The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under its Annual Program Statement (APS) has issued a call for applications for its Leadership Initiative for Good Governance in Africa (LIGGA). The purpose of LIGGA is to promote a culture of good governance and leaders of integrity who eschew corruption in Africa. Strengthening good governance, developing leadership capacity, modeling integrity, and promoting accountability...

Learning Abroad Center (LAC) and University of Minnesota offers Diversity Study Abroad Scholarship for US and International students to study abroad for 2012-13.  This scholarship is open for International Students. Eligibility: Must be enrolled as degree-seeking undergraduate student on the Twin Cities or Rochester campuses Students who have received a Freshman Study...

Deadline- 10 June 2012 Clements Worldwide, leading provider of international insurance, launched its annual Expat Youth Scholarship (EYS) contest, which awards a combined scholarship prize of $10,000 to six expatriate students. With nearly 9,000 participants last year, the 2012 EYS contest is highly anticipated by the expat community across the globe. This year, the...

Fully Funded PhD Studentship  on Migration, public policy and participation Departments of Sociology and Politics, University of Leicester The Department of Sociology and Department of Politics is seeking applicants for a jointly supervised 3 year full-time funded studentship (covering fees and stipend) leading to a PhD. The studentship is for full-time...

The African Leadership Centre is pleased to announce a call for applications for the Peace and Security Fellowship for African Scholars for 2012-12013. For more information about the Peace and Security Fellowship for African Scholars please follow this link. MA%20Fellowship%20Announcement-%202012%20Competition.pdf

The Global Development Network invites researchers from developing and transition countries to submit proposals for the 2012 Global Research Competition. The themes in 2012—which is the pilot year of this program – include Education & Gender, Food Security and Political Economic & Social Transformations. The research competition is inter-regional and...

The British High Commission is planning an event to be attended by Youth Leaders, Peace Advocacy groups, Peace activists, School children, Nigerian Olympians, Nigeria Olympics Committee (NOC), National Sports Commission, Faith leaders, Parliamentarians and the Media. If you are based in Abuja and interested in participating in this event, please...

Call to Children and Youth: What kind of future do you want? http://www.unccd.int/en/media-center/MediaNews/Pages/highlightdetail.aspx?HighlightID=80 Our round Earth seems so large. But if you slice it into 32 equal pieces, only one piece represents the amount of fertile land that we had available for food production when we went to Rio in...

Ten young social innovators in Peru will soon be selected for the second annual Premio Protagonistas del Cambio-UPC (UPC Champions for Change Award). The Award provides Peruvian youth with a training course aimed at enhancing their leadership and entrepreneurship skills, while connecting them to their peers around the country and...

WIN A DATE WITH HISTORY! If you had 2 minutes to tell the world what kind of future you want, what would you say? Throughout history, young people have been the drivers of change, often standing up for what’s right in direct opposition to the established norm. From organized struggles...