2015 “Governance and Development in Africa” Residential School

The annual residential school on governance and development is part of the Governance for Development in Africa programme that SOAS-University of London run in collaboration with the Mo Ibrahim Foundation. This initiative aims to contribute to and stimulate debate on governance, development, and the relationship between them. About 20 participants from a range of African countries, and representative of the academic, civil society and government sectors will gain, through this training, new ideas and knowledge on the broad issue of governance and development.

The 2015 “Governance and Development in Africa” Residential School will be held in Marrakech, Morocco, 22 to 25 March 2015. 

Eligibility

Applicants should:

• Have at least a Masters degree in areas related to Governance or 5 years professional experiences in fields relevant to the theme of Governance and Development in Africa;
• Have knowledge of English and French (the official language of the school is English, however some sessions will be in French).

Preference is given to applicants from North and West Africa.

Costs and Grants

The organizers will cover accommodation, meals and travel costs (economy flights).

Application

In order to apply interested candidates must submit the following documents:

• CV including email address for correspondence;
• One reference letter (can be email directed by referee);
• Proposal of max 1500 words outlining research interest and/or professional background and how the applicant will benefit from attending the Residential School.

Completed applications should be sent electronically to: ab17@soas.ac.uk

The deadline to apply is 31 December 2014.

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Visegrad Scholarship Program 2015-2016

The International Visegrad Fund offers Master’s and Post-Master’s schol­ar­ships awarded to selected schol­ars for peri­ods of 1 or 2 semes­ters (with the excep­tion of Master’s schol­ar­ships within the In-Coming scheme where 1– to 4-semester schol­ar­ships can be awarded).

In applying for a scholarship to the International Visegrad Fund, you can:

• Choose any aca­d­e­mic field;
• Study in any lan­guage (the lan­guage of instruc­tion is not limited);
• Choose a school of your choice, i.e., study at any accred­ited pub­lic or pri­vate uni­ver­sity or any insti­tute of sci­ence acad­e­mies in the Visegrad coun­tries (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, or Slovakia);
• Study or con­duct research at Masters (MA) or Post-Masters (PhD/postdoc) levels;
• Apply at any age—there is no age limit and one does not need to be a stu­dent when applying;
• Choose the length of study—between 1 to 4 semes­ters (depend­ing on the program).

Eligibility

• Applicants have suc­cess­fully com­pleted at least 6 semes­ters of uni­ver­sity stud­ies (applies only to MA-level applicants);
• Applicants must be cit­i­zens of one of the fol­low­ing countries/territories: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Russia, Serbia, or Ukraine;
  
• Applicants approach the host uni­ver­sity/institute them­selves;
• Applicants apply on-line and send the signed appli­ca­tion form with accom­pa­ny­ing doc­u­ments by January 31, 2015 (see details).

Scholarships

• Scholars receive €2,300/semester and can apply for a travel grant;
• Host insti­tu­tion receives €1,500/semester for each schol­ar­ship holder to cover related costs (e.g. tuition);
• Scholars can re-apply;
• Scholars can join the grow­ing Visegrad Alumni family.

How to Apply?

Start the application process on-line on the website of the Fund here.

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