Fw: Announcement of the 2018 edition of the course on Local Economic Development

[Adventina Babu]

Adventina K. Babu, Agricultural Economist, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Cooperatives, Agricultural Research & Development Institute-Ukiriguru, P.O.Box 1433, Mwanza, Tanzania. Fax: +255 732 981065 Mobile: +255 754 430117; +255 784 430117 Email: advent...@yahoo.com; advent...@gmail.com


--- On Tue, 3/13/18, Helder, Jan <jan.h...@wur.nl> wrote:

> From: Helder, Jan <jan.h...@wur.nl>
> Subject: Announcement of the 2018 edition of the course on Local Economic Development
> To: "Helder, Jan" <jan.h...@wur.nl>
> Date: Tuesday, March 13, 2018, 10:11 PM
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> Dear Sir/Madam,
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> Please find attached
> the flyer of the international course ‘Local Economic
> Development: towards agribusiness cluster development
> (LED)’.
> The LED course will be held in South Africa.
> The course is organized by the
> Centre for Development Innovation (CDI) of Wageningen
> UR, in collaboration with the
> Agricultural
> Research Council (ARC) of South Africa.
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> The course is focused
> on catalysing vibrant rural economies through agrifood
> sub-sector and agribusiness cluster development. The LED
> course targets resource poor consumers and smallholder
> producers as beneficiaries. The video ‘MA4FS’
> explains
> the rationale behind this.
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> Since it befits your
> profile, I would like you to consider applying for the LED
> course. For your information, the course qualifies for
> the
> Orange Knowledge
> Program (OKP)
> for short courses, formerly known as the ‘Netherlands
> Fellowship Program’ (NFP)! It is therefore of extra
> interest for candidates without sponsors but from
> countries eligible for OKP! Tanzanian citizens qualify for
> this scholarship program. Previous rounds have shown that
> applicants from Tanzania are being favored by the OKP
> scholarship program.
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> In case you will be
> not be able to apply yourself, I would appreciate your
> assistance in promoting it through, for instance,
> circulating
> the flyer, the video-link and this
> information among your professional network contacts. Please
> stress that, in principal, your contacts will also qualify
> for the OKP scholarship program
> for short courses!
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> For your convenience,
> I have summarized the OKP application procedures
> below.
> To apply
> for the NFP sponsored scholarship, two activities have to be
> completed:
> 1.   
> Registration at CDI. To do so click
> here.
> Next,
> click the
> orange ‘Apply here’
> button;
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> 2.    Once
> registered at CDI, the applicant
> will receive the link & the instructions on how to
> submit their application at the ‘ATLAS/OKP’
> online registration system of NUFFIC..
> Best is
> to start the first activity as soon as
> possible!
> The full
> procedure of the OKP scholarship application has to be
> completed
> latest by March 20, 2018!
> So there will not much time left
> anymore...
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> Do not hesitate to
> contact
> CDI
> in case
> you have any question(s) on the above.
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> Accept my sincere
> apologies for cross-posting this announcement.
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> Jan Helder
> Course Director
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> Sr Economist
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> Market Systems &
> Value Chain Development Expert
> Wageningen UR Centre
> for Development Innovation,
> P.O. Box 88, 6700 AB
> Wageningen, The Netherlands
> Tel. +31 (0)317
> 481401
> Cell +31 (0)6
> 23203720
> Skype:
> jan.helde007
> Email:
> jan.h...@wur.nl
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> www.wageningenur.nl/cdi
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