The Global Fellows program offers professional fellowships in business, NGO, and governmental organizations in Israel. The Fellowships involve design and implementation of specific solutions for project and program priorities for their home countries in developing economies.
The Global Fellows program builds focused project teams to design and implement priority development projects based on conditions, needs, and sustainable development goals. Working with in-country partners (Governments, local authorities and development finance organizations) it will structure project opportunities in those developing markets in overcoming scarcity in agriculture/food, water, energy, and global health by blending development finance with technological solutions. The program is a partnership between the Jerusalem Institute’s Milken Innovation Center and Blum Lab for Developing Economies, Israeli and international development partners, and Israeli’s leading science and technology centers in both the public and private sector.
WHAT DOES THE FELLOWSHIP INCLUDE?
· Up to 10-month stipend for fellowship in Israel focused on developing a project implementation plan with Israeli development technology partners.
· Graduate level course on innovative finance for sustainable development and financial echanics seminar (in coordination with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Graduate School of Business).
· Project supervision by our staff, and support by professional mentors involved in aspects of project development and finance and specific technology fields, as applicable.
· Work teams and placements with suitable Israeli technology companies and solution providers (NGOs, technology transfer organizations, incubators or Labs) in relevant fields.
· Workshops and seminars to focus on key aspects of international development finance and project development, including project budgeting, feasibility determination, Letters of Credit, term sheets, project evaluation, etc. The experts may include Israeli and international experts from development financial institutions and multi-lateral development organizations and from universities and academies.
· Professional development, and updates about individual projects and field trips to review on site projects and programs in Israel.
· Support and programming on professional skills, orientation to Israeli technology sectors, skill development focusing on sustainable development project and enterprise finance, in a weekly training seminar, and other support while they are in the country.
· Special tours in Israel of history and industry sites.