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> From: vitalie <[email protected]> > Subject: The Swedish Institute invites young professionals to apply to the SI > Summer Academy for Young Professionals (SAYP) 2016, a two-week thematic > module on sustainable public management. > Date: January 11, 2016 at 2:35:36 PM GMT+2 > > https://eng.si.se/areas-of-operation/scholarships-and-grants/visby-programme/si-summer-academy-for-young-professionals/si-summer-academy-for-young-professionals-sayp-2016-call-for-applications/ > > > The Swedish Institute invites young professionals to apply to the SI Summer > Academy for Young Professionals (SAYP) 2016, a two-week thematic module on > sustainable public management. The programme will be held in the Swedish city > of Malmö. > > SAYP 2016 will take place 13–24 June 2016 and is organised by SI and Malmö > University. SAYP is a training programme developed to build new networks, > knowledge and practices for increased transparency, efficiency and resilience > in public administration in the countries in the Baltic Sea region and the EU > Eastern Partnership countries. The programme also aims to strengthen young > professionals and their individual capabilities to meet the requirements of a > modern governance structure. > > The application period for SAYP 2016 is 4–31 January 2016. > > Who can apply? > The programme is targeted primarily at young professionals (up to 35 years > old) already employed in the state structures, working with development of > policy and measures to create a more transparent, resilient and efficient > public administration. Applicants may preferably work within financial > management/control and audit services, but may also work in other parts of > the administration. > > In 2016, we are focusing on young professionals from these groups: > > Policymakers (politicians, government officials, employees of political > parties) > Public servants (non-political civil servants working at government agencies) > Civil society workers (CSO/NGO volunteers/employees) > A general requirement for any applicant is a good command of English language > (the degree of proficiency should be specified in the CV) and a relevant > education, consisting of at least three years of previous studies. > > Eligible countries > Citizens of Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Lithuania, Moldova, Sweden and Ukraine > up to 35 years old may apply to SAYP. Young professionals employed in any of > the above-mentioned countries but with a citizenship of another country in > the Baltic Sea region are also qualified to apply. Young professionals > currently not working in any of the eligible countries according to the above > cannot apply. > > Practical details > Participation in the programme is offered free of charge and includes, meals, > accommodation and travel expenses to Sweden. Some minor expenses may be > expected during the stay in Sweden, depending on what the participants choose > to do in their spare time and during the free days in the weekend. > > How to apply? > The application is made electronically, using the SI online application > portal. You need to go through the following steps in order to apply for > participation in SAYP 2016: > > Prepare your Motivation letter according to the SI template. Motivation > letters in any other templates or formats are NOT valid. Make sure to read > the questions in the Motivation Letter thoroughly and be specific and > personal in your reasoning. Without exception, answers may not exceed the > allowed number of characters (letters and spaces) for each question. > Prepare your Curriculum Vitae (CV) in the Europass format of maximum 3 pages. > A CV submitted in any other format than the Europass is NOT valid. Additional > pages will be disregarded. > Prepare a Letter of Reference according to the SI template. Remember that a > letter of reference that is not signed is NOT valid. > Apply using the SI online application portal and attach the necessary > enclosures. The link to the application portal will be available on this page > during the application period 4–31 January 2016. Remember that an application > that has not been submitted within this period will not be taken into > consideration. > Key dates and deadlines for SAYP 2016 > 4–31 January 2016: Application period > Beginning of March 2016: Successful candidates are confirmed for participation > 13–24 June 2016: Main two-week thematic module, held at Malmö University > October–November 2016: Evaluation and next step > November 2016 – January 2017: Preliminary local follow-up workshops arranged > together with the SI Alumni Network and the SAYP module organisers > Programme outline > Module title: Sustainable Public Management > Malmö University 13–24 June 2016 > > The course Sustainable Public Management aims to strengthen young > professionals in their work to create a more transparent, resilient and > efficient public administration in the participants’ countries. The course > consists of two parallel tracks. > > The first track is structured thematically and will cover topics such as: > public management, governance, transparency, leadership, gender equality and > public ethics. Each topic is introduced by a lecture, followed up by a group > seminar, and completed with a practically oriented seminar with > representatives from a Swedish governmental agency. The idea is to within > each theme move from a theoretical and research perspective to a more > practical and tool-oriented discussion. The Swedish cases presented at the > seminars will serve as examples for discussions on issues pertinent to all > public servants, regardless of cultural or organisational context. > > The second track is oriented towards project management and group work. > Throughout the course, each participant will participate in a multinational > group exercise, working with specific tasks in order to facilitate mutual > learning processes. Specific focus will be directed towards cross-sector > collaboration and social and public innovation. At the end of the course, > each project group will present a project connecting to one or several themes > of the course. The group work will be facilitated by a series of lectures on > project management with focus on cross-sector collaboration and social and > public innovation. > > After finishing the course, the participants should be able to: > > discuss and understand the values of sustainable public management, > especially concerning the role of management in governance structures and in > promoting change; > make relevant value judgements within the public sphere, such as equality, > transparency and public ethos; > formulate a project aimed at cross-sectorial collaboration and social- and > public innovation within set timeframes and, as a part of a team, prepare and > present this project; > use their specific skills and knowledge to contribute to a process of mutual > learning; and > discuss effects of bad governance and present practices of how bad governance > can be countered. > Through SAYP, the participants will be able to expand their own contact > networks and share ideas, experiences and challenges. The participants may > also take part in follow-ups and thematic workshops afterwards, as fellows of > the Swedish Institute Alumni Network – a vast professional and global contact > network meant to keep building good practice and underpin mutual learning > processes for a sustainable future. > > For more information, please visit the Malmö University thematic module > website. > Contact at Malmö University: Tom Nilsson, tom.nilsson(at)mah.se > Read more about Malmö University here. > > Contacts at SI > Markus Boman, markus.boman(at)si.se > Mikael Olsson, mikael.olsson(at)si.se > Madeleine Mattsson, madeleine.mattsson(at)si.se >
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