ECA is the regional arm of the United Nations in Africa and its mandate is to promote the economic and social development of Africa.
As a foremost knowledge policy institution in Africa, ECA seeks to engage bright young Africans for skills and capacity development, training and mentorship through a fellowship programme within ECA’s work programme. This fellowship initiative is in line with the Commission’s effort to assist member States develop their capacities in economic and social policy research, development,implementation, analysis, governance, and monitoring and evaluation.
The ECA is hereby inviting applications from qualified young African Professionals in the following thematic areas:
- Macroeconomic policy, Economic Governance & Public Finance;
- Private Sector Development & Finance, including Innovative Finance & Capital Markets;
- Poverty,Inequality and social policy;
- Gender equality and women empowerment;
- Demographic Dynamics for Development;
- Innovation and Technology;
- Climate Change & Management of Natural Resources, including Green Economy;
- Industrialization and Economic Diversification Policies;
- Development Planning and Statistics;
- Regional Integration; Infrastructure and Trade;
- Labor Economics and Employment
- Communication and strategic planning, monitoring and evaluation
Candidates are required to have the following qualifications;
- Advanced university degree (Master’s Degree or doctorate or their equivalents) in; International affairs, development, diplomacy, economics, political and social sciences, development, peace and human security, public administration, law,minerals and natural resources, engineering, and related field
- Academic research or academic work related to the above focus thematic areas
- The candidate applying for this fellowship programme must be 35 years of age or below, at the time of the application
- The candidate must be a national of a member State of the Economic Commission for Africa
Further details on the fellowship program are outlined at https://www.uneca.org/sites/default/files/vacancies/Fellowship%20eng.pdf
ALL SUBMISSIONS TO BE EMAILED TO:
Email Address: RecruitmentPPost@un.org
Subject Line: ECA Fellowship for Young African Professionals, 2021
Application deadline:Wednesday, 14 April 2021 at 11:59 p.m. Addis Ababa Time