Dear friends,
Please permit me to bring to your attention a fully funded EJN Fellowships offer for Journalists to Cover the Seventh Global Environmental Facility GEF) Assembly in Vancouver, Canada.
Background
The Global Environmental Facility (GEF) is a multilateral environmental fund that provides funding to assist low- and middle-income countries in meeting the objectives of international environmental conventions such as the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), and Minamata Convention on Mercury.
This fellowship to the GEF's Seventh Assembly, which will be held from August 22-26 in Vancouver, Canada, will strengthen journalists' capacity to cover real-time changes to global environmental and climate financing instruments and their implications.
Eligibility:
To be eligible for the fellowship, the applicant must:
- Be a professional journalist from or representing an established media house from a low- or middle-income country.
- Have previous experience reporting on environmental issues. Experience covering climate and environmental financing is a plus.
- Have good command of the English language.
- Be available to arrive in Vancouver by August 21, 2023, and commit to staying to cover the full week of the Assembly and participate in all fellowship activities.
- Provide a letter of support from an editor or media outlet, committing to publish or broadcast any stories produced as a result of this fellowship. This is expected of both staffers and freelancers.
- Submit recent, relevant samples of their journalistic work, which can be uploaded as documents or web links. Work samples can be in any language as long as they are accompanied by a short English synopsis.
- Journalists can be of any age, but preference will be given to youth journalists (age 35 and under).
Note: You'll be asked to upload these supporting documents once you start the application process, so please have them handy.
Benefits
EJN will cover non-refundable economy-class airfare, accommodation, meals, travel insurance, and transportation costs to participate in the fellowship. Organizers will ~ reimburse meals and other transport costs.
The Application Deadline is 10 June 2023, 05:59
Best regards,
Chinedu Moghalu