EU Sakharov Fellowship 2023 for Human Rights Defenders in Non-EU Countries! Apply below
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29th January 2023 Midnight (CET).
The European Parliament’s Sakharov Fellowship offers up to 14 human rights defenders selected from non-EU countries the opportunity to follow a two week intensive training in Brussels and at the Global Campus of Human Rights in Venice. The empowering programme for human rights defenders has been organised annually since 2016 further to an initiative taken by the Sakharov Prize Community at the 25th Anniversary Conference of the Sakharov Prize.
Under the Sakharov Fellowship training programme human rights defenders will
The Brussels programme focuses on EU policies and tools in support of human rights defenders, accessing funding, developing communications skills, and raising awareness of specific security challenges facing human rights defenders. It further includes meetings with Members of Parliament, officials of the EU institutions and Brussels-based NGOs. The Fellows will also have space for individual advocacy and networking activities.
Training at the Global Campus of Human Rights in Venice combines academic teaching on international human rights law, instruments and mechanisms with case studies and provides practical tools for improving the work of human rights defenders to effect change on the ground. Lecturers include prominent academics, representatives of leading human rights NGOs, Sakharov Prize laureates and other outstanding human rights practitioners.
Fellowship
Candidates should have a proven record in campaigning for human rights in a NGO or other organisation or in an individual capacity. They must have a high level of English, sufficient to follow and contribute to discussion groups and workshops in Brussels and Venice.
The selection of Fellows is based on the above criteria and the need to ensure gender balance as well as the representation of a variety of geographical areas and human rights issues.
Non-EU Countries
The programme will be organised in person in Brussels and Venice. It might be changed to an on-line format if sanitary conditions require.
up to 14
The Fellowship covers return travel from the country of origin, accommodation in Brussels and Venice and a daily living allowance.
2 weeks
The deadline for applications is midnight 29 January 2023 (CET). Successful candidates will receive confirmation by email, latest by 3 March 2023. Unsuccessful candidates will not be informed of the reasons why they were not shortlisted or offered a fellowship.
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