Applications Open for Netherlands Fellowship Programmes

By Modupe Gbadeyanka

International Centre for development oriented Research in Agriculture (ICRA) is seeking applications for Netherlands Fellowship Programmes (NFP) and Middle East and North Africa Scholarship Programme (MSP) Fellowship with an aim to help reduce the shortage of skilled workers or support democratic transition in specific countries.

This is initiated and fully funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs from the budget for development cooperation.

Business Post gathered that Nuffic offers two types of fellowships: Netherlands Fellowship Programmes (NFP), a scheme initiated and fully funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs under the budget for Development Cooperation.

The overall aim of the NFP is to help alleviate qualitative and quantitative shortages of skilled manpower within a wide range of governmental, private and non-governmental organizations

This by offering fellowships to mid-career professionals to improve the capacity of their employing organizations.

The need for training has to be evident within the context of an organization.