NFP-NPT-NICHE e-Newsletter September 2010

Editorial

The holiday season in the Netherlands is over. Yet during the summer break a lot of people continued to spend time and energy on our programmes.
 

NICHE explores Kenya

Kenya is a new country in Nuffic’s capacity building portfolio. There are no NPT contacts and experiences to draw upon. NICHE mainly invests in priority sectors set by the Embassy. In Kenya, this support focuses on private sector development in...
 

SOL a blessing for NFP

On 9 September 2010 Nuffic organized an info meeting to present and explain the new application and selection procedures of the Netherlands Fellowship Programmes (NFP). More than sixty staff members representing around thirty Dutch higher...
 

Guatemala officially joins NICHE

On 10 August 2010 Guatemalan Secretary of State for Planning and Programming Karin Slowing Umaña and Dutch Ambassador for Guatemala Teunis Kamper signed the NICHE programme outline, which took the form of a Memorándum de Intenciones, in order...
 

Nuffic puts gender challenges on the agenda

On 17 June 2010, 55 people came together to share their experiences with gender in NPT and NICHE capacity development programmes. Nuffic organized the seminar to encourage implementers to better address gender issues and to offer a forum for...
 

Learning organizations

One of the basic characteristics of the NICHE programme is its organizational learning approach. In this article we introduce you to Nuffic’s perspective on learning organizations and the role of organizational learning in the NICHE programme.
 

NFP gives more exposure to alumni activities

Alumni activities is one of the NFP sub-programmes and provides funds for refresher courses for NFP alumni, as well as start-up grants for Netherlands Alumni Associations (NAAs) and grants to co-finance activities organized by Netherlands Alumni...
 
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