Title: Acquisition of Digital Records: Lessons of the Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program Project (.pdf) Format: 20-minute presentation followed by Q&A, as part of the “Project Management in Digital Collections” session Presenters: Jane Gorjevsky.Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program (IFP)The International Fellowships Programme (IFP) of the Ford Foundation is a programme representing the largest single program ever supported by the Foundation. Through the IFP, Ford is investing over $3. Fellows from countries in Africa, Middle East, Asia, Latin America, and Russia, where the Foundation maintains active overseas programs. The IFP will support approximately 4,0. Fellows within the period. IFP’s goal is to enable exceptional individuals from many parts of the world who otherwise lack opportunities for advanced study to pursue post- graduate degree programmes. FORD INTERNATIONAL FELLOWS, as the recipients of the Fellowships are called, will be expected to become leaders in fields that further the Foundation’s goals of strengthening democratic values, reducing poverty and injustice, promoting international cooperation, and advancing human achievement.
The International Fellowships Program (IFP) is a programme supported by the Ford Foundation and administered in West Africa by the Association of African Universities (AAU) in collaboration with Pathfinder International, Nigeria and West African Research Center. More than 4,300 fellows from Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America have received graduate degrees at universities worldwide thanks to the Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program (IFP). These students have not only advanced their own learning, but have brought their new knowledge. Peace Initiative in West Africa Religion in West Africa Saharan Crossroads Dakar Applied Research and Training. IFP's New York- based secretariat collaborates closely with partner organizations in 2. Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Mozambique, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Egypt and Palestine. Others are, Chili, Peru, Mexico, Brazil, Guatemala, Russia, Vietnam, China, India, Philippines, Indonesia, and Thailand. These organizations supervise all recruitment and selection activities, and help ensure that the program's goals and implementation are grounded in local realities and reflect local needs. In West Africa, the AAU coordinates IFP activities in Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal, the participating countries in collaboration with its partners . Repatriation arrangements and re- entry issues. Ford Foundation recognizes the importance of supporting and motivating the fellows to come back to their homelands to promote issues of social justice. In view of this a proposal is under review for funds to support national and regional associations alumni as well as networks that will help them achieve the aims for which they were awarded this fellowship. AAU will be coordinating Alumni activities in West Africa. Of these Fellows 2. September 2. 00. 8. Gateway to Research in West Africa.
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