Atlas user manual for Netherlands Embassies
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1. Programme NFP and MSP deadlines closing months EA April August Short courses Pho E MSP April August mM 1 LT uM 6 WU The submit deadlines are the first Tuesday of the month The application period starts two months earlier The deadline e g August deadline refers to the Institution month in which the Dutch institutions have to T 11 pai submit their grant application The embassies work can start at the same day timeframe marked blue in the scheme left Candidate Before that time there will be no candidates r9 visible your assessment screen You have four weeks to m 1 check the eligibility of the nominated submits grant candidates request nominates 2 indicate if the eligible applications can be candidates f n EN assigned to one or more of the policy themes defined by the Ministry of Foreign Embassy Affairs TE checks eligibility and assesses 3 assess applications based on the application assessment questions Atlas fee 4 assessment question are specific for each sub T 5 Selection programme 7 Grant award Follow Up After the start of the period for the assessment of and MSP candidates you can go to your assessment screen and 1 select from the filter the country for which you w2. Employer s statement is not provided Employer s statement is not readable Employers statement is not signed and stamped Employing organization could not be verified Employing organization could not be reached by phone after three attempts Employing organization is not officially registered O Employing organization has its own staff development facilities and is therefore considered not eligible for NFP Goverment statement is not from competent authority Goverment statement is not provided 1 Government statement is not readable Identification document is expired O Identification document is forged Identification document is not official O Identification document is not provided Identification document is not readable Candidate has been nominated for multiple courses which take place at the same time The candidate is not employed less than 25 of the research period are held in the candidate s homecauntny Please choose or more reasons for rejection Save and Close Cancel 2 secondly because for the next deadline an institution might again nominate the same candidate without the previous mistake For example if the rejection reason mentioned before was something that can be improved like the employer s letter If this same candidate was also not eligible because for example you consider his employer an organization which is excluded from participating in NFP and you did not mention this rejection r
3. the application will participate in the selection with the lowest rating The chance of this application being selected is very low although it is possible that it will be selected depending on whether it fits into one or more of the priority areas 2 5 Overview of your assessment and keeping a record Atlas offers two tools to keep an overview of your work and the applications for your country 1 You can view and save all applications or the applications that fit a certain selection by Export to Excel using the button The excel document that opens will only show the result of your filter if you applied one before doing the export In contrast to the screen in Atlas the excel documents show all filled in fields of an application This functionality is useful to build up a record of past applications possibly the applications that were not selected These have to be deleted from Atlas periodically because of the Dutch privacy law lt is also useful to create a reference work for example to keep a record of which employing organizations you marked not eligible in the past because they were too big This way you prevent discussions with applicants whose colleagues were not rejected for working for the same organization as they You can download an overview of your assessment of a selected sub programme deadline by pushing the blue overview assessments button Status Dalo ol Dirt Embassy ret Policy Pama
4. De dani qo if pare aeos rni Blocwnicaz me poscunt foem for 505 2 Atlas manus Ali contact p rsona at Dutch embasses and will a of fee Alas user manual Ey email in October 2014 Erpse Diploma nacognition Scholarships Eniry residence L Le CN ne LP Lead Gre appicalian Changed 2 Burma Myanmar eee io but 1 ecmaiion about the prognaemena Galore August 2014 General information and news on NFP and MSP will also be published on this website To enter Atlas use the link to get to the login screen At your first login you will be asked to change your password For an instruction on how to use the self service please see Annex 1 Atlas your account and password After logging in you will see the welcome page of Atlas Version 1 0 0 3 id Atlas B Eligibility check Welcome to Atlas This is the homepage of Atlas for Dutch Higher Education Institutions and Dutch Embassies Atlas is the administrative tool of the Netherlands Fellowship Programmes 1 and the MENA Scholarship Programme MSP 11 It facilitates the application and selection part of the programmes as well as the financial monitoring and follow up Actions in Atlas can have irreversible consequences We advise you to read the following information regarding the NFP and MSP process and
