The 2011 Ford Motor Company International Fellowship of the 92nd Street Y is now accepting applications from community leaders who are citizens and residents of Brazil , India , Indonesia , Israel , Turkey , Ukraine , and Venezuela . Applications must be postmarked, faxed, or emailed by June 30, 2010 to be considered. For more information about the program, please visit our website at www.92Y.org/ ford. To download the application and brochure, please click “2011 Application and Brochure,” and follow the links on the next page. Please disseminate this information to candidates you think would be interested in applying.

This annual fellowship is funded by the Ford Motor Company and organized by the 92nd Street Y to provide education and support to community leaders engaged in the nonprofit sector. To date, 211 individuals from 63 countries have received the Ford Fellowship, which is now in its eleventh year.

A successful applicant must demonstrate that he or she:

§ is a community leader engaged in the nonprofit sector, either professionally or as a volunteer;

§ is successfully addressing issues that affect the community’s well-being; and

§ would benefit from an intensive three-week nonprofit management training course in New York .

Previous Ford Fellows include:

§ a South African AIDS educator;

§ the president of a Jewish aid society facilitating Bosnia-Herzegovina’s transition to democracy;

§ a sustainable development expert from Zimbabwe ;

§ the founder of an Indian organization that educates women and children working in the silk industry; and

§ an Indonesian advocate for ethnic minorities.

The residency takes place June 2-June 22, 2011 in New York City . Airfare, accommodation, food, transportation, instruction, and other program-related expenses are included in the fellowship, and participants receive a small stipend upon arrival.

During the intensive three-week residency, Ford Fellows take classes in areas including nonprofit management strategy and leadership at Columbia University ’s Picker Center for Executive Education. The academic curriculum is complemented by visits to model nonprofits in New York City and meetings with academic, business, and government leaders. The experience is enhanced by Fellows’ residency at the 92nd Street Y, a Jewish community and cultural center founded in 1874 that annually serves over 300,000 people of all national, ethnic, religious, racial, and socio-economic backgrounds.

The Ford Motor Company International Fellowship of the 92nd Street Y provides a tremendous opportunity to international community leaders, and I would greatly appreciate your help in distributing this information and the link to our application to people and organizations that could benefit from this fellowship. Once again, if you go to our website www.92Y.org/ ford, you can download the application and brochure by clicking “2011 Application and Brochure,” and following the links on the next page. Applications for the 2011 Fellowship must be postmarked, faxed, or emailed no later than June 30, 2010.

Please contact me at 212.415.5473 or agardy@92Y.org or Amanda Raz at 212.415.5561 or araz@92Y.org if you have any question or wish to receive brochures and applications by email or post mail. Thank you for your assistance.

With best regards,

Alison Gardy

Director of International Relations

92nd Street Y

agardy@92Y.org

Scholarships

Up to ten scholarships of £4,500 and three of £3,500 are available. The scholarships will be awarded to students who possess the highest academic ability and potential (not made on the basis of financial need).

Course synopsis

These unique programmes address what is perhaps the most important issue of our time from a multidisciplinary perspective.

The courses aim to provide state-of-the- art training for the rapidly expanding market in climate change professionals within the public, private, consultancy and not-for-profit sectors and the development field.

The programmes are multidisciplinary and students will acquire specialist knowledge of the causes of climate change, the physical and human consequences, and efforts to mitigate and adapt to a changing climate. In the Development course particular attention is paid to the specific consequences of climate change for poverty in developing countries; processes of adaptation; and policy responses.

Courses are taught by leading researchers in these fields from within the Geography Department and the world renowned Institute for Development Studies (IDS) and Science and Technology Policy Research Unit (SPRU). Students have the opportunity to develop a specialist thematic or regional enquiry in the dissertation.

For full information see www.sussex.ac. uk/climatechange

For on-line application see https://www. sussex.ac. uk/pgapplication /

For scholarship applications see http://www.sussex. ac.uk/study/ pg/applying/ funding/taught. php#climatechang e

For inquiries email climate@sussex. ac.uk

VIVAnews – Pada tahun ajaran 2010/2011 Pemerintah Federasi Rusia memberikan 35 beasiswa bagi warga negara Republik Indonesia. Beasiswa diberikan untuk jenjang S-1 (Bachelor) dan S-2 (Magister) sebanyak 25 beasiswa. Sedangkan untuk Jenjang S-3 (Kandidatura) , Post-Doktoral (Doktorantura) sebanyak 10 beasiswa.

