ELIGIBILITY:

The candidate applying for this fellowship programme must be 35 years of age or below, at the time of the application;

The candidate must be a national of a member State of the Economic Commission for Africa;

The candidate must have graduated before 1 July 2024 from either a master’s degree or doctorate degree programme, or equivalent;

The candidate should have interest in one or more of the identified thematic areas;

The selected candidate will work on a predefined project, designed to contribute to specific aspects of the work programme of the mentoring Division, Sub-Regional Office or ECA Centres, and contribute to other activities;

The selected candidate should participate in national, regional or international meetings as assigned for exposure;

The selected candidate should submit and present at a seminar a peer reviewed research paper at the end of the assignment; and

The selected candidate will be part of an alumni association of ECA Fellows and member of practicing international development “community of practice”.

BENEFIT:

The selected Fellows must be available to travel to the assigned duty station as may be decided by ECA after the selection process;

The selected Fellows will receive a return air ticket between his/her country of residence and the assigned duty station;

The selected Fellows will receive a one-off settling-in grant of USD 3,000 (for fellows recruited from outside of the duty station) and a monthly stipend of USD 3,000 each for the duration of the fellowship.

Note that the final month stipend will only be paid upon submission of:

A peer-reviewed fellowship research paper,

A comprehensive fellowship report, an approved final performance evaluation of the fellow,

A completed fellowship programme evaluation form and

An exit boarding pass or immigration stamp showing that the fellow has departed the duty station and returned back to his/her home country, where both are not the same, at the end of the fellowship programme.

The fellowship program is for six months but may be extended for a maximum of another six months.