Rotart World Peace Fellowships

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Rotary World Peace Fellowships

The Rotary Foundation o Rotary International


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Strengthening Todays Leaders to Build Peac

The Rotary World Peace Fellowship has given me a platorm that will enable me to dedicate mysel to the

important challenge o international confict prevention and peace-building in the uture.

Anna Pehrsson (Universidad del Salvador), Desk Ocer, Department or Security PolicySwedish Ministry o Foreign Aairs, Swede

Do you want to change the world? Heres how.

Rotary World Peace Fellows are leaders promoting national

and international cooperation, peace, and the successul

resolution o conict throughout their lives, in their careers,

and through service activities. Fellows can earn a masters

degree in international relations, public administration,

sustainable development, peace studies, and conict

resolution, or a related feld, or a proessional development

certifcate in peace and conict resolution.

Alumni work in a range o areas, including grassroots and

local nongovernmental organizations, national governments,the military, police, and bilateral and international

organizations such as the United Nations, World Bank,

International Organization or Migration, and Organization

o American States. Graduates o the program also enjoy the

support o a growing worldwide network o ellow alumni

committed to building peace.

Through the Rotary Centers program, The Rotary Foundatio

and Rotarians can increase their eectiveness in promoting

greater tolerance and cooperation among peoples, leading t

world understanding and peace.


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Funding

Rotary World Peace Fellowships und either masters degree

or proessional development certifcate study at one o the six

Rotary Centers or International Studies in peace and conict

resolution at seven universities worldwide.

Fellowship unding includes

Tuition and ees

Room and board

Round-trip transportation

Internship (masters degree) or feld study expenses

(proessional development certifcate)

Rotary World Peace Fellows must locate unds to pay or all

expenses that are not specifcally unded by their ellowship,such as mandatory health insurance (excluding the certifcate

program that covers this expense) and visas.


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I was working in confict situations or over 10 years but never had the technical know-how o dealing with

confict until now. The innovations learnt have urther widened my scope o the understanding o conficts

and how to deal with them to achieve a peaceul goal. My challenge now will be ocused on how to render

the DRC a confict-ree zone.

Abdulai Jalloh (Chulalongkorn University), Logistics Ocer, United Nations,Democratic Republic o the Congo

General Eligibility

Applicants or the Rotary World Peace Fellowships

should have

A commitment to international understanding and

peace, demonstrated through their proessional and

academic achievements and personal and community

service activities

Bachelors degree or equivalent in a related feld

with strong grades at the time o application

Minimum three years combined paid or unpaid

ull-time relevant work experience or the masters

degree program

Minimum fve years relevant work experience with

current ull-time employment in a mid- to upper-level

position or the certifcate program

Profciency in a second language or the masters program

or profciency in English or the certifcate program

Excellent leadership skills

The ollowing persons are ineligible or Rotary World Peac

Fellowships: (a) a Rotarian, an honorary Rotarian; (b) an

employee o a club, district, or other Rotary entity or o

Rotary International; (c) a spouse, lineal descendant (child

or grandchild by blood or legal adoption), spouse o lineal

descendants, or ancestors (parent or grandparent by blood)any living person in the categories (a) or (b); and (d) orme

Rotarians and their relatives as described above within

36 months o resignation.

Persons with disabilities and Rotaract members are eligible

and encouraged to apply.


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This course is a rare and valuable opportunity or all o us in the peace community, due to the sheer presence

distinguished experts and knowledgeable participants. The socialization activities among participants arounthe world automatically leads to the establishment o a peace-building network which will strengthen utur

cooperation, understanding, and mutual respect.

Petchara Pliensiri (Chulalongkorn University), Justice Aairs AnaMinistry o Justice, Thail


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I think the Rotary community

and support is something that also

distinguishes the Rotary (World)

Peace Fellowship rom other

scholarships it also helps you to

integrate in the local society and

get much more rom this great

experience.

