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Applications are open for the States Newsroom Capital Reporting Fellowship 2025. The Capital Reporting Fellowship is a summer program that places students and new journalists in newsrooms across the country. Apply now!
Date Posted: 01 Oct, 2024
Apply now to be a youth representative at the USA Pavilion at the 2025 World Expo. Applications are currently ongoing!
Date Posted: 30 Sep, 2024
Applications are open for the Global Business Coalition for Education Youth Skills and Employment Accelerator 2025 for Nonprofits in the U.S. The Youth Skills and Employment Accelerator helps nonprofits working with young people from underserved communities to connect with other organizations, businesses and funders to improve young people's skills and employment prospects.
Date Posted: 30 Sep, 2024
Applications are open for the Anna Lindh Foundation Shaping Transformative Narratives 2024. Social media Influencers can shape opinions, trends, and behaviors through the content they create and share. This is why, for the first time, the ALF Secretariat is launching a call specifically for social media influencers. Apply now!
Date Posted: 30 Sep, 2024
Applications are now open for the 2024 Earthshot Prize Youth Programme. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 28 Sep, 2024
The GFCF is inviting applications for the third cohort of the #ShiftThePower Fellows, an experimental programme aimed at strengthening the #ShiftThePower movement by supporting and elevating thought leadership and network connectedness among civil society and movement practitioners in the Global South who are deeply immersed in social change at the local level. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 28 Sep, 2024
Applications are now open for the 2025 United Nations Regional Course in International Law for Africa. The Regional Courses provide high-quality training by leading scholars and practitioners on a broad range of core subjects of international law, as well as specific subjects of particular interest in a given region. Apply now!
Date Posted: 27 Sep, 2024
Applications are open for the PowerUp Program 5.0. The PowerUp Program, sponsored by Access and fully implemented by NerdzFactory Foundation, is a comprehensive training platform focused on job creation and entrepreneurship. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 27 Sep, 2024
Applications are open for the Women Digital Entrepreneurship Program (WDEP) 6.0! The Women Digital Entrepreneurship Program (WDEP) is targeted towards existing and aspiring female entrepreneurs interested in learning and opportunities to grow an online business. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 27 Sep, 2024
Applications are open for the Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs Emerging Climate Leaders Fellowship 2025. The mission of the Emerging Climate Leaders Fellowship is to create a community of committed clean energy and climate change leaders from emerging and developing countries, enriched by engagement with top Yale faculty and researchers, and leading global authorities in the clean energy transition from the International Energy Agency and beyond.
Date Posted: 27 Sep, 2024
Applications are open for the French Institute International City of Arts Residency Program 2025. The Institut français × Cité internationale des arts residency program is aimed at artists and cultural professionals who have been living abroad for at least 5 years and who wish to develop a research and creative project in Paris during a three-, six- or nine-month residency. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 27 Sep, 2024
Applications are open for the InfoNile Environmental Youth Activism Training Program 2024. InfoNile invites applications from youth activists from the Nile Basin countries (Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Egypt, South Sudan and Sudan) for an activists training program.
Date Posted: 27 Sep, 2024
Applications are open for the the Mastercard Foundation Scholarships at the Sciences Po Summer School. Scholarships for the Sciences Po Summer School are awarded in collaboration with a network of partner institutions authorized to nominate candidates. These scholarships are reserved for Scholars from the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program network who want to attend a four-week in-person programme.
Date Posted: 26 Sep, 2024
Are you a visionary GreenTech entrepreneur with a groundbreaking business solution or innovation to transform green and climate sector in Africa and committed to leveraging technology to contribute towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? Do you have an impact driven, financially sound and scalable solution with clear growth strategy to solve Africa's energy challenges? Apply now to join the United Nations Development Programme Timbuktoo GreenTech Hub in Kenya.
Date Posted: 26 Sep, 2024
Applications are open for the India Acumen Fellowship 2025. Acumen invests in social entrepreneurs across the capital continuum and accompanies them on the journey to create transformational change. At Acumen Academy, they identify and prepare these leaders with the hard skills required to build scalable solutions to poverty and the harder skills of moral leadership to re-imagine and build a better world.
Date Posted: 26 Sep, 2024
Applications are open for the Al Journalism Labs 2025 at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. Embark on a journey of innovation! These 3-month hybrid, tuition-free and highly participatory programs invite journalists to explore generative Al through theory and practice and add meaningfully to the conversation.
Date Posted: 26 Sep, 2024
Are you ready to shape the future of social enterprise? Apply for the Social Enterprise World Forum (SEWF) Policy Forum 2024 today!
Date Posted: 26 Sep, 2024
Applications are open for the YOCILAB Young Graduate Fellowship 2024. The Young Graduate Fellowship is a comprehensive program designed to empower young graduates aged 18 to 29 in Cameroon. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 26 Sep, 2024
Applications are open for the Reporting Together: German-Ukrainian Journalist Exchange 2025. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 25 Sep, 2024
Applications are open for the Anne S. Chatham Fellowship in Medicinal Botany 2025. The purpose of the award is to protect, preserve and expand knowledge about the medicinal use of plants, thus preventing the disappearance of plants with therapeutic potential. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 25 Sep, 2024
1. What Are Training Programs?
Trainings are structured programs or courses designed to enhance an individual's skills, knowledge, and competencies in a specific area. These may include workshops, internships, certification programs, or on-the-job training offered by employers or organizations.
2. Are Training Programs Free or Paid?
Training programs can be either free or paid. Some organizations and platforms, such as government programs for nonprofits, offer free, fully-funded training, while others charge a fee. There are also scholarships and grants available to help cover the costs of paid training opportunities.
3. What Are the Benefits of Participating in Training Programs?
Training programs provide numerous benefits, including skill development, career advancement, personal growth, and increased job market competitiveness. They may also offer networking opportunities, certifications, and hands-on experience that can enhance your professional profile.
4. What Types of Training Opportunities Are Available?
There are various types of training opportunities. Some popular ones include:
Workshops and Seminars: Short-term learning experiences on specific topics.
Internships and Apprenticeships: Hands-on, work-based learning.
Certifications: Programs that provide credentials upon completion.
5. What Is the Difference Between an Internship and a Training Program?
An internship is a specific type of training program that focuses on gaining work experience in a professional setting, typically over a short duration (such as a summer). On the other hand, a training program may include broader educational experiences that could be theoretical, practical, or a combination of both, and may or may not take place in a work environment.