The Government of Australia is currently inviting applications for round 11 of Australian Leadership Awards (ALA) Fellowships program. The ALA fellowships program was started by the Australian government to develop partnerships between Australian organisations and partner organisations from select countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, Iraq and Palestinian Territories. These fellowships provide opportunities to Australian organisations to support activities to build leadership capacity in eligible countries.
Goal of ALA Fellowships Program
The goal of the ALA Fellowships program is to develop appropriately trained current and aspiring leaders in priority areas, who, in the short to medium term, will be in a position to advance key regional policy objectives and increase institutional capacity of partner countries. ALA Fellowships are designed to complement individual bilateral country programs by offering flexible fellowship placements which address current and emerging needs at the country, sub-regional and regional levels.
ALA Fellowships do not lead to academic qualifications. Instead, they are designed to provide short term opportunities for study, research and professional attachment programs in Australia, delivered by Australian organisations, to nominated fellows from eligible countries.
Eligibility Criteria
Applications are restricted to Australian organisations that can demonstrate ongoing linkages with overseas counterpart organisations in eligible countries.
Examples of eligible Australian organisations include NGOs, academic institutions, research organisations, business, industry, media, professional associations and Government agencies.
Overseas counterpart organisations and individual fellows must be sponsored by an Australian organisation, and may not apply directly for an ALA Fellowship. They may, however, initiate contact with an Australian organisation to explore the latter’s interest in applying for Fellowship funding.
Fellows
Prospective fellows identified by Australian organisations must be from an eligible country. Typically, they will be professionals already in leadership positions or have a potential to assume leadership roles that can influence social and economic policy reform and development outcomes.
Individuals cannot apply for an ALA Fellowship directly. Individuals may be eligible for other Australia Awards.
Selection Criteria
Important selection criteria include:
- the likely impact of the program or activities
- the leadership potential and quality of nominated fellows to assume leadership roles and influence policy reform and development outcomes
- the level of support from the overseas counterpart organisation(s) and the sustainability of linkages between the Australian organisation and the overseas counterpart organisation(s) and fellows
- the capacity of the Australian organisation to support the program or activities.
Last date for submitting the applications is November 23, 2011. For more information, visit this link.
