The African Marine Conservation Leadership Programme is an online initiative designed to strengthen the impact of African marine conservation organisations by building the skills of their leaders to transform organisational capabilities. The first year of the fellowship brought together 17 outstanding conservation leaders from eight of the Western Indian Ocean’s leading national and local organisations, delivering conservation on and below the water.
The programme assesses the needs of local organisations across regional seascapes, and provides bespoke training, knowledge exchanges and information sharing platforms. Over a twelve month period leaders are supported with a blend of virtual and self paced learning that encourages peer-to-peer learning. 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. The programme focuses on three levels of leadership: