The Institute for Cultural Diplomacy (ICD), the Robert Bosch Foundation, and the Istanbul Policy Center are pleased to announce that they are now taking applications for this year’s round of the Germany Meets Turkey – A Forum for Young Leaders (GMT) program. Six Turkish and six German participants will be selected and together with an already established group of twelve young leaders, they will take part in a week-long exchange to Germany in the beginning of September 2009. In 2010 the twelve new participants will return for a one-week exchange to Turkey and in doing so they will join another newly selected group of twelve young leaders.
We welcome applications from young leaders between the ages of 28 and 38 from all fields, including business, politics, science, education, culture and media, and who are interested in building a sustainable interdisciplinary network as the basis for a solid, long-term relationship between the two countries.
Participation in the program is free of charge. Accepted participants, however, will be responsible for travel expenses and travel organization to and from the study tour. Despite this, ICD, IPC, and Robert Bosch Foundation are proud to be able to have a “need-blind” admissions policy, meaning that all applications will be judged equally, independent from the financial situation of the applicant. Upon acceptance to the program, applicants may request financial assistance on an individual basis.
Applications must be submitted no later than May 31, 2009.
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