The next selection of IJP-Fellows will be 2013.
The International Journalists‘ Programmes (IJP)
offer a bursary to up to six young Southern African (SADC-Member
States: Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho,
Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa,
Swaziland, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe + Kenia) and
up to five young German journalists. For two months the Southern
African delegates will have the chance to work in Germany. They will be
integrated into the day-to-day journalism of their host newsroom while
also researching stories for their home media.
It is assumed that all candidates have a strong
command of the English language. German language abilities are an
advantage but are not mandatory.
The Southern African-German Journalists‘ Programme
is a multiyear effort to shape an integrated understanding of the other
country and region and to foster relations between Africa and Germany.
It has been offered as a response to concerns about an increasing
political and cultural detachment between Africa and Europe. The
bursary is intended to enable young journalists to gain valuable
insights into the political, economical, cultural as well as the social
fabric of the host country.
For all selected IJP-Fellows the Programme starts
with an Introductory Conference for all delegates. This will allow the
participants from Southern Africa to familiarise themselves with the
host country. After that they will work for several weeks with media
houses before going out to undertake individual research within Germany.
Applicants are asked to submit their preferences for the newspaper,
radio or TV station or news agency they would like to work with. The
possible location will be chosen by the IJP organisers in dialogue with
each delegate. It is expected that former and new participants assist
one another with regard to accommodation and contacts.
In cooperation with the Federal Government, the
former Federal President Mr. Horst Köhler has established the
Partnership with Africa initiative. A group of reform-minded African
Heads of State and Government have accepted his invitation to discuss
the relationship between the countries of Africa and the industrialized
nations with some 25 representatives of civil society and the political
and business communities of Africa and Germany at two conferences in
Bonn and Accra.
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“What I want to do is raise awareness that we
are all part of the human family, that we inhabit one and the same
world and are all dependent upon one another. And yes, there is a moral
dimension, too, I want to highlight the need for a global ethic. I
believe we need to discuss issues of social justice more and more in a
global and not merely in a national context.”
Interview given by former Federal President Mr. Horst Köhler to the weekly DIE ZEIT, issue 42, 13 October 2005.
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The IJP Southern African Journalists‘ Programme
tries to achieve the same goals. Deepening the dialogue between Africa
and Germany and establishing real partnership between the countries of
Africa and the industrialized nations in Europe.
The Southern African delegates receive a fixed
payment of 3,000 Euro. This is expected to cover most of their travel,
accommodation and living expenses. No further payments will be made:
delegates are expected to use their own funds for any further costs.
Payment for their work with the host media is not envisaged. To receive
the full grant participants are obliged to write a report of at least
three pages and provide copies of their published journalistic work
after returning home.
All journalists from Southern
Africa (SADC Member States and Kenia) between the age of 25 and 40 who
regularly work for a media organisation can apply.
1. Enclose a CV with a passport photograph.
2. Write a 800 word essay addressing the following topics:
- Why you would like to work in Germany
- What you expect from the IJP and what you think you can contribute to it?
- What are the 3 research topics you want to pursue during the fellowship?
- What role you expect to play at your home media in the future?
- How you will spend the bursary?
3. Include
a one-page resume detailing your education and work experience, your
standard of German and English (copies of certificates/ e.g. Goethe
Institut/Toefel), plus 2 copies of articles written by you (TV and radio
journalists must type up their reports since no audio or video tapes
can be considered)
4. A
journalistic reference from your editor or head of department is
required (freelancers should submit a reference from a senior
journalist). It should also guarantee your leave of absence for the
duration of the program.
Applicants are asked to send the
application documents (E-Mail) not before November 15th, 2012 and until
January 15th, 2013 to the following address:
Through its foreign programmes, the IJP support
journalists in two ways: It provides access to new career horizons for
participants. Secondly, it promotes Germany abroad and contributes to
more differentiated reporting of foreign affairs in the German media. At
the same time, the IJP foster professional and personal contacts
amongst journalists. This is the aim of the IJP's alumni network. More
than 1.000 journalists have taken part in IJP programmes since 1988.
The world-wide
IJP alumni network
is unique. Many former delegates of IJP programmes now work as foreign
editors or hold other leading positions in the international media
industry. Exchange of ideas between them and participants of more recent
IJP programmes is an important aim of IJP alumni activities. Regular
IJP alumni events and newsletters keep all former participants up to
date on the programmes and on colleagues with whom they have in many
cases developed very good personal contacts and become friends. Meetings
such as regular (annual) alumni dinners as well as informal events
such as picnics, brunches and boat trips are all part of IJP alumni
reunion activities.
MISA - Media Institute for Southern AfricaMedia organisations in Southern Africa which have contributed in the past include:
Dem. Republic of Kongo: Radio Nationale Congolaise
Malawi: Zodiak Broadcasting Station (ZBS)
Lesotho: Public Eye Newspaper
Mocambique: Radio Mocambique
Sambia: The Post Newspaper, Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation
South
Africa: SABC, e-tv, The Star, Business Day, Business Report, Sunday
Times, Cape Argus, Cape Times, Democracy Radio Idasa etc.
Zimbabwe: Zimonline News Agency
German media organisations which have contributed in
the past include: ARD-Aktuell, Associated Press, Deutsche Welle,
Deutschlandradio, Elmshorner Nachrichten, Financial Times Deutschland,
Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntags Zeitung, Frankfurter Rundschau,
Handelsblatt, N24, RBB, RTL, Stuttgarter Nachrichten, Tagesspiegel, die
tageszeitung, Welt am Sonntag etc.
