Talent for Governance Training Scholarships for Developing Countries

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Description
 Talent for Governance aim at providing opportunities for knowledge exchange and training to young civil servant who work under difficult circumstances in many part of the world most especially in developing countries so that they can develop their skills and realise their ambitions.

With a Talent for Governance scholarship, young talents at the local level increase their practical knowledge on topics such as management of waste or water, local economic development, municipal service delivery, citizen participation and accountability, fiscal decentralisation and local taxes, climate change and resilience, integrity and anti-corruption.
Host Institution(s)
The Hague Academy for Local Governance, The Hague, Netherlands
Eligibility
 Your Application is possible if you: 
  • work for a local government (not an NGO or private enterprise);
  • work in one of the countries listed on the DAC country list;
  • be 37 years of age or younger when you apply;
  • have at least two years of work experience in local governance and prove your commitment 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 down and orally defend your motivation for and 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 you will write a Back Home Action Plan during the Talent programme;
  • have written support of your employer to participate in the programme and to implement the Back Home Action Plan when you return home.
Field(s) of study
Talent for governance is accepting applicants for three Talent Programmes organised on the following topics, based on the training course part of the programme:
Target Group
Young  civil servants working for local governments in developing countries or Eastern European (non –EU) countries.
Application instructions
download and read the Rules_and_Regulations_Talent_for_Governance_2015 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 varies per course.
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.

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