Youth Pilot Tailor-Made Group Training Scholarship Programme in Iraq

Deadline: 25-Oct-21

The Nuffic is inviting local organisations to apply for Youth Pilot Iraq Tailor-Made group training (TMT) Scholarship Programme with the aim to prioritise Entrepreneurship: ‘Building an entrepreneurial mindset and skills’.

The Nuffic offers you a fully funded Tailor-Made training for young people with the same training needs. The programme is demand-driven and based on the needs of the target group. They will search for a Dutch partner to provide the training as requested by your organisation.

This Tailor-Made group training (TMT) is part of the Mena Scholarship Programme (MSP). It means to improve the overall functioning of your organisation by training a selected group of staff members. A TMT can solve knowledge and skills challenges by specifically targeting capacity needs of your organisation.

Award Information

The training provider will receive a maximum of € 75,000 to arrange a training for your organisation.
This covers the fee of the Dutch training provider, the training location, meals during the training and, if applicable, accommodation and travel costs.

Application Criteria

Date, location and duration of the training:

needs to take place in your country or, if of added value, in the Netherlands;
has an average duration of 2 weeks;
needs to take place in 2022.

Target Group

An organisation can apply for a training of young people (with a maximum age of 24) with the same training needs in entrepreneurship. The organisation applying should already exist for at least 1 – 2 years and has a track record in delivering projects.

Eligibility Criteria

The application has to meet the following requirements:
- The application is complete.
- The application fits within the priority themes and target group.
- The application is signed by a legal representative of the requesting organisation.
- The requesting organisation is a solid local organisation.
Between 8 – 25 participants can join the training, depending on the location. Participants have to be staff members who:
- work for a local organisation;
- are a national of, and living and working in Iraq;
- are in a position to use the knowledge of the course in practice;
- do not exceed 45 years of age;
- work for the same or different organisations with a common training need.
Your organisation needs to be a:
- civil society organisation
- commission
- education institution
- governmental organisation
- non-governmental organisation
- medium or small enterprise