Deadline: 24 October 2017
Open to: applicants that are working and living in the listed NFP country
Benefits: tuition fee, accommodation, daily subsistence allowance
Open to: applicants that are working and living in the listed NFP country
Benefits: tuition fee, accommodation, daily subsistence allowance
Description
The Netherlands organisation for international cooperation
in higher education (NUFFIC) offers fellowships to participate in training
courses in The Netherlands. NUFFIC offers StuNed, NFP and MSP (MENA)
Fellowships. These fellowships seek to develop and strengthen the skills,
instincts, and abilities of professionals to enable their organisations and
communities to succeed in an ever-changing world. This is initiated and
(almost) fully funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Eligibility
For NFP Scholarships there is no age limit. In order to
qualify, you must meet the following selection criteria:
National of, and working and living in the listed NFP
country;
Not employed by an organisation that has its own means of
staff development, for example:
Multinational corporations (e.g. Shell, Unilever,
Microsoft),
Large national and/or large commercial organisations,
Bilateral donor organisations (e.g. USAID, DFID, Danida,
Sida,
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, FinAid, AusAid, ADC,
SwissAid),
Multilateral donor organisations, (e.g. a UN organisation,
the World Bank, the IMF, Asian Development Bank, African Development Bank,
IADB),
International NGO’s (e.g. Oxfam, Plan, Care);
Have a passport that will still be valid for at least three
months after completion of the training;
Not received more than one fellowship for courses that take
place at the same time;
Proficient English language skills: The short courses are
taught in English. Therefore, it is important that your English language skills
(writing and speaking) are good.
Work experience: Minimum of 2 years of experience required,
working with or for local or regional authorities. It is to your advantage if
the work/experience is related to the content of the training.
To be eligible for an MSP Scholarship you must meet the
employer, language and work experience criteria mentioned above. Furthermore,
you must:
Be a national of, and working and living in one of the
countries on the following
MSP country list valid at the time of application;
Have an official passport that will still be valid at least
three months after completion of the training;
Not be over 45 years of age at the time of the grant
submission.
(only applicable for MSP Scholarships)
(only applicable for MSP Scholarships)
Eligible Regions: Albania, Armenia, Bhutan, Bolivia,
Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cuba, Djibouti, DR Congo, Georgia, India, Jordan,
Lebanon, Macedonia, Mongolia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru,
Philippines, Senegal, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Surinam, Thailand, Zimbabwe
Benefits
Both scholarships will cover:
The tuition fee;
Return flights from an international airport to Amsterdam;
Insurance;
Accommodation;
A small Daily Subsistence Allowance (DSA).
How to apply?
You can now apply for NFP and MSP Scholarships for the
following four training courses:
Fiscal Decentralisation and Local Finance (12 – 23 February
2018) (not eligible for MSP);
Citizen Participation and Inclusive Governance (5-16 March
2018);
Integrity and Anti-corruption (9-20 April 2018);
Local Service Delivery (18-29 June 2018).
Please use the application form to apply for a NUFFIC
scholarship. More details is on the official website. Applications
received after the deadline will not be considered for the scholarship.
If you are not eligible for NUFFIC Funding or if you would
like to apply for a training course without the scholarship, then please refer
to the separate deadline and separate application of each course.
In order to apply follow this link.
For more information please visit the official website.
No comments:
Post a Comment