OPPORTUNITY DETAILS

Total reward

0 $

State University

The Hague Academy for local governance

Area

Western Europe

Host Country

Netherlands

Deadline

24 Oct 2017

Study level

Undergraduate

Opportunity type

Scholarships

Opportunity funding

Full funding

Eligible Countries

Eligible Region

Maghreb , Middle East , Western Europe , Central and Eastern Europe , Asia-Pacific , Africa , America

Deadline: 24 October 2017
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)

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