayeque, Loreto, Pasco, Piura, Puno, San Martin, Tacna, Tumbes and Ucayali.
The CAF Leadership for Transformation Program has trained about 7,000 leaders from 1,500 districts in 25 regions of Peru during 2002-2017.
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