The Heinrich Böll Foundation represented through its offices in Rabat, Tunis, Ramallah, and Beirut, welcomes applicants from the MENA region to apply for the 9th Regional Summer School that will take place from 29 July to 05 August 2023 in Jordan under the title “It’s More than Just Food: Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture towards Equitable and Justice-based Food Systems in the MENA Region.” The School aims to provide young professionals from civil society, youth, and community initiatives, activists, and researchers a space to exchange, debate, and learn about the multiple dimensions of food systems, the water-energy-food nexus, and community-supported sustainable agricultural practices towards food sovereignty. Through inputs, group work sessions, and field trips, participants will learn about the different perspectives regarding achievements, progress, constraints, and shortcomings of food systems in the MENA region.
Required documents
- A filled-out Application Form;
- An up-to-date Curriculum Vita (CV);
- A Short Paper (2 pages maximum) focusing on a topic related to the overall theme of the Summer School and showing the applicant’s knowledge/expertise in this field as well as his/her ability to work independently and creatively.
WORTH
- Travel costs
- Accommodation costs and
- Board costs of the participants will be covered by the Heinrich Böll Foundation.
ELIGIBILITY
- The Heinrich Böll Foundation is looking for engaged and motivated candidates from civil society, academia, and activist groups working on different kinds of actions related to agriculture and food system management aiming for behavioral, social, or political change.
- Eligible candidates should be between the ages of 23-38 and reside in one of the following MENA countries: Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon, Tunisia, Morocco, Libya, Egypt, Algeria, Iraq, and Syria.
DEADLINE: May 7, 2023
To apply and for more information, apply here.
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