The Youth Leadership Training Program

YOUTH LEADERSHIP
TRAINING PROGRAM
YLTP
Young political leaders for good governance and development
A review of the project
2000-2003
Tanzania

Editors
Valéria Salles
Peter Häussler
Assistants
Nora Kempmann
Amon Petro
YLTP Coordinator
Prof. Max Mmuya
FES Resident Director
Peter Häussler
Proof-reader
Kate Girvan
Graphic Design
Petra’s Maridadi Ltd.
Caricatures
From Art in Politics - Sanaa Katika Siasa, FES 2001
p. 15 Godfrey Mwampembwa - Gado, p.16 Ali Masoud - Kipanya
p. 20 James Mpuya - Gayo, p. 22 Godfrey Mwampembwa - Gado
p. 27 Godfrey Mwampembwa - Gado

© Friedrich Ebert Stiftung - FES
Tanzania, 2003
ISBN 9987 - 22 - 039 - 8

Contents
Preface

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Introduction

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Preparations to set up the YLTP
2.1 Why a Youth Leadership Training Program?
2.2 What kind of leadership did the YLTP expect to contribute to?
2.3 What was the concept of the program?
2.4 What were the program’s assumptions and basic conditions?
2.5 What was the approach to the training?
2.6 How were the contents defined?

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An overview of the training sessions
Session 1 6 December 2000
Session 2 15 December 2000
Session 3 22–23 January 2001
Session 4 23–24 February 2001
Session 5 30–31 March & 1 April 2001
Session 6 27–28 April 2001
Session 7 1–2 June 2001
Session 8 3–4 August 2001
Session 9 28–30 September 2001
Session 10 12–13 October 2001
Session 11 2–3 November 2001
Session 12 25–26 January 2002
Session 13 8–9 March 2002
Session 14 27–28 March 2002
Session 15 19–20 April 2002
Session 16 31 May & 1 June 2002
Session 17 25–27 July 2002
Special session: the graduation ceremony

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Recommendations to improve the YLTP
5.1 The achievement of the objectives
5.2 The institutional and administrative set-up
5.3 The curriculum
5.4 The