WORKSHOP ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND ADAPTATION IN THE MAGHREB (CCAM)

Travel Assistance.

The CCAM Workshop will provide travel assistance to a limited number of workshop participants who are in need for financial assistance to attend the workshop. These partial awards may cover some (but not all) of the following items: travel to Marrakech, hotel, and per diem. The applicants are expected to be able to finance their own expenses and or receive support from another organization to cover at least one element of the mentioned expenses. Funding available for travel assistance is limited and will be given on need base and will require acceptance of an abstract and active involvement in the workshop activities.

Priority will be given to:

• Researcher scientists, students, advocates, educators, regulators, and practitioners from the Maghreb countries
• Participants with accepted workshop abstracts.

Requirements:

An Application Letter that includes:

• Title(s) of the abstract(s) submitted;
• Clear description of major professional activities;
• Description of recent involvement in climate change related activities (community leadership activity, research, education, outreach, policy and decision making);        
• Paragraph clearly expressing need for financial assistance including an estimate of funds requested (i.e., air travel, hotel, meals, etc.), expressing also which cost will be covered by the applicant or sponsoring organization; and
• No more than two pages Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Presenters from developed countries will not be supported even though they may originally have been residents or citizens of developing countries.