Talent for Governance Training Scholarships for Developing Countries

The Hague Academy for Local Gov Training 

Deadline: 13 July 2014
Study in:  Netherlands
Course starts September 2014

Brief description:

The overall aim of Talent for Governance is to strengthen local governments in developing countries and Eastern European (non-EU) countries. They aim to achieve this through the training of young civil servants. With the gained knowledge and skills, they can work to alleviate their communities of widespread poverty and a lack of basic services.

Host Institution(s):

The Hague Academy for Local Governance, The Hague, Netherlands

Field(s) of study:

Talent for governance is accepting applicants for two Talentprogrammes organised on the following topics, based on the training course part of the programme:

•  Climate Change & Resilient Cities – 29 September to 17 October
•  Local Economic Development –  17 November to 5 December

Number of Awards:

The amount of placements will depend on the funds and internship placements in Dutch local governments.

Target group:

Young  civil servants working for local governments in developing countries or Eastern European (non –EU) countries.

Scholarship value/inclusions:

The Talent programme will generally cover all basic living expenses during the stay in the Netherlands, travel costs and the training course fee of the chosen training course. The talent must cover any additional costs from their own resources, and also contribute 100 Euros or 200 Euros to their programme costs.

Eligibility:

You are eligible for applying for this international talent programme if,

• work for a local government ( e.g. district, municipality, city, region, province, water board etc.)
•  work in one of the countries listed on the  DAC country list;
•  be 37 years of age or younger;
•  have at least two years of work experience in local governance and have the intend to work there for at least two years more;
•  speak and understand the English language well (all programmes are in English);
•  be able to write and vocally defend his/her motivation for- and the relevance of  the specific programme;
•  be able to identify an issue/project as a Real-Life-Case within the theme of the programme for which he/she will write a Back-Home-Action Plan during the Talent programme;
•  have complete support of the employer to participate in the programme and to implement the Back-Home-Action plan when returned home.

Application instructions:

Applications are currently closed.

Please download and read the Rules_and_Regulations_Talent_for_Governance_2014 ( which has, among other, important information on application procedure, accommodation, allowances and criteria) before you start filling in the online application form.  The deadline for applications is13 July 2014.

It is important to visit the official website (link found below) to access the online application form and for detailed information on how to apply for this scholarship.

Website:

Official Scholarship Website: http://talentforgovernance.com/talent-programme/what-is-it/