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Draper University/World Bank 2020 Innovation Challenge For Agriculture and Food Security Risk Financing in Southern Africa (all expenses paid to Washington, D.C.,USA)

by OFA
written by OFA

Application Deadline:April 2, 2020.

The agriculture sector faces increasing risks as natural disasters become more frequent and disruptive due to climate change. Climate change is expected to intensify the following agriculture risks in the South Africa Development Community (SADC):

  • Crop failures due to extreme weather events (drought, floods)
  • Animal and/or plant pests or diseases
  • Food price, agriculture, and trade flow disruptions

To incentivize the development of these risk financing tools, the World Bank is launching the following three challenges with the aim to demonstrate alternative ways of collecting or monitoring critical datasets and indices that can be used to ultimately assess in a granular, scalable and dynamic way the various dimensions of impact induced by agricultural stressors.

Challenge 1: Measuring Weather Variables

Challenge 2: Animal and Plant Pests and Diseases

Challenge 3: Agriculture Data

The Prize

The winners of each challenge will…

  • Present to a panel of experts from top international institutions in a Shark Tank format.
  • Exhibit their proposal work in a report on agriculture innovations by the World Bank and partners
  • Be featured in key media outlets as an innovator in the area.
  • Attend an award ceremony in Washington, D.C., (all expenses paid) and have the opportunity to interact with potential partners.

The Application Process

Step 1: Go to our application link here.

Step 2: Fill out the questionnaire, upload a one-minute explanatory YouTube video, write a 500-word project description, and attach a pitch deck. For the Yield Data challenge, participants must also submit a sample of their data in CSV format.

Step 3: Submit your application before the close of call: April 2, 2020.

Following Rounds

Proposals will be reviewed by a World Bank Expert Working Group. This will be based on the outlined criteria (see challenge details). Successful applicants will be notified of their invitation to the Shark Tank session and may receive a request for additional documents via email by April 9, 2020.

If your proposal is selected, you may receive feedback from the Expert Working Group to maximize the impact of your proposal to be presented at the award ceremony April 27-28, 2020. Note: For shortlisted applicants, a Request for a PowerPoint Presentation (RFPP) will be issued to get the material before the award ceremony.

Public announcements of the proposals funded in the final round will be made in August 2020.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the World Bank 2020 Innovation Challenge

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Call for ApplicationsWomen

2018 Girl Up Leadership Summit in Washington D.C., USA (Financial Aid Available)

by OFA
written by OFA

Application Deadline: 11:59PM ET on Wednesday, January 10, 2018.

Join hundreds of young leaders from across the U.S. and around the world for the 2018 Girl Up Leadership Summit in Washington D.C.

From July 8-11, 2018 more than 350 passionate youth advocates from around the world will convene for the 7th annual Girl Up Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C. For three jam-packed days, these young change-makers will participate in leadership training, learn from influential speakers, engage in skills-based workshops, and lead an official lobby day on Capitol Hill.

Through mentorship by Girl Up experts, celebrity champions, women trailblazers, and gender equality experts, Summit participants will gain core leadership skills, training in community-building and advocacy, and experience interacting with members of Congress on Capitol Hill. The Summit strives to empower, educate and embolden the potential of every youth leader there.

Financial Aid

All eligible youth interested in attending the 2018 Girl Up Leadership Summit, to be held July 8-11 in Washington D.C., are invited to apply for general need-based financial Aid and/or for a need-based regional scholarship.

1.General Need-Based Financial Assistance

Girl Up provides partial financial assistance to supplement registration fees, travel, and lodging costs associated with the Girl Up Leadership Summit (up to $1,000 per person). Youth ages 12-22 interested in attending the Summit with demonstrated need of financial support are invited to apply for general financial assistance.

There is a limited amount of financial assistance available, and not all applicants will receive assistance. Awardees are responsible for booking their own accommodations and need-based assistance will be issued by Girl Up in the form of a reimbursement check. All applicants will be notified of their application status by January 30, 2018. After official acceptance of the financial assistance offer, a reimbursement check will arrive within up to five weeks.

Apply for Financial Assistance

2. Need-Based Regional Scholarships

To support youth from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds in underrepresented geographic regions, Girl Up is introducing four regional scholarships. These highly selective full scholarships are open to high school students residing in the following regions:

  • U.S. Southwest        – residents of Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Nevada, Utah, Colorado
  • U.S. Southeast         – residents of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, Kentucky, West Virginia
  • U.S. Midwest            – residents of North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Indiana
  • International            – Any resident and citizen of any country outside of the United States and its territories*

*If you are a citizen of the US but reside elsewhere, you are not eligible. 

