[Ngo-sanrm] Women's Water Fund - Call for Applications

[Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resources Management Working Group]

*** on behalf of ADB Vietnam and UNDP Asia-Pacific Regional Centre ***

The Women’s Water Fund helps women from developing countries advance 
their career opportunities in the field of water resources development 
and management. The Women’s Water Fund has been created at the 
initiative of DHI and was originally funded by the 'King Hassan II Great 
World Water Prize' presented to Professor Torkil Jonch Clausen, DHI, at 
the Fourth World Water Forum in Mexico in 2006. This year, DANIDA 
(Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark) is co-sponsoring the Fund.

Women in (or on their way into) middle management positions are 
encouraged to apply. The Fund seeks to provide programme participants 
with insight and inspiration that can help them advance into more senior 
management roles. The Fund’s career programme builds upon Danish 
expertise in:

* water and environmental management and its international applications
* organisational management in the water sector

The Fund supports short capacity building visits to Denmark. The visits 
will include a combination of formal training and 'hands-on' interaction 
with managers in public authorities and in the water industry. The Fund 
will cover all travel, accommodation and living costs. It is the 
intention that the Fund will maintain longer duration contact with the 
participants.

The capacity building visits include:

* short courses in career development and management in the water 
sector, and in water governance, water resources, and environmental 
technologies. The courses will also consist of meetings with and visits 
to Danish organisations in the field of water
* a one-week internship with an organisation in one of the above fields
* a subsequent mentoring component. A senior Danish manager will serve 
as a mentor for each candidate. This mentoring will continue for at 
least a year after the visit to Denmark. Candidates must fully commit 
themselves to participating in this component of the programme

This year’s programme includes a two-week training and management 
internship in Denmark from 14 to 29 September 2013. See the outline of 
the programme at:

http://www.dhigroup.com/~/media/Publications/News/2013/05/WomensWaterFundCall2013Final.ashx 


The present programme/study visit in September 2013 is for women from 
developing countries in Africa and Asia where DANIDA is engaged in the 
water sector. See the list of eligible countries below.

Applicants must meet the following criteria

* professional background in a water-related discipline, degree at least 
at Master’s level
* minimum 5-7 years of work experience
* fluent in English
* currently employed in managerial or leadership positions in 
government, private company or NGO (academic careers are *not* supported 
by the Fund)
* citizen of one of the eligible countries (see list below)

Applications must include

* background of candidate, including full biographical data/curriculum 
vitae
* motivation for applying
* letter(s) of recommendation

Application / next step

Please submit your application under 'Jobs' on DHI’s home page:

www.dhigroup.com

no later than 21 June 2013.

For further information, please contact the Secretariat of the Fund, Ms. 
Hanne Berthelsen at <hab at dhigroup.com>

All applicants and successful candidates will be notified by the end of 
June 2013.

List of eligible Asian countries:

Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam

http://dhi.easycruit.com/vacancy/989047/67722?iso=gb