Ilko Kucheriv Democracy Fellowship Program

The Policy Association for an Open Society (PASOS) has announced a call for applications to participate in the 2014 Ilko Kucheriv Democracy Fellowship Program.

The Programme assists the advancement of democratic practices in Ukraine by empowering professionals of independent democracy and human rights advocacy NGOs and think-tanks. Fellows will gain expertise from well-established independent think-tanks in the EU with experience of democratic transformation and protection of human rights. The fellowships focus on democratic transformation issues such as media freedom, constitutional law, parliamentary democracy, judiciary, gender equality, public opinion research, electoral processes, free and fair elections, and building democratic awareness among the general public.

Fellows will work with the hosting institute for a six-month period or project co-operation and mentoring, and spend four weeks in the office of the hosting think-tank. Fellowships will also provide one-on-one, hands-on training with the host institute's expert as mentor. The goal is to provide a mentoring opportunity for an in-depth, on-site, and interactive experience in democratic transformation and protection of human rights. The CPS is ready to host Ukrainian researchers on the Ilko Kucheriv Democracy Fellowship Progamme.

Application deadline: April 16, 2014

For full details of the call, please visit http://pasos.org/12176/ilko-kucheriv-democracy-fellowship-program-open-calls-for-applications