Capacity Building & Personal Development

Events held under the theme of capacity building aim to assist women to develop their skills and develop confidence

Next Generation Programme

Over ninety women from district councils participated in two week-long Next Generation programmes organised by the Centre for the Advancement of Women in Politics, Queen’s University.

Mentoring

A major mentoring scheme was developed enabling women to be mentored by senior managers in the public sector.  Training was also provided for women to act as mentors within the local government sector.

An elected member mentoring programme was launched in March 2010 in partnership with Women into Politics. The Mentoring Programme, supported by all the main political parties, is aimed at supporting women interested in serving their local communities as their local politician.

Development Centres

Development centres were arranged giving twenty four participants the opportunity to be assessed against a competency framework for senior managers.

Women’s Development Programme

This programme for women in junior and middle management roles has been run successfully in the past and 36 women participated during 2006. 

“Developing Potential” Workshop

The developing potential workshops aim to enable female participants to assess their personal strengths, values and life/career aspirations; set goals and develop an action plan to achieve this.  These workshops proved to be very popular with nearly 200 women officers and elected members attending sessions held across Northern Ireland over a 12 month period.

“How to” Workshop

The programme aimed to help 20 women develop the confidence to embrace all of their professional challenges and realise their full potential.

Surviving and Thriving at the Top

A series of networking sessions attended by over 80 senior women in local government and the wider public sector providing an opportunity to hear from inspirational leaders and network.