5. MSP 1 have changed The Dutch higher education institutions that participate in NFP and MSP submit their grant application through Atlas a newly developed software to administrate NFP and MSP grants from the beginning to the end of each fellowship Each Dutch institution does a grant application per sub programme per deadline for short courses master s degree programmes or PhD researches which they offer The number of nominated candidates in one grant application is based on the number of fellowships that an institution received in the past However the number of nominations is around three times bigger than the number of fellowships that can be paid from the deadline budget This way the Netherlands embassies have the opportunity to identify the most suited candidates for an NFP or MSP fellowship and the pool of candidates will be sufficiently large to meet the requirements the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs has set for the programmes e g 50 of the fellowships must be allocated to women On the other hand the number of applications that embassies have to check is always limited because the Dutch institutions cannot nominate more candidates than the number determined by EP Nuffic for that sub programme deadline Atlas facilitates the embassies in the identification process of suitable candidates After the deadline for the Dutch Institutions for submitting their grant application has closed the nominated candidates of all instit
6. Meseret Male 1 Jan 1970 Adds Ababa Ethiopia abera ethiopiaet 012 314522145 Wageningen University Title 7 Agriculture and environment 10 Sep 2014 10 Sap 2018 48 Month s 12 28506 00 supervisor 1 supervisor ethiopia_et cosupervisor 1 cosupervisorl et tasks 1850 1262 employer 1 Govermmant semi gqovernmen Ethionia position 1 task 1 supariori amp amplayeri at 0121 5236523 10 Documents The documents need to be in format and should not excead 2 MB Copy of passport Employer statement Government statement Admission letter letter of Supervisor Optional Motivation What is the issue or problem you want to address in your country Download candidate document Download candidate document Download candidata document Ethiopia Africa amp oldest independent country and its second largest in terms of pooulebon Apart from a fiva year occupation by Mussolini s tay it has never been colonised How will this course enable you to address this It has a unique cultural heritage being the of issue the Ettvnpian Orthodox Church ane of tne oldest churches and a monarchy that ended oniy in the coup of 1874 How will you address this issue with your position It served as symbo af African independence within your organisation throughout the colonial perd and was a founder member of the United
7. Policy Restrictions see below Click on Change Password Policy Restrictions The password policy requires that the password must be at least 8 characters cannot contain the user s account or full name must contain at least three of the following four character groups English uppercase characters A through Z English lowercase characters a through z Numerals 0 through 9 Non alphabetic characters such as 90 must be changed at least every 182 days cannot be changed until at least several minutes since it was last changed cannot repeat any of the previous 20 passwords You are encouraged to enroll in the Password Self Service With this service you can change reset your own password when necessary Self Password Reset Enroll TT fm Please enroll into the Password Self Service This will enable you to reset your password if you forget it without any assistance from the outside Enrollment is a simple process and only takes a few minutes All R Later You may choose here for Later In that case this pop up will be shown again on next use of the account 23 When you choose to Enroll Now you are requested to define and answer two Security Questions Password Self Service Self Service Password Reset Enrollment Please specify your secret questions and answers If you forget your password you will be asked these questions to verify your identity The answers
8. has chosen not to enroll in the Self Password Reset Enroll The user can not reset his her password and must ask Nuffic to reset the password 2 Earlier the user has chosen to enroll in the Self Password Reset Enroll Go to the selfservice https selfservice nuffic nl atlas default aspx and enter your username and not the password because you have forgotten it en click on the option Forgot your password 25 Sign In Username testil Example username usemame domain DOMAINWSsername Password Forgot your password Click on Forgot your password Welcome to the Password Reset service This wizard allows you to reset a forgotten password or unlock a locked out user account Please enter your user name and click Next Username testi0 Example username usemame domain DOMAIN wsemame Click on Next An email with a Verification Code will be sent to you Email Verification The verification code has been sent to r pho Enter the received code in the Verification Code field and click Next Verification code Resend 26 You receive an email with a Verification Code Atlas Self Password Reset test5 Aan r nieuwhof hotmail com adaxes noreply nuffic nl adaxes noreply nuffic nl Toevoegen aan contactpersonen 16 40 Verification code k2ASx After a password change please wait 15 minutes before you try to login to Atlas Otherwise your new password will not work If you did
