Scholarship Information
Call for scholarship applications 2024
is closed.
IPDET scholarships to attend the On-Site Program in Bern, Switzerland, are made available through the generous support of GEI funding partners.
We encourage only applicants who genuinely need financial support to apply for a scholarship, as the demand outnumbers the available funds.
Please note that if you submit a scholarship application and simultaneously submit an application (as self-funded), IPDET will not consider the scholarship application.
ON-SITE SCHOLARSHIP OVERVIEW
To match the different training needs of evaluators, the IPDET 2024 On-Site program offers a new scholarship format with two options.
Option A) for individuals with less than four years of experience in evaluation
Duration: Two weeks (July 15-26, 2024)
Level: Basic
Content:
– Introduction to the fundamentals of evaluation in the Core Course in the first week
– Two workshops to choose from the Workshop Program in the second week either to deepen content from the Core Course or to gain new knowledge on specialized topics on introductory or intermediate level
Option B) for individuals with at least four years of experience in evaluation, including those who have participated in the IPDET Core Course before
Duration: One week (July 22-26, 2024)
Level: Intermediate/advanced
Content:
– Two workshops to choose from the Workshop Program to gain new knowledge on specialized topics at the intermediate/advanced level.
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Didactic material |
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| Evening events (reception, get-together, graduation nights) | |
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Excursion to the Alps on Sunday, July 21 (in between the first and second week of the program) |
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Breakfast, lunch, dinner and coffee breaks at the University Cafeterias (no meals are provided over the weekend) |
During Core Course and Workshops days |
During Workshops days |
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Health insurance for emergency medical care for the duration of the program (note: this is not a travel insurance) |
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Off-campus accommodation in a student lodge Single bed in a single room Shared bathroom with neighbor room located separately from the room |
July 14 (Sunday) to 27 (Saturday) |
July 21 (Sunday) to 27 (Saturday) |
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A ticket to use public transportation within the Bern city area |
*Please carefully read the description in the accommodation section to check if the conditions in the student houses are suitable for you!
Please Note:
IPDET does not finance any air/ground travel costs. Applicants and sending organizations are required to cover these and any other attendance expenses beyond those above listed.
- Any air/ground transportation costs to travel to and around Switzerland
- Any accommodation expenses generated by early arrival in or late departure from Switzerland or the city of Bern
- Any meal expenses during the weekends
- Any expenses related to the visa application (processing fees, travel, etc.)
- Any unforeseen expenses
Applicants or their respective organizations are required to cover these and any other expenses beyond those listed above.
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
Who Should Apply?
IPDET scholarships target actors with potential catalytic effects from eligible countries to learn new skills or refresh their knowledge in evaluation: government officials, parliamentarians, evaluation practitioners, managers, young evaluation professionals, members of Voluntary Organizations for Professional Evaluation (VOPEs), students, (development) activists.
We encourage individuals who would not otherwise have the means to access the IPDET program to apply for a scholarship!
Mandatory criteria for scholarship option A)
The applicant must:
- be a citizen and a resident of a low-income, lower-middle income or upper-middle income country (World Bank classification). An applicant must be residing in an eligible country at the time of the submission; otherwise, the application will be indisputably rejected;
- be new in the field of evaluation or have less than four years of experience;
- have no other funding available to cover the tuition fees.
Mandatory criteria for scholarship option B)
The applicant must:
- be a citizen and a resident of a low-income, lower-middle income or upper-middle income country (World Bank classification). An applicant must be residing in an eligible country at the time of the submission; otherwise, the application will be indisputably rejected;
- have at least four years of experience in the field of evaluation;
- have no other funding available to cover the tuition fees.
Priority will be given if an applicant is:
- conducting, managing, commissioning and/or using evaluations;
- holding a position of influence that is likely to foster wider adoption of M&E practices;
- working in an organization with a long-term objective to build evaluation capacity, where the IPDET training is an integral part of a more comprehensive plan;
- generating impact within the M&E sector of the developing country where he/she is based after participating in the IPDET program;
- For scholarship option B: If the applicant has previously participated in the IPDET Core Course.
Important to note:
- Applications for scholarship options A and B cannot be submitted at the same time;
- Individuals who did not receive a scholarship before will be preferred against former scholarship-holders;
- An applicant is not eligible for scholarship option A if they were an onsite scholarship holder in 2018, 2019, 2022 or 2023.
