About ILI-ACLE

International Law Institute-African Centre for Legal Excellence

In the fast-moving global economy of the 21st century, those nations, companies, and individuals that will succeed must grasp the patterns of world commerce, financial transactions, and communications, and master the skills to thrive within them. Africa must build at home to compete abroad. In many African nations, the infrastructure for successful development and participation in the world economy must be created.

Africa's most valuable capital lies in its people. The institutions that matter--efficient governments, stable judicial systems, and functioning capital markets--are ultimately only as effective as the people who create and manage them. In over five decades of providing professional training and technical assistance services, the mission of the International Law Institute has remained constant: to provide government officials and private executives with the knowledge to form sound policies and with the skills to lead their countries toward economic expansion and effective participation in the global economy.

The International Law Institute's presence in Africa began in 1997 as a training centre for the Government of Uganda that was a component of the World Bank's Institutional Capacity Building project. The Institute expanded its mandate in 1998 and went into the new millennium responding to challenges on the African continent. Guided by its mission, “fostering prosperity through the rule of law,” the International Law Institute – African Centre for Legal Excellence (ILI-ACLE) has identified key priority areas which it will be engaged in during the next decade of its operations. These are: the promotion of Good Governance and Human Rights, Trade, Global Security, the Environment, and the Role of Law in Information Technology.

Over the past ten years, the Institute has established itself as one of the most respected providers of professional-level certificate training seminars, technical assistance and advisory programmes, conferences, and workshops in subjects broadly related to finance, law, management and governance. By having a regional focus in sub-Saharan Africa and by using a combination of both regional and internationally renowned experts, ILI-ACLE has been able to successfully ensure that its programmes address the unique challenges confronting Africa with the most contemporary and relevant international best practice. Click here for the Capacity Statement which details the various activities that the Institute has undertaken in the decade of its operations in Africa.

Through the support of its development partners, ILI-ACLE hopes to chart the next decade continuing to make a positive contribution toward promoting the rule of law and private sector development in Africa.

Training Programmes
ILI-ACLE offers approximately 22 seminars annually at its training centre in Kampala. For a current list of seminars, see Training. ILI-ACLE led seminars have also been held in other African countries, including Tanzania, Ethiopia, Zambia, Madagascar and Rwanda. From 2007, the Institute is also collaborating with the Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) to offer several seminars annually in Macau, China for mid to high level African professionals with a view to sharing knowledge and learning from the experiences of China on how to optimize Africa's opportunities in the global market, as well as framing prospects for Afro-Sino relations. For further information on ILI-ACLE Seminars, click here.

Specially Tailored Training Programmes
On request from regional and international stakeholders, ILI-ACLE designs and conducts specially tailored programmes for specific target groups to reflect particular experiences and needs. For examples of previous Specially Tailored Programmes, click here.

Technical Assistance
ILI-ACLE also provides technical advisory services in a wide range of areas of importance to both public and private sector organizations operating on the continent. The Institute has previously provided technical advisory services in a host of substantive areas, including public procurement, judicial administration, international and regional trade, human rights, legislative drafting and national decentralization. All technical advisory services provided by the Institute offer the additional benefit of capacity building and training to promote the long-term sustainability of services provided. For further information on the ILI-ACLE Technical Advisory Services, click here.

Conferences and Workshops
ILI-ACLE holds conferences and round-table discussions addressing new and relevant issues on legal and judicial reform and governance. For a list of ILI-ACLE organized Conferences, click here.