Every year, the Embassy of Ireland, through the Ireland Fellows Programme – Africa, funds a number of scholarships for study at master’s level in Ireland. The focus of the scholarship is to attract dynamic, early to mid-career professionals with leadership potential, to benefit from a prestigious, world-class, quality education contributing to capacity building and expertise.   The aims of the Programme are to nurture future leaders, to develop in-country capacity to achieve national SDG goals and to build positive relationships with Ireland. 

This year, the Embassy would like to invite suitably qualified and experienced candidates who wish to apply to commence study in the academic year 2025/2026 in Ireland.  In order to qualify, candidates should have been awarded an undergraduate degree in 2013 or later (i.e. within the last 12 years). Where applicable, special consideration will be given to applicants working in disadvantaged regions, including Karamoja.

The application process consists of three stages.   Applicants should go to the Irish Aid Fellowship website at www.irishaidfellowships.ie where they will find the Stage 1 - preliminary application form and the 2025 - 26 Directory with eligible Postgraduate Programmes.  Stage 1 opens 1^st July 2024 and closes on 28^th July 2024.  Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted to apply to the second stage of the process.

Careful attention should be given to the eligibility criteria set out in the guidelines available on https://www.irishaidfellowships.ie/strands/ireland-africa-fellows-programme.

In addition to the above and in memory of Irish priest Fr Declan O’Toole, who died in Karamoja in 2002, the Embassy of Ireland is also offering two additional scholarships to candidates from Karamoja for study at Masters Level in Uganda.  Details on the Fr. Declan O’Toole Fellowship are on the Embassy of Ireland website https://www.dfa.ie/irish-embassy/uganda/our-services/opportunities-to-study/ .

The Fellowship Administrator can be contacted at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to answer any questions you may have though we request that you first consult the website, where all relevant information is provided.

The JLOS Development Partners Group (JLOS DPG) comprises agencies that support JLOS through various mechanisms including sector budget support and project support, partly through the SWAP fund. The group has a membership of the European Union, Austria, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, UNDP, OHCHR, UNICEF, ICRC, UNWOMEN, UNFPA, and USAID. Every two years the DPG chair rotates. To foster coordination among themselves and to keep pace with JLOS developments, the group meets once every month.

The JLOS DPG frequently meets with the JLOS Secretariat and with individual institutions and together they conduct joint reviews and joint M&E visits. The DPG has linkages to the broader Development Partner community through the Local Development Partner Group.

The relationship between the JLOS DPG and the Access to Justice Sub-programme is based on the general GoU-Donor Partnership Principles of 2003. On the basis of the partnership principles, JLOS and the DPG have developed collaboration and co-ordination mechanisms to ensure effective contribution of the latter to the reform process.