"The six-month fellowships are intended to
empower pioneers who are
already working in the open data or civic engagement communities, and are
designed to augment their existing ‘day jobs’ rather than remove them from
their organisations."
Are you (is anyone here) already working in the open data or civic
engagement communities?
A.
On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 12:11 PM, kayode yussuf <kayusyussuf(a)yahoo.com
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Hello everyone,
As open advocates, I think its cool that we apply for this fellowship.
OpenGov Fellowship | Open Knowledge and Code for Africa
<http://opengovfellows.codeforafrica.org/>
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OpenGov Fellowship | Open Knowledge and Code for Africa
<http://opengovfellows.codeforafrica.org/>
OpenGov Fellowship Blog . FAQ . Apply (en . fr . pt)
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Pioneering Fellowships Will Help Rewire Africa’s Governments
(Application deadline: 15 December 2014)
Do you want to help us build African governments and societies that are
more accountable and responsive to citizens?
We are looking for the best ideas for harnessing the power of digital
technologies and open data, to improve the way that governments and
citizens interact.
Code for Africa and Open Knowledge are offering three pilot Open
Government Fellowships to give outstanding changemakers the skills, tools
and resources necessary to kickstart open government initiatives in their
countries.
The six-month fellowships are intended to empower pioneers who are
already working in the open data or civic engagement communities, and are
designed to augment their existing ‘day jobs’ rather than remove them from
their organisations. Successful fellows will therefore only be expected to
work part-time on their fellowship projects (which could include new
initiatives at their ‘day jobs’), but will receive strategic and material
support throughout their fellowship.
This support will include a modest $1,000 per month stipend, a $3,000
seed fund to kickstart projects, a travel budget to attend local and
international events, access to workspace in Code for Africa affiliate
civic technology labs across the continent, and technology support from
Code for Africa developers and data analysts. Fellows will also be able to
tap into Open Knowledge’s School of Data networks and resource kits, and
its global network of specialist communities, as well as Code for Africa
affiliate communities such as Hacks/Hackers.
The deadline for applications is 15 December 2014. The fellowships are
scheduled to start in February 2015 and run until July 2015.
So, who qualifies for the fellowship? The initiative is a pilot, and is
therefore casting the net as wide as possible. Applicants should:
Currently be engaged in the open government and/or related communities .
We are looking to support individuals already actively participating in the
open government community
Be able to point to examples of their work in the
civic data or civic
technology space, or work in open data or open government
communities
Understand the role of civil society and citizen
based organisations in
bringing about positive change through advocacy and
campaigning
Understand the role and importance of monitoring
government commitments
to open data as well as other open government policy related
issues
Have facilitation skills and enjoy
community-building (both online and
offline)
Be eager to learn from and be connected with an
international community
of open government experts, advocates and campaigners
Currently live and work in Africa. Due to limited
resources and our
desire to develop a focused and impactful pilot programme, we are
limiting
applications to those currently living and working in Africa. We hope to
expand the programme to the rest of the world in 2015.
The fellowship will initially be limited to
African countries where
either Code for Africa or Open Knowledge have extensive
resources or deep
partnerships. Applicants should therefore be based in one of the following
countries: Angola, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco,
Mozambique, Mauritius, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Senegal,
Tunisia, Tanzania, and Uganda. We hope to expand the initiative to include
additional countries later in 2015.
The selection committee will pay particular attention to applicants’
current engagement in the open government movement at local, national
and/or international level. The committee will also be interested in
applicants’ ideas around proposed strategic partnerships and pilot projects
for their fellowships. Neither Code for Africa nor Open Knowledge are being
prescriptive about the proposed focus or scope for projects, but will
prefer projects that demonstrate clear visions with tangible outputs. This
could include fellows working with a specific government department or
agency to make a key dataset available. It could also include helping
communities use available data, or organising a series of events addressing
a specific topic or challenge citizens are currently facing.
Successful candidates will commit to work on their fellowship activities
a minimum of six days a month, including attending online and offline
training, organising events, and being an active member both Open Knowledge
and Code for Africa communities.
While the pilot fellowships are limited to 16 countries initially, we are
exploring ways to expand it to other regions. Get in touch if you would
like to work with us to do so.
Convinced? Apply now to become a Open Government Fellow. The application
is available here <http://opengovfellows.codeforafrica.org/>. If you are
more comfortable submitting your application in French or Portuguese, you
will find it in French here
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1YTPYIWUrnJcUUIbPs9rgDOFih09xNOw04u4YYUr6_j4/viewform>
and
in Portuguese here
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1r4L-90VLUIrGXyWJicix-FDZsQ0ElAZtxvegmgcD3cg/viewform>.
The deadline is 15 December 2014 and the programme will start in February
2015.
Kayode Yussuf
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