INAUGURAL AUSTRALIA LATIN AMERICA LEADERSHIP PROGRAM 2009
Under the auspices of the Australian Government’s Council on Australia Latin America Relations (COALAR), planning for the staging of an Australia Latin America Leadership Program (ALALP) has commenced.
ALALP is designed to build links between Australian and Latin American businesses, governments (including educational institutions), trade unions and the community services sector (including NGO’s). For the purposes of the ALALP, Latin America includes the countries of South America, Central America (including Mexico) and Cuba.
This leadership development program for high calibre mid-career men and women is scheduled to be staged in Australia in September 2009.
Thirty-six successful applicants will be identified through the implementation of an open selection process which is expected to result in 18 ALALP members being drawn from Australia and 18 from Latin America. Selection will be based on merit and assessed potential for advancement to the most senior levels of leadership and influence. Enterprise and gender balance will be reflected by those selected.
The theme of the ALALP is “Sustainability in the Context of the Australia Latin America Business Relationship”. Sustainability is broadly defined not only to include environmental concerns but related areas such as economic and social development; government regulation and activity; the changing nature of business; the skills and education of the workforce, and trade/international relations between Australia and Latin America.
The program will occupy a period of 12 days. The Opening stage will comprise two days of structured seminar activity at Sydney University with presentations and discussions with leading experts in fields central to the sustainability theme. The middle week of the ALALP will involve three separate field trips each comprising 12 participants to different Australian regions to become informed about initiatives and challenges facing the mining and energy sectors (Qld, NT or WA); the agriculture and agribusiness sectors (NSW, Qld) and technology and manufacturing sectors (Vic, SA). The Closing stage will take place over two days at RMIT University, Melbourne where participants make a presentation of their field trip observations and findings and submit a succinct written report of their field trip experiences.
Applications for this important leadership development initiative are due to be called for over a 2/3 month period commencing mid-February 2009. Information on how to apply including an application form will be widely distributed in both hard and soft copy form. The preferred means of applying will be via an on line application process on the program web site www.alalp.com currently under construction.
Applicants are expected to be notified of the outcome of their application by the end of May 2008. A reserve list of applicants will also be established.
Travel, accommodation and meal costs (except incidentals) for the 36 participants will be met by the Organisers from the Opening to the Closing of the ALALP. All participants and/or their employer/sponsor will be responsible for the costs of air fares and related travel costs as appropriate from home to Sydney and from Melbourne to home.
The costs of staging the inaugural ALALP will be met from a combination of seed funding from the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and from funding support received from other areas of the public and private sectors across Australia and Latin America.
Over coming months, sponsorship opportunities of $30,000, $20,000 and $10,000 will be offered and enterprises can also apply for single or paired places on the program at $10,000 per place with a 50% deposit. In order to achieve the most appropriate sector and gender balance for the ALALP, the Organisers however reserve the right to determine who is finally offered a place on the program.
ALALP Organisers are very interested to hear from Australia-Brazil Chamber of Commerce members who are interested in sponsoring the ALALP and nominating applicants for this leadership development program including Australia and Latin America pairings. Pairings could be an Australian based enterprise nominating a potential participant from Australia together with a potential participant from a supply chain enterprise in Latin America. Alternatively, the second person of the pair could be a potential participant from a Latin American enterprise not otherwise in a position to meet the expense of participating in the program. The reverse could also apply with a Latin American enterprise nominating an Australian as the second person of the pair.
In addition, the Organisers would like to hear from Australian based enterprises who are keen to host one or more of the field trip groups on site for periods typically of half a day.
Organisers and their contact details are:
Mr Brian Pickett - Phone 0418 164 043 or email bpickett@tpg.com.au
Prof Russell Lansbury – Phone 0413 009 081 or email r.lansbury@econ.usyd.edu.au
Under the auspices of the Australian Government’s Council on Australia Latin America Relations (COALAR), planning for the staging of an Australia Latin America Leadership Program (ALALP) has commenced.
ALALP is designed to build links between Australian and Latin American businesses, governments (including educational institutions), trade unions and the community services sector (including NGO’s). For the purposes of the ALALP, Latin America includes the countries of South America, Central America (including Mexico) and Cuba.
This leadership development program for high calibre mid-career men and women is scheduled to be staged in Australia in September 2009.
Thirty-six successful applicants will be identified through the implementation of an open selection process which is expected to result in 18 ALALP members being drawn from Australia and 18 from Latin America. Selection will be based on merit and assessed potential for advancement to the most senior levels of leadership and influence. Enterprise and gender balance will be reflected by those selected.
The theme of the ALALP is “Sustainability in the Context of the Australia Latin America Business Relationship”. Sustainability is broadly defined not only to include environmental concerns but related areas such as economic and social development; government regulation and activity; the changing nature of business; the skills and education of the workforce, and trade/international relations between Australia and Latin America.
The program will occupy a period of 12 days. The Opening stage will comprise two days of structured seminar activity at Sydney University with presentations and discussions with leading experts in fields central to the sustainability theme. The middle week of the ALALP will involve three separate field trips each comprising 12 participants to different Australian regions to become informed about initiatives and challenges facing the mining and energy sectors (Qld, NT or WA); the agriculture and agribusiness sectors (NSW, Qld) and technology and manufacturing sectors (Vic, SA). The Closing stage will take place over two days at RMIT University, Melbourne where participants make a presentation of their field trip observations and findings and submit a succinct written report of their field trip experiences.
Applications for this important leadership development initiative are due to be called for over a 2/3 month period commencing mid-February 2009. Information on how to apply including an application form will be widely distributed in both hard and soft copy form. The preferred means of applying will be via an on line application process on the program web site www.alalp.com currently under construction.
Applicants are expected to be notified of the outcome of their application by the end of May 2008. A reserve list of applicants will also be established.
Travel, accommodation and meal costs (except incidentals) for the 36 participants will be met by the Organisers from the Opening to the Closing of the ALALP. All participants and/or their employer/sponsor will be responsible for the costs of air fares and related travel costs as appropriate from home to Sydney and from Melbourne to home.
The costs of staging the inaugural ALALP will be met from a combination of seed funding from the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and from funding support received from other areas of the public and private sectors across Australia and Latin America.
Over coming months, sponsorship opportunities of $30,000, $20,000 and $10,000 will be offered and enterprises can also apply for single or paired places on the program at $10,000 per place with a 50% deposit. In order to achieve the most appropriate sector and gender balance for the ALALP, the Organisers however reserve the right to determine who is finally offered a place on the program.
ALALP Organisers are very interested to hear from Australia-Brazil Chamber of Commerce members who are interested in sponsoring the ALALP and nominating applicants for this leadership development program including Australia and Latin America pairings. Pairings could be an Australian based enterprise nominating a potential participant from Australia together with a potential participant from a supply chain enterprise in Latin America. Alternatively, the second person of the pair could be a potential participant from a Latin American enterprise not otherwise in a position to meet the expense of participating in the program. The reverse could also apply with a Latin American enterprise nominating an Australian as the second person of the pair.
In addition, the Organisers would like to hear from Australian based enterprises who are keen to host one or more of the field trip groups on site for periods typically of half a day.
Organisers and their contact details are:
Mr Brian Pickett - Phone 0418 164 043 or email bpickett@tpg.com.au
Prof Russell Lansbury – Phone 0413 009 081 or email r.lansbury@econ.usyd.edu.au
