Orange Knowledge Programme (OKP)

Eligibility Criteria

• Be a professional and national of, and working and living in one of the countries on the OKP country list
• Have an employer’s statement that complies with a prescribed format. All information must be provided and all commitments that are included in the format must be endorsed in the statement. (You will not be eligible for the fellowship if you fail to submit this document);
• Not be employed by an organization that has its own means of staff-development. Organizations that are considered to have their own means for staff development are for example:
• multinational corporations (e.g. Shell, Unilever, Microsoft), large national and/or a large commercial organisations, bilateral donor organisations (e.g. USAID, DFID, Danida, Sida, Dutch ministry of Foreign affairs, FinAid, AusAid, ADC, SwissAid), multilateral donor organisations, (e.g. a UN organisation, the World Bank, the IMF, Asian Development Bank, African Development Bank, IADB), international NGO’s (e.g. Oxfam, Plan, Care).
• Must have an official and valid passport;
• Must not receive more than one fellowship for courses that take place at the same time;
• Must have an NFP/OKP government statement that meets the requirements of the country in which the employer is established.

Offered Benefits

• 100% tuition fee
• Return flight covered
• Living costs for duration of course covered

Application Process

Stage 1: Apply for the IHS academic courses via the online forms and** receive your academic admission offer**. To apply, visit the page of the chosen course and click on one of the "Apply now" buttons on the page.

Stage 2: Once admitted, the student will then be invited by IHS via email to apply for the OKP fellowship.

To find out more information about this scholarship you may want to visit the Nuffic website.