Call for Applications: OAS-UPEACE Scholarship

Jun 12, 2014 | OAS & University for Peace

The Organization of American States (OAS), through the Department of Human Development, Education and Employment (DHDEE) and the University for Peace (UPEACE), through the OAS Partnerships Program for Education and Training (PAEC), are offering scholarships to qualified candidates of the Americas to participate in master’s degree programs below.

Onsite:

a)   Environment, Development and Peace:

The MA in Environment, Development, and Peace (EDP) provides comprehensive training in issues of sustainable development, environmental governance, natural resource management, and environmental conflict management from both ecological and social perspectives.  It encompasses a broad range of subjects and themes, including Food Systems, Water Management, Forestry, Coastal Resources, Climate Change, and Sustainable Tourism. The program focuses on the human dimensions of the environment-development nexus, highlighting the connections between local perspectives and broader processes at the national, regional and global levels and emphasizing the importance of political economic structures and inequality in access to resources as key drivers in environmental conflict and global environmental change. The programme prepares students for a wide range of careers in both environmental and development policy and programming in the public, private, and non-profit sectors.

With specializations in:

• Environmental Security and Governance
• Sustainable Natural Resource Management
• Climate Change Policy
• Sustainable Food Systems

b)   Gender and Peace Building

c)    International Law and Human Rights

d)    International Law and the Settlement of Disputes

e)    International Peace Studies

f)     Media, Peace and Conflict Studies

g)    Peace Education

h)    Responsible Management and Sustainable Economic Development

i)     Derecho Internacional de los Derechos Humanos

J)     Derecho Internacional y Resolución de Conflictos

Online:

• Sustainable Peace in the Contemporary World

IMPORTANT DATES:

• June 15th 2014 - Admission deadline to onsite programme at UPEACE
• June 30^th 2014 -  Deadline to apply to the OAS – UPEACE Scholarship for onsite
  programme
• July 31st  2014 - Admission deadline to online program at UPEACE
• August 15th 2014 - Deadline to  apply to the OAS – UPEACE Scholarship for online programe
• August 20th 2014 - Classes begin in Costa Rica for onsite programme
• September 8th 2014 - Classes begin for online programme