Deadline: 31-Aug-21
Applications are now open for the Apolitical Academy’s Public Service Fellowship to bring together fellows and alumni from all regions for leadership exchange.
Their programmes focus on personal leadership and public purpose, ethics and values, and are underpinned by a high-level mentorship programme and commitment to diversity.
Apolitical Academy currently runs programs in Sweden and Southern Africa as well as a global master program in collaboration with the World Economic Forum’s Community of Young Global Leaders.
From September 2018, Apolitical Academy’s Southern Africa Fellows will participate in a 9-month long programme, covering seven residential weekend seminars in locations around the region.
The seminars will be led by a combination of skilled moderators and experienced government and political leaders from across the regional and ideological spectrum.
Seminars
- Seminar 1:
- The first weekend seminar will primarily be focused on introductions and fellows’ personal exploration of their public purpose. Through a combination of group plenaries, small group discussions and inputs from guest speakers, fellows will explore the internal and external drivers of their decision to transition to public life.
- Seminar 3: the elements of a public life
- The third seminar introduces fellows to the systems, practicalities and challenges of a career in the public eye. A skills-heavy programme comprising media management, technology, driving issues for impact as well as speechwriting and speechmaking, will be complemented by deep-dive reflections on the personal and social impact of a career experienced in full view of the public.
- Seminar 4: Ethics in Public Leadership and Corruption Case Study
- One of the flagship seminars of the Apolitical Academy programme, “Ethics in Public Leadership” will introduce fellows to government and political leaders who have faced an ethical cross-roads in their efforts to be responsible and accountable public leaders. This seminar will explore the ethical, legal and systemic consequences of straying from one’s commitment to serve the people rather than oneself.
- Seminar 6: Political Campaigns and Grassroots Organising
- The third and final case study of the programme will provide fellows with an opportunity to dive deep into the practicalities of running a political campaign for election to public office. Seminar 6 asks fellows to deploy what they have learned about defining a vision, identifying constituencies, making a case for change and leading ethically and transparently to the challenge of seeking election to public office.
Who are they?
- Proven leaders – particularly those not yet active in mainstream political system
- Women and men between the ages of 20-40 (with some flexibility)
- Exploring if and/or how to run for elected position / work in the public service
- Representing a broad swathe of political ideologies without holding extreme ideological views
- Representative of the diversity of the regional population
Where are they from?
- Civil Society
- Private Sector
- Global Leadership Programmes
- Public Policy Graduate Schools
- Social Activism
- Community Leaders
- Public Policy &Technology Experts
Eligibility Criteria
- Proven leaders – particularly those not yet active in mainstream politics;
- Residents of the Southern African Development Community (SADC);
- Women and men between the ages of 20 -45 (with some flexibility);
- Southern Africans exploring if and/or how to run for elected positions / work in the public service.
For more information, visit https://www.apolitical.academy/public-service-fellowship/