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Admission criteria for the Energy for Sustainable Development Online Course (E4SD)
This Energy for Sustainable Development Online Course is delivered by the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE) at Lund University, Sweden, in collaboration with UNDP, UNEP, and the Global Network on Energy for Sustainable Development (GNESD).

Applicants must fulfil the following entrance requirements:

• A completed higher secondary certificate / diploma that gives access to universities in the applicant’s home country.
• A knowledge of English up to a certain level.
• A minimum of two years of working experience in relevant fields. Relevant fields include areas related to energy supply and demand, infrastructure and economic development, city and land-use planning, agriculture and rural development, environmental protection, poverty alleviation, public health, and gender equity issues.
  Should you not have this work experience due to external circumstances and / or should you have strong reasons and desire to participate in the course, then please state in a letter (max. 1 page) your motivation as to why you would like to attend the course.

Selection criteria for the E4SD-Course
If the number of applicants exceeds the number of available places for the E4SD-Course, applicants will be selected based on the following criteria:

• Relevance and level of the current position and of previous work experience, e.g. from government, NGOs, multilateral and bilateral Official Development Assistance (ODA) businesses and the private sector, who are engaged in energy and development activities in developing countries.
  
• Motivation statement / letter. 
• Relevance of undergraduate studies.
• English skills.

How to apply for admission
The next course session is scheduled for 18 January - 12 March 2010. The deadline for application is 4 January 2010.

To apply for the E4SD course, you will need to fill and submit the online application form.

Please note that in the online application form, you will need to outline your motivation for taking this course. The motivation statement should include your special interests in the field of Energy for Sustainable Development, a description of how your professional experience can contribute to the course, as well as how you think the knowledge acquired during the course will support your professional development.

IMPORTANT: We strongly suggest to read this sample application form first, then to draft your answers offline (e.g. in Word), and then to copy and paste your answers into the online application form. This is due to the reason that the system may kick you out if filling the online form takes too long time.

Please note that incomplete online applications will not be considered.

Shortlisted applicants will also be requested to submit (1) a Curriculum Vitae in electronic form (in English language) and (2) a completed higher secondary education certificate in electronic form (scanned version). Notification on whether an applicant has been shortlisted will be given on 11 January 2010 at the latest.

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Timeline and deadlines
The next session of the E4SD-Course is preliminary scheduled from 18 January - 12 March 2010. The deadline for application is 4 January 2010.