Call for Applications: Harvard Kokkalis Program Fellowships http://www.hks.harvard.edu/kokkalis/educational_opportunities.html#kokka\ lisfellowship
For master's degree studies in Public Policy, Public Administration and Public Administration/International Development Open to candidates from Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Kosovo, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia and Turkey Founded at the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) in 1997, the Kokkalis Program is an integrated network of educational, research and outreach activities that aim to enhance the quality of democracy, governance, and institutional vitality in Southeast Europe and neighboring regions. The program works toward this goal by bringing together senior policymakers, scholars and students and training individuals for public leadership and service. The Kokkalis Program has significantly increased knowledge about the Harvard Kennedy School's degree programs in Southeast Europe at a time when it is critical for the region to foster the training of its human capital in the area studies offered at the School: public administration, public policy, leadership and international development. To date, the Kokkalis Program has supported 42 students from Southeast Europe for master's studies at the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS). Furthermore, the Kokkalis Program has made possible the training of over 250 senior officials from the public and nonprofit sectors in HKS executive training programs on campus and in Athens. HKS executive training programs offer participants leadership and management tools that are critical for advancing important individual and organizational goals in an era when global competencies are essential. The program has also supported student internships and fieldwork, and Harvard faculty and independent research culminating in publications. Having organized over 200 major lectures at Harvard and in the region, the Kokkalis Program ranks as one of the university's most active and respected programs. The program creates vibrant links between Harvard and Southeast Europe by supporting lectures by prominent leaders - including presidents, prime ministers, Nobel laureates, NGO leaders, journalists, and pioneering academics - from Harvard and the region, in an effort to unite practitioners of public policy and students in debate and knowledge transfer. Through all of these diverse initiatives, the Kokkalis Program aims to create global networks of communication and cooperation among those vitally concerned with Southeast Europe's advancement, and to provide innovative educational opportunities for the region's human capital. The program was established by Mr. Socrates Kokkalis, founder and chairman of Intracom Holdings and INTRALOT, the largest Greek multinational technology groups with operations in over 60 countries worldwide. The Kokkalis Program, Kokkalis Foundation, and Athens Institute of Technology are a product of Mr. Kokkalis' visionary commitment to supporting stability and development in the region through education. Laura Husti-Radulet lhusti-radulet[at]soros[dot]ro
