NCAFP Emerging Leaders Program
The NCAFP Emerging Leaders Program is designed to help emerging community leaders in Northern Ireland to translate their ideas into policy recommendations and to develop public communications skills. In addition to peer workshops and skills training, each Emerging Leader is matched with a mentor from the NCAFP’s network of senior-level experts and former policymakers to further inform the development of the final product, a short policy paper.
Emma is the program Director.
The program, now in its third year, consists of a series of virtual roundtable discussions with working group peers to workshop their ideas, review papers, and receive short trainings on the art of writing for policy makers and other communications/public speaking skills; and two one-on-one mentor sessions with a senior policy practitioner.
The program also includes a two-day Dublin visit and concludes with a high-level policy conference in New York City.
The Program is focused on international diplomacy, peacebuilding, and policymaking. In her role as Director Emma leads the program in addition to facilitating workshops, moderating panels and events and writing publications and annual edited volumes.
