Each year, the Harvard Ministerial Leadership Program, in collaboration with the Harvard Center for International Development (CID), organizes a panel that gives students the opportunity to engage with leaders working on today’s most pressing policy and development challenges.

As part of this year’s program, four of the Harvard Ministerial Leadership Forum participants also served as panelists at the Harvard Center for International Development’s Speaker Series ‘Leading for Impact’ event. The Hon. Luis Miguel De Camps García, Minister of Education of the Dominican Republic; the Hon. Dr. Esperance Luvindao, Minister of Health and Social Services of Namibia; and the Hon. Samuel Nartey George, Minister of Comunications, Digital Technology, and Innovation of Ghana, joined a discussion moderated by CID faculty affiliate Vanessa Kerry, WHO Director-General Special Envoy for Health Resilience and CEO of Seed Global Health.

The conversations explored how leaders across education, digital transformation, and health translate priorities into action: building institutions, mobilizing resources, and turning policy commitments into better outcomes for citizens. The session underscored a practical definition of governing for impact: not simply setting ambitious goals, but building the institutions, partnerships, resources and accountability mechanisms required to turn those goals into results that people can see and experience. Students also had the chance to engage directly with the speakers through a short Q&A session, where they raised thoughtful questions about leadership, community consultation, financing and preparing for uncertainty. Read More Here>>