--- On Tue, 2/10/09, Jery Wilkes <jeryleew@yahoo. com> wrote: From: Jery Wilkes <jeryleew@yahoo. com> Subject: [ifsaworld] Fw: EU scholarships for SE Asia To: ifsaworld@yahoogrou ps.com Date: Tuesday, February 10, 2009, 11:58 PM -*(^_^)*- Dipl. Forstwirtin Jerylee Wilkes *-* Kieselgasse 2 *-* 8008 Zürich *-* Skype: chirillas --- On Mon, 2/9/09, dinand alkema <alkema@...> wrote: From: dinand alkema <alkema@...> Subject: EU scholarships for SE Asia To: "Climate Change Info Mailing List" <climate-l@lists. iisd.ca> Date: Monday, February 9, 2009, 4:59 AM Dear Climate-l subscribers --- apologies for cross-postings --- A new EU-scholarship opportunity has become available for residents in South-East Asia (for list of eligable countries, see below) Deadline for application is 28 Febr.! We are very pleased to announce that ITC was selected to be a European Partner in this so-called EMMA programme (Erasmus Mundus Mobility with Asia) ITC - the International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation - offers courses in Applied Earth Sciences (including disaster studies e.g. floods, landslides, earthquakes) , water resource management, natural resources, urban planning, earth opbeservation and geo-information science. The EMMA program profides funding opportunities for students, researchers and academic staff to take part in 'mobilities' between the target group countries and the EU. The programme offers study scholarships to attend courses at Master of Science level, pursue PhDs, Post Doctoral research and to facilitate academic staff exchange. Eligable countries are: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar/Burma, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Thailand. For more information on the EMMA program and the other European partners, I refer to the EMMA home-page: http://math. unice.fr/ EMMA For the training opportunities at ITC, I refer to our ITC-EMMA page http://www.itc. nl/external/ emma/fields. htm Please note that the Hazard and Disaster related trainings fall under the program Applied Earth Sciences (section "Geography and Geology") Applicants affiliated with one of the Asian partner institutes (see below) can apply as "target group 1"; Nationals of the EMMA-countries can apply as "target group 2"; - Students living in a vulnerable situation in EMMA-countries can apply as "target group 3" (see EMMA website for details) The Asian Consortium Partners are: Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (Bangladesh) ; BRAC University (Bangladesh) ; University of Dhaka (Bangladesh) ; Royal University of Phnom Penh (Cambodia); Jadavpur University (India); NED University of Engineering & Technology (Pakistan); Ateneo de Manila University (Philippines) ; University of the Philippines- Diliman (Philippines) . I hope you'll find this opportunity interesting; please forward this message to anyone else you think may be interested. With kind regards, Dinand Alkema - You are currently subscribed to climate-l as: jeryleew@yahoo. com - Go to your membership options: https://lists. iisd.ca/read/ ?forum=climate- l - To unsubscribe visit: https://lists. iisd.ca/u? id=281539. ca435651d251f874 16d3b62cb8ae8b52&n=T&l=climate-l&o=856808 - http://www.climate- l.org - A knowledgebase of International Climate Change Activities, provided by IISD in cooperation with the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB) Secretariat - Subscribe to IISD Reporting Services' free newsletters and lists for environment and sustainable development policy professionals at http://www.iisd. ca/email/ subscribe. htm