WHO SHOULD APPLYThe program is designed for high-level decision-makers: ministers, deputy ministers, senior civil servants, diplomats, development leaders, university presidents, and chief executive officers and staff of international development agencies. Senior advisors to heads of state and government, as well as corporations with specific interest in development will also be considered. Training in the natural sciences is not a requirement.
Participants typically come from a broad cross-section of fields, including, finance, economic and development planning, infrastructure development, industry, trade, science and technology, information and communications, education, health, agriculture, energy, environment and natural resources, regional development, development cooperation, and national defense. Leaders who deal with these issues from academia, non-governmental organizations, and the business community are also encouraged to apply.
Competency in English is essential to benefit fully from this program.
Past Participants have included:
- Advisor to the President, Republic of Croatia
- Ambassador, Embassy of Cape Verde
- Assistant President, National Science, Technology and Development Agency, Thailand
- Chairman, Higher Education Authority of Ireland
- Chief Executive Officer, Croatian Academic and Research Network
- Deputy Director, National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion
- Deputy Minister, Ministry of Finance and National Planning, Zambia
- Deputy Minister, Ministry of Science, Technology & Innovation, Malaysia
- Director General, Ministry of Education, Slovakia
- Director to the Government of India, Ministry of Science and Technology
- Director, Intermediate Technology Development Group, Latin America
- Director, National Council for Science & Technology, Government of Barbados
- Division Chief, United Nations Development Program
- Executive Director, African Agricultural Technology Foundation
- Executive Director, Presidential Commission on the Millennium Development Goals, Dominican Republic
- Health Specialist, World Bank
- Managing Director, Microsoft
- Minister, Ministry of Commerce, Science and Technology, Jamaica
- National Director for Research, Universidad Antonio Narino
- President, Shanghai Association for Science & Technology
- Program Manager, Office of the Vice President, World Bank
- Program Officer, United Nations
- Senator, Parliament of the Commonwealth of Dominica
- Senior Regional Program Adviser, United Nations Development Program
- Senior Scientific Affairs Officer, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
- Senior Vice-President, , Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology
- Vice-Chancellor, State University of Technology
“Thanks to Harvard Kennedy School, President Leonel Fernandez and his administration now have an edge in harnessing science, technology, and innovation for our development—particularly for reducing poverty, creating employment, and achieving the Millennium Development Goals. I am glad that our President gave me the opportunity to participate in the course, and would recommend it to other Heads of State and Government.”
Mr. John R. Gagain Jr.
Executive Director, Presidential Commission on the Millennium Development Goals and Sustainable Development, Government of the Dominican Republic