Before beginning with this series of Short Courses designed by Wageningen UR Center for Development Innovation (CDI), please read our previous article entitled The Netherlands Fellowship Program (NFP) on Wageningen UR Creating Capacities for Change – Courses 2015 published on 7 August 2014. This article tells you about the short courses for 2015. More, you will get clear insight of the Eligibility Criteria to apply for the NFP and the application process.
Once you are gone through the article, come back to this article and continue reading clicking ‘Next’ to find a relevant short course for yourself. Find a course to apply and begin early with the NFP application so that you can secure the fellowship to carry out the WUR CDI short course.
Climate Change Governance: Adaptation and mitigation as institutional change processes
Deadline: 24 March 2015
Applications are being accepted by Nuffic (Netherlands organization for international cooperation in higher education) to participate in the short course entitled Climate Change Governance: Adaptation and mitigation as institutional change processes to be held from 14-25 September 2015 in the Netherlands.
To address climate change means changing the way things are being done today especially in terms of production and consumption practices.
Upon completion of the course, the participants will
- Have a better understanding of climate change and its impacts.
- Be familiar with international and national adaptation and mitigation strategies.
- Be able to apply social learning techniques and adaptive management in relation to governance and institutional change.
- Be able to understand innovative practices for adaptation and mitigation.
- Be able to place climate change adaptation and mitigation in the context of sustainable development.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be mid-career professionals, dealing with climate change adaptation and mitigation options in developing countries.
- Applicants can be working for a research organization, NGO, government or civil society.
- Candidates must have a relevant tertiary education with at least five years of experience in a course-related discipline like agriculture, water management, biodiversity, forestry, or other natural resources management.
For more information, please visit Climate Change Governance.
Please read The NFP on Wageningen UR Creating Capacities for Change – Courses 2015 to be clear on NFP application process and eligibility criteria.
