8th Intake Candidate Fellows’ Work Programme

Below is the work programme for the 8th intake of the MEFMI Candidate Fellows.  The Fellows Development Programme (FDP) is a unique initiative by MEFMI through which carefully selected high potential professionals in the region are put through an intensive training and professional exposure to upgrade their competence in key fields. Fellows are recruited from Client Institutions through a competitive and transparent process.

 For more information, please contact Ms. Jane-Rose Lutaya who is the Programme Officer responsible for coordinating the Fellows Development Programme.  janerose.lutaya@mefmi.org

No Item Period  Status
1. Recruitment Nov 2012 – April 2013 Completed
 2 Selection  April, 2013  Completed
 3 Orientation, development of Customised Training Plans (CTPs), Research Methodology and Report Writing Skills Workshop – Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe  1st-10 July, 2013  Completed
 4  Deadline for submission of Technical Proposals  By 31st January 2014  Closed
 5

 Probation:

– Development of Proposals of the Technical Papers

– Finalising of the CTPs

– Allocation of Mentors

 August, 2013  – January, 2014  Completed
 6  Implementation of the CTPs and writing of Technical Papers with the guidance of mentors, attend training courses, attachments and research  February 2014 – February2015  On-going
 7  Submit Full paper to Mentor for final comments and assessment of CTP
implementation
 By 15th  September, 2014  
 8  Deadline for Submission of Final paper to Secretariat  By 30th
September, 2014
 
 9  Continuation of Orientation: Fellows Facilitation and Consultancy Skills
workshop – Tanzania.
 17 – 25 November, 2014  Scheduled
 10  Deadline of submission of the Final Paper to the Secretariat for final
review and Assessments
 By 30th November, 2014  
 11  Assessments of Candidate by Client Institution and External Review of Technical Papers by selected independent/external reviewers.  December 2014 – February 2015  
 12  Graduation  June, 2015  

 NB:

  1. Candidates that fail to meet the probation requirements and continuously fail to improve after warnings are considered for termination.
  2. Candidates that fail to meet the graduation requirements and are forwarded for graduation with subsequent intakes are penalised with a 5% deduction in their overall assessment score at the time of graduating.