Innocent Chukwuma African Leadership Transition Fellowship Programme ($3000 Stipend)
The Africa Leadership Transition Fellowship Program (LFTP) began in 2018 under the moniker of the Nonprofit Leadership Transition Fellowship Program (NLTF Program), with support from the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) and the Ford Foundation. It was started due to the recognition of the urgent need for an NGO leadership transition program to aid sector leaders – civil society and NGO leaders – who are considering transitioning out of their positions in creating a supportive infrastructure. The program’s chief purpose is thus to help sector leaders prepare and position their NGOs to be sustainable, vibrant, and continue to thrive after their exit from the organisation. It would enable both the leaders and organisations successfully make the shift, and in so doing create spaces for a new generation of leaders in the social sector to not only emerge but also have platforms to apply their creative and youthful energies. Transitioning leaders would develop succession plans within their own organisations, contemplate their personal transition plans, and preserve their knowledge and experience.
The inaugural year began with 2 cohorts (1 in spring and 1 in fall) which have since evolved to a single annual cohort since 2019. The Fellowship program is hosted by the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy (LFSOP) of Indiana university, Indianapolis.
The objectives of LTFP in Africa are to:
- Contribute to the process of establishing a supportive infrastructure for leadership transition within the NGO movement in Africa.
- Promote creation of leadership spaces for next generation of leaders in African civil society to grown and strive.
- Increase documentation of leadership experiences/reflections and renewal processes within civil society in Africa.
The Leadership Transition Fellowship Program in Johannesburg
This year, there were a number of significant differences in the program, chief among which is the fact that it was the first time fellows would be participating in the program under its new name; the Innocent Chukwuma Leadership Transition Fellowship Program (ICLTFP).
Another key difference to the program for 2022 was that it was the first time that the content of the course would be delivered 100% by a university based on the African continent by virtue of AROCSA’s partnership with the Centre on African Philanthropy and Social Investment (CAPSI) at Wits University in Johannesburg. This move was in direct response to the feedback we had been getting from previous participants who had requested that the programme be better grounded in the reality of the African CSO experience.
There were also slight variations to the content of the program with masterclasses on Fundraising and Venture Philanthropy being added to traditional sessions on transition and succession planning, as well as the production of a quasi-academic chapter documenting the experiences of the leaders participating in the programme.
Another change worth noting is that it was also the first time the programme was delivered in a hybrid ‘in-person’ and ‘remote’ format where participants got to spend one month on campus at Wits Business School, with the remaining two months spent working from their respective home countries to complete outstanding modules.
In terms of participant mix, we had CSO leaders from Swaziland, Malawi, Uganda, Kenya, Liberia, and Nigeria participate in the 2022 cohort, and having built an inroad into Francophone Africa through the hosting of the annual AROCSA conference in Dakar, Senegal this year, we expect to have the first Francophone participant in the 2023 cohort of the programme.
We expect that it will be an equally mind-shifting and rewarding experience for the 2023 cohort, as it was for the 2022 cohort.
To learn more about the programme and application requirements, please download the full call for application document here.
To apply, please click here.
Source: Opportunity Desk
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