The first call of “Med Fellows: Addressing the Ecological Challenge” will focus on all the challenges facing the Mediterranean region. Through this 1st call, 20 young leaders will be selected, and will have the opportunity to:

– Attend a Webinar (a preliminary session) presenting the activity and its objectives, sharing common action’s project ideas, replying to questions, and warming-up the participants (expected date: 20 December 2019)

– Get mentored through the following activities: Participation in a 4-day long bootcamp (expected date: 2nd half of January 2020 in Tunis, Tunisia); development of a common advocacy and awareness-raising action (expected date: three months from the completion of the bootcamp); involvement in Programme’s other activities or else.

The call is open to nationals of the following countries: Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Palestine, Tunisia, Syria – or belong to related diasporas, especially the Syrian and Palestinian ones.

The deadline for submitting applications is 20 November 2019.

Med Dialogue for Rights and Equality is an EU-funded Technical Assistance Programme with the overall objective to strengthen the role of CSOs active at the regional scale, in building sustainable development, regional cohesion and resilience, as well as in influencing policy-making in the Southern Neighborhood and the Euro-Mediterranean Space. ‘Mobilising local communities on regional issues of common concerns to influence the agenda of public decision-makers and regional institutions, and involve CSOs in emerging regional agendas and thematic dialogues’ is its core attribute.

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