Zuzana Stiborova(University o Caliornia, Berkeley),Junior Diplomat, Czech Permanent

Mission to the United Nations,Geneva, Switzerland


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APPLICATION PROCEDURES AND DEADLINES

Application Process

STEP 1 CLUBSApplications submitted to localRotary clubs

STEP 2 DISTRICTS

Club-endorsed applicationssent to Rotary districts

STEP 3 THE ROTARYFOUNDATIONDistrict-endorsedapplications sent toThe Rotary Foundationor processing

STEP 4 COMMITTEEParticipants selected in aworld-competitive procethe Rotary Centers SelectCommittee

Applications are available from the RI Web site at www.rotary.org/rotarycenters.

Each district will set its own application deadline to comply with The Rotary Foundations deadline and may endorse as many applicants to the world competitionas it deems qualied. Each district must submit its candidate applications to the Foundation by 1 July annually for the upcoming masters degree study year andupcoming January and June certicate program sessions.


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Selection andAssignment

Up to 100 Rotary World Peace Fellows will be selected each

year. Ten ellows on average are assigned to each RotaryCenter oering a masters degree, and up to 25 ellows are

assigned to each session o the proessional development

certifcate program. Fellows will be assigned to study at a

Rotary Center located in a country other than that o their

citizenship or permanent residence, with the exception o

Japanese citizens interested in enrolling at the Rotary Center

in Japan, or Thai citizens interested in enrolling in the Rotary

Center in Thailand.

Rotary World Peace Fellows are chosen based on their ability

to have a signifcant, positive impact on world peace and

conict resolution during their careers.

Admission andstudy schedule

Rotary World Peace Fellows are responsible or gaining

admission to their assigned Rotary Center university partneor masters degree programs. Final admission decisions

or the proessional development certifcate rest with the

selection committee, as these ellows do not need to apply t

the university or admission.

Fellows begin their studies at dierent times, depending on

the academic schedule o their assigned Rotary Center host

institution. Northern Hemisphere Rotary Centers masters

degree programs will begin in July, August, or September.

Southern Hemisphere Rotary Centers masters degree

programs will begin in the ollowing February or March.

The three-month certifcate program has two sessions per

year: January-April and June-August. Please reer to the

universitys Web site or www.rotary.org/rotarycenters or

detailed inormation on each Rotary Centers program.


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ROTARY CENTER PARTNER UNIVERSITIES

Rotary Center or International Studies

Chulalongkorn University

254 Prachatipok, 3rd Floor

Bangkok 10330

Thailand

Tel: 66 (02) 652-5088/9

E-mail: [email protected]

Web: www.rotary-chula.org

Duke-UNC Rotary Center or International Studies

University o North Carolina at Chapel Hill

FedEx Global Education Center

301 Pittsboro Street, CB 5145Chapel Hill, NC 27599-5145 USA

Tel: 919-843-2792


Web: www.rotarypeacecenternc.org

Duke-UNC Rotary Center or International Studies

Duke Center or International Development

Rubenstein Hall, Box 90237

Sanord School o Public PolicyDurham, NC 27708-0237 USA

Tel: 919-613-9222


Web: www.rotarypeacecenternc.org


International Christian University

3-10-2, Osawa

Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8585, Japan

Tel: 81-422-33-3681


Web: http://subsite.icu.ac.jp/rotary


Universidad del Salvador

Rodrguez Pea, 752

C1020ADP Buenos Aires, Argentina

Tel: 54-11-4811-0356, 54-11-4814-5026E-mail: [email protected] OR

[email protected]

Web: www.salvador.edu.ar/vrid/dcii/centro_rotary_usal.htm

The opportunity to study and explore peace and confict

in Bradord, and all o the people I have met, have let meinspired and committed on this road o working or peace

and justice in our world.

Christina Bischo (University o BradorProject Coordinator, The Anchor Project, Engla


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Department o Peace Studies

University o Bradord

Bradord

West Yorkshire BD7 1DP

United Kingdom

Tel: 44-1274-23-5235Web: www.brad.ac.uk/acad/peace/rotary

Rotary Centre or International Studies

School o Political Science and International Studies

University o Queensland

Brisbane, Qld. 4072, Australia

Tel: 61-7-3346-9544


Web: www.uq.edu.au/polsis/rotary


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