April 27, 2010
Applicants to the programme have to be supported by a civil society organisation (NGO, workers’ union or media).
*Selection criteria:*
* The candidate must show motivation to participate in the programme and share knowledge from the programme with home network
* The candidate must have the necessary language skills
* The candidate must have experience from advocacy work related to extractive industries, corruption, capital flight and/or financial secrecy
* A relevant educational background is an advantage
*In addition, the organisation that the participant represents, should:*
* Have transparency in extractive industries, corruption, revenue tracking, and preferably also capital flight and global financial secrecy, as a part its focus area.
* If capital flight and financial secrecy are not areas currently addressed by the organisation, there should be an existing organisational interest in incorporating these areas into ongoing work and strategy.
* The organisation must commit to give their candidate the necessary time and resources to participate in TRACE.
*Other considerations*
Other elements taken into consideration when selecting the group of participants, are:
* Securing a critical mass of minimum 4 participants from each country
* Gender balance