Swedish Institute Academy for Young Professionals (SAYP) Western Balkans

You can apply for a SAYP module via the website of the respective organiser (host university). The links are provided below. If you apply for more than one training programme, it is very important to rank the training programme in order of your preference in the motivation letter, as you can only be admitted to one of them. You need to submit a separate application with a unique letter of motivation for each programme you have chosen. We recommend that you apply for not more than two modules corresponding to your interests and professional role.

Gothenburg university, Migration and Integration: Challenges and Good Practices for the Development of Inclusive Societies
This module provides public servants, policymakers and civil society workers in the Western Balkans with a practical toolkit for addressing key pressing migration and integration challenges facing European societies: large-scale refugee flows, internally displaced peoples, plus labor and student migration. Through lectures, problem-based learning exercises, seminars and project work, the module focuses on case studies of good practices from across Europe. Activities allow for participants to regularly reflect on how these case studies can be considered in light of differing political, economic, and cultural contexts.

Halmstad university, Collaborative Governance in a Digital Era
The module “Collaborative Governance in a Digital Era”, prepares participants to excel in a public administration landscape highly influenced by international governance trends and technological development. It offers participants a chance to critically reflect upon those trends by accessing cutting edge research that challenges some of the normative assumptions driving these trends. The module engages with theory and practice related to cooperation, coordination and collaboration as a specific governance mode that differs from those that formed the modern public administration organization.
Call for application prolonged – closes 14 April.

Linköping university, Sustainable e-Government: Resilience, Innovation, Democracy
The programme, “Sustainable e-Government: Resilience, Innovation, and Democracy” (SeGRID), is a professional training programme for young public servants, policymakers, and civil society from the Western Balkans. The course provides skills and knowledge about democratic digital governance, rooted in theory and practice, to manage challenges of democracy, inclusion, equality, transparency, and resilience. SeGRID offers academic knowledge, practitioners’ expertise, a platform for discussing challenges and solutions, key contacts, and resources for initiating concrete projects based on outputs of the programme.

Lunds university, Perspectives on Multi-level governance, Decentralisation and Human Rights
The thematic module, “Perspectives on Multi-level Governance”, Decentralisation & Human Rights, focuses on decentralisation within public administration and how human rights can be implemented on a regional and local level. The module combines theory with a high level of practice, including lectures, seminars/workshops with experts from Lund University and study visits to relevant organisations. This combination enables the participants to get a deeper insight in public administration, as well as exchange experiences and establish new contacts and networks between all participating countries in Western Balkans.

Templates for your application:
CV Europass
Motivation letter
Reference letter
English language certificate

The evaluation and selection process is carried out by the universities, arranging SAYP modules. Please note that SAYP alumni/alumnae, willing to participate in the programme again, will not be given priority in the selection process.  

The universities will contact the successful candidates by e-mail to offer them a place in the programme and ask them to confirm their participation. The candidates, placed on the reserve list, will also be notified by e-mail.