US-based scholarships will be awarded to one applicant in each US region. The International Scholarship will be awarded to up to three applicants.

You must meet the following eligibility requirements to be considered for the need-based regional scholarships:

  • Must be entering the US equivalent to grades 9-12 (high school or secondary school)
  • Must live/reside in one of the above regions and/or specific states listed
  • Must be able to attend the entire Leadership Summit (July 8-11, 2018)

Awardees will be judged on their demonstrated financial need, the quality of their essays, their demonstrated leadership potential, and their commitment to gender equality and social justice. The scholarship will include the following:

  • Roundtrip flight to and from hometown airport to Washington D.C. (booked directly by Girl Up)
  • Three nights of shared lodging at the official Summit hotel (to be booked directly by Girl Up)
  • Transportation to and from the airport to the official Summit hotel
  • Compensated Leadership Summit registration fee
  • $50 stipend (in the form of a check) to be used for dinners

Apply for the International Regional Scholarship

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the 2018 Girl Up Leadership Summit

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Contests

World Bank Social Inclusion Heroes (SIH) Story Competition 2017 (win a funded trip to Washington, D.C.,USA)

by OFA
written by OFA

Submission Deadline: December 15, 2017

The World Bank’s Africa Region and its Social Development Department are launching a Story Competition to identify positive role models for African youth that illustrate a #AfricaCAN spirit. Its primary purpose is to change Africa’s development narrative by highlighting inspirational and transformational African success stories.

The competition aims to identify some of the young Africans working to support the inclusion of vulnerable people.

If you are under 40 years old, carrying out great work transforming the lives of socially excluded people in your community—for example, street children, disabled persons, albinos, and in some societies, twins— in Africa, we’d like to hear your story.

Eligibility Requirements:

  • Any person aged 40 or under on December 1, 2017, living in a sub-Saharan country where the World Bank has an office, can take part in the competition. However, World Bank Group staff and their dependents cannot participate.

    Benefits

    You may become one of the World Bank Social Inclusion Heroes, and you could win a trip to Washington, D.C., and other prizes.

    Three finalists r will receive the Africa Region Social Inclusion Heroes Award during a ceremony to be held at the World Bank HQ during the Spring Meetings 2018.

  • Submsission Requirements:

    Submission Details. Send us your story by email addressed to AFREC [email protected], with the following in the subject line : “Social Inclusion Heroes Competition”. You can either nominate yourself or someone else, provided that the proposed hero is under 40. Only one submission per entrant will be allowed.

    Format. Submit your story in only one of the following formats: (a) a written essay, preferably as a Microsoft Word file attachment, not exceeding 700 words ; or (b) a 3 minute video, uploaded to YouTube, with the link shared in your mail ; or (c) a 3 minute audio recording in mp3 format. Longer submissions will be disqualified.

    Mandatory accompanying documents. Your submission must be accompanied by these three documents: (a) one photo portrait of you in high resolution, (b) one photo illustrating the activity mentioned in the story, and (c) a page mentioning your name, date of birth, phone number, email address, and name of your organization (if any).

    Submission deadline. December 15, 2017. Late submissions will be disqualified automatically

    Language. The story must be in one of these three languages: English, French, or Portuguese.

Timeline:

The participants will gain networking opportunities, organized by the World Bank.

  • October-December 2017: Story competition
  • January 2018: Selection of three stories per country by a jury set by the local World bank Country office
  • February 2018: Selection of 15 regional finalists by a jury set at the World Bank Headquarters. Selection of three finalists by a high-level jury, from which an overall winner will receive the Africa Region Social Inclusion Heroes Award during a ceremony to be held at the World Bank HQ during the Spring Meetings 2018.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the World Bank Social Inclusion Heroes (SIH) Story Competition 2017

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Internships

International Journalists’ Network (IJNet) Program Internship 2017 – Washington, D.C.

by OFA
written by OFA

The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) seeks a paid intern for a writing, research and administrative position for our programs department. The intern will primarily work with staffers who run the International Journalists’ Network and the ICFJ Knight Fellowships. The internship is a great opportunity to gain experience in social media outreach and to report and publish clips that focus on the latest tools, trends and innovations in journalism around the world.

