Canada-ASEAN Scholarships and Educational Exchanges for Development (SEED)   5158 views

The Global Affairs Canada, Government of Canada is offering short-term scholarships to mid-career professionals from member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for professional development through short-term courses in Canada.

About the fellowship:

• The fellowship is open to mid-career professionals from an ASEAN member state;
• The fellowship is open to mid-career professionals from academia, civil society, the private sector (with a focus on micro, small and medium-sized businesses, and on social enterprises), and the public sector (including ministries, parastatals, state-owned enterprises, legislative and judicial bodies);
• A mid-career professional, for the extent of this scholarship program, is someone who: has worked for at least 5 and up to 20 years; is in a managerial, policy development or in a decision-making position; OR is a mid-career academic in a post-secondary academic institution, research institution or think tank; has at least two years of experience within the position; and, is not supervising more than 30 employees and/or a CAD 30 million budget per year.

Priority sectors:

• Gender Based Analysis;
• Performance management/deliverology/results based management/performance audit;
• Financial management/comptrollership/project management;
• Financial technologies; and,
• Climate change adaptation/environmental sustainability/environmental impact assessment.

Scholarship duration: 1 to 4 weeks.

Starting date: June 1, 2020 and must end no later than March 1, 2021.

Eligibility:

• This scholarship program is open to mid-career professionals from academia, civil society, the private sector (with a focus on micro, small and medium-sized businesses, and on social enterprises), and the public sector (including ministries, parastatals, state-owned enterprises, legislative and judicial bodies).
• Candidates must be citizens of an ASEAN member state and must be currently working in an ASEAN member state.
• Candidates from Brunei and Singapore must demonstrate how they would use the learning in Canada to help combat poverty in one of the other eight ASEAN countries.
• Candidates must fulfill the requirements of the Canadian institution including academic requirements and language proficiency; and,
• Candidates who have obtained Canadian citizenship or who have applied for permanent residency in Canada are not eligible.

Applications:

• Download the application form
• Fill out the application form
• Print and sign the completed application form;
• Scan the completed and signed application form and save in a .pdf file format, if possible. Application forms in .jpg format will also be accepted;
• Upload all required documents
• Email the application form and all required documents to: [email protected].
• Documents and email subject lines must clearly identify the name of the scholarship program and the name of the applicant