Academy launched to train country’s future leaders

An academy to train future leaders and decision-makers and prepare them for the socio-economic development of the Republic of the Congo has been set up in Brazzaville.

The Fondation Perspectives d’Avenir (FPA) has opened the Académie du Leadership et de l’Employabilité, which will be organised around four 'pillars', emphasising development of collective intelligence, leadership, entrepreneurship and innovation, as well as civicism, ethics, human rights and democratic governance, reported the Féderation Atlantique des Agences de Presse Africaines (FAAPA).

The first stage is a course in training for employability and professional success, while the other three pillars will devote time to debates, professionals’ practical accounts, preparation for job-hunting and professional work experience through internships, coaching, mentoring and meetings with potential employers, reported FAAPA.

“By integrating the training course as proposed, young people with ambitions to become future leaders and decision-makers must become imbued with the desire to achieve the ideal of putting themselves at the service of their society,” said Guy Patrick Massoloka, head of the FPA’s department of cooperation and partnership, reported the Agence d’Information d’Afrique Centrale.

At the official launch, the president of the FPA, Denis Christel Sassou N’Guesso, and the president of the National Commission of Human Rights, Gabriel Valère Eteka-Yemet, signed a partnership agreement between the two organisations.

N’Guesso said: “The agreement we have signed aims to create links between us and the National Commission of Human Rights in the interest of the young people we hope to educate, with the intention of meeting the challenges that will confront our country in coming years,” reported FAAPA. – Compiled by Jane Marshall

This article is drawn from local media. University World News cannot vouch for the accuracy of the original reports.