CEOrt's Mufuruki off to Italy for Bellagio Center Residency Program
The CEO Roundtable of Tanzania (CEOrt) chairman Ali Mufuruki
What you need to know:
- This was announced on Monday, September 18 by the organisation through a statement availed to The Citizen.
- The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Residency Program, according to the statement, offers academics, artists, thought leaders, policymakers and practitioners, with various opportunities.
Dar es Salaam. The CEO Roundtable of Tanzania (CEOrt) chairman Ali Mufuruki has commenced a month long leave in order to participate in the Bellagio Center Residency Program in Bellagio, Italy.
This was announced on Monday, September 18 by the organisation through a statement availed to The Citizen.
The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Residency Program, according to the statement, offers academics, artists, thought leaders, policymakers and practitioners, with various opportunities.
“The program was meant to establish new connections with fellow residents from a wide array of backgrounds, disciplines and geographies,” reads a part of statement.
It further said that the Foundation’s Bellagio Residency Program had a track record for supporting the generation of important new knowledge addressing some of the most complex issues facing the world and innovative new works of art that inspire reflection and understanding of global and social issues.
Mr Mufuruki is among 15 policy residents from all over the world who have been selected by the Bellagio Centre to participate in this year’s Policy Residency Program.
He hopes, the statement further said, to utilize his time at the Center to complete writing a book, which he has been working on for the last fifteen years.