Program studi (spesialisasi) yang ditawarkan, meliputi Ilmu Hukum, Ilmu Politik, Ilmu Kedokteran, Ilmu Alam (Natural Science); Ilmu Sosial/Humaniora; Ilmu Pendidikan; Ilmu Kesehatan (Public Health); Ekonomi dan Manajemen (Economic and Management); Spesialisasi Interdisipliner Teknik-Ilmu Alam; Geologi dan Sumber Daya Mineral; Eksplorasi Mineral; Ilmu Energi dan Teknik Mesin Pembangkit (Power Machinery Engineering) ; Metalurgi; Konstruksi Mesin dan Material Processing; Penerbangan, Roket dan Teknologi Angkasa (Space Machinery).

Kemudian, Teknologi Maritim (Maritime Machinery); Peralatan Transportasi Darat; Teknologi Pertambangan dan Perlengkapan; Teknik Elektro, Control Device Building; Radioteknik dan Komunikasi; Automasi dan Kontrol; Komputer dan Informatika; Service; Eksploitasi Transportasi; Teknologi Kimia; Reproduksi dan Proses Sumber Daya Kehutanan; Teknologi Makanan; Teknologi Komoditi Konsumen; Arsitektur dan Ilmu Konstruksi; Geodesi dan Kartografi; Agrikultur dan Perikanan; Ekologi dan Pemanfaatan Alam; Kesehatan dan Keselamatan.

Perguruan Tinggi atau universitas untuk belajar terdapat di kota-kota di seluruh Federasi Rusia. Penempatan penerima beasiswa ditentukan oleh Pemerintah Federasi Rusia.

Proses belajar-mengajar diselenggarakan dalam bahasa Rusia. Untuk itu selama 1 (satu) tahun semua penerima beasiswa program studi S-1 dan S-2 akan belajar di Fakultas Persiapan (Preparatory Faculty) untuk mempelajari bahasa Rusia dan mata pelajaran yang sesuai dengan jurusan/program studi yang telah dipilih.

Bagi Penerima beasiswa Jenjang S-3, Doktorantura akan mempelajari bahasa Rusia selama proses belajar (tidak melalui Fakultas Persiapan).

Berkas lamaran lengkap harus diserahkan langsung ke Bagian Kebudayaan Kedutaan Besar Federasi Rusia – Pusat Ilmu Pengetahuan dan Kebudayaan Rusia di Jalan Diponegoro, 12, Menteng, Jakarta Pusat, sebelum tanggal 26 Maret 2010.

Untuk informasi lebih lanjut, dapat menghubungi Pusat Ilmu Pengetahuan Dan Kebudayaan Rusia di nomor (021) 31935290 atau e-mail: pipkrusia@gmail. com.

Generasi muda sebagai calon pemimpin bangsa dimasa yang akan datang sudah sepatutnya memiliki peran aktif
dalam menangani fenomena perubahan iklim yang menjadi ancaman bagi kelangsungan hidup bumi dan manusia.
Dengan pengetahuan, pengalaman, jaringan yang luas ditambah dengan ide cemerlang, energi dan antusiasme yang tinggi,
generasi muda dipercaya mampu dan memiliki segala potensi dan kesempatan untuk merespon perubahan yang terjadi di
dunia ini. Sehingga generasi muda tidak saja dapat menjadi katalis bagi perubahan positif di dunia namun juga menjadi
agen perubahan – Climate-Smart Leaders.

Melihat pentingnya generasi muda berada dalam barisan depan untuk menentukan masa depan dunia,
Yayasan Pembangunan Berkelanjutan (YPB) dan Yayasan Inovasi Teknologi Indonesia (Inotek) bersama dengan
Dewan Nasional Perubahan Iklim (DNPI) mengembangkan program Climate-Smart Leaders.

