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LenCD General Assembly: learning about institutional reform 20-21 June
The LenCD co-chairs have the pleasure to announce that LenCD’s General Assembly will take place in Brussels, Belgium on June 20-21, 2013.
The first day will be a learning day on the theme of institutional reform. Planned presentations and workshops include:
- Pathways to institutional reform: key initiatives in change management and evidence of successes and failures
- Tool kits for change management and capacity development
- Civil society leading reform through capacity development
- Institutional reform lessons and research findings from various countries
- Joint Learning Journey presentation
Additional sessions are still to be confirmed and a fully detailed programme will be announced shortly.
The second day will focus on LenCD "business" such as assessing progress, planning for the future, and discussing collaboration with the Effective Institutions Platform and other partners.
Attendance has been confirmed from UNDP, WBI, ACBF, GIZ, DFID, OECD, FAO, NEPAD, ODI, and other organisations.
All members of the LenCD network and others interested in capacity development and institutional reform are very welcome to participate. Please contact Lawrencia Adams (adamsll@hotmail.com) to join the meeting.
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The Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact has published an Education Manual on Indigenous Elders and Engagement with Government to help build and strengthen the capacity of indigenous elders in Asia to lead their communities in the face of momentous changes and threats to survival. The manual highlights the role of indigenous elders in traditional leadership and in sustaining indigenous socio-political institutions, values and systems. It promotes the role of indigneous elders in asserting indigneous peoples' rights and aims to equip elders and leaders with the knowledge and skills necessary to be able to advance their peoples' rights. It also aims to arm indigenous peoples with the capacity to effectively engage in local and national government structures and processes.
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