[Reader-list] Open Space Fellowships

[Ujwala Samarth]

*OS Fellowships: Nurturing civil society leadership*

*and action among young people*

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Open Space, Pune, invites applications for the Open Space Fellowships 2010.


Open Space, the civil society and youth outreach programme of  the Centre
for Communication and Development Studies (CCDS), Pune, engages with
citizens – especially young citizens -- on contemporary social, economic and
cultural issues through film screenings, performances, literary readings,
music concerts, art, storytelling, capacity-building workshops, discussion
and study forums, public lectures, youth festivals and campaigns.  Open
Space aims to be a vibrant place for youth to volunteer, learn, share ideas,
and express themselves. Equally, Open Space supports CSOs and  citizens to
take their work/ideas/processes to a wide audience of concerned citizens,
and also to build action networks.


The Open Space Fellowships are an effort to extend the Open Space idea and
process to other cities in India. Two rounds of fellowships – in Chennai,
Kolkata, Ranchi, Lucknow, Ahmedabad and Bangalore -- have already been
completed in the last three years.


*In 2010 we will be awarding 3 full-time fellowships for a period of 12
months each.
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Applications are invited from young activists/leaders/social entrepreneurs
in cities besides Pune. Applicants from growing metros such as Nagpur,
Bhopal, Baroda, Jaipur, Indore, etc are especially encouraged to apply.

We are looking for individuals who are well-informed on social justice and
development issues, with a background in the social sciences/human
rights/development/media or allied fields. The Fellows should be dynamic,
energetic, resourceful and excellent at communications, moderating
discussions, training and capacity-building. A passion for the arts and
ideas will be an added advantage.

The Fellows will use and adapt in their own cities some of the Open Space
“software” (such as activity-based workshops on gender, sexuality, human
rights, globalisation, etc). They will also develop their own strategies for
outreach and activities/campaigns specific to their own cities. The Fellows
should be well-networked with NGOs, CSOs, educational institutions and
community groups in their own city.

Over the 12-month period, several regular networks, partnerships, events and
forums should have been initiated and publicized. Open Space Fellows will
organise programmes and trainings at multiple venues, in collaboration with
educational institutions, communities, campaigns, partner CSOs etc. The
Fellows will be expected to forge formal partnerships with at least one
educational institution in their city where they will work intensively with
a particular batch of students, set up Open Space clubs etc.

Open Space fellowships will be awarded to individuals preferably below the
age of 40.

The fellowship carries a monthly honorarium of Rs 20,000, inclusive of
communication and conveyance costs incurred by the Fellows. Modest monthly
expenditures for programmes/resourcepersons’ fees are reimbursed separately.

Applicants are invited to send in their CVs and a detailed statement of
interest in these Fellowships, expanding on 1) their suitability for, and
interest in, these Fellowships; 2) the social justice/development issues
most integral to their cities which they would like to work on in the course
of this fellowship; 3) strategies they would employ for outreach, including
likely partners and networks in their cities.

Email your applications, before June 15, 2010, to:

*mediafellowships at infochangeindia.org* and cc them to ujwalasam at gmail.com.



For more information on CCDS and Open Space log on to www.openspaceindia.org,
www.ccds.in and www.infochangeindia.org.

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-- 
Ujwala Samarth
(Programme Coordinator, Open Space)

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