ESMT awards one prestigious scholarship to an outstanding male or female candidate applying to either program i.e. Executive MBA and Full-time MBA program. The students of Africa can apply for this scholarship. Student must be outstanding male or female candidate and permanent resident of African country. Student must prove their strong intention to promote business development and pursue professional options in Africa within a reasonable time frame after completion of the program. The value of the scholarship is up to € 25,000 (Executive MBA); up to € 15,000 (Full-time MBA).

Eligibility:

• candidates with permanent residence in any African country
• candidates are expected to prove their strong intention to promote business development and pursue professional options in Africa within a reasonable time frame after completion of the program
• students of Africa can apply for this scholarship

Application deadline: July 1, 2013 and October 1, 2013
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The Arab Federation for Human Resource Development holds a workshop in cooperation with the "American Council for Acredited Certification,  entitled “Information technology and its role in the training and rehabilitation of workers"
For more information contact : Mr.Hamdy Al Sarrag
Mobile number: +2 010 0295 8200

The U.S. Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) requests applications to create or expand sustainable mechanisms for civil society and the private sector to effectively engage with governments on political, economic, or social reform in different teams. The eligible countries and territories in this announcement are Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and/or Yemen.The MEPI seeks to support civil society and the private sector reform initiatives.

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The Asian Development Bank (ADB), in collaboration with the School of Economics, Sogang University in Korea and Emory University in the US, invites submissions of substantial abstracts, or preferably completed but unpublished papers that focus on poverty and related issues, in the developing Asia-Pacific. Theoretical, methodological and empirical research and policy oriented papers are welcome provided that findings, conclusions and policy recommendations are based on solid evidence and appropriate methods. ADB will cover reasonable travel and accommodation costs of one author per accepted paper. Papers presented at the workshop will be considered for a special issue of a leading academic journal and a book volume. The workshop will be held in August 21-22, 2013 at School of Economics, Sogang University, South Korea.
Deadline to submit Full Papers:  July 15th, 2013
Submit papers to: almas.heshmati@hotmail.com

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The Asian Development Bank-Japan Scholarship Program (ADB-JSP) aims to provide an opportunity for citizens of ADB’s developing member countries to undertake postgraduate studies in economics, management, science and technology, and other development-related fields at participating academic institutions in the Asian and Pacific Region. The ADB-JSP provides full tuition fees, a monthly subsistence and housing allowance, an allowance for books and instructional materials, medical insurance, and travel expenses. The maximum duration of scholarship award is two years for masters and doctorate programs. Applicants should send applications for scholarships at least six months prior to the planned time to the chosen academic institutions, taking into consideration the normal month of intake and deadline of application in the participating academic institutions. The applicant should have gained admission to an approved MA/PhD course at an academic institution.
Phone: + 63 2 636 2456
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The conference wil take place in Curitiba, Brazil, between October 28 and 31. Papers about labor issues are welcomed and should include  results from empirical, historical, experimental or conceptual research, with a minimum of 15 pages and a maximum of 25, including title, abstract, tables, figures, maps and references.
Submission deadline 30 June, 2013.

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CERGE-EI, with financial support provided by the Global Development Network (GDN) announces a research competition in all fields of the social sciences. Proposals are invited from economists, demographers, political scientists, sociologists, and other social scientists.Maximum funding will be USD 20,000 although it is expected that the vast majority of grants awarded will be for
substantially smaller amounts. Grants in excess of USD 15,000 will be granted only in exceptional cases.
Deadline for applications: 1 July, 2013

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Awards of up to $10,000 USD will be made to previous grantees from CRDF Global’s Cooperative Grants Program (CGP) competitions for U.S.-Russian collaborative research. Awards will cover travel-related expenses associated with supplemental research activities and directly contributing to the original CGP-funded project. All research areas are eligible.
The primary goals of the competition are to:

• Encourage sustainable U.S.-Russian research collaborations.
• Provide U.S. and Russian scientists supported by CRDF Global opportunities to extend their research.
• Allow CGP grantees to promote CRDF Global-funded research.

Applications deadline: July 15, 2013.

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