Orange Knowledge & MENA Scholarship Program 2024 | Fully-funded: (Deadline 22 August 2023)

Applications are open for the Orange Knowledge & MENA Scholarship Program to attend The Hague Academy’s two-week courses in the first half of 2024! Our practice-oriented training programmes are designed for professionals involved in inclusive and sustainable development at the local level.

The Orange Knowledge Scholarship Programme (OKP) and the Mena Scholarship Programme (MSP) are funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and managed by Nuffic.

About

The Orange Knowledge Programme aims is to contribute to society’s sustainable and inclusive development by strengthening the skills and knowledge of both individuals, groups of individuals and organisations. The key priorities for the programme are Food and Nutrition Security; Water, Energy and Climate; Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights; and Security and the Rule of Law. Cross-cutting themes relevant to all activities of the programme include Private Sector Development, Climate and Inclusion of Women and Marginalised Groups.

The MENA Scholarship Programme aims to contribute to the societal development of the participating countries in the Middle East and North Africa region. It also seeks to build capacity within organisations by enabling employees to participate in short courses in various fields of study.

Eligible Courses

• Fiscal Decentralisation & Local Finance
• Inclusive Service Delivery & the SDGs
• Citizen Participation & Inclusive Governance
• Gender Responsive Governance
• Urban Governance: Resilient & Smart Cities
• Local Climate Response
• Migration & Local Governance

Eligibility for MENA Scholarship Program

Orange Knowledge Programme

• You are a national of, and working in one of the eligible countries: Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Colombia, Congo (DRC), Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Palestinian Territories, Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Vietnam and Yemen.
• You are not employed by an organisation that has its own means of staff development. E.g. international development organisations or private companies;
• You have a minimum of two years of work experience;
• You speak and understand the English language well (all programmes are in English);
• You have written support from your employer to participate in the programme and to implement the Back Home Action Plan.
• You are working in one of the priority areas matching the country focus in your country.

MENA Scholarship Programme

• You are a professional working in one of the ten eligible countries: Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman and Tunisia.
• You are 45 years old or younger on the application deadline, plus two weeks;
• You are not employed by an organisation that has its own means of staff development. E.g. international development organisations or private companies;
• You have a minimum of two years of work experience;
• You speak and understand the English language well (all programmes are in English);
• You have written support from your employer to participate in the programme and to implement the Back Home Action Plan.
• You are working in one of the priority areas matching the thematic approach. Of the MENA Scholarship Programme in our country.

Application of MENA Scholarship Program 

Early bird deadline – 19 July 2023

Final deadline 22 August 2023

Prepare your motivation answers and all required documents in advance. Documents must be submitted in PDF format and must not exceed 2 MB.

Lastly, It is important to visit the official website link found below to access the application form.

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