Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation

Special Invitation

The CAREC Institute, the virtual institute supported by the Asian Development Bank and the contributing multilateral institution partners under the CAREC Program, invites your institution to send Expressions of Interest (EOI) for the “Leadership Development Initiative,” or LDI.

The LDI aims to provide senior and upper-middle level government officials from the eight countries (i.e. Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, People's Republic of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan) that participate in the CAREC Program with direct assistance in professional development to improve their leadership and management proficiency.

The LDI covers the delivery of the following:

1. Executive Leadership Development Program - an annual, customized, one-week residential course for approximately 32 participants (four per CAREC country), for delivery in 2009, 2010, and 2011. The program will cover five curricula areas: (i) leadership – styles, approaches, practice and communication; (ii) negotiation, persuasion and influence; (iii) strategic thinking and planning; (iv) public sector management; and (v) public sector finance
2. Specialized courses in Public Sector Management—Short Course Program - aims to provide upper and mid-level government officials with training in public sector management (principles and practice) and public sector finance. The contents will build on the relevant modules of the ELDP and be extended with workshop exercises. The customized, two-day training program will be delivered by the selected ELDP partner for up to 40 participants once in each of the eight CAREC countries in 2009-2011.

Attached is a copy of the Terms of Reference (TOR) [ PDF: 155kb | 7 pages ]. Further information can be downloaded at http://csrn.adb.org:8080/csrn/login.jsp.

The submission of an EOI [ DOC: 92kb | 4 pages ] is required to enable your organization or firm to be considered for this project. As an initial requirement, your organization or firm must also be registered in ADB’s Consulting Management System (CMS) http://www.adb.org/Consulting/cms.asp.

The deadline for the submission of EOIs to Ms. Natasha Davis, Regional Cooperation Specialist, CAREC Unit (Tel: +632 6325440; Fax: +632 6362387; email address: ndavis@adb.org  with copy to jmacalde@adb.org ) is on or before November 17, 2008.