The Swedish Institute (SI) Summer Academy for Young Professionals (SAYP) is a two-week intense training programme held in Sweden at Malmö University, developed to build awareness, capacity and resilience in the practice of governance in the countries in the Western Balkan region. The programme will be held at Malmö University between August 3-14, 2020.
At the same time the focus of SAYP is to strengthen young professionals and their individual capabilities to meet the requirement of a modern governance structure. The participants will also be able to expand their own contact networks and share ideas, experiences and challenges.
Sustainable Public Management aims to strengthen young professionals in their work to create a more transparent, resilient and efficient public administration.
TESTIMONIALS
“The structure and the content of the lectures of the SAYP WB 2018 were well adapted to today’s challenges, and we had fully interactive session and team assignments to constantly challenge ourselves. I appreciated the extremely high professional and academic level of both peers and lectures but also the ongoing support and assistance provided by the organising staff when needed. After the programme I also benefited from the peer shadowing opportunity which I also used and spent two valuable weeks in Malmö University. SAYP did not only meet but exceeded my expectations.”
Aleksandar Nacev, Assistant Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Detectives and Criminalistics in the European University in Skopje, North Macedonia.
Two tracks
The programme consists of two parallel tracks. The first track is structured thematically and will cover topics such as: public management, governance, transparency, leadership, gender equality and public ethics. Each topic is introduced by a short lecture, followed-up by a group seminar, and completed with a practically oriented seminar with representatives from a Swedish governmental agency or a civil society organisation. The idea is to within each theme move from a theoretical and research perspective to a more practical and tool-oriented discussion. The Swedish cases presented at the seminars will serve as examples for discussions on issues pertinent to all public servants or civil society activists, regardless of cultural or organisational context.
The second track is oriented towards project management and group-work. Throughout the course each participant will participate in a multinational group exercise working with specific tasks in order to facilitate mutual learning processes. Specific focus will be directed towards cross-sector collaboration and social- and public innovation. At the end of the module each project group will present a project connecting to one or several themes of the module. The group work will be facilitated by a series of lectures on project management with focus on cross-sector collaboration and social- and public innovation.
TESTIMONIALS
“SAYP was probably one of the best educations that I have had in my life. Never before have I experienced that we as participants managed to establish such a great connection between ourselves and our dedicated, warm and kind professors. We are still very good friends who had that luck to co-operate and participate together in many projects with the aim to improve relations between Western Balkan countries and to make our future much brighter. Without SAYP – it would not have been possible. It is really a life changing experience in wonderful Malmö town that I would recommend.”
Ana Stevanovic, PhD in Art and Media and Member of the National Assembly, Belgrade, Serbia.
Who can apply?
We welcome applications from young professionals from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Sweden:
- Public servants (non-political civil servants at local, regional or central level)
- Policymakers (politicians, government officials, employees of political parties)
- Civil society workers (CSO/NGO volunteers/employees)
A general requirement for any applicant is a good command of the English language (the degree of proficiency should be specified in the application) and a relevant education, consisting of at least three years of previous studies.
After finishing the course, the participant shall be able to:
- Discuss and understand the values of sustainable public management, especially concerning the role of management in governance structures and in promoting change
- Make relevant value judgements within the public sphere, such as equality, transparency and public ethos
- Formulate a project aimed at cross-sectoral collaboration and social- and public innovation within set timeframes and, as a part of a team, prepare and present this project
- Actively use one´s specific skills and knowledge to contribute to a process of mutual learning
- Discuss effects of bad governance and present practices of how bad governance can be countered
How to apply
Apply to the Swedish Institute Summer Academy for Young Professionals 2020 Western Balkan programme.
Application period: February 11 – March 11 2020.
Read more on the Swedish Institute’s website
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