Leadership program: Training and public leadership education that enhances and strengthens the leadership skills of Rwanda’s current and future leaders. This program varies depending on the results of needs assessment from each group. NGC’s most effective trainings to date have been in-house trainings for government officials, public speaking trainings, and the Leaders Speakers Series and Discussion forums on issues such as public policy.
Leadership Mentoring Program: NGC hosts a Mentorship program with young professionals and higher learning institutions and guides them into critical thinking necessary for leadership in the Twenty First Century. NGC will host a mentorship day in which every holiday, high school students will go to cities such as Kigali (depending on the chapter location) to learn about the political process, aspects of their country’s history, and to engage in workshops that explore topics from community leadership, to media stereotypes, to gender issues. The forums organized in this approach expand our national connection/network and encourage NGC participants from across the country to increase their involvement in their communities and in the national political and public policy dialogue.
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Vision
NGC’s vision is to empower the generation already in the leadership and to connect the current leadership with the next generation especially women and youth. Through facilitating experience sharing, and partnership; NGC works to influence positive change in the world. NGC is dedicated to shaping the existing and incoming generation through mentorship program, exchanging expertise, and promoting advocacy on issues emerging in the 21st Century.
The Mentor Program
Applying the best practices that have shaped women leaders around the global, NGC is planning to organize first Mentor Program for Rwandan Women in 2006. This program is intended to young women who are recent university graduates with the aim of assisting them in achieving career progression and improving their knowledge of women and leadership. Mentor program outcomes include:
• Understanding the issue of gender, women and leadership
• Successes in finding suitable jobs that fits their career of objective
• belonging to a network or supportive environment
• personal development/empowerment/confidence, personal growth, commitment and effectiveness
• increased knowledge about how to achieve your objectives within vision 2020 perspective
• increased political skills and ‘know-how’
• gaining difference perspectives and understanding of government and non-government institutions works
• Clearer insights into personal and career goals.
What is mentoring?
Mentoring is the process of having a significant beneficial effect on the life or career of another individual, generally as a result of personal one-on-one contact. A mentor is one who offers knowledge, insight, perspective or wisdom that is especially useful to the other person. In this case, NGC will is organizing the first dinner where by women leaders will interact with recent university graduates. The program will mix and much the woman leader and a young woman by who she will become come her mentor.
What is involved?
Traditionally mentoring has been used to assist young generation to adopt in adult world, it was most used in family environment situation. In this century, women are climbing the career ladder with leader perception. It is increasingly becoming necessary for women leaders to mentor next generation in order to keep the gender cup filled all the time. Mentoring usually involves a more skilled person with wide experience; to pass it on to the young or junior individual in certain field. Very often this happens through informal networks. NGC mentoring concept will take on a new dimension focusing on leadership ambitions, career direction, goal setting, role models, networking, support systems, and personal empowerment.
Who benefits from mentoring?
Both parties to the mentor process benefit. Mentoring should not be a one-way process in which only mentees gains. In fact, this is the process by which mentors analyses their own importance leadership role more carefully, by helping another person. In other words, mentoring helps the mentors to bring meaning to their leadership career.
What commitment is required from me as mentor?
One of the purposes of the program is to assist mentees achieve a specific objective, acquire a particular set of skills, or gain experiences that will further their leadership career advancement. At least, both mentor and mentee should commit to be in touch for the period of one year or more. This means that, through NGC or individual arrangement, the two parties should arrange have dinners together, attend internal or external conferences together, inform each other on each one career change or progress; and be creative during this process. During this period, NGC and partners will host informal meetings to provide an opportunity for participants to give feedback and progress, and share experiences with other participants and to expand the program. In addition, NGC will make all the efforts to arrange seminars, conferences, workshops both inside and outside the country; by which both parties will participate.
Will mentoring take a lot of time?
After initial dinner hosted by NGC, the program will be flexible and can be designed to suit your needs. The frequency, duration and nature of the contacts between mentors and mentees should be arranged by themselves through phone email, one-on-one contact according to their own time requirements. Some individual may prefer to meet informally every two weeks; It is highly encouraged that mentors should make efforts to avail themselves as the mentees may be shy to bather with you busy schedule. Another method is kept in touch on email and telephone calls.
Please send the following information to nextgenerationconnect@yahoo.com
or Call Mary Katushabe at 08492536
Name:
Position Title:
Name of your Institution Department/Section:
Telephone No:
Email address:
Please indicate in what role you would like to participate in the Program by selecting one of the following: ___ MENTOR ___MENTEE
FOR MENTORS:
If you wish to participate as a Mentor:
List the skills, abilities, experience, or knowledge you could offer to support the development of a mentee (eg knowledge of gender issues, Women and leadership, Political campaigns, professional career, experience in balancing family and career, knowledge of career promotion procedures, experience in specialized work areas, Such as working with international organization, representing your country abroad, high political negotiation process
FOR MENTEES:
If you wish to participate as a Mentees:
List briefly the skills/abilities/knowledge you would like to develop through the mentor partnership (eg. how to work for the government, how to campaign as an MP, how to go further studies, how to look for a better paying Job, how to have a family and have a career, how to balance work and family responsibilities more effectively, how to build yourself esteem, how to overcome a particular obstacle and so many more
Additional Information
Is there any information or are there any additional comments you would like to provide which could help with finding the most suitable match for you?
