Brief description:
With Talent for Governance, The Hague Academy aims to enable young civil servants from developing countries and Eastern European (non-EU) countries to participate in a specially designed Talent for Governance programme.
The Programme generally consists out of four components that are all connected by an overall theme: an international practice oriented training course at The Hague Academy, a week-long internship at a Dutch municipality, networking activities and the back home action plan.
Field(s) of study:
To apply for the Talent Programme, candidates need to choose one of the following Programme themes:
- Citizen Participation & Inclusive Governance – Programme from 23 May – 10 June 2016,
- Local Economic Development – Programme from 19 September – 7 October 2016,
- Local Service Delivery- Programme from 3 – 21 October 2016,
Eligibility:
Application is possible if you:
- work for a local government (not an NGO or private enterprise);
- work in one of the countries listed on theDAC country list;
- be 37 years of age or younger when you apply;
- have at least two years of work experience in local governance and prove your commitment 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 down and orally defend your motivation for and 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 you will write a Back Home Action Plan during the Talent programme;
- have written support of your employer to participate in the programme and to implement the Back Home Action Plan when you return home.
Scholarship Worth:
The Talent for Governance Programme covers the cost of tuition fee, travel costs, accommodation and living expenses in The Netherlands. The talents are asked to contribute 100-200 Euros to the Programme costs depending on the country where they are from.
Deadline: 29th January 2016.
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