The Hague Academy for Local Governance – Talent for Governance Scholarships
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.
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