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PAPSSN 3RD MOBILITY INTRA-AFRICA ACADEMIC MOBILITY SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME.

LOCATION: Italy

The Pan-Africa Planetary and Space Science Network (PAPSSN) aims to create a mobility scheme for students, academic staff and support staff amongst partners from Botswana, Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Africa and Zambia within the thematic field: “Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and Information and Communications Technology (ICT)” with particular emphasis for Planetary and Space Sciences (PSS).

ELIGIBILITY:

Partner institution: Università di Bologna – Italy

The eligible countries for TG2 are as follows;

Central:  Burundi,Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Congo (DRC), Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and São Tomé and Principe

Eastern:  Comoros,Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania

Northern:  Algeria,Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and Morocco

Southern:  Angola,Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe

Western:  Benin,Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo

Target Group 1 [Applicants From Or Graduated At One Of The Partner Universities]:

1x Msc Credit Seeking* (6 Months) To Copperbelt University (Cbu), Zambia

1x Msc Credit Seeking (6 Months) To University Of The Witwatersrand, South Africa

1x Msc Degree Seeking** (24 Months) To Biust, Botswana

1x Msc Degree Seeking (24 Months) To Copperbelt University (Cbu), Zambia

1x Msc Degree Seeking (24 Months) To Addis Ababa University (Aau), Ethiopia

1x Msc Degree Seeking (24 Months) To University Of Nigeria Nsukka (Unn), Nigeria

1x Msc Degree Seeking (24 Months) To University Of The Witwatersrand, South Africa

3x Short Term Staff Mobility (One Month To Aau, Cbu And Unn) And 4x Long Term Staff Mobility (Three Months To Biust, Aau, Cbu And Unn).

Target Group 2 [Applicants Not From One Of The Partner Universities]:

1x Phd Degree Seeking (36 Months) To University Of The Witwatersrand, South Africa

1x Msc Degree Seeking (24 Months) To Biust, Botswana

1x Msc Degree Seeking (24 Months) To Addis Ababa University (Aau), Ethiopia

1x Msc Degree Seeking (24 Months) To Copperbelt University (Cbu), Zambia

1x Msc Degree Seeking (24 Months) To University Of Nigeria Nsukka (Unn), Nigeria

In order to be eligible for this scholarship applicants must:

Be a national and resident in any of the eligible countries covered by the relevant Target Group; (Students cannot apply to study in an institution within their home country)

Be registered/admitted at one of the HEIs within the Partnership at the time of the application for a scholarship (Target Group I) or be registered/admitted in a HEI (not included in the partnership) of a country of the lot or having obtained a HEI degree (or equivalent) by an institution of a country concerned by the lot (Target Group 2);

Have sufficient knowledge of the language of the courses in the host Institutions.

BENEFIT:

Roundtrip flight ticket and visa costs (using a preferred travel agent and calculated against direct linear distance)

Participation costs such as tuition fees, registration fees and service fees where applicable

Comprehensive Travel Insurance (Health, Accident and Travel)

A monthly subsistence allowance for the mobility period

Settling in Allowance

Research Costs: only eligible to students on mobility for 10 months or more and to students who are registered for a minimum of 2 years. The distribution of funds from this pool shall be decided by the partners on the basis of the actual research needs of selected students. Students will be required to submit a budget for research.

An extra allowance corresponding to the monthly subsistence allowances will be paid per academic year to female master students and doctoral candidates, for mobility equal or longer than 2 academic years.

A second return ticket in case the mobility is equal or longer than two academic years.

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CALL FOR PROPOSALS: ADVANCING CIVIC TECHNOLOGY AND DIGITAL ENGAGEMENT – STRATEGIC SUPPORT TO THE AU-ECOSOCC.

Application Deadline: 31st January 2024.

LOCATION:  Zambia

The Charter Project Africa, in collaboration with the AU-ECOSOCC, is launching a call for proposals to advance civic technology and digital engagement across Africa, aiming to strengthen democratic governance and citizen participation in continental institutions. The call invites prospective applicants to collaborate with AU-ECOSOCC in refining and enhancing their digital engagement strategy. The priorities include audience analysis, testing messaging and channels, developing an engagement strategy and establishing effective feedback mechanisms. 

ELIGIBILITY:

The Call will focus on the provision of support to not-for-profit and for-profit organisations (e.g. social enterprises) acting within the civic space & the civic tech ecosystem. In short, the following eligibility criteria exists for recipients:

The organisation must be a legal entity;

The organisation must be a non-governmental, independent of local, regional and central government, political parties and religious institutions;

The organisation can be a not-for-profit organisation or a for profit organisation, but must – in both cases- be strongly committed to advancing civic participation;

The organisation must be registered in an African Union Member State;

The organisation must be able to sign a grant agreement;

The organisation must not be bankrupt or being wound up nor having its affairs administered by the courts;

The organisation must not have received an adverse audit opinion, either by its own auditors or its donors’ auditors;

The organisation must have policies in place and/or practices in place to guarantee the ethical management of personal identifiable information;

The organisation must not have been the subject of a judgement for fraud, corruption, involvement in a criminal organisation or any other illegal activity.

BENEFIT:

The overall budget available under this current Call is EUR 30 000. The winning proposal will be supported over an implementation period of approximately five 7 months (to be confirmed at the time of contracting). The recipient will enter a grant contract agreement with the European Partnership for Democracy.

The selected candidate will work in close cooperation with the AU-ECOSOCC representatives assigned to follow the implementation of the grant, as well as any other tech expert embedded in the organ by other Charter Project Africa consortium partners

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