Talent for Governance Training Scholarships for Developing Countries
Last updated: 26 Jun 2014 | CLOSED
The Hague Academy for Local Gov
Training
Training
Deadline: 13 July 2014
Study in: Netherlands
Course starts September 2014
Brief description: Study in: Netherlands
Course starts September 2014
The
overall aim of Talent for Governance is to strengthen local governments
in developing countries and Eastern European (non-EU) countries. They
aim to achieve this through the training of young civil servants. With
the gained knowledge and skills, they can work to alleviate their
communities of widespread poverty and a lack of basic services.
Host Institution(s):
The Hague Academy for Local Governance, The Hague, Netherlands
Field(s) of study:
Talent
for governance is accepting applicants for two Talentprogrammes
organised on the following topics, based on the training course part of
the programme:
• Climate Change & Resilient Cities – 29 September to 17 October
• Local Economic Development – 17 November to 5 December
• Local Economic Development – 17 November to 5 December
Number of Awards:
The amount of placements will depend on the funds and internship placements in Dutch local governments.
Target group:
African Scholarships and International Scholarships for Developing Countries
Scholarship value/inclusions:
The
Talent programme will generally cover all basic living expenses during
the stay in the Netherlands, travel costs and the training course fee of
the chosen training course. The talent must cover any additional costs
from their own resources, and also contribute 100 Euros or 200 Euros to
their programme costs.
Eligibility:
You are eligible for applying for this international talent programme if,
• work for a local government ( e.g. district, municipality, city, region, province, water board etc.)
• work in one of the countries listed on the DAC country list;
• be 37 years of age or younger;
• have at least two years of work experience in local governance and have the intend to work there for at least two years more;
• speak and understand the English language well (all programmes are in English);
• be able to write and vocally defend his/her motivation for- and the relevance of the specific programme;
• be able to identify an issue/project as a Real-Life-Case within the theme of the programme for which he/she will write a Back-Home-Action Plan during the Talent programme;
• have complete support of the employer to participate in the programme and to implement the Back-Home-Action plan when returned home.
Application instructions:• work in one of the countries listed on the DAC country list;
• be 37 years of age or younger;
• have at least two years of work experience in local governance and have the intend to work there for at least two years more;
• speak and understand the English language well (all programmes are in English);
• be able to write and vocally defend his/her motivation for- and the relevance of the specific programme;
• be able to identify an issue/project as a Real-Life-Case within the theme of the programme for which he/she will write a Back-Home-Action Plan during the Talent programme;
• have complete support of the employer to participate in the programme and to implement the Back-Home-Action plan when returned home.
Applications are currently closed.
Please download and read the Rules_and_Regulations_Talent_for_Governance_2014
( which has, among other, important information on application
procedure, accommodation, allowances and criteria) before you start
filling in the online application form. The deadline for applications
is 13 July 2014.
It
is important to visit the official website (link found below) to access
the online application form and for detailed information on how to
apply for this scholarship.
Website:
Official Scholarship Website: http://talentforgovernance.com/talent-programme/what-is-it/
