The Orange Knowledge Programme (OKP) is a full scholarship available to professionals working in (urban) development from a number of developing countries offered by Nuffic. Financed by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, this programme aims to contribute to a society’s sustainable and inclusive development by offering access to education and training to professionals and organisations. There are 3 application rounds per year. You can find the details about each application round in the programme calendarOpens external.
On this page you can find the following information:
Eligibility criteria and application procedure
Deadlines and eligible courses
FAQ regarding the OKP Fellowship
OKP Interest Registration Form
All candidates who wish to apply for the fellowship need to first submit an application for the academic course of their choice. The following IHS academic courses are eligible for the upcoming summer deadline (Application Round 2, 2021):
– 3-month course on Sustainable Urban Development (SUD) 2022 intake
What is the application procedure?
Step 1
Check the scholarship eligibility criteria below. To be eligible for the programme you must meet all of these requirements:
a) Be a professional and national of, and working and living in one of the following countries: Afghanistan  Bangladesh  Benin  Burkina Faso  Burundi  Colombia  Congo (DRC)  Egypt  Ethiopia  Ghana  Guatemala  Guinea  Iraq (new)  Jordan  Kenya  Lebanon  Liberia  Mali  Mozambique  Myanmar  Niger  Nigeria  Palestinian Territories  Rwanda  Senegal  Sierra Leone  Somalia  South Africa  South Sudan  Sudan  Suriname  Tanzania  Tunisia  Uganda  Vietnam  Yemen  Zambia
b) Have an employer’s statement that complies with a prescribed format (template will be provided via invitation). 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);
c) 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).
d) Have an official and valid passport.
e) Knock-out criteria: Your background fits into one or more priority areas as mentioned in the “OKP country focus document” (see below). This is a knock-out criteria by the OKP programme as your fellowship application will not enter the assessment stage if you do not meet this criteria.
OKP application deadlineThis is the period in which you apply for the OKP scholarship. Note that you will be invited to do so by IHS only if you are admitted to your preferred course.12 May – 27 June 2021Expected selection outcomemid-September 2021
