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Harvard Ministerial Leadership Program

Collaborative
Leadership
for Human
Development

The Harvard Ministerial Leadership Program supports government Ministers with pivotal economic and human development-related responsibilities to exercise purposeful leadership and achieve transformative policy goals.

Launched in 2012, the Ministerial Program is a joint initiative of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and the Harvard Graduate School of Education in collaboration with Big Win Philanthropy.
The Rt. Hon. Luisa Diogo, former Prime Minister of Mozambique and Vice Chair of the Harvard Ministerial Leadership Program Advisory Board, participates in a panel discussion during the 2019 Harvard Ministerial Forum for Finance and Economic Planning Ministers
Julio Frenk, the former Minister of Health of Mexico and Chair of the Harvard Ministerial Leadership Program Advisory Board, welcomes the 2021 cohort of Ministers to the annual Harvard Ministerial Forum.
His Excellency Jakaya Kikwete, former President of Tanzania and Advisory Board Member, provides keynote remarks to Program 2016 Roundtable.
The Hon. Awa Marie Coll-Seck, Minister of State and former Health Minister of Senegal and Advisory Board Member, in the 2022 Harvard Ministerial Forum for Sectoral Ministers

Advisory
Board

Composed of distinguished former and long-serving Ministers, the Ministerial Program’s Advisory Board provides guidance and support for the Program’s continuing development while also making a substantive contribution to the annual Harvard Ministerial Forums.

Leadership Resources

Tips For Ministers

Tech Database

Human
Development
Dashboard

The Dashboard provides up-to-date data for countries participating in the Ministerial Program on human development across 3 key sectors (health, education, and economy) and 4 system elements (budget, delivery system inputs, system outputs, and human development outcomes). It also allows for cross-country comparison, focusing on the relationship between budget and other system elements.
Human Development Dashboard