The Basic Leadership Development Course (BLDC) is the one of the core learning events hosted by ASPBAE. It is primarily conceived to be an induction to ASPBAE and to Adult Education work in the Asia Pacific region. The BLDC is also one of ASBPAE‟s flagship training programmes for building capacities and perspective on Adult Education. The BLDC acts as a space to foster interaction and sustain exchanges amongst the participants representing the ASPBAE membership.
The BLDC -2009 is scheduled to be held from 4th to 11th October at Chiang Mai, Thailand. Jose Roberto Guevara (Robbie, for short) the current President of the ASPBAE Executive Council and Sandy Morrison, ASPBAE‟s Immediate Past President are the Course Directors for the BLDC-2009. The BLDC this year will be hosted by the Human Rights Education Institute of Burma (HREIB), an ASPBAE member organisation.
The specific training objectives of this course are: To develop a holistic perspective on transformative adult education; Enhance skills and attitudes on processes that support transformative adult education Provide opportunities for the sharing of adult learning experiences; Facilitate structured reflection towards developing a basic understanding of adult learning principles and practised that are transformative, gender sensitive, rights-based and contribute to sustainable development; Gain a better understanding of, and develop a commitment to ASPBAE; Develop a critical understanding of the contexts in Asia Pacific that impact on adult learning; Contribute to developing a “talent bank” for the leadership in ASPBAE, the membership and the AE movement in Asia Pacific.
This year‟s BLDC would include modules such as: principles of adult learning; frameworks of and for transformative adult learning; contexts of adult learning in practise; leadership in adult learning practise; networking and policy advocacy; ASPBAE‟s thematic platforms and policy platforms and formulation of individual action plans. A new module on the theme “sustainable development” is being introduced this year.
Letters of invitation along with the brochure and the nomination form have been sent to all ASPBAE members. The brochure & the nomination form are also available on the ASPBAE website. The last date for sending in nominations was 19 June, 2009.
A Selection Committee from amongst the Executive Council (EC) of ASPBAE has been constituted to finalise the selection of participants for the BLDC.
Representatives from the EC are also being invited to participate in the BLDC this year, to deepen their appreciation of ASPBAE's over-all capacity-development efforts and thus help strengthen EC leadership and guidance roles.
Announcing the Basic Leadership Development Course - 2009
