The
Program
Program
Structure
The Harvard Ministerial Leadership Program enhances leadership effectiveness and political acumen, informs human development policy and investment priorities, and develops planning and execution capacity among Ministers. The Program combines ministerial-level support with customized technical facilitation and capacity development shaped by the policy goals and specific needs of participating Ministers.
The flagship component of the Ministerial Program is the yearly Ministerial Forums at Harvard University where Ministers have a unique opportunity to step back from their daily duties, reflect on and re-evaluate their priorities in an environment of constructive challenge and peer interaction, and map their legacy contribution to advancing human development and economic progress in their country.
The flagship component of the Ministerial Program is the yearly Ministerial Forums at Harvard University where Ministers have a unique opportunity to step back from their daily duties, reflect on and re-evaluate their priorities in an environment of constructive challenge and peer interaction, and map their legacy contribution to advancing human development and economic progress in their country.
Harvard
Ministerial
Forum
Each year a select number of serving finance, economic planning, education, health, and other Ministers with human development-related responsibilities from Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America is invited to the Harvard Ministerial Leadership Forums at Harvard University.
The Forums are practically focused and discussion-based, informed by case studies and the experience of former and long-serving Ministers from around the world. The curriculum concentrates on five main topics:
- Transformative leadership and political strategy
- Strategic human development priority setting and investment choices
- Increased budget effectiveness and system efficiency to improve human development outcomes
- Cross-sectoral collaboration to enhance sustainable economic advancement
- Effective organization and management of policy implementation
Pre- & Post- Harvard
Support
Before coming to Harvard, Ministers are introduced to key concepts of political leadership, priority setting, and policy delivery, as well as guided in prioritizing policy and personal goals for their legacy in office. The pre-Harvard engagement aims to help prepare Ministers to get the best value from their time at Harvard.
Following the Forum, Ministers have access to a menu of technical support opportunities intended to support the implementation of Ministers’ legacy goals. This support is a combination of virtual and in-country engagement.
Participating Ministers have access to a Human Development Dashboard developed and kept current by the Harvard Ministerial Program to provide country-specific data tracking progress on key human development indicators.
Following the Forum, Ministers have access to a menu of technical support opportunities intended to support the implementation of Ministers’ legacy goals. This support is a combination of virtual and in-country engagement.
Participating Ministers have access to a Human Development Dashboard developed and kept current by the Harvard Ministerial Program to provide country-specific data tracking progress on key human development indicators.
VIRTUAL
IMPLEMENTATION
PLATFORM
The Virtual Implementation Platform (VIP) combines cutting-edge online learning modules, customized technical support, and virtual mentoring designed to support senior Ministry leadership in implementation planning and managing Ministers’ legacy goals.
IN-COUNTRY
POLICY RESEARCH
The Program offers Ministers selective policy research support by graduate-level Harvard students as requested. An additional policy research opportunity is made possible by the Tessa Jowell Fellowship awarded annually to a Harvard Doctoral Student for research supporting Ministers participating in the Ministerial Program.
Peer Networking
In addition to peer networking during the Forum, the Program regularly convenes the Harvard Ministerial Roundtable, a unique opportunity for serving Ministers who are alumni of the Harvard Ministerial Program to share lessons and insights from their experience, and to explore fresh approaches to making a difference in tackling major social, economic, and political challenges in their country.