Basic
Leadership
Development
Course(BLDC)
Feminist Leadership forTransformative Adult
Learning and Education(ALE) in the Asia Pacific16-21 October 2023,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

BLDC 2023
´ Enhance capacities ofemerging leadership in
ASPBAE’s membership´ Orient on feminist
leadership approaches fortransformative ALE´ Engage in discourses onadult learning principles &lifelong learningperspectives´ Strengthen interaction
between youth & adulteducation practitioners &advocates of theright to education

OBJECTIVES´Build a criticalunderstanding of thehistorical developmentof global ALE policies &programmes´Orient on principles offeminist leadership´Enhance networking
and advocacy skills´Gain a better
understanding of
ASPBAE’s work

LEARNING PROCESS´Preparatory Phaseo Pre-course work

´Residential Phaseo Six dayso Interactiveo Structured sessions´Application ofLearning Phaseo Apply BLDC learnings to on-goingwork
o Action Plan to be completed within
3 months of the BLDC

PARTICIPANT
SELECTION
CRITERIA
At least five years work
experience on education& lifelong learning
Potential to take up
leadership roles in theirorganisationGood fluency in English(working language of theBLDC)NOMINATION& SELECTION´ Completed nomination form
to be sent to the ASPBAE
Secretariat latest by25 August 2023 to aspbaebldc2023@gmail.com´ Nominations from persons
with disabilities, diverse
gender & sexual identities, &ethnic/indigenous
communities is encouraged.
´ Selected participants will benotified by 15 September
2023.

REGISTRATION FEES
AND BLDC COSTS´ USD $100 registration fees.
´ Cost sharing encouraged inthe form of covering airfare
OR contributing USD $400
towards accommodation,
meals, & airport transfers inKL.
´ Visa & terminal fees, homecountry airport transfers,
other overlay/transit costs,
RT-PCR test costs, & travel
insurance will NOT be
covered by ASPBAE for any
participant.

HOST ORGANISATION
Pusat KOMAS is a human rights popular
communications centre set up in August 1993
to empower indigenous people, urban poor,workers, and civil society organisations toadvocate for human rights in Malaysia.
KOMAS has produced many educational videos
and publications on various human rights andsocial causes. Core programmes include
trainings, workshops, film screenings, resource
material production, & advocacy.

BLDC FACULTY´ Meenu Vadera (Course Director) is an ASPBAE
Executive Council member representing SouthAsia. She is the founding member of Azad
Foundation & Sakha Consulting Wings, a social
enterprise that supports resource poor
women gain remunerative livelihoods withdignity in India.
´ Dr. Amartuvshin Dorjsuren (Course Director)
is an ASPBAE Executive Council member
representing East Asia. He is the Associate
Professor at the National University ofMongolia and also serves on the Board of theBeautiful Hearts NGO.
´ Dr. Anita Borkar (Anchor) is the Regional
Coordinator of ASPBAE’s Training forTransformation Programme.
Resource Persons will be drawn from expertise within
ASPBAE’s membership & strategic partners ofASPBAE.

Amartuvshin Dorjsuren

Anita Borkar

Meenu Vadera

For more information, please contact:
ASPBAE at aspbaebldc2023 @gmail.com
Please address your queries to:Anita Borkar
Regional Coordinator
Training for Transformation (TfT) Programme
ASPBAE