Deadline: 03 November, 2020
Application are now open for the Chevening Africa Media Freedom Fellowship (CAMFF).
This programme, according to information on the Chevening website, will bring together 12 leading media and information practitioners and regulators from 11 countries.
The course is designed to promote vigorous exchange of ideas and experience, and constructive learning, between participants and course leaders, with both seminars and speaker talks, off-site visits and fieldwork.
Fellows will be challenged to discuss evidence-based context for key policy debates, understand international positions (including appreciation of UK approaches), supply practical experience, and encourage dialogue on key issues.
Chevening, funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and partner organisations, is the UK government’s international awards programme aimed at developing global leaders.
Benefits
- Full programme fees
- Living expenses for the duration of the fellowship
- Return economy airfare from country of residence to the UK
Eligibility
- Applicant must be a citizen of Ethiopia, Burundi, Cameroon, Gambia, Malawi, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Uganda, and Zimbabwe
- Applicant must be willing to return to home country at the end of the fellowship
- Applicant must have a postgraduate level qualification (or equivalent professional training or experience in a relevant area) at the time of application
- Seven years, minimum, of work experience
- Applicant must be a mid-senior level African professional with demonstrable leadership skills in fields which may include public servants working in areas of media policy and regulatory frameworks, or media professionals such as journalists
- Applicant should be fluent in written and spoken English
- Applicant should not hold British or dual-British citizenship
- Agree to adhere to all relevant guidelines and expectations of the fellowship
To apply and for more information, click here.
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