Please submit electronically to nextgenerationconnect@yahoo.com or Call Mary Katushabe on 08492536 and deliver the Form in person.
Many thanks for your interest in the program!
Ms. SHQIPE MALUSHI
NGC Vice-President 2006-2007
257 Grant Ave., #C5
Cliffside Park, NJ 07010, USA |
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Awards service Banquet: Every year, NGC will honor five individuals and one organization for their unique leadership in community, political, and professional affairs and will recognize their attempts at creating a voice for the true leadership and mentorship of the Next Generation in any community. All chapters will compete to have the award go to their country or help each other to bring home the award. The banquet provides an opportunity for existing and next generation to collectively discuss the role of each generation and how they can best learn from each other. The event also honors those on the forefront of that change. The winners will be posted on our website.
Young Women's Leadership Seminar: The lack of women in positions of leadership prompted NGC to develop a workshop that would provide support, leadership, and political training for young women. The seminar introduces young women to successful women leaders and provides them with public speaking skills training, as well as participation in team building exercises, in order to strengthen their self-confidence and encourage leadership. Seminars will take place on the national, regional and international levels.
Legal Aid Project: NGC facilitates a Legal Aid Project designed to educate the community about legal and judicial reform and to provide counsel to those who need legal assistance. Beneficiaries in this project are specifically widows and widowers, orphans, juvenile offenders, victims of abuse poor, elderly, and the disabled. This is a very important project since people in this category are not aware of their rights and not well informed about changes in the law or where to turn for legal assistance. NGC will work closely to support organizations that provide legal information to the public and will prepare legal resource information packets for these individuals. NCG will also develop a network of domestic lawyers who provide pro bono legal assistance.
Advocacy: Planned NGC events include meetings with Senators and MPs, president’s office officials, roundtable discussions with politically active citizens, tours for expatriates of the main government offices, including the president’s office and the tour of United Nation agencies. These trips are aimed at helping these Next Generation Youngsters improve their knowledge of the political process, history, and their own community and will encourage their future involvement and activism for positive change and learning from their peers.
Speakers Series: The Emerging Leaders Speakers Series hosts current community leaders as they share their experiences. Past discussion topics have included women and youth in recent elections for local government, how to become more politically active, learning how to run for office, and the political participation of youth and women. Guest panelists who have led past discussions have included university professors, government officials, and community leaders. Discussion groups have been conducted for high school students, college students, young professionals, and other community members.
Day of Service: In order to support and recognize the community work that other nonprofit organizations and individuals engage in, NGC is planning a Day of Service to encourage its members/beneficiaries and the community at large to reserve at least one day in a year to give time back to community causes and to help needy women and children. Efforts will be made to benefit children-headed households and needy genocide survivors who need services such as building shelters, basic medical care, counseling services, legal aid etc.
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Vision
NGC’s vision is to empower the generation already in the leadership and to connect the current leadership with the next generation especially women and youth. Through facilitating experience sharing and partnership, NGC works to influence positive change in the world. NGC is dedicated to shaping the existing and incoming generation through mentorship program, exchanging expertise, and promoting advocacy on issues emerging in the 21st Century.
Programs
Among others, NGC conducts Trainings and public leadership education that enhances and strengthens the leadership skills of Rwanda’s current and future leaders. This program varies depending on the results of needs assessment from each group. NGC’s most effective trainings to date have been in-house trainings for government officials, public speaking trainings, and the Leaders Speakers Series and Discussion forums on issues such as public policy.
Further education Program
NGC facilitates Internal or External Scholarships to women; to enhance them with further education. This program serves three important objectives It increases the number of Rwandan women to benefit from graduate and post graduate education, it will increase the knowledge best and expertise required to tackle emerging issues, and the development of human resources. The program will shape women into better future leaders who aim to lead with purpose.
To Apply, send the information below to nextgenerationconnect@yahoo.com
Personal Data
Names (As they are or will be appear on your passport):
Date of birth ( Only Month and Date):
Area of Residence:
Telephone:
Mailing address:
E-mail:
Education Information
What is your Education Level? (Graduate/Post graduate)
From which University did you obtain your degree(s)?
What is your professional field?
Which Foreign language did you use during your studies? (French/English)
Employers Name (Please make it clear whether it’s one of government ministries)
How many years of employment?
What exactly do you do in your institution?
What is your level within that institution?
Further Studies Information
Would you like to go for further studies? ( Yes /No)
What is your preference career?
Which country would you prefer to have your studies?
Which academic year would you prefer?
Have you identified a school that you would like to attend?
If given an opportunity to go for further studies, would you get approval from your supervisor?
Can NGC contact your supervisor regarding your education needs?
What is your supervisor’s name (s)? (Phone and Title)
Other training program (short /long-term):
Which other training would you consider to benefit your career? (Gender, IT, Management, business administration, Leadership, Public speaking , Public relations, Customer care, Project writing,?)
Career Future Plan
What are your future plans? (be as clear as possible)
Where do you aim to work in next Five years (National/International)
What do you think the education will help you achieve?
Women and Leadership
What do you understand by women and Leadership?
What do you understand by Gender and Leadership
Do you have something else you would like to share with us?
NGC membership
Would you like to be part of NGC?
How can NGC increase women’s leadership in the country?
Note: Please Note that we value your advice and we will work hard to put your wish into reality. For more information please visit www.nextgenerationconnect.org or send email to nextgenerationconnect@yahoo.com
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