IA’s flagship programme, The Reform Entrepreneurs Programme is structured to run with flexibility with options of week days or weekends of training. The course’s objective is to assure the growth, capacity and chances of success so that those reformers that have been identified, will be ignited to start social enterprise initiatives that will have a measurable impact on the relevant communities.
The expectation is that the following learning objectives will be achieved through the programme in education, health and governance spheres:
- Develop imaginal and visionary-learners
- Build a workforce of individuals who can work towards the urgently needed reform.
- Encourage a deep commitment to changing the Nigerian education, health and governance spheres for the better
- Know how to rethink and innovate
- Know how to engage with a technology platform to deliver innovation
- Know how to advocate for universal access to good education, health and governance
- Know how to create a platform to be a voice of the rights of the less privileged
- Know how to involve and also educate all stakeholders in the sectors’ economy
- Know how to influence policy makers
- Learn how to build initiatives that have an impact and that are sustainable
- Learn how to obtain funding and finance
- Learn how to use appropriate tools to build sustainable projects
- Understand how to measure the impact of the work that has been done
- Learn how to partner and network effectively
- Identify the correct strategy and put in place clear performance measures
IA’s flagship programme, the Reform Entrepreneurs Programme adopts the following strategy;
IA’s transformation model focuses on four key strategy. They are Ideate, Incubate, Initiate and Impact.
Ideate: Through the ideate strategy, we identify people with passion to resolve sector specific problems, ignite the passion through relevant materials, information and network, provide the environment for them to think and design their strategy and provide the community they need to actualise their ideals.
Incubate: IA through its involvement with reforms, has identified the gaps that exist in bringing about reforms. IA through its Incubate strategy, hope to transfer and equip her Reform Entrepreneurs through training, financial support and mentorship while instilling the values that promote society and selflessness.
Initiate: In addressing the much-needed reforms in our sectors of interest, IA help individuals establish initiatives. IA provides access to vital relationships, networking and collaborative opportunities for initiatives borne out of its programme. IA provides the framework for ongoing mentorship and assist in fund raising.
Impact: Impact for IA involve meeting measurable performance target through game chasing programmes that have direct and visible change in systems, sectors and lives of people at the community level.
We are now accepting application for the 2nd cohort of 2019. Please apply by clicking on this link