The Talent for Governance Scholarships enable ambitious, young civil servants working for local governments in these countries(pdf) to follow a training course at The Hague Academy for Local Governance in the Netherlands. These courses offer an opportunity to see, do and experience governance from a typically local point of view. Contributions and cases come from local governance experts from all parts of the world. By following these courses, the civil servants will develop the knowledge and skills they need to improve living conditions in their local societies.
The overall aim of Talent for Governance is to strengthen local governments in developing countries and Eastern European (non-EU) countries. This we aim to achieve through the training of young civil servants. With the gained knowledge and skills they can work to alleviate their communities of widespread poverty and a lack of basic services.
Target group
The Talent for Governance scholarship target group consists of young (<37) civil servants working for local governments in developing countries or Eastern European (non –EU) countries. You are ambitious, motivated and dedicated to local governance. You have at least two years of work experience and will be working within a local government for at least two more years. You speak English fluently and find it easy to explain why you should be awarded a scholarship. We aim to give as least 50% of our scholarships to women.
For more information about the scholarship, click here.
The deadline for application is March 1st. To apply online, click here
