Beritahu teman:

East West Center, sebuah organisasi pendidikan dan penelitian yang berfokus pada hubungan dan pemahaman masyarakat di Asia, Pasifik, dan Amerika Serikat, membuka kesempatan Seminar Fellowships dengan topik “Changing Faces Women’s Leadership”. Pada seminar ini akan dibahas mengenai peran entrepreneurship dalam kontribusinya terhadap perkembangan perekonomian setempat.

Seminar ini terbuka bagi kaum perempuan dari negara-negara Asia, kawasan Pasifik, dan Amerika Serikat, dan akan dilaksanakan tanggal 23 Agustus hingga 1 September 2009 di Honolulu, Hawai, Amerika Serikat.

Deadline : 20 Mei 2009.

Theme: Women as Entrepreneurs: Fostering Economic Growth and Strengthening Communities

The 2009 program will focus on the important role that entrepreneurship plays in contributing to the development of local economies. Participants will discuss how they can use their entrepreneurial skills, experience, knowledge, and lessons learned to promote community growth and broader linkages between business and the community

The purposes of this program are to:

• Expand participant knowledge base on the thematic content of the program, through discussion sessions with locally-based experts and field visits.
• Provide participants with information and skills useful for the enhancement of their own leadership abilities in areas such as communication, strategic planning and negotiation.
• Promote regional awareness among participants through interaction and exposure to new ideas and viewpoints.
• Create opportunities to think creatively and strategically about future directions for themselves and their organizations and to formulate action plans to address issues of concern for their communities.

Program Dates: August 23 – September 1, 2009

Program Location: Honolulu, Hawai’i

Who Can Apply: Women from Asia, the Pacific Islands and the United States from all relevant professional backgrounds, including business owners, government and industry regulators and funders, and civil society organization leaders. Successful candidates will have 5-12 years of work experience with the potential to move into positions of greater responsibility and influence. Applicants must have the ability to communicate in English in a professional, multi-cultural setting. Preference will be given to candidates without significant previous international travel experience.

Application Deadline: Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Funding: The East-West Center will provide lodging accommodations, meals related to the program, ground transportation, program materials and a modest per diem. Selected participants are responsible for their own visa fees and roundtrip airfare from their home city to Honolulu, where the program opens and concludes. A limited number of travel stipends will be available for participants from developing countries, however selected participants should expect some cost-sharing.
PDF program announcement available here.

HOW TO APPLY

Applicants must submit the one-page Changing Faces Women’s Leadership cover sheet and all of the following:

• A letter of interest highlighting the role that your work or activities have played in strengthening your community and how your participation in this program will enhance and further those efforts (1 page maximum)
• Resume including work and education experiences (2 page maximum)
• Two professional letters of recommendation on letterhead.
• A written response, not to exceed 1,000 words, addressing both of the following:
  • How do you see the role of entrepreneurship in fostering economic development and strengthening communities. Please use examples from your own experience. What particular strengths do women bring to these roles?
  • Identify a priority issue either for your organization or community and outline the role that you can or would like to play in addressing the issue.

Application deadline is Wednesday, May 20, 2009. Incomplete or late applications will not be considered.
Applications may be sent by post, fax or email as follows:
Email: ChangingFaces@EastWestCenter.org
Fax: 1-808-944-7600 (ATTN: Changing Faces Program)
Post:

East-West Seminars
ATTN: Changing Faces Program
East-West Center
1601 East-West Rd.
Honolulu, HI 96848 USA

Please note: Letters of recommendation should be on letterhead and display the signature of the individual making the recommendation. Faxes are acceptable. If you wish to submit letters of recommendation via e-mail they MUST display the scanned letterhead and signature of the recommender.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

The Changing Faces program consists of three phases of participation:

Pre-Arrival Phase

Each participant will be asked to write and submit an action plan for the priority issue identified in her application. Participants will engage in online dialogue through the program website.

Honolulu Seminar

Workshops will cover topics including communication, team-building, organizational planning, and models of leadership in differing cultural contexts. Drawing on East-West Center and community expertise, participants will meet with specialists and practitioners to explore a variety of leadership case studies. In addition, community resource persons and local site visits will highlight thematically relevant activities taking place in the culturally and ethnically diverse state of Hawai`i. Seminar participants will make presentations on their priority issues and individual action plans.

Follow-up

Participants will refine action plans, maintain regular contact with program staff and fellow participants and provide updates on action plan progress via an program website and listserve. Participants will be asked to submit a formal progress report in June 2010.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

Liz A. Dorn
Seminar Specialist, Seminars
East-West Center
1601 East West Road
Honolulu, HI 96848 USA
Phone: (808) 944-7682
Fax: (808) 944-7600
dorne@eastwestcenter.org

Official announcement can be obtained from:

http://www.eastwestcenter.org/seminars-and-journalism-fellowships/leadership-development/changing-faces-womens-leadership-program/