The Senior Leadership Programme supports leaders with a blend of virtual and self-paced learning that encourages peer-to-peer learning over a 12-month period. One-to-one and peer coaching sessions are tailored to meet participants’ needs, along with tools to efficiently transmit specific skills back to their organisations.

It focuses on three levels of leadership:

• Individual leadership: Understanding and strengthening personal leadership skills, including managing relationships and well-being
• Organisational leadership: Building and managing teams that deliver impact, including strategic planning, effective communication, and fundraising
• Systems leadership: Developing skills to lead collaboratively with multiple organisations and drive widespread, systemic change

The first cohort, comprising 17 leaders from 8 organisations, completed the programme in 2021.

The year-long 2023 Senior Leadership Programme running from July 2023, will add up to eight organisations and 16 new leaders to the network.

We want to increase the representation of organisations that have limited resources and access to funding in the programme to encourage the development of more grassroots leaders working at the heart of communities. This includes community-based associations that are supporting a small number of communities. We are also looking to expand our programme to more countries and marine conservation leaders across the Western Indian Ocean.