[EQ] The Young Professionals Program for the Millennium Development Goals

The Young Professionals Program for the Millennium Development Goals (YPP/MDGs)

 

Pan American Health Organization, Regional Office of the World Health Organization, PAHO/WHO with the support of
the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).

 

Deadline to apply: March 4^th 2009

 

            Website: http://devserver.paho.org/rvl/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=336&Itemid=214

 

English link: http://devserver.paho.org/rvl/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=5&Itemid=

 

French link: http://devserver.paho.org/rvl/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=6&Itemid=

 

Over a period of three months, participants will receive:

 

·         a one week specialized training at PAHO/WHO HQ in Washington, D.C.,

·         participants will be selected to work in a vulnerable community either in Bolivia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, or Peru,

·         at the end  participants will return to Washington, D.C. to present a final report.  

 

An Information session will be available as an Online/virtual session Via Elluminate:

Monday February 23rd @ 4:00 pm EST

Link to participate: https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=1110&password=M.F61D8139DDAB187DDC47FB1F04901E 

 

 

Requirements:

• Be Canadian citizen or landed immigrant or a citizen from a PAHO Member State (up to 35 years)

• Have some experience in local development and genuine interest in international development issues

• Be bilingual - English – Spanish- (due to the nature of the program fluency in spoken and written Spanish is essential)

• Hold a university degree in the field of public health, development studies, communications, economics,
  Latin American studies, international relations, anthropology or other social science or public health related fields

• Be knowledgeable of Latin America’s socio-economic, cultural conditions, political environment and cultures

 

Applicants should be able to participate in video interviews between the 1st and the 6th of March 2008,

 

Please forward this email and attachment to all possible candidates, faculties, alumni associations, and relevant list servers.  

 

 

           

 

 

 

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