We encourage only applicants who genuinely need financial support to apply for a scholarship, as the demand outnumbers the available funds.
Please note that if you submit a scholarship application and simultaneously submit an application (as self-funded), IPDET will not consider the scholarship application.
The Scholarship process is very competitive; all applications are reviewed by the Scholarship Selection Committee, which is comprised of the Head of Program, one member of the IPDET Steering Group, and one IEG representative.
All applications are reviewed in a fair and equitable manner, including a balanced representation by gender, organization and country. Therefore, each application is considered case-by-case basis according to the defined scholarship criteria. Attention will be paid to the applicant’s ability to improve evaluation practice and their ability to disseminate lessons learned at IPDET.
Even though an applicant complies with all criteria and may have submitted a very good application, this does not guarantee a scholarship, and IPDET may have to decline good applications.
RESULTS
Scholarship applicants will be notified about the results (i.e. accepted, waiting list or declined) via automated email. Please add the “ipdet.org” domain as a safe sender and/ or check the spam/ junk folder regularly.
Since IPDET receives a large number of scholarship applications, it is not possible to provide each applicant the specific reasons why the application was unsuccessful. Please do NOT email us to inquire about this.
Formal acceptance of the scholarship
Upon decision, scholarship recipients would receive a notification email with a Scholarship Award Commitment Letter attached. To formally acknowledge the acceptance of the IPDET scholarship, scholarship recipients are required to:
- signed the Scholarship Award Commitment Letter;
- have the letter stamped by the employer;
- sent back to the IPDET office before the deadline indicated.
By sending back the signed commitment letter to the IPDET, the recipient confirms:
- the recipient’s submitted information is correct and accurate, to the best of their knowledge;
- he/she has thoroughly read and understood the terms and agrees to the responsibilities and obligations inherent to the scholarship;
- the recipient has thoroughly read and understood the information about the accommodation in the Students House, and agrees to the house rules;
- no other funding is available to finance the tuition fee;
- he/she fully commits his/her availability to the On-Site Program (participation in Core Course and two workshops) and that they will not be engaged elsewhere during the delivery of the program (i.e. performing remote work and/or attending virtual meetings which might lead to skipping any course/workshop sessions).
Upon formal acceptance of the scholarship, scholarship recipients must:
- start their travel arrangements as soon as possible and provide the IPDET organizers with all necessary travel information (i.e. sending a copy of a flight ticket; and arrival/departure dates) within the stipulated deadlines as proof of their attendance;
- inform IPDET organizers regularly about any changes, updates or difficulties while arranging their travel to participate in the program;
- take active part in the Core Course and Workshops to be attended (i.e. group work, discussion panels, Q&As, quick presentations, and potential interviews);
- share post-course information requested by the organizers (i.e., sharing a qualitative letter and filling out a survey).
In case a scholarship recipient cancels his/her participation prior to/during the On-Site Program, he/she will not be eligible for any IPDET scholarship for the following five years.
Important Notice for scholarship recipients who need a visa to travel to Switzerland
- Scholarship recipients who need a visa to attend the on-site program will receive a visa-support letter after successfully sending the signed Scholarship Award Commitment Letter.
- We urge you to check in advance all the requirements needed to apply for a visa with your nearest Swiss Embassy/representation in order to prepare your documents and start the process immediately.
- We strongly advise you to make an appointment with the Swiss Embassy/representation in your country upon acknowledgement of formal scholarship acceptance issued by IPDET, as the visa process normally takes 6-8 weeks.
- Scholarship recipients are requested to inform the IPDET organizers about the visa process:
- Swiss representation or Swiss Embassy, where the recipient will be making an appointment for the visa application;
- Date of appointment scheduled at the Embassy,
- Visa issue date.
In case of delays or problems, please contact the IPDET team immediately.
Call for scholarship applications 2024
is closed.
SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION
How to apply?
Scholarship applications must be submitted online via the IPDET online application form.
BEFORE starting your scholarship online application, please make sure to read the scholarship criteria, requirements and considerations thoroughly.
The IPDET 2024 On-Site Program scholarship application opens on February 1 and closes on April 5 at 12:00 p.m. CEST. To kick start the process, you should:
- Create and log in to your IPDET account
- Go to “Apply for the Program”
- Click on “Apply for a Scholarship”
- Fill out your online application form and upload your documents in the respective fields.
