Emerging Leaders’ Extraction and Environment Program (E-LEEP)
Duquesne University Campus, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
June 14 – July 9, 2010 - Concluded
Next Session in Summer 2011 in Ghana
The Emerging Leaders’ Extraction and Environment Program (E-LEEP) will be hosted by University of Ghana in Accra, Ghana in July, 2011 as part of a joint arrangement between the University of Ghana and Duquesne University, and is funded by a grant from the U.S. State Department. Its overarching purpose is to train emerging young leaders from the public, private and nonprofit sectors in strategies for handling the complex societal, economic and environmental challenges which arise from the extraction of natural resources.
Program Details, Costs...
The program will include a combination of classroom lectures, site visits and field trips, guest speakers and social events, all of which will contribute heavily to the participants’ understanding of natural resource extraction while simultaneously providing them with an extremely valuable opportunity to be exposed to a country and culture other than their own.
Program scholarships cover participants’ program fees, airfare, lodging and will also include a modest per diem amount for meals. Note that passport, visa expenses and inoculations are not included in the scholarship amount.
Eligibility and Application
Candidates must be US citizens between approximately 22 and 39 years of age and must either currently be in relevant leadership positions, or must be poised to move into these types of positions in the relatively near future.
The application phase is now closed. Congratulations to the 20 participants!.
