INDEPTH CROSS-SITE INITIATIVES

An International Network of field sites with continuous Demographic
Evaluation of Populations and Their Health in developing countries

INDEPTH Network

Workshop on Leadership and Management of DSS Sites

Date: 12-15 October, 2004

Venue: Chances Hotel, Ho, Ghana

Lead facilitator: Prof. W L Kilama, Managing Trustee, African Malaria Network Trust,
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Objective

The INDEPTH Secretariat, realising the need to further train current leaders of DSS sites and give them the opportunity to interact professionally with themselves and share their experiences in leading high-quality and complex research institutions in mostly rural areas in the developing world, is organising this workshop on leadership and management.

Participants

INDEPTH site leaders will be invited to attend.

Procedure

The Secretariat will be making an announcement for INDEPTH sites to compete for 10 funded places. More information will be posted on this website.

Proposed Workshop Content

A. Presentations by participating site leaders

B. Discussion on site leaders’ presentations

C. General Leadership/Management

Leadership
Who is a leader? (Effective leadership)
Leadership styles
Management (Institutional management, Personnel management, Financial management, Time management)
Setting a research agenda (Defining the research agenda, Funding the research agenda, Ethical considerations in research)
Collaboration
Working with research partners
Working with other partners
Dissemination of results (Publications and other communications, Authorship

D. Membership in the INDEPTH Network

Importance
Roles of site leaders
Roles of the Secretariat