Implementing the SDGs: How Engaged Young Leaders Will Make the Difference

3 August 2015, Atlanta, United States - On July 14th, CIFAL Atlanta led a training session on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the role that young professionals can play in implementing the new goals by engaging their local communities.

The session was addressed to 25 young African leaders from countries including Ghana, Mauritania, South Sudan, Uganda, South Africa, Togo, Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea, Senegal, Liberia, Madagascar, Angola, Kenya, Mali, Swaziland, Burundi, Mauritius and Tanzania, who were chosen to take part in The Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders. The Fellows were hosted by Georgia State University’s Andrew Young School of Policy Studies for six weeks. This six-week long fellowship programme is geared towards the preparation of future leaders in public and non-profit organizations and future scholars in public policy and administration.

The experiences and skills attained are meant to allow Fellows to contribute to improving the accountability and transparency of government back home.  Each week participants explored themes that included various topics related to public management and policy, including fiscal decentralization and subnational government finance, tools of public management and policy analysis, public administration, budgeting, civic engagement, and expenditure policy related to education, healthcare and criminal justice.  


Photo: Fellows attending CIFAL Atlanta's training session

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