The Trinidad and Tobago Institute for Women in Leadership (TTIWiL), formerly the Network Training Centre was envisioned as a center of excellence for women’s access to a potential source of relevant and useful information – for enhancing women’s transformational leadership and ability to participate in decision-making, to defend their rights as well as for action to promote their social, political and economic advancement.
The establishment of the Network Training Centre was proposed as part of the Network of Non-Governmental Organisations of Trinidad and Tobago for the Advancement of Women’s Strategic Plan for 2004/2006, with the objective:
- To establish a self-sustaining training facility as a centre of excellence for women at a standard which would eventually qualify for accreditation with the National Accreditation Council?
- To build the center’s training capacity for a range of human enrichment courses and transformational leadership skills.
- To build capacity in the NGO sector in Trinidad and Tobago in the areas of advocacy and lobbying
A project planning and implementation team was established (January 31st 2006) and work on the curriculum began with the development of a pilot programme – How to Start, Build and Run a Community Organisation (2007).
Course sessions focused on two primary areas of leadership learning:
- Women as political leaders
- Community Advocacy and Lobbying Skills
The Network of Non-Governmental Organisations of Trinidad and Tobago for the Advancement of Women, following on its successful initiatives in leadership training and motivation for women in politics is now ready to expand the area of skills training to women in enterprise through The Institute.
For more information on TTiWIL please visit its website at http://ttiwil.org/