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ONE YOUNG WORLD LEADING AFRICA SCHOLARSHIP

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LOCATION: Canada

One Young World is the global community for young leaders. It inspires young leaders to increase their social impact, builds their skills and capacity, and elevates their profiles both locally and globally.

The annual One Young World Summit convenes 2,000 young leaders, from 190+ countries to develop solutions to the world’s big challenges. They connect, share learnings, and are inspired by political, business and humanitarian leaders such as Justin Trudeau, Paul Polman and Mary Robinson.

ELIGIBILITY:

You are eligible for sponsorship if you:

Are between the ages of 18 – 30*

Have an evidenced commitment to delivering positive change

Demonstrate capacity for leadership

Are addressing key local and/or global issues in your work

Have a track record of generating impactful and innovative ideas 

Are a national (passport holding citizen) of one of the countries listed below on the program website.

BENEFIT:

Access to the One Young World Summit 2024 in Montréal, Canada.

Hotel accommodation between 17 and 21 September 2024.

Catering which includes breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

The cost of travel to and from Montréal. Your flight to and from Montréal must depart from and return to one and the same international airport.

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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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