Opportunities from Caribbean Development Bank

The one-year IMPPM programme combines 4.25 months of compulsory in-person classes in Rome with distance learning, a 500-hour professional internship and a final dissertation. CDB states that the scholarship covers full tuition, travel to and from Italy for the in-class period, campus accommodation support, subsistence support, a USD 350 administrative allowance for visa/CIMEA or Declaration of Value expenses, and specified visa-process travel costs where required. Scholarship recipients must continue serving their employer for at least 12 months after completing the programme.

Applicants must be citizens of an eligible CDB Borrowing Member Country, explicitly including Grenada; be employed during application and the programme in a professional public-procurement role in a CDB client-country government or Caribbean public regional institution; normally hold a recognised Master’s-level degree; normally have at least five years of procurement experience including two years in public-sector procurement; be proficient in English; and have no disqualifying conflict of interest. Shortlisted applicants must obtain employer release for the in-person study period.