Africa Leadership Training and Capacity Building Program: Quarterly Report for April-June 2011

The Africa Leadership Training and Capacity Building Program (Africa Lead), aims to support the capacity building program of the US Government’s Feed the Future Initiative, which aligns US Government assistance with Africa-owned agriculture development plans that are, in turn, aligned with the African Union’s Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP). 

Africa Lead provides leadership training, capacity assessments, logistical support for training and innovative short courses and internships/twinning arrangements prioritized in consultation with missions and partner countries and institutions, and a database of training offerings on the continent that can be matched to the leadership training and capacity building needs.

This report is the third quarterly performance report of the program, nine months into program start up and implementation, and focuses on progress towards deliverables identified in the Africa Lead Year 1 Work Plan. The implementation was characterized by significant progress in capacity needs assessments, near completion of the seminal Module 1 of the CAADP Champions for Change leadership training for agriculture leaders across the continent, maturation in development of the innovative partnerships and arrangements for technical training, and completion and initial population of the Africa Lead database on short courses offered by African universities and training institutions as well as select, relevant courses outside the continent.