British Council Future Leaders Connect Program 2017

Deadline: May 14, 2017
The Future Leaders Connect Programme aims to provide future leaders with skills and international networks which will improve their ability to make or influence policy changes.

Future Leaders Connect – The global network for emerging policy leaders

YOUR CHANCE TO CONNECT TO A LONG-TERM NETWORK OF EMERGING LEADERS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE, WHO WANT TO CHANGE THE WORLD THROUGH POLICY MAKING.

Future Leaders Connect is where exceptional individuals (aged 18-35) from around the world join a long-term network of emerging policy leaders. You will develop your policy making expertise, make valuable connections and gain the skills to have real impact. Together you will discuss major global policy issues in the Houses of Parliament, engage with inspiring leaders, visit some of the UK’s leading global institutions and collaborate to produce innovative policy recommendations. The skills, experience and connections you will make through Future Leaders Connect will support you to seize your leadership potential.

We are now accepting applications from individuals living in Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Tunisia, and the UK.

Complete your online application by Sunday 14th May 2017, 23.59pm (GMT). 

Who can apply

THE PLACE WHERE FUTURE LEADERS CONNECT

Through Future Leaders Connect we aim to identify exceptional individuals (aged 18-35) who have the potential to be future leaders of their countries in the fields of politics and policy, and who will be amongst the shapers of global policy making in the years ahead. If you believe you are an emerging leader with an understanding of global issues and policy making then this could be the opportunity for you.

More about the types of people we are looking for:

• We are looking for people who can passionately articulate their vision for global change and explain the role of policy making in helping them to achieve this.
• You should be willing to engage in this long-term opportunity with the British Council to become a member of Future Leaders Connect and be committed to the network. 
• You are likely to be in your early to mid-career, aged between 18 and 35 (on 14th May 2017) and already have examples of when you have demonstrated leadership.
• You will need to live in one of our participating countries (Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, Tunisia, and the UK) and be eligible to access a visa to come to the UK.
• We are looking for emerging leaders who are committed to support the development of their country through policy change, and so encourage those to apply who have good contextual knowledge and strong networks in the country they are based in.
• We are looking to recruit a diverse group of people with different experiences, ideas and backgrounds.
• Be able to speak English at IELTS level 6 or equivalent (this means you generally you have an effective command of the language despite some inaccuracies, inappropriate usage and misunderstandings. You can use and understand fairly complex language, particularly in familiar situations).
• You cannot be currently employed by the British Council or be an immediate family member of a British Council employee. (In this case immediate family member is defined as one's spouse, parents, grandparents, children, grandchildren, siblings and immediate in-laws (mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law and sister-in-law). Adopted children and stepchildren are also counted as immediate family members.)

You must be able to travel to the UK for the programme of leadership and policy skill development (including a one day conference in Houses of Parliament) between the dates 18th and 27th October 2017 and have a valid passport to do so. If you believe there is any reason you may be denied a visa you may want to consider whether you submit an application, as the British Council is unable to facilitate or guarantee that you will receive a visa. Check if you need a visaOpens in a new tab or window.. 

In the interests of equal access, the costs of participating in Future Leaders Connect will be covered by the British Council. We are looking for exceptional individuals with the ideas, energy and commitment to work collaboratively with all members of Future Leaders Connect and senior leaders.

The programme aims to be representative of the countries in which it operates. We encourage applications from all sections of society. 

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Strategic Advocacy for Palliative Care and Access to Controlled Medicines: Small Grants Programme for Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda

Application Guidelines for 15th March 2017 submission deadline

Background

The African Palliative Care Association (APCA) in collaboration with the Open Society Initiative For Eastern Africa (OSIEA) have developed a small grants programme to support Strategic Advocacy for Palliative Care and Access to Essential but Controlled Pain Medications initiatives in four East African countries of: Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda.

Strategic advocacy for palliative care aims to influence decision makers to take steps to advance the availability, accessibility, acceptability and quality of palliative care. Access to essential controlled medicines is central to the provision of quality palliative care services. The May 2014 World Health Assembly Palliative Care Resolution (WHA 67-19) recognizes that access to palliative care and to essential medicines including opioid analgesics such as morphine for pain control, contributes to the realization of the right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health and well-being.[1]

This pilot small grants programme on strategic advocacy and access to controlled medicines will be implemented in 2017 and 2018, building onto strategies discussed at workshops during the 5th International African Palliative Care Conference in August 2016 in Uganda.

