Australia Awards Short Courses

Applications for Australia Awards Short Courses (AASC) are currently closed.

Australia Awards Short Courses (AASC) are currently open for mid-career officials working in government departments and associated agencies responsible for formulating and implementing policies relevant to mining governance, climate financing and trade facilitation in the following countries:

Financing Climate Action:

Botswana, Cabo Verde, Comoros, Djibouti, DRC, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, The Gambia, Tunisia, Zambia and Zimbabwe

Mining Governance in Africa:

Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe

Enhancing Continental Trade Facilitation in Africa:

AfCFTA Secretariat, Algeria, Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, DRC, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, The Gambia and Zimbabwe

Eligible applicants must be residing in and applying for the scholarship from their country of citizenship, unless working for an African Regional Organisation or working on diplomatic mission for their home country.

If you are eligible, please reach out to the HR department at your ministry or agency for further information on how to apply virtually for the course.