Melbourne Australia, Geneva, Switzerland 21 May 2013 – The International Council of Nurses (ICN) launched the Global Nursing Leadership Institute (GNLI)’s Colloquium at the ICN’s 25^th Quadrennial Congress today. Institute alumni from the GNLI programmes in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 were present.

 

“Today is an historic moment for us at ICN,” said David Benton, ICN Chief Executive Officer. “We launched the GNLI in 2009 to develop executive level nurse leaders to be better equipped to build strategic national and global alliances across professions and sectors while acquiring a deeper understanding of global health care challenges. The GNLI graduates are better positioned to effect positive policy change at the local national and global level.   Our graduates are also better equipped to think strategically ̶ planning and implementing health system change and redesign with a global perspective. Most of our graduates have taken on higher leadership roles, nationally and globally.  The creation of the GNLI Colloquium gives our Institute Alumni an opportunity to network and identify on-going learning needs. It also gives us the opportunity to capture outcomes and best practice exemplars in global health.”

 

“Burdett Trust for Nursing is proud to support the International Council of Nurses and the Global Nursing Leadership Institute, said Alan Gibbs, the Chairman of the Burdett Trust for Nursing.  “Funding from Burdett Trust has ensured that nurses from low income countries could take part in this important programme through bursaries.  We believe that the diversity of participants is essential to the programme’s success as it contributes a greater understanding of global health care issues and a richer learning environment,”

 

Established in 2009, the GNLI offers an advanced leadership programme for nurses and/or midwives at senior level and executive positions in developed and developing countries across the world. The programme, drawing on the expertise of international faculty, allows participants to review and enhance their national and global leadership knowledge and skills within a collaborative and stimulating learning culture. The GNLI is facilitated by Dr Stephanie Ferguson, Associate Professor and Director of the Community Nursing Organization at the Virginia Commonwealth University, and Director of the ICN Leadership for Change™ programme.

 

ICN has been a pioneer in leadership, management and negotiation skill development for nurses for more than 20 years through the highly successful Leadership for Change™ and Leadership in Negotiation programmes. The GNLI represents the third component of ICN’s leadership development strategy. 

 

Further information about the GNLI is available at www.icn.ch/pillarsprograms/global-nursing-leadership-institute/.

 

 

 

The International Council of Nurses (ICN) is a federation of more than 130 national nurses associations representing the millions of nurses worldwide. Operated by nurses and leading nursing internationally, ICN works to ensure quality care for all and sound health policies globally.

The Burdett Trust for Nursing is an independent charitable Trust set up in 2002 in recognition of the foundation, philosophy and structure of the Royal National Pension Fund for Nurses (RNPFN) and named after its founder Sir Henry Burdett, KCB. The Trust makes charitable grants to support initiatives that are nurse-led and that empower nurses to make significant improvements to patient care. Working in collaboration with funding partners the Trustees use their funds to support the nursing contribution to healthcare and encourage applications from nurses and other healthcare professionals involved in a wide range of innovations.