Deadline: 30/03/2010
Open to: citizens (between 24-35 years) from the Western Balkans Region
Fund: up to 5,000 euros
Fellowship Programme for Policy Researchers from the Western Balkans Region aims to contribute to further capacity building and professional development of policy researchers from the region of Western Balkans allowing them to build networks across Europe through paid visits to other policy research institutions and think-tanks in the EU and other countries of the Western Balkans (WB). The programme is a joint undertaking of the European Fund for the Balkans (EFB) and the Think Tank Fund (TTF) of the Open Society Institute based in Budapest.
The Fellowship should last 6 months with residential stay up to 3 months in one of the think tanks in European Union member states or policy centers in the Western Balkans.
Eligibility
– applicants are required to be permanent residents in one of the countries of Western Balkans
– applicants must be full-time employees at a think tank, policy center or NGO with strong research component in one of the Western Balkans countries for at least one year at the time of application and plan to stay for at least one more year
– applicants should be between 24 and 35 years of age at the time of application
– applicants must be fluent in written and spoken English.
NB: As part of the call for applications, fellows will be offered a non-exhaustive list of think tanks from which they can choose a host organisation in the EU member state and Western Balkans. Prior to submitting their fellowship application, applicants should directly contact an organisation(s) of interest from the list to develop ideas for the Fellowship that would be mutually beneficial to them.
Application procedure
The applicants should submit following documents:
1. CV
2. Motivation/cover letter
3. Support letter from a sending organisation, written in the name of the Executive Director /or President
4. Support letter from a host organisation in the name of the Executive Director/or President /or Department Head
The application file should be submitted by 30th March 2010 to: policy@balkanfund.org
