The Netherlands Ministry for Development Cooperation's Master's

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The Netherlands Ministry for Development Cooperation's Master'sand Doctoral scholarships in Sustainable Poverty ReductionThe opportunityStudents from Asian developing nations are offered the opportunity to pursuetheir master's or doctoral studies in fields relating to sustainable povertyreduction at one of Asia 's leading postgraduate institutions. The scholarshipsThe Netherlands Ministry for Development Cooperation and the Asian Instituteof Technology have partnered to offer a program called "Human ResourceDevelopment for Asian Partner Countries" from October 2006 to December 2009.Master's and doctoral scholarships will be provided to students from sevenpartner countries of the Netherlands in Asia, i.e., Afghanistan , Bangladesh, Indonesia , Mongolia , Pakistan , Sri Lanka and Vietnam .The scholarships cover the costs of degree programs in fields relevant tosustainable development, environmental protection and the promotion ofgender equity. The three focal areas are water engineering and management,rural development and sustainable use of natural resources, and urbanenvironmental management.Water engineering and management includes waterways and coastal engineering,irrigation engineering, water resources and water supply drainage. Expertiseareas also include water transport, flood control, beach protection,erosion, water supply and wastewater collection and sewerage treatmentsystems, and integrated watershed development management.Rural development and sustainable use of natural resources addresses ruraldevelopment and the need to consider economic productivity versus thenecessity to conserve rural areas. In AIT many programs aim to contribute totechnology to stimulate rural developments including agricultural and foodengineering, bioprocess technology, aquaculture and aquatic resourcesmanagement, pulp and paper technology, natural resources management, as wellas regional and rural development planning.Urban environmental management addresses the sustainable development ofurbanized areas as many of the partner countries are facing rapidurbanization. Thus, the concerns should address urban economy and livingenvironment, conservation of urban natural environments and greening,prevention of environmental deterioration, impacts of urbanization, urbantransportation, urban affordable sanitation and sewage treatment. Urbanenvironmental management focuses on the utilization of human and otherresources to improve and maintain the quality of urban areas.Details• Scholarship recipients will be selected according to AIT's admissioncriteria, rules and regulations to ensure that the most suitable candidatesare admitted based on an assessment of the needs in the Netherlands ' sevenpartner countries in Asia .• At least 40 per cent of the scholarships will be offered to womencandidates.• After successful completion of graduate studies and professional trainingin AIT, the scholarship recipients are obliged to return to their homecountries for strengthening institutional capacities and contributing inbuilding sustainable societies.• Recipients are required to conduct thesis research on topics relevant totheir respective home country's development needs incorporatingenvironmental protection and sustainable development concerns.• A scholarships provides grants for tuition and fees, monthly stipend,medical insurance, educational visa and one round trip air travel.• For the master's program, preference will be given to staff of publicsector agencies, government departments, training institutions anduniversities.• Doctoral scholarships are available only to candidates who are lecturersor university teaching staff. Doctoral degree program candidates must becertified by their local employers to study abroad and must havere-employment contracts to ensure that they return back to work after theircompletion of the doctoral degree program at AIT. Applicants must provide arelevant research proposal and demonstrate a strong academic background andexperience.• All recipients of the scholarships should take at least one course ongender and development issues.Entry requirements• Applicants must adhere to AIT's admissions requirements, procedures andpolicies.To learn more, click here:*http://www.ait.ac.th/apply/requirements*<http://www.ait.ac.th/apply-requirements>* * <http://www.ait.ac.th/apply-requirements>DeadlineAugust semester: 15 FebruaryNote: Applicants who are required to attend Bridging program, who requireearly offer of admission or who have visa or passport restrictions, areencouraged to submit applications at least two months before the deadline.You may apply online or download application forms at:*http://www.ait.ac.th/apply* <http://www.ait.ac.th/apply>You may also receive the application package by mail for a nominalapplication processing fee of US$25.Please contact:Admissions and Scholarships UnitAsian Institute of TechnologyP.O. Box 4 , Klong LuangPathumthani 12120 , ThailandPhone: (662) 5245031-5033Fax: (662) 524-6326E-mail: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/beasiswa/post?postID=sptT2F4uqdgU7iqUkToMNplG3bp5dYhv05vt7iIH-PQZu4vM1iuV5wZ6_qImQfw37HO8fzJ5R84La43nRQWeb site: www.ait.ac.th