Community Engagement Exchange Program

Deadline: 14 January 2021

The Community Engagement Exchange (CEE) Program is a dynamic global network of innovators working with communities to address critical 21^st Century issues. CEE equips dedicated visionaries with the expertise, skills and resources to develop multisector approaches and build healthy and engaged communities in over 100 countries

Application Information

The CEE Fellow application will be open from Monday, November 15 through Friday, January 14 at 11:59 pm EST. 

Eligibility

Competition for the CEE Program is merit-based and open to emerging civil society and community leaders who meet the criteria below. Applications that do not meet these eligibility requirements will be disqualified and will not be reviewed by the selection committee.

Eligible countries

Africa: Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

East Asia and the Pacific: Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam

Europe and Eurasia: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Turkey, and Ukraine

Middle East and North Africa: Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, and West Bank/Palestinian Territories

South and Central Asia: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan

Western Hemisphere: Bolivia, Brasil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haití, Honduras, Jamaica, México, Paraguay, Perú, Trinidad and Tobago, and Uruguay

Selection criteria

Applicant must:

• Be between the ages of 21-28 at the time of application
• Be a citizen of one of the eligible countries listed below
• Have a minimum of two years of professional or volunteer experience at the time of application
• Be living and working in your home country
  • Individuals with refugee status working on behalf of their home community may be given special consideration
  • You are working on a community engagement initiative in your home country, either in a professional or volunteer capacity, with a vision to pursue a career working to support civil society
• Have a high level of proficiency in spoken and written English at the time of application
  • Semi-finalists will be required to take or submit recent scores for a TOEFL or IELTS English language test
• Be available to travel to the U.S. for three months
• Be committed to returning to your home country to complete a Community Engagement Project (CEP)
• Not a citizen or permanent resident of the U.S. and have not applied for U.S. permanent residency within the past three years
• Be eligible to receive a U.S. J-1 visa
  • Applicants who have participated in an exchange program sponsored by the U.S. Government must have fulfilled their two-year home residency requirement by the time of application
• Be committed to returning to your home country for a minimum of two years after completing the program and
• Not be a current IREX employee or consultant, or their immediate family member

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