Deadline: 4 February 2014
Netherlands Fellowship Program (NFP) is accepting fellowship applications from eligible candidates for training course ‘Governance of Landscapes, Forests and People : Innovative Arrangements for Public-Private Decision Making at Landscape Level’ being held from 15 to 26 September 2014. Major aim of the fellowship program is to challenge forest and nature management professionals to adopt an integrative perspective, to look beyond the forest, take into account cross-sectorial concerns and work in multidisciplinary teams.
The training course ‘Governance of Landscapes, Forests and People’ organized by Wageningen UR Center for Development Innovation, the Netherlands, is focused on institutional development at landscape level including multi-stakeholder platforms and networks, and financial support mechanisms to guide landscape dynamics on the ground. The course offers the multi-stakeholders to examine landscape dynamics at various levels and scales; and understand the implications of up-scaling participation to working with diverse stakeholder groups at landscape level. Participants will be able to identify the institutional change needed to enhance multi-stakeholder governance processes at landscape level upon completion of the course.
NFP Fellowship covers travel, accommodation, tuition fee and insurance.
Eligibility Criteria –
- Participants should be experienced professionals with several years of working experience in the fields of natural resources management, forestry, agriculture, rural development, rural livelihoods, sustainable development or other relevant areas. Proficiency in English is required.
- To be eligible for NFP Fellowship, applicants must be government or non-government professionals who are the nationals of and work and live in NFP Country (in the regions the training course is accepting applications from) with at least three years experience and is nominated by her/his employer with clear need for training within the context of organization.
Application Procedure –
- Applicants must register for short-course at Center for Development Innovation (CDI).
- Nuffic sends an admission letter with instructions on how to apply for a NFP fellowship at Nuffic once the application for short course is received at CDI.
- Eligible candidates can apply for NFP through Nuffic system, Scholarship Online (SOL).
For more information, please visit Governance of Landscapes, Forests and People training course announcement page in Wageningen UR CDI. Please read the factsheet carefully.
