The French-language universities of Belgium will award 150 scholarships and 70 training grants in 2011-2012 to applicants from developing countries through Belgium’s University Commission for Development
Overview of the 2011-2012 program.
Within the programme for international courses and training programmes 2011-2012, CIUF grants 150 scholarships for participation into the courses and 70 for participation into the training programmes.
THE LIST OF INTERNATIONAL COURSES AND TRAINING PROGRAMS
International Courses
Master complémentaire en Aquaculture
Master complémentaire en Gestion des Transports
Master complémentaire en Santé Publique - Orientation Santé et Développement
Master complémentaire en Sciences et Gestion de l'Environnement dans les Pays en Développement
Master complémentaire en Gestion des Ressources Animales et Végétales en Milieux Tropicaux
Master complémentaire en Gestion des Risques Naturels
Master complémentaire en Sciences et Technologie des Aliments
Master complémentaire en Médecine Transfusionnelle
European Microfinance Programme
Master complémentaire en Protection des Cultures Tropicales et Subtropicales
Advanced Master in International and Development Economics
Master complémentaire en Développement, Environnement et Sociétés
Master complémentaire in Public Health Methodology
Training Programmes
Stage à l'Usage des Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication dans les Bibliothèques universitaires
Stage en Système d'Information Géographique
Stage en Gestion des Systèmes de Services de Santé - Economie et gestion des ressources/planification (filière A) - Gestion scientifique et recherche en systèmes de santé (filière B)
Stage Méthodologique en Appui à l'Innovation en Agriculture Familiale
Stage en Environnement et Gestion Durable des Ressources Minérales
RULES OF SELECTION
The following criteria will apply for the selection of holders of scholarships:
Only applicants originating in developing countries, qualify for selection. To be eligible, candidates must reside and work in their country at the time of the introduction of the file.
ONLY the nationals of the following countries are authorized to postulate with our SCHOLARSHIPS :
South Africa, Algeria, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, China, Colombia, Ivory Coast, Cuba, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Guinea, Haïti, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Morocco, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Niger, Uganda, Peru, Philippines, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, El Salvador, Senegal, Suriname, Tanzania, Palestinian territories, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe
At the beginning of the programme, candidates must be less than 40 years old for courses, and less than 45 years old for training programmes.
Candidates must be holders of a degree that is comparable to a Belgian University graduate degree ("licence"). However, for certain programmes different rules of admissibility may be defined, and these are specified hereafter, where appropriate.
Candidates must show professional experience of at least two years upon termination of their studies. Where candidates are holders of a postgraduate degree delivered by an university of an industrial country, they must show professional experience of at least three years upon termination of their studies.
Candidates must have a good knowledge of written and spoken French; for programmes organised in another language, good knowledge, in writing and speaking, of this language, is required. Moreover, the candidate will be asked to commit himself to study French in order to be able to participate in daily life in Belgium.
Candidates are not allowed to apply FOR MORE THAN ONE PROGRAMME.
NO TREATMENT WILL BE GIVEN TO FILES THAT :
Are incomplete
Are sent by fax or e-mail
Arrive at CUD beyond the set deadline (indicated on this site)
Are not provided on the adequate file (downloadable on this site), and in the language in which the programme is provided
Do not correspond to a programme presented in this site
Refer to more than one programme
Are not accompanied by the parts to join obligatorily (copy certified of the diploma,...). Photocopies or documents scanned of the certified copies are NOT accepted
Do not respect one the criteria of conformity clearly mentioned in the site (certified diploma, age, professional experience,...)
During the selection process between admissible files, CIUF will take account of the following criteria:
The academic curriculum
For courses, priority will be granted to candidates who have not yet obtained a postgraduate degree, save for exceptional circumstances specified in the application file.
The benefit of previous scholarships
Priority will be granted to candidates who have not yet benefited from a scholarship in Belgium.
Professional experience
CIUF grants scholarships as a matter of priority to candidates who, upon termination of their University studies, have had the opportunity of practising a profession in relation to problems of development. The social impact of professional experience constitutes an element of assessment.
Membership of a partner institution
Candidates who are appointed by an institution with which CIUF has concluded a partnership, either within the framework of institutional co-operation or within the framework of an own-initiative programme, will be granted priority in case of equality on the other selection criteria.
The commitment of the candidate to development activities
Special attention will be given to files of candidates who, beyond their academic qualities, have shown commitment to development issues. This commitment may materialise in having worked with the most disadvantaged social categories, and in having tried to define with them the efficient means to defend and promote their interests.
Nationality
CIUF aims at diversifying the geographic origin of the scholars. It sees to it that in the overall of the international courses and training programmes organised in the framework of its North-Actions programme, candidates origina-ting in sub-saharian Africa represent 50% of the total number of scholars.
Equality of sexes
CIUF grants special attention to the participation of women in the international courses and training programmes organised within the framework of the North-Actions programme.
Perspectives of future reinstatement
Major guarantees are required concerning the return of the candidate to his country of origin or to another developing country, as well as his reinstatement in a profession that enables him to put the training acquired in Belgium at the service of development (e.g. labour contract, formal promise of appointment) and to produce a multiplier effect to the benefit of his country of origin.
Scholarship Application Deadline: 14 February 2011
