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	ADMISSION OF CANDIDATES FOR LEAD-AWA COHORT 13 ASSOCIATESHIP PROGRAMME - YEAR 2008
	The process of admission of candidates for COHORT 13 LEAD-AWA ASSOCIATESHIP TRAINING PROGRAMME is now on. The exercise will be concluded in February 2008 at the end of which the training proper will commence. Interested candidates should send an electronic copy of their recent curriculum vitae immediately to akin@lead-awa.org. Full details on the LEAD TRAINING PROGRAMME can be viewed on our website

	LEAD-ANGLOPHONE WEST AFRICA (LAWA) - FIRST NATIONAL TRAINING SESSION FOR COHORT 12 OF LEAD ASSOCIATES – FEBRUARY 19-23, 2007
	The first National Training Session for Cohort 12 LEAD Associates of Anglophone West African countries (LAWA) was held at the Nigerian Office of LEAD AT 8, Thorburn Avenue, Yaba, Lagos, from February 19-23, 2007. All the newly selected Associates numbering 10 participated in the training session. The Session introduced the Associates to the LEAD Vision, Mission, Objectives, Methodology and Goals. The Session also discussed several topics including • Introduction to LAP, LEADNet and Training Schedule • Group Dynamics and Team Building – Building Highly Effective Teams • Leadership – Principles and Practice • Biosphere and Ecosystems, Biological Diversity and Development • Population and Natural Resources, Demographic Dynamics, Structure, Carrying Capacity, etc. • Energy, Environment and Development: The Nexus • Introduction to Environmental Economics- Pricing Theory, Resource Allocation, etc. • Emerging Global Environmental Challenges • Social Systems, Institutions and Structures – Urbanization, Poverty and Changing Quality of Life • National Environment and Development Profile • Sustainable Development: Theory, Practice and Challenges; Case Studies – Local, National, Regional and Global.

	LEAD-ANGLOPHONE WEST AFRICA (LAWA) - SECOND NATIONAL TRAINING SESSION FOR COHORT 12 OF LEAD ASSOCIATES – JUNE 4 – 8, 2007.

	Cohort 12 LEAD Associates of Anglophone West African countries (LAWA) had their second National Training Session at the Nigerian Office of LEAD at 8, Thorburn Avenue, Yaba, Lagos, from June 4 – 8, 2007. Apart from participating effectively in the symposium organized by AWA to mark the World Environment Day on June 5, 2007, the Session discussed several topics including • LEAD Associates’ Project (LAP) and Peer Review • Management, Monitoring and Control of Freshwater, Undergound water and Marine Regional and Global Commons for Sustainable Development in Nigeria. • GIS AS AN environmental Analytical Tool • Pollution and Transformation of Ecosystems, Compliance, Monitoring and Control • Managing. Monitoring and Control of Regional and Global Atmospheric Commons; Climate Change and Impact on the Environment • Ethical Decision Making • Corporate Social Responsibility; and Reporting Environmental and Sustainable Development Efforts