Deadline: 27th Feb 2020 | For mid-career professisonals in ASEAN | Discover opportunities for professional development in Canada, aligned with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Global Affairs Canada is offering short-term scholarships for the 2020-2021 Academic Year.
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).
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.
To be eligible:
- 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.
To be qualified, candidates must:
- Choose a short-term program that is aligned with, and contribute to, the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Eligible programs include, but are not limited to, the following 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.
- Provide a description of the chosen course/program. Please include the following information in the application form:
- Name of the program/course;
- Name of the Canadian institution delivering the program/course;
- Duration of the program, including the dates of the program;
- Total cost of the program; and
- A description of the program/course.
- Provide a letter of intent, written in one of the official languages of Canada (French or English), outlining how the chosen short-term program is aligned with the candidate’s current work/career, and how the candidate will apply the learning in Canada to help implement at least one Sustainable Development Goal and combat poverty or narrow the development gap in the ASEAN region. Candidates’ letter of intent must be filled out in the application form and must include the following:
- a brief rationale for choosing the short-term program, and how it is linked to the candidate’s work/career;
- a brief explanation of how the chosen short-term program is aligned with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,and an identification of which Sustainable Development Goal the program is aligned with;
- For candidates from Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam: please provide a brief explanation of how you plan to use the learning in Canada to help combat poverty in your home country;
- For candidates from Brunei and Singapore: please provide a brief explanation of how you plan to use the learning in Canada to help combat poverty in one of the other eight ASEAN countries.
- Submit a letter of support from the applicant’s current employer, which must be located in an ASEAN member state, confirming that the applicant can be considered as a mid-career professional, and outlining the anticipated benefits from the candidate learning in Canada.
- Submit a résumé, outlining candidate’s academic qualifications and relevant work experience;
- Submit a Proof of citizenship: a copy of passport (valid for the duration of the scholarship) or valid national identity document. If the identity document is in a language other than English or French, an English or French translation of the identity document must be provided. Note: a driver’s licence, permanent resident card, student card or baptism certificate is not accepted as proof of citizenship. The country of citizenship in the application form must be the same as the country of the proof of citizenship.
- Agree to the conditions stated in the Privacy Notice Statementby checking the relevant box in the application form, as well as dating and signing the application form.
Applications will be assessed by a selection committee on the compliance with the criteria listed above, and on their respective merits, including the strength of the links made by the candidate(s) between the learning in Canada and one of the Sustainable Development Goals.
For full details of the application process, click the official link below:
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Apply before 27th February, 2020
