The Association Haiti Future announces the opening of candidatures for the Scholarships Valencia Mongérard for the academic year 2016-2017. This scholarship in France for a period of two (2) years aims to provide training in graduate level at a young Haitian student for a Master 1: Applied Economics at Université Paris-Est Marne la Vallée and Master 2: Economics of Development and Management of International Projects at the University Paris-Est Creteil.

Candidate Profile :

• Haitian national residing in Haiti ;

• Be aged under 26

• Having a degree in economics

• Justify very good academic results

• Good analytical skills and synthesis

• Commit to return to work in Haiti for at least 5 years

• Good knowledge of English

Students who wish to apply, you must first register to this this address : https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1bqJ3aktC_GWa_hk0eVn5pjw03lB-7lyGbK2Rz6vATFE/viewform?c=0&w=1 AND send their application by email to two (2) following addresses : contact@haiti-futur.com / boursevalencia@gmail.com until April 4, 2016.

Your application must contain the following documents :

• Curriculum Vitae

• Cover letter (maximum 2 pages) describing your background, academic and professional; your interest in the master and future projects :

• Academic results (from Baccalauréat II to the last year of license)

Shortlisted candidates will be called for interview.

Selection Criteria :

• Academic results ;

• Future Projects (return engagement in the country)

• Family and financial situation ;

• Human and interpersonal skills (teamwork, honesty, sense of responsibility...) ;

• Involvement in associations and social activities

The final results will be announced in May 2015.

The candidate selected must go to Paris in the month of September 2016. Arrived in Franche he/she will have to be involved within the Association Haïti Futur, coordinator of the scholarship

Documents to be provided by the candidate :

• Passport valid for at least twelve (12) months

• Extract of his birth certificate after February 1, 2008

• Graduation Diploma (Licence)

• Transcripts

Learn more about the scholarship "Valencia Mongérard" :

Created in 2010, born of a partnership between Haiti Future, Alpha Group and the University Paris-Est Marne la Vallée, this scholarships is given in tribute to Mongérard Valencia, Haitian, a former student Emeritus of the University of Marne-la-Vallée, a former intern at Groupe Alpha and a member of Future Haiti. Eager to return to his country of Haiti and get involved in the training of young academics, Valencia was working at the Institut Aimé Césaire, and she died at the age of 24 during the earthquake of January 2010.

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