The European Union (EU) Global Cultural Relations Programme 2021 for cultural changemakers and innovators.

Application Deadline: October 4th 2021. 

Would you like to broaden your skills in international cultural relations and network with cultural and creative practitioners around the world?

The Global Cultural Relations Programme (GCRP) is a unique opportunity for changemakers and innovators in the cultural and creative sectors.

Apply for the opportunity to develop lifelong skills, increase your knowledge, build your international network and receive support to engage in international cultural relations. You will also be able to develop concrete international collaboration projects with your peers.

Requirements

60 changemakers, professionals and entrepreneurs in the cultural and creative sectors
You should be aged 25-39, with at least three years’ experience in international collaboration or international cultural relations, and an interest in further developing your skills
You could work for a public, private or civil society organisation, or be a freelancer
You will need to be able to commit to the programme throughout its duration from 15 to 30 November

Benefits

Build your skills in international cultural relations through a carefully designed, interactive training programmeNetwork and collaborate with professionals from around the world, facing similar challenges and opportunities
Join the community of 120 alumni on a long-term basis.

Alumnis hear from us regularly about international opportunities and help to shape future editions of the programme.

Click here to apply:https://bit.ly/3ySVTKN

2022 Canon Collins Scholarship in Education Journalism (Fully Funded Masters study in Journalism, Communications or Media studies)

Application Deadline: 22nd September 2021 

Canon Collins Trust, in partnership with the Mail and Guardian, is offering a scholarship for one year of Masters study in Journalism, Communications or Media studies in 2022.

This scholarship seek to support exceptional individuals who are committed to social justice in Southern Africa, and for whom a postgraduate qualification is an essential tool in strengthening their work as a media specialist to promote positive social change, particularly in the area of Education. Funding for these scholarships has been made possible through support received from the Sol Plaatje Educational Project (SPEP).

Requirements

be a South African national, normally residing in South Africa
be in possession of a good Honours degree (minimum second class, upper division or equivalent) or about to graduate in the year of application
be applying for a 1 year full-time Masters course in the field of Journalism, Communication or Media Studies at any South African university; or be already studying a 2 year course in this field
be available to undertake a 12-month paid internship as an Education Reporter at the Mail and Guardian in 2023
preference will be given to applicants that can demonstrate a commitment to education matters in South Africa through work experience, volunteerism or as an activist

Benefits

The Canon Collins Journalism for Social Change Scholarship includes:

a contribution towards your costs for the duration of your study period (R60,000 per academic year);
a 12-month paid internship at the Mail and Guardian;
mentorship by the highly respected Educationalist and Education Writer alumna Dr Sara Black; and an opportunity to enhance your networks, and strengthen your academic and leadership skills through organised events.

Click here to apply:https://bit.ly/3DUZv2D

USAID-USADF Entrepreneurship Grants for 2021 Mandela Washington Fellows ($USD25,000 grant)

Application Deadline: September 21st 2021 

USAID-USADF Grants for 2021 Mandela Washington Fellows Program

USADF is an independent U.S. Government agency established by the U.S. Congress to support and invest in African-owned and African-led enterprises that improve the lives and livelihoods of people in underserved communities in Africa.

Eligibility

2021 Mandela Washington Fellow*
All tracks (public management, civic engagement, and business)
All sectors
Venture must be African-owned and managed, based in, and operating in sub-Saharan Africa
One application allowed

Up to US$25K in funding is available for social ventures that are:

100% African-owned
Sustainable
Impact-driven
Revenue-generating

Click here to apply:https://bit.ly/3yIOBco

“We will not repeat past mistakes” – New Guinean Leader

Colonel Mamadou Doumbia who declared himself the new president of the Republic of Guinea Conakry after what appears to be a successful coup d’état to overthrow Alpha Conde delivered a speech to the nation afternoon.

Col Doumbia cited Conde’s disrespect of the Guinean institutions and the very constitution that made him president. He said as a result, Guinea is facing a crisis in terms of democracy as the people face abject poverty.

Col. Doumbia announced the Committee Nationale pour Reasemblement et le Development (CNRD) to focus on repairing things. He announced the dissolution of the constitution and the current government with the capture of president Alpha Conde.

Doumbia said he had heard the cries of the Guinean people and that his new government will focus on developing the country and bringing back the aspirations of the people.

Colonel Mamadou Doumbia with his wife and children

“We will not repeat the mistakes of the past,” Doumbia said, promising a return to democracy within 18 months. to the remaining members of the Guinean military who are still putting up resistance, Dumbia called on them to lay down their arms and join the movement to restore democratic principles in Guinea.

It remains to be seen whether the new military administration in Guinea will be able to resist the mistakes of almost all the military leaders who have seized power by the gun citing similar woe, but invariable end up becoming worse offenders.

It is too soon for the Guinean people to hit the streets to celebrate as is normally the case at the onset of a military take over. Thus the streets of Conakry remains deserted and calm.

But one Guinean national living in brussels who spoke to DNT slammed the regional bodies such as ECOWAS and AU for their almost certain reactive interventions when the military acts to save a country.

“Why do they sit around and allow these leaders to abuse power and over stay their mandate without intervening,” (Claudette) asked. Conde, like Outarra in Cote d’Ivoire manipulated the constitutional system to run for illegal third terms with the tacit approval of these regional bodies.

Yet the moment they are removed, these regional bodies send envoys into the country to intervene as ECOWAS is almost certain to do.

DNT News with Correspondence reports from Juluis Ouya and translations by Geeby Dialo in Senegal.

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