NATO International School of Azerbaijan is pleased to announce call for applications for its upcoming summer session of “Financial Security”. The NISA Summer Session will be held on 4-11 July, 2010 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Participants will be accommodated in the hotel where the Session will take place. Participants will have an opportunity of tour programs in Baku and surroundings. All successful participants will be awarded with a certificate.
Eligible participants: young politicians, researchers, NGO, government or mass media representatives and academicians working on security and related issues. Participants should be fluent in English, under the age of 35 and nationals of NATO member states, Partnership for Peace countries, Mediterranean Dialogue and Istanbul Cooperation Initiative countries.
Financial procedures
NISA will provide scholarships to cover the expenses related to the local transportation, accommodation, meals as well as the social program during the event dates. Limited funds are also available to provide reimbursement of the travel expenses up to 60% of some qualified participants (provided that it does not exceed 300 USD for Eastern European, 400 USD for the Western European participants and 500 USD for the participants coming from the US and other parts of the world). Reimbursement will be made as a bank transfer after the end of the session. Therefore all selected participants should send their bank account details before traveling to Azerbaijan. If you are successfully selected then NISA will provide you with the needed official reimbursement document where all the needed information is listed.
There is no participation fee. Financial assistance requests for travel expenses will be considered individually. The request for the most economic travel expenses subsidization should be sent to NISA before the deadline by indicating the details of transportation reservation and price.
Application must include the application form, detailed CV and 1 page long paper on “Financial Security” and related topic. The paper must reflect applicant’s own writing and original thinking and be sent to the following e-mail address: nisacourses@gmail.com with the subject line NAME SURNAME/ COUNTRY/ NISA WS, as appropriate.
The deadline for the application submission is June 3, 2010. Only short listed local candidates and selected foreign participants will be notified by e-mail. For more information regarding the selection information please visit www.nisa.az.