All work supported by this programme must directly contribute to the achievement of the goals and objectives of the following global, regional and national goals and objectives for improving access to palliative care and pain relief; 

• The May 2014 World Health Assembly resolution on strengthening palliative care as a component of comprehensive care throughout the life course; http://www.oeci.eu/Attachments%5CA67_R19-en.pdf
• Universal Health Coverage (UHC); http://www.who.int/universal_health_coverage/un_resolution/en/
• UN Political Declaration on NCDs; http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/66/L.1
• The 2012 African Union (AU) common position on controlled substances and access to pain medications; http://www.carmma.org/sites/default/files/PDF-uploads/African%20Common%20Position%20on%20Controlled%20Substances%20and%20Access%20to%20Pain%20Mgt%20Drugs%20-%20English.pdf
• WHO Guidance for availability and accessibility of controlled medications; http://www.who.int/medicines/areas/quality_safety/guide_nocp_sanend/en/
• The strategic positioning of palliative care and pain relief within the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agenda;
• National palliative care and pain relief policies, guidelines and strategies. 

A call for applications will be sent out in February 2017 and August 2017. Applications will be approved in April and October 2017. Funding is primarily for one-off projects, with a duration of no more than one year.  The size of grants will range from USD 2000 – USD 6000. 

Funding Priorities 

The programme aims to influence changes on health, medicines policies and laws to allow for improved access by patients who need palliative care and pain relief services. It is also expected to influence the allocation of local funding towards access to palliative care and controlled medicines. This programme also aims to bring more advocates on board to influence changes on this important public health issue, from other fields of health and human rights. 

Specific priority areas for consideration include:

1. Review and/or change of laws, regulations and public policy to improve access to palliative care and access to controlled medicines;
2. Development of legal and human rights frameworks for palliative care;
3. Budget analysis, advocacy and allocation;
4. Political and public debates on palliative care and access to pain medicines;
5. Behavioural and attitudinal change including awareness creation among policy makers about palliative care and pain relief;
6. Improving supply chain mechanisms for controlled medicines, including the engagement of key players and advocates from other fields of health and human rights;
7. Media engagement;
8. Strategic communication (reframing palliative care and access to controlled medicines, changing the narrative).
9. Domestication of global and regional frameworks, strategies and tools aimed at increasing access to palliative care and pain relief. 

The following considerations will be taken into account in the selection of successful applicants for the small grants:

• Projects which aim to make governments accountable to the global, regional and national commitments towards palliative care and pain relief.
• Project alignment with and contributing to the achievement of the national, regional and global goals and objectives for palliative care and pain relief (i.e. WHA Resolution; Universal Coverage; Sustainable Development Goals; UN Political Declaration on NCDs; national palliative care policies and strategies etc).
• Projects that aim to get palliative care and access to controlled medicines onto the agenda of the East African Community, as an important development issue for the region.
• Projects that aim to use advocacy lessons from other fields of health and human rights.
• Projects that aim to develop and mentor new advocates for palliative care and access to controlled medicines.
• Projects that magnify the voices of palliative care patients and their families. 

Small grants will not be awarded for the following:

• Projects on palliative care that do not focus on strategic advocacy and access to controlled medicines.
• Personal applications which are not organizational in nature.
•  Budgets that include per diems or grants to individuals or governments and other staff allowances.
• As multi-year grants are not considered, salary costs will not be approved, although an applicant may include up to USD 600 for core/administrative costs as further explained below. 

Each applicant may include a request for up to USD 600 within their application for their core / administration costs. This component must be included as part of a bigger proposal. This part of a grant will only be included if the organisation applying makes a convincing case for the need for core / administration costs. This does not increase the maximum grant size which can be applied for, which is USD 6,000.

Grantees will be required to share with APCA any required information related to the grant in a timely manner, for the further development of the programme and other official purposes. 

APCA and OSIEA are keen to make this programme available to as many organisations as possible. We are therefore unlikely to approve consecutive grants to any organisation. This means that an organisation will be considered for a small grant only once within the two years (2017 and 2018). 

Required documents:

Please attach all required documents to this application form. Incomplete applications risk not being considered. 

All applicants must include the following documents with their application: 

• A copy of the registration of your organisation confirming that it is a legal entity in the country of operation.
• Cover letter from the head of the organisation or relevant authorised person. 
• Reference letter from a relevant local hospice and palliative care organisation, ministry of health or any other credible network organisation e.g. cancer society, hospital, academic institution.
• A copy of a valid work permit if the responsible person is not a national. 
• Current audited accounts. In the absence of current audited accounts, please provide an explanation of why it is not possible to provide accounts and instead submit an annual statement of income and expenditure.
• Detailed project budget using a template provided as part of the application form. (The budget should be provided both in the local currency and USD currency, indicating the date of currency conversion and rate used)
• A copy of the organisation structure if available.  Alternatively, a summary list of staff positions in the organisation indicating number of people per position.
• Curriculum vitae (CVs) of the key institutional contact, the person responsible for project coordination and for the person responsible for finance management of the project.
• If applying for training related project, please also include the following:
• Completed training sheet for activities involving training using the template provided with the grant application form.
• If applying for the purchase of equipment, medicines or materials, please also include the following:
• A minimum of three quotes for proposed equipment purchases if applicable indicating the preferred quote and reasons for this. 