Applicants must upload the following documents to their online application form (each separately in PDF format and no larger than 4MB):
- Curriculum Vitae (max. two pages)
- Clearly indicate your active involvement in evaluation and its duration
- Clearly indicate your active involvement in evaluation and its duration
- Recommendation letter from employer (max. one page)
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Ensure it is addressed to Dr. Stefanie Krapp, Head of Program
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Include the issue date
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Describe how your participation in the IPDET On-Site program would contribute to the organization’s work in M&E. The letter should also outline the connection between the organization’s work and the applicant’s responsibilities.
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If you are employed, the letter MUST be issued by your current employer, both signed/ signed AND stamped (either with an e-signature, e-stamp or official stamp – No superimposed image files in the document will be valid as official stamps!) by the person issuing the letter (direct supervisor, head of department/area, etc.).
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If you are self-employed, submit a motivation letter (max. one page) addressed to Dr. Stefanie Krapp, Head of Program, signed, and with the issue date included
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Please describe how and for what you intend to use the knowledge generated through your participation in the IPDET On-Site program.
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- Scholarship applications uploaded without the required documents or with incomplete/incorrect information will be deemed incomplete, and therefore discarded.
- In case the uploaded documents exceed the maximum number of pages, only the information in the allowed number of pages will be considered.
- The documents and the applicant’s information must be written in English.
If any of the documents uploaded in the application do not contain the above-mentioned specifications, the application will be deemed incomplete and discarded.
Scholarship Applications sent via email will be immediately discarded.
“I am grateful for the generous full scholarship provided by IPDET and the World Bank, Independent Evaluation Group, through which I had the opportunity to join 138 other professionals from 58 countries for this premium, globally reputable course in monitoring and evaluation.”– Roberta Blankson | Senior Program Officer at ICED | Ghana | IPDET 2022
Below, you will find the World Bank Country and Lending Groups list, retrieved in January 2024
| Afghanistan | Korea, Dem. People’s Rep. | South Sudan |
| Burkina Faso | Liberia | Sudan |
| Burundi | Madagascar | Syrian Arab Republic |
| Central African Republic | Malawi | Togo |
| Chad | Mali | Uganda |
| Congo, Dem. Rep | Mozambique | Yemen, Rep. |
| Eritrea | Niger | |
| Ethiopia | Rwanda | |
| Gambia, The | Sierra Leone | |
| Guinea-Bissau | Somalia |
| Angola | Jordan | Philippines |
| Algeria | India | Samoa |
| Bangladesh | Iran, Islamic Rep | São Tomé and Principe |
| Benin | Kenya | Senegal |
| Bhutan | Kiribati | Solomon Islands |
| Bolivia | Kyrgyz Republic | Sri Lanka |
| Cabo Verde | Lao PDR | Tanzania |
| Cambodia | Lebanon | Tajikistan |
| Cameroon | Lesotho | Timor-Leste |
| Comoros | Mauritania | Tunisia |
| Congo, Rep. | Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | Ukraine |
| Côte d’Ivoire | Mongolia | Uzbekistan |
| Djibouti | Morocco | Vanuatu |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | Myanmar | Vietnam |
| Eswatini | Nepal | West Bank and Gaza |
| Ghana | Nicaragua | Zambia |
| Guinea | Nigeria | Zimbabwe |
| Haiti | Pakistan | |
| Honduras | Papua New Guinea |
| Albania | Fiji | North Macedonia |
| Argentina | Gabon | Palau |
| Armenia | Georgia | Paraguay |
| Azerbaijan | Grenada | Peru |
| Belarus | Guatemala | Russian Federation |
| Belize | Indonesia | Serbia |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Iraq | South Africa |
| Botswana | Jamaica | St. Lucia |
| Brazil | Kazakhstan | St. Vincent and the Grenadines |
| Bulgaria | Kosovo | Suriname |
| China | Libya | Thailand |
| Colombia | Malaysia | Tonga |
| Costa Rica | Maldives | Türkiye |
| Cuba | Marshall Islands | Turkmenistan |
| Dominica | Mauritius | Tuvalu |
| Dominican Republic | Mexico | West Bank and Gaza |
| El Salvador | Moldova | |
| Equatorial Guinea | Montenegro | |
| Ecuador | Namibia |