Deadline: 11 March 2020
Are you a young professional in Western Balkans and want to deepen your knowledge about modern governance? If yes, then apply now for SI Summer Academy for Young Professionals (SAYP) program.
The SI Summer Academy for Young Professionals (SAYP) is a training programme developed to build new networks, knowledge and practices for increased transparency, efficiency and resilience in public administration.
The programme also aims to strengthen you and your individual capabilities to meet the requirements of a modern governance structure. As a participant of SAYP, you will be able to expand your own contact networks and share ideas, experiences and challenges with other like-minded professionals.
Benefits
SAYP, will give you:
- Opportunity to develop your professional skills
- Tools to apply in your own organisations and local contexts
- Knowledge within sustainable modern governance
- Experience of cross-sectorial work environment
- Personal and professional network
- Lifelong membership in the SI Alumni Network
- Exclusive access to Peer Shadowing and other tools for continued learning
Participation in SAYP is free of charge and includes meals, accommodation and travel.
What’s included
- Preparatory meetings
- The first part of the programme takes place in the participants’ home countries in the form of preparatory meetings/webinars and/or reading of material provided by the thematic module organisers.
- Thematic module
- This is followed by an intense thematic two-weeks-module during the period of May – October. The thematic module is held in Sweden or in one of the programme countries.
Eligibility Criteria
- Citizen of and currently working in one of the selected countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Sweden.
- Have good command of English language.
- Have a relevant higher education (at least three years).
- 35 years or younger (born 1985- ).
- Employed in one of the following groups:
- Policymakers (politicians, government officials, employees of political parties)
- Public servants (non-political civil servants working at government agencies)
- Civil society workers (CSO/NGO employees)
How to Apply
Applicants can apply online via given website.
For more information, visit https://si.se/en/apply/leadership-programmes/si-summer-academy-for-young-professionals-sayp-western-balkans/