Please note that the small grants will be given through a highly competitive process and some applications will therefore be unsuccessful. We will endeavour to communicate our decision to all applicants within two months of the closing date.

What to expect if you are successful in applying for a grant 

If you are successful in applying for a grant, you will be notified by APCA who will send you a grant approval letter and contract outlining the terms and conditions of the grant. Once the grant has been paid to your organisation, you will be required to report on the progress of the grant on a quarterly basis. This will be explained in your contract. 

Once you are a successful applicant, please ensure that you stick to the project implementation timeline, activities and budget lines. If, at any time, you need to make changes, you must contact APCA for approval. A failure to meet the compliance requirements of the grant may result into:

• Forfeiting of any undisbursed funds
• Disallowance of any ineligible costs charged to the grant, and your organisation will be asked to pay back to APCA any disallowed costs

Applications 

The deadline for applications will be 15th March 2017 and 15th September 2017 respectively.  Applications will be reviewed in April and October 2017. Only applications made by completing the small grants application form for strategic advocacy and access to controlled medicines which is available here will be considered. Should you require additional support or information while developing the proposals you can contact the Programmes Director at APCA by telephone +256 312 264978 or email at: advocacyandmedicines@africanpalliativecare.org or fatia.kiyange@africanpalliativecare.org 

What to do if your application is not successful 

If your application is not successful, you will receive a letter of regret from APCA. Please feel free to request any clarification from APCA if required. We know that all organisations that apply for small grants have interest in the programme and are doing important work in palliative care. 

World Health Assembly, May, 2014. Sixty-Seventh World Health Assembly. Strengthening of palliative care as a component of comprehensive care throughout the life course. [pdf] Available at: 

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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: CVE CENTRE FOR YOUTH DIALOGUES (KENYA)

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: CVE CENTRE FOR YOUTH DIALOGUES (KENYA)

Application Deadline:28th February 2017

Application link:https://goo.gl/bz6lJe

TheInternational Youth Action Against Terrorism,now under theCommon Ground Centre isinviting applications for the newly set upCVE Center for Youth Dialogues (Kenya)for the calendar year of 2017. We are interested in attracting outstanding university students with strong research backgrounds to be engaged as Research Fellows in research projects that are relevant to the goals set on countering violent extremism in Kenya in 2017, building on the previous years.

The CVE Centre for Youth Dialogue (Kenya) is a membership based research and capacity building project to establish new levels of transparency for university students’-related CVE strategies in Kenya, and elevate the accountability of NGOs and CSOs to help ensure time and resource commitments are made responsibly and deliver shared value.

The CVE Centre for Youth Dialogues (Kenya) shall select 15 most qualified individuals from 15 different higher learning institutions spread across Kenya to serve as research fellows for the 5 months’ period, divided into three working groups of 5 individuals each.The successful applicants shall be expected to participate in the research life and cycle assigned to their respective working group.

Kenyan university students  in the humanities, Law, and the social sciences are highly encouraged to apply.

Decisions are expected in March 2017

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

• Kenyan nationals;
• Aged between 18 – 30 years;
• Academic research backbground (with proof);
• Interest in countering extremism; active in their local communities having launched, or become very engaged with, projects/initiatives to prevent and counter violent extremism;
• Experience in this area, with a good knowledge of actors and organizations in their own communities who also work to counter and prevent extremism;
• Digitally savvy and active on social media;
• Willing and able to work individually and as part of a team; able to work remotely with others.

HOW TO APPLY

Prospective applicants should submit their applications online at the link:https://goo.gl/iHOyul

 ABOUT COMMON GROUND CENTRE

Common Ground Centreis registered in Kenya as an independent research and outreach institute,with particular focus on the development of context-based functional responses to the different forms of challenges of reciprocal conflicts, violent extremism and public diplomacy.

The CGC team has extensive knowledge and experience from a wide range of countries in the Middle and Near East, North Africa and East Africa where we have previously worked with higher learning institutions, foreign diplomatic missions, government ministries and agencies in diverse calls for creative responses. Within these working environments, the CGC team demonstrated the ability to focus on drawing attention to the importance of diversity and establishing common intercultural/interreligious linkage points as a starting point for collaborative action.

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