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.