Ready for the WEASA2024 Peer-to-Peer Meetings?

We are pleased to announce that the call of WEASA2024 P2P Meetings is already open!

Aim

The aim of the initiative is to satisfy the requests and recommendations of our alumni who want to get to know one another better. It promotes the interaction between alumni members by providing them support for visiting their peers, researching a field of interest, holding interviews, or other professional initiatives. This year we are able to sponsor 3 alumni members by providing reimbursement for travel and/or accommodation for 2-4 days in a host country. The budget per visit is up to 500 EUR.

Whom to apply

As previously, this year as well we have registered host individuals/organisations who are eager be a part of the P2P exchange. Additionally, this year we have introduced another component: you are now able to look for a host within our alumni members on your own if you do not find it in the list. It can be both an individual or the organisation of the alumni who agrees to host you!

It’s worth to note that each individual / organisation will host only one WEASA alumni member. But the alumni are encouraged to meet other organisations and/or other alumni members, which will be considered as an advantage for the selection.

The interested alumni members are invited to review the list of the hosts placed on the WEASA Communication Platform (or on the WEASA all editions Facebook group), where the details about the host institutions and the contacts of the host alumni members can be found.

How to apply

Dear alumni, if you are interested in any of the WEASA hosts, please, get in touch with the host alumni member, discuss your needs, make sure that the individual / organisation is ready and available to host you, and agree on a time frame. Only after that you can apply for the program by sending your motivation letter to contact@weasa.org.

The motivation letter should include: 1) the aim of the visit;

2) the reasons for choosing the WEASA host;

3) A draft plan of the visit along with proposed dates;

4) the outcome(s) of the visit;

5) a proposed budget.

The reimbursement will be made after the visits upon presenting the proof of the expenses.

Please, make sure to organise the visit preferably by the end of November.

The deadline for submitting the application is 30 September 2023.

The selection process will be carried out together with our partners based on the relevance and the outcome of the visit.

Here are some examples of previous year P2P meetings:

WEASA2023

WEASA P2P Meeting of Giorgi Iashvili: Improving the cyber resilience of the State Election Commission of North Macedonia