African Union AIP Youth Fellowship and Mentorship 2024: (Deadline 31 October, 2024)
The African Union AIP Youth Fellowship and Mentorship will capacitate young people to advocate for water investments in Africa and job creation through gender-sensitive investments in water security, industrialisation, and climate-resilient development.
The AIP Youth Fellowship and Mentorship programme will provide a sum of €6,000 as living stipends for fellows who participate in the programme.
This post will provide you with the details, and steps required to apply for the fellowship.
African Union AIP Youth Fellowship and Mentorship Summary
-
- Host: African Union
- Category: Training | Fellowships
- Eligible Countries: African Countries
- Reward: €6000 Stipend | Certification | Professional Development
- No IELTS Required
- Deadline: October 31, 2024
African Union AIP Youth Fellowship and Mentorship Details:
The AIP Youth Fellowship and Mentorship aims to support and empower Africa’s next generation of water leaders.
The Programme will capacitate young people to advocate for water investments in Africa and job creation through gender-sensitive investments in water security, industrialisation, and climate-resilient development.
The AIP Youth Fellows will work under the mentorship of a multi-disciplinary team of experts on different assignments in an international and diverse environment.
Eligibility Requirements for AIP Youth Fellowship and Mentorship 2024
To be considered for the AIP Youth Fellowship and Mentorship, you must have the following credentials and characteristics:
- Well-motivated to support the AU AIP Mind the Gap – Invest in Water campaign, willing to be mentored and to learn from their peers;
- Recent graduates (within the last 3-5 years) with a Master’s degree in areas relevant to the work of AIP and GWP Africa. A PhD is desirable and an advantage;
- Registered postgraduate students (pursuing a master’s or PhD) need to be positioned to graduate within 6 months of application. A reference letter from the academic supervisor may be required;
- Have a solid understanding of international and regional development, gender, water security, water resources management, climate change, environmental management, sustainable development, climate change adaptation and climate financing;
- Be fluent in English. Additional knowledge of additional African Union language such as French and Portuguese is desirable.
- Citizen or resident of any AU Member State. Priority will be given to nationals and or residents of the following countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Eswatini, Guinea, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Morocco, Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Tunisia, Uganda, and Zambia.
Benefits of AU AIP Youth Fellowship & Mentorship 2022
DURATION
The duration for the AIP Fellowship will be 12 months.
BENEFITS
- The AIP fellows will be part of the AU-led teams supporting AIP implementation and will benefit from the network dividends at both regional and global level. At the end of the fellowship, the AIP Youth Fellows will receive a certificate and a recommendation letter from the AU and GWP-Africa.
- For best performing and exemplary fellows, AU and AIP will endeavour to make introductions to partners for further professional development. AIP, GWP-Africa and AIP partners may also retain some of the best and exemplary AIP Youth Fellows in regional programmes.
- AIP fellows will receive a monthly stipend of EUR 500 for incidental costs. No other financial allowances are available in the Fellowship.
- A volunteer option, with no expectation of monthly stipend may also be considered for Youths who wish to join the fellowship but constrained by budget availability.
Required Documents for African Union AIP Youth Fellowship
To apply, candidates must be ready to submit the following documents;
- A one-page motivation letter addressing the requirements as stated above;
- A Curriculum Vitae;
- Three professional references who may be contacted if you are short-listed for the position.
How to Apply for African Union AIP Youth Fellowship (Step by Step)
To apply for the African Union AIP Youth Fellowship and Mentorship, interested and qualified candidates should;
- Click on the button below to visit the program’s website
- Click the APPLYbutton on the webpage on you meet the requirements
- Fill out your appropriate details and attach all required documents.
- Applications should be submitted through to the Bamboo HR online system: https://gwpsanpc.bamboohr.com/careers/95
- Requests for further information or clarification/questions can be directed to the following email address: Joseph Mbinji [email protected], Albain Tchangou [email protected], and Mark Naidoo [email protected]
Deadline: 31 October, 2024
Visit HERE to check out many more Scholarship opportunities.
Receive Scholarship Updates through our Social Media Channels:
- WhatsApp: Scholarship Region WhatsApp
- Facebook: Scholars Region
- Twitter: @scholarsregion
- Telegram: Scholarship Region
Kindly Note
All Jobs and Opportunities Published on mucuruzi.com are completely free to apply. A candidate should never pay any fee during the recruitment Process. Even if mucuruzi.com does its best to avoid any scam job or opportunity offer, a job seeker or an opportunity seeker is 100% responsible of applying at his own risk.
Check well before applying, if you doubt about the eligibility of any offer do not apply and notifie to mucuruzi.com via this email: [email protected] and remember to never pay any fee to have a job or get any opportunity, if you do so, do it at your own risk.
