How to Apply For CrossCulture Programme

The CrossCulture Programme (CCP) funds application details have been published here. All Eligible and Interested applicants may apply online for this opportunity before the application deadline-closing date.

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Requirements

• The applicant must be at least 23 years old at the time of the application.
• At least two years of proven professional experience or volunteer work in a civil society organisation in the country of origin.
• Good written and spoken English skills.
• The applicant is in good health for a longer stay abroad.

DESIRABLE:

• The applicant has been or is socially engaged for the long term.
• The applicant can prove full-time experience in their field of work.
• A collaboration with an organisation in the target country is in progress or planned.
• The applicant possesses further language skills, particularly German.
  • Digital civil society
  • Non-formal political education
  • Climate justice
    

    Primarily, CCP Fellowships promote civil society actors, strengthening them in their work. This includes the following support and offers:

    • Collaboration with a guest organisation from the CCP network, either on site or online
    • Mentoring for the duration of the fellowship
    • Online / on site professional training in the fellow’s field of work, taking their individual and professional aims into account
    • Networking with other CCP Fellowship holders
    • Inclusion in the CCP alumni network
    • For fellowship holders focussing on one of the key topics of CCP: participation in a professional event

    The ifa will cover the following costs for participants from abroad:

    • a monthly stipend of 550 euros plus the coverage of costs for round-trip airfare, accommodation, monthly public transportation ticket within the fellow’s city of residence, health insurance, reimbursement of any visa fees incurred

    The ifa will cover the following costs for participants from Germany:

    • a monthly stipend of 550 euros plus a monthly accommodation allowance of 550 euros, reimbursement of round-trip airfare, reimbursement of any visa fees incurred, health insurance

    Participants are not meant to take family members such as spouses or children with them. The ifa does not cover any costs or assume any responsibility for further persons. The scholarship amount listed above is subject to funding approval by the German Federal Foreign Office.

    FELLOWSHIPS ARE PRINCIPALLY AWARDED TO PEOPLE WORKING IN ONE OF THE FOLLOWING FIELDS:

    • Policy and society
    • Media and culture
    • Human rights and peace
    • Sustainable development

    In addition, from 2019 to 2023, the following key topics will also be focussed on:

• Exclusionary Criteria for the Application: students cannot participate in the programme.

  For More Information:

  Visit the Official Webpage of the ifa CrossCulture Programme (CCP) 2022