The Joke Waller-Hunter JWH initiative invites young Environment leaders for fully funded grants for personal leadership development. In order to promote lasting change towards a more sustainable world, the environmental movement is in constant need of inspirational and skillful leadership. Young people working for environmental CSOs, especially in developing countries, often have few opportunities to develop leadership skills due to a lack of resources for schooling, training or practical learning.

The Joke Waller-Hunter (JWH) Initiative creates opportunities for young people in the environmental sector in developing countries to unfold their full potential. By giving small grants to individuals to expand their knowledge, experience, and training. Moreover, the Initiative aims to strengthen environmental Civil Society Organisations capacity and efficiency. The mission of the JWH Initiative is thus to provide an accessible and tailored small grant for education and training of individuals nominated by their organization as potential future leaders.

JWH Initiative Grants 2019 Awards

The fully funded JWH Initiative Grants awards 16 candidates with grant amount varying from €2500 to €7500. Moreover, JWH Initiative distributes the grants as:

• 10 grants of €2.500
• 4 grants of €5.000
• 2 grants of €7.000

Who is eligible for JWH Initiative Grants?

The candidates competing for JWH Initiative Grants should have proof of an excellent track record in:

• fully embracing the idea of sustainable development;
• a strong background in working on environmental and sustainable development issues;
•  showing potential and ambition towards becoming a leader in her/his field of work, such as being inspirational and support to others, working with communities, being innovative and creative;
• committed to working on environmental and sustainable development issues in their country/region.
• The candidate should be willing and have the potential to report on the development of their leadership capacities.

How to apply for the JWH Initiative Grants?

Candidates will require nomination before applying for the grants. Moreover, the candidates may directly submit their application via email. To make the application, the candidates must include the following documents in their email.

• A completed nomination form;
• Likewise, a copy of the candidate’s CV;
• Also, one recent digital picture of the candidate that clearly shows the face (front view).

The receiver of the email is Daan Robben – Coordinator JWH Initiative. Further, all nominators will duly be informed of the status of their nominations after the Advisory Committee of JWH Initiative has concluded the selection process.

Deadline

The deadline to submit the application for fully funded JWH Initiative grants is on 1 August 2019.