Past Sessions
International Training Sessions (ITS) have been a core feature of LEAD Fellows Training for more than 15 years. These events bring together our graduating Fellows from around the world to meet with inspiring and influential experts and leaders to learn about key sustainability topics.
Each LEAD programme has its own learning journey culminating in an international learning and networking event. Participants arrive from Anglophone West Africa, Brazil, Canada, China, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Europe, Francophone Africa , India, Indonesia, Mexico, Pakistan, Southern and East Africa.
Traditionally LEAD Associates graduate at the end of the International Training Session (ITS) and become part of the global Fellows network.
LEAD International Training Sessions: 1993 – 2010
Topic: Population, Climate Change and Development: Challenges and Opportunities for a Sustainable Future
Dates: 31 October-6 November 2010
Place: South Africa
Topic: Leadership and Climate Change: Impacts, Innovations and Interdependence
Dates: 8-14 November 2009
Place: China
Topic: Megacities and Climate Change
Dates: 16-22 November 2008
Place: Mexico
Topic: Leadership and Climate Change
Dates: 26 November – 1 December 2007
Place: Indonesia
Topic: Stakeholder Participation in Environmental Governance
Dates: 21 February – 1 March 2006
Place: India
Topic: Ecosystem Approaches to Human Health: Can people be healthy in an unhealthy world?
Dates: 17 – 22 August 2005
Place: Senegal
Topic: Sustainable Agriculture and the Global Food Economy: Going Against the Grain?
Dates: 1 – 6 April 2004 and 15 – 20 April 2004
Place: United Kingdom
Topic: Crossing Water Thresholds: Future Challenges of Managing a Threatened Global Resource
Dates: 30 April – 10 May 2003
Place: Mexico
Topic: Our Future With(Out) Water? A Sustainable Management of Common Pool Resources
Dates: 24 October – 4 November 2002
Place: Mexico
Topic: Disintegration or Integration: The Sustainability of Societies in Transition
Dates: 9 – 20 September 2001
Place: Commonwealth of Independent States
Topic: Sustainable Community Development: A Challenge for Governance and Resource Management
Dates: 20 February – 3 March 2001
Place: Pakistan
Topic: Globalization and Sustainability: Impacts on Local Communities
Dates: 13 – 24 August 2000
Place: Canada
Topic: Diversity and Societies in Transition
Dates: 19 – 29 March 2000
Place: Brazil
Topic: The Changing Role of the Intergovernmental System: Advancing Sustainable Development in the 21st Century
Dates: 11 – 22 April 1999
Place: USA
Topic: Stakeholders and Decision-Making: Sustainable Development Through Integrated Water Management
Dates: 5 – 16 October 1998
Place: China
Topic: Sustainable Development in the Context of Land Tenure and Land Use Management
Dates: 30 April – 10 May 1998
21 April – 3 May 1997
14 – 27 April 1996
20 April – 1 May 1995
18 – 31 March 1994
Place: Zimbabwe
Topic: Sustainability on the Ground – Costa Rica
Dates: 11 – 21 September 1997
12 – 22 July 1996
20 – 30 November 1995
11 – 21 October 1994
10 – 20 June 1993
Place: Costa Rica
Topic: Rural-Urban Dynamics: Interventions for Sustainable Development
Dates: 16 –28 October 1996
Place: Japan
Topic: International Trade and Sustainable Development
Dates: 20 – 30 September 1995
20 – 30 May 1994
1 – 13 March 1993
Place: Thailand
