Pre-Registration

The Preliminary Planning Meeting for the project on “Enhancing Competitiveness in the Caribbean Through the Harmonization of ICT Policies, Legislation and Regulatory Procedures (HIPCAR)", to be held in Grenada, 15-16 December 2008 is on invitation only.

The meeting is addressed to participants from the following countries: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago.

Pre-registration and fellowship requests will be exclusively online.  Registration will also be done onsite on 15 December from 7:30 to 8:30.

Fellowship requests are accepted until 28  November 2008. After this date, please contact directly the Fellowships Service (bdtfellowships or  Tel: +41 22 730 5095)

Fellowships

Eligibility and Deadline

One full fellowship may be made available per ACP country as follows: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago. Candidates for these fellowships are invited to submit their request not later than Friday, 28 November 2008 by completing the appropriate section of the form.

Entitlement

A full fellowship includes one return Economy class airticket by the most direct/economical route from the country of origin to Grenada as well as a daily allowance to cover accommodation, meals and incidental expenses.

Procedure

While the registration is done by pressing the "submit button", fellowship applications should not be sent with the “submit” button. After having registered with the "submit" button, please print the form, sign it, have it signed by the approving officer of your administration, get the form stamped (official stamp of the administration). Once complete, you may either scan it and email it to BDT bdtfellowships OR fax it to +41 22 730 5778.

Should you need assistance, please call the Fellowships Service at: Tel: +41 22 730 5095.

It is imperative that fellows be present from the first day to end of the meeting and participate during the entire fellowship period.

Please note that the deadline for submitting requests for fellowships is Friday, 28 November 2008. Requests received after the deadline will be considered on an "as possible" basis.