Climate-Smart Leaders (CSL) adalah program yang ditujukan bagi generasi muda dengan usia 15 – 24 tahun yang
memiliki aktivitas tinggi di daerah perkotaan. Program ini bertujuan tidak hanya untuk membangun kesadaran tentang
pentingnya peran generasi muda untuk menjawab tantangan perubahan iklim namun juga memberikan kesempatan bagi
generasi muda untuk terlibat langsung dan melakukan aksi nyata untuk menerapkan gaya hidup hijau (green lifestyle)
dan menciptakan serta mengembangkan inovasi teknologi ramah lingkungan sebagai salah satu strategi mitigasi
dan adaptasi terhadap dampak negatif perubahan iklim.

Tema yang dikembangkan dalam program CSL adalah Youth & Biodiversity, Youth & Water and Energy,
Youth & Green Business, sertaYouth & Media. Pada tahap seleksi awal para finalis akan mengikuti kegiatan CSL Camp
yang akan diselenggarakan untuk belajar lebih tentang Kepemimpinan, Pembangunan Berkelanjutan, Perubahan Iklim,
dan Pengelolaan Proyek. Setelah selesai mengikuti kegiatan CSL Camp para peserta dapat melakukan kegiatan
proyeknya dibawah monitoring dari para pakar. Penghargaan CSL Award akan diberikan kepada pemenang dengan
projek yang paling inovatif, memiliki dampak positif yang besar dan dapat menjangkau wilayah yang luas. Para pemenang akan
menerima dana untuk mendukung kegiatan proyek yang diusulkan setelah melalui proses seleksi. Dan pemenang
dengan inovasi teknologi terbaik dapat mengikuti program RAMP Indonesia dan mendapatkan fasilitas pengembangan teknologi lebih
lanjut.

Untuk informasi lebih lanjut silahkan kunjungi website www.climatesmartlea ders.net

Application deadline is March 31st, 2010

The Master of Arts in International Development Studies (MAIDS) at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok is looking for development professionals, NGO workers, activists, and any other individuals with a passion for issues of inequality and injustice to apply for scholarships to study at our program.

MAIDS collaborates with a number of organizations to provide scholarships to qualified individuals from Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Visit the MAIDS homepage to find our more about the scholarships relevant to you.

Detailed scholarship and program information is available at www.ids.polsci. chula.ac. th

Email maids@chula. ac.th for application advice and instructions.

More About MAIDS:

1. The Master of Arts in International Development Studies (MAIDS) is an intensive one year program that offers a multidisciplinary

   curriculum, integrating academic, technical, managerial and professional training, making it suitable for both development professionals hoping to enhance their skills and for people who wish to pursue a career in international development.
   

2. The program’s location in Bangkok makes it a hub for the study of international development in Southeast Asia, connecting you to an extensive network of practitioners and organizations working in the region.

3. MAIDS brings together a diverse international student body in an intimate class environment.

Applications for the 2011 intake open on 10 March 2010 and close on 30 June 2010

The Australian Leadership Awards (ALA) aim to develop leadership and build partnerships and linkages within the Asia-Pacific, while addressing priority development issues of the region.

The ALA program comprises ALA Scholarships and ALA Fellowships. These awards are for leaders or those who have potential for leadership roles that can influence social and economic reform, both in their own countries and in the Asia-Pacific region.

ALA Scholarships are for study at Masters or Doctorate level in an Australian university. Study programs must relate to a priority development area: disability, economic growth, education, environment, food security, gender, governance, health, human rights, infrastructure, regional stability, rural development, water and sanitation. ALA scholars also undertake aLeadership Development Program in Australia.

As ALA Scholarships are an investment in the future of the Asia-Pacific region, ALA scholars are required to return to their home country or the region for two years after they have completed their studies in Australia.

Selection for ALA Scholarships is competitive, based on leadership qualities, academic excellence and potential impact on return home.

To be eligible to apply, you must meet the following criteria.
http://www.ausaid.gov.au/scholar/ala.cfm

Eligibility :
1. Applicant must be a bachelor graduate (S1)
2. Applicant must have
- GPA min. 3.00 (4 as the highest scale)
- Institutional TOEFL (ITP) min. 550 or IELTS min. 6.5
- Academic Potential Test (TPA) min. 550
3. Applicants must have recommendation letter from authoritative official
Priorities :
a. Minimum of 2 years full time working experience
b. Age maximum 35 years old
c. Applicant has not pursued or is undertaking a master degree and is not receiving scholarship from other institutions

Application will only be accepted via post not later than April 5th, 2010

Information of the eligibility and application forms can be downloaded here:

