Open City Fellowship: Open Society Foundations 893 views

Open Society Foundations offers Open City Fellowship. The Open City Fellowship responds to the need by supporting the leadership of refugees and migrants in policy development that directly affect urban integration. The Fellowship in this first year, will offer five fellowships. Four fellowships will involve collaborations with partner cities: Amsterdam, Athens, Barcelona, and Berlin. The fifth fellowship will be based in Brussels with a partner that specializes in refugee and migration policy within the European Union.

Fellowship value: stipend; funding for fellowship-related travel

Duration: 12 months; extension of six months is possible.

Eligibility:

  • Applicant must have a background as a refugee or migrant
  • Applicant must demonstrate a commitment to improving the lives of the refugee or migrant community and their integration through, for example, work, volunteering, organizing, or other activities
  • Applicant must have strong relationships with refugee or migrant communities in the city in which they are applying, as demonstrated through membership or other involvement in a group, organization, NGO, board of an NGO, council, association, initiative, or activities designed to serve refugee or migrant communities
  • Applicant must currently be based in one of the fellowship cities (and applying for a fellowship in that same city): Amsterdam, Athens, Barcelona, Berlin, or Brussels
  • Applicant must be legally entitled to accept a fellowship in current city of residence and be permitted to travel within the European Union
  • Applicant must demonstrate civil society leadership potential
  • Applicant must hold bachelor’s degree (preferably with accreditation in the city where the fellow is applying)
  • Applicant must be available to start the fellowship in January 2018
  • Applicants must have the following language proficiency requirements: minimum B2 level proficiency in the language of the city where they are applying (German C1; Greek, Dutch, Spanish, or Catalan B2); fluency in the language of a refugee or migrant community is strongly preferred

Applications:

  • Application opens on July 21, 2017 and applications are accepted till September 15, 2017.
  • Shortlisted candidates will be contacted by early October, and will be interviewed later that month.
————–Quick Overview————-
Organization Open Society Foundations
Fellowship Level Grants
Country USA
Subject areas All disciplines
Fellowship amount Stipend
Eligibility Open to the refugees
Deadline September 15, 2017
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