The Netherlands Fellowship Programmes (NFP) promote capacity building within organisations in 51 countries by providing fellowships for training and education for professionals. The NFP is initiated and fully funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs from the budget for development cooperation. The NFP has three sub programmes for individual fellowships: Short courses Master’s degree programmes PhD studies In addition, there are seperate funds for tailor-made training courses and alumni activities. Click here for more info Aim of the NFP The NFP aims to help increase both the number and the competencies of skilled staff at a wide range of government and non-government organisations. Each embassy has its own focus area to support the development goals of the Netherlands in each NFP country. The overall objective is to spend 35% of the budget on grants and study programmes in food security and private sector development. ...