Fellowship for Talented Students from Developing Countries

Are you a talented and motivated student from a developing country who does not belong to a privileged class and lack sufficient financial means to study management? Would you like to study at ESMT in Berlin and graduate with a prestigious MBA from the most international business school in Germany? The this is your chance. Fellows are expected to return to their home countries to contribute to the strengthening of entrepreneurial capacity and the fostering of a stable market economy as an effective catalyst for their country’s development, job creation, and poverty alleviation.

What is the Kofi Annan Fellowship?

A fellowship grant for an emerging leader from a developing countryfor a one-year full-time MBA education in Berlin, Germany.

Purpose

To make significant contributions to least developed countries (LDCs) and landlocked developing countries (LLDCs); to strengthen the awareness forresponsibility in leadership in developed countries.

Partner

ESMT in cooperation with the Kofi Annan Business School Foundation in The Hague, Netherlands.

When

Starting annually in January. Application deadline is September 30, annually.Up to three fellowships are available each year.

Financials

Value of the fellowship is € 58,000. Fellows will have a full scholarship from ESMT plus fair compensation for costs like travel, accommodation, and program-related fees.

Support

Travel, visa, housing, insurance, placement, networking.

Requirements

Bachelor degree of any kind, a minimum of three years’ professional experience, GMAT, fluency in written and spoken English, willingness to contribute to building the economy and society of the home country withentrepreneurial impetus. Download brochure here.

Call for Short-Term Consultants for E-Governance Country Case Studies

The first step to defining efficient e-governance solutions is to have a good understanding of the level of e-governance assimilation in the country in question. As such, The African Institute of Development Informatics and Policy (AIDIP) is seeking for six consultants to research and produce six case studies on e-governance in Ghana, Nigeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Senegal and Cameroon.

Interested applicants should please apply with a cover letter expressing their interest and expected remuneration, and a completed application package which is downloadable from www.aidipinsitute.org. Individuals working within universities or other research institutions are encouraged to apply.

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• APPLICATION PACK - ENGLISH | FRENCH
• CALL FOR CONSULTANTS - ENGLISH | FRENCH
• E-Governance Explained - ENGLISH & FRENCH

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BACKGROUND

The African Institute for Development Informatics and Policy (AIDIP) focuses on the conduct and dissemination of research and the advocacy and establishment of projects and policies concerning the adoption and usage of development informatics. With funding from the Africa e-governance Academy (AfegA), AIDIP is implementing a policy research project aimed at furthering understanding of e-governance policies, programmes and projects in the ECOWAS region. The first phase of the project focuses on the six ECOWAS countries outlined above.

The Africa e-governance Academy (AfegA) Secretariat promotes the creation and transfer of knowledge concerning e-governance with a primary geographical focus on ECOWAS countries. AfegA is a UNDP and OSIWA co-funded initiative.

PROJECT PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES

Post: Consultant for Country Case Study

Duty Station: 6 AfegA countries (Ghana, Nigeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Senegal and Cameroun)

Duration of Assignment: 1 month

Languages Required: English and French

Starting Date: 9 September 2011 (date when the selected candidate is expected to start)

The purpose of the study is to understand the opportunities and challenges in supporting governments and organizations in e-governance and examine interrelations and strengthen networks between sub-Saharan organizations and CSOs to achieve the promises of e-Governance. Establishing a better understanding of e-governance in Sub-Saharan Africa will enable us to define an appropriate approach for programmatic support. The objectives to achieve this purpose are:

1. To identify the policies, programmes, projects and initiatives/services which promote good governance and democracy in the countries;
2. To assess the type and level of sophistication of technologies and applications which support e-governance;
3. To identify critical processes and gaps between the objectives of e-governance and the impact of e-governance projects and services;
4. To explore the nature of relationships between e-governance stakeholders and how that these relationships impact on e-governance projects;
5. To identify the opportunities and challenges facing governments and e-governance stakeholders in deploying and utilizing e-governance services; and
6. To identify the best practices and lessons from e-governance projects in the case study countries.

ELIGIBILITY OF CONSULTANTS

1. University degree with relevant field, at least at Masters Level. Further Postgraduate qualifications would be an advantage.
2. At least 5 years of relevant experience, including work in the ICT sector.
3. Strong analytical and data skills and proven writing ability.
4. Experience with the specific country would be an advantage.
5. Proven English writing skills with fluency of the official language of the country being studied.
6. Previous consultancy experience.

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Call for research proposals in international development

DFID and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) are calling for new and innovative research proposals in the field of international development.

The latest call is part of an ongoing drive to fund high quality research that helps us to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.

Both funders are committed to commissioning world class research and ensuring the results are available for policy makers and development workers worldwide.

This third call keeps an overall ‘poverty alleviation’ theme from previous rounds and applications under this heading are still eligible. However, the ESRC and DFID have identified three areas for this call where work will be of particular interest. These are:

• Measuring development
• Information and communication technology (ICT) and development
• Resource scarcity, growth and poverty reduction

Apply now

Applications are invited for projects with a Full Economic Cost value of between £100,000 and £500,000.

The scheme is open to UK and non-UK researchers based in higher education institutions, research organisations and organisations with a credible research capacity.

• To apply and find out more, visit the ESRC website
• The closing date for applications is 27 September 2011

Source: DFID

Categories: Growth, Information and Communication, Social and Political Change

Date Added: 04 July 2011