9. minimum number of fellowships an institution s course can accommodate and the very diverse costs for different fellowships After the selection has been confirmed by the authorized person at EP Nuffic the institutions will be informed of their grant and the candidates that were selected 4 Follow up and alumni Will follow soon 20 Annexes 21 1 Atlas your account and password Procedures for institutions and embassies 1 First time use of account 2 Log in in to Atlas 3 Password selfservice 1 First time use of account The account holder receives an e mail with Username temporary Password and url of the selfservice and logs in https selfservice nuffic nl atlas default aspx nuffic Welcome Please Sign In Support How to sign in as the current user Sign In Username Example username username domain DOMAIN username Password Forgot your password Fill in the Username and the temporary Password which you received by email and click on Sign in On first use of your account you are required to change the temporary password to one of your own choosing 22 You are required to change your password at the first logon Change Password Username test Old password New password Confirm new password Fill in the temporary Password in the field Old password your new Password in the field New password and Confirm Make sure you meet the Password
10. ood secur by DREL SHHR Wale The excel document that opens shows you three sheets The first sheet contains a lists of not eligible candidates and their rejection reasons the second sheet contains a list of assessed candidates with their assessment per question and the third sheet contains an overview of all candidates from the chosen sub programme deadline including the applications you have not yet checked This list is useful if you would like one of your colleagues to check your work or if you want to compare the assessment you gave different candidates 3 The selection of NFP and MSP fellowship holders T 4 1 5 T 7 Institution Nuffic prepare for deadline Candidate registers for fellowship Institution submits grant request nominates candidates Embassy checks eligibility and assesses application Selection Grant award After the deadline for assessing EP Nuffic makes a selection from the eligible candidates that have been assessed by the embassies EP Nuffic makes the selection with the help of the Atlas selection tool It puts the eligible candidates of all countries on one list and sorts them by their score From this sorted list the selection tool picks fellowship holders with the highest score one by one in a way that all four priorities of NFP will be met In order of importance the priorities are 1 At least half of the budget per sub
11. you provide must be at least 3 characters long Question 1 Question What was your childhood nickname EB Answer sss ao Confirm a Question 2 Question What is the name of your favorite cousin B Answer sese a Confirm D Question 3 Question In what city did you meet your spouse significant other Answer sess amp Confirm oo Click on Save 24 You have successfully enrolled for self service password reset You can now reset your password if you forgot it without any assistance Actions User Management Reset Password 2 Log in in Atlas To log in in Atlas go to https atlas nuffic nl Enter your Username and Password Click on Log on When the login fails the user should go to the Password Selfservice see below for a password reset 3 Password selfservice A Change password The password can be changed any time by the user Log in at https selfservice nuffic nl atlas default aspx with the present username and password and choose the option Change password B Password expiry The Atlas password expires after 6 months Ten days before expiry an email is sent to inform the user The password can be changed following procedure A above Even when the password has expired the password can be changed through this procedure A C Password forgotten When the user has forgotten his her password there are 2 options 1 Earlier the user
12. Atlas thoroughly For Dutch institutions nominating candidates means applying for a grant and agreeing to the Grant Conditions as drafted by Nuffic For Dutch embassies assessing candidates as not eligible means that those candidates will not participate in the selection process and will be informed of your decision accordingly The assessment of applications done by the embassy largely determines the outcome of the selection Using Atlas means that you agree to the user policy for Atlas General information about NFP and MSP and news are available on www nuffic nl nfp institutions www nuffic nl nfp embassies The Atlas user manual and the user policy can also be found on these websites If you have questions about Atlas please consult the user manual and the FAQS first If you cannot find a solution to your question or problem in the manual and the FAQs contact the NFP team via nfp fellowshipsGnuffic nl or 31 0 70 42 60 167 An instruction on how to request a new account or change your account is included in the Atlas user manual Click on the tab Eligibility check to get to the screen in which you can do all your work for NFP and MSP 2 Assessment of and MSP candidates At this moment Atlas facilitates the administration and assessment of three sub programmes of the Netherlands Fellowship Programmes NFP and the Mena Scholarship Programme MSP These programmes have different deadlines see table 1
