MEFMI Recruits its 8th In-take of Candidate Fellows

 

The 8th in-take of the MEFMI Candidate Fellows has been recruited. This is also the first in-take under MEFMI Phase IV. The Secretariat received an overwhelming response for the recruitment in this in-take compared to previous in-takes.

 

A total of 139 applications were submitted by officials from various client institutions of MEFMI member countries. The selection interviews for the recruitment for all the three programmes – Macroeconomic Management, Financial Sector Management and Debt Management were conducted during the period 8 to 10 April, 2013 in Harare, Zimbabwe.

Under Phase III, 95 applications were received in the 2007 recruitment exercise while 79 applications were received in 2009. The 2013 recruitment exercise shows an 83% increase in response compared to the 2009 exercise.

 

The selection was conducted with the assistance of nine (9) external panellists, eight (8) of whom were regional experts while one (1) was an international expert. In addition, the Executive Director, Programme Directors and some Programme Officers took part in the selection exercise.

 

In terms of distribution, of the 139 applications received 51 or 37% were from Ministries of Finance, Economic Planning/National Planning Commission and other collaborating institutions. This shows a significant increase in participation of ministries. Compared to the last recruitment, conducted in 2009,only 14% of applications were from ministries.

The Secretariat applied a rigorous shortlisting process and ultimately 52 applicants of whom 15 or 29% were female, were called for the selection interviews. Nineteen (19) officials were selected in the intended areas of specialization of the Fellows Development Programme. Six (6) or 33% of the Candidate Fellows in the 8th in-take are female.