The intern will also help report and write about ongoing projects led by ICFJ Knight Fellows, who are working to advance media innovation in more than a dozen countries. In addition to writing, video editing, interviewing and research duties, the internship is a great opportunity to build foundational experience in how international journalism programs are run through tasks that may involve coordinating travel logistics, maintaining databases, tracking finances, monitoring and evaluating projects and other tasks.

Responsibilities:

  • Assist with social media outreach via Twitter, Facebook and other social media accounts. Report, write and produce articles about global media trends and the ICFJ Knight Fellows, to be published on IJNet.org and/or ICFJ.org
  • Cover media conferences and panel discussions
  • Film and edit videos
  • Assist in tracking ICFJ Knight and IJNet impact
  • Assist in conducting program evaluations and writing funder reports
  • Provide administrative support (processing invoices, etc.) as needed

Qualifications:

  • Intern must be enrolled in a degree-granting program or be a recent graduate
  • Demonstrated interest and knowledge of journalism
  • Experience producing video
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Keen research and analytical skills
  • Ability to take initiative and be a self-starter
  • Ability to manage multiple tasks on a deadline
  • Proficiency in either Arabic, Persian, Spanish, Russian or Chinese a bonus

The internship would be 35 hours per week; preference given to those who can make a six-month commitment . This internship is based in Washington, D.C.

How to apply

  • Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
  • Applicants should submit a resume, brief cover letter, two writing samples and two sample story pitches for IJNet, to https://www.tfaforms.com/4626709.
  • Only complete applications will be considered.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the International Journalists’ Network (IJNet) Program Internship 2017

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Fellowships

2016/2017 Leadership and Advocacy for Women in Africa (LAWA) Fellowship Program at the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C., USA (Funded)

by OFA
written by OFA

Application Deadline: January 15, 2016.

Leadership and Advocacy for Women in Africa (LAWA) Fellowship Program

The Leadership and Advocacy for Women in Africa (LAWA) Fellowship Program was founded in 1993 at the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C., in order to train women’s human rights lawyers from Africa who are committed to returning home to their countries in order to advance the status of women and girls in their own countries throughout their careers.

Over 80 women’s human rights advocates from Botswana, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe have participated in the LAWA Program, and LAWA hope to include Fellows from additional countries in the future.

Program Description

  • The entire LAWA Fellowship Program is approximately 14 months long (from July of the first year through August of the following year), after which the LAWA Fellows return home to continue advocating for women’s rights in their own countries.
  • The LAWA Program starts in July, when the Fellows attend the Georgetown Law Center’s Foundations of American Law and Legal Education course.
  • From August through May, the LAWA Fellows earn a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree at Georgetown with an emphasis on international women’s human rights and complete a major graduate research on a significant women’s rights issue in their home countries.
  • After graduation, the LAWA Fellows then have an opportunity to engage in challenging work assignments for three months (June through August) at various public interest organizations to learn about different advocacy strategies to advance women’s human rights, before returning home to continue advancing women’s human rights in their own countries.

Funding:

  • The LAWA Program helps defray the costs for women’s rights attorneys from Africa who would not otherwise be able to afford a Master of Laws degree focusing on international women’s human rights and the additional leadership training.
  • The LAWA Fellowship provides the tuition for the Foundations of American Law and Legal Education Course (a U.S. $2,200 benefit) and for the LL.M. degree (a U.S. $46,865 benefit) at the Georgetown University Law Center, as well as professional development training.
  • Candidates who are admitted to the LAWA Program must be prepared to cover the costs of all additional expenses (such as their visas, travel, housing, utilities, food, clothing, health insurance, books, etc.), and must be able to demonstrate to the U.S. Embassy for visa purposes that they have the funds available to cover those expenses (approximately $28,000).

Fill Out the Application Form for the Leadership and Advocacy for Women in Africa (LAWA) Fellowship Program 

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Leadership and Advocacy for Women in Africa (LAWA) Fellowship Program 

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Appel à CandidaturesBourse

2015 Mandela Washington bourse Programme pour les jeunes leaders africains

by lanredahunsi
written by lanredahunsi

Date de clôture des inscriptions le 5 Novembre 2014

Bourse de Washington 2015 pour les Jeunes leaders Africains est un programme porte-fanion de la Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) du Président Obama, qui vise à habiliter les jeunes à travers des cours académiques, une formation en leadership et une mise en réseau. Les Bourses donneront à des leaders qui se distinguent une occasion de parfaire leurs capacités au sein d’une université aux Etats-Unis, et de soutenir leur développement professionnel après leur retour dans leur pays d’origine.

