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PERNOD RICARD SCHOLARSHIP FOR ONE YOUNG WORLD SUMMIT, MONTREAL

Application Deadline: 20 March, 2024

LOCATION: Canada

The scholarship will identify and connect an interdisciplinary team of 10 committed young leaders who are working to build positive social spaces and tackle harmful drinking and its wider impacts in their countries and communities. Scholars will receive full funding to participate in the One Young World Summit 2024 which takes place in Montreal, Canada from 18 – 21 September.

ELIGIBILITY:

Successful applicants will share our ambition to encourage positive social occasions and tackle harmful drinking. They will be actively making an impact in support of these goals through their own projects, as emerging leaders in larger organisations or by contributing to collective understanding through research. Relevant activities include:

Prevention and education initiatives that aim to reduce excessive alcohol consumption.

Prevention initiatives that aim to reduce social harm.

Projects that tackle the harmful impacts of excessive alcohol consumption.

Projects that improve physical and psychological safety in social environments.

Projects that encourage the bringing together of communities, the savoir être of being together and educational initiatives around social inclusion and fighting isolation.

Research into habits and the behavioural patterns of Gen Z, trends in socializing, including the role of alcohol in this socializing.

In addition, candidates must: 

Be of legal drinking age in their country of residence at the time of their application.

Available to commit to contribute to a collective post-Summit project alongside other scholarship recipients. See ‘Collective Project’ for further details.

BENEFIT:

Participation in the One Young World Summit 2024 in Montreal as a Pernod Ricard delegate.

Hotel accommodation in Montréal between 16 – 21 September (inclusive) 2024.

The cost of travel to and from Montréal (flights in economy)

Catering which includes breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Transport between the Summit accommodation and the Summit venue.

Access to Pernod Ricard professionals in their field on the basis of needs & consultancy.

Collaborate with other scholars to influence Pernod Ricard’s thinking on socialising and efforts to reduce excessive alcohol consumption. Make your voice heard through the collective Summit project.

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ALC PEACE, SECURITY & DEVELOPMENT FELLOWSHIP

Application Deadline: 30 April, 2024

LOCATION: United Kingdom

The African Leadership Centre (ALC) is pleased to announce a call for applications for Peace, Security & Development Fellowships for the academic year 2024/2025. The ALC Fellowship programmes seek to produce high performing graduates with identifiable leadership characteristics and skills, who generate cutting-edge research on peace, security and development and participate in institutional, national and regional networks to train and mentor the next generation of African academics.

ELIGIBILITY:

Candidates must be female citizens of African countries.

Successful candidates must hold valid travel documents prior to acceptance.

Candidates must hold a master’s or bachelor’s degree and added experiences in peace, security and development field is valued.

Candidates must have knowledge of, or experience with women’s rights, gender and development issues.

Candidates must be able to demonstrate a commitment to contribute to work on peace, security and development in Africa.

Candidates must be able to demonstrate capacity to undertake research on issues relating to peace, security and development in Africa.

Candidates must demonstrate commitment to the core values of the programme: Promoting African led ideas and processes of Change; Independent thinking; Integrity; Pursuit of Excellence; Recognition of Youth Agency and Respect for diversity in all its forms.

Candidates must have a demonstrable plan for how to utilise knowledge gained in the Fellowship upon return to their countries and/ or organisations.

Candidates must be fluent in spoken and written English as all aspects of the programme are delivered in English.

BENEFIT:

This is a fully funded1 opportunity, not including any visa application and processing costs. Funds will be made available to the fellows to cover tuition, subsistence in the UK and Africa, and travel expenses related to the programme in both phases.

While the ALC has guest rooms that fellows can rent whilst in Nairobi, successful applicants are expected to find their own accommodation at attachment institutions.

Fellows are strongly advised to make all necessary accommodation arrangements prior to taking up their positions on the Fellowship Programme.

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