13. P MSP can be met NFP and MSP are tools for the Netherlands embassies with which they can support their own bilateral goals for NFP this is with regard to development cooperation 4 amp rranking of all eligible candidates is possible After the assessment deadline closes the candidates of all countries will be ranked based on the assessment you and your fellowship officer colleagues at other embassies made Without your assessment there is no ranking of candidates and the selection of fellowship holders will be random The objective of NFP and MSP cannot be met when fellowships are distributed randomly The assessment of each application depends on your conclusion on how relevant the knowledge is for the country How to assess an application In order to get a good picture of the applicant and the application as a whole and give well considered answers to the assessment questions in Atlas it is important to examine to what extend the application fits into the objective and target group of NFP or MSP respectively Ifthe application fits one or more of the policy themes of the programmes as far as NFP 5 concerned Ifthe application fits the country focus NFP or MSP in order to contribute to the development of the country How the chosen course programme or research fits with the tasks of the candidate what extend the position of the applicant allows for a good implementation and dissemination of the newly acquired kno
14. and the African base for many intemationa organisations Embassy Embassy reference number Policy thames Food securty Sexual and reproductive health and ighis Security and rule of lew Water Remarks embassy Eligibility Esgibla Not eligible The Dutch institution is responsible for the correctness of the data with which they submitted their grant application to EP Nuffic Therefore the details are non editable for you If you notice any mistakes or untruthfulness in an application please contact the Dutch institution In the majority of cases candidates themselves entered the data and it may have slipped the institution s attention that this input contained mistakes To make communication about a candidate between you and the Dutch institution easier you can see their reference number in the section Study programme The only section you can edit is the one with the heading Embassy The entire assessment of an application is done here You can give a reference number to a candidate for your own record or for example in order to notify the visa department in an early phase The assessment of an application consists of three steps 1 the eligibility check 2 the assessment of an application 3 decide whether an application is attributable to one or more policy themes and mark this decision in Atlas 2 1 Eligibility check The first step in the assessment of an application is the eligibility check The eligibility cr
15. ant to do the candidate assessment if you are the fellowship officer of more than one country and 2 a sub programme and deadline combination When you press the Search button 3 you will get a list of candidates nominated by institutions from that country sub programme and deadline i4 Atlas Eligibility check Country Ethiopia Sub programme and deadline select Surname Status select Date of birth Embassy ref nr Policy theme Food security SRL SRHR Water ata Atlas a E edd Eligibility check Country Ethiopia Sub programme and deadline NFP PhD 31 Dec 2016 Surname Status select Date of birth Embassy ref nr Policy theme Food security SRL SRHR Water Embassy ref nr Name Date of birth Gender Field of study fa van Lier Maria 7 May 1974 Female fs Vassalo Deratu 1 Jan 1970 Male Worku Meseret 1 Jan 1970 Male E Yifru Theodros 1 Jan 1970 Female E Zemiro Theodor 1 Jan 1970 Female 1 2 3 E Employing organisation Univeristy of Ethiopia employer 1 employer 1 Employer 3 employer 1 Version 1 1 0 0 Qum 1 emm o gt E Version 1 1 0 0 Status Remarks Assessed Assessed Assessed Assessed Assessed amp Export to Excel If you want a more specific list you can also filter on the status of the application and the policy theme Please be aware that if you filter before you started your work this wil
16. ctive nealth and rights Security and rule of lew Water Not eligible To what extent does the application fit into one ar more of the policy principlas of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Food security sexual and reproductive health and rights security and the rule of law water Poor not assessed Good Excellent To what extent does the application fit into the bilateral development cooperation policy af the embassy according the country focus document Poors not assessed Fair Good Excellant To what extent le the description of the problem nut ned specific and ralavant What What da want to accomplish Why Specific reasons purpose or benefits of accomplishing the goal Who Who is Involved Winera identty a Identify requirements and constraints Poor not assessed Fair Good Excelent To what extent is the descr tion of how the chosen program can contribute to solving the problem spec fic achievable and relevent Look az Measurability Aaalisic timeframe of implementation Relevance Achievability Poors not assessed Fair Good Excelent To what extent is the motivation of the candidate in accordance with mission activites and ambitions of the employer It is very important that you assess the applications By assessing carefully you can make sure that the bilateral goals of the embassy and the objectives of NF
