Sunday, April 07, 2019

The second national course on "Leadership and Political Representation" took place on 5-7 April 2019 in Vlora. The first module of the course was developed in the form of intensive training on character-focused leadership. The curriculum developed by the McCain Institute, at the University of Arizona in the US, was dealt with by the expert, Edlira Gjoni. The training developed a series of contemporary theoretical techniques and practical exercises through which the participants worked to improve their leadership skills with the objective of strengthening individual and team capacity.

The leadership topic was further addressed in the second part of this module in a session titled "The people and management systems to run a great organization", delivered by Mr. Indrit Puteci, director of "Value the Person Albania" and an alumni of the School. The presented techniques for creating systems and managing procedures for people and business, were well received by the participants and increased their overall interest in the session.

The second module of the course was conducted as an open discussion with the political scientist Mr. Ermal Hasimja, on the topic of "Logical fallacies in political discourse". Through practical examples of Albanian and international politics, Mr. Hasimja presented a critical approach to the classic model of political representation in modern democracies.