The fellowships provide an allowance for luggage costs, health insurance, books, tuition and fees, if applicable. Junior Fellowship Program 1996 is designed to improve the capacity and skills of young environmentalists from Central and Eastern Europe and their non-governmental organizations to deal with organization and management problems as well as other obstacles that have, in the past, prevented them from being as effective as possible. Junior fellows follow a four-week program of integrated and interactive workshops which address the particular needs of the Central and Eastern European regions. Fellows will develop products individually tailored for the needs of each person and their NGOs that can be applied when they return to their own countries. These include project proposals and funding strategies, press releases and community action plans.
Fellows spend four weeks at the center's headquarters in Budapest.
For the 1996 sessions, the center participants are invited from Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia and the Ukraine. Applicants should have demonstrated a strong interest in environmental protection, be between 20 and 30 years old, be active in an environmental NGO, have citizenship in one of the participating countries and speak and write English well. The center will cover all costs, including accommodation, travel and daily expenses. Application deadline for the May 6 to June 5 program is March 15. Combined research and language training programs also are available.