Global Diversity Foundation (GDF) Conservation and Communities Fellowship 2025 – YOA

Deadline: June 13, 2025

Applications are open for the Global Diversity Foundation (GDF) Conservation and Communities Fellowship 2025. The Fellowship is a 7-month, on-line and in-individual programme for 24 group-based mostly conservation leaders from the Global South. It is a singular studying expertise designed to develop your mentoring, management and sensible information and expertise, and to construct an extended-lasting group of observe. The CCF will strengthen your capability and that of your organisation in fundraising, challenge design and analysis.

Do you’re employed inside grassroots Global South civil society organisations on the intersection of biodiversity and livelihoods? Are you struggling to instantly entry funds to your initiatives and programmes. If so, then apply!

Fellows will obtain coaching, facilitation and peer help in 4 streams:

• Mentoring, led by The Human Edge, trains fellows within the artwork of mentoring to reinforce their administration and relationship-constructing by way of a means of particular person and relational development.
• Leadership, led by Common Purpose, enhances fellows’ skill to have interaction with numerous stakeholders and construct communities of cooperation and collaboration to ship conservation outcomes.
• Capabilities & Capacities, led by GDF Team and CCF Alumni, focuses on technical expertise, together with proposal writing, challenge administration, and group administration.
• Communities and Conservation, led by GDF Team and CCF Alumni, presents an area for essential dialogue and debate round insurance policies, practices and public discourses on the subject of group-based mostly conservation.

Funding

• The CCF is absolutely funded for all individuals, due to the generosity of funders. This means there are not any charges to affix or take part in any part of the programme.
• They will ask all fellows to contribute a small quantity in the direction of their journey to the in-individual gathering in Kenya in November 2025. This modest contribution helps guarantee equity and shared accountability, whereas maintaining the programme accessible to everybody. You don’t have to apply for a journey allowance individually, they may assess every fellow’s particular person circumstances and request a contribution accordingly. Contributions is not going to exceed 300 Euros every, and they’re glad to assist fellows fundraise for his or her journey price contributions.

Eligibility

• Open to candidates from the Global South who’re leaders in native civil society or grassroots organisations whose work focuses on the intersection of biodiversity conservation and group livelihoods.
• Successful candidates will probably be extremely motivated people who present dedication to bringing about optimistic change and who can reveal their management potential and functionality. They are capable of critically assess their private and organisational challenges and are able to clearly articulating their studying necessities and wants.

Application

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For extra info, go to GDF Conservation and Communities Fellowship.