REC Junior Fellowship Program 1999
Do you speak English? Are you a member of an environmental NGO? Then perhaps the Junior Fellowship Program is something for you!
In order to improve the capacity and skills of young CEE environmentalists and their NGOs to deal with organization and management problems as well as other obstacles which have, in the past, prevented them from being as effective as possible, the REC established the Junior Fellowship Program (JFP) in 1993. The JFP has proven to be one of the most popular REC initiatives.
The Junior Fellows follow a four-week program of integrated and interactive workshops which address the particular needs of the region and its younger NGO members, including: project management, community action planning, NGO management, campaign strategy, media-work and communication skills, fundraising, public participation, strategic planning, NGOs and civil society, using computers, and some lectures on varied topics. Fellows can develop products individually tailored for the needs of each person and their NGOs during the series of workshops, that can and will be applied when they return to their own
country such as project proposals and funding strategies, press releases, and community action plans. In addition, there exists independent research opportunities utilizing the full-capacity of REC resources, and the possibility to work part-time on projects with REC Teams or local NGOs if requested.
Junior Fellows should come from a variety of backgrounds and from throughout the Central and Eastern European region. They should be between 20 and 30 years old, share a strong interest in improving the environmental situation in the CEE region, be active in an environmental NGO, have citizenship in one of the participating countries, and speak and write English well. Fellows spend four weeks at the REC Head Office in Budapest. For the 1999 sessions, the REC is inviting participants from Albania, Bosnia - Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia and Yugoslavia.
If you are interested in our program, send a letter of application in English explaining: your motives for applying, your expectation of the program, the activities on which you want to work for your NGO during the training period, the fellowship periods for which you want to apply (we encourage you to apply for more than one period) and your curriculum vitae (CV) in English, containing: family name and given names, full mailing address, telephone number, fax number and e-mail address, nationality, date and place of birth, passport no, education and field of specialization, knowledge of foreign languages (indicate fair, good or poor), working experience and other relevant experience, computer skills, name, address, telephone and fax number of your NGO, description of your activities in the NGO, information about your NGO
Schedule for 1999
The following sessions are available in 1999:
Fellowship period | Deadline for submitting applications to the REC Head Office |
January 18 - February 14 | December 11, 1998 |
March 8 - April 4 | January 29, 1999 |
April 26 - May 23 | March 19, 1999 |
June 28 - July 25 | May 21, 1999 |
September 20 - October 17 | August 13, 1999 |
November 1 - November 28 | September 24, 1999 |
For more information on how to apply, and a brochure about the program, contact:
Adriana Craciun
Junior Fellowship Program
Regional Environmental Center
Ady Endre út 9-11, 2000 Szentendre, Hungary
Tel: (36-26) 311-199, Fax: (36-26) 311-294
E-mail: ACraciun@rec.org