Our Mission

United Nations fellowships are a core component of the organization’s technical cooperation programme and are intended to respond to the needs of Member States for enhanced national skills development and training.

Their purpose is to:

• Promote strategic human resource development to help countries reach national economic and social development objectives

• Assist Member States address acute shortages in advanced professional skills

• Build national capacity for development in areas that are of a high priority to Member States

• Enhance national training opportunities.