The President of
the United Republic of Tanzania,
who then the Minister for Foreign
Affairs and International Cooperation,
Mr. Jakaya Kikwete (eighth from
left),with 48 Ambassadors and other
senior officials from the Ministry
shortly after opening a four day
Leadership Development Training
Programme for the envoys at the
Paradise Holiday Resort in Bagamoyo.
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A
FOUR-DAY workshop session for 48
Tanzanian Ambassadors took place
in Bagamoyo with a call on the diplomats
to acquire administration skills
that will help them confronting
the fast changing world, gaining
an understanding of leadership intelligence
in smooth implementation of economic
diplomacy policy and seeks to enable
them tackle emerging leadership
challenges.
Addressing the
workshop, the President of the United
Republic of Tanzania, Mr. Jakaya
Mrisho Kikwete told the envoys that
they were expected to be exemplary
leaders and skilled administrators. |
“You should strive
to be good leaders and skilled administrators
to be better couriers of the changing
economic, fiscal and political environment,”
the president said.
In implementing the ‘Economic
Diplomacy’ policy all envoys would
be required to ensure that they implement
the National Economic Growth and poverty
Reduction Strategy (MKUKUTA) in-line with
the Vision 2025 plan.
The four days leadership
and management program dubbed ‘Leadership
for Change’ course, which as run
by Tanzania Global Development Learning
Centre, under the President’s Office,
Public Service Management, seeks to equip
envoys with knowledge of managing change.
“Gone are the days
when a leader goes to the office adducing
that ‘its better than yesterday
and less than tomorrow’ and we must
adopt the change a thing that can’t
be done if you lack vision,” The
president said.
