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Published: 11 Nov 2021 886 views
The Fellowship is part of the GI-TOC's flagship Resilience Fund, which provides grants and support to civil society individuals and organizations working to counter the impacts of criminal governance and violence across the world.
The first edition of the Fellowship in 2020 provided support and networking opportunities to a cohort of 10 individuals from around the world on the chosen theme of disappearances related to organized crime.
The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime is an independent civil society organization. It comprises a network of over 500 experts including prominent law enforcement, governance and development practitioners dedicated to seeking new and innovative strategies and responses to organized crime.
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| Application Deadline | 15 Nov 2021 |
| Type | Fellowship |
| Sponsor | Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC) |
| Gender | Men and Women |
Sponsorship: Providing financial support so that Fellows will have the time and resources to carry out their individual work and a collaborative project. Grants of US$15 000 per Fellow will be awarded for one year.
Networking: Offering mentorship opportunities with experts from the GI-TOC, as well as bringing Fellows together to begin a collaborative project to be undertaken during their Fellowship year.
Dissemination: Creating opportunities for Fellows to publicly share their work and ideas – through platforms such as conferences, civil society forums and national and international publications, which will expand public discourse, deepen engagement with society, and invite the support and participation from the general public and, ultimately, policymakers.
Applicants should have a background in any of the following fields: journalism and media; activism; advocacy and community mobilization; the creative arts (artists, writers, filmmakers and others); community leaders (religious, cultural, youth leaders); academia (researchers and scholars), and the public sector (policymakers). Individuals from other disciplines will be considered if their work is relevant to the Fellowship’s objectives and the annual theme.
The Fellowship welcomes applications from people of any gender, ethnicity, age, religion or any other defining factor, who work in communities affected by organized crime. The overall make-up of the 10 Fellows will be diverse and will reflect an equitable geographic and gender balance.
Participants should be from countries disproportionately affected by organized crime and/or from least developed countries.
• Participants should ideally work closely within communities severely affected by environmental crime, or have strong ties within them, and should have ongoing or established projects or engagement. The cross-border nature of issues relating to organized crime allows applicants working within a wider, non-geographic community to be considered on a case-by-case basis. There is no requirement that the Fellow live in the community concerned.
• Participants should be able to demonstrate how the funding and support will be used.
• Participants who have direct experience in their communities’ issues, related to the annual theme, are particularly encouraged to apply.
• Participants must be fluent in at least one of these three languages: Spanish, English or French.
• Participants’ prior work should demonstrate a commitment to the ethics and values of the Resilience Fund.
For more details, visit GI-TOC website.