Faculty Chair(s):
Brian Mandell
OVERVIEW
As the United States' oldest institution of higher learning, Harvard University has served as a center of excellence across the world for centuries. Through its dedication to promoting avant-garde thinking and critical knowledge, Harvard continues to set global standards in academia, research, and practice.
For over 30 years, Executive Education programs at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government have provided tailored programs addressing the needs of leaders from around the world. Executive Education training programs offer opportunities to extend and exchange knowledge and aim to empower experienced, high-potential individuals by strengthening the impact and practical effectiveness of their undertakings.
Public Leaders in Southeast Europe is a five-day Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) Executive Education program. It offers participants analytical and problem-solving tools that are critical for advancing individual and organizational goals and vital for generating, managing and leveraging innovation in an era of growing global complexity.
Led by faculty who are luminaries in their fields, Public Leaders in Southeast Europe is designed exclusively for senior professionals in the public and nonprofit sectors in Southeast and East-Central Europe. The program’s institutional host this year will be Özyegin University, which was founded in 2005 with the objective of serving society as an innovative, creative and entrepreneurial education center.