Information_of_the_eligibility
Application_form_2010
Annex_1
Annex_2
Annex_3

Website link:
http://www.depkominfo.go.id/en/events/scholarship/overseas-postgraduate-scholarship-program-2010/

MASDAR Institute in Abu Dhabi Announces Full Scholarships for Graduate Study
The Masdar Institute is a private, not-for-profit, independent, research-driven institute developed with the support and cooperation of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The Institute offers Masters and PhD programs in science and engineering disciplines, with a focus on advanced energy and sustainable technologies. Its faculty is of the highest quality and the intent is to have the structure of its top administration similar to MIT`s.

The Institute is located in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Ph.D. students will have the chance to spend up to 1 year at MIT in Cambridge, MA, and will have a joint thesis committee consisting of Masdar Institute and MIT professors.

The Masdar Institute is in the process of establishing a substantial research activity in AI, Machine Learning, Multi-Agent Systems, Cognitive Science, and their applications to energy systems (e.g. smart grids, intelligent transportation systems, human behavior modeling).

For more details consult:
http://www.mit.edu/~jcrandal/
http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/irahwan/

Details about the application procedure can be found here (deadline 30 April 2010):
http://www.masdar.ac.ae/Menu/Index.aspx?MenuID=7& CatID=150&mnu=Cat

The Ministry of Home Affairs, State Ministry for National Development Planning/National Development Planning Agency, and the Ministry of Finance with the support of Decentralization Support Facility (DSF) are pleased to be able to offer a number of full scholarships for civil servants (Pegawai Negeri Sipil) from central and local government for one year Master degrees in the United Kingdom.

Eligible fields of study are: Decentralized Governance and Development, Urban Governance for Development, Public Service Policy and Management, Public Administration, Local Government Finance, and Corporate Environmental Management.

General Requirements for Applicants:

• Applicants must be either civil servants from one of the three ministries/institut ions mentioned above or local government officials from any one of the regions in which the DSF has local government activities (Kepulauan Riau, North Sumatra, West Sumatra, South Sumatra, Riau, Banten, West Java, DKI Jakarta, Yogyakarta, East Java, West Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, North Sulawesi, West Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi, Bali, East Nusa Tenggara, West Nusa Tenggara, Maluku, North Maluku, Papua, Central Kalimantan, Jambi, Gorontalo).
• Maximum 40 years of age.
• Excellent first degree with a minimum GPA 2.75 on a scale of 4.
• Good level of spoken and written English language (IELTS 6.0 or TOEFL Institutional/ International 550).
• Minimum of two years working experience as a civil servant in an area related to decentralization.
• Highly motivated and committed to career and professional development.
• Must be able to demonstrate future leadership potential and the capacity to play an important role in Indonesia’s development.
• Field of study should be relevant to educational background or current profession.
• Previous recipients of an overseas scholarship for Master degrees are not eligible to apply.

Documents required:

• Application Form
• Copy of degree certificate and certified (translated into English) academic transcript of grades
• Copy of ID card (KTP)/Passport and Employee ID Card
• Copy of English test certificate
• Recommendation letter from direct supervisor
• The latest official appointment letter

Application Deadline:
Complete applications must be submitted by post at the latest by Wednesday, 17 March 2010 to:

Bagian Sumber Pembelajaran dan Kerjasama Kediklatan
Badan Pendidikan dan Pelatihan Kementrian Dalam Negeri
Ministry of Home Affairs
Jl. TMP Kalibata no. 8, Jakarta Selatan 12750

Contact Person:
Sri Mulyani +6221 799 6521
Muchsinin +6221 799 6521
Rickith Goas +6221 351 0764

The application form is available on: www.dsfindonesia. org/scholarships / and http://akln. setjen.depdagri. go.id

Please download application form for scholarships on link below (in Microsoft Word format)

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Please contact us if you have problem downloading.

Graduate Scholarships are available in the general areas of solid mechanics and thermal fluid sciences.
The current program emphasis in solid mechanics includes:
1) computational and experimental mechanics;
2) controls and applied automation;
3) robotics; and,
4) design and manufacturing.

Apply by email to: aalmajid

Abdulhakim Almajid
Mechanical Engineering Department
King Saud University, P.O. Box 800 Riyadh
Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia