The DHI Women’s Water Fund has been created as an initiative benefiting from the “King Hassan II Great World Water Prize” presented to Prof. Torkil Jønch Clausen of DHI at the Fourth World Water Forum in Mexico in 2006. The objective of the DHI Women’s Water Fund is to support women in developing countries in advancing their career opportunities in the development and management of water resources.
The Fund’s career programme will draw upon transfer of Danish expertise in water resources by offering capacity building visits to Denmark. The visits will include a combined career learning and mentoring program of two to four weeks duration. It is the intention that the Fund will contribute to a longer duration contact and support to the selected candidates.
The capacity building visits include: i) participation in relevant short courses/e-learning on water resources technologies and management at M.Sc. or Ph.D. level; ii) learning visits at Danish organisations in the field of water; and iii) a mentoring component that includes Senior Danish managers as mentors for each candidate. The mentoring function is intended to be continued for one year after the visit in Denmark as a long distance learning and support relationship.
A Diploma and Letter of Recommendation will be issued by the Governing Board of the Fund at the end of the visit to Denmark.
For the present 2007 Call three course options/study visits are available:
- A one week PhD Course in “Water resources Management”, 4-8 June 2007, at the Danish Technical University – see Attachment 1. The study visit to Denmark will be in the period 3-17 June 2007
- A four weeks Course in “Integrated Environment and Water Management”, 20 August – 14 September 2007, at DHI – see Attachment 2. The study visit to Denmark will be in the period 19 August – 19 September 2007
- A 13 weeks E-learning Course in “Environmental Management in the Tropics”, with one session per week in the period 5 September – 5 December 2007 – see Attachment 3. The first and the last week will be spent in Denmark, the rest in the home country, i.e. study visits to Denmark will be in the periods 2-9 September and 2-9 December 2007
Applicants are requested to indicate, in order of priority, their preference for the above three options.
The present Call for 2007 is intended for women from developing countries in Africa, Asia or Latin America who meet the following criteria:
• Professional background, at least at Master’s level
• Minimum 5-7 years of working experience
• Fluency in English
• Present employment in managerial or leadership positions in government, private company or NGO
Applications shall include
• Background of candidate, including full bio-data/Curricula Vitae
• Motivation for application
• Possible letters of recommendation
Applications shall be submitted to the Secretariat of the Fund at DHI, attention Ms. Winnie Thrane (wwt@dhigroup.com), no later than 9 March 2007.
The selection of successful candidates, and replies to all applicants, will be made by 4 April 2007.