Mission:
To leverage technical assistance to government entities, development partners and business enterprises through the formulation of responsive policies and implementation of tailor-designed programmes addressing Human and Institutional Capacity gaps, Environmental challenges, and Business Development Services to secure the wellbeing of people in Africa.
Vision:
To be a premier action-driven entity leveraging specialized technical assistance for Human and Institutional Capacity Building, Environmental Governance, and Private Sector Growth to sustain development in Africa.
Values:
The ethos of ILEM hinges on a PATH that takes pride in Professionalism.
* Passion
* Accountability
* Team Work
* Honesty
Who Are We?
The Institute of Leadership, Energy, Environment, and Management (ILE²M) is an Africa-centric “Think Tank” enterprise that has been in operation since 2005. Established on the premise to provide technical assistance on policy, programming formulation, and capacity building through training and mentoring support services.
Who Are We? (continued);
Registered and hosted in Sierra Leone, ILE²M draws its pool of experts from mostly within Africa to address national, sub-regional and continent-wide development challenges.
Where we exist;
Registered in Sierra Leone as a Consultancy Firm in 2018, ILE²M draws its pool of experts from mostly within Africa to address national, sub-regional and continent-wide development challenges.
What Is Our Experience;
Over the past 15 years, ILE²M has managed the implementation of multi-stakeholder programmes working with UN Agencies (UNESCO, UNDP, UNIDO, UNFPA, UNV, UNAMA, UNEP, and FAO);
Regional Economic Cooperation (Mano River Union MRU-Secretariat, and East African Community EAC-Secretariat);
Our Experience (Continued);
and Multilateral Development Agencies (USAID West Africa Biodiversity and Climate Change - WABiCC Programme, YALI, EU, TENN, Hivos, ENERGIA, CordAid, WFC-GRC, GIZ-EnDev, DFID/ACE-TAF, and GOAL). ILE²M has provided expert services in 35 African countries to-date, with a detail assignment in Southeast Asia.
Why ILE²M?
ILE²M values the culture of researching knowledge to inform policy formulation and believes in result-based programming to enhance “best practice” and sustain development.
Worked with EU Delegation, Energia, Hivos, IRPM, and UNDP providing technical assistance in the following areas:
- Socioeconomic Policy Analysis for Institutional Development
- Labour Legislation, Labour Market Analysis, and Labour Programme Implementation;
- Financial Management, Auditing, and Reporting of Public Expenditure;
- Energy Development, Clean-Cooking, and Water Purification Solutions;
- Viability Research for Micro Financing Institutions (MFIs);
- Trainings in Financial Management, and Financial Literacy for Banks, and Government Parastatal.
is central to the work of ILE²M and we have worked over the past 14 years with governments institutions and development partners providing technical assistance in designing responsive policies and coordinating the implementation of tailor-designed programmes.
Working with a plethora of multilateral entities, ILE²M has established collaborative partnership with:
ILE²M has forged collaborative partnership with the following entities:
o Algas Organics
o Angie Brooks International Center – ABIC
o DAI Brussels SPRL
o Environmental Governance Consulting – EGC
o IBF International Consulting SA
o International Ocean Institutes – IOI/SA
o Kofi Annan Institute for Conflict Transformation – KAICT
o Songhaï Regional Centre of Excellence
o The Energy Nexus Network – TENN
o University of Liberia – UL
o YALI Mandela Washington Fellowship Programme