Thank you for your interest for the phase II of the Climate Action Factory Project.  We are excited to hear from you!

The application deadline for the fellowship is August 15th, 2009.  However, please note that there are limited paid fellowships availble and that we will accept fellows on a rolling bases.

Please take a moment to fill out the following application.  This shouldn't take long.  Bullet points are perfectly acceptable -- no need to write long essays!  Simply copy past the following questions and your answers it into a word document and send it to julius@avaaz.org  with the subject title "FELLOWSHIP APPLICATION".  Also feel free to attach your resume/CV.

 

Fellowship Application: Avaaz.org Climate Action Factory

Duration:    August 18th - October 2nd, 2009

Position:    Fellow, full time, paid

Application form:

Name:
Date of Birth:

Phone:
Email:
Residential address:

Nationality / Country of citizenship:

Are you a student?

Languages spoken/written:

Current Occupation (if any):

Are you available to work fulltime from August 18th to October 2nd : Yes / No

Why would you like to join the Avaaz Youth Climate Action Factory project? (bullet points are sufficient – 100 words max)

 

Activist skills (Check all that are relevant and add a few words of explanation if appicable):

• Organizing Events, Demonstrations, Actions, Stunts, etc.
• Actions planning and execution - logistics, coordination
• Community Organizing
• Volunteer Management and Mobilisation
• Communications and messaging
• Public Speaking
• Media Contacts – newspapers, radio, TV etc.
• Online Media (blogging, digital photography, video clips, expert with Facebook/Twitter, etc.)
• Web-design / online skills / Graphic design
• Creative: Art, Painting, Music
• Other

Climate and Politics knowledge (check all that apply):

• Following the UNFCCC negotiations
• EU or German climate policy
• National climate politics (In which countries/regions?)
• German political knowledge
• Experience in business (including corporate campaigning, working with small businesses, etc)
• Election experience
  
• Any key areas of interest/knowledge? 

Briefly outline your experience (if any) in climate activism (bullet points are sufficient – 100 words max as a guideline).

Briefly outline your experience (if any) with politics and particularly elections (bullet points are sufficient - 100 words max as a guideline).

To what active groups and organisations, from the local level to the international, are you already connected, and how? Please focus on the EU and particularly Germany, but list major affiliations elsewhere as well.

Briefly outline your experience managing projects and people (if any), including managing volunteers.

What unique perspective or skill will you bring to the fellowship?

Do you have any experience in team work? 

 

What challenges do you think you might face as an Avaaz Action Fellow?

If accepted as a Fellow, I will sign the Fellowship Agreement : Y/N

Any other comments or things you would like us to know?

 

 

Thank you for your interest!

"What we do now could determine the fate of billions of people.  These could be the most important years in history."
    - Peter Madden, author of the October 2008 study "Climate Futures"