17. e identification document which NFP PhD MSP SC document is expired attached is expired NFP SC NFP MA ID Identification The validity of your identification NFP PhD MSP SC document is forged document could not be confirmed NFP SC NFP MA ID Identification The identification document you NFP PhD MSP SC document is not attached is not an official Official document of identification in your _ country NFP SC NFP MA ID Identification You did not provide an NFP PhD MSP SC document is not _ identification document provided 5 ID Identification The identification document you NFP PhD MSP SC document is not attached could not be opened or readable proved to be unreadable For the complete table of rejection reasons and the text to which they are coupled see www EP Nuffic nl nfp embassies The Dutch institution will send the rejection letters after the selection around three weeks after your deadline for the assessment of candidates closes In case an application is eligible you should mark the Eligible bullet After saving the eligibility decision the assessment questions will unfold as can be seen in below screen shot Only eligible applications will be further processed 2 2 Assessment Embassy Embassy reference number Policy thames Remarks embassy Eligibility Scare criteria Food security Sexual and reprodu
18. eason the first time then the institution might nominate him again If this time you reject the candidate on the ground that his employer is not eligible for NFP this will have as a consequence that the institution will lose one of their nominations and they will not understand why the same employer is eligible in the first application and not eligible in the second Each rejection reason is a specification on why the application does not meet an eligibility criterion This specification is necessary because the Dutch institutions will have to send the rejection letters or mails in which they inform candidates of their non eligibility As they are not the ones who rejected the applicants it is important that you are specific with your motivation to exclude an applicant from NFP The denotative reasons which are visible to you in the above screen are coupled to more precise descriptions which will be used by the Dutch institutions for making the rejection letters For example one of the eligibility criteria 15 To be eligible a nominated candidate must have an official and valid passport There are five ways in which an applicant cannot meet this eligibility criterion Sub programme Document Denotative Precise description for the for which this description of the rejection letter coupled to the rejection reason embassy checkbox denotative description is applicable NFP SC ID Identification Th
19. internationalising education Atlas User Manual for Netherlands Embassies Table of Contents Table of Contents a OAN a O a 2 IntroducHOn icd Pra Erin orden svi Cen iain vi bui tee catenins 3 1 HOW tO access dtlads oiii edu pex o aceti eve 5 2 Assessment of and MSP candidates eee eee eee eee ee eene nenne 7 2 L EllgibUitV Check oia xo Ede sack edipi ces pen Se MEER NIE CI D EI RD E DUE 12 2 2 ASSessSmelplb icis esee ye texesue ss nce eda eve aea nes aea Ee ene eau tate ed sedes ede aes epe ess us 14 2 3 NO eligibility Chee onrein aeon basvetuad E peus wd denos adiuva Tools aqu 20s eres 16 2 4 No assessment of eligible applications eee eere eee rennen nnne nnn 16 2 5 Overview of your assessment and keeping a record 16 3 Theselection of NFP and MSP fellowship holders 18 A Follow up and Tea a ovk CR E OU ee Vx ees du Es 20 e 21 ANNEX isses eese ure owes visa IERI sane COM NN eUNII MUEVE di Rd SPINE IEEE 22 Introduction The procedure of NFP 1 and MSP II As of the November 2014 deadline the procedure of the Netherlands Fellowship Programmes NFP II and the Mena Scholarship Programme
20. iteria for NFP and MSP are published on EP Nuffic s website for embassies Atlas provides all information on which you can base your decision whether a candidate and his application are eligible for NFP or MSP or not In case an application is not eligible you should mark the Not eligible bullet after which a list with rejection reasons will unfold It is mandatory to choose at least one rejection reason to be able to save the eligibility decision However it is important to make the rejection as exhaustive as possible Two reasons why this 15 important 1 firstly because if one rejection reason happens to be given unjustly and a candidate files an objection it is not possible to bring up other eligibility criteria which he did not meet but which were not listed in the rejection letter Eligibility Eligible Not eligible Employer statement does not mention the name of the candidate Employer s statement is forged O Employer s statement is expired Employers statement does not include the commitment to retain the candidate s job Employers statement does not describe a plan of implementation after return to candidate s namecountry Employers statement does not describe the Genefit of the course for the employing organization Employers statement is not written by the candidate s current employer O Employers statement does not mentioned why the candidate is the most suitable person to participate in the course