Les individus qui ont déjà fait preuve de leadership dans le secteur public, privé ou à but non lucratif constituent les candidats idéaux pour le Washington
Fellowship. Les candidats doivent avoir une expérience professionnelle significative et une expérience avérée dans la conduite et la promotion de changements positifs dans leurs organisations, institutions et les collectivités

Le gouvernement des Etats-Unis est à la recherche de 500 jeunes leaders africains ou des jeunes à grand potentiel (âgés entre 18 et 35 ans) pour une bourse en vertu du programme Young African leaders Innitiative (YALI) aux États-Unis.

L’initiative pour les jeunes chefs de file africaine de l’administration Obama (YALI) est un effort de la volonté d’investir dans la prochaine génération de dirigeants africains. Près d’un Africain sur trois sont âgés de 10 et 24 ans, et environ 60 pour cent de la population totale de l’Afrique a moins de 35 ans.

Les Candidats éligibles doivent:

La concurrence pour le bourse Washington est fondée sur le mérite et ouvert aux jeunes leaders africains qui répondent aux critères suivants:

  • âgés de 25 et 35 ans au moment du dépôt de la demande, mais les candidats exceptionnels âgés de moins de 25 seront pris en compte;
  • Ne sont pas des citoyens américains ou des résidents permanents des États-Unis;
  • Sont admissibles à recevoir un visa J-1 des États-Unis;
  • Sont compétents en lecture, en écriture et en langue anglaise, et
  • Sont des citoyens et des résidents de l’un des pays suivants: Angola, Bénin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroun, Cape Verte, République Centre Africaine, Tchad, Comores, République Démocratique du Congo (RDC), République du Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Guinée Équatorial , Érythrée, Ethiopie, Gabon, Gambie, Ghana, Guinée, Guinée-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritanie, Maurice, Mozambique, Namibie, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tome et Principe, Sénégal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalie, Afrique du Sud, Soudan du Sud, Soudan, Swaziland, Tanzanie, Togo, Ouganda, Zambie, et Zimbabwe.

Quels sont les critères de sélection

Les jurys de sélection se référeront aux critères suivants pour évaluer les demandes (et non par ordre d’importance):

  • Une expérience avérée de leadership et l’accomplissement de service public, commerces et entrepreneuriat, ou engagement civique
  • Un engagement démontré au service public ou de la communauté, de bénévolat (Volontarisme) ou mentorat.
  • La capacité de travailler en collaboration dans divers groupes et
    respecter les opinions des autres
  • forte compétences sociales et de communication;
  • Une attitude énergique, positive;
  • démontrer la connaissance , l’intérêt et l’expérience professionnelle dans le secteur / piste sélectionnée, et
  • Un engagement à retourner en Afrique et appliquer des compétences et  la formation en leadership au profit du pays du candidat et / ou de la communauté après leur retour chez eux.
ACTIVITES AUX ETATS-UNIS
  • Une fois sélectionnés, les Boursiers passeront six semaines aux Etats Unis et, selon leur choix de “secteur”, prendront part dans un programme académique dans l’un des trois domaines d’études, ainsi que divers séminaires.
  • Affaires et entrepreneuriat: cette piste s’adresse aux boursiers qui aspirent à devenir des leaders dans le secteur privé ou à démarrer
    leur propre entreprise aux pays.
  • Vie Civique: cette piste est pour les boursiers qui sont engagés civiquement et au service du public par le biaisd’organisations non gouvernementales, d’organisations à base communautaire, ou le bénévolat.
  • Gestion publique: cette piste est destinée à ceux qui travaillent, ou souhaitent travailler, à tous les niveaux de gouvernement ou d’organisations régionales ou internationales, ainsi qu’au sein d’autres groupes de réflexion.
  • En plus des cours,
    •Un Sommet présidentiel à Washington, D.C., donnera aux boursiers l’occasion de rencontrer le Président Obama et les dirigeants des secteurs publics, privé et à but non lucratif.
  • Les boursiers auront l’occasion d’interagir avec les autres boursiers de tous les secteurs, pays et régions.
  • Certains boursiers sélectionnés resteront aux Etats- Unis pour huit semaines supplémentaires après leur programme d’études universitaire, afin de participer à des stages dans les secteurs publics, privés et à but non lucratifs.
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