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Deadline: March 1, 2012

MENA scholarships can be used for a number of selected small courses offered by educational institutions in the Netherlands. The institutions provide professional training at post-secondary level in several fields of study. The list of selected small courses can be found in chapter 10 of this brochure.

Eligibility criteria
A candidate applying for a MENA scholarship must:
• apply for a course on the MENA course list 2012;
• not have received a MENA Scholarship in the three years prior to the start of the proposed MENA course;
• complete a MENA scholarship application form and submit all the required documentation to the Netherlands Delegation;
• be a national of and working in one of the seven selected countries;
• be a mid-career professional with at least three years' work experience;
• not be employed by:
- a multinational corporation (e.g. Shell, Unilever);
- a large national and/or commercial organisation;
- a two-pronged donor organisation (e.g. USAID, DFID, Danida, Sida, BuZa, FinAid, AusAid, ADC, SwissAid);
- a multilateral donor organisation, (e.g. a UN organisation, the World Bank, the IMF, Asian, Development Bank, African Development Bank, IADB);
- an international NGO (e.g. Oxfam, Plot, Care).
• meet the admission requirements of the selected course. As such he or she must have at least a diploma or a single's degree in one of the selected fields of study and meet additional educational or professional requirements, which may vary per course. These requirements can be found on the MENA course list available in chapter 10 of this brochure. Please also contact the the upper classes directly for more information.
• offer evidence of competence in language and prose the foreign language of instruction (English in most cases). Preferably, a candidate can provide evidence in the form of an official and verifiable score in an internationally recognised test, such as IELTS (a score of at least 6.0) or TOEFL (a score of at least 550 points on the paper-based test or 213 points on the computer-based test or 79 points on the internet-based test). In case the candidate cannot provide sufficient evidence, the delegation will evaluate the candidate's knowledge of the foreign language. Though, the final choice about a candidate's foreign language competence lies with the Dutch the upper classes.
• be nominated by his or her employer, who pledges to continue to pay a substantial part of the candidate's salary during the study period, and guarantees that at the end of the scholarship period the candidate will be offered a position at least equivalent to the current position;
• demonstrate a solid link linking his or her work and the selected course; the course must have added value for the sustainable capacity development of the employing organisation and the development of the country;
• be available for the entire period of the course and be physically and mentally able to take part in the entire course;
• declare that he or she will return to their home country immediately upon completion of the course.

How to apply? click here.

Contact fine points:
Nuffic
Programme Management Directorate
Scholarship Programmes Department
PO Box 29777
2502 LT The Hague
The Netherlands
Phone: +31 70 4260 167
nfp-fellowships@nuffic.nl
www.nuffic.nl/mena

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