21. king the applicable bullet under the heading policy theme Embassy Embassy reference number Policy thames Food security Sexua end reproductive health and rights Securty and rule of lew Water Remarks embassy Eligibility E pibla Not eligible In Atlas you do not need to submit your assessment When you save your work the status of the application changes automatically and the information is immediately accessible to EP Nuffic employees You can change your eligibility decision and your assessment until the deadline of the assessment period of four weeks has closed Applications that you have not worked on yet have the status nominated that have judged on their eligibility have the status eligible or not eligible M Applications that are eligible and have been assessed have the status assessed 2 3 No eligibility check If you forget to do the eligibility check or the embassy decides not to invest time in the eligibility check of NFP or MSP candidates the application will be given the status not eligible when the deadline for the assessment passes These applications will not participate in the selection The applicant will receive a rejection letter with the following reason No eligibility check 2 4 No assessment of eligible applications If you do not assess an application if you do not answer the assessment questions
22. l not be useful as in this case all candidates have the status nominated and policy themes have not been assigned yet If you then filter on any of the policy themes there will be no results oo Eligibility check Chae Sub programme andi deadline HiT masant Sra Sates Gute of bath Embassy ret nr Date of birifs cd atudy Erpdoying organisation There ara nc nera dn copiar If you want to search for a specific candidate you can use the fields for surname date of birth or the embassy reference number which can be added later from the filter Once you have the intended selection you can view the details of an applicant and his E application by clicking on this icon A new window will open Surname Given name s Gender Data of birth Place of birth Nationality E mail address Telephone Study programme Institution Title PhD research proposal Discipline Start date scholarship End date scholarship Duration scholarship Field research period Tuition Fee Supervisor name Supervisor e mail address Co supervisor name e mail address Co supervisor tasks Reference number Nominating emp Name of employing organisation Type of employing organisation Country of employing organisation Currant position Tasks and responsibilities of superior E mail address of superior Telaphone of superior
23. n t initiate password reset please ignore this email Enter this Verification Code and click on Next Reset Password Email Verification The verification code has been sent to r Bho com Enter the received code in the Verification Code field and click Next Verification code k2ASx Resend You are now asked to answer the two Security Questions Reset Password Security Questions Question 1 of 3 What was your childhood nickname 002000 27 Security Questions Question 2 of 3 What is the name of your favorite cousin one After answering the Security Questions you will be asked to provide a new password Reset Password Reset Password Please use the form below to reset your password Nowpasword Confirmation a Generate Spell Out View Password Policy Click on Next Reset Password Operation succeeded Your password has been successfully reset Now you may log in using your new password You will receive a confirmation by email 28
24. nals from ten countries The overall aim of the MSP is to contribute to the democratic transition in the participating countries and to help form a positive image about the Netherlands MSP aims to build capacity within organizations by enabling employees to take part in diploma or other courses The NFP and MSP is initiated and fully funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the budget for development cooperation 1 How to access atlas Each account is a unique combination of an account name and an email address Your embassy has appointed one Central Contact Person for Atlas Accounts CCA This person manages your embassy s accounts Furthermore we have decided to include a second CCA CCA V in Atlas If additional colleagues need access to Atlas the CCA can request additional accounts Only one account is created per person To prevent unauthorized access requests for a new Atlas account changes to existing accounts or requests to close accounts can only be submitted by the CCA using a form which you can find on the EP Nuffic homepage for Dutch Embassies www EP Nuffic nl nfp embassies which must be sent to nfp fellowships EP Nuffic nl D NES zal Tailor Made Training programme 1325 UN Resolution on Women Peace and Security Information for Dutch embasshes and consulates MENA scholarships programme EltuMad In the Picture Education p
