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UNDP CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: SMALL GRANTS PROGRAMME GLOBAL INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ FELLOWSHIP INITIATIVE PROGRAM

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Application Deadline: August 15, 2024.

LOCATION: Ethiopia

The GEF Small Grants Office (SGP) Ethiopia is calling for nominations for the OP7 SGP Indigenous Peoples Fellowship Initiative Programme. 

The programme will host one fellow in the SGP Ethiopia Office, where the successful nominee will work alongside the SGP and youth focal points in UNDP regional hubs in Africa, –  Addis Ababa.  The SGP Ethiopia office has been selected to host this 18-month programme for the Africa Region. 

ELIGIBILITY:

Any local CSOs, NGOs or community-based groups interested in conserving and restoring the environment while enhancing people’s livelihoods and well-being. Interested groups can also do the eligibility test available at the following  link; https://sgp.undp.org/about-us-157.html

The Focal area for fellowship in either Biodiversity Conservation or Climate Change

Priority is given to indigenous youth below the age of 35 years; grounded and accountable to a specific community and have contributed to efforts to support the Pastoralist indigenous ways of life. 

Please email the following addresses to obtain the Terms of Reference (ToR) and application form for the nomination process. Email: dejene.biru@undp.org 
All filled application forms must be submitted to: dejene.biru@undp.org by August 15, 2024.

BENEFIT:

Grant allocation for this initiative is US$75,000, and has an 18-month project (fellowship) duration. 

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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: ECA FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME FOR YOUNG AFRICAN PROFESSIONALS

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Application Deadline: 17 August 2024 at 11:59 p.m.

LOCATION: Ethiopia

ECA is the regional arm of the United Nations in Africa. Its mandate is to promote the economic and social development of Africa. ECA’s dual role as a regional arm of the UN, and a part of the regional institutional landscape in Africa, positionsit well to make unique contributions to member States’ efforts to address their development challenges.

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.

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