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UN-HABITAT and MASHAV hold first joint urban training seminar
Nyeri, Kenya 31 May 2006 — Some 26 participants last week successfully took part in a Training of Trainers workshop as part of a joint initiative between UN-HABITAT and the Centre for International Cooperation of Israel (MASHAV).
Local Elected Leadership Training- Regional Training Workshop For Eastern And Southern Africa
TCBB has successfully completed the East and Southern Africa launch of the Elected Leadership Series through a seven-day Training-of-Trainers Workshop conducted in Pretoria, South Africa on 7-13 May 2006.  The Workshop was organized jointly by UN-HABITAT and several critical South African partners: Institute for Democratic Alternative in South Africa (IDASA), South Africa Local Government Association (SALGA), Department for Provincial and Local Government (DPLG) and the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA).
Strengthening Key Competencies On Leadeship For Improved Local Governance In The South Pacific Region
A Training of Trainers Workshop and Pilot Seminar based on UN-HABITAT's Elected Leadership series was implemented from 27 March - 8 April 2006 in Suva, Fiji. Some 30 trainers representing 8 Islands states (Papua New Guinea, Kiribati, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Tonga, and Fiji) benefited from the two-week training programme. A direct result of the ToT programme has been the creation of a pool of resources persons in the region to design and deliver interactive training programmes on leadership roles and competencies for elected local leaders. Follow –up and implementation of country action plans will be sustained through the partnership created between UN-HABITAT and the Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF) and with the support of NZAid. UNDP and the Government of Fiji.
Asia-Pacific Launch of the Training of Trainers Workshop on the Elected Leadership Series
New Delhi, 27 January-2 February 2006
Twenty-two senior representatives from the Asia Pacific region belonging to national local government training institutes just concluded a week long training-of-trainers programme based-on one of UN-HABITAT’s most successful publications “The Local Elected Leadership Series”.
Expert Group Meeting on Participatory Budgeting Towards the Design of a Training Companion for Sub-Saharan Africa
Nairobi, 22-25 November, 2005
A meeting jointly convened by the Urban Governance Section and the Training and Capacity Building Branch of UN-HABITAT, in collaboration with MDP-ESA, CIGU and ENDA Tiers-Monde
Making Learning Matter: Training Impact on Performance
Suwon City, Korea, 25 May 2005
The Training and Capacity Building Branch of UN-HABITAT convened the workshop entitled "Making Learning Matter: Training Impact on Performance", held in Manchester from the 4-7 October 2005.
Translating the millennium pledges into local action across Asia and the Pacific
Suwon City, Korea, 25 May 2005
Afghanistan, Indonesia, and economically vibrant China joined 10 other Asia and Pacific countries at a Local Government Development Institute (LOGODI) meeting in Suwon City this week to devise ways of localizing the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Local Elected Leadership Training of Trainers
Sinaia, Romania, 15-22 May 2005
This Training of Trainers (ToT) was the first regional training workshop to use the revised edition of UN-HABITAT's Local Elected Leadership (LEL) series.
UPCOMING EVENTS & CONVENTIONS
Expert Group Meeting on Participatory Budgeting Towards the Design of a Training Companion for Sub-Saharan Africa
A meeting jointly convened by the Urban Governance Section and the Training and Capacity Building Branch of UN-HABITAT, in collaboration with MDP-ESA, CIGU and ENDA Tiers-Monde

22-25 November, 2005, United Nations Complex, Gigiri, Nairobi, Kenya
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