25. programme per deadline must be allocated to applications from Sub Sahara Africa 2 At least 35 of the budget must be allocated to application that fit the policy theme Food Security 3 At least 67 of the budget must be allocated to fellowships from countries of the category 1 4 At least half of the fellowships must be allocated to women Thus applications with a higher rating are always preferred within the same policy theme above those with a lower rating To give a simplified example with only 15 eligible candidates Assuming that from these 15 candidates six will be selected for a fellowship and assuming that all fellowships cost the same 1 2 6 and 7 would be selected to fulfill the requirement that at least 50 of the budget are spent on candidates from Sub Sahara Africa 3 would be selected to make sure 35 of the budget is spent on candidates that fit the policy theme Food Security With this selection 67 of the budget would already be spent on category 1 countries and 50 of the fellowships go to women After that there is budget for one more fellowship which will be awarded to candidate 4 because he has the highest score and the priorities are already met by the selection of the previous five fellowship holders For comparison 10 and 14 whose applications fit all four priorities but were of lower quality have not been selected In reality the selection tool has to pay attention to the maximum and
26. romotion kionak for Dulci ambasiaes and Information for Dutch embassies and consulates Information about for Dutch embassies and consulates In countries Important notice Ag of 1 uy 2013 phase of has stained This now Inds policy changes whiti will himan impact on procmedunes and oiiaii Alumni remain an impcrtart group Students visil iz Mudy n Haand for mone informateon about and MSP Atlas of tha 6l 4 Naimibia 7014 ATA Pe aud Wo Prone 8 wil repiacn the SOL anplicaton Log in Io Alias an adjunt accom Afia account Euch account is a unigug combinabon of an account nami and an ema address Your embassy ana Cental Contact Person for Alias Accounts CGA Tres person manages your TE Icoon Furgwirong in crier T0 ATi continua processing applicabionas inbicuption wis Panos decided 16 include u second imn nud acms fo Als tho ean request add anal aeceounis Only account is created per person Account holders can change iir password menogh Alina To prevent urauthorinsd acoess requests for a new Alles account changes 00 axisting BOOKINGS Gr 13 cosa can only aubmittad By mir CLA usted drm which must
27. utions are for embassies available in Atlas They are sorted by country so you only see NFP and MSP candidates whose employer is situated in your country This manual gives a detailed instruction on how to access Atlas chapter 1 and assess the NFP and MSP candidates of your country or countries in Atlas chapter 2 Furthermore it Sketches the process from there onwards to give you an idea how the selection is done chapter 3 and what you can expect after fellowship holders have been appointed chapter 4 The objectives of NFP and MSP The Netherlands Fellowship Programmes promote capacity building by providing training and education fellowships for professionals within organizations in 51 countries that are important to the Dutch development cooperation policy Fellowship holders will improve their knowledge and skills learn about relevant global developments in their field and build an international network This way the employing organisation directly invests in staff development and the fellowship holders invest in their further career For the Netherlands this programme amongst others serves to strengthen ties with the fellowship holder s country and promote trade relationships After completing the education fellowship holders return to their original workplace This ensures the training is embedded within the organisation The Middle East and North Africa MENA Scholarship Programme or MSP offers scholarships to professio
28. wledge in his daily work How well the plans for the time after returning to the employer are described and how easily they can be implemented The quality of the answers to the motivation questions The quality of the employer s statement For each question you can give a rating see screen shot above The default is always poor not assessed which equals zero points later on in the calculation of the score of the application Excellent equals the maximum number of points Apart from answering the assessment questions it is also very important that you decide whether an application is attributable to one or more policy themes that have been determined by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and mark this decision in Atlas When Atlas executes the selection it will allocate 35 of the budget to applications that improve Food Security in NFP countries The selection method identifies applications that belong in this category as such by looking at the policy theme that fellowship officers attributed to them Marking an application as food security relevant thus has great influence on the chance of it being selected Nonetheless applications with a good rating that are food security relevant have a much higher chance of being selected than applications with a poor or mediocre rating that are food security relevant Please see the explanation of the selection method in chapter 3 You can mark an application as food security relevant by chec
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