{"id":6,"date":"2024-04-12T15:55:05","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T15:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celmad.org\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2025-03-10T12:39:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T12:39:20","slug":"a-propos","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/celmad.org\/en\/a-propos\/","title":{"rendered":"A Propos"},"content":{"rendered":"
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About CELMAD<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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WHO WE ARE<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Center of Excellence for Leadership and Management for Africa\u2019s Development (CELMAD) is an African initiative dedicated to the continent's sustainable and profound transformation by and for its citizens. Its vision is grounded in building a critical mass of committed, inclusive, ethical, equitable, and effective leaders and managers. CELMAD advocates for an innovative and contextualized approach to leadership and management, considering Africa\u2019s historical, cultural, demographic, and resource realities while adapting to technological, economic, and social changes, including public policies based on evidence and foresight. The center focuses on youth and women as key drivers of systemic change. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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OUR PURPOSE<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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CELMAD emerged from deep reflections drawing from personal experiences and studies by several internationally renowned African and non-African leaders, managers, experts and specialists. These individuals have successfully and in a sustainable way transformed teams, public and private structures, countries, and international organizations such as banks, private enterprises, the United Nations, governments, civil society organizations, NGOs, youth networks, women\u2019s groups, rural producers \u2018associations, universities and research centers.<\/p>\n

These African personalities strongly believe that a combined approach of innovative and contextualized leadership and management is a crucial factor of Africa\u2019s thorough sustainable transformation by and for its citizens. Therefore, on April 2, 2024, they founded this Think-Act institution, Center for Excellence in Leadership and Management (CELMAD), based in Dakar with a continental scope. The center was officially recognized on October 2, 2024, under registration acknowledgement number 0022009\/MISP\/DGAT\/DLPL\/DAPA.<\/p>\n

As an African-inspired institution while consistent with global quality standards, CELMAD aims to contribute to the building of a critical mass of capabilities across the public, private, and parastatal sectors, the civil society, the media, communities and citizens, to ensure commitment in the management of this transformation. Emphasis will be placed on women\u2019s leadership on account of African women\u2019s significant roles and contributions to their continent\u2019s development. Additionally, the innovative dynamism of youth will serve as a key lever and an intergenerational bridge. All these elements will help to ensure no one is left behind in this transformative process, including now vulnerable or excluded populations.<\/p>\n

Our Definition of Leadership<\/strong>
Leadership is the ability of an individual, through personal growth, to define an inspiring vision within a given context and to persuade a group of individuals\u2014through trust-building, communication, and intrinsic characteristics\u2014to transcend individual interests and act collectively and voluntarily to achieve common goals, create sustainable positive impact, and structurally transform a community, an enterprise, an organization, a country, a continent or the world.<\/p>\n

Our Definition of Management<\/strong>
We think Management also encompasses the aspects usually found in the concept of governance, namely strategic direction, systems, procedures, and mechanisms aiming to achieve the tangible results expected from the leadership's transformative vision.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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CELMAD\u2019S ADDED \u2013 VALUE AND DISTINCTIVE FEATURES<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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