{"id":79456,"date":"2021-08-20T18:52:16","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T18:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plopandrei.com\/?p=79456"},"modified":"2021-08-20T18:52:16","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T18:52:16","slug":"u-s-middle-east-partnership-initiative-mepi-leadership-development-fellowship-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cvnextjob.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/20\/u-s-middle-east-partnership-initiative-mepi-leadership-development-fellowship-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) Leadership Development Fellowship 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Since 2007, the Leadership Development Fellowship (LDF Fellowship) has provided leaders from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region with the opportunity to complete training in civic engagement, social entrepreneurship, and leadership.\u00a0Emerging civic engagement and social entrepreneurship leaders across sectors from the MENA region will\u00a0participate\u00a0in a 5-stage, 12-month Fellowship to\u00a0identify\u00a0innovative ways to address social and economic challenges in local communities.\u00a0The LDF Fellowship is funded by the U.S. Department of State\u2019s U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) and implemented by World Learning.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0LDF\u00a0Fellowship is an intensive civic engagement and social entrepreneurship\u00a0fellowship,\u00a0and selected candidates are expected to fully\u00a0participate\u00a0in each stage of the\u00a0LDF\u00a0Fellowship.\u00a0The LDF Fellowship will take place over 12 months and include 5 stages:<\/p>\n

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  1. Stage One<\/strong>: Fellowship begins with two weeks of in-person workshops and trainings with World Learning in partnership with Duke University focused on: studying the systems that contribute to societal challenges; building effective partnerships for social change; and developing inclusive and\u00a0equitable\u00a0interventions.<\/li>\n
  2. Stage Two:\u00a0<\/strong>Fellows refine interventions and complete exercises that\u00a0provide\u00a0local focus on systems analysis, inclusive interventions, building partnerships, and other acquired tools and knowledge from Stage One.<\/li>\n
  3. Stage Three:\u00a0<\/strong>Fellows spend three weeks in the United States as part of the English Track (for high-proficiency\u00a0English speakers),\u00a0or in\u00a0Tunisia\u00a0as part of the Arabic Track (for high-proficiency Arabic speakers), to gain academic and local insights into civic engagement and social entrepreneurship and to report and reflect on the findings of their Stage Two activities.<\/li>\n
  4. Stage Four:\u00a0<\/strong>Over six months, fellows apply the lessons of the\u00a0LDF\u00a0Fellowship and report on results to strengthen their ongoing civic and social entrepreneurial activities. During this stage, Fellows may apply for small grants or technical\u00a0assistance.<\/li>\n
  5. Stage Five:\u00a0<\/strong>In the final month, the Fellows reconvene for three days to learn and share the impact of their\u00a0LDF\u00a0experience.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The 2022\u00a0LDF\u00a0Fellowship is\u00a0approximately twelve\u00a0months in total starting\u00a0from\u00a0May\u00a02022.<\/p>\n

    Eligibility<\/strong><\/p>\n

    For the English Track, which includes a visit to the U.S. as part of Stage Three, applicants must meet the following criteria:<\/p>\n