Deadline: |
30 October 2019.
Location: |
United States of Amercia.
(Fully Funded)
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Community Solutions Program by Irex
The Community Solutions Program (CSP) is a year-long professional development program for people who are working to improve their communities by addressing issues related to the environment, tolerance and conflict resolution, transparency and accountability, and women and gender.
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For 2020–2021, up to 80 community activists will be selected to participate in the program, which includes:
- Four-month Fellowship in the United States: Community Solutions fellows are matched to host organizations throughout the U.S. where they complete a four-month, hands-on professional experience.
- Community Leadership Institute: Community Solutions fellows participate in the Community Leadership Institute, a leadership training program designed to strengthen their leadership and management skills. The Institute includes face-to-face trainings, online courses, professional coaching, and networking.
- Community-based initiatives: While in the U.S. and with the help of their U.S. host organization, Community Solutions fellows design and plan a community development initiative or project to carry out after they return home. Once the fellows depart the U.S., they put these projects into action in their home communities.
Opportunity Focus Areas:
- Civil society
- Education
- Governance
- Gender equality and Inclusion
- Leadership
- Media
- Technology
- Youth
- Access to Education
- Climate Change
- Conservation
- Disaster Preparedness and Management
- Environmental Awareness
- Food Security
- Local and Community-Based Agriculture
- Low Carbon Technologies
- National Park Management
- Natural Resource Management
- Pollution Prevention
- Renewable Energy
- Social Entrepreneurship
- Sustainable and Alternative Energy
- Waste Management
- Water and Resource Management
- Tolerance and Conflict Resolution
- Access to Education
- Anti-Trafficking in Persons
- Conflict Resolution
- Criminal Justice
- Dialogue for Community Cohesion
- Discrimination
- HIV / AIDS
- Homelessness
- Human Rights
- LGBTQIA
- Mediation
- Minority Populations
- Refugee or Immigrant Services
- Peace Education Peace building through art
- Persons with Disabilities
- Promoting Multiculturalism in Communities
- Social Work Tolerance
- Violence Prevention
- Transparency and Accountability:
- Anti-Corruption
- Accountability
- Budget and Legal Transparency of Government
- Civic Engagement
- Civil Rights
- Election Finance
- Free and Fair Elections
- Freedom of the Press
- Good Governance
- Grassroots Democracy
- LGBTQIA
- Media and Journalism
- Open Data
- Religious Minorities
- Technology
- Transparency
- Voter Rights and/or Outreach
- Youth Other
- Women and Gender Issues:
- Access to Education
- Anti-Trafficking in Persons
- Gender Equality
- Gender-Based Violence
- Social Work
- Women and Girls
- Women’s Empowerment
- Women’s Entrepreneurship
- Women and Girls’ Health
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English.
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EGYPT, SYRIA, IRAQ, PALESTINE, JORDAN, LEBANON, TUNISIA, ALGERIA, MOROCCO, SUDAN, LIBYA, SAUDI ARABIA, EMIRATES, KUWAIT, QATAR, BAHRAIN, OMAN, YEMEN, SOMALIA, DJIBOUTI, MAURITANIA, TURKEY, IRAN, CYPRUS, COMOROS, & OTHER COUNTRIES ARE NOT FROM THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA.
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4 Months.
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- You are between the ages of 25 and 38 as of January 1, 2020.
- You are a citizen of one of the eligible countries listed below.
- You are living and working in your home country.
- Individuals with refugee status working on behalf of their home community may be given special consideration.
- You have at least two years of experience working on community development, either as a full-time or part-time employee or volunteer.
- You are not currently participating in an academic, training, or research program in the U.S.
- You have a high level of proficiency in spoken and written English at the time of application.
- Semifinalists will be required to take or submit recent scores for a TOEFL or IELTS English language test.
- You are available to travel to the U.S. for four months from August to December 2020.
- You are not a citizen or permanent resident of the U.S. and have not applied for U.S. permanent residency within the past three years.
- You are eligible to receive a U.S. J-1 visa.
- Applicants who have participated in an exchange program sponsored by the U.S. Government must have fulfilled their two-year home residency requirement.
- You are committed to returning to your home country for a minimum of two years after completing the program.
- You are not a current IREX employee or consultant, or their immediate family member.To be eligible for the Community Solutions Program, applicants must meet the requirements listed below. Applications that do not meet these eligibility requirements will be disqualified and will not be reviewed by the selection committee.
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(Fully Funded)
- The program covers the cost of most expenses associated with:
- J-1 visa support.
- Round-trip travel from participants’ home city to the U.S.
- Monthly allowance to cover housing, meals, and other living expenses while in the U.S.
- Accident and sickness insurance.
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First Step: Create your new account if you are a new applicant from here.
Second Step: Start your new application from.
NOTES:
- You can know more about application instructions from here.
- Applications that are mailed, faxed, or e-mailed to IREX will not be accepted.
- If, after reviewing the application instructions, you have additional questions, please e-mail [email protected].
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