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Fully funded Lazord Fellowship Program 2020-2021

Fully funded Lazord Fellowship Program 2020-2021

Fully Funded
Country: Egypt, Jordan, and Tunisia
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Applications call for Lazord Fellowship Program 2020-2021

The Lazord partners call for applications to become a 2020-2021 Lazord Fellow. As a Lazord Fellow, candidates would be joining a multi-dimensional program that seeks to empower its fellows to develop a critical understanding of civic engagement, and to improve their leadership and technical skills for their future careers in all sectors. The program achieves its mission through offering mentoring, providing job opportunities in organizations striving to advance the common good, and creating enriched educational opportunities.

Summary

The first Lazord Fellowship began in Egypt in 2010. It currently has chapters in Egypt, Jordan, and Tunisia, working with over 50 organizations. The fellowship is a yearlong regional program that includes a chance for the chapters and fellows in Egypt, Jordan, and Tunisia to meet all together twice a year (whether in person or virtually). After a competitive recruitment effort, the organizer will select fellows in each of the 3 countries and placed for one year in a local organization. The fellowship offers training, mentorship, and networking opportunities to fellows, guiding them through their year and helping them realize their full potential as responsible leaders.

Benefits 

Fellows will receive the following benefits

  • Living facility for one year in a local non-profit or for-profit organization.
  • Living stipend (based on local living costs).
  • Minimum of 18 training sessions by influential civil society leaders and professional trainers on an array of topics pertaining to civil society, entrepreneurship management, leadership, team building, business skills, and much more.
  • Monthly mentoring sessions with professional mentors with civil society experience.

Eligibilities 

The Lazord Fellowship is open to any subject graduates from public universities. However, private university graduates will be need-based scholarship granted for at least 2 years. But applicants must have the following qualifications

  • Applicants must have been graduated in 2018 or after.
  • Proven record of civil engagement
  • Must be ready to commit to a one-year full-time fellowship starting September 2020.
  • Must be available to attend the annual International Conference from September 21 to September 25;
  • Have local residency status and authorization to work in the country of the fellowship to which they are applying.

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Specifications

Type of Opportunity Scholarships and Fellowships
Deadline04 July,2020
CountryEgypt, Jordan, and Tunisia
Open toAll
OrganizerLazord and its partners

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