Youth Action Partners for Development (YAP4D)

All Blog Posts Tagged 'education' (15)

Call for Applications, Chevening Scholarships are prestigious awards available to international students for study in the United Kingdom

Chevening Scholarships are prestigious awards available to international students for study in the United Kingdom. The scholarships are named after Chevening House in Kent, the official country residence of the Foreign Secretary. They are available in more than 130 countries and around 1000 new Chevening Scholarships are awarded globally each year. Chevening scholarships offer an ideal opportunity for young, high-flying graduates not only to study their chosen subject, but also to meet and netw… Continue

Added by Timothy Ogene on August 14, 2009 at 1:08pm — No Comments

oikos Student Entrepreneurship Award Call 2009

The annual "oikos Student Entrepreneurship Award" recognizes outstanding entrepreneurial student projects in the field of Higher Education for Sustainable Development that had a proven and visible impact in the field of Sustainable Campus or Curricula Change. An international award jury (see jury 2008) selects the projects. In 2009, we honour projects in two tracks: Curricula Change Tomorrow’s leaders require both knowledge on sustainable economics and management and action-oriented skills t… Continue

Added by Timothy Ogene on August 1, 2009 at 10:23am — 1 Comment

The ACACIA Female Leadership Initiative (AFLI)

The ACACIA Female Leadership Initiative (AFLI) was cofounded by two participants of the 2008 Jane Goodall's Global Youth Summit, Julia Coburn and Shadrach Meshach, out of a desire to foster leadership attributes in youth that will be critical in solving the interconnected and comple… Continue

Added by Timothy Ogene on July 2, 2009 at 7:00pm — 3 Comments

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is currently accepting applications to its annual Access to Learning Award

2010 Access to Learning Award Opportunity closing date: Saturday, October 31, 2009 The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is currently accepting applications to its annual Access to Learning Award, which recognises the innovative efforts of public libraries and similar institutions outside the United States to connect people to information and opportunities through free access to computers and the Internet. The award is given by Global Libraries, a special initiative of the foundation’s Globa… Continue

Added by Timothy Ogene on July 1, 2009 at 9:50pm — 2 Comments

UNIDO, HP launch new training centres in Africa and Middle East to expand GET-IT education

VIENNA, 16 June 2009 – The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the technology company HP announced today the opening of 20 additional training centres in Africa and the Middle East to expand HP’s youth entrepreneurship and IT education programme. The new centres, part of the HP Graduate Entrepreneurship Training through IT programme (GET-IT), will operate in Algeria, Egypt, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates. The total num… Continue

Added by Timothy Ogene on June 20, 2009 at 12:00am — No Comments

Open Society Initiative for West Africa , Grants Program-APPLY!!!

To gain a firm sense of the areas that OSIWA is interested in supporting, grant seekers should carefully review OSIWA programs and priorities prior to submitting proposals. Each year, OSIWA disburses over $10 million in grants and advocacy to support country-specific and regional initia… Continue

Added by Timothy Ogene on January 11, 2009 at 7:30pm — 4 Comments

Western Union Cash for Education Competition for the African immigrant community-Deadline,February 15, 2009

Western Union is committed to supporting education in communities we serve. This year, the Western Union Foundation through the Our World, Our FamilySM program has allocated $1.5 million in support of diverse causes that include building schools and libraries in Kenya and training for teac… Continue

Added by Timothy Ogene on December 30, 2008 at 10:50pm — No Comments

United Action:Don't wait for solutions; create them!

United Actions is a global project run by a global team of volunteers. According to the UN Millennium Development Goals Report 2008, gaps remain in the realization of the MDGs. Global challenges require a global and concerted action involving all actors. Each citizen can play a key part. In… Continue

Added by Timothy Ogene on December 21, 2008 at 11:30am — No Comments

The 7th International JTEFS/BBCC Conference "Sustainable Development. Culture. Education"May 5-8, 2009,Daugavpils University, Latvia

Dear colleagues and friends, We are proud to announce the 7th International Conference “Sustainable Development. Culture. Education” of JTEFS/BBCC (Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability/Baltic & Black Sea Circle Consortium) and UNESCO Network on Reorientation of Teacher Ed… Continue

Added by Timothy Ogene on December 20, 2008 at 3:30pm — 1 Comment

Call for Applications, Global Social Venture Competition

The Global Social Venture Competition (GSVC) is seeking promising social entrepreneurs to enter our 2009 Competition. If you are an entrepreneur (or budding entrepreneur!) with a financially sustainable venture that addresses a social or environmental problem, we encourage you to a… Continue

Added by Timothy Ogene on December 5, 2008 at 12:24am — No Comments

The Fund for American Studies, Summer Programs in Greece, Hong Kong, Czech Republic and US (Washington, DC)

The Fund for American Studies (TFAS) was founded in 1967 to help instill in young people an appreciation for the American form of government and the free enterprise system. TFAS sponsors Institutes that teach college students about the principles and values upon which the United States… Continue

Added by Timothy Ogene on December 4, 2008 at 11:00pm — 1 Comment

JAMB is 30, will she survive another thirty?

A few days ago the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) the examination body conducting entry examinations into tertiary institutions in Nigeria (except for the NDA-Nigeria Defence Academy) struck thirty years. Thirty years of mixed achievements. In the thirty years of her existence she had moved from organising the most ‘cheated in’ tests to one that is most feared by students and parents and wished by many to go away. I don’t have access to a TV here in Minna and I am sure to have… Continue

Added by Oluwakorede Asuni on November 28, 2008 at 7:08pm — No Comments

Christian International Scholarship Fund(CISF):Investing in Christian Leaders for the MajorityWorld

The Christian International Scholarship Foundation (CISF) is a non-profit ministry focused on identifying and investing in the advanced theological education of gifted Christian leaders from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe. We are specifically focused on helping those men… Continue

Added by Timothy Ogene on June 29, 2008 at 2:54pm — 3 Comments

Taruwa:Express the ART in you!!!

TARUWA is a bi-weekly event hosted by Gbagyichild. It is an event which creates a platform for artistes to express themselves in an intellectual setting. It holds every other Tuesday at Bogobiri (N0. 9 Maitama Sule – off Awolowo rd, Ikoyi Lagos) from 7pm to 9pm. We have a lot of fun and we have had guest artistes in the house. TARUWA Dates for 2008 are as follows: 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Q… Continue

Added by Timothy Ogene on June 19, 2008 at 7:30pm — No Comments

Call for Application:Seed Educational Technologies for Education Award,2008

The Seed Award for Educational Technologies for Development (SET4D) aims at promoting the development of promising researchers in developing countries in the field of Educational Technologies and ICT4D, through offering opportunities for learning, visibility and networking. SET4D is prom… Continue

Added by Timothy Ogene on April 9, 2008 at 3:04pm — No Comments