About ILIA

The Institute for Leadership, Innovation and Advancement (ILIA), Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD), is Brunei’s premier training provider established in 2009 delivering innovative programmes, enriching leaders with the knowledge and skills shared by international and local experts. ILIA’s mission challenges the very notion of leadership, which must transcend the activities of governance, business, academia and community service.

Our clients comprise several government departments and agencies, such as the Ministry of Education, Universities, the Public Service Department, and the Royal Brunei Police Force. ILIA’s portfolio also includes a collaboration with the Institute of Policy Studies on a Graduate Diploma Programme in Defence and Security Studies. ILIA has been examining and resolving complex training issues for public sectors for over a decade now. We will continue to ‘learn, unlearn and relearn’, and review our curriculum to suit the current context and remain relevant.

To date, ILIA has successfully run more than 25 cohorts of the Executive Development Programme for Middle Management Officers and Senior Government Officers. We are honoured to have alumni, that are serving the government as leaders at various levels, including the Minister.