About Us

The Institute of Leadership, Energy, Environment, and Management – ILEM, is an Africa-centric “Think Tank” enterprise, established on the premise to provide inter-continental technical assistance on policy formulation, programming, and capacity building through training and mentoring support services. 

Mission:

Leveraging inter-continental technical assistance to government entities, development partners and private sector businesses through the formulation of responsive policies and supporting the implementation of tailor-designed programmes addressing Human and Institutional Capacity gaps, Energy poverty, Environmental Management and Ocean Governance challenges, and Business Development Services geared towards improving the wellbeing of people in Africa.

Vision:

To be a premier action-driven entity leveraging specialized technical support focusing on Human and Institutional Capacity Building, Energy Solutions, Environmental Management and Ocean Governance, and Private Sector Growth to sustain development in Africa.

Values:

The ethos of ILEM hinges on a PATH (Passion; Accountability; Teamwork; Honesty) 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 (Footprint);

Registered in Sierra Leone as a Regional Centre of Excellence in 2018, ILEM draws its pool of experts from mostly within Africa in addressing national, sub-regional and continent-wide development challenges.

Our Experience;

Over the past 15 years, ILEM has managed the implementation of multi-stakeholder development programmes providing technical support services in our work with UN Agencies (UNESCO, UNDP, UNIFEM/now UN Women, UNIDO, UNFPA, UNV, UNAMA, UNEP, FAO, and ILO); Regional Economic Corporations (Mano River Union-MRU Secretariat, East African Community-EAC Secretariat); and Multilateral Development Agencies (USAID West Africa Biodiversity and Climate Change-WABiCC, YALI, EU, TENN, AECF/3-M, Hivos, ENERGIA, WFC-GRC, DfID/ACE-TAF, GOAL, WACOMP, CAMServ, and GIZ-EnDev). 

Modus Operandi;

ILEM values the culture of researching knowledge to inform development policies and believes in result-based programming to enhance “best practice” and sustain development.

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.

Our Belief

Institution and State-building

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. 

Policy Formulation and Programme Cycle Management

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.

Global Partners

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  

Office Address;

ILE²M Center of Excellence,
17A Bolling Street, Kingtom, Freetown, Sierra Leone,
West Africa.

Contact Phone;

Call Line:
+232-74-375637
Office Hours:
Mondays - Fridays:
8:30 am – 17:30 pm
Saturdays: On Appointment
Sundays: Closed 

Official Email;

info@ilem-africa.org
ilem.consult@gmail.com